Later that afternoon after Georgia had been shown to the room she'd be staying in, the one she'd stayed in during her last visit, Fred and George had dragged her off to their room. Ruby promised Molly that they would keep the door open and not cause any trouble. Georgia sat on the floor and lent back against one of the two beds that occupied the room, she sighed happily as she took in the feeling and atmosphere that she really had missed being in amongst, the hustle and bustle of The Burrow was warm and welcoming. It was just a normal feeling that came with being part of the Weasley family, even if you're just a best friend of one of their children you still felt welcome.
She suddenly hissed as she felt something poking into the bottom of her spine and after she fumbled around behind her she pulled out a Filibuster Firework and then promptly glared at the twins "Lost something?" She aimed at Fred, figuring that it would be him that had discarded the offending object so carelessly seeing as he was the twin sat on the bed she'd found the item under.
Fred looked anywhere but at the brunette as he cleared his throat and held his hand out "Sorry about that, completely forgot that was there" he threw her a sheepish smile before remembering that she'd hissed because the end had poked her so he quickly looked at her and his face showed the caring side of him "Are you ok?" He questioned and Georgia felt herself blush - which wasn't helped by George and Ruby sniggering from where they were on George's bed. Fred threw them a pillow and shot them both a glare. Georgia smiled to herself at how caring he could be at times, nodding her head she confirmed that there was no lasting damage.
"You know you don't have to sit down there on the floor, right?" Fred sounded amused as he spoke.
"I like it," Georgia shrugged.
"If you say so" he replied, fiddling with the firework in his hands. It would be funny to set it off even if it would cause his mother to yell, but he didn't want to waste it. He was sure he and George could find another use for it. "Anyone got any ideas of what we can do?"
"Play a game?" George suggested.
"Exploding snap? Gobstones?" Ruby offered, knowing that Georgia wouldn't go for playing Quidditch and purposely leaving out Chess because she didn't understand the rules.
"I've got a better idea" Georgia smirked, "Wait here, and I expect you all to be sitting on the floor when I get back!" without another word she jumped up and ran from the room, leaving her friends confused. Her light footsteps could be heard heading down the stairs and across the landing to what was once Bill and Charlie's room. The three shared a look, silently asking one another if anyone had any idea what she had planned, with matching shrugs they did as she'd requested and settled onto the space of carpet between the two beds.
Once Georgia reached the room she was staying in that weekend she headed for her suitcase and undoing it she grabbed the board game out from it, grinning she grabbed it and headed back up to the third floor that held the twins room. "I'm baaaaaaaack" she announced as she re-entered the room showing them the Muggle board game she wanted them all to play.
"Mono- what?" George asked as from his new position on the floor and the brunette giggled.
"Monopoly!" She repeated and then sat down in the space that had been left for her.
"That's what you were going to teach us to play at Christmas" Fred announced, recognising the image on the lid of the box.
"It is" Georgia nodded in response as she pulled the box open and lay the board out between them. Causing the boys to shuffle back to make more room for her. "It was a last minute decision to pack it but seeing as you lot are pathetically boring hosts, I'm glad I did" she joked with a smirk.
"Is this what Muggle money looks like?" George asked curiously, excitedly grabbing the brightly coloured paper notes.
"Don't you use coins like us?" Fred frowned, taking one of the notes from his brother and turning it over in his hands.
"We use both coins and notes, but no that's not Muggle money" the Muggleborn witch giggled, taking it back from him and moving the box out of George's reach until she was ready to explain the various rules and pieces of the game to them. "Don't let that fool you, it's pretend money. Otherwise you'd have people trying to spend it"
"Are all Muggle games this complicated?" Ruby questioned, gazing at the different items still inside of the box that was now closer to her, but refrained from touching anything. She was used to playing games that only consisted of a deck of cards or a set of marbles.
"No, not all of them. And this one isn't that confusing really. It just looks a lot but the rules are quite simple" Removing the thimble from the little bag of pieces she kept it to one side before handing the rest over to Ruby, stifling a giggle she let her three best friends fight over who wanted to be what while she sorted and counted out how much money they each needed. She was all too well aware of the feuds the board game could cause but she hadn't expected them to start so soon. Placing the chance and community chest cards in the middle of the board she waited for her friends to be ready.
"Sorted?" She asked once they each had their chosen pieces and were settled again and listening. They nodded their agreement and she had them place their bits on the starting point. "Now, to start off we need to each take turns to roll the dice. Whoever scored highest begins and then we'll move in a clockwise position" Using her hand she gestured which way round the circle they'd go. "We can either do oldest rolls first, or youngest. I don't mind"
"I vote oldest first" Fred called out, which caused Ruby to roll her eyes.
