CHAPTER FIVE- HELP!
The next morning was a bright and happy one. All the others cried, too, finding Ginny alive, safe and perfectly happy.
"I followed kitty downstairs." She kept saying.
"Are you going to tell mum and dad?" Charlie asked during breakfast.
"Uh. no."
"She said 'if anything happens'. Let's see, her favorite vase got broke, a chicken tried attacking Ron and Ginny, Ron nearly drowned, Ginny was lost." Percy said.
"NONE of us are going to mention this. We're all fine." Bill said.
"You're just worried mum won't let you be in charge anymore." Charlie said.
"I don't care. Its just everyone is fine, safe and healthy. No reason to write mum. None at all." Bill insisted. The others just glanced at each other.
Unfortunately for everyone (especially Bill) it was raining that day. "Bill I'm bored." Fred whined, rolling around on the living room floor.
"There's nothing to do when it's raining." George sighed.
"Its awful." Percy said.
"Why? All you do is read anyway." Charlie said.
"Yes but when everyone stuck together like this, and all this WHINING I can hardly concentrate on the material being absorbed." Percy said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Did you like, memorize the entire dictionary or did you just swallow it?" Charlie asked.
"Bill is smart, fine. I'm smart, I'm dorky? That is not fair." Percy said.
"But Bill is COOL. It counter-acts." Charlie said.
"I want something to eat. I want chocolate." Ron said as he colored.
"No chocolate for you." Bill said.
"Oh give him some. By chasing him we'll have something to do." Charlie said with a yawn. Ron brightened at this.
"Yes gimme chocolate."
"No means no." Bill snapped.
"When's mama coming home?" George asked.
"About six days I think." Bill said with a shrug. "Something like that."
"I want mommy." Ginny sniffled.
"Its okay, Ginny, you have us." Ron said, patting her head.
"Don't scare the poor child!" Percy said.
"Ha, ha so NOT funny." Bill snapped.
"Ha, ha. Not funny." Ron echoed.
"Ron, please don't repeat." Bill said.
"Please don't repeat?"
"Yes please don't... oh you know!" Bill moaned, feeling another headache coming on. 'I am so never having kids' He thought.
"Let's play something." Fred whined, kicking his feet against the wall.
"Yeah." George agreed in an equally whiny voice.
"What do you want to play?" Bill asked.
"I dunno." The twins said with a shrug.
"What time is it?" Bill asked.
"Nine thirty exactly." Percy said.
"Oh gosh." Bill moaned, closing his eyes. This was going to be one looonnnnnggggg day.
******
By eleven, Bill was at the end of his nerves. The twins did nothing but whine every second about being bored. Ron continually begged for chocolate and Ginny kept crying for their mother. Eventually Percy locked himself in his room and Charlie said he needed something in Ottery Saint Catchpole.
"Billllllllll!" Fred whined, tugging one of Bill's arms.
"I waaaannnnaaa ddooooooo sommmmmmmmmmmmthinnnnnnnnnnng." George said, tugging Bill's other arm.
"I want mommy!" Ginny cried into a stuffed animal.
"I want chocolate." Ron grumbled. Suddenly he screamed and flung himself at Bill, climbing up to his shoulders. "SPIDER! KILL IT! SPIDER! BILL!" Ron screamed right into Bill's ear. Bill picked it up and Ron leapt off of Bill, landing on the chair, knocking it over as well as a lamp (smashing it). Bill clenched his teeth and threw the spider outside. "Sorry Bill." Ron said as Bill began cleaning up the smashed lamp.
"It's okay, Ron." Bill somehow managed out through clenched teeth. He put the broken lamp in a box for his parents to fix when they got home. Which was way too far in the future. 'Why did I ever agree to this?' Bill thought, putting the chair upright. Molly and Arthur had asked if Bill wanted Grandma and Grandpa Weasley (Arthur's parents) or Grandmum and Grandfather (Molly's parents) to help. But noooooo.
"I can do it myself! I promise! Everything will be FINE." Bill had said.
"The biggest lie of the centaury." He mumbled to himself, watching as Fred and George kicked the wall, whining.
"Whadjoo say?" Ron asked.
"Nothing."
"Mommy." Ginny sniffled, lifting her arms up. Bill picked her up and sighed. He rested his head back and closed his eyes. A few minutes later there was an 'EEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA', a crash and laughing. Bill opened his eyes and saw in horror Ron stuffing chocolate in his mouth.
