Smoke rose pleasantly out of the chimney as Arthur Weasley drove his
three sons and his daughter home. As he slowed the car to a full park, Ron
looked over at Ginny who quickly opened the car door and ran up to the
house, through the front door, and up to her room.
"I'm sorry Ron, I'm so, so sorry," Arthur said as he turned in his seat to look Ron in the eye.
"It's not so much me, Dad, but Ginny. She's the one in a relationship with your worst enemy's son." Ron shrugged and walked up to the house.
"Yes, yes, I know." Arthur said to himself before the rest of the family piled into the house. Arthur walked inside and looked into his wife, Molly's, eyes. "Dear, I think we may have a heart problem on our hands." He sat down at the table and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index and thumb.
"Which one?" Molly asked as she sat down and rubbed his arm.
"Ginny." Arthur sighed and stood up to grab a glass of water.
"She is the special one. You know what they say, girls are more tender than boys." Molly walked over and she and Arthur embraced. "You're home now. They're home now. Don't worry so much; she's got things to figure out as well as the rest of our children for the rest of their lives. And so do we." She said with a wise smile and told Arthur she would talk to Ginny before dinner.
Molly walked up the stairs and walked to the end of the hall. She lightly knocked and the door and walked in.
"Ginny dear?" She asked as she cracked the door open. "Ginny, are you okay?"
"NO!" Ginny exclaimed and buried her head into her mother's shoulder as she rushed over to her. "Mum, why did I have to go, why did we have to go?" She asked and then cried harshly. Her mother patted her back softly and motherly as to no surprise of Ginny.
A few of Ginny's whimpers escaped from her and she shook violently. "Ginny, dear, you have to understand that your father has the best intentions in mind he just wants you and the boys safe. You know that."
"He makes it hard to understand why he does those things. It's like when I was a third year, he pulled me out because of the flu was going around in school. That was foolish, mum, and he can be that way." Ginny said crossing her arms indignantly.
"Ginny Weasley, your father may not always make the decisions you like but he makes the ones that are best for the family so don't you EVER call him foolish again. His actions may be sometimes but your father knows what he's doing whether you think so or not. Now, come down to eat and NO temper tantrums." Molly said sternly.
"Yes, mother." Ginny nodded. As she stood she rushed over to her mother's open arms.
"Ginny dear, your father had you children in mind. You know that." Ginny nodded and walked down with her mother to dinner. Ron sat at the table with a solemn look on his face as Percy tried to cheer him up the best he could. It didn't seem to be working very well though.
Ginny walked over to Ron and wrapped her arms around his neck whispering, "I love you big brother." Ron's lips curved into a soft smile as he hugged her back and she sat down next to him.
"Daddy, I'm sorry for how I acted earlier." Ginny smiled over at her father who sat at the head of the table. He smiled back at her and patted her hand.
"I know that this isn't what you wanted to happen, but I didn't want this to happen either dear. Sometimes life gives you lemons, and you have to make lemonade." Arthur shrugged.
"Or shove them down your shirt to make your boobs look bigger." Came a voice from outside the open back door. As the light lit up the face of the stranger, Ginny's lips curved into a smile.
"Lexi!" She exclaimed and ran over to her friend, throwing her arms around her happily. "What are you doing here?"
"Let's just say my father wasn't exactly happy that I was coming home early. Either of us." Alexis added as she smiled. "Hey, Harry how's that coming dear?" She asked as she looked back out the door up into the sky where Harry seemed to be struggling with getting his broom down.
"Great! Just great.." He muttered as he finally crawled into the tree outside Ginny's window and shimmied down the trunk like Alexis had. "That broom ain't coming down." Harry shook his head as he walked over, hand scratching the back of his head. He smiled as he saw Ginny and leaned in to give her a little hug. "Hey, Gins." He whispered as he pulled back.
"What are you two doing here?" She asked quizzically as she looked from one to the other. "And how did you get here besides on an ornery broom?"
