Two Sets of Twins
A/N: Here is chapter two like I promised no waiting necessary. I do hope you like my story so far, I'm trying to make it as realistic as I can, that may not be the correct term, but meh. Any way, I'm trying to make it as real as I can, so bear with me. Thank you. Now, on with the show...
*For those of you who haven't read this before, then this won't apply, but for others who have it will. I am changing the ending of this chapter because this story is of course too predictable and common. I hope you will like the improvement (that's what I think it is anyway). It has been brought on by a review stating the story is too predictable and therefore not any good. Enjoy!
Chapter Two: The Weasley's meet the Waters'.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Ugh, it's not time to get up yet is it?" Gina cried sleepily. "Why do I have my alarm set anyway, it's not like I have to get up for anything important." Just at that moment Fran walked in her room looking just as tired as Gina felt.
"Am I forgetting something, or did we set our alarms for no reason at all?" she asked as she tried to rub the sleep from her eyes. In reality it was 9 o'clock in the morning, therefore really not that early at all. Well not that early for people who go to bed at respectable hours of the night, it is in fact early for teenage girls who stay up till 1 o'clock in the morning talking.
"No I don't think there is anything important going on, but if you'll think a little bit then you'll realize that we always try to wake up at 9 so we don't waste our whole day like most of our friends and because mom and dad won't let us sleep later than that unless we have a really good reason."
"How can you put that many words together in one sentence this early in the morning?" moaned Fran. "It's way too early to even think, let alone lay out a big speech like that. I'm going back to bed, see you when my stomach wakes me up." And with that Fran was gone and back in her own bed before Gina could say anything in return.
*****
'I wonder where those girls are? Usually they're up and down stairs for breakfast by this time.' Sally Waters wondered. "I think I'll go check on them." She said aloud to no one in particular. "Girls are you awake?" she called.
"We're trying to sleep mom!" they both screamed at the same time.
"I can't believe that you're this tired from unpacking yesterday. Normally you two have unending energy, where has it all gone?" she asked.
"We stayed up late talking last night, and we were trying to get some extra sleep, but I can see that that won't happen." Gina grumbled as she climbed out of bed. "Thank goodness we each have our own showers; it'll really save a lot of time."
"Well I'll see you girls downstairs when you're ready for breakfast. Your father and I were thinking of paying a visit to our neighbours across the street. So whenever you are ready and have eaten we'll go. Oh and I hear that they have a really big family with a lot of boys so you may want to look your best." Their mother called to them, chuckling, as she made her way down to the kitchen.
With that to encourage them they got ready as fast as they could because being the typical teenage girls that they were, they always wanted to meet new boys and they had to make sure they looked just right.
**after their showers**
"Gina, what should I wear? Should I wear the red top or the blue top? Should I wear Pants or skirt? Oh I can't decide!!!! What if I look like a fool? I wonder how British girls dress. Do they dress the same way we do? Ahhhh!!!" Fran was or course doing what she did best when it came time to meeting new guys, she panicked. She was so afraid of not looking just right that sometimes she forgot to be herself, and then she was in trouble.
"If you want my opinion, I'm going to say wear a pair of jeans and a cute little t-shirt. Not a skimpy one mind you, just a cute one. That's what I'm going to wear. And I'm pretty sure we don't dress that differently than muggle British girls, as far as our kind go, I'm really not sure."
"Hey Gin, you know neither of us own skimpy clothes so you didn't even have to mention that. Anyway I was thinking, do you want to wear the same stuff? I mean what's the fun in being twins if you don't take advantage of it by dressing up exactly the same so no one can tell you apart!" Fran said excitedly.
"Sure that sounds cool! Why don't we wear our red Roots t-shirts, with our dark jeans, and we can wear our hair down, and wear the same jewelry and stuff." Gina suggested.
"I like it!" Fran exclaimed. So the twins spent the next hour blow drying their hair and getting ready. When they were finally done they went downstairs and had bacon and eggs for breakfast.
**after breakfast**
After breakfast was eaten and the family was all assembled by the doorway, they were finally ready to go.
"Now girls, you must be on your best behaviour because you father works with Mr. Weasley, that's the name of the family that lives across the street, the Weasley's." Mrs. Waters stated.
"Sally, you know that the girls will be good, they always are so there is no need to bother them with stuff that isn't important. Now, shall we be off?" replied Mr. Waters to the remark his wife had made which was as we all know was unnecessary, yet Mrs. Waters had a habit of doing that quite often so the family was used to it. As the Waters stepped out their front door onto the front porch they looked across the street and saw the Burrow. Now of course they saw it as wizards do because they themselves are wizards. They were quite intrigued as they had never seen a house quite like this one before. It was Darren Waters who first snapped out of the 'spell' they had all been under.
"Well we're not going to meet our neighbours by just standing here now are we? So let's go!" He said enthusiastically. And with that, they finally were off.
