Having finished their breakfasts Ruby and George left the Great Hall wondering where the other two could have gotten to. Ruby really hoped that because they hadn't come back sooner that it meant good news. "I don't think he'll have had the balls to say it," George laughed.
"And I think you're wrong, Geogie-boy" Ruby replied confidently.
"I think I know my own twin Ruby-Roo" he shot back.
"Wanna put your money where your mouth is Weasley?" She challenged him, knowing how much he loved a bet and feeling confident she wouldn't lose to him this time.
"Always" he nodded holding his hand out for her to shake on a deal, "Sickle says he hasn't told her"
"Sickle says he has" she smirked, shaking his hand. As they made their way through the entrance hall the two very people they'd just been talking about reentered the castle arm in arm, both of them giggling at something only they knew about. Ruby looked at George hopefully but he shook his head, a cocky grin on his face. Georgia finally caught the blonde's eye across the hall and she gave a small wave, tugging Fred towards them.
"Well?" Ruby asked expectantly.
"Well what?" Georgia gave her a look that said she didn't understand what she was hinting at.
"What have you both been up to?" Ruby prompted, looking a little too giddy.
"We took a walk round the grounds, it's nice out" Georgia replied, gesturing to the open castle doors, and Fred nodded his confirmation.
"Is that it?" Ruby's voice held a questioning tone that suggested she had expected more.
"Why? What have you been up to?" Georgia prodded the other witch in the shoulder. "What happened to the we'll follow you out?"
"Been getting up to no good, Forge?" Fred wiggled his eyebrows at his twin.
"How did you know about that?" George gasped, feigning horror and Fred let out a boyish cheer, clapping his twin on the shoulder.
"Wait what?" Georgia spluttered, looking at Ruby with wide eyes.
"He's being a prat" Ruby rolled her eyes, shoving the younger twin away from her. "Don't listen to him"
"Killjoy!" George pouted at her, throwing his hands in the air. "We could have wound them right up"
"So you and George, you're not..."
"No" Ruby let out an anxious laugh. "And you?" She gestured between her and Fred while the twins play fought.
"Nope" Georgia shook her head.
"I knew it!" George suddenly yelled before turning back to the two witches and holding his index finger up. "Weasley one, Wilkins nil. You owe me Ruby-Roo"
"Making wagers without me?" Fred gasped.
"George didn't believe in you" Ruby smirked, enjoying winding them both up. Laughing at the look on the younger twins face that she'd still sold him out despite losing the bet.
"What is the meaning of this ruckus?" Snape drawled off to the side where he'd just exited the dungeons.
"Nothing Sir" Fred and George replied in unison, the potions master gave them a suspicious look that told them he wasn't convinced and both witches giggled, unable to conceal their joy even under the glare of the mean Professor.
"10 points from Gryffindor" said Snape, "There's too much happiness"
"Sir! You can't do that" Ruby whined.
"10 more points for telling a Professor what to do" The four of them huffed but didn't dare reply in case they lost more house points so close to the end of the term. "Much better" he snarled, "Now move along, I'm sure you've got studying to do. Or maybe a little quiet reflecting outside in the sunshine"
Pretending they were heading off to do something productive they watched Snape leave, "What would he know about getting a bit sun?" Fred sniggered, linking arms with Georgia once more, missing the closeness between them. He couldn't explain it but something in his heart made him feel happier and calm when she was near. He put it down to the fact that he'd missed her and was just happy to have her back and didn't want to let her go again because he never wanted to feel that kind of sadness again, knowing that she was hurt and he couldn't do anything to help.
"About as much as you, it would seem" Ruby reached out and pinched his pale, freckled cheek.
"Nevermind that" he swatted her off, "I want to hear more about this bet I obviously missed out on" Fred cocked his head waiting to find out why he wasn't involved.
"It was nothing" George tried, not wanting to put his twin into an awkward situation, "Just something silly"
"When has that ever made a difference?" Fred pushed, wanting details.
