Dead Man's Sense of Humor
July 24th:
He was shocked beyond living belief when she suddenly showed up in the company of Harry and Ginny (who had themselves only said that they were taking a trip to Diagon Ally for Ginny's school supplies) that afternoon. She had strolled in like she owned the place in her mostly black attire and Doc Martin boots, trunk and all enchanted to levitate in behind her so neither of the three had to bother with carrying them.
George's lower jaw had flapped open and seemed unable to shut itself. His blue eyes were wide with surprise and a little bit of fear. One who didn't know the situation might've come to the conclusion that he had seen the ghost of Voldemort…or maybe even his dead sibling.
"Close your mouth, George. No one wants to see what you've been eating." Ginny's said tartly as she passed by him into the family room with Harry close behind. George did as ordered and swallowed the brownie he had been chewing on just as they had come through the door. He continued to stare at Cassandra, however, who stared back with a dry-scarred hand placed haughtily on her hip. Her honey eyes were narrowed, her right boot was tapping at the toes, and her hair was still as black as midnight.
George came to the point that he probably needed to say something.
"W-why are you here? I-I thought y-you'd never want to come b-back." He finally spluttered unceremoniously. Sandy rolled her pretty orbs at him with something akin to disdain.
"I'm not here because of you." She insisted, crossing her arms over her chest. "I'm here because the others want me to be. Harry and Ginny begged me to meet them at the Cauldron and they convinced me to come back." She explained, staring him straight in the face.
George nodded slowly, dumbly. "Fair enough…" Was the only thing he could think of to say.
Sandy scoffed at him, rolling her eyes again and making a shooing gesture with her hands towards him as she followed the other two into the living room. George, ignoring the resulting squeals coming from Hermione, Fleur and Mrs. Weasley at the sight of Sandy, turned to the kitchen sink and braced himself on the edges of the counter, gazing furiously out of the window at the dimming sky.
"Someone up there hates me, don't they?" He asked no one in particular, squinting his own eyes as he tried to search for something that wasn't there. He blinked when he had an idea and added, "Professor Snape, I'm betting it's you."
A/N: Excessively short chapter... Sorry, guys. -_-
Hmm... Well, this used to be one of my favorites of the short chapters, but now I'm a little iffy about it. The flow seems kind of off somehow in this one. :/ Oh, well. I still like it, even though it's lost a few brownie points with me. And Sandy is back at the Burrow! I wonder what this means for George...? o_O
And I'm beginning to see somewhat of a pattern with Ginny where she seems like she downright hates George, but I really did not intend this. I tried to keep as true to the original books/movies as I could and Ginny's relationship with her older brother is no exception. I'm just going to say that George's recent personality changes are wearing on her and that she dealing with it in the only way she knows how: by being blunt and sometimes mean towards him... Hopefully that explains a few things if anyone has caught on to it. :S
01/11/2010: I had to forgo posting this chapter the day after "Melody's Most Disturbing Content" in favor of taking some extra time to write an added chapter I put in last minute (Constellation Consensus). Forgive me for that one, please
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