"Of course you do, well I vote youngest first because we're always last for everything" she argued.
"Here, here" George agreed, sitting up straighter, suddenly very interested in the argument. As the younger twin Fred always got everything before him, or beat him to things first. Whether it be arriving into the world or saying his first word or getting sorted at Hogwarts. It was always Fred and then George. And it wasn't fair.
"Shut up, you're older than me" Georgia pointed out.
"Ah, not if we're talking about the wizards in the room. I'm the youngest male" George looked proud of himself for outsmarting her. Ignoring them Fred puffed his chest out and gave the girls, and his twin, a look that pretty much said 'it's going to be the oldest and as that's me' before leaning across for the dice but, having worked on her quick reflexes over the years she'd known the three of them she'd had time to hone them, and Georgia swiped the dice out of his reach.
"Actually, change of plan! Let's go with the youngest" she smirked at the look of betrayal on Fred's face as she handed the dice to Ruby with a grin "Off you go Roo" she encouraged before watching as the blonde tentatively shook the dice in her hand and then threw them into the middle of the board - her score was three and four making seven. She then passed the dice to Georgia who wasted no time in rolling them - her score was five and four, she smiled knowing that being on nine meant she was currently winning. She then continued passing the dice left and gave them to George next, who threw them into the middle and his score was two and four putting him at six and lastly it was Fred's go who threw the dice and his score was two and three giving him five.
Georgia beamed "Guess I'm going first then! At least I can show you how to play" she winked and then moved the thimble nine places and then turned to George who moved his piece six places and so on. Ruby ended up landing on a chance card and Georgia picked one from the top of the pile and read it out loud to them all.
"Advance to Pall Mall, if you pass go collect 200" Ruby looked at her blankly, not understanding what any of the words she was saying meant. Georgia placed the card at the bottom of the pile and pointed to the red square labelled Pall Mall. A smile spread across Ruby's face as she realised that meant she was way ahead of the rest of them. Georgia threw her a cheeky smirk and a wink and then took the dice off of the board and rolled them, her score was four and she pouted as she landed on the Income Tax space and had to hand over £200 she then sighed and handed the dice over to George and crossed her fingers internally that he wouldn't get any further then Ruby.
They continued to take turns moving round the board and once Georgia was sure they'd gotten the hang of it she decided to introduce them to the part of the game that she knew would really start the arguments, buying properties. It came back round to George's turn again and he ended up scoring five, moving his metal car his eyes widened as he read what he had landed on "Kings Cross is in this game?" He asked, sounding like an excited child and Georgia heard herself giggle, nodding her head.
"Surprise! It's not just a station for young witches and wizards to get to school" she explained "Anyway, would you like to buy it?" She asked and George blinked at her.
"P-Pardon?" and Georgia found herself biting her lip to stop her herself from cackling with laughter - they were so patient with her when she was still coming to terms with magical things so the least she could do was return the favour.
"Do you want to buy it?" She repeated pulling the card out of the tray in the box. "£200 and it's yours"
"Really?" Georgia nodded and watched as he shuffled through his paper notes, pulling out two orange ones and handing them over. "Thank you" she smiled handing him his card. "Keep hold of that, see where it says rent?" George nodded and she continued, "If any of us land on that spot now we owe you money"
George's face lit up with a mischievous grin as he tucked his card away safely out of his brother's reach, not wanting him to steal it.
"What if I wanted it?" Fred pouted.
"Tough luck Freddie, George landed on it first. You can buy another property once it's your turn" Georgia told him as she picked up the dice and passed them over.
Fred took his turn, a look of excitement appearing on his face as he landed on a chance card spot on the board, happy to finally have the opportunity to experience more of the game the same way the others had. Georgia picked up the card to read it out to him and the smile fell from her face as she took in the words. She bit her lip and gave him an apologetic look, hoping he wouldn't be too mad about his fate.
"Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect £200" she grimaced, placing the card under the deck.
"What happens once I'm there?" Fred asked, eyeing the corner of the board dedicated to the jail, trying to recall what Georgia had mentioned about it when they'd passed it previously.
"Nothing, you miss out on the next three turns though unless you can roll a double" Either side of her George and Ruby burst into laughter, mocking Fred for his misfortune.
"Why? No, that's not fair" Fred protested.
"That's just the rules" Georgia shrugged, "Unless you want to pay £50, then you can get out right now" she offered him as an alternative. Fred debated for a moment, looking at his stash of notes but he finally shook his head no. Deciding he'd rather save up to buy a card like George had. Reaching forward he picked up his piece and moved it into the jail.