"I doubted the connection between the pair of you" Ruby admitted, helping George out.
"Next time you might believe me when I say I know Fred better than anyone"
"Fine, yes, I'll take your word on it next time" Ruby sighed, pulling a sickle out of her pocket and slapping it into George's open hand. "We need to go find something to do, before Snape comes back and docks more house points" she added, gesturing for her friends to move, it was too near the end of term for them to start losing house points.
I say we go outside," George suggested.
"For some quiet reflecting?" The brunette mocked their potions Professor.
"Have you met George before? He doesn't know the meaning of the word quiet" Ruby teased, causing her friends to laugh in agreement while George nodded proudly. Making a ruckus and causing a scene was something he and Fred both lived for.
"Well I think we ought to think about going to the library to make a start on studying, because no way am I going into those exams without some sort of preparation" Georgia said, even as she scrunched her nose up at the thought of it and the twins groaned in despair at the thought of spending their afternoon stuck in the library, there was a million other fun things they could think of doing instead.
"Do we have to?" Fred complained, it was such a lovely day and it would be a shame to waste it.
"Yes" Georgia nodded in determination. "So I suggest, Fred Weasley, if you're so set on never letting me out of your sight again during every waking moment that you grab your books and join me"
Fred grumbled at being called out for being so clingy to the short witch but agreed, feeling like he had no other choice because he didn't want to let Georgia out of his sight now that they finally had her back. He'd waited months to spend time with her again and if that meant doing something boring like school work then so be it. Behind him he heard George and Ruby sniggering at him but ignored it, knowing fine well they were no different, even if he hadn't been told they both fancied one another he would definitely know about it. Anyone with eyes could see it, just apparently not them.
George threw his arm over Ruby's shoulders and tugged her with him towards the castle doors, "Well, I think Roo and I will head outside"
"Reflect in that beautiful sunlight" Ruby continued.
"I don't think so" Fred responded quickly, his twin wasn't getting out of studying that easily. "You can come with us"
"But it seems a shame to spend the day shut up in the library when the sun is shining" Ruby backed George up, a smile on her face.
"Grab your books Wilkins. I'm not having you blaming me when you fail your exams" Georgia gave her a warning look.
"I wouldn't blame you"
"We both know you will, so let's go" The brunette's bossiness wasn't something that Ruby had missed at all. The taller witch whined, pleading with George to do something, they'd spent the whole of spring shut inside, studying by Georgia's bedside and she wasn't sure she could take another minute of it. She hadn't even been able to go out flying because of the strict school rules and now that they'd finally been lifted she wanted to take full advantage of it. She'd missed feeling the wind on her skin.
"How's about," George spoke before Fred and Georgia could get to far, "We grab our books and go sit out by the lake or something to study? The fresh air will help us concentrate, and it'll be a change from staring at the castle walls all day long, right?"
"Please can we do that?" Fred begged.
"Will you actually study if we do?" Georgia asked, looking at Ruby who rolled her eyes playfully.
"Yeah okay" the blonde nodded.
After a quick visit up to the common room to grab their textbooks and several more rounds of hellos as their fellow Gryffindors continued to welcome Georgia back they made their way back through the castle and out to the grounds. Professor Snape narrowed his eyes at them as he spotted them back in the entrance hall once more and they silently held their books up in explanation before making their way outside and into the warm sun where they burst into laughter.
"I say we prank him before the end of the year" Fred suggested with a smirk.
"I like the way you think," George agreed.
"There's gonna be no we about it" Georgia shook her head, as they neared their favourite oak tree that they'd come to claim as their own spot over the years. "I've had enough drama this year, I want the next few weeks to be quiet and trouble free."
Ruby on the other hand was all for pranking the sour faced Professor, they needed something to bring a little joy back into their lives if only for a few short seconds, "Count me in" she announced as she dropped onto the green grass that was warm in the sun.
