Chapter 4: Family Affair
"Looks like you're spendin' lots of time here in London, huh, Bill?" George said as he and Fred apparated near Bill who was levitating chairs from the kitchen to the garden. They were at the Burrow and had just finished meeting with the Order.
"Maybe Bill's fallin in love with a goblin," Fred quipped.
"Not a goblin, you idiot!"
"Ooh," Fred said, "So…your heart's beating for someone then?"
"Well—"
"Serious talk?" Ginny said, "What's this about?"
"Ginevra, William's in love," George asked, "Funny. I think Fred and I just lost a love potion—"
"You have love potions?" Ron asked.
"What's this talk about love potions?" Molly Weasley asked, carrying a cauldron of soup to the table, "Fred, George, I told you to stop with the nonsense and get your act together."
"Blimey, mother, the spotlight should be on Bill." George said.
"What?" Molly said, "William? What's this?"
"He's in love!" Fred said.
"In love?" Ginny quipped, "Ha! Maybe he's just dating and—"
"No, I really am in love." Bill said.
"Whoa," Ron said, "Really?"
"Yeah," Bill grinned.
"So, if it's not a goblin—"
"Then who is the unlucky girl?"
"Fleur Delacour." Bill smiled.
"Fleur…what?" Ron asked.
"The Fleur Delacour?" Fred and George asked.
"The one and only."
"No! How did that happen?" Ginny asked.
"Well, she's working at Gringgots, trying to improve her English…"
"Yeah, she told me and Harry that," Ron said.
Hermione, who just came to the garden with Crookshanks, raised an eyebrow and so did Ginny.
"Yeah, so," Bill went on, "We hit it off right away, I'd say. We went out and well…we're together now."
"I bet she flipped her hair countless times and laughed charmingly," Ginny said sarcastically.
"Ginny," Bill said.
"What? She's so full of herself."
"Ginny," Molly said, "Come on, maybe she and Bill are just dating, let's not make a big deal out of this. I'm sure this will pass, Bill's just enjoying himself."
"No, mum, Fleur and I are serious, I love her, and she loves me."
"But Bill, isn't she too young?" Molly said, "And she's from France, they have different customs and—"
"Mum, you worry too much," Bill said, "Fleur's a wonderful girl."
"You only like her because she's beautiful!" Ginny said.
"That's not true, What's your problem with her, anyway?"
"We don't have a problem with Fleur," The twins said.
"Yeah, she's charmante," Fred winked.
Bill smiled, "Thanks guys," he said, "And Ron?"
"Yeah—I—like her, I mean she's fine."
Ginny sighed.
"I'm sure she'd love to be here with y'all."
"Bill, it's too early to talk about that." Molly said, "Who knows what'll happen?"
"Mum, I told you—"
"Enough. Let's eat, your dad will be here any minute. No more talk of Fleur, okay? We have more serious things to think about."
A few days after, Bill was back in Gringgots. Fleur saw him and walked up to him. It was lunchbreak.
"Hi," She smiled.
"Hi, beautiful."
"So…how did ze weekend with your family go?"
"Oh it was…"he said, hesitating to tell her how they reacted about her, "good."
"Zat's nice."
"I told them about you."
"Oh, you did? And?"
"They, uh…they're happy. They wanna see you."
"Great!" She exclaimed, "I 'old my parents about us, wrote 'em a letter, and zey were very delighted. And Gabrielle says 'ello."
"Cool," Bill smiled, "I'd love to meet them. So…lunch?"
"Lunch." She smiled.
He was smiling but his thoughts were deep. How will Fleur feel if he told her that his mom and Ginny weren't that happy about them? No, he's not gonna tell her. She's Fleur, everyone's bound to love her, right? Right?