CHAPTER TEN- No, Mum, Ofcourse Nothing Happened!
Bill woke up feeling surged with happiness. Today was it. The day he was free of his siblings! His parents were coming home today and he would be FREE!!!!
"Bill, I can't find Ginny, Ron found some chocolate, Fred and George are on the roof again and Percy's locked himself out." Charlie said from the doorway.
"It isn't even seven!" Bill grumbled, glaring at the clock.
"Tell that to them." Charlie said with a shrug.
"Go let Percy in, and look for Ginny. I'll take care of the twins."
"What about Ron?"
"You need chains to keep him down after chocolate."
"Okay. Do I HAVE to let Percy in?"
"Yes, Charlie. You do."
"Dang it." Charlie sighed as he left.
Bill lay in bed a moment, then got dressed and went upstairs. He found the window, and leaned out. Fred and George were playing happily on the roof. "What are you doing?"
"Playing." One of them said.
"I see that. I meant-never mind, come on. Get in here." Bill said.
"We don't want to. Ron's had chocolate."
"We'll find some way to restrain him." Bill promised.
"And Percy's going to be in, and will yell at us for locking him-"
"FRED!" The other shouted. 'Sshhh!"
"So YOU two locked Percy out." Bill said.
"No." Both chorused.
"Just... get in here." Bill helped the twins in, then went to find Ron. He found that Ron had run into a wall and stuck there. After realizing Ron couldn't get loose, Bill went to search for Ginny.
*
"Okay. Mum and dad are coming home later today." Bill explained during lunch. "And what do we tell them?"
"Bill's an idiot!" Fred said happily. George and Charlie laughed and Bill scowled.
"You can say that if you'd like, but I'll give you a boot to the head if you do."
"Awwwwww." Fred whined.
"Bill a good bwother and he took good cawe of us." Ginny said.
"Right!" Bill said happily.
"And he lost me and cwashed the caw and Percy fell thwough gwass and Won got hurt and-"
"NO!" Bill snapped and Ginny's bottom lip trembled. "I mean, we're not going to tell mum and dad about that part."
"Okay Bill." Ginny said happily, slurping her milk.
"Hear that? Don't tell mum and dad anything that happened." Bill told Ron.
"Okay Bill."
"Fred? George?"
"Yes?"
"What?"
Bill stared hard at the twins. "Don't tell mum and dad anything that happened."
"Why not?" George asked.
"Because-erm-because... because... because if you don't tell, I'll give you each a Sickle."
"OKAY!"
"Bill!" Percy said, sounding appalled. "That's bribery!"
"I'll get you a new book."
"Okay, I won't tell either."
*
"When d'you think they'll be home?" Charlie asked.
"Dunno. Probably sometime after Ron and Gin's naps." Bill said, picking up a pillow. He, Charlie and Percy were cleaning up while Fred and George were in their room, and Ron and Ginny took their nap.
"You really think you'll get away with it?" Charlie asked.
"Yes, I will."
"Even the car?" Charlie asked.
"I seriously doubt mum and dad will believe that car jack thing." Percy said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Er..." Bill chewed at his bottom lip, thinking of a solution. "You're right."
"I am? You're admitting I'm right?" Percy dropped the broom is shock. "Wow."
"Oh shut up. I think I might... I'll just tell the truth about that bit. The hospital and everything... I mean, it'll be hard to cover up Ron's head injury."
"So you'll tell the truth about that?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I think I have to." Bill sighed. Yes, there was no way around it. But the rest of the stuff was to be left out.
"Ummmmmmm." Bill turned to see Fred and George looking guilty in the doorway.
"What? What is it? WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Bill pounced on them. "Mum and dad will be here soon!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!!?!"
"We didn't meeeeeeaaaaaaannnn tooooooooooo!!!!" Fred wailed.
"We were trying to heeeeeeeeelllllllppppp!" George cried.
"What did you do?" Bill asked, worried.
"We were doing our laundry and the basement-" Fred began.
"We didn't MEAN to but the basement it-"
The twins looked at each other, and hugged each other tightly. "It flooooooddddeeeeedddd!"
"You flooded the basement?!" Bill shrieked, and ran down the stairs. Water came up to his calves, and the laundry soap up to his thighs.
"Oh my goodness!!" Percy gasped from the top of the stairs.
"Mrow..." The cat Ginny had followed floated by.
"Well? What do we do?" Charlie asked.
Bill took a deep breath. "Get the brooms. I'm going to try and get that door open." Percy and Charlie went to do Bill's orders as he tried getting the basement door open. They never used it, so it was stuck. But finally it opened, and a wave of soap and water swept out. His brothers returned and they began sweeping the rest out. They had to get buckets, fill them and dump it over the leftover soap and swept it out. They were far from done by the time Ron and Ginny woke up. Ron wanted to help so they gave him a broom. Ginny, Fred and George sat on the stairs, watching.