Sitting in the shade cast by the trees the four Gryffindors settled onto the grass, the whispering of the wind through the leaves above and the lake lightly rippling in the distance the only sounds they could hear and it was relaxing to the girls. Using paper weight charms on their pieces of parchment so they wouldn't blow away they opened their books to begin studying. Transfiguration was to be their first exam on Monday morning and none of them were feeling confident about it. Especially not Georgia who realised just how much she'd missed, she still had several pieces of incomplete homework assignments and was a few chapters behind in her textbook compared to the other three. "I've got no chance" she grumbled, resting her hands on her face.
"We've got all weekend, we'll get there" Ruby promised, flipping her own textbook open to the chapter on Cross-Species Switches to match Georgia's.
"Two months wouldn't even be enough time, let alone two days" Georgia spoke softly, "I'm going to fail every exam. I'll be held back, I'll have to redo my fourth year, without you"
"We're in this together. You fail, we fail" George shrugged, placing a hand on her arm to calm her down as she was panicking.
"I can't expect you to do that" Georgia shook her head at the friends. She wouldn't hold them back.
"We decided on it months ago, you're stuck with us" Fred grinned before grabbing a quill, ready to help catch her up to speed. He and George had never been as academic as their older brothers anyways so a failure in the family wouldn't come as a surprise, in fact he was certain his mother was expecting it from them, she often made comments about them needing to take their school work more seriously if they wanted to make something of themselves after school.
"Let's see, describe, with examples, the ways in which Transforming Spells must be adapted when performing Cross-Species Switches." Georgia read out and looked at her friends with confusion in her eyes. They'd learnt about switching spells every year since first year and she'd even successfully turned various objects into animals and back again but at that moment her head felt empty and the words in front of her looked foreign and didn't make sense. "Did you do this essay question?" She asked, hoping they'd be able to provide her with some insight on how to answer it.
"Uhh..." Ruby mumbled, pretending to think back to it while George busied himself with reading his transfiguration book.
"Er.. well..." Fred said, rubbing the back of his neck, a nervous habit he'd picked up.
"The thing is..." Ruby started.
"What?" Georgia asked.
"We sort of skipped some homework when you weren't here" George finally answered, giving her a look of innocence, hoping she wouldn't be disappointed and shout at them. "We spent more time worrying about how you were than focusing on school work, it didn't seem important at the time" he shrugged.
The brunette let out a small sigh, she really couldn't trust them to do anything on their own. "I suppose that's understandable" she finally said, unable to be mad at them for caring about her.
Ruby pulled out her class notes, she hadn't paid total attention but she'd at least written something and hoped it would be enough to help them learn what it meant, beside her the others read through their textbooks, also trying to make sense of the question. Coming to a mutual agreement on the subject they began to take notes that would hopefully help them in their exam. George leant back against the thick trunk of the tree behind him and got lost reading the rest of the chapter in his transfiguration book, the idea of being able to adapt spells to make them do different things had intrigued him and he wanted to learn more about it. Not that he would actually admit it but he partly wished they had gone to the library after all, just so that he would have access to look into it some more because his textbook wasn't giving him a lot to go on.
Suddenly Georgia let out a noise of frustration, crumpling up the parchment that she'd previously been writing on between her hands and throwing it in temper, not caring where it went. It was filled with scribbles and none of her sentences were making any sense. It was no use.
"Watch it" George smiled at her in amusement, as the paper ball bounced off the top of his head. "People will think you hate me"
"Never" Georgia smiled back as she ran her ink stained fingers across her face trying to refocus, leaving a black smudge down the side of her cheek.
"Back off Forge" Fred joked.
"I can't help it if I'm the better looking twin" George smirked and Fred scoffed in disbelief, making Ruby laugh. She bit her bottom lip to avoid accidentally agreeing with George and making an idiot of herself.
"You keep telling yourself that dear brother" Fred rolled his eyes as he reached out to grab the discarded parchment. Unfolding it he carefully lay it against the hardcover of his textbook and smoothed it back out.
