This chapter was fun, muahahaa
George Weasley and Luna Lovegood both belong to J.K Rowling, as well as other mentioned characters.
"And then those need to go over there,"
"Okay."
"And then those over there… there."
"Right,"
"And then those… erm. There." George pointed vaguely in the direction of some shelves, then ticked another item off his list.
"Where?" Luna asked, looking round
"There," He said, actually looking where he was pointing this time
"Oh, okay!" Luna said, placing a box of 'Spectrum Splashers' on one of the surfaces.
"And then-" Suddenly there was a yelp and a crash. Looking up quickly from his clipboard, he saw Luna sitting awkwardly on the floor with a dazed look on her face, covered with the contents of one of the 'Confetti-bombs'. Not being able to help it, George let out a loud snort and doubled up laughing as he tried to walk over.
Grabbing her hand, he helped Luna get up, while she tried to get the coloured bits of paper out of her hair.
"George, you're laughing…" Where other girls would of sounded a bit peeved, Luna sounded happy, and a bit surprised. George calmed down a little but still had a massive smirk plastered onto his face
"Oh... Merlin. Luna, you should have seen yourself." He mumbled incoherently as he tried to stop sniggering, and somewhat failed. Luna looked up at him smiling, drinking in his expression as he laughed for the first time in four months.
Finally he seemed to compose himself, though he still had a massive grin on his face.
"You've got a little.." George gestured towards her hair
"Oh," Luna lifted her hand to try and find the piece of confetti
"I'll get it," He said kindly and brushed the paper carefully out of her hair, making Luna turn a little pink. "Lets get back to work, eh?" He smiled and siphoned up the rest of the mess from the accident with his wand. Then tucking it back is his jacket, picked up the clipboard again.
"Thank you for coming to 'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes', hope to see you again," Luna smiled and handed a boy his goods. Saying goodbye the boy left happily, ogling at what he had just bought.
"It's a good thing Hogwarts isn't rebuilt yet or I'd of lost all my business by now." George smirked from the above level. Luna raised her eyebrows at him questionably, and then turned smiling to the next customer.
It had been about a month since they'd reopened the shop. They had been very surprised to see customers flock back almost as soon as they'd opened the doors to the public, and George was glad he didn't have to manage it all by himself.
"Where are these meant to go?" Asked Ron as he wandered out of the store cupboard, carrying a cardboard box of 'Peruvian Instant Darkness' powder.
"You be careful with that." George said pointing at him, and then at a shelf down on the ground floor. "It goes there. Don't drop any." Ron rose his eyebrows at the strict tone
"Alright, alright, keep your hair on." He mumbled as he walked carefully down the stairs and set it down gently
"You're a new employee, Ronniekins. Got to keep you on your toes!" George called from his spot on the top level, smirking as Ron shot him a glare
"Bet you weren't this harsh on your girlfriend.." Ron muttered quietly to himself as he began splitting up the product into bowls
"What was that?" George yelled again
"Nothing!" Ron lied
"Have a nice day!" Luna said pleasantly as yet another customer left satisfied. It was past lunch hour and the groups of people were thinning a little.
"Ron, I told you to stack those up." George said, pointing towards a shifty looking pile of 'Lucky Dip' boxes.
"I did!"
"You call that, stacking?" George said with an incredulous expression plastered to his face as he continued to point.
"But I did! Someone must have knocked it."
"Well then do it again." George retaliated. Ron huffed and stomped over to the surface. George smirked "I'm not paying you for nothing, Ron." Ron rolled his eyes
"When are we going to eat? I'm starving." He said as he finished the job, dragging himself up the stairs
"I suppose we could now. Go lock up the doors and we can go in the back room."
"Me? Why can't Luna do it? She's still downstairs and-"
"Just do it." George snapped bossily and walked into the back room as Ron grumbled and stamped down the stairs again.
Luna giggled quietly at Ron's peeved looking face, as George's eyes flicked between both of them, smirking. Ron however, wasn't amused
"So unfair. I swear you give me all the stupid little jobs, why can't she do some too?" He grumbled as he took a bite out of his corned beef sandwich.
"She has a name, Ron." George pulled a face. "And no need to get touchy, Ronniekins, Luna works on the checkout. Don't you think it would be a little silly to get her to do your jobs as well?" He grinned as he took a bite out of his own sandwich while Ron made some sort of grunt at his remark.
"I don't mind doing some jobs as well, Ron could look after the checkout and-" Luna started but George held up his hand
"I don't even what to think about what kind of chaos would ensue if I let Ron run the check out." Ron dropped his sandwich on his plate again, giving George a feigned hurt expression
"What? I would be fine!" Ron said, his voice high
"No. You would professionally bugger it up, that's what you would do." George said as Ron looked at him disbelievingly
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm fine with money, no trouble at all."
"Now you're just starting to sound like Dad." George smirked as Ron's ears started to turn red
"Shut up!" Ron huffed as he picked up his sandwich
George's smirk stayed put
"I'm only teasing, Ron. How's Hermione?"
"Sh-She's fine." Ron said, sounding sort of confused
"Oh, fine is it. That's what they call shrieking so loud the whole hall can hear." Ron's face turned into a very odd mix of pride and embarrassment, the red in his ears spreading to the rest of his face. Luna was finding it difficult to keep the corners of her mouth down
"Oh shut up, not in front of Luna."
"I bet Luna heard it as well." George said, glancing at Luna eating opposite him. "And Mum." Ron looked at Luna and then back at George, and then again at his sandwich. He seemed to have given up and was slumping in his chair
"Shut up." George smiled and put an arm round his little brother's shoulders
"You're too touchy, Ron. I was thinking of giving you a pay rise actually, so you could get her something nice." Ron was surprised by his sincere tone
"R-Really?" George nodded. Luna looked at both of them, kind of touched at the relationship. "Brilliant," And George smiled as Ron continued to eat the rest of his sandwich, looking efficiently perked up.
"Oh, Ron!" George heard Hermione gasp from the sofa; sounding quite surprised.
'What the hell did he buy her?' George thought to himself, a little panicked that he could of put rash ideas into his brother's head.
"It's lovely, thank you!" He heard Ron's muffled voice as she strangled him in a hug, she then rushed off
"What's he done?" Ginny said, sounding a little sceptic, Hermione stopped in front of her, beaming. She held up something glittery
"Oh Hermione, it's beautiful."
"I know!" Hermione squealed. Having enough of this George decided to get up from his chair and see what they were all talking about, as Ron looked incredibly proud of himself from the sofa.
"What is it?" George said trying to look over their shoulders; Ginny turned to him
"Ron bought her a necklace." Ginny said, a small smile on her face. Hermione looked ecstatic
"Oh I see," George said, winking at his brother when they weren't looking
"Let me help you put it on," Ginny said, and made Hermione turn round. Hermione looked like she was finding it hard keeping still. It was nice seeing her this happy, usually she just looked content most of the time. Hermione turned round again, still smiling
"Well?"
"It looks wonderful." Ginny said truthfully, smiling again at her friend. Luna looked over from her chair, where she was playing a weird game involving a pack of cards
"It looks very nice, Hermione." She agreed. George spied her sending a look at Ron, as Ron sent a grateful one back
'I wondered how he could picked something that nice out.' George thought, amused.
"Molly! Look what Ron gave me!" And Hermione rushed into the kitchen, immensely happy.
Luna looked at George, catching his eye
"We make a good team, Luna." George said. Luna nodded
"Yes." She smiled.
Had fun writing the different characters in this one. I don't think I've really wrote Hermione or Ron to that extent before, so that was cool :D
Hope you liked~