Meanwhile at the Burrow...
"Hey Fred, do you see those people walking over here?" George hurriedly asked his identical twin brother. "They're obviously the new family that moved in seeing as how they're coming from that house."
"Didn't dad say they had girls our age?" Fred questioned.
"Yea he did say that. I believe he said two twin girls." George answered with a smile on his face. They each had a special pair of goggles that they had invented to go along with their Extendable Ears (a/n: is that right? Please correct me if I'm wrong), and were trying to get a good look at the family approaching their house.
"I get first dibb's on the brunette with the long hair, the one in the red t-shirt." George stated.
"George," Fred said with superiority. "They're both brunettes with long hair and red t-shirts. Can't you see that from here, they're almost at the front door."
"Which means we should be there too. Let's go, I'll race you!" and with that the twins were off running down the stairs as fast as they could without breaking anything. That is Fred ran, George had enough sense to apparate, therefore beating his brother with flying colours (a/n: for all you Americans who are reading this, that is how you spell colour, so there, lol).
A/N: most of the story, in fact I think all of it will either be in Gina and Fran's POV or George and Fred's POV. So I'll just let you know when it changes.
Gina and Fran's POV
"Gina, does my hair look ok?" Fran nervously asked her sister.
"Of course it does Franny, now stop worrying about it or you'll get warts, and I'll have to call you a worry wart for real." Assured Gina, who of course wasn't at all worried about how she looked, because she never was. If there was a hair out of place, well they would just have to deal with that because she wasn't going to try and look perfect for complete strangers.
"Here we are! Is everyone ready? Good. Ok here we go." Said Mr. Waters, who was always a little on the weird side. But just before he was able to knock, the door flew open and they were met with an amazing scent of baked apples and cinnamon.
"Oh, hello, you must be the Waters! Well come in, come in, don't be shy. I was actually just on my way over with Ginny here to bring you this pie I made to welcome you to the neighbourhood, but it looks like you beat me too it. My name is Molly (a/n: again correct me if I'm wrong), or Mrs. Weasley to the children, this is my daughter Ginny, she's 14, Fred and George here (who had made it to the kitchen in one piece) are 17, that's Mr. or Arthur Weasley, and these three are Ron, Hermione, and Harry, all 15. The one with red hair is mine the other two are Ron's friends. Oh and I'm sorry, you must be wondering who Hermione and Harry belong too since they certainly don't belong to any Weasley's," Mrs. Weasley said with a laugh. "They're Ron's friends, Hermione Granger, her parents are muggles, and Harry Potter. We also have three older sons Bill, Charlie and Percy, who don't live at home, although you won't really hear too much about Percy because he doesn't really have much to do with us anymore." She ended quietly.
"Forgive us if we don't remember all your names right away. It may take a little while, but I'm sure we'll get them eventually. My name is Mr. Darren Waters, and this is my wife Mrs. Sally Waters. Here are our daughters Francine, mostly known as Fran, and Gina, who are also 17. And this little tyke here is our 11month old boy Robby. Fancy that, us both having twins that are 17. I'm sure they'll all get along wonderfully." Mr. Waters informed them all. The Waters of course new exactly who Harry Potter was and of his story so they didn't need to inquire about it. They also knew that when someone ended a sentence in the kind of tone Mrs. Weasley used, they best not ask about the situation. If the Weasley's wanted them to know they would tell them in due time.
Mr. and Mrs. Waters and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sat down at the table with the pie and cut into it. Once everyone had a piece the kids went off in little groups together: Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny, and George, Fred, Gina, and Fran. Then of course the parents started doing what they did best; Mr. Waters and Mr. Weasley talked about work and Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Weasley talked about what mothers talk about.
George, Gina, Fran and Fred's POV
The two sets of twins walked outside and sat down on the grass in the backyard. Since they were strangers their conversation was slim and there was of course many awkward moments of silence between little bouts of talking.
"So," George finally said to break an exceptionally long moment of silence that had left everyone feeling a little on the awkward and or embarrassed side. "You guys said you were from Canada, and we've said all we can about us all being twins, but we still haven't heard much about you guys in particular. Would mind filling us in?" He asked hopefully.
"Sure, I mean there really isn't that much to tell. We're your average Canadian teenagers who like music and going to the movies. We like shopping, well I like it, but Fran loves it." Gina said as she laughed a little bit at her last comment. "We also like reading once in a while when the mood takes us, and for the most part we like fantasy novels like books by Mercedes Lackey, J.R.R. Tolkien and others."
"One thing that Gina really loves to do is play the music really, really loud and stand in front of her mirror with her hairbrush as a microphone and sing along, she also likes to dance while she does this." Fran said. She was trying to get back at her sister for the shopping comment and it was working, her sister was turning a bright scarlet.