"I don't need that" Georgia muttered, wondering what he was doing. Fred just smiled at her, amusement clear on his face as he took in the ink smudge. She looked frazzled with stress and he reached up to run his thumb over the ink.
"You've got..." the ink remained in place though and he decided to leave it, he thought it made her look more adorable anyways. He swallowed hard and turned his attention back to her discarded parchment. "What's wrong with this?" He asked, looking over the stuff she'd written and threw off his brother's head, which he had to admit was a bloody good shot, had she not been so scared of heights she'd make a brilliant chaser.
"It's pathetic!" Georgia exclaimed, crossing her arms over her chest, feeling annoyed at herself that she couldn't concentrate on learning. "I keep making mistakes"
"It's perfectly fine," Fred laughed, "It doesn't have to look great, because no ones going to judge you on it. It's just notes to help you remember stuff for the exam"
"At this rate I don't think I'll even be able to remember my own name in the exam" she grumbled, wishing she'd been left petrified until all the worry of exams were over. She looked like she could do with a hug so he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, tugging her to his side. "Not now Fred" she complained, trying to wriggle free. She had another paper to write. But Fred wasn't fazed, he just tightened his hold on her and held her to his side until she'd calmed down.
He gave her shoulder a squeeze. "You're going to be fine, don't be so hard on yourself, you've only just been brought back from being unconscious. It's going to take a while to adjust back to normal"
"As much as I hate to say it, he's right" George nodded, leaning towards her to try and catch her line of sight. "You need to take it easy, give your brain a break and then try again"
"We're running out of time though" Georgia reminded him.
"The timing isn't the best, I'll agree" said Ruby, painfully aware of how close the exams were looming. "But please listen to them"
"You're not even going to side with me?" Georgia looked at the other witch with wide eyes, wondering what had changed. They'd always stuck together against the boys.
"It's not about taking sides" Ruby replied, not wanting to get into a fight with her best friend. "I just don't want you to end up back in the hospital because you've exerted yourself"
"Fine, okay" Georgia caved, holding her hands up in defeat. "Tiny break to reset our minds" she put emphasis on the word tiny, they weren't going to goof around and not get any studying done, she wouldn't allow that.
Fred grinned and then removing Georgia's books and bits of parchment he put them to one side he then grinned mischievously before tickling her side causing her to squeal and turn around to hit him playfully but he avoided her and indicated up towards the sky "Cloud gazing sound like a good thing to relax you?" He whispered into her ear making her go still, and her cheeks to pinking, but before she had time to answer he pulled her gently onto the ground, letting her use his arm as a headrest. Tucking his other arm under his own head.
She felt herself relax as she looked up at the sky, getting lost in watching the thick, white, fluffy clouds slowly gliding across their bright blue background in the gentle wind. George closed his book and decided to join them, finding a space on the grass and laying down, tucking his hands behind his head, a small smile on his face as he let out a happy sigh. It felt good to just relax and forget that that had school stuff to work on. "Ooof" he let out as Ruby not so gently decided to use his stomach as a cushion, her arms folded across her middle.
"What's the fascination of watching the clouds anyways?" She asked.
"Just wait, some will start looking like animals and shapes"
Georgia knew she should have known better than to trust her three best friends, to help her with her studying, one of which was now acting like her personal bodyguard and that alone was distraction enough because everytime she thought about how much he suddenly seemed to care about her a small smile found its way onto her face and she got butterflies in her stomach. But she'd allowed herself to get sidetracked from studying in favour of goofing off with her favourite Gryffindors, and it felt nice after a whole year of worrying. It was now late Sunday afternoon and she was in the library with them, desperately trying to cram any last bits of information she could fit into her already crowded mind. Regretting that she hadn't been to see a Professor sooner to ask for some extra help, she hadn't wanted to bother them though knowing they would have other students to help, especially those in their fifth and seventh years facing their important exams.
