August 3, The Burrow
I can't believe I abandoned you for one whole day! I've been busy trying to finish up all my homework. I didn't succeed very well because I've still got History of Magic to do, Write an Essay on Why the Goblins rebelled. Very boring, might I add. I don't know how Hermione can find any of this stuff interesting.
Anyway, tomorrow, Dean's coming by for dinner. I don't really like the idea, but Dean suggested that he meet my whole family while we were leaving at the train station, and my Dad overheard, so now he's coming over. The thing that worries me the most isn't Ron, but everyone else. I'm afraid my Dad is going to ask all sorts of questions about the Muggle world, Ron won't talk at all to Dean, (I forgot to mention, Ron's a little bit ... mad at Dean. He says that he should have said something to him before asking me to go steady with him. Why does he have to meddle in my personal love life?) and Fred and George will use countless jokes on him. The worst part is that Bill and Charlie are coming over. That's almost the worst news EVER. The last time I brought a boy around here, they interrogated him about his intentions, and that was when I was 10! And we were only friends! Hopefully my Mum will talk to everyone before he gets here. She thinks Dean is a nice boy, a much nicer one then Michael Corner.
Well, I should go. It's very late and I should get to bed, Mum's waking me up early so we can get the house cleaned up for when Dean gets here. I'll tell you all about the most humiliating day of my life tomorrow, after Dean leaves.
Then next morning, Ginny woke up to the delicious smell of bacon and eggs. Before getting up to face the day, she laid there thinking about what was going to happen that night. "Today is going to be the worst day of my life" thought Ginny over and over again. Finally, Ginny got up and got dressed. She put on her cleaning clothes and put her hair in a messy ponytail. She would change before Dean came over. On her way out her bedroom door, she heard six faint taps on her bedroom window. When she looked behind her, she saw a Tawny owl, looking at her with wide eyes, and a letter tied to its leg. Ginny immediately turned around, closed her bedroom door, and ran over to the window excitedly. Knowing who it was, Ginny let the tired owl in hurriedly and took the letter from the owl. After seeing that her predictions were correct, she took the owl and petted it softly, almost as if asking for forgiveness for the way she had treated the owl. Before the owl left, Ginny gave it two small owl treats.
Once she saw the owl leave, she ran back to her desk, where she had left the letter, and opened it immediately. It read:
Ginny-
I can't wait until tonight. I hope that I get to meet all your family, including your older brothers, Bill and Charlie. From what Ron has said, they seem really cool. Don't worry about being embarrassed either, that's why family is here on earth, to embarrass you. Just kidding, well can't wait to see you again.
Dean
Ginny's heart skipped a beat when she read the letter. "Hopefully he's right about the embarrassment part" said Ginny as she finished reading the letter for the second time. After reading Dean's letter six more times, she put it away neatly in her diary, making sure that no one else could read it, especially from her brothers, who seemed to have made a hobby of reading letters that Dean would send her on a weekly basis.
When she arrived in the kitchen, she found her mother making breakfast and her father reading the daily prophet. Ginny poured herself some pumpkin juice as she sat down at the breakfast table.
"So, this Dean fellow" said Mr. Weasley as he put down his newspaper "He doesn't cause much trouble at Hogwarts, does he?"
Ginny sighed knowing she had to answer her Dad's question, even though she knew that he knew the answer. "No, Dad" said Ginny looking at him with serious eyes "He's 6th in his class, right behind Ron"
"I'm guessing your talking about Dean Thomas?" asked George as he and Fred walked into the kitchen, both wearing their new jackets. As they both sat down, Ginny eyed them.
" Your alive" said Ginny sarcastically " You haven't come out of your room in weeks"
"Well, little sis, how could we miss this important day" said George
"The day Dean Thomas will regret suggesting to come over and meet the Weasleys," said Fred, as if he had a joke up his sleeve
"You two better not do anything to ruin this evening," said Mrs. Weasley as she set down all the plates of eggs and bacon in front of each of the Weasleys. "That means no jokes to be pulled on Dean, he is going to be our guest tonight"
"Who's coming over tonight?" asked Ron, as he walked into the kitchen, tosseled hair and blurry eyed, it seemed as if he needed about three more hours of sleep.
"Dean Thomas" said Mr. Weasley, as he began eating his eggs.
"So, he's really coming, is he?" said Ron as he sat down to eat his own breakfast.