"You dance along to it to, and sometimes you even sing. Just because I like to sing along to the radio or a CD doesn't mean you need to make fun of me for it, I mean you've done a lot of embarrassing things that I could mention here too." Gina retorted with a small snort as she crossed her arms trying to make them all think she was mad, when what she was really doing was brushing up on her acting skills. She took pride in being able to convince people of one thing when she meant another.
"Well at least we know more about you, but we really have no idea about some of the things you mentioned. For example; what is a radio, a CD, and a microplate?" Fred asked the girls.
At this the girls started to laugh, "It's called a microphone, not a microplate." Fran corrected, while Fred took his turn at a scarlet face. "A radio is a device that muggles use to listen to music and the news and stuff. A CD is a thin, round piece of material, and CD stands for Compact Disc. It has music recorded on it and you play it in a CD player. You can also have music recorded on a tape, but those are so old fashioned, no one has them anymore."
"Ok that makes sense, sort of. You'll have to show us what these things look like so we can better understand, because honestly I'm a little confused. You also said something about movies, what are those?" George asked.
"Movies are basically stories that you watch. They are made up of a sequence of pictures projected onto a screen really, really fast so it looks like there is motion and continuity. They're a form of entertainment, lots of people go to the movies a lot and it's a ton of fun. You can also watch them at home of VHS video or DVD." Gina informed them. They were looking at her dumbstruck, having no idea what they were talking about, so she said, "Look, we'll show you. Let's go over to our house and we'll show you all kinds of cool muggle things that I'm sure you'll find to be interesting."
So they all got up, told their parents they were leaving and went over to the Waters house. When they got there they went through the door and into the family room where their T.V. was. They had a big screen, so the boys were even more in awe than they would have been with a regular T.V. They turned it on and popped in the first VHS they saw. It turned out to be 'Robin Hood Men in Tights' with Cary Elwes, one of the girls' personal favourites. George and Fred were enthralled by it.
"This is so cool! It's like watching a play, but in your own home and with real places." Fred exclaimed.
As they continued to watch George asked, "are all of these..movies this funny?"
"Well no, some are quite serious, or full of action, horror, romance, pretty much everything you can imagine." Fran explained. She then turned it off and started going through all their movies.
"Oh, here's 'Greece', and 'The Sound of Music'. 'Moulin Rouge', 'Singing in the Rain', 'The Music Man', all these Disney and cartoon movies, 'Ocean's Eleven', 'She's All That', 'Remember the Titans', 'October Sky', 'Sixteen Candles', oh I love Molly Ringwald, she's so cool. 'Fiddler on the Roof', all the 'Star Wars' movies, 'Tombstone', 'The Princes Bride', 'Chicago'.." Both Gina and Fran continued to rhyme off all of their movies and believe me, they have a lot. Of course George and Fred were overwhelmed by all of this, but they didn't mind.
"Oh my goodness! I can't wait till 'Pirates of the Caribbean' comes out." Fran exclaimed.
"I know, I love Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. Johnny makes a really good pirate." Gina laughed.
"Who are these guys you're talking about?" George asked, trying not to feel jealous.
"There just actors, that are really talented and good looking." Fran said.
"Oh that makes sense, I guess." Fred said still a bit confused.
"You know the movies we were showing you?" Gina asked as the boys nodded. "Well the people in them are called actors."
"Oh." They both said together with revelation. The girls also showed Fred and George what DVD's are so that they wouldn't have to wonder about those either. When they were done with all the movies, they decided to show them their music collection, so they all went upstairs. Fred and George thought Fran and Gina were lucky to each have their own rooms.
"Now this is a radio, and this is a CD/Tape player. And these things are tapes and CD's." Gina showed them. "Let's see, what to put in?" She said to herself. "I know, I'll play this song from the Barenaked Ladies, 'Falling for the First Time." She said to everyone.
I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
"That was cool wasn't it?" Fran asked the boys.
"Ya, it was pretty cool. I thought you said they were bare-naked ladies, those people sounded like guys to me." Fred said
"They are guys. Barenaked Ladies is their group name, and they're Canadian too." Gina told them. "Here, I'll just put out a bunch of different CD's for you to listen to, Fran can help you pick one's you might like. I'm going to get some food." So while Gina was downstairs getting something to snack on, Fran, Fred, and George were busy listening to bits of almost every CD the girls had.
"Now, what can I get to eat?" Gina said to herself as she drummed her fingers on the countertop. "I know! Lay's regular chips and Heluva Good French Onion dip. I'm sure they'll like that." with that decided, she searched for her items of choice, found them, and ran back upstairs to the others. "Hey guys, I've got some food!" she yelled over the music. "Nut's", she said to herself. Then yelled, "but I forgot drinks, I'll be right back again." Soon she was back with some nice cold Coca-Cola and cups for the four of them.
