Ch6
Now the summer was almost ending and autumn fast approaching. Molly Weasley was urging the now, fully grown witches and wizards, to get jobs, or at least start looking.
"Really, she's right you know. I've been looking since school ended." Hermione was saying, as all the newly graduated witches and wizards sat in the living room.
Lori and Melanie sighed and rolled their eyes "Of course you have." Lori said.
"Your Hermione." Melanie added.
"Well, I don't see either of you with a job."
"You don't have one either!" Lori retorted.
"No, but its only because I have to decide from the five jobs I've gotten responses from so far."
"Little Miss goody-two-shoes." Melanie mumbled.
"You all should really start looking, at least."
"What's one of the responses you've gotten?" Melanie asked.
"Auror." She stated confidentially. "I think that's what I'm going to accept...not quite sure though..."
Melanie sighed and rolled her eyes "Just pick one of the what'd ya say? Million job offers?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and turned away from her cousin.
"The thing is, she gets offers while we have to look for jobs." Lori said.
"I know. She doesn't get how it is looking for stuff rather than just being offered it all on a silver plate."
Both girls sighed and started looking through the Daily Prophet for available jobs.
After awhile of searching, Melanie thought of something "Hey Lori? The twins have that joke shop, right?"
Lori didn't look up from the paper but answered "Uh-huh, yeah."
Melanie smiled "They need employees, right?"
"Most likely." She had a pretty good idea what her friend was thinking and she was grinning.
She was grinning that Weasley twin trademark grin "Then...why don't we...."
"See if they'll let us work there?"
"My thoughts exactly."
Lori nodded "Shall we go?"
"Go we shall."
They both stood and set out to find the twins.
~*~*~
It hadn't take the girls long to find the twins, for they knew they were in their room, most likely creating something. What was taking so long was they had to persuade them into coming out of the hectic thing they liked to call a room.
"Come on! This is important!" Melanie yelled through the door.
"Fred! George! This is serious! We need to talk to you!"
"Your talking right now." Fred said.
Lori's eyes flamed.
"We need to talk to you....face to face!" Melanie yelled.
"Why?" George asked
"Because!" Melanie started "....Because we need to ask you something about a job!"
"A job?" Fred said.
"Why would you come to us...."
"For a job?"
Melanie sighed "Because....we have nowhere else to go."
"And we have an idea of where we wanna work." Lori put in.
"And just where might that be?" George asked.
"At your joke shop." The girls chorused.
After a few moments of silence other than the sound of movement on the other side of the door, the door swung open.
"Our shop, eh?" Fred said.
"Yes." was Lori's reply.
"Well...we do need some employees...."
"So....why not you two?"
The girls looked at each other and back to the twins.
"So...is that a yes?" Melanie asked.
"No. Unfortunately we can't."
"What? Why?" Lori asked.
"Lori? Did you forget? We don't have complete ownership yet." Fred stated.
"So what?!"
"We can't hire anyone without the other owner approving of you." George explained.
"Well that shouldn't be too hard." Melanie said with a shrug.
"Actually, he's pretty strict."
"So? Aunt Molly's strict and we get along fine with her."
"Yeah but, this guy is like, a million times mum."
"You means he's like Hermione?" Melanie asked.
"No...worse.."
The girls eyes were wide "That's not fair!"
"Could we at least try and get a job?" Lori asked.
"I don't know if it'd be a great idea really, Lori." George said.
"Why?"
"We're not completely sure on this but..." Fred started
"We think he might be a Death Eater." George finished in a whisper.
Lori's eyes had gone back to normal but were wide again "Are you for real?"
They nodded.
"Then we should be there, better four than two!" Melanie said.
"No." George said.
"But–" Lori said.
Fred cut her off "No Lori, we don't want either of you in any more danger than you could be already."
Melanie frowned "What danger could we already be in?"
"The whole situation with Lance being in Draco's head."
"What about it? He's a voice in his head."
"We think that he...Lance that is...is the one that made his lash out like that."
"Yeah, I know, that's what I think too."
"But we think he know how."
"What is it then?"
They shook their heads "No, not gonna tell you until we know for sure."
Melanie sighed "Alright."
"Well....do you two know of any other place we might be able to work at?...Till you get full ownership." Lori said.
"I don't know why you keep saying that we're going to get ownership." George said.
"Because you are..and why don't you?"
"Because...he's super rich and he could take the building at any time." Fred explained.
"Don't see why he hasn't already."
"You really need to stop thinking so negatively!" Melanie scolded.
"Yeah! I mean, come on! You've gotten this far! Why not full? Right?"
The two sighed "I guess."
Lori put her hands on the side of the, in her opinion though she'd never say anything, better twins face. "George! You need to stop thinking so negatively! You've gotten this far! Why not full?"
Melanie was doing and saying the same to Fred.
The girls both stepped back "That's that, then." Lori said.
"We should go back to getting our job search done."
With that the two went downstairs again to get back to their job hunt.
