Thanks for reviewing! I couldn't have George go to the party, his parents need to accept Fred's death. And it lets them meet Callia weird friend, her name is Fred here, but i do wonder, is it to confusing that she changes her name? i think it just makes her weird which is what I'm going for so pleases let me know.
Fred and Callia walked up to a flat in London, it looked like every other flat in London but it had a couple flowers in a pot on the porch. They knocked on the door and a squat red headed woman answered the door.
"Hello you must be Callia and" She shook Callia hand and looked at Fred, Callia didn't really want to tell them her name because of their dead son but before Callia could say anything Fred did,
"I'm Fred" She smiled and shook the stunned woman's hand.
"I'm um I'm Molly Weasley" she stuttered but regained her composure,
"Pleases come in," Molly led the girls up some stairs and into a large living room filled with people. Callia immediately recognized Ginny and Harry from that day at the shop, there were lots of other people as well. Talking with Harry was a boy that looked about the same age as Harry, he had red hair just like the majority of the people in the room. A red headed man with glasses was talking to another red headed man with a ponytail with his arm around a woman with silvery blond hair. Ginny was on the couch talking to a woman with bushy brown hair. Molly called the attention of the room.
"Everyone, this is Callia and Fred, they're friends of Penelope," Molly walked around the room she first cam to Harry and his friend. "This is Harry and my son Ron" she walked to the group of three, "My son Bill" she put her hand of the shoulder of the man with the ponytail "His wife Fleur" she gestured to the woman then moved to the last man "my husband Arthur" she moved behind the couch and put a hand on both girls shoulders then said their names as she looked at them. "This is my daughter Ginny and Hermione, well have a seat." Molly motioned to the love seat. Fred and Callia sat down, Harry sat next to Ginny and put his arm around her and Ron sat next to Hermione and put his arm around her. Bill and Fleur sat in a chair and Arthur and Molly sat in the other love seat they all looked at Fred and Callia.
"So" Arthur started "how long have you two known Penelope?" he was making polite conversation, Callia was worried because Fred hated that and always liked to shake scenes like this up. She looked at Fred and saw she had a delightful smile on.
"Well I've know Penelope for about…" she looked at Callia trying to remember how long age it was that they met "What time is it? Seven? I guess that means I've known her for about oh say 36 hours." She nodded her head as the others look at her questioningly but she just smiled. Callia noticed that Harry was looking at her again, like he did in the shop but he didn't say anything. Ron was the next one to start talking.
"Um, so you work at the shop with George right?" Everyone was looking at Callia
"Yeah, um, yeah."
"How is he? Percy told us he might be coming today." Ron said in a small voice but Callia could tell the whole room wanted to know, Fred caught on to this too and join in, she turned to Callia expectantly and Callia looked at her.
"Well," she turned to the others, "I tried to get him to come but he thought that if he came it would distract from Percy and Penelope." She hoped that would be good enough with out making them feel bad but Fred spoke too
"Yeah that and he doesn't want to spend time with people who make him feel bad." Everyone was looking at her. It was Ginny who spoke first
"Excuse me?" she was glaring daggers at Fred
"Well he's come to terms with Fred's death where you guys seem to avoid it." Everyone was angry with her but she just smiled, you could cut the tension with a knife. They heard a door open and close down stairs and someone yelled hello.
"That will be Charlie" Molly said stiffly. A man with red hair came in the room he was tall and broad.
"Hello all" he caught sight of Fred, "Who is this?" he said smiling at her
"This is Fred" Ginny said just as stiffly as her mother did.
"Fred huh? I had a brother named Fred, he was funny but not nearly as pretty." He smiled and Fred giggled.
"Charlie this girl thinks we haven't come to terms with Fred's death." Ginny looked mad Fred looked a little embarrassed which Callia found off because she did stuff like this before and was fine.
"Well she's right" Charlie said taking a seat on the couch next to Ron. Everyone stared at him.
"How can you say that? He was your brother and my son!" Molly spoke up at this time
"Well not all of you" Charlie explained, "Just you mum, and Ginny, I think Dad is more OK then the two of you but not there yet."
"Charlie" He's father sounded hurt
"Sorry dad you guys just need to talk about him more, I think that will help. It helped me."
"And George" Fred piped in again. The all looked at her.
"Yeah see, I think Ron, Harry and Hermione have done the best with it." the three of them stifled smiles.
"I lost two sons that day, first Fred then George left us."
"Mom, he stayed around for a month before leaving, because the only thing anyone said to him for that whole month was about Fred"
"I missed him, I still do." Arthur hugged his wife, all the couples in the room hugged leaving Charlie, Fred and Callia. Callia was worried that the dinner would go badly but surprisingly they all started to smile, even more surprisingly Molly's next question was directed to Fred.
"You know Freddy, can I call you Freddy?"
"Yeah, it will stop any confusion"
"That's what I'm going for, my son Fred never got over things quickly, one time when the boys were young" she began to laugh and the mood instantly lighted "Fred and George were trying to get Ron to eat something they made, well he ate it and then he fell backward and crushed Fred's potions set, it was his vary first one and he cried for a week and then was mad at Ron for another week before he got over it." every one had started laughing
"I remember that" Bill said "Fred tried to steal the one I used for school."
"Yes!" The laughter continued and stories about Fred and George continued
"I remember when they turned seventeen and used magic all the time, it droved you mad, mum." Ginny was laughing, Freddy took her watch out and looked at it,
"Oh, dear what time is it?" Fred showed her the watch,
"Oh, it's fifteen past eight, Percy and Penelope will be here in fifteen minutes."
"Should we be getting ready or anything?" Callia thought that they should be doing something.
"Yes lets go set the table and get everything ready for them." Molly headed down the stares and through the door at the other end of the hall as the front door. As they set up the room Molly explained how the surprise was going to go.
"So the door is locked and it makes a big noise when it is unlocked so we'll hear them, we will turn off the light and when Percy opens the door we'll all jump out and say surprise he will have asked her to marry him on the front step." Everyone immediately started talking, Freddy was talking as if she knew Penelope and Percy all their lives, and this was typical of her. Callia smiled at her friend. Soon everyone heard a loud click.
"It's the lock!" Molly whispered loudly, she waved her wand and the lights went out, they all were quite. They heard Penelope squealing in hall.
"Oh, Percy!" they could hear feet shuffling
"Tonight is not over yet" the door swung open and Penelope walked in.
"Surprise!" Penelope's eyes were the size of tennis balls.
"Oh! You guys! Oh, Percy!" Penelope threw her arms around Percy's neck and kissed him.