"You know what," George said as they were sitting around eating their chip and dip and drinking their coke. "Today has got to be one of the most fun days I've ever had. We've been introduced to so many new things, man our dad would have a hay day with all this muggle stuff about. You do realize that we will tell him about this stuff and he'll probably be over here everyday looking at it." He warned. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door.
"Well I wonder who that could be." Fran voiced the thought everyone had been thinking. She opened Gina's window to look at the front door and saw young teens standing there, two with bright red hair. "Hey Fred, George, aren't those your brother and sister and their friends?" she asked.
Fred looked out the window as well and called out to the four on the doorstep, "Oy, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, what do you want?"
It was Ron who answered him. "Mom and dad want you guys to come home for supper. We're all eating at our house, so you're all supposed to come. Gina and Fran, your dad said something about us not having a phone, so he couldn't call here. We didn't know what he meant, but then Hermione and Harry filled us in."
"All right, we'll be down in a minute." George yelled back, because he had now stuck his head out of the window, while Fran and Gina had gone to Fran's room to look out her window.
They all brought their heads in from the windowsills and were back in Gina's room before they left. "I guess we better be off." Fred repeated. So they went down the stairs, out the front door, across the road, and into the Burrow, there they were met with a waft of delicious smells coming from the kitchen.
As they walked through the door Mrs. Weasley ushered them to come in and sit down so they could get started. "Come, come, we're about to eat. Find a spot somewhere at the table and sit down please. Ah, there, we're all ready." She said as everyone had found a seat. "Now, dig in!"
"You know," Mr. Weasley put in. "I'm going to have to come over to your house and have a look at all your muggle equipment, that is if you don't mind."
After this statement George, Fred, Gina, and Fran burst out laughing, they just couldn't hold it in.
"What in heavens name is so funny, you four?" Mr. Waters questioned.
"Well you see," Gina started to say but couldn't finish due to a fit of giggles.
"..that's exactly what Fred and George told us Mr. Weasley would do. That's why it's so funny." Fran finished for her sister, and the two sets of twins nodded in agreement before dissolving into another fit of giggles. That comment set the whole room off. Everyone was laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, but nobody really wanted to either.
"Well, I think we've had enough laughing and silliness for one night. I'm going to get this cleaned up and then I think it'll be time for you children to be thinking about your beds." Mrs. Weasley suggested, ordered was more like it.
"Aww, but mum, bed just yet? We're old enough to stay up as late as we want and besides it's summer." George argued.
"I quite agree with Molly. We need to get little Robby home anyway." Mrs. Waters stated.
"Come on mom, we're not tired." Fran said as she unsuccessfully tried to stifle a yawn.
"Tut, tut, no arguing now. Its home to bed for all of us, let's go." Mrs. Waters said for the last time, as she, Robby and her husband said their goodbyes and left. Gina and Fran were a little more reluctant to go. They had had a really good time with Fred and George and they didn't want to go home just yet. But alas, they also couldn't disobey their parents, so in the end they had to say goodbye. The boys followed out the door, to say their goodbyes outside.
"It was nice hangin' with you guys today," Fran told them. "We had a lot of fun."
"If it's ok with the folks we'll come over tomorrow." Gina suggested.
"Ya that would be neat. We could show you our joke store, it's really cool." George offered.
"That sounds like a plan, but we better get back inside before mum has a fit or something. See you guys tomorrow. I hope it'll be as much fun as today was." Fred added.
"I'm sure it will be." Fran assured them.
"Goodnight." Gina yelled to them as they ran back inside. So the two girls walked home. To their new home, one they loved already. George and Fred hastened inside to avoid the small, but none the less potent wrath of their mother. As they were getting ready for bed they talked about the day.
George and Fred's POV
"I really like those girls, they're cool." Fred told his brother.
"Me too. It was really neat to see all their muggle stuff wasn't it." George voiced.
"I know what you mean, but I must say it's still a bit confusing."
"Definitely confusing, but still very interesting." George agreed. "Well, I'm turning in, I'll see you in the morning."
"Night bro." Fred said as he lay down.
"You too." George answered and they both were asleep within minutes.
Gina and Fran's POV
As the girls we're getting ready for bed, this is what they said:
"Hey Gina, what do' you think of the Fred and George?" Fran asked her twin.
"I told you before that I couldn't resist cute boys with red hair." Gina replied.
"That you did Gina that you did." Fran said as she chuckled at her sister.
"I wonder if we overloaded them with all our muggle stuff today?."
"Most likely, they didn't seem to really know what to say about it all." Fran said.
"That's for sure. Well I'm tired and I don't think we should have a repeat of last night, so good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed-bugs bite." Gina yawned.
"Same to you." Fran whispered as they both crawled into bed.
A/N: Ok, once school starts I'm not sure how quickly I can update. But then again if you don't like it than it won't matter. Anyway, please review I would really like your input. Thanks. Hope you like the updated version, not very different, just a few changes.