~*~*~
Now the summer was almost ending and autumn fast approaching. Molly Weasley was urging the now, fully grown witches and wizards, to get jobs, or at least start looking.
"Really, she's right you know. I've been looking since school ended." Hermione was saying, as all the newly graduated witches and wizards sat in the living room.
Lori and Melanie sighed and rolled their eyes "Of course you have." Lori said.
"Your Hermione." Melanie added.
"Well, I don't see either of you with a job."
"You don't have one either!" Lori retorted.
"No, but its only because I have to decide from the five jobs I've gotten responses from so far."
"Little Miss goody-two-shoes." Melanie mumbled.
"You all should really start looking, at least."
"What's one of the responses you've gotten?" Melanie asked.
"Auror." She stated confidentially. "I think that's what I'm going to accept...not quite sure though..."
Melanie sighed and rolled her eyes "Just pick one of the what'd ya say? Million job offers?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and turned away from her cousin.
"The thing is, she gets offers while we have to look for jobs." Lori said.
"I know. She doesn't get how it is looking for stuff rather than just being offered it all on a silver plate."
Both girls sighed and started looking through the Daily Prophet for available jobs.
After awhile of searching, Melanie thought of something "Hey Lori? The twins have that joke shop, right?"
Lori didn't look up from the paper but answered "Uh-huh, yeah."
Melanie smiled "They need employees, right?"
"Most likely." She had a pretty good idea what her friend was thinking and she was grinning.
She was grinning that Weasley twin trademark grin "Then...why don't we...."
"See if they'll let us work there?"
"My thoughts exactly."
Lori nodded "Shall we go?"
"Go we shall."
They both stood and set out to find the twins.
~*~*~
It hadn't take the girls long to find the twins, for they knew they were in their room, most likely creating something. What was taking so long was they had to persuade them into coming out of the hectic thing they liked to call a room.
"Come on! This is important!" Melanie yelled through the door.
"Fred! George! This is serious! We need to talk to you!"
"Your talking right now." Fred said.
Lori's eyes flamed.
"We need to talk to you....face to face!" Melanie yelled.
"Why?" George asked
"Because!" Melanie started "....Because we need to ask you something about a job!"
"A job?" Fred said.
"Why would you come to us...."
"For a job?"
Melanie sighed "Because....we have nowhere else to go."
"And we have an idea of where we wanna work." Lori put in.
"And just where might that be?" George asked.
"At your joke shop." The girls chorused.
After a few moments of silence other than the sound of movement on the other side of the door, the door swung open.
"Our shop, eh?" Fred said.
"Yes." was Lori's reply.
"Well...we do need some employees...."
"So....why not you two?"
The girls looked at each other and back to the twins.
"So...is that a yes?" Melanie asked.
"No. Unfortunately we can't."
"What? Why?" Lori asked.
"Lori? Did you forget? We don't have complete ownership yet." Fred stated.
"So what?!"
"We can't hire anyone without the other owner approving of you." George explained.
"Well that shouldn't be too hard." Melanie said with a shrug.
"Actually, he's pretty strict."
"So? Aunt Molly's strict and we get along fine with her."
"Yeah but, this guy is like, a million times mum."
"You means he's like Hermione?" Melanie asked.
"No...worse.."
The girls eyes were wide "That's not fair!"
"Could we at least try and get a job?" Lori asked.
"I don't know if it'd be a great idea really, Lori." George said.
"Why?"
"We're not completely sure on this but..." Fred started
"We think he might be a Death Eater." George finished in a whisper.
Lori's eyes had gone back to normal but were wide again "Are you for real?"
They nodded.
"Then we should be there, better four than two!" Melanie said.
"No." George said.
"But–" Lori said.
Fred cut her off "No Lori, we don't want either of you in any more danger than you could be already."
Melanie frowned "What danger could we already be in?"
"The whole situation with Lance being in Draco's head."
"What about it? He's a voice in his head."
"We think that he...Lance that is...is the one that made his lash out like that."
"Yeah, I know, that's what I think too."
"But we think he know how."
"What is it then?"
They shook their heads "No, not gonna tell you until we know for sure."
Melanie sighed "Alright."
"Well....do you two know of any other place we might be able to work at?...Till you get full ownership." Lori said.
"I don't know why you keep saying that we're going to get ownership." George said.
"Because you are..and why don't you?"
"Because...he's super rich and he could take the building at any time." Fred explained.
"Don't see why he hasn't already."
"You really need to stop thinking so negatively!" Melanie scolded.
"Yeah! I mean, come on! You've gotten this far! Why not full? Right?"
The two sighed "I guess."
Lori put her hands on the side of the, in her opinion though she'd never say anything, better twins face. "George! You need to stop thinking so negatively! You've gotten this far! Why not full?"
Melanie was doing and saying the same to Fred.
The girls both stepped back "That's that, then." Lori said.
"We should go back to getting our job search done."
With that the two went downstairs again to get back to their job hunt.
~*~*~