"Yes" said Ginny, as she took a long drink of her Pumpkin Juice
"Now, that everyone is here" said Mrs. Weasley, setting down her own breakfast to eat "I need all of you to not be rude to Dean, after all he is our guest, and as I'm sure, Ron's friend"
After a long, silent breakfast, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny set right to work on cleaning their home. While Ginny and Mrs. Weasley were busy with the housework, Ron and Fred were busy with de-gnoming the garden, while George went down to Diagon Alley to check on their soon-to-be-opened joke shop. Much to Ginny's dismay, the day had gone by faster then she had wanted it to. An hour before Dean was supposed to arrive, Bill and Charlie arrived, excited to meet Dean.
" So when is Dean supposed to come?" asked Bill as he entered the Burrow and sat down in the living room, where, surprisingly, Ron was reading, Fred and George were playing exploding snap and Charlie was setting up Gobstones for him and Bill to play.
"In an hour" said Ginny running by Bill to get out of her house-cleaning clothes and into her nicer, dinner clothes. As she ran upstairs, afraid that she wouldn't have enough time to get ready, she tripped over a huge box sitting outside of her door. Wondering what it was, Ginny picked it up and looked at it rather strangely. Wondering what it was, she walked into her room and closed the door behind her and walked over to the other side of her room to set down the box on her desk. Before opening it, Ginny looked at the box, for any sign of who might have sent it to her. After a long examination, she just decided to tear through the box and get to what might be inside. Finally when the box opened, she saw exactly what it was.
When the box finally opened, a piece of parchment fell out. Before deciding to see what was inside the box, Ginny thought it was more important to see who had sent it.
I hope this will help you get through the night -Mom
Reading the letter in a questionable manner, she wondered what could possibly help her get through the night. Putting the letter aside, Ginny looked into the box and out fell two articles of clothing. When she pulled apart the neatly folded clothes she saw, she saw a light pink shirt that was quarter sleeved and had shiny gems in no specific places. When she put down the shirt, gently, on her bed, she picked up the bottom piece. The bottoms were dark blue jeans that had front pockets with matching gems on the belt loops. As Ginny looked at the whole outfit, she was amazed at how well she knew she was going to look. So instead of dressing in her tattered black skirt and old red shirt, as she had originally planned to wear, Ginny put on her new amazing outfit that her mother had given her.
When she looked at herself in the mirror, she was very happy at what she saw. For once, Ginny thought of herself as a teenager, not a little girl anymore. Before Ginny could admire her new outfit anymore, she heard the doorbell ring throughout The Burrow. Before leaving her bedroom, she gave herself one last look in the mirror, making sure everything was perfect.
I can't believe I abandoned you for one whole day! I've been busy trying to finish up all my homework. I didn't succeed very well because I've still got History of Magic to do, Write an Essay on Why the Goblins rebelled. Very boring, might I add. I don't know how Hermione can find any of this stuff interesting.
Anyway, tomorrow, Dean's coming by for dinner. I don't really like the idea, but Dean suggested that he meet my whole family while we were leaving at the train station, and my Dad overheard, so now he's coming over. The thing that worries me the most isn't Ron, but everyone else. I'm afraid my Dad is going to ask all sorts of questions about the Muggle world, Ron won't talk at all to Dean, (I forgot to mention, Ron's a little bit ... mad at Dean. He says that he should have said something to him before asking me to go steady with him. Why does he have to meddle in my personal love life?) and Fred and George will use countless jokes on him. The worst part is that Bill and Charlie are coming over. That's almost the worst news EVER. The last time I brought a boy around here, they interrogated him about his intentions, and that was when I was 10! And we were only friends! Hopefully my Mum will talk to everyone before he gets here. She thinks Dean is a nice boy, a much nicer one then Michael Corner.
Well, I should go. It's very late and I should get to bed, Mum's waking me up early so we can get the house cleaned up for when Dean gets here. I'll tell you all about the most humiliating day of my life tomorrow, after Dean leaves.
Then next morning, Ginny woke up to the delicious smell of bacon and eggs. Before getting up to face the day, she laid there thinking about what was going to happen that night. "Today is going to be the worst day of my life" thought Ginny over and over again. Finally, Ginny got up and got dressed. She put on her cleaning clothes and put her hair in a messy ponytail. She would change before Dean came over. On her way out her bedroom door, she heard six faint taps on her bedroom window. When she looked behind her, she saw a Tawny owl, looking at her with wide eyes, and a letter tied to its leg. Ginny immediately turned around, closed her bedroom door, and ran over to the window excitedly. Knowing who it was, Ginny let the tired owl in hurriedly and took the letter from the owl. After seeing that her predictions were correct, she took the owl and petted it softly, almost as if asking for forgiveness for the way she had treated the owl. Before the owl left, Ginny gave it two small owl treats.