*Geena Waters
A/N: Here is chapter two like I promised no waiting necessary. I do hope you like my story so far, I'm trying to make it as realistic as I can, that may not be the correct term, but meh. Any way, I'm trying to make it as real as I can, so bear with me. Thank you. Now, on with the show...
*For those of you who haven't read this before, then this won't apply, but for others who have it will. I am changing the ending of this chapter because this story is of course too predictable and common. I hope you will like the improvement (that's what I think it is anyway). It has been brought on by a review stating the story is too predictable and therefore not any good. Enjoy!
Chapter Two: The Weasley's meet the Waters'.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Ugh, it's not time to get up yet is it?" Gina cried sleepily. "Why do I have my alarm set anyway, it's not like I have to get up for anything important." Just at that moment Fran walked in her room looking just as tired as Gina felt.
"Am I forgetting something, or did we set our alarms for no reason at all?" she asked as she tried to rub the sleep from her eyes. In reality it was 9 o'clock in the morning, therefore really not that early at all. Well not that early for people who go to bed at respectable hours of the night, it is in fact early for teenage girls who stay up till 1 o'clock in the morning talking.
"No I don't think there is anything important going on, but if you'll think a little bit then you'll realize that we always try to wake up at 9 so we don't waste our whole day like most of our friends and because mom and dad won't let us sleep later than that unless we have a really good reason."
"How can you put that many words together in one sentence this early in the morning?" moaned Fran. "It's way too early to even think, let alone lay out a big speech like that. I'm going back to bed, see you when my stomach wakes me up." And with that Fran was gone and back in her own bed before Gina could say anything in return.
*****
'I wonder where those girls are? Usually they're up and down stairs for breakfast by this time.' Sally Waters wondered. "I think I'll go check on them." She said aloud to no one in particular. "Girls are you awake?" she called.
"We're trying to sleep mom!" they both screamed at the same time.
"I can't believe that you're this tired from unpacking yesterday. Normally you two have unending energy, where has it all gone?" she asked.
"We stayed up late talking last night, and we were trying to get some extra sleep, but I can see that that won't happen." Gina grumbled as she climbed out of bed. "Thank goodness we each have our own showers; it'll really save a lot of time."
"Well I'll see you girls downstairs when you're ready for breakfast. Your father and I were thinking of paying a visit to our neighbours across the street. So whenever you are ready and have eaten we'll go. Oh and I hear that they have a really big family with a lot of boys so you may want to look your best." Their mother called to them, chuckling, as she made her way down to the kitchen.
With that to encourage them they got ready as fast as they could because being the typical teenage girls that they were, they always wanted to meet new boys and they had to make sure they looked just right.
**after their showers**
"Gina, what should I wear? Should I wear the red top or the blue top? Should I wear Pants or skirt? Oh I can't decide!!!! What if I look like a fool? I wonder how British girls dress. Do they dress the same way we do? Ahhhh!!!" Fran was or course doing what she did best when it came time to meeting new guys, she panicked. She was so afraid of not looking just right that sometimes she forgot to be herself, and then she was in trouble.
"If you want my opinion, I'm going to say wear a pair of jeans and a cute little t-shirt. Not a skimpy one mind you, just a cute one. That's what I'm going to wear. And I'm pretty sure we don't dress that differently than muggle British girls, as far as our kind go, I'm really not sure."
"Hey Gin, you know neither of us own skimpy clothes so you didn't even have to mention that. Anyway I was thinking, do you want to wear the same stuff? I mean what's the fun in being twins if you don't take advantage of it by dressing up exactly the same so no one can tell you apart!" Fran said excitedly.
"Sure that sounds cool! Why don't we wear our red Roots t-shirts, with our dark jeans, and we can wear our hair down, and wear the same jewelry and stuff." Gina suggested.
"I like it!" Fran exclaimed. So the twins spent the next hour blow drying their hair and getting ready. When they were finally done they went downstairs and had bacon and eggs for breakfast.
**after breakfast**
After breakfast was eaten and the family was all assembled by the doorway, they were finally ready to go.
"Now girls, you must be on your best behaviour because you father works with Mr. Weasley, that's the name of the family that lives across the street, the Weasley's." Mrs. Waters stated.
"Sally, you know that the girls will be good, they always are so there is no need to bother them with stuff that isn't important. Now, shall we be off?" replied Mr. Waters to the remark his wife had made which was as we all know was unnecessary, yet Mrs. Waters had a habit of doing that quite often so the family was used to it. As the Waters stepped out their front door onto the front porch they looked across the street and saw the Burrow. Now of course they saw it as wizards do because they themselves are wizards. They were quite intrigued as they had never seen a house quite like this one before. It was Darren Waters who first snapped out of the 'spell' they had all been under.
"Well we're not going to meet our neighbours by just standing here now are we? So let's go!" He said enthusiastically. And with that, they finally were off.
