Dessi sat next to her Letti, rereading the same page in her book for the three hundredth time, yet still not retaining any of it. Even though they had been in the same house for days now, Dessi had not seen George since the day that his father was attacked. Between the two of them visiting their respective fathers, they kept missing each other. She bit her lip in anticipation every time she heard the front door open. Now, it was late on Christmas Eve and all Dessi wanted to do was climb into George's arms. Imagining the warmth of his arms around him, Dessi drifted off to sleep.

A sudden noise startled Dessi awake. She went to move back, only to find something holding her firmly in place. Blinking her eyes a few times, Dessi finally realized that she was nuzzled next to her sleeping boyfriend on the love seat. His snoring had woke her up.

"Hey you," Dessi said with a smile, gently poking George in the ribs.

"Ow," George moaned, his eyes still shut, "Is that really appropriate?"

"I suppose not," Dessi said with the smile still pasted on her face, "I mean, if you want o sleep away these precious parent free moments that we have, that is your choice."

With that, George flashed a wicked smile before sitting up straighter and pulling Dessi onto his lap.

"How is this for wasting moments," George said before kissing her.

The kiss was soft yet passionate. She kissed him back with equal force and energy. She wrapped her arms around his neck, running a hand through his hair occasionally. His hands ran up and down the sides of her body before pulling her closer to him.

"Ahem," one of the pictures on the wall cleared its throat, causing the two teenagers to break away from one another, "Thank you."

Dessi blushed from being caught by the portrait, "Now I feel foolish."

George smiled again as his girlfriend played mindlessly with his hair. "It's ok love, they are just jealous," he whispered to her before kissing her cheek.

Sighing heavily, Dessi put her head on George's shoulder, "I heard your dad is going to be fine."

George nodded, "I heard the same about yours."

Dessi smiled slightly, "Yea. I was with him last night."

"How was that," George said as he brushed her hair back so it was over her shoulder.

"Interesting, to say the least, he wants me to take occlumency lessons."

"Why?" George asked, confused.

"To keep my mind my own. Apparently, I was good at it as a child," Dessi stated, no emotion in her voice as she said it.

"Dessi, most people would think that being good at occlumency was a positive," George said teasingly.

A sad smile broke across Dessi's face, "I know. I'm not unhappy about it. It is just that every time I think about that, I start thinking worst case scenarios. Like, what would happen if mum or dad were, well, I don't want to say it."

George brushed the stray tear from Dessi's cheek and gently turned her head so she was looking into his eyes.

"Dessi, I can't say that nothing is going to change and that everything will be alright but I love you with all of my heart and I will do everything in my power to keep you safe," George said with nothing but love and truthfulness in his voice.

"Thanks," Dessi said sincerely, leaning up to kiss him chastely.

"You know, Fred and I have taken precautions," George said somewhat nervously.

"Like what?" Dessi asked curiously.

"Well, you know how Fred has started seeing Angelina?" George asked.

"Yes, I'm actually kind of surprised how well he has taken to her," Dessi replied honestly.

"Well, after this attack on dad happened. We decided that if something happened to one of us, the other one would take care of the other one's girl," George stated. He was biting his lip, not sure how Dessi would react to that news.

"What?" Dessi stated, more than asked, pulling away from her boyfriend.

"Not that sort of take care of. More like be a best friend and shoulder to cry with," George said, back tracking.

Dessi pulled away from his arms that were reaching for her, "that's all. Nothing more?"

George bit his lip nervously, "We were not very specific. It was more along the lines of 'take care of Dessi if something happens to me, make sure she is happy, safe, and secure.'"

Dessi looked at him and replied very dryly, "I don't have any sort of agreement like that with my sisters."

George smiled with that, knowing this was the first stage of getting off the hook with his girlfriend, "Well that's good, because I always thought Elia was just too young for me."

Dessi rolled her eyes with a half smile, "Will you promise me that you will keep yourself safe at least? I really do not want to be stuck with only your twin for the rest of my life."

George pulled Dessi close to him again, "I promise."

Dessi then tilted her head up and kissed her boyfriend gently before whispering, "Thank you."