Disclaimer, Notes and Warnings on Prologue.

I've been unusually productive on this fic. For the next couple of days you should get one chapter every day. Needless to say this means no update on December 10th but I don't think anyone will mind.

Weasley Family Vacation

Day Two Percy

Percy Weasley settled down on the bed with a sigh. He knew the others probably thought he'd left because of their teasing about his past misdeeds at Hogwarts. The truth of the matter was he had left because his mother kept looking at his and Oliver's tattoos. The worry over her reaction when she finally figured, it out was driving him to distraction. He closed his eyes trying to ignore his worries it could wait until after the trip.

He was about to drift off to sleep when he heard Charlie and Cormac laughing loudly in the hall. "We should hurry and get changed." Charlie said with a strained voice. "I expect Mom is nearly postal with worry now." He had to admit his mother probably was she had insisted on a family vacation so the family could spend time together and not all go off their separate ways. It's why he'd used the headache excuse to get away from the beach. "We should probably also do something about these bite marks."

Percy got up off the bed quickly and opened the door shocking the other two. "Please keep your voices down. I don't need to hear any more details." He saw Charlie blushing slightly and that Cormac was smirking. "And Mother was looking slightly distressed so I'd hurry if I was you." He then closed his door on the pair and lay back on the bed.

He was once again on the verge of drifting off to sleep when Oliver entered the room. "Hey, You aren't mad about me telling them all that are you?" Oliver had a bit of worry evident in his voice. He shook his head no and was rewarded with a bright smile on Oliver's face. "Good I didn't want to think I'd put my foot in my mouth by talking to much." Percy noticed that he seemed to be staring at him. "What's the matter then?"

"I keep worrying about my mom confronting me about this." He said gesturing at his tattoo. "I know it's going to happen before this vacation is over she's staring at it too much for it to wait much longer."

"Then why not beat her to it." Oliver said with a smirk. "I don't mean tell her everything as she'd just get ticked at both of us." He was staring at Oliver in shock as Oliver continued. "I mean just tell her that she has nothing to worry about we knew what we were doing and it was perfectly safe."

"In other words you want me to lie to my mother." Percy said with a smile. "You and I both know we had no way of knowing for sure what would happen when we did this." Oliver just laughed.

"True Percy but your mom doesn't need to know that." Oliver was still smiling. "Just reassure her that everything is fine and that she doesn't have to worry." Percy wasn't sure that would work his mother was a bit obsessive when she was worrying about something.

"I'll think about it." Percy said with a frown unsure if delaying the discussion was wise. He shook his head to clear it. "So what's for supper tonight?" He asked feeling slightly hungry.

"I have no idea last I heard your dad was trying to convince everyone to cook out over an open fire again." Percy groaned at the thought. Oliver smiled. "It's not that bad and I'm sure it won't take as long this time." Percy frowned at him. "Anyway, look on the bright side Percy tomorrow we get to play Quidditch." Percy grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it at Oliver's head.

To Be continued...