"What was that noise?" Charlie asked, looking up. There was still loads of soap and puddles of water everywhere. They still had about a half hour or more of work left.
Bill listened carefully. It sounded like... like...
"MAMA!!!" Ron dropped his broom and ran up the stairs.
"Mommy!" Ginny clambered up the stairs as fast as she could. The twins closely followed.
Bill, Charlie and Percy looked at each other. "I guess she'll find out about the basement, too." Charlie said with a shrug and went upstairs.
"If they find out about everything, do I still get my book?" Percy asked.
"Just---go." Bill sighed. Percy let his broom clatter to the floor, and went upstairs.
Bill clenched his teeth as he continued sweeping. He could hear his parents upstairs, greeting the others happily.
Finally... "Where's Bill?" His father asked.
"Downstairs, in the basement." Percy said.
He heard footsteps, and saw his parents on the stairs. "Bill, how come you didn't come upstairs?" His mother asked.
"I... thought I should finish this." He said quietly.
"I see. What happened?" His father asked.
"Fred and George. Tried to do laundry." Bill explained, continuing sweeping.
His mother took the broom away. "We've been gone eight days, don't you want to at least say hello?"
"Erm, hi." Bill said and gave his mother a quick hug.
"How did everything go?" His dad asked, pulling out his wand and using magic to finish the mess.
"Fine..." Bill said.
"So what happened to the car outside?" His mother asked, so Bill told her what had happened. "My poor baby!" She ran upstairs to clutch Ron a bit. Bill trudged upstairs, followed by his dad. He was weary, so tired. Everything that had happened had caught up to him.
"So, did anything else happen?" His mother asked, clutching Ginny as well.
"No, mum! Ofcourse nothing happened." Bill said.
Molly looked at her other kids. "Charlie?"
"Yes?"
"Did anything else happen?"
"No, ofcourse not."
"Percy?"
"There is nothing that is worth being passed along to you, mum." Percy said with a nod. Bill gave him a gratified smile.
"Fred? George?"
"We're sorry about the basement." George sniffled.
"Very sorry."
"Bill," Molly stood up, setting her two youngest down. "You did such a good job."
"Yes, that injury with Ron and the car accident-that's just an accident. Its perfectly okay." Arthur said, putting an arm around Bill's shoulder.
"You're a lot more responsible then we thought, I have to admit." Molly said.
"And because of this, we decided that you can get whatever you want when we go to Diagon Alley. Even a new broom." Arthur said.
Bill looked up. "New broom?"
"Hey! I like Quidditch more then HE does! I need the new broom!" Charlie shouted.
"Charlie..." Their mother warned.
"No... he deserves the broom, I don't." Bill said. Why was he saying this? He couldn't tell his parents! He'd be in so much trouble!
"Please explain why." Arthur said.
"I... see..." Bill looked at his younger siblings.
Charlie was shaking his head. 'No,' he mouthed. 'Don't tell them! You'll be grounded for weeks! Years!'
Percy had his arms folded and a look on his face that made him look years older then he was. He gave Bill the look that said he should tell.
Fred and George were watching him. 'If you tell them...' Fred mouthed. 'Will we still get our money?' George finished.
Ron was rubbing his head and giving Bill a look full of adoration. A look a younger brother had for his older one (sometimes).
Ginny was hugging her mother's leg, looking so sweet and innocent.
Bill looked into his mothers eyes, knowing exactly what he had to do.
****************************************(what happened after and because of those eight days)
Bill told his parents everything that had happened. They thought he was very responsible for telling them, even though it was hard. He was grounded for the rest of the summer.
Charlie was left in charge of his siblings later that summer for a three- day weekend. Unlike his brother, Charlie asked for help and thus, not much happened. He was rewarded for his responsibility with a new broom, which sparked his interest in Quidditch.
Percy did get his book, which was a study of famous witches and wizards. And since most of them had been Prefects, Percy got determined that to do well, he had to become a Prefect and Head Boy.
Fred and George did get their shiny Sickles from Bill. They bought some firecrackers, set them off in the fireplace and was grounded for a month. After seeing their mother's reaction, they decided they needed to get more firecrackers for it'd be 'fun'.
Ron's head injury, for some reason, made him a master at chess. As he got older, his reaction to chocolate slowly became less and less insane, and by age eight he could eat chocolate without destroying anything.
Being very young, the experience didn't change Ginny too much. But after finding out how much she loved cats, Ginny got a cat which died a few years before she went to school.
End of story though there might be another story about the Weasleys, I have not decided whether or not I'll write one.