"Where'd you get that?!" Bill yelled, diving for Ron but he had run off to another room.
"We found some chocolate." Fred said, holding up a candy bar.
"Three bars. One for me. One for Fred. And one for Ron." George said. Bill groaned as things crashed in other rooms. He made sure Ginny was safe, and then ran after Ron. 'How can a four year old be so fast?!' Bill screamed in his head, as Ron was always a few feet ahead of him. Finally Ron ran into a wall and Bill hoped he had knocked himself out but Ron leapt out of Bill's reach and, laughing, jumped onto the kitchen table.
"Get down." Bill begged. Ron climbed onto the chandelier and sat there, swinging. "PERCY! HELP!" Bill went upstairs and banged on Percy's door. "Help. NOW!"
"I'm, uh, busy." Percy's voice said.
"Liar!"
"Please! I hate getting close to Ron when he's like that!"
"Percy unlock this door or else I'll... break it!" There was a shuffle a click and the door opened. Percy was scowling.
"Why did you give him chocolate?"
"The twins did, come on." They went downstairs but Ron wasn't there. They finally found him in the basement, on the dryer.
"Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi." He said as he vibrated.
"Get off the dryer." Bill said.
"Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi- yi." Ron said. Bill realized the dryer wasn't even on. How much affect did chocolate have on this kid?!?! Bill leapt for Ron but he had run off again. Bill turned and stepped on something that yowled and jumped on his face.
It was the cat Ginny had chased down here. It clutched to Bill's face, digging its claws in. "Percy go get Ron." Bill said, voice muffled as he tried pulling the cat off. Finally he managed, now very bloody. He heard crashes upstairs and Ginny crying.
When he got upstairs he found four more lamps smashed, Ron on the ceiling, Percy screaming at him, Fred and George gone, the door wide open and Ginny who had fallen off of the couch. Charlie had come home and took off his poncho. "The twins are outside, buck naked and playing in the mud." He said before going to his room.
Bill collapsed on the couch and groaned, feeling it could get no worse. Just then Ron fell from the ceiling, knocked Percy through a closed window and cried as his head hit the floor. Percy was outside, crying as well for he had crashed through the windowpane.
Everything will be fine?
Bill suddenly felt extremely sick.
The next morning was a bright and happy one. All the others cried, too, finding Ginny alive, safe and perfectly happy.
"I followed kitty downstairs." She kept saying.
"Are you going to tell mum and dad?" Charlie asked during breakfast.
"Uh. no."
"She said 'if anything happens'. Let's see, her favorite vase got broke, a chicken tried attacking Ron and Ginny, Ron nearly drowned, Ginny was lost." Percy said.
"NONE of us are going to mention this. We're all fine." Bill said.
"You're just worried mum won't let you be in charge anymore." Charlie said.
"I don't care. Its just everyone is fine, safe and healthy. No reason to write mum. None at all." Bill insisted. The others just glanced at each other.
Unfortunately for everyone (especially Bill) it was raining that day. "Bill I'm bored." Fred whined, rolling around on the living room floor.
"There's nothing to do when it's raining." George sighed.
"Its awful." Percy said.
"Why? All you do is read anyway." Charlie said.
"Yes but when everyone stuck together like this, and all this WHINING I can hardly concentrate on the material being absorbed." Percy said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Did you like, memorize the entire dictionary or did you just swallow it?" Charlie asked.
"Bill is smart, fine. I'm smart, I'm dorky? That is not fair." Percy said.
"But Bill is COOL. It counter-acts." Charlie said.
"I want something to eat. I want chocolate." Ron said as he colored.
"No chocolate for you." Bill said.
"Oh give him some. By chasing him we'll have something to do." Charlie said with a yawn. Ron brightened at this.
"Yes gimme chocolate."
"No means no." Bill snapped.
"When's mama coming home?" George asked.
"About six days I think." Bill said with a shrug. "Something like that."
"I want mommy." Ginny sniffled.
"Its okay, Ginny, you have us." Ron said, patting her head.
"Don't scare the poor child!" Percy said.
"Ha, ha so NOT funny." Bill snapped.
"Ha, ha. Not funny." Ron echoed.
"Ron, please don't repeat." Bill said.
"Please don't repeat?"
"Yes please don't... oh you know!" Bill moaned, feeling another headache coming on. 'I am so never having kids' He thought.
"Let's play something." Fred whined, kicking his feet against the wall.