Meanwhile at the Burrow...
"Hey Fred, do you see those people walking over here?" George hurriedly asked his identical twin brother. "They're obviously the new family that moved in seeing as how they're coming from that house."
"Didn't dad say they had girls our age?" Fred questioned.
"Yea he did say that. I believe he said two twin girls." George answered with a smile on his face. They each had a special pair of goggles that they had invented to go along with their Extendable Ears (a/n: is that right? Please correct me if I'm wrong), and were trying to get a good look at the family approaching their house.
"I get first dibb's on the brunette with the long hair, the one in the red t-shirt." George stated.
"George," Fred said with superiority. "They're both brunettes with long hair and red t-shirts. Can't you see that from here, they're almost at the front door."
"Which means we should be there too. Let's go, I'll race you!" and with that the twins were off running down the stairs as fast as they could without breaking anything. That is Fred ran, George had enough sense to apparate, therefore beating his brother with flying colours (a/n: for all you Americans who are reading this, that is how you spell colour, so there, lol).
A/N: most of the story, in fact I think all of it will either be in Gina and Fran's POV or George and Fred's POV. So I'll just let you know when it changes.
Gina and Fran's POV
"Gina, does my hair look ok?" Fran nervously asked her sister.
"Of course it does Franny, now stop worrying about it or you'll get warts, and I'll have to call you a worry wart for real." Assured Gina, who of course wasn't at all worried about how she looked, because she never was. If there was a hair out of place, well they would just have to deal with that because she wasn't going to try and look perfect for complete strangers.
"Here we are! Is everyone ready? Good. Ok here we go." Said Mr. Waters, who was always a little on the weird side. But just before he was able to knock, the door flew open and they were met with an amazing scent of baked apples and cinnamon.
"Oh, hello, you must be the Waters! Well come in, come in, don't be shy. I was actually just on my way over with Ginny here to bring you this pie I made to welcome you to the neighbourhood, but it looks like you beat me too it. My name is Molly (a/n: again correct me if I'm wrong), or Mrs. Weasley to the children, this is my daughter Ginny, she's 14, Fred and George here (who had made it to the kitchen in one piece) are 17, that's Mr. or Arthur Weasley, and these three are Ron, Hermione, and Harry, all 15. The one with red hair is mine the other two are Ron's friends. Oh and I'm sorry, you must be wondering who Hermione and Harry belong too since they certainly don't belong to any Weasley's," Mrs. Weasley said with a laugh. "They're Ron's friends, Hermione Granger, her parents are muggles, and Harry Potter. We also have three older sons Bill, Charlie and Percy, who don't live at home, although you won't really hear too much about Percy because he doesn't really have much to do with us anymore." She ended quietly.
"Forgive us if we don't remember all your names right away. It may take a little while, but I'm sure we'll get them eventually. My name is Mr. Darren Waters, and this is my wife Mrs. Sally Waters. Here are our daughters Francine, mostly known as Fran, and Gina, who are also 17. And this little tyke here is our 11month old boy Robby. Fancy that, us both having twins that are 17. I'm sure they'll all get along wonderfully." Mr. Waters informed them all. The Waters of course new exactly who Harry Potter was and of his story so they didn't need to inquire about it. They also knew that when someone ended a sentence in the kind of tone Mrs. Weasley used, they best not ask about the situation. If the Weasley's wanted them to know they would tell them in due time.
Mr. and Mrs. Waters and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sat down at the table with the pie and cut into it. Once everyone had a piece the kids went off in little groups together: Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny, and George, Fred, Gina, and Fran. Then of course the parents started doing what they did best; Mr. Waters and Mr. Weasley talked about work and Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Weasley talked about what mothers talk about.
George, Gina, Fran and Fred's POV
The two sets of twins walked outside and sat down on the grass in the backyard. Since they were strangers their conversation was slim and there was of course many awkward moments of silence between little bouts of talking.
"So," George finally said to break an exceptionally long moment of silence that had left everyone feeling a little on the awkward and or embarrassed side. "You guys said you were from Canada, and we've said all we can about us all being twins, but we still haven't heard much about you guys in particular. Would mind filling us in?" He asked hopefully.
"Sure, I mean there really isn't that much to tell. We're your average Canadian teenagers who like music and going to the movies. We like shopping, well I like it, but Fran loves it." Gina said as she laughed a little bit at her last comment. "We also like reading once in a while when the mood takes us, and for the most part we like fantasy novels like books by Mercedes Lackey, J.R.R. Tolkien and others."
"One thing that Gina really loves to do is play the music really, really loud and stand in front of her mirror with her hairbrush as a microphone and sing along, she also likes to dance while she does this." Fran said. She was trying to get back at her sister for the shopping comment and it was working, her sister was turning a bright scarlet.
