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Chapter Ten: Break Down

When I came through the floo at George's he looked up in surprise at his floo going off so late at night. I feel through and landed on my knees and just sobbed. George rushed over to me and held pulled me into him. I clung to him for dear life. I couldn't do anything in that moment but cry. George kept kissing my forehead over and over. He was rubbing calming circles over my back. He picked me up and walked with me to a bedroom while I was still sobbing. He sat us on a bed and just held me. I can't tell you how long we were sat like that. I only know it felt like forever. George just kept on with his calming ministrations and he kept saying everything is okay. When I finally stopped crying, George moved to go and get me some water. It brought on another round of tears. When those stopped, he accioed a bottle of water from his dining room and handed it to me. After I had drunk some, I looked at him and tried to apologize.

George cut off my apology and said, "Don't apologize. It's okay. I know what you are feeling. I am sure you needed this break down. I am going to put you down now okay. It is also hot in here would you like me to get you a different shirt to change into?"

I nodded my head and as George moved away to go and get me a new shirt I looked around me. I began noticing pictures on the walls and frames everywhere. All the pictures were of the twins. I assumed George had brought me into his room to console me until I saw where George was rummaging around in a dresser with a mirror attached to it. On this dresser there was a picture of one of the twins looking at a girl and then he kissed her in the snow. I was thrown into a memory of a happier time. It was December and it was almost Christmas. All the fifth years and above got out of classes outside and everyone went to have a snowball fight. It was there that everyone but George, Harry, Ron and Ginny found out that Hermione Granger was in a relationship with Fred Weasley because he kissed me in the snow. I was over the moon when he kissed me. We had been dating for just about a year at the time, and it was the perfect moment for everyone else to find out the truth. That is when I realized that I was in Fred's old room. I could finally smell his scent and I almost began crying again when George finally walked back over to me with Fred's old quidditch jersey.

George saw the tears trying to form in my eyes again and said, "I'm sorry Mia. I thought you might be more comfortable in Fred's old room than in mine."

I nodded my head in thanks and took the jersey from him. He moved to walk out the room so I could change in private when I spoke up and said, "Please don't leave me. You can turn around in the corner, but please don't leave me."

George nodded his head and said, "I promise I won't leave Mia. I will always stand by your side." George turned into the corner as I changed and when I finished he turned back around and said, "Do you want to talk about what happened?"

I nodded my head and said, "I would like to talk about it, but first can we please go and make some tea?" George and I went to his living room and George began boiling water in a kettle as we waited for the water to boil we picked out which tea we wanted and didn't say a thing. After the kettle whistled, we took our tea to the living room and sat down on the couch. I turned to George and pulled one leg up so I was sitting beside him and looking directly at him. He sat the same way. He gave me an encouraging smile and I began, "When we were out in Hogsmeade, I was having a great time. Then when we walked out, it's like all my senses set themselves on fire. I felt someone watching us. I felt like dementors were near us while also feeling like I was hit with a crucio that didn't inflict the pain, just the burden of it. I had turned to see what was happening and Sev saw me, so he asked what was wrong. I guess Lucius saw them try to curse us because that's when he pushed me out of the way. It was purple George. Only one curse I have ever been hit with was purple. It was Dolohov's curse. I was brought back to fifth year when we were in the department of mysteries and how Fred was so worried about me. We had been together a whole year, but that's the year everyone else found out about us being together at Christmas time. I forgot about the babies for a second, and I felt horrible about it. I wasn't thinking about them when I woke back up. I feel guilty because they are half Fred it's all we have of Fred anymore, and I feel like I wasn't taking care of myself. Then when you went to leave and get me water I remembered how I left Fred at the battle. We had just had the loveliest night, and he wanted me by him, but I couldn't because I was worried about Harry trying to sacrifice himself. I left and went to Harry to make sure he was okay. I had been tortured all night and I couldn't even be near my boyfriend of four years because I was more worried about Harry. I remember finally making my way toward him at the final battle and I saw Rookwood aim his wand at him, I pulled mine up to Avada him, but I was too late. Rookwood missed him, but the spell hit the wall and the wall exploded. There was dirt and debris everywhere. It knocked me back and I couldn't walk. I crawled over towards him and he had the ghost of a smile on his face and I lost it. I was so heartbroken I lashed out and my magic exploded from me. I knocked several people out with it. Percy was the first one to find us. I was crying over Fred and I kept trying to do healing spells and nothing was working. Percy apparated to Harry and had Harry help us move him. I was in shock. I didn't know what to do. I just kept crying. Then Voldemort was telling us to move our dead and asked for Harry to come forward. We got Fred to the great hall and you walked in. My heart broke all over when I saw your face. It's like you knew before you knew. You dropped to your knees by him, and I was off to the side. That's when I decided I was going to be strong for everyone else, because I knew he meant so much more to you than me. You two were together for twenty years. I just had four. It didn't hold a torch to your relationship with him. I know he loved me, and I know I loved him. I was just more aware of the fact that he was your literal soul mate." I took a deep breath and tearfully continued, "When we were rebuilding Hogwarts, I saw you buy the lake with the two brooms and the beaters' bats. I knew I wanted to help you cope then and there."

George pulled me into a hug and said, "Mione, why you would let us leave you out like that. You were obviously hurting like hell. We could have healed each other. You needed us, and we weren't there for you."

I stopped George and said, "You weren't there, because I didn't let you guys in. I knew what I was doing. Then I found out I was pregnant and I was so worried everyone would blame me. If I had shot the spell at Rookwood faster, maybe Fred would still be here. If Ronald hadn't left us on the Horcrux hunt, maybe we would have been back to Hogwarts sooner and Fred wouldn't have been on the seventh floor. All these what ifs constantly on a loop inside my head and I just remembered it all tonight when I was unconscious."

George kissed my forehead and told me, "Mia, you can't shut us out again, especially not me. I promised I would always be here for you and I am standing by that." George twisted his face then said, "What do you mean Ronald left you guys on the Horcrux hunt? He said he was with you guys the entire time."

I whipped my head up and said, "He told you that? He left us after we found the locket. He thought Harry and I were together because we were dancing in a rare moment of calm and he left. We had just listened to Potterwatch and then a slow song started playing and we just wanted to dance and pretend we were someone else."

George looked enraged and he jumped up. He said "Come on. We are going to the burrow. They all need to know what happened because Ron certainly didn't tell us the truth. Mia, I am afraid to ask, but how did you guys end up at the manor? Was it Ron?"

I meekly nodded my head and whispered, "Yeah. He was ranting about Harry and me again and he screamed out about Lord Voldemort and the taboo was on his name. I had said it right after we left Bill and Fleur's wedding because we didn't know about the taboo at that time and that's how they found us the first time."

George looked concerned as he hugged me again and said, "Come on. We are still going to the burrow. I hope Ronald is there so I can hex him for everything. I used to think Percy was the prat, but it turns out Ronald is an even bigger prat."