Chapter three
Angela was slightly apprehensive as she left her house and got into the wife swap car, she could not believe that her husband had arranged a cocktail party for her job for tomorrow, it could ruin her career. She rummaged in her handbag and took out a compact and started to touch up her make up, she turned to the camera man
"Will you need a shot in the car?" she asked
"Yes," he looked down at his clipboard, "I just need to have a few words about how you feel to be going to an unknown house"
"Very well...I'm a little nervous about what the family is going to be like, but what is the worst that could happen in two weeks?" she said with her trademark smile
"Thank you very much" said the camera man
Angela smiled again and then started to file her nails
"Do you know anything about where I am going?" she asked the camera man
"It's about three hours out from London, nearest settlement Ottery St Catchpole" said the driver from the front seat.
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Three hours later the car drew up outside the Burrow
"Oh my..." said Angela, "How the hell did they get planning permission for that house, it looks like it is about to collapse at any moment" she strutted over to the door scattering chickens as she did so, she walked over to the door and yanked it open, this caused her to be covered in glitter. Having brushed herself off she stalked inside. When she reached the living room she just stopped and gaped, it was chaos, the book shelves where all at strange angles, in front of a large fireplace there was half finished game of chess around which broken pieces where lying on the ground, there was a chair that was completely taken up by a large pair of knitting needles on which a long length of fabric had already been made.
She was just about to walk into the next room when she noticed a grandfather clock, normally she wouldn't have given it a second glance but she notice that there were ten hands on the clock and no numbers, around the face of the dial she could see things such as, in their room, at school, out, at work and most surprisingly at the twelve o'clock position there was in mortal peril. Each of the ten hands on the clock had a name inscribed into it. She shook her head at the strangeness of it and walked through the door into what she supposed must be the kitchen, she felt like she had walked into a museum, an antique stove stood menacingly against the wall, a lopsided book case towered on the wall opposite it, in the middle of the room was a long scrubbed table that had obviously seen many years service, there was a sink over under the window, she walked over to the window and saw that the garden was what would normally be described as a jungle, she turned around to see the camera man behind her
"Well, this is slightly different from home" she said in a forcedly cheerful voice
she saw a staircase winding away from her up into the house, walking up this she visited various bedrooms and bathrooms, since most of them seemed to be in use she figure that this was a large family.
When she re-entered the kitchen the camera man gave her a booklet
"This is your schedule for this week"
Opening it she looked through the schedule
"I am expected to be able to cook for twelve each night" she screeched, she looked down at the booklet, "I think Harry and Ginny will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen this week" she said maliciously
"a-are you ready to meet you new family?" asked the camera man
"Of course" said Angela
The man walked out of the door, Angela saw a mirror, she walked over to it and looked at herself in it, she didn't look too bad, her sleek black hair was cut to just below her shoulders but she had had her hairdresser style it today so that it was piled on her head
"I can't say I like the style dear, but whatever floats your boat" said a voice; she spun around and saw nobody.
"Who said that?" she called out
She sat down now slightly scared, had it been a voice in her head? Then the idea came to her, in must be one of those talking mirrors you found in joke shops, the door opened behind her and she found herself staring as what seemed like a never ending stream of red haired children flowed in through the door. Once they were all standing in the room she noticed that there was one person with black hair and one with silvery hair.
The man who was obviously the father of this tribe as she found herself referring to them came forward and offered her his hand.
"Hello, I'm Arthur; the ones with red hair are my children"
A younger man with red hair stepped forward; he gave an impression of living outdoors a lot.
"Hello, I'm Charlie, I hope you enjoy it here..." 'Like hell' thought Angela
A taller man with long hair and what appeared to be a fang in his ear caught her attention
"I'm Bill, this is Fleur, she's my fiancé" Angela looked Fleur up and down, and she had to admit that this girl could definitely go into modelling if she wanted to...she was distracted from her thoughts by another boy stepping forward, he wore horn-rimmed glasses and appeared to be being shunned by the rest of the family
"Hello, I'm Percy"
Next she found herself facing a pair of twins they were dressed in different clothes but apart from that they were identical, down to the last freckle
"Hello," said one
"He's Fred" said the other
"And he's George" said Fred
"I see," said George
"That you got" said Fred
"Glittered" said George, with a laugh
"That is so cute, did you rehearse that just for me?" said Angela sarcastically
"No," said Fred
"We don't need to" said George
She just raised her eyebrow
The youngest of the boys, was talking to the black haired boy
"And who might you be?" she asked him
"Me?" He asked, "I'm Ron, this is Harry he's my friend"
"How sweet..." she said
"The only female red head then spoke up
"I'm Ginny" she said shortly
"Right, so...what happens next" asked Angela
"Well," said Arthur, "Molly cooked a welcome feast for you before she left and since it is supper time we could go and eat it" he said with a smile
Angela let out a sigh of relief she wouldn't have to cook until tomorrow morning.
They walked out of the house into the garden where two tables where sagging under the weight of food that was placed on them.
They settle down and started to eat, Angela found that she was sitting next to Harry
"So Harry how long will you be staying here?" she asked trying to start a conversation
"All summer" he said
"Wont you miss your parents?" she asked
The table fell silent, Angela coloured; the uncomfortable silence was broken by George
"Charlie, you owe me a galleon"
Charlie nodded and conversation started again
Up the table from her she heard Percy if someone would pass him the bread, looking in that direction he saw that the item in question was sitting at Fred's elbow but he made no move to pass it, she frowned but didn't say anything, she would ask him about it later.
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"Arthur" she called
"Yes Angela" he said coming out of the kitchen
"I was wondering why everyone ignores Percy"
Arthur stiffened
"All I can tell you is that he put work in front of his family and when this has proved to be the wrong thing happening he has come back to us, he betrayed the family..."
"Surely putting your work in front of your family is not so greater crime?"
"It is in this family" said Arthur, with finality; he was just about to leave when Angela called after him,
"What about Harry? I realise I put my foot right in it at supper..."
Arthur looked at Angela for a moment as though she was crazy then sighed
"I have forgotten that you would not know...Harry's parents died when he was just over one year old, his mother died protecting his life...I would not suggest you bring it up" he snapped the last part and walked away up the stairs
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this is my first fanfic...this website is really confusing...pls tell me if I'm doing this wrong
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kim kotchanski I feel sorry for you, sigh they never seem to do anyone from Scotland, I was thinking of doing Malfoy and weaslys but thought I would do the easy one first, I've only ever seen one episode of wife swap but its ok cos I can look it all up on the internet, which one has been your favourite seires so far?
Girlknight I liked ur idea and tried to use it here, I mean both ur ideas...do you actually watch the wife swap thingy???? Thanks for reviewing.
Dark fairy fan I'm not sure if you are reading any more but I hope I'm not slurring the programme in any way
My friend told me I should write this lol...can you tell me anything else I should be doing...this site is new to me and kinda scary
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