A/N: I know if you follow this story you may hate me but it's not my fault I have High School to go to Monday-Friday, along with dance Tuesday-Thursday. But I don't have much time to update because I have limited internet access and I have homework sooooooo. Anyways, I'm going to write this.
Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling. I don't own these characters.
Finished: Sunday, August 16, 2015 1:08 A.M (EST)
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Friday, December 25, 1998
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Dear Fred,
Merry Christmas.
I can't believe it's actually Christmas time here in England and that it is a first Christmas without you. It's unbelievable about how depressing it felt today. I mean, yeah there was smiling and laughter, but there was also crying. How could we not? It was the first Christmas that we have spent without you and you have no idea how different it felt without you being there with us. However, you're probably just telling everyone in Heaven about how stupid I am being and how I am so dumb for being sad on this day. Just be glad I wasn't moping with sadness, I do know how to live life without you by my side...I have been doing it for over seven months now.
But I know we aren't the only one feeling this way on this day.
We all gathered at The Burrow early this morning. It was no later than eight in the morning when all of us arrived. Mum greeted us all with a hug and kiss, even Fleur. She had Christina Warbeck playing very loudly despite Fleur's lack of intrest in that woman. It was as if Mum had programmed the wireless to get louder everytime that Fleur spoke until Fleur silenced the whole wireless. It made us all laugh, even Mum.
Dad brought me out into the shed, despite the fact that it was snowing a blizzard outside. He gave me a box of items he said he found around the house as he and Mum were trying to baby-proof some of the house due to Andromeda's visits that happen while Dad is at work. Mum say its because Andromeda brings Teddy with her and he knows how to crawl now but I think she's trying to send a message to Bill and Fleur. But the boxs was filled with items that he found of yours around and he wanted me to have them. It was such an amazing gift. It was filled with old gags that you were coming up with, or just a drawing. I would've cared if it was a piece of lint from your pocket. It would make me happy.
We all just talked to each other, about recent news that was going on in the world. Outside the magical one and inside. Dad's getting promoted in his office at the Ministry of Magic to the head of it. Mum just went on about how she wished the gnomes would go away from the chicken coop. Bill went on about the curse-breaking that has been happening at Gringotts and how there are some pretty nasty ones still going on. Fleur just talked about random things that were going on. Charlie talked about the dragons from Romania and how they found a new type of breed. Percy talked about his work at the Ministry and how he's getting promoted as well.
Ginny talked about how Hogwarts was. She said that it has been fine but she wished people would stop asking her about the battle because she didn't want to think of you in the state you were. But she said classes were fine and that Quidditch was fun and Gryffindor hasn't lost one game yet. Hermione talked about the classes at Hogwarts too and how she was actually writing a book about the battle. Ron discussed his hunger and briefly how training as an Auror was.
I told them how buisness was at the shop and how I had thought of a new idea to create and I swear Mum was about to faint as I told her it was going to be a disillusionment gag and she brought up the story about you and I when we were younger and we put one on Ginny at our age of three. It brought us to tears with laughter.
We all knew we'd have to mention you and Mum said how it feels so different without you being in the house. Dad comforted her as she started to cry. It was our time to mourn on this day where it's supposed to be all happy. Bill told us what he missed the most about you, along with the rest of our siblings. Even Fleur told us what she missed the most about you. But then I made the joke that you're probably calling us whimps.
It was good for us to laugh.
Is Christmas different up there in Heaven rather then down here on Earth? It's just a question that never leaves my mind. How different it must be up there. It will just be a question that will not be answered until I am up there many years from now...or until something horrible goes on while creating something for the shop with Lee.
Harry didn't show up at The Burrow until a quarter past two, along with Andromeda and baby Teddy. He informed us ahead of time that he would be at Andromeda's during the morning time so she didn't have to spend her Christmas alone as this would be her first Christmas as well, only she lost her husband, daughter, and son-in-law. However, she looked pretty happy to be here with us.