"Well, see, neither of us wanted to go home so we thought, where could we go where we could never in a million and a half years be turned back? And so we came here." Alexis smiled.
"Well, where's Val? And why didn't you just bring Stella with you?" Ginny asked with a bit of a laugh as she stepped out of the doorway to let Harry in.
"Val is at Seamus' and Stella? She's little Miss Princess living on happy hill in Beaver Cleaver land. We didn't need to rescue her." Alexis waved the subject off and upon removing her cloak, sat down at one of the empty seats at the table with a grin. "So what're we having for dinner?" At this Molly Weasley broke out into laughter as she brought the dinner to the table.
"Well." She trailed off and looked around at the now almost full table minus two seats that were normally used whenever Bill or Charlie came home but with Bill and Charlie half way across the world, the Weasley's didn't have to worry too much about that. "Let's enjoy this meal. I suppose that Harry can bunk with Ron in Fred and Georges room and Ginny, you have that blow up bed that Cousin Michelle gave you don't you?"
"Yes, mum." Ginny smiled and looked over at Alexis mouthing the word, "sleepover". Alexis grinned and subtly pretended to clap her hands right above the edge of the table.
"Well then," Molly smiled looking around at the full house. "Eat up!"
Dinner was over quickly since Ron and Harry ate almost everything on the table. Molly scolded Ron as Arthur shook his head seeing as he had eaten quite a bit of the meal himself. Ginny and Alexis hurried up to Ginny's room to set up the airbed and put some of Alexis' stuff up while Ron and Harry moved some of Ron's things into Fred and George's room.
Ginny sighed as she fell back on her bed and looked over at Alexis who looked up from her comfy new airbed. "Well, school's out early." Ginny muttered and turned away to look up at the ceiling with a sad look on her face. She missed Draco. She missed having his arms around her. She wondered where he was.She was so much distracted by her thoughts that she didn't notice Harry walk in to say goodnight. She didn't notice Ron wave goodnight from the hall. She didn't notice Alexis turn the light off and sink into her sleep with her headphones on. As Ginny stared up at the ceiling, she almost didn't notice she was home.
"I'm sorry Ron, I'm so, so sorry," Arthur said as he turned in his seat to look Ron in the eye.
"It's not so much me, Dad, but Ginny. She's the one in a relationship with your worst enemy's son." Ron shrugged and walked up to the house.
"Yes, yes, I know." Arthur said to himself before the rest of the family piled into the house. Arthur walked inside and looked into his wife, Molly's, eyes. "Dear, I think we may have a heart problem on our hands." He sat down at the table and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index and thumb.
"Which one?" Molly asked as she sat down and rubbed his arm.
"Ginny." Arthur sighed and stood up to grab a glass of water.
"She is the special one. You know what they say, girls are more tender than boys." Molly walked over and she and Arthur embraced. "You're home now. They're home now. Don't worry so much; she's got things to figure out as well as the rest of our children for the rest of their lives. And so do we." She said with a wise smile and told Arthur she would talk to Ginny before dinner.
Molly walked up the stairs and walked to the end of the hall. She lightly knocked and the door and walked in.
"Ginny dear?" She asked as she cracked the door open. "Ginny, are you okay?"
"NO!" Ginny exclaimed and buried her head into her mother's shoulder as she rushed over to her. "Mum, why did I have to go, why did we have to go?" She asked and then cried harshly. Her mother patted her back softly and motherly as to no surprise of Ginny.
A few of Ginny's whimpers escaped from her and she shook violently. "Ginny, dear, you have to understand that your father has the best intentions in mind he just wants you and the boys safe. You know that."
"He makes it hard to understand why he does those things. It's like when I was a third year, he pulled me out because of the flu was going around in school. That was foolish, mum, and he can be that way." Ginny said crossing her arms indignantly.
"Ginny Weasley, your father may not always make the decisions you like but he makes the ones that are best for the family so don't you EVER call him foolish again. His actions may be sometimes but your father knows what he's doing whether you think so or not. Now, come down to eat and NO temper tantrums." Molly said sternly.