"Oi you git!" George suddenly burst out with, snatching the piece up. "That ones mine"
"Sorry, forgot" Fred smirked, clearly having done it on purpose. But nevertheless he let George place his car back on Kings Cross and moved his ship to the jail. "Do stop by for a visit" he mocked. He didn't roll his double so wasn't released until the fourth time round the board, but eventually he was able to start buying property cards as well. He started on the orange claiming it was because it matched his hair. While Ruby had started trying to collect one card in each colour. They were all having so much fun that Georgia didn't have the heart to tell them the aim was to collect a full set because you'd make more rent, instead she decided to keep that little bit of information to one side for another time they may play. She didn't want to overwhelm them with too many rules anyways, knowing her friends didn't have the best attention span.
Georgia found herself surprised at how long she had actually managed to keep them quiet for, and with minimal mayhem. Ron and Ginny had come looking for them at one point, hoping that they'd want to come play with them outside or do something fun together. They'd been intrigued by the Muggle board game and insisted they wanted to join in, but unfortunately with the game already so well under way it wouldn't be fair. The brunette witch explained this and told them they could join them the next time they played, the two younger redheads seemed happy with that and hopped up onto one of the twins beds each, laying on their stomachs to watch the rest of the game unfold.
With lots of laughter and friendly competition they went round the board a few more times, Georgia knew it wouldn't be long before one of them become bankrupt and the game would come to and end, they'd all had bad luck owing one another rent and drawing cards that said they had to pay fines and other such things. What she hadn't anticipated however, was the sudden outburst that came out of Fred's mouth.
"I hate you!" He'd screamed at the brunette, causing her to reel in shock, having only told him he had to pay up because he'd landed on one of her properties.
"Oh! Well next time don't play my monopoly" she yelled back, annoyed at the red head.
"Fred, just give Gia your 200, you landed on her property" George tried to reason with his twin.
"No! She's in jail! I'm not giving money to a criminal" Fred huffed out, folding his arms in defiance and refusing to hand over the last of his paper notes. He knew that meant he'd be out and he wasn't going to admit defeat over a silly Muggle game.
"That's not how you play!" Georgia argued, getting just as heated as the wizards sitting across from her. She felt Ginny reach out and place a comforting hand on her shoulder but she shrugged her off.
"Why are you all screaming?" Percy asked, having appeared in the doorway, their noise was causing a disturbance and putting him off his studying. He was heading into his final year of school and needed as much of a head start as he could get on homework.
"Sod off Perce, no one asked your opinion" Fred's eyes darted to his brothers.
"Let's just breathe and talk this over" Ruby interrupted, falling out wouldn't help any of them. "We can come to an agreement, right?"
"Shut the fuck up Ruby! You don't get to talk after stealing my last train station!" George snapped at her, his twin's current anger fuelling his own words, he was still annoyed at her for stopping him collecting the full set.
"Language!" Percy roared.
"Shut up! We're not at school now, you don't get to boss us around" George yelled back.
"Maybe so, but I am the oldest here and someone has to interfere before you kill each other!" The speckled red head spoke in a calmer voice this time as he pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Well no one asked for you to stick your big nose in" Fred told his brother, wishing he'd go away and leave them alone.
"So?" Ruby prompted, looking between her three friends. Hoping one of them could be calm enough to make a decision.
"Forget it. I wish I'd never agreed to play this stupid game!" George blurted out with a glare.
"Me either! You think I wanted this?" Georgia demanded. "We were playing nicely until he had to ruin it" she growled out, aiming her words at Fred.
"Ahhhhhh" Fred screamed before flipping the entire game board upside down. Their little metal pieces flew in several different directions, the community chest and chance cards scattered all across the carpet and the sudden movement caused the remaining of their Monopoly money to fly.
"Go! Get out" Georgia cried out, scrambling to make sure she didn't lose any part of her game. She hadn't even been at the Burrow a whole day and she already wanted to go home.
"It's our bedroom" Fred scoffed, upsetting Georgia further that he hadn't apologised. Ruby stood up and stepped over the upturned game that had dissolved into total chaos in mere seconds. She'd never seen Fred get so involved and upset over a game before, not even when one of his older brothers was destroying him in a game of chess. Grabbing Fred by the arm she tugged him to stand up and urged him to follow her.
"Drop it" she warned him, leading him past Percy and outside. He clearly needed to burn up some energy and release his anger, hitting bludgers usually helped with that. George watched them go and then turned to Georgia, picking up the cards nearest him and handing them to her.
"Leave it! I've got it" She snapped at him, snatching the cards from him.
"Gia..."
"Just go" she told him, turning away to hide the tears that were forming in the corners of her eyes. With a sigh he pushed some stuff across the floor towards her before getting up and going to find his twin. Noticing that Percy had gone, no doubt to tell on them.