"You dance along to it to, and sometimes you even sing. Just because I like to sing along to the radio or a CD doesn't mean you need to make fun of me for it, I mean you've done a lot of embarrassing things that I could mention here too." Gina retorted with a small snort as she crossed her arms trying to make them all think she was mad, when what she was really doing was brushing up on her acting skills. She took pride in being able to convince people of one thing when she meant another.
"Well at least we know more about you, but we really have no idea about some of the things you mentioned. For example; what is a radio, a CD, and a microplate?" Fred asked the girls.
At this the girls started to laugh, "It's called a microphone, not a microplate." Fran corrected, while Fred took his turn at a scarlet face. "A radio is a device that muggles use to listen to music and the news and stuff. A CD is a thin, round piece of material, and CD stands for Compact Disc. It has music recorded on it and you play it in a CD player. You can also have music recorded on a tape, but those are so old fashioned, no one has them anymore."
"Ok that makes sense, sort of. You'll have to show us what these things look like so we can better understand, because honestly I'm a little confused. You also said something about movies, what are those?" George asked.
"Movies are basically stories that you watch. They are made up of a sequence of pictures projected onto a screen really, really fast so it looks like there is motion and continuity. They're a form of entertainment, lots of people go to the movies a lot and it's a ton of fun. You can also watch them at home of VHS video or DVD." Gina informed them. They were looking at her dumbstruck, having no idea what they were talking about, so she said, "Look, we'll show you. Let's go over to our house and we'll show you all kinds of cool muggle things that I'm sure you'll find to be interesting."
So they all got up, told their parents they were leaving and went over to the Waters house. When they got there they went through the door and into the family room where their T.V. was. They had a big screen, so the boys were even more in awe than they would have been with a regular T.V. They turned it on and popped in the first VHS they saw. It turned out to be 'Robin Hood Men in Tights' with Cary Elwes, one of the girls' personal favourites. George and Fred were enthralled by it.
"This is so cool! It's like watching a play, but in your own home and with real places." Fred exclaimed.
As they continued to watch George asked, "are all of these..movies this funny?"
"Well no, some are quite serious, or full of action, horror, romance, pretty much everything you can imagine." Fran explained. She then turned it off and started going through all their movies.
"Oh, here's 'Greece', and 'The Sound of Music'. 'Moulin Rouge', 'Singing in the Rain', 'The Music Man', all these Disney and cartoon movies, 'Ocean's Eleven', 'She's All That', 'Remember the Titans', 'October Sky', 'Sixteen Candles', oh I love Molly Ringwald, she's so cool. 'Fiddler on the Roof', all the 'Star Wars' movies, 'Tombstone', 'The Princes Bride', 'Chicago'.." Both Gina and Fran continued to rhyme off all of their movies and believe me, they have a lot. Of course George and Fred were overwhelmed by all of this, but they didn't mind.
"Oh my goodness! I can't wait till 'Pirates of the Caribbean' comes out." Fran exclaimed.
"I know, I love Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. Johnny makes a really good pirate." Gina laughed.
"Who are these guys you're talking about?" George asked, trying not to feel jealous.
"There just actors, that are really talented and good looking." Fran said.
"Oh that makes sense, I guess." Fred said still a bit confused.
"You know the movies we were showing you?" Gina asked as the boys nodded. "Well the people in them are called actors."
"Oh." They both said together with revelation. The girls also showed Fred and George what DVD's are so that they wouldn't have to wonder about those either. When they were done with all the movies, they decided to show them their music collection, so they all went upstairs. Fred and George thought Fran and Gina were lucky to each have their own rooms.
"Now this is a radio, and this is a CD/Tape player. And these things are tapes and CD's." Gina showed them. "Let's see, what to put in?" She said to herself. "I know, I'll play this song from the Barenaked Ladies, 'Falling for the First Time." She said to everyone.
I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
"That was cool wasn't it?" Fran asked the boys.
"Ya, it was pretty cool. I thought you said they were bare-naked ladies, those people sounded like guys to me." Fred said
"They are guys. Barenaked Ladies is their group name, and they're Canadian too." Gina told them. "Here, I'll just put out a bunch of different CD's for you to listen to, Fran can help you pick one's you might like. I'm going to get some food." So while Gina was downstairs getting something to snack on, Fran, Fred, and George were busy listening to bits of almost every CD the girls had.
"Now, what can I get to eat?" Gina said to herself as she drummed her fingers on the countertop. "I know! Lay's regular chips and Heluva Good French Onion dip. I'm sure they'll like that." with that decided, she searched for her items of choice, found them, and ran back upstairs to the others. "Hey guys, I've got some food!" she yelled over the music. "Nut's", she said to herself. Then yelled, "but I forgot drinks, I'll be right back again." Soon she was back with some nice cold Coca-Cola and cups for the four of them.
