Nobody's Perfect
Chaser
Percey X Ron



Disclaimer: Don't own it, never will.

Notes: Thanks to Zyre for the Plot Bunny.


" Why do I have to go? Send him, he's been here all day." Ron shouted as he pointed to his brother who was sitting at the kitchen table engrossed in a large red book.

" Your brothers been working."

" So have I."

" Ronald Weasley I asked you to go for me. I'm your mother and as long as you live under this roof you will do as I say."

" But I don't live here anymore." Ron corrected his mother.
Molly Weasley paused, but before she could continue Percy stood up and pushed his glasses back up on his nose.

" Mother relax, I'll go. I need to run a few errands anyway. Ron why don't you go and get some rest now."

Without hesitation Percy picked up his things and went up stairs. Leaving his brother to deal with his now annoyed mother.
Seeing that his mother was about to give him a lecture. Ron dashed towards the stairs to make a timely escape.

" And where do you think you are going?"

" My room." Ron said hopefully.

" Ron I don't understand you. You know very well your brother works hard and works himself to death. Yet you couldn't do a simple thing like go to the market for me. "

" Oh mum don't start that now. I'm really tired and you know something, I love you dearly but I work too you know. Percy's not the only one here who works hard Mom. He's not special. He could have gone for you earlier but no he's too damned special for that. He's too special to get his head out of some stupid book to go to the store for HIS mother. You wanna know something else? I don't get it either."

Ron slowly made his way up the still narrow and creaky stairs to his old room. Which was now being used as a guestroom. Gone was the orange décor and posters of his still favorite team. Only thing that remained was the memories of his childhood that was embedded within the brown walls.

" Trying to make me go run and errands like I'm still some child. I worked all-day and rushed all the way here for the holidays and I get stuck having to go, while Percy's been here all day. Why couldn't he go? No he waits until it's convent for him and I look like the bad son to go. Oh I forgot Percy's freaking perfect! Heaven forbid he has to lift a finger." Ron spat as he removed his clothing and threw himself on his old bed.

Lying there he damned that fact that everyone treated Percy as if he was some sort of saint. Where even as an adult he was treated like the forgotten child.

That evening as the moon made its arrival into the sky. The Weasley home was filled with the familiar sounds of life. Bill Weasley was talking with Charlie about a recent issue with a Horntail. Fred was showing Ginny his latest creation against his mothers objections. While George and Bill were holding a contest to see who could withstand a tongue taffy the longest. Ron sat across from them all still irritated from earlier and had taken to glaring at Percy from where he sat. Even with Ron's sour mood dinner went as it always did at the Burrow.

When everyone had retired to bed, Ron found his way outside. He walked through their garden; that was still in need of some weeding; kicking a stray gnome here and there. Sighing he thought about how everyone treated his brother. He hated to admit it but he was jealous. For once he would like to be treated like he was the most important person in his family…just once.

Leaning against an old oak tree he stopped. Looking up he watched the star as they danced their dance of light. He felt like the stars, always trying to outshine the others, to be the brightest in a sea full of others.

Looking back he noticed someone was watching him. Thinking it was one of the twins getting ready to do something to him. He quickly walked up to him. As he reached the sitting figure he noticed that they were to small to be one of the twins. Those two were wide for no good reason and this one was thinner.

" Who's there?" he said a little above a whisper.
The figure's head popped up and began to rub its face.
That's when Ron saw that it was Percy.
" What are you doing out here?" he asked.

"N…nothing. Shouldn't you be in bed?"

" Yeah but so should you. Mum'll have cows if she finds you out here."

" So I don't care."

'Okay that's new.' Ron thought.
" Percy you okay? You feeling alright?"

" Yes, I just …I just needed some fresh air."

" You coulda opened a window." Ron said as he reached his brother who was still siting hunched over on a little stone bench. Kneeling down beside his brother he asked." Okay so what's the real reason you're out here Percy?"

" Not like you care! None of you do!" Percy spat.

Ron was startled by his brothers' words. He may not like him much sometimes but he did love him. " Yes I do."

" No you don't. I hear you all talk about me."

" But Percy it's not like we don't care about you. You're our brother, we love you."

" Come off it Ron. You don't think I know."

" Know what?"

" You hate me. You hate be cause of how mom treats me different from you."

" Yeah so that does bother me a bit but so what. That's only 'cuz your fucking perfect."

