Song: He Lives in You - The Lion King
Pairing: George
He was sitting by the pond, staring at ripples when she found him. He knew they had been looking for him. That today was important for his family and that they wanted him to pretend. Pretend to be happy, pretend to be whole, pretend that he wasn't a constant reminder of his own pain every bloody time he looked in the mirror. He didn't know how to tell them that he couldn't pretend that his twin had never existed. That his own personal world hadn't come crashing down.
"George," she crouched down next to him, "you need to get ready. It's almost time."
"I'm not ready yet. I don't know how to do this without him."
"You're not without him. He watches over everything you do," she said taking his hand. "Come here and look." She pushed his head so he could see himself in the pond. "In your reflection."
She looked back at the man staring into the water and brought her hand up to catch his.
"He lives in you George, is this the life Fred would want to live? The world he would want to be limited to? It's time to move forward but you don't have to move forward alone."
"How did you know you made the right choice? How did you decide to go forward blind after giving up your parents? How did you know?" He asked with some desperation.
"I didn't. You can't know. You just have to keep moving on, keep moving forward. Standing still changes nothing."
"Moving on…" He looked up and smiled, "You watching up there brother, I'm about to get married. Guess I won't be able to call her Granger anymore."
He stood, pulling the woman next to him up as well, "I'm ready now."