Fred returned to the table they'd claimed after returning the books he'd been using back to their original places on the shelves, if only to stay on Madam Pinces good side, to find Georgia chewing on the tip of her wand, her eyebrows furrowed together tightly in thought as she stared at the text in front of her. Gently grabbing her wrist he pulled her hand and wand away from her mouth, "You've got to stop doing that, Honeybadger" he'd really need to find a replacement before she accidentally blew her head off one day.
"Why aren't you working?" She asked, looking at him after glancing round the table. Ruby and George had already left them and she couldn't remember them going. "Where did they go?"
"Great Hall, it's dinner time. Come on, you need to eat" he held his hand out for her to take but she shook her head.
"Not hungry" she lied, "I've got this chapter to finish taking notes on"
Fred sighed and pulled the book closer to him so that she would at least look up at him "Okay, how's this, I'll make a deal with you" he said with a knowing glint in his eye.
She sighed and looked up at him, arms folded on the desk "Hurry up, Weasley, I don't have much time as it is" she reminded him, stare hard.
He smirked "How's about you come down to dinner with me now and then later on I'll test you on what you've been looking at today, back in the common room" He bargained, he knew Georgia knew how much he hated studying and to do it in the common room with all the rest of the lions watching on would be even more unlike him.
Georgia felt herself melt at his offer "Really? You-You'd do that, for me?" She felt herself blushing and the red head nodded "Of course! You couldn't help the fact that you missed months of classes so it's the least I can do" he smiled at her, a smile she thought she'd grown to know over the last couple of years but there was something added to it that she would have to get to know what.
Eventually she sighed and pushed the chair back quietly and gently and then held her hand out for the book so that she could return it to its rightful shelf "Fine Fred, you've won. Once I've returned this book I shall dine with you tonight"
"Thank you kind maiden" he teased, bowing at her before allowing her to return the book in peace. She giggled at his silliness as she placed the books neatly back into the spaces on the shelves before gathering up her stuff and finally taking Fred's hand.
Fred beamed at the fact he'd managed to win her round, they'd had an announcement earlier that day telling them that the feast that night would be mandatory for all students to attend and he hadn't wanted her to get into trouble for missing it. Being a big feast, which was strange considering it wasn't a special occasion, meant they had to be in full uniform. So fingers entwined between them they made their way through the castle towards Gryffindor tower first to get rid of their school books and change into their black robes before lastly making their way to the Great Hall, Fred came to the realisation that holding her hand was now his favourite thing to do, and he wondered why they'd never done it before. It wasn't weird for friends to hold hands he reminded himself but dropped her hand as they reached the Great Hall so that rumours wouldn't begin.
Upon reaching the entrance to the hall Georgia skipped over to the Gryffindor table to plop herself into the empty space next to Ruby, nudging her as a way of saying hello. With a small pout Fred made his way round to the other side of the table to sit beside his brother, feeling a little bit put out that he couldn't be next to Georgia. As the hall filled with more students the noise level grew and soon McGonagall was clinking her fork against her goblet to gather their attention. Dumbledore rose from his seat, a small smile playing on his face as he thanked them all for coming.
"Before we all eat I'd like us all to take a moment to give a round of applause to Professor Sprout and Madam Ponfrey for their amazing work, all those petrified have made a full recovery" the hall filled with the sound of clapping before it faded once more to allow the Headmaster to continue talking. "I'd also like to make a small announcement, in the light of recent events all school exams have been cancelled as a school treat"
The entire Great Hall erupted into cheers and whoops but Hermione and Georgia weren't celebrating, the two brunettes caught one another's eyes and pouted - they'd both been in the library studying for the past two days and now the exams were cancelled it all seemed like such a waste! Fred was cheering and jostling his friends and brothers when he happened to spot the two witches looking down cast and he also could have sworn he heard the younger of the two huff!