" I'm not perfect."

" Yeah right, trying telling that to mother. Anyhow you didn't answer my question. What are you doing out here?"

" Thinking," he said as he turned away from Ron.

" You're as bad a liar as Ginny is."

Percy stood up and moved from Ron. " What do you want from me!?"

" For one, you might want to lower your voice. Fancy mom wouldn't appreciate you waking her up. Second I'd like to why you're out here crying and being all UN- Percy like."

" I was not…" he began but was cut short.

"The red swollen eyes and runny nose are dead give away." Ron said as he pointed towards his brothers' face. Percy closed his mouth without finishing his protest.

" So you gonna tell me what's eating at you? Look I'm your brother. I'm not gonna laugh at you or nothing."

" Yes you will."

" Shit Percy, I'm not fifteen anymore, I'm twenty-four for heavens sake. I'm not gonna go run and tell Fred and George just go make fun of you. I'm bigger that that…now."
Percy remained silent as paced a circle on the grass. Bringing his arms up around himself he looked up at the star lit sky.
" How about this? I'll make you a deal. You tell me what's bugging you and I'll tell you a secret."

" If I tell you, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone not even Harry."

" Okay."

"Promise me!" Percy insisted.

" Okay, okay I promise. Now tell me already."

" Fine, I came out here to be alone for a while to get away from being me. I'm tired of being Perfect little can do no wrong Percy."

" Aren't we all." Ron mumbled.

" Huh?"

" Nothing go on." Ron said with a smile.

Moving towards the bench and sitting down next to Ron. Who was sitting cross-legged on the grass he continued. " I just wanted to be normal for a while. I want to be treated like you not like some kind of precious object."

"That's it? Well that's okay, nothing but a normal feeling. We all want to be someone else sometimes."

" You feel like that?"

" Yeah all the time." Ron said waving his arm in front of him.

" Why? You've got everything. You have a good job, your own place, no one expects miracles from you and I bet you probably have some one special too."

Ron laughed. " You're kidding right? First of all, my job is okay but might kill me one day. No scratch that it will kill me one day. My so-called home is a box room a little bigger than the one I have here with less furniture, which I never see. And if there was some one special I wouldn't have to spend all that money on more blankets to keep me warm at night."
Percy chucked at Ron's words. " Ok so what do you want to know? Ron asked." It's my turn to tell you a secret."

" You don't have too."

" No a deals a deal. So you want big one or a little one? I got all kinds."

" Ron you don't have to."

" Okay a medium one then. Okay let's see…hmm…. Okay I was the one who turned Ginny's skin pink and made her hair rainbow colored."

" I knew that, that's no secret. Everyone knows that. Why do you think you were spitting up frogs all that summer?"

" So that was her? And here I thought that was George using me as a guinea pig again. Remind me to get her for that later. Okay since you knew that one I got a better one."

" Ron I said you don't have to tell me anything. It was just nice to have someone to listen to me."

" Did you know I'm gay?"

" Huh? You're what?" Percy choked.

" Didn't know that now did ya? I'm gay and not the happy kind either."

" How? For how long?"

" A while and need you ask."

" Does mom know?"

" Nope and you not gonna tell her."

" No, no."

" Good so now we even."

" So am I."

"Excuse you? You wanna repeat that, I kinda deaf in one ear." Ron said with a raise of his brow and wiggling his finger in his right ear.

" I said so am I."

" No freaking way!" Ron said slightly louder than he should have.

" I sort of lied when I said why I came out here."

Wiggling over to closer to his brother." Oh do tell brother." Ron said extremely interested in what his brother had to say now.

" The real reason was, yes I am tired of being perfect in everyone's eyes and I needed sometime alone because…well…"

" Yeah go one, don't stop now."

" I was having thoughts about someone I shouldn't."

"What kind of thoughts, the good, the bad, the naughty?"

" A little of all but more sexual ones." Percy said, as he blushed hard enough that Ron noticed even in the dead of the night.

" NO! About who? Its Bill right. It's the hair, isn't it?"

" No"

" Oh I know its Charlie, you like that rugged type huh?"

" No."

" Well it sure as hell can't be the other two. They're just kinda strange even for their own good, so who is it? Can't be Ginny being that you already said you like boys and all. Who?"

" You."

End.


Yes I know A bad place to leave off but the bunnies left me. I'm however working on more. ^__^