Ginny walked up to the guest room in which the two older brothers were staying in. Fleur had gone back home to let Bill spend some time with her family, and the Delacourts had come to visit Fleur. She knocked on the door, and at the sound of a wary, "come in," she entered.

Their faces relaxed when they saw it was Ginny. Bill came over to give her a hug, and she went into his arms, feeling incredibly safe for the first time since their ordeal had started. Charlie worldlessy got up and hugged both of them, and for once, she didn't relent, but rather melted into their strong arms.

She sighed. "I have something for each of you," Ginny said, going over to the bedside table where she had put the envelopes. "It's a letter from Fred."

Ginny looked at Charlie, who looked paler than Bill, and she took his hand.

"I should've been there, Gin. I should've been there before he was killed-"

Ginny shook her head. "You didn't know. You couldn't have known. It just.. it just happened, that's all. He wouldn't blame you. You can't be in two places at once, Charlie."

Charlie's eyes looked defeated, but he nodded. "Okay. Thanks, Gin."

"Are you okay?" she asked Bill. "Well, as okay as can be right now?" she added as an afterthought, realising it was a pretty stupid question to ask right now.

He squeezed her hand, but didn't answer.

"I'll let you guys be," she said, closing the door quietly. At least this was giving her a distraction, she thought. She was too busy to feel anything right now, and that was the way she liked it.

Back inside the room, the boys were pacing. Bill spoke the words that both of them were thinking.

"How are we supposed to do this?"

Charlie shrugged. "I don't know, but we have to," he said determindly. "It's Fred, it's our little brother. We can't ignore this, no matter how hard it is."

Bill nodded. Even though he was the oldest, it was Charlie who was the most rational. They opened their letters, and like the others, started to read.

Charlie,

The first thing I'm going to say is, don't feel guilty about not being at the Battle. I know you would have been there if you could. There are no hard feelings, okay? Thank you for being one of the best big brothers- it was nice to have someone looking after me, although George and I got to be big brothers as well. You and Bill were the ones who were there my whole life, watching George and I grow up- you were there to cover us up when we got in trouble, looked after us in Hogwarts, and would always be there with advice. I don't think I ever told you how much you mean to me, but you mean the world. All of you do. If there's one thing I'm sad about, it's about losing all the time I could have had. Look after Bill for me, and the others too. I love you, big brother.

-Fred.

Bill's was next.

Dear Bill,

Did you know that besides Ginny, you're the only one to tell George and I apart one hundred percent? Huh. I just wanted to say, thank you for being there my whole life. You've been the best big brother I could've asked for. I know you're going to think you need to take care of everyone, and even though I'll protest a bit, I know you will- please take care of yourself, too. That's all I want. I'm glad Fleur makes you so happy, she's great. I'm sorry we all teased you before. You're going to make a wonderful father one day, Bill, I'm sorry I won't be there to see it, but I'll always be with you. I love you , my oldest brother. Take care.

-Fred.

Bill looked up at Charlie, who was hiding his tears in as well. Bill suddenly burst into tears, as Charlie came over to him. "We'll get through this, okay?" Charlie said. "Somehow, we will."

(A/N: Mr and Mrs Weasley next, and finally Ginny!! Please read/review, thank you so much!)