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Of Quarrels and Make-Ups
Going to bed for Ginny Weasley was no big deal, she loved it actually, because it gave her the chance to do some thinking. And by thinking, it could only mean one thing, the Harry Potter kind of thinking. She dreamed, that's what Ginny would call it, wishful dreaming.
'Hmmm…' She heaved a big sigh. This was her routine. She would dream of the one thing that occupied her mind the most at night. Harry Potter. Oh how she would wish for nothing more than Harry professes his love for her and they live happily ever after, just like what happens when she envisions it in her head.
She gave another sigh.
But morning came to soon, and alas, one must leave the confines of ones imagination to face reality. 'Its not so bad though', Ginny thought, 'Harry is at The Burrow at least.'
She turned on her side only to see a grinning Hermione on the opposite bed. Ginny furrowed her eyebrows and said
"Morning Mione."
~In the other room~
"Nice sleep Harry?" asked Ron.
"Err, yah Ron, you? "
"Oh yes, yes. So what did you dream about?"
"What makes you say that I was dreaming something?"
"Oh, well mate, you had this big humongous grin on your face when you woke up, I just wanted to know if a certain dream put it there." Said Ron grinning.
Harry started to blush, he knew what he was dreaming about, rather daydreaming about. He thought of a quick and easy way to fight a creeping blush, and that is to make the blusher, the blushee.
"Oh… I see then, so you've been watching me sleep?" said Harry shaking his head. "Must tell Hermione about this! I reckon we shouldn't share a room anymore mate. I know you're a big superstar now, but I'm afraid it wont change our relationship." Harry made the gesture to pull up his blanket up to his chest to cover himself.
And sure enough, Ron was now as red as his ever-popular hair. Clearly, Ron was taken aback by his best friends comment. He opened his mouth, and then closed it again, and then he opened it again.
Harry could no longer take it and he burst out laughing at his friend.
"I was only joking mate." He said when he finally caught his breath.
"Big git!" said a still blushing Ron getting up to dress but not before throwing a pillow that hit Harry square in the face.
"I deserved that." said Harry scrunching his nose.
Both boys now grinning, Harry got dressed and the both of them made their way down to breakfast, or rather lunch. Harry relieved at the fact