A.N. Enjoy! I hope in this chapter things aren't OOC, but I'm worried that it might be a little… Anyway, enjoy!
As the days past, everyone started to get used to their life again. They had had Fred's funeral had been the day after they got back from Hogwarts to the Burrow, and had not been a happy day. Although everyone's life was different without Fred, especially George's, they were beginning to get on with their life without him. As George has pointed out several times, Fred would not want them all to be depressed, he would want them to enjoy their own lives, and the life he had had, rather than the life he could no longer be a part of physically. It was two weeks Battle of Hogwarts, and as George sat on the windowsill of his bedroom, he saw Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Harry out in the garden sitting under one of the trees in conversation. Looking at them, he could see that each of the boys had an arm around one of the girls, and remembering what he had seen the night they got back to the Burrow, George thought this would be the perfect opportunity to tease them. With a slight pop, he disapperated.
Harry was sitting under a tree in the garden of the Burrow with his arm around Ginny, while Ron was doing the same to Hermione. All four of them were just sitting there, relaxing, as they had not been able to do much of that over the past year. They were talking about nothing, when there was a loud pop, and George appeared in front of them, almost looking his old self, with a malicious grin on his face.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" He said, while everyone sitting under the tree blushed. "When I was retrieving something from under the table the other day, when Mum was asking people to help her with dinner, I noticed something interesting, and realised you're not telling us something." His grin widened, as he looked at his little sister.
"What did you notice?" asked Ginny, somewhat defiantly.
"Piecing together what Ron said about Harry," George said, nodding at Ron, "and the fact that the two of you were holding hands," this time, nodding at Harry and Ginny, "Who Ron was talking about." He looked at his sister and Harry for a bit, before asking, "When are you planning on telling people?"
"I don't know…" Ginny started, "I still have a bone to pick with him." At this, Harry looked a bit worried, while George was still grinning.
"Is that going to be a public show, or a private conversation?" George asked this cautiously, trying to make sure that they could not read anything off his face, as he asked this. Any bone that Ginny had to pick with Harry could be entertainment for him. Ron and Hermione seemed to think the same thing, and were looking curiously at the couple. Seeing their interest, Ginny said simple,
"Probably private…" George made a mental note to find some extendable ears, and find out where this conversation might be.
"OK." he replied, trying to make his voice sound as though he couldn't care less what she had to say to him. He was bored, and wanted to tease someone, but did not have much to really tease them about yet. Seeing George's face, Harry looked wary.
"Are you planning on announcing anything to the rest of your family?" he asked this cautiously, but there was a slight look of fear about him.
"Not yet…" was the only reply he got. "Like you said, you have things to talk about, or rather like what she said… When that's over, if you don't, I might… Only when you're ready of course." George bowed, while grinning evilly. No one really had the heart to stop doing something that made George happy, that made him look a bit more normal, and if that involved more teasing, they would put up with it. It hurt his family and friends to see George looking sad and lost.
George now decided to turn to Ron and Hermione.
"So, when are you two going to announce your information to the family?" Ron's ears went pink, and he mumbled something to the ground. "Didn't quite catch that, Ron."
"Well, I think they have more or less guessed because of what Harry got me to say the other night." George nodded, knowing this was true.
"But you haven't actually said anything, have you?"
"No."
"Would you like any help?" Another malicious grin played across his face.
"NO!" George laughed a little to see the worry in his brother's eyes at what he might tell. He glanced to his side, and his smile faltered a little to see only air there. He was trying to move on with his life, but sometimes it was hard. He knew he would never completely get over Fred, but this was something that Fred would have loved to join in on. They had enjoyed teasing their younger siblings together, especially Ron, as he didn't have the same defiance and confidence as Ginny. He shook his head a little.
"See you love birds later!" George winked, before disapperating.
Ginny looked round at her friends.
"I know it's 'cos he's taking the mickey out of us, but it was nice to see him smiling again." The others nodded in agreement.
"He's doing what Fred would want him to do." Harry said.
"I know it's good that he's happy," Ron started, "But I'm not sure how worried we should be…" The other three looked at him. "He's always loved making fun of me, and embarrassing me, so I don't know how much he is planning to embarrass us." After listening to what Ron had said, they realised that what Ron had said was true.
"Let's just see what he says, before we try to stop him." Hermione said reasonably, "He needs something to cheer him up."
A.N. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I will try and update again as soon as possible… I think I may need to start thinking of ideas, before I start writing, so I don't get stuck… I will update again when I have planned this story out a bit more! Please, if you want to, tell me what you think so far!