"Yes, mother." Ginny nodded. As she stood she rushed over to her mother's open arms.
"Ginny dear, your father had you children in mind. You know that." Ginny nodded and walked down with her mother to dinner. Ron sat at the table with a solemn look on his face as Percy tried to cheer him up the best he could. It didn't seem to be working very well though.
Ginny walked over to Ron and wrapped her arms around his neck whispering, "I love you big brother." Ron's lips curved into a soft smile as he hugged her back and she sat down next to him.
"Daddy, I'm sorry for how I acted earlier." Ginny smiled over at her father who sat at the head of the table. He smiled back at her and patted her hand.
"I know that this isn't what you wanted to happen, but I didn't want this to happen either dear. Sometimes life gives you lemons, and you have to make lemonade." Arthur shrugged.
"Or shove them down your shirt to make your boobs look bigger." Came a voice from outside the open back door. As the light lit up the face of the stranger, Ginny's lips curved into a smile.
"Lexi!" She exclaimed and ran over to her friend, throwing her arms around her happily. "What are you doing here?"
"Let's just say my father wasn't exactly happy that I was coming home early. Either of us." Alexis added as she smiled. "Hey, Harry how's that coming dear?" She asked as she looked back out the door up into the sky where Harry seemed to be struggling with getting his broom down.
"Great! Just great.." He muttered as he finally crawled into the tree outside Ginny's window and shimmied down the trunk like Alexis had. "That broom ain't coming down." Harry shook his head as he walked over, hand scratching the back of his head. He smiled as he saw Ginny and leaned in to give her a little hug. "Hey, Gins." He whispered as he pulled back.
"What are you two doing here?" She asked quizzically as she looked from one to the other. "And how did you get here besides on an ornery broom?"
"Well, see, neither of us wanted to go home so we thought, where could we go where we could never in a million and a half years be turned back? And so we came here." Alexis smiled.
"Well, where's Val? And why didn't you just bring Stella with you?" Ginny asked with a bit of a laugh as she stepped out of the doorway to let Harry in.
"Val is at Seamus' and Stella? She's little Miss Princess living on happy hill in Beaver Cleaver land. We didn't need to rescue her." Alexis waved the subject off and upon removing her cloak, sat down at one of the empty seats at the table with a grin. "So what're we having for dinner?" At this Molly Weasley broke out into laughter as she brought the dinner to the table.
"Well." She trailed off and looked around at the now almost full table minus two seats that were normally used whenever Bill or Charlie came home but with Bill and Charlie half way across the world, the Weasley's didn't have to worry too much about that. "Let's enjoy this meal. I suppose that Harry can bunk with Ron in Fred and Georges room and Ginny, you have that blow up bed that Cousin Michelle gave you don't you?"
"Yes, mum." Ginny smiled and looked over at Alexis mouthing the word, "sleepover". Alexis grinned and subtly pretended to clap her hands right above the edge of the table.
"Well then," Molly smiled looking around at the full house. "Eat up!"
Dinner was over quickly since Ron and Harry ate almost everything on the table. Molly scolded Ron as Arthur shook his head seeing as he had eaten quite a bit of the meal himself. Ginny and Alexis hurried up to Ginny's room to set up the airbed and put some of Alexis' stuff up while Ron and Harry moved some of Ron's things into Fred and George's room.
Ginny sighed as she fell back on her bed and looked over at Alexis who looked up from her comfy new airbed. "Well, school's out early." Ginny muttered and turned away to look up at the ceiling with a sad look on her face. She missed Draco. She missed having his arms around her. She wondered where he was.She was so much distracted by her thoughts that she didn't notice Harry walk in to say goodnight. She didn't notice Ron wave goodnight from the hall. She didn't notice Alexis turn the light off and sink into her sleep with her headphones on. As Ginny stared up at the ceiling, she almost didn't notice she was home.