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CHAPTER 8 - Fight and Unexpected Visitor

The next morning Cecily drug herself out of her bed and headed towards the bathroom. As she was passing through the living room she stopped to look at George while he slept. He was such a big help to her the day before at the funerals. He kept asking her if she was okay and if he could get her anything. At first she thought it would get annoying with him repeatedly asking, but it was actually nice because it showed that he cared. It was at that moment, standing there watching him sleep and thinking about all that he did for her the day before that she decided she'd do something nice for him. She was going to make him a big breakfast. The only thing she needed were all the foods that go into a big breakfast. She took a quick shower and got dressed. George was still sleeping when she was ready to head to the local market. She figured she'd go and get back before he even woke up. She grabbed her purse and keys and headed out the door.

Ten minutes after she was gone George woke up. He tiptoed into the bathroom so he wouldn't wake Cecily. When he came back out he was wondering what he should do until she woke up. He didn't want to turn the tv on. He sat on the sofa bed for a few minutes. He got bored. He decided to peek in at Cecily. He tiptoed into her bedroom and saw that her bed was a mess, but there was no Cecily in it. He instantly panicked. "Where is she!" he yelled. He ran around the apartment saying her name but there was no Cecily to be found. He began to panic more. Had Voldemort gotten her while he was asleep? She wouldn't have gone anywhere without him because she knew it was against the rules. What should he do? What should he do? He kept repeating the question over and over in his head. Then he thought Professor Dumbledore would kill him and then his father would kill him. Neither of them worried him as much as his mother though. Where in the hell is Cecily! He sat down on her bed and started to tear up. If anything happened to her he didn't know what he would do. Not because of Dumbledore or his parents but because he had started to care more for her than what he should. He buried his face in his hands and that's when he heard the front door.

He ran to the door and whipped it open and startled Cecily.

"George!! You scared me!" she yelled.

"Not as badly as you scared me!" he yelled back.

Cecily walked past him and put her bags on the kitchen table. George shut the door. He went over to her and turned her around. He had a tight grip on her arms. "Where were you? I woke up and you were gone. I didn't know if something had happened to you."

She tried to pry his fingers off her arms, but he wasn't moving. "George you're hurting me."

"Oh and what do you think I was going through here not knowing where you were Cecily." He let go of her arms and crossed his arms over his chest and glared at her.

"I went to the market George. I wanted to get some things." She started to put the things away.

George made her stop and look at him. "Why didn't you wake me up and I would have gone with you."

"George what is wrong with you! I only went to the market. I was fine." She turned to go back to putting the groceries away and he stopped her and gripped her arms again.

"Cecily you know that I'm here to protect you. How can I protect you if you're just going to take off whenever you feel like it? He's out there. You-know-who. We don't know if he knows about you. If he does, he'll kill you Cecily. He'll kill you."

She looked at George and saw the tears in his eyes. He was scared. She pulled his hands off her arms cause he squeezing a little too tightly again. She held his hands in hers and squeezed them. "George I'm sorry I worried you. Do you want to know why I went to the market?"

"Why?" he asked.

"I wanted to surprise you and make a big breakfast for you. You were so good to me yesterday and really took care of me. I wanted to do something nice for you so I thought I'd make you breakfast. I just didn't have any breakfast food to make. I figured I'd run to the market and back before you got up."

It was George's turn to squeeze her hands. "Cecily I appreciate what you wanted to do, however, you are not taking this threat serious enough."

She let go of his hands. "What threat? This Volvo guy? You know what George he can go screw himself. If he wants me, he's gonna have to come and get me."

George had his hands to the sides of his head and was shaking it. "Cecily why won't you take this seriously? If Vol.you-know-who finds out that you exist, he's going to have you killed. He doesn't care about you. All he cares about is hurting Professor Dumbledore. If he finds out about you he'll know that killing you will do just that. He won't hesitate to do it. Your life is in danger Cecily. You need to understand that! If anything happens to you..."

"What George? If anything happens to me..what?" She was looking in his tear filled eyes.

"I'll end up being the biggest joke ever. All the doubts my parents ever had about me will be true. I'll be a big failure."

She had to turn away. "Oh, so that's all this is to you.a job." Her own eyes filled with tears now. "If I die, all you care about is being a failure. No thoughts about me actually being dead huh?"

George grabbed her arm and spun her around. "If you believe that Cecily then you are a fool."

He went to his suitcase. Changed his clothes right in the living room not caring if Cecily watched him and then headed for the front door.

"Where are you going George?" she asked quietly.

"I'm going for a walk to cool off" he stated.

"What about not leaving me alone?"

"Well you obviously don't care about it, so why should I?" And with that he walked out the door.

He was only gone for about ten minutes before he felt guilty about leaving her alone and went back to the apartment.

When he got back he found Cecily in the living room crying. She wasn't alone. Ginny was sitting next to her.

A/N: Please read and review. Hope you enjoy it! Sorry for the long delay in posting. Trying to get better at that. =