Bill woke up feeling surged with happiness. Today was it. The day he was free of his siblings! His parents were coming home today and he would be FREE!!!!
"Bill, I can't find Ginny, Ron found some chocolate, Fred and George are on the roof again and Percy's locked himself out." Charlie said from the doorway.
"It isn't even seven!" Bill grumbled, glaring at the clock.
"Tell that to them." Charlie said with a shrug.
"Go let Percy in, and look for Ginny. I'll take care of the twins."
"What about Ron?"
"You need chains to keep him down after chocolate."
"Okay. Do I HAVE to let Percy in?"
"Yes, Charlie. You do."
"Dang it." Charlie sighed as he left.
Bill lay in bed a moment, then got dressed and went upstairs. He found the window, and leaned out. Fred and George were playing happily on the roof. "What are you doing?"
"Playing." One of them said.
"I see that. I meant-never mind, come on. Get in here." Bill said.
"We don't want to. Ron's had chocolate."
"We'll find some way to restrain him." Bill promised.
"And Percy's going to be in, and will yell at us for locking him-"
"FRED!" The other shouted. 'Sshhh!"
"So YOU two locked Percy out." Bill said.
"No." Both chorused.
"Just... get in here." Bill helped the twins in, then went to find Ron. He found that Ron had run into a wall and stuck there. After realizing Ron couldn't get loose, Bill went to search for Ginny.
*
"Okay. Mum and dad are coming home later today." Bill explained during lunch. "And what do we tell them?"
"Bill's an idiot!" Fred said happily. George and Charlie laughed and Bill scowled.
"You can say that if you'd like, but I'll give you a boot to the head if you do."
"Awwwwww." Fred whined.
"Bill a good bwother and he took good cawe of us." Ginny said.
"Right!" Bill said happily.
"And he lost me and cwashed the caw and Percy fell thwough gwass and Won got hurt and-"
"NO!" Bill snapped and Ginny's bottom lip trembled. "I mean, we're not going to tell mum and dad about that part."
"Okay Bill." Ginny said happily, slurping her milk.
"Hear that? Don't tell mum and dad anything that happened." Bill told Ron.
"Okay Bill."
"Fred? George?"
"Yes?"
"What?"
Bill stared hard at the twins. "Don't tell mum and dad anything that happened."
"Why not?" George asked.
"Because-erm-because... because... because if you don't tell, I'll give you each a Sickle."
"OKAY!"
"Bill!" Percy said, sounding appalled. "That's bribery!"
"I'll get you a new book."
"Okay, I won't tell either."
*
"When d'you think they'll be home?" Charlie asked.
"Dunno. Probably sometime after Ron and Gin's naps." Bill said, picking up a pillow. He, Charlie and Percy were cleaning up while Fred and George were in their room, and Ron and Ginny took their nap.
"You really think you'll get away with it?" Charlie asked.
"Yes, I will."
"Even the car?" Charlie asked.
"I seriously doubt mum and dad will believe that car jack thing." Percy said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Er..." Bill chewed at his bottom lip, thinking of a solution. "You're right."
"I am? You're admitting I'm right?" Percy dropped the broom is shock. "Wow."
"Oh shut up. I think I might... I'll just tell the truth about that bit. The hospital and everything... I mean, it'll be hard to cover up Ron's head injury."
"So you'll tell the truth about that?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I think I have to." Bill sighed. Yes, there was no way around it. But the rest of the stuff was to be left out.
"Ummmmmmm." Bill turned to see Fred and George looking guilty in the doorway.
"What? What is it? WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Bill pounced on them. "Mum and dad will be here soon!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!!?!"
"We didn't meeeeeeaaaaaaannnn tooooooooooo!!!!" Fred wailed.
"We were trying to heeeeeeeeelllllllppppp!" George cried.
"What did you do?" Bill asked, worried.
"We were doing our laundry and the basement-" Fred began.
"We didn't MEAN to but the basement it-"
The twins looked at each other, and hugged each other tightly. "It flooooooddddeeeeedddd!"
"You flooded the basement?!" Bill shrieked, and ran down the stairs. Water came up to his calves, and the laundry soap up to his thighs.
"Oh my goodness!!" Percy gasped from the top of the stairs.
"Mrow..." The cat Ginny had followed floated by.
"Well? What do we do?" Charlie asked.
Bill took a deep breath. "Get the brooms. I'm going to try and get that door open." Percy and Charlie went to do Bill's orders as he tried getting the basement door open. They never used it, so it was stuck. But finally it opened, and a wave of soap and water swept out. His brothers returned and they began sweeping the rest out. They had to get buckets, fill them and dump it over the leftover soap and swept it out. They were far from done by the time Ron and Ginny woke up. Ron wanted to help so they gave him a broom. Ginny, Fred and George sat on the stairs, watching.
