You're In Good Hands

To the delightful Miss Audrey Cross,

I know you wonder whether or not Molly and I welcome you quite as much as the other girls and I'm telling you now that we do. We welcome anyone like you, who's so clearly the best choice for our son. We can tell he's in good hands.

I know you were nervous about the wedding. So many people you didn't know and no time to even find out their names. Your fellow Weasley Brides guessed that, which is why they stood beside you all day, whispering names in your ear. With them as your sisters (and brother in one rare exception), you're in good hands.

I know you worry about the children you and Percy are going to have. You worry that the fact you're a Muggle means your children might not have any magic talent in them, that we'll reject them because of that. We'll never care about magical skill, or how much talent anyone has (I mean, they've kept me all these years after all). Whatever may come for your children, we know they're in good hands.

I know you worry occasionally whether or not he'll ever leave you the way he left us. I can't offer any more words of reassurance then this. He did what he thought he had to in order to save us. He came back. He's more like his father then he realises though. I'd never willingly leave Molly's side, so I'm fairly positive he won't ever leave you. When it comes to Percy Weasley, you are in good hands.

I know that your family died in a fire when you were very young, you were in fact, the only one to survive. That's why you made Percy come back to us in the battle rather than later. I can never thank you enough for that. You sent him back to us, to Fred, just in time. There are no words to say to you, to make you understand how truly important it is that Percy got to see him one last time. Welcome to the family Audrey. You're in good hands, and since you joined, so are we.

We've made you a yellow jumper because it's the same colour as your favourite flowers. It's the colour of your bridesmaids' dresses and the colour of the dress you wore on your first date with Percy. But mostly, we made it because at the darkest time of his life, you helped our son. You helped Percy when we couldn't. You mightn't have ever noticed this, but you are truly the sunshine in Percy's life.

Shine on, my dearest daughter,

You're in the best hands I can offer you,

Arthur Weasley