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"Right, I expect you've all packed your trunks?" Mrs Weasley asked her children, after they'd all finished breakfast.
Ron, Fred and George exchanged wide-eyed looks.
"I think we'd better go and check our room for any thing we might have left behind, what do you say George?" Fred said to his twin as he began to move away from the table very slowly under his mother's gaze.
"I think that's a splendid idea, Fred." George said getting up, and they dashed up the stairs to go and pack their trunks before their mother realised they hadn't even started packing yet.
"Thanks for the breakfast, mum. I think I should follow Fred and George and just…uh…check my room, you know, just in case…" Ron told his mother before sprinting up the stairs leaving only Ginny and Mrs. Weasley sitting in the kitchen.
"They obviously haven't packed and they think they can fool me." Mrs. Weasley said to Ginny smiling. Ginny was the only organised one out of the lot and had already packed her trunk, which was ready and waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
Ron threw the door to his room open and began dashing around. If his mum got even the slightest idea he hadn't packed, she would blow. Ron cringed at the idea. She wasn't going to find out. Opening his trunk he began to throw in all his books, parchment and his quill and tossed them in. Clothes, he needed clothes. He pulled open a couple of draws and began throwing odd stuff into his trunk.
"Ron."
Ron jumped a mile, he hadn't expected anyone to call him, much to his relief it was only Fred.
"Can't you see I'm busy right now? I've got to get this trunk packed." Ron said to Fred, beginning to get frustrated.
Fred's eyes travelled around Ron's room. Clothes were everywhere and draws were open all over the place.
"Yeah…I can see that…" Fred replied slowly.
"Why have you got your hands behind your back?" Ron asked, eyeing his brother suspiciously.
"Me and George got you a present from when we went down Diagon Alley. Thought you might like it." Fred said dropping the bag on the bed before backing out of the room.
"Well I'd better go back and help George. Oh and you might want to brush your hair a bit Ron, don't want Hermione seeing you like that now do we?" Fred winked at Ron, smiling evilly then left the room.
Ron fumed. No matter how many times he told his brothers he didn't like Hermione they still persisted in teasing him about it. Besides she was in love with 'Vicky'. She'd obviously gone away with him over the last week of the holidays, even though he'd said he would mind if she went. Obviously his opinion didn't count; well just you wait till he saw her! He'd have a few things to say. Pushing all that out of his mind, Ron wondered what his brothers had bought him. It was probably some trick of theirs; it would probably blow up as soon as he opened it. Despite his thoughts Ron opened the bag and reached inside the bag. His hand closed around soft fabric. Pulling the item out of the bag, Ron seen that what he had in front of him was Navy, velvet dress robes.
"Whoa…" He muttered to himself.
He wondered how Fred and George could afford this. He really appreciated it though; he would have to thank them later. Folding his new robes back up Ron placed them in his trunk and began running round for everything else he needed.
After checking he had everything about 20 times, Ron dragged his trunk down the stairs.
"Right we'd better pack Harry's stuff into your trunk Ron. You can give it to him later." Mrs. Weasley said to him.
"I doubt it will all fit in there, mum." Ron said looking slightly confused.
"We don't do magic for nothing Ron. Now lets get this trunk sorted."
She opened up his trunk, and frowned. She looked up at him, her hands on her hips.
"Ronald Weasley, what state is this trunk in? Don't you have any respect for your property?" His mother yelled at him.
Ron looked guiltily at the floor, not knowing what to say.
Mrs. Weasley tidied his trunk up quickly and cast some sort of spell on it.
"Right, Now pack Harry's things into there." Mrs Weasley ordered him, indicating the items and books she'd picked up for Harry. Without asking questions Ron did as he was told and found that all Harry's stuff fit.
"FRED, GEORGE!" Mrs Weasley bellowed up the stairs. "If you're not down here and ready in two minutes I'll be up them stairs and dragging you down…" she was about to continue, when the pair of them appeared at the top of the stairs with their trunks.
"Coming mother." George said.
Mrs Weasley checked all their things until she was satisfied that they all had everything.
"Your fathers having two cars sent from the ministry for us this year."
"Even without Percy? What an honour." Fred said.
Ron and George sniggered.
Mrs. Weasley chose to ignore this comment and continued.
"Boys, you go in one car and me and Ginny will go in the other, ok?"
They all nodded and muttered they're agreement, just as a car horn sounded outside the door.
"Right lets get going then." Mrs. Weasley announced, ushering her children, with their trunks, outside to the cars that were waiting to take them to the station.
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A/N – This chapter didn't turn out quite as I wanted it so I may alter it sometime, but I'm not sure yet.
Once again thanks to everyone whose reviewed so far! mucho appreciated, and in response to 'potatoe peel' Hermione didn't really think twice about asking Harry, but she does regret it later on.