Fred smirked at that before catching George and Ruby's eyes, they needed to cheer their lion cub up. Ruby nodded before taking Georgia's shoulders in hand and attempting to lift her up out of her seat so that she could celebrate with the rest of the school, but she wasn't to be moved it seemed.
"Gia... come on, get up and celebrate please?" She begged before looking across at the twins for some help as that wasn't working. Georgia had continued to sit and sulk.
"It's so unfair," Georgia actually whined.
"Don't you see how amazing this is, Gi?" Fred asked, across the table and over the noise. "We've got a free pass! So no more crazy study sessions"
"And you don't have to worry about failing and being held back" Ruby grinned.
"The next couple of weeks will be so stress free." George added excitedly, catching on to what they were trying to do. Georgia finally caved, a sheepish smile spreading across her face unable to deny that the positives definitely outweigh the negatives. She sighed and slowly stood up, but not before catching Hermione's eye and encouraging her to get up and celebrate with the rest of the school.
"One last announcement and then I promise you may all eat, unfortunately due to some unforeseen circumstances Professor Lockhart will be unable to rejoin us to see out the end of the term" Several of the other teachers had cheered at that, not even bothering to hide the pleased looks on their faces at the news and finally they had been granted permission to tuck in and the feast properly began as the food appeared, it had been so unlike any other feast they'd attended in the past, it was filled with joy and laughter and they all celebrated way into the night.
The following day lessons resumed as normal, with the exception of Defence Against The Dark Arts that had been temporarily cancelled, giving everyone a little extra free time during their school days, something which Fred and George made use of, often sneaking off to set up pranks. The remainder of the school year passed all too quickly as without exams to focus on classes were a lot more relaxed than usual as the Professors just recapped everything they'd learnt that year, but Georgia was thankful for that because it meant more of her Summer would be free as she wouldn't have to spend her days catching up on the stuff she'd missed.
Hagrid had returned to the castle and everyone's spirits were high, including Ginny's who had bounced back after her dreadful experience of being possessed by the Dark Lord, she'd given them all quite the scare and her brothers and their best friends had all taken to making sure she was included. Which was why on the train ride home Harry, Ron, Hermione and the twins pushed Ginny into a carriage so that they could all sit together. The only problem was that meant that the twins best friends couldn't join them, Fred caught Georgia's eye and pouted, Georgia sighed in return before allowing Ruby to push her along the carriage to find a compartment where they could sit, she was sure the twins would be along during the train ride if only to discuss their summer plans.
"Are you sure you want to stay in Wales this summer?" Ruby asked the brunette again, just in case she'd changed her mind since the carriage ride to the station.
Georgia nodded "I am, Roo, I was unconscious for months as much as I love you three I need to be in Wales" she confirmed with a nod before resting her head back against the seat and looking out of the window, with a small sigh - a lot had happened that year and she needed the journey home to process it.
The trolley lady soon bought her back from her thoughts "Anything from the trolley, dears?" She asked and Georgia stood up to grab her purse out of her bag "Can I take four liquorice wands, two packets of fudge flies and four chocolate frogs please?" She grinned, she would earn best and girl friend points this way. The lady nodded and shuffled about getting Georgia her items before handing them over "Tar" she said in her Welsh accent, the lady smiled and then turned to Ruby to see if she wanted anything.
Ruby quickly dug some coins out of her pocket, "Four sugar quills and some Bertie Botts please" she requested, thanking the elderly witch before sliding the door closed and returning to her seat across from Georgia who had lay her sweets on the empty seat beside her, curling back into the corner of the compartment, her head laying on the glass window. Ruby sighed as she dropped her own sweets into the pile, knowing they'd all be sharing them anyways once the boys arrived, but they were headed home for the summer, they were meant to be happy that they'd get to see their families again and spend almost two months doing whatever they pleased, getting up when they wanted and going to bed late, not worrying about school work and in her case hanging out with the boys flying in the orchard. But instead the brunette was sulking and Ruby found herself praying the boys would show up soon, hoping that the presence of Fred would help lift her mood because everyone had noticed how much closer the two had seemingly become after the attack.