Once she saw the owl leave, she ran back to her desk, where she had left the letter, and opened it immediately. It read:
Ginny-
I can't wait until tonight. I hope that I get to meet all your family, including your older brothers, Bill and Charlie. From what Ron has said, they seem really cool. Don't worry about being embarrassed either, that's why family is here on earth, to embarrass you. Just kidding, well can't wait to see you again.
Dean
Ginny's heart skipped a beat when she read the letter. "Hopefully he's right about the embarrassment part" said Ginny as she finished reading the letter for the second time. After reading Dean's letter six more times, she put it away neatly in her diary, making sure that no one else could read it, especially from her brothers, who seemed to have made a hobby of reading letters that Dean would send her on a weekly basis.
When she arrived in the kitchen, she found her mother making breakfast and her father reading the daily prophet. Ginny poured herself some pumpkin juice as she sat down at the breakfast table.
"So, this Dean fellow" said Mr. Weasley as he put down his newspaper "He doesn't cause much trouble at Hogwarts, does he?"
Ginny sighed knowing she had to answer her Dad's question, even though she knew that he knew the answer. "No, Dad" said Ginny looking at him with serious eyes "He's 6th in his class, right behind Ron"
"I'm guessing your talking about Dean Thomas?" asked George as he and Fred walked into the kitchen, both wearing their new jackets. As they both sat down, Ginny eyed them.
" Your alive" said Ginny sarcastically " You haven't come out of your room in weeks"
"Well, little sis, how could we miss this important day" said George
"The day Dean Thomas will regret suggesting to come over and meet the Weasleys," said Fred, as if he had a joke up his sleeve
"You two better not do anything to ruin this evening," said Mrs. Weasley as she set down all the plates of eggs and bacon in front of each of the Weasleys. "That means no jokes to be pulled on Dean, he is going to be our guest tonight"
"Who's coming over tonight?" asked Ron, as he walked into the kitchen, tosseled hair and blurry eyed, it seemed as if he needed about three more hours of sleep.
"Dean Thomas" said Mr. Weasley, as he began eating his eggs.
"So, he's really coming, is he?" said Ron as he sat down to eat his own breakfast.
"Yes" said Ginny, as she took a long drink of her Pumpkin Juice
"Now, that everyone is here" said Mrs. Weasley, setting down her own breakfast to eat "I need all of you to not be rude to Dean, after all he is our guest, and as I'm sure, Ron's friend"
After a long, silent breakfast, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny set right to work on cleaning their home. While Ginny and Mrs. Weasley were busy with the housework, Ron and Fred were busy with de-gnoming the garden, while George went down to Diagon Alley to check on their soon-to-be-opened joke shop. Much to Ginny's dismay, the day had gone by faster then she had wanted it to. An hour before Dean was supposed to arrive, Bill and Charlie arrived, excited to meet Dean.
" So when is Dean supposed to come?" asked Bill as he entered the Burrow and sat down in the living room, where, surprisingly, Ron was reading, Fred and George were playing exploding snap and Charlie was setting up Gobstones for him and Bill to play.
"In an hour" said Ginny running by Bill to get out of her house-cleaning clothes and into her nicer, dinner clothes. As she ran upstairs, afraid that she wouldn't have enough time to get ready, she tripped over a huge box sitting outside of her door. Wondering what it was, Ginny picked it up and looked at it rather strangely. Wondering what it was, she walked into her room and closed the door behind her and walked over to the other side of her room to set down the box on her desk. Before opening it, Ginny looked at the box, for any sign of who might have sent it to her. After a long examination, she just decided to tear through the box and get to what might be inside. Finally when the box opened, she saw exactly what it was.
When the box finally opened, a piece of parchment fell out. Before deciding to see what was inside the box, Ginny thought it was more important to see who had sent it.
I hope this will help you get through the night -Mom
Reading the letter in a questionable manner, she wondered what could possibly help her get through the night. Putting the letter aside, Ginny looked into the box and out fell two articles of clothing. When she pulled apart the neatly folded clothes she saw, she saw a light pink shirt that was quarter sleeved and had shiny gems in no specific places. When she put down the shirt, gently, on her bed, she picked up the bottom piece. The bottoms were dark blue jeans that had front pockets with matching gems on the belt loops. As Ginny looked at the whole outfit, she was amazed at how well she knew she was going to look. So instead of dressing in her tattered black skirt and old red shirt, as she had originally planned to wear, Ginny put on her new amazing outfit that her mother had given her.
When she looked at herself in the mirror, she was very happy at what she saw. For once, Ginny thought of herself as a teenager, not a little girl anymore. Before Ginny could admire her new outfit anymore, she heard the doorbell ring throughout The Burrow. Before leaving her bedroom, she gave herself one last look in the mirror, making sure everything was perfect.
