CHAPTER SIX- A SHORT RELIEF
Bill didn't know what to do. Percy, Ron and Ginny were all crying loudly and giving him a horrible headache. "Bill?" He jumped, and turned to see Amelia Wills, a Gryffindor same year as him who lived a block away, in the door.
"Amelia!" Bill said.
"What's going on? You're brothers are streaking up and down the street." Amelia said and Bill told her everything.
"And please help me, Amelia." Bill added at the end.
"Okay, I'll help you." Amelia picked Ginny up, comforted her a moment and put her in the highchair then comforted Ron and lay him on the couch, head on a soft pillow. She instructed Bill to get the twins while she cared for Percy. Bill ran outside, found the twins and brought them back. They went upstairs to dry off and get dressed. Soon everything was calm and there was chicken noodle soup cooking on the stove.
"Amelia how did you do all this?" Bill asked, looking around.
"During the summer I help my mom at her day-care job, remember?" Amelia asked with a smile.
"Oh. yeah." Bill collapsed on a chair and sighed. "How's Percy?"
"Fine, no glass got into him."
"That's good." Bill trailed off and shook his head. "I'm a failure. Look at everything that has happened! Mum's gonna destroy me."
"No she won't." Amelia said, serving the soup to everyone. "Things like this happen all the time. Its just. they all happened to you at once."
"Hopefully the rest of the week will go by okay." Bill said, accepted the soup she offered.
"I'd offer to help but this is the only day I'm off. I came over to see if you wanted to hang out or something but uh...."
"Right." Bill said.
*******
Amelia stayed the rest of the day, helping out. She fixed dinner, got Ron and Ginny bathed and dressed for bed, actually got the twins to bed without them complaining and helped clean up the house.
"You're a life saver, Amelia." Bill said before she left.
"Thanks, Bill." Amelia smiled and left.
"It's still going to be chaos tomorrow." Charlie reminded him.
"Yeah but at least I got a little relief today." Bill smiled.
"You're not going to tell mum and dad anything that happened, right?"
"You got it."
Bill didn't know what to do. Percy, Ron and Ginny were all crying loudly and giving him a horrible headache. "Bill?" He jumped, and turned to see Amelia Wills, a Gryffindor same year as him who lived a block away, in the door.
"Amelia!" Bill said.
"What's going on? You're brothers are streaking up and down the street." Amelia said and Bill told her everything.
"And please help me, Amelia." Bill added at the end.
"Okay, I'll help you." Amelia picked Ginny up, comforted her a moment and put her in the highchair then comforted Ron and lay him on the couch, head on a soft pillow. She instructed Bill to get the twins while she cared for Percy. Bill ran outside, found the twins and brought them back. They went upstairs to dry off and get dressed. Soon everything was calm and there was chicken noodle soup cooking on the stove.
"Amelia how did you do all this?" Bill asked, looking around.
"During the summer I help my mom at her day-care job, remember?" Amelia asked with a smile.
"Oh. yeah." Bill collapsed on a chair and sighed. "How's Percy?"
"Fine, no glass got into him."
"That's good." Bill trailed off and shook his head. "I'm a failure. Look at everything that has happened! Mum's gonna destroy me."
"No she won't." Amelia said, serving the soup to everyone. "Things like this happen all the time. Its just. they all happened to you at once."
"Hopefully the rest of the week will go by okay." Bill said, accepted the soup she offered.
"I'd offer to help but this is the only day I'm off. I came over to see if you wanted to hang out or something but uh...."
"Right." Bill said.
*******
Amelia stayed the rest of the day, helping out. She fixed dinner, got Ron and Ginny bathed and dressed for bed, actually got the twins to bed without them complaining and helped clean up the house.
"You're a life saver, Amelia." Bill said before she left.
"Thanks, Bill." Amelia smiled and left.
"It's still going to be chaos tomorrow." Charlie reminded him.
"Yeah but at least I got a little relief today." Bill smiled.
"You're not going to tell mum and dad anything that happened, right?"
"You got it."