More Weasley ANGST! Sorry :) hope fully it will soon be over but I had to torment them.
Sorry that the chapter is so short, but it was all the angst I could handle and this was all for this part!
A Fresh Start
Depressed Ron returned to the burrow. He walked back into the house. He put his packages in the living room where Fred and George met him. Both looked at him with a hopeful eyes. He smiled sadly at them.
"Did you happen to see Ginny in Hogsmeade?" Fred asked quietly. Ron was torn. He felt so guilty about not being able to tell his brothers. He just looked at the twins and shook his head. George quietly walked up the stairs and headed to the room that he and Fred shared. Fred smiled at Ron and walked outside. Ron was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. He turned and looked in to his father's sad brown eyes.
"Why did you lie to your brothers Ron?"
"What?" Ron was flabbergasted. How the hell did his father know?
"You saw your sister in Hogsmeade didn't you." It was not a question. Ron nodded and cast his gaze downward.
"Ginny asked me not to tell."
"Is she ok?" he asked his voice betraying his pain, "that's all I want to know."
"Yes," Ron choked out, "she is, and she is engaged to Oliver."
"Good, Oliver loves her." Arthur said hugging his youngest son. Ron quietly went up to his room. Arthur sat on bench outside. Two somber twins soon joined him outside.
"Dad," Fred started, "do you know why Ginny left?"
"Sit down," Arthur told them, "I think I do."
"Did Ginny leave because she thinks we don't love her?" George asked.
"I think that your sister was feeling overshadowed."
"We didn't mean to hurt her," Fred said close to tears.
"I know that you didn't."
"When will she come back," George asked looking very much like a lost little boy, "we miss her."
"I miss her too," he told them, "are you both staying here tonight?"
"Yes," the twins answered together.
"Tell your mother that I will be back soon," Arthur said summoning his cloak.
"Where are you going, dad?" Fred asked.
"I am going to see Oliver." He told them, "I will be back later."
"Bye dad."
"Bye boys."
"Bye." Fred said as his father apparated away.
Arthur arrived in front of Oliver's little home in the Scottish highlands. He knew that Oliver, being an auror, had many wards and that he would set them all off. He walked up to the brick house and knocked on the wooden door. He waited with his hands in his pockets until Oliver opened the door.
"Arthur," Oliver's voice did not betray his surprise at Arthur's presence on his front porch, "what can I do for you?"
"I would like to talk to you about Ginny, may I come in?"
"Yes, you may Arthur," Oliver stepped aside to allow his future father-in-law in his house.
"Would you care for something to drink?" Oliver asked after he showed Arthur to the living room.
"Yes, thank you," Arthur said as he watched Oliver pour himself a glass of scotch. Oliver poured a second glass and handed it to Arthur.
"What did you want to talk about?" Oliver said sharply and Arthur knew that he wouldn't betray Ginny's trust in him. They shared a very strong bond of love and friendship.
"I know that Ron saw Ginny today."
"Did Ron tell you?" Oliver's eyes gleamed with an emotion that Arthur recognized well. Oliver had the desire and the will to protect his fiancée at any and all costs.
"No, Ron can't lie very well," Arthur told the young wizard, "his ears turn pink."
"Oh."
"I was wondering if you would give Ginny a message from me?" he asked with hopeful eyes.
"What sort of message?"
"Tell her that I hope that she is healthy and doing fine, and that if she needs anything, I will help her in any way possible."
"Was there anything else?"
"Yes. Tell her that I love and miss her." He finished his drink and stood up, "oh and congratulations on your engagement."
Oliver showed him out, Arthur shook his hand.
"Tell her that Christmas dinner begins at 5:00 PM sharp on the 24th."
And with a loud crack he was gone.
Oliver sat down and thought about the visit he had just had with Arthur. He tossed some powder in to his fireplace.
"Ginny Weasley," he said and suddenly her redhead appeared in his fireplace.
"Hey lover," she said.
"Hey, I got a visit from your father tonight," he said and she raised an eyebrow, "He asked me to tell you that he loves you very much and misses you, and hopes that you are doing well. He wants you to know if you need him he will be there. Oh and Christmas dinner begins at 5."
Ginny smiled the one of the first genuine smiles that Oliver had seen out of her in a long time. She blew him a kiss, "I have to go, potions to brew."
"Wait, Gin, when are you coming over for Christmas?"
"I'll floo over around 3 o' clock."
"Bye babe."
"Bye sweetie," Ginny said as she disappeared.