Everyone swooned over Teddy, who was supporting a rather bright red for his hair color. We have recently discovered that Teddy has taken a very strong liking into Percy, which is hilarious because I remember us saying every baby that saw Percy would cry but Teddy prefers Percy over any of us, besides his Grandmother and Harry.
Fleur, Ginny, Charlie, and Andromeda all went and helped Mum prepare the table as Harry told us what he's been up to lately, which turned out to be training to be an Auror and trying to come up with ways to get Rita Skeeter away from him.
Dinner was amazing. Mum really outdid herself this year. She prepared all sorts of foods: Chicken, Turkey, Potatoes, Corn, and a lot more. What we all had our eye on was the cake that was in the middle of the table. Andromeda also brought over Blueberry Tart that she made, saying she always made it on Christmas because it was Tonks's favorite, which ended up being one of ours. Teddy, now being eight months old and is getting teeth, turned out to only want to eat the Tart instead of anything else now that he could eat solid food.
Eating as much as we could, knowing it would take a while if we had Weasley stomachs. We all stopped eating when Mum brought presents. She sat them in front of all of us. Yes, all of us. She even placed a package at the empty seat beside me. Mum refused to leave your old seat empty so it had its own plate, silverware, and goblet. Now its own present.
I opened mine to reveal a red and gold sweater that looked a little small but it had a G on it. I knew it was obviously a mixup so I stripped from the sweater I wore and put the one on. Everyone was crying with laughter as I walked over to Ginny, who was wearing a rather large blue sweater with a G on it as well. My midriff was cold but the reactions on everyones faces were absolutely priceless.
Everyone got the famous Weasley sweater. Percy's was green. Bill's was Maroon. Charlie's was White. Ron's was grey. Hermione had a purple one and Harry had a black one. Mum even made Fleur one that was in Beauxbaton's blue color. Mum explained that hers was the hardest to make because of the F she had to put on it. Teddy looked absolutely adorable in his yellow and black sweater that had a T on it. Mum also made Andromeda a nice scarf and sweater.
We exchanged our gifts with one another. I was still wearing Ginny's sweater, so I still kept getting laughed at. But what truely made us all laugh was the gift that Harry got Dad for Christmas.
It was an MP3 Player.
Harry explained that it was a muggle device that played music if it was put onto it. Dad was so amazed with it and the singers such as an American band called "Backstreet Boys" that were downloaded to it. Mum beat Harry with the Christmas version of The Daily Prophet but it was so funny.
As it got darker, we all gathered in front of the fire with the famous Weasley hot chocolate. Teddy had fallen asleep on Percy by this time and Mum took pictures of it with her Muggle camera. Andromeda regaled us with stories about Tonks when she was younger and how one Christmas that Tonks was so clumsy that she knocked the Christmas tree over three times in the same day. Dad told us the story about how we used to have a heating charm on all of our clothes and that you and I, along with the help of Charlie and Bill, we covered Percy up with a blanket while he was asleep and burried him under the snow outside. Harry told us about how all he used to get was clotheshangers for Christmas which made us all mad and Hermione explained that once she had accidental magic happen during Christmas in front of her other family members.
Today actually wasn't as bad as I thought. We talked about you a bit and only cried a little. But we all know that you are happy where you are.
So going back to what I was saying earlier. Is it very different up there? I wish you could tell me but you can't and that is something I can't stand. I just want to know if you're happy where you are and if it feels better up there now rather than down here. I know I don't have to worry about you being alone. You've got Harry's parents, Sirius, Professor Dumbledore, along with Snape, still not sure on that one. Also Tonks, Remus, and Mr. Tonks, which need to know that Andromeda misses them and that Teddy is such an intresting baby.
I hope your Christmas was amazing. I hope you weren't sad or angry at anything. We love you a lot and never stop thinking of you. Just because you weren't here today doesn't mean that you're not in memory.
This is for you and the many other Christmases that will continue for years on years.
I miss you.
A/N: Walla! I actually really liked writing this chapter even though I got side tracked in the three hours it took me writing this. Also yes I did mention that George and Ginny's present switch up after that tumblr post I think that all of us have seen. Also I put in my little AU where Teddy really liked Percy a lot.
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