Chapter Three:

Dealling with Mum!

Fred felt nervous about talking to his Mum. He was afraid she would read too much into things and realise he was lying to her. He didn't want to lie, but he had to. How was he going to tell his Mum he was in love with a girl that George also loved and that he had impersonated George just to be near her? He looked over at George as he started to reach for the Floo powder. "Would you mind if I talk to Mum alone?"

"She is all yours. I already had to deal with her once tonight, did you honestly think I was going to stick around for more? I'm going to hop in the shower, and then it's off to bed," George said as he got out of the chair in the living room and made his way to the bathroom. He still didn't understand what Fred was thinking, but he was glad that Fred had realized he liked Jenna.

Fred grabbed some of the Floo powder once he was sure that George was out of earshot. He also wondered what George had said to Mum, that is did he tell her about Jenna? Fred really didn't want to talk to his Mum right now, he just wanted to go to bed and dream about Jenna, but knew if he didn't talk to Mum, she would be extremely mad at him, and he didn't want that on top of everything else. " Mum, are you there? It's Fred."

All of a sudden, his mothers face filled the fireplace. "Where have you been? I was so worried about you. Where is George?" Molly was almost screaming.

"Mum, George just went to take a shower. He said he had already talked to you, so he decided not to stick around," Fred said wishing this conversation would end soon.

George walked into the bathroom and started the shower. He still thought it was a little weird that Fred decided they needed time apart from each other. George decided it was just Fred's way of getting out of the way so to speak, so that George wouldn't feel like he couldn't go out with Jenna. George just hoped that Fred would be able to find someone as special as Jenna. George couldn't believe he was thinking this way. He had only spent a half hour with the girl, but still, he couldn't get her out of his mind. He stepped into the shower, letting the hot water run over his face. With his eyes closed, he could see her and that beautiful smile.

"That still doesn't explain where you have been! I've been worried about you. You know with Voldemort out there somewhere, he could have gotten you or worse, you could've died!" Molly was upset. She was worried all the time now that the Death Eaters wanted revenge. She was happy that Malfoy had been caught, but for how long?

"It was a nice night out, so I thought I would go out for a nice walk."

"George said he offered to go with you, but you said no! Why wouldn't you go with George?"

" I just wanted some time alone, Mum. You know if you want us to get married some day, we need to start spending time apart." He hoped this would get her to back off. He knew she wanted more grandchildren and was always harping on Bill, Charlie, and Percy about it all the time.

"Well, I guess I never thought about that. So, did you or George meet anyone yet?" asked Molly with the hint of curiosity in her voice.

So George didn't tell their mum about Jenna. He wondered why. Maybe George wasn't as much into Jenna as Fred thought he was. Fred felt a little relieved until he remembered what George had said about liking her.

"No, Mum, neither one of us has met anyone yet." He hated the fact that he had to lie to her. He figured it was up to George to tell their Mum about Jenna if he wanted her to know. He actually liked the fact that their Mum didn't know. He didn't feel quite so guilty. "It's getting late, Mum. I think I will go to bed. We have a busy day in the shop tomorrow." He couldn't stand looking at his mother knowing how she would feel if she ever found out what he had done. She had always told them to never pretend to be the other and that they should be their own person.

"You mean to tell me that girls don't come into THAT joke shop of yours?" she said with a lot of distaste in her voice. She still hadn't gotten used to the boys leaving Hogwarts to start a joke shop. They had been running the store for seven years now, but it still bothered her that they hadn't tried for their N.E.W.T.S. She also still wondered where they had come up with the money to start the shop, in addition to getting their own place to live. She figured she would never find out how that had happened.

"Yes, Mum, girls come into the shop all the time. I just don't think we were ready before,with opening the shop and every thing," he said wanting to end this conversation with his mother.
"Well then, what changed?" she asked, trying to get more information from her son. She thought something had to have happened today for them to suddenly decide to spend time apart. She slao had noticed that Fred wasn't acting like his normal self. He wasn't giving her a hard time as was accustomed for the twins to do. She decided no to worry to much about it. Maybe there was a girl and Fred just wasn't ready to tell her about it yet.

"Mum, I really need to go and get some sleep," Fred said as he gave a big yet fake yawn.

"All right! I'll let you go for now. I expect to hear from one of you if you do meet someone," she said as she disappeared from the fireplace.

Fred was glad that was over with. He could also hear George getting out of the shower. Fred started to walk to his room, but George stopped him.

"I'm sure there is someone out there for you too. Plus, it's not like Jenna and I have started to date or anything. I hope you don't mind if the next time she comes in, I leave work early to go and spend some time with her ?" George said with a big grin on his face.

"Uhm, sure that won't be a problem." Fred had to look away. "Well, if you don't mind, I'm off to bed." Fred had to get away. He had never lied to his brother before, and it was starting to tear him up.

"I'll see you in the morning!" George said as he headed to his own room. He was so excited about the idea of seeing Jenna again and being able to take off from work to spend the day with her.

Fred got ready for bed. He really wanted to escape into a deep sleep. As he crawled into bed the thought of Jenna's lips on his cheek flashed in his mind. He drifted into a deep sleep only to have the worst dream of his life. Everyone had found out what he had done, and no one, including Jenna and George, would talk to him. George was so outraged that he told Fred he could keep the store and the apartment and that he didn't want anything to do with him. Fred woke up with sweat running down his back and across his brow.

"What am I going to do?" he mumbled still half asleep. He tried to lay back down and get more sleep, but sleep wasn't in the cards for him that night.