After several moments of silence Ruby tried to coax the other witch into talking by turning the conversation to her favourite redhead. "So, come on, what's going on between you and Fred?" she asked mischievously, wanting to hear more details but Georgia rolled her eyes and scoffed "Pretty similar to what's going on with you and George" the older girl shot back before closing her eyes again and letting the movement of the train lull her into a sleep.
With a huff Ruby twisted in her own seat, resting her back against the windows as she threw her legs up along the length of the empty seats on her side of the carriage, leaning over and grabbing an Orange sugar quill she pulled the wrapper off it and stuffed it into her mouth. Watching the occasional student run past the glass window of the compartment doors, suddenly a roar of cheers could be heard just down the train and Ruby found herself rolling her eyes, glad at least someone was having fun. Glancing at Georgia she found the witch still sleeping, the noise not disturbing her, until suddenly the doors to their compartment slid open once more and two identical boys all but fell through the opening, laughing loudly.
Before Ruby could shush them and warn them of the sleeping brunette they'd shut the door and Fred threw himself into the empty space next to their stash of sweets. "If Percy comes by we've been here staying out of trouble this whole time alright" he sniggered. At the same time as George plopped himself down on top of Ruby's legs.
"George!" she yelped in pain, "I've got bones inside of them" she slapped his arm as hard as she could, making him hop up.
"Don't I know it" he chuckled, standing up he grabbed her legs and moved them out of his way, so that he could sit comfortably. "You don't make a very nice cushion Ruby-Roo"
"Do any of you mind?" came Georgia's voice from the corner.
George and Fred turned to look at the brunette who was huddled in the corner and sniggered "Oh hello welcome back to the land of the awake" George quipped before swiping for a fudge fly off the seat.
Georgia stretched and then looked at the pair of them "I really don't want to know why we're lying to Percy do I?" She asked, eyebrow arched before grabbing for the box of Every Flavour Beans before looking at the stash she'd bought for the twins "Oh and you're welcome by the way" she said, indicating to said stash causing the red heads to look at Ruby, blinking, the blonde looked back at them and nodded her confirmation as she continued to suck on her sugar quill.
"Thanks Gia!" George grinned before grabbing a chocolate frog and opening it causing the girls to laugh at how much they were guided by their stomachs. "We didn't do anything that would cause harm"
"Just brought a little bit of mayhem" Fred smiled, a mischievous glint in his eyes as he also nabbed a Chocolate frog.
"Is there actually any difference?" Georgia questioned, all too aware of how close to the line their jokes could sometimes get.
"It's all fun and games" Fred shrugged.
"Until someone gets hurt" Ruby reminded them.
"Then it's bloody hilarious" George laughed leaning forward to share a high five with his brother, and the girls just shook their heads at them. "But if you must know, we set off the last of our Filibuster, no heat, wet start fireworks in the train corridor as one final attempt to make Gin laugh while we can still use magic"
Georgia smiled at that, the young witch was so lucky to have such caring and protective brothers by her side. Never having had siblings of her own it made her feel warm and fuzzy witnessing the love between the Weasleys. Soon they were all buzzed up from the sugar rush and had avoided confrontation with Percy by pretending to be asleep when the prefect had popped into their compartment on the carriage, they'd all got a bout of giggles after he'd left, unable to believe he'd fallen for it. Content on staying where she was, with her head laying on Fred's shoulder, Georgia remained curled up feeling half sleepy for the rest of the ride home while George and Ruby had returned to their previous sitting position starting up a game of exploding snap between them as conversations shifted towards their plans for the Summer, working out the best ways for them to spend time together and with their families as Georgia was still insistent on spending her holidays at the farm with her parents. All too soon the train was pulling into Kings Cross and Georgia reluctantly sat up, preparing to say her goodbyes to not only her friends but the Wizarding world too as she would be returning to her Muggle life for the next few months.
