It's a short one, but it's a sweet one.

Chapter 10: Feet Never Touch The Ground

It wasn't more than 10 minutes later when the three redheads came across the girls. Kat and Boston were flying brooms above a bunch of Bulgaria fans laughing like maniacs; well, Kat was. Fred guessed that they had "found" those brooms and the owners wanted them back. Fred jogged a little to get to a place the girls could see him.

Boston spotted the three of them first, her face falling into a grim line. She flew over to Kat, who was attempting to stand on the broom, and tapped her on the arm. Kat jumped slightly and nearly tumbled to the ground but caught herself in time. She looked to where Boston had indicated on the ground. George waved at her and Boston, and Ginny was shaking her head in amusement, a smile forcing its way onto the young girl's face.

"Alright, come down now, before you hurt someone," Fred called up.

Kat giggled. "So, you're no longer afraid of me hurting myself?"

Cheeky, Fred thought. "You and brooms are dangerous for everyone Kitty Kat. Come on, let's get lunch. I'm sure Boston is hungry." He looked at the dark-haired girl who scowled down at him, but when Kat swung her gaze towards her, her expression changed to a small smile, and she nodded. Fred wondered why she had sided with him, and for the second time today, no less.

Kat rolled her brown eyes and flew down at a rate of speed that was not only horrifying but also potentially hazardous. If wizards hadn't moved away fast enough, he was sure one of them would have been skewered on the end of the broom.

She hopped off the broom, Boston so close behind it, they almost moved in unison, and they chucked the brooms towards two very irked looking men who Fred guessed where the owners.

"Since when do you like ruining all the fun, Freddie?" Kat quipped at him, but the smile that wouldn't vanish from her face told him she wasn't mad at him.

"Since when has Boston allowed you back on a broom since last time?" He quipped back.

Boston shrugged, and Kat rolled her eyes. "Her eyebrow grew back just fine last time thank you very much." Boston bumped her shoulder against Kat's, and they shared their version of a laugh.

"Yeah?" George joined in, "Well, I almost lost an ear last time." His twin was smiling down at the girl.

It wasn't uncommon for Fred to find George looking at Kat the way he was now. With joy and love and amusement. It wasn't the same way Kat looked at anyone. Fred wondered for the first time if the girl had ever fallen for someone. George had always held a torch for Kat sure, but he had also fallen for Katie Bell in 4th year after she knocked Flint off his broom during a game of Quidditch. Fred himself had gone around with a few girls as well, not ever calling himself in love but coming very close. Even Boston seemed to admire Cedric from afar with a scary intensity.

Sure, she had had a crush on Charlie for a summer, but it wasn't the same, not by kilometer.

Kat's laugh jolted him out of his thoughts. "You would look good with one ear," she told George.

"You think?"

"Oh yeah!" Kat continued, "It would give you a very dangerous look that drives the girls crazy."

Boston nodded along with Kat and sent a wink towards George. It was bizarre to see and made Fred feel almost nervous.

Ginny laughed slightly at the look on both the twins' faces. Fred wondered if even Ginny was aware of how George felt. By the look she was giving him, Fred would have wagered that she was.

They walked back to the tent, and Ginny, who was leading them, turned around right before they had gotten to their campsite.

"You know that you two are family, yeah?" There was a particular emphasis on the word two, and Fred knew it was a dig at him.

Boston nodded slowly, probably just to appease the girl and Kat said, "Of course Gin, it's just nice to hear every now and again."

"Yeah, and don't listen to Percy," George added.

Fred stepped in as well. "He thinks he is very important now, working for the Ministry."

To Fred's surprise, Boston actually spat on the ground at the mention of Percy's name.

"Hey," Kat said to her angry friend. "Hating him is not going to make him accept us as family."

Boston shook her head with a sneer on her face. She motioned to the three redheads and then to Kat. Then she pointed to herself and shook her head. She moved her hand quickly between Kat and herself and nodded her head.

"Well, you don't have to be, I guess, but are you mad that I am?" Kat twisted her fingers and shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

Boston shook her head, and her expression turned a little sad. She placed a hand over her heart and then moved closer and put the other over Kat's, then she drew a line in the air between them and gave Kat a small smile. For the first time, Fred was sure he had understood what Boston was trying to say.

Kat gave the same smile back to her friend. "Of course I'm all you need. I'm the best," she joked.

Boston's smile widened, and she looked up and shook her head.

Fred felt a pang in his chest and had a thought he had had for six years now. Boston was one day going to take Kat away from him and George.