"You know what," George said as they were sitting around eating their chip and dip and drinking their coke. "Today has got to be one of the most fun days I've ever had. We've been introduced to so many new things, man our dad would have a hay day with all this muggle stuff about. You do realize that we will tell him about this stuff and he'll probably be over here everyday looking at it." He warned. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door.
"Well I wonder who that could be." Fran voiced the thought everyone had been thinking. She opened Gina's window to look at the front door and saw young teens standing there, two with bright red hair. "Hey Fred, George, aren't those your brother and sister and their friends?" she asked.
Fred looked out the window as well and called out to the four on the doorstep, "Oy, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, what do you want?"
It was Ron who answered him. "Mom and dad want you guys to come home for supper. We're all eating at our house, so you're all supposed to come. Gina and Fran, your dad said something about us not having a phone, so he couldn't call here. We didn't know what he meant, but then Hermione and Harry filled us in."
"All right, we'll be down in a minute." George yelled back, because he had now stuck his head out of the window, while Fran and Gina had gone to Fran's room to look out her window.
They all brought their heads in from the windowsills and were back in Gina's room before they left. "I guess we better be off." Fred repeated. So they went down the stairs, out the front door, across the road, and into the Burrow, there they were met with a waft of delicious smells coming from the kitchen.
As they walked through the door Mrs. Weasley ushered them to come in and sit down so they could get started. "Come, come, we're about to eat. Find a spot somewhere at the table and sit down please. Ah, there, we're all ready." She said as everyone had found a seat. "Now, dig in!"
"You know," Mr. Weasley put in. "I'm going to have to come over to your house and have a look at all your muggle equipment, that is if you don't mind."
After this statement George, Fred, Gina, and Fran burst out laughing, they just couldn't hold it in.
"What in heavens name is so funny, you four?" Mr. Waters questioned.
"Well you see," Gina started to say but couldn't finish due to a fit of giggles.
"..that's exactly what Fred and George told us Mr. Weasley would do. That's why it's so funny." Fran finished for her sister, and the two sets of twins nodded in agreement before dissolving into another fit of giggles. That comment set the whole room off. Everyone was laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, but nobody really wanted to either.
"Well, I think we've had enough laughing and silliness for one night. I'm going to get this cleaned up and then I think it'll be time for you children to be thinking about your beds." Mrs. Weasley suggested, ordered was more like it.
"Aww, but mum, bed just yet? We're old enough to stay up as late as we want and besides it's summer." George argued.
"I quite agree with Molly. We need to get little Robby home anyway." Mrs. Waters stated.
"Come on mom, we're not tired." Fran said as she unsuccessfully tried to stifle a yawn.
"Tut, tut, no arguing now. Its home to bed for all of us, let's go." Mrs. Waters said for the last time, as she, Robby and her husband said their goodbyes and left. Gina and Fran were a little more reluctant to go. They had had a really good time with Fred and George and they didn't want to go home just yet. But alas, they also couldn't disobey their parents, so in the end they had to say goodbye. The boys followed out the door, to say their goodbyes outside.
"It was nice hangin' with you guys today," Fran told them. "We had a lot of fun."
"If it's ok with the folks we'll come over tomorrow." Gina suggested.
"Ya that would be neat. We could show you our joke store, it's really cool." George offered.
"That sounds like a plan, but we better get back inside before mum has a fit or something. See you guys tomorrow. I hope it'll be as much fun as today was." Fred added.
"I'm sure it will be." Fran assured them.
"Goodnight." Gina yelled to them as they ran back inside. So the two girls walked home. To their new home, one they loved already. George and Fred hastened inside to avoid the small, but none the less potent wrath of their mother. As they were getting ready for bed they talked about the day.
George and Fred's POV
"I really like those girls, they're cool." Fred told his brother.
"Me too. It was really neat to see all their muggle stuff wasn't it." George voiced.
"I know what you mean, but I must say it's still a bit confusing."
"Definitely confusing, but still very interesting." George agreed. "Well, I'm turning in, I'll see you in the morning."
"Night bro." Fred said as he lay down.
"You too." George answered and they both were asleep within minutes.
Gina and Fran's POV
As the girls we're getting ready for bed, this is what they said:
"Hey Gina, what do' you think of the Fred and George?" Fran asked her twin.
"I told you before that I couldn't resist cute boys with red hair." Gina replied.
"That you did Gina that you did." Fran said as she chuckled at her sister.
"I wonder if we overloaded them with all our muggle stuff today?."
"Most likely, they didn't seem to really know what to say about it all." Fran said.
"That's for sure. Well I'm tired and I don't think we should have a repeat of last night, so good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed-bugs bite." Gina yawned.
"Same to you." Fran whispered as they both crawled into bed.
A/N: Ok, once school starts I'm not sure how quickly I can update. But then again if you don't like it than it won't matter. Anyway, please review I would really like your input. Thanks. Hope you like the updated version, not very different, just a few changes.
*Geena Waters