"Yeah." George agreed in an equally whiny voice.
"What do you want to play?" Bill asked.
"I dunno." The twins said with a shrug.
"What time is it?" Bill asked.
"Nine thirty exactly." Percy said.
"Oh gosh." Bill moaned, closing his eyes. This was going to be one looonnnnnggggg day.
******
By eleven, Bill was at the end of his nerves. The twins did nothing but whine every second about being bored. Ron continually begged for chocolate and Ginny kept crying for their mother. Eventually Percy locked himself in his room and Charlie said he needed something in Ottery Saint Catchpole.
"Billllllllll!" Fred whined, tugging one of Bill's arms.
"I waaaannnnaaa ddooooooo sommmmmmmmmmmmthinnnnnnnnnnng." George said, tugging Bill's other arm.
"I want mommy!" Ginny cried into a stuffed animal.
"I want chocolate." Ron grumbled. Suddenly he screamed and flung himself at Bill, climbing up to his shoulders. "SPIDER! KILL IT! SPIDER! BILL!" Ron screamed right into Bill's ear. Bill picked it up and Ron leapt off of Bill, landing on the chair, knocking it over as well as a lamp (smashing it). Bill clenched his teeth and threw the spider outside. "Sorry Bill." Ron said as Bill began cleaning up the smashed lamp.
"It's okay, Ron." Bill somehow managed out through clenched teeth. He put the broken lamp in a box for his parents to fix when they got home. Which was way too far in the future. 'Why did I ever agree to this?' Bill thought, putting the chair upright. Molly and Arthur had asked if Bill wanted Grandma and Grandpa Weasley (Arthur's parents) or Grandmum and Grandfather (Molly's parents) to help. But noooooo.
"I can do it myself! I promise! Everything will be FINE." Bill had said.
"The biggest lie of the centaury." He mumbled to himself, watching as Fred and George kicked the wall, whining.
"Whadjoo say?" Ron asked.
"Nothing."
"Mommy." Ginny sniffled, lifting her arms up. Bill picked her up and sighed. He rested his head back and closed his eyes. A few minutes later there was an 'EEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA', a crash and laughing. Bill opened his eyes and saw in horror Ron stuffing chocolate in his mouth.
"Where'd you get that?!" Bill yelled, diving for Ron but he had run off to another room.
"We found some chocolate." Fred said, holding up a candy bar.
"Three bars. One for me. One for Fred. And one for Ron." George said. Bill groaned as things crashed in other rooms. He made sure Ginny was safe, and then ran after Ron. 'How can a four year old be so fast?!' Bill screamed in his head, as Ron was always a few feet ahead of him. Finally Ron ran into a wall and Bill hoped he had knocked himself out but Ron leapt out of Bill's reach and, laughing, jumped onto the kitchen table.
"Get down." Bill begged. Ron climbed onto the chandelier and sat there, swinging. "PERCY! HELP!" Bill went upstairs and banged on Percy's door. "Help. NOW!"
"I'm, uh, busy." Percy's voice said.
"Liar!"
"Please! I hate getting close to Ron when he's like that!"
"Percy unlock this door or else I'll... break it!" There was a shuffle a click and the door opened. Percy was scowling.
"Why did you give him chocolate?"
"The twins did, come on." They went downstairs but Ron wasn't there. They finally found him in the basement, on the dryer.
"Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi." He said as he vibrated.
"Get off the dryer." Bill said.
"Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi- yi." Ron said. Bill realized the dryer wasn't even on. How much affect did chocolate have on this kid?!?! Bill leapt for Ron but he had run off again. Bill turned and stepped on something that yowled and jumped on his face.
It was the cat Ginny had chased down here. It clutched to Bill's face, digging its claws in. "Percy go get Ron." Bill said, voice muffled as he tried pulling the cat off. Finally he managed, now very bloody. He heard crashes upstairs and Ginny crying.
When he got upstairs he found four more lamps smashed, Ron on the ceiling, Percy screaming at him, Fred and George gone, the door wide open and Ginny who had fallen off of the couch. Charlie had come home and took off his poncho. "The twins are outside, buck naked and playing in the mud." He said before going to his room.
Bill collapsed on the couch and groaned, feeling it could get no worse. Just then Ron fell from the ceiling, knocked Percy through a closed window and cried as his head hit the floor. Percy was outside, crying as well for he had crashed through the windowpane.
Everything will be fine?
Bill suddenly felt extremely sick.