"What was that noise?" Charlie asked, looking up. There was still loads of soap and puddles of water everywhere. They still had about a half hour or more of work left.
Bill listened carefully. It sounded like... like...
"MAMA!!!" Ron dropped his broom and ran up the stairs.
"Mommy!" Ginny clambered up the stairs as fast as she could. The twins closely followed.
Bill, Charlie and Percy looked at each other. "I guess she'll find out about the basement, too." Charlie said with a shrug and went upstairs.
"If they find out about everything, do I still get my book?" Percy asked.
"Just---go." Bill sighed. Percy let his broom clatter to the floor, and went upstairs.
Bill clenched his teeth as he continued sweeping. He could hear his parents upstairs, greeting the others happily.
Finally... "Where's Bill?" His father asked.
"Downstairs, in the basement." Percy said.
He heard footsteps, and saw his parents on the stairs. "Bill, how come you didn't come upstairs?" His mother asked.
"I... thought I should finish this." He said quietly.
"I see. What happened?" His father asked.
"Fred and George. Tried to do laundry." Bill explained, continuing sweeping.
His mother took the broom away. "We've been gone eight days, don't you want to at least say hello?"
"Erm, hi." Bill said and gave his mother a quick hug.
"How did everything go?" His dad asked, pulling out his wand and using magic to finish the mess.
"Fine..." Bill said.
"So what happened to the car outside?" His mother asked, so Bill told her what had happened. "My poor baby!" She ran upstairs to clutch Ron a bit. Bill trudged upstairs, followed by his dad. He was weary, so tired. Everything that had happened had caught up to him.
"So, did anything else happen?" His mother asked, clutching Ginny as well.
"No, mum! Ofcourse nothing happened." Bill said.
Molly looked at her other kids. "Charlie?"
"Yes?"
"Did anything else happen?"
"No, ofcourse not."
"Percy?"
"There is nothing that is worth being passed along to you, mum." Percy said with a nod. Bill gave him a gratified smile.
"Fred? George?"
"We're sorry about the basement." George sniffled.
"Very sorry."
"Bill," Molly stood up, setting her two youngest down. "You did such a good job."
"Yes, that injury with Ron and the car accident-that's just an accident. Its perfectly okay." Arthur said, putting an arm around Bill's shoulder.
"You're a lot more responsible then we thought, I have to admit." Molly said.
"And because of this, we decided that you can get whatever you want when we go to Diagon Alley. Even a new broom." Arthur said.
Bill looked up. "New broom?"
"Hey! I like Quidditch more then HE does! I need the new broom!" Charlie shouted.
"Charlie..." Their mother warned.
"No... he deserves the broom, I don't." Bill said. Why was he saying this? He couldn't tell his parents! He'd be in so much trouble!
"Please explain why." Arthur said.
"I... see..." Bill looked at his younger siblings.
Charlie was shaking his head. 'No,' he mouthed. 'Don't tell them! You'll be grounded for weeks! Years!'
Percy had his arms folded and a look on his face that made him look years older then he was. He gave Bill the look that said he should tell.
Fred and George were watching him. 'If you tell them...' Fred mouthed. 'Will we still get our money?' George finished.
Ron was rubbing his head and giving Bill a look full of adoration. A look a younger brother had for his older one (sometimes).
Ginny was hugging her mother's leg, looking so sweet and innocent.
Bill looked into his mothers eyes, knowing exactly what he had to do.
****************************************(what happened after and because of those eight days)
Bill told his parents everything that had happened. They thought he was very responsible for telling them, even though it was hard. He was grounded for the rest of the summer.
Charlie was left in charge of his siblings later that summer for a three- day weekend. Unlike his brother, Charlie asked for help and thus, not much happened. He was rewarded for his responsibility with a new broom, which sparked his interest in Quidditch.
Percy did get his book, which was a study of famous witches and wizards. And since most of them had been Prefects, Percy got determined that to do well, he had to become a Prefect and Head Boy.
Fred and George did get their shiny Sickles from Bill. They bought some firecrackers, set them off in the fireplace and was grounded for a month. After seeing their mother's reaction, they decided they needed to get more firecrackers for it'd be 'fun'.
Ron's head injury, for some reason, made him a master at chess. As he got older, his reaction to chocolate slowly became less and less insane, and by age eight he could eat chocolate without destroying anything.
Being very young, the experience didn't change Ginny too much. But after finding out how much she loved cats, Ginny got a cat which died a few years before she went to school.
End of story though there might be another story about the Weasleys, I have not decided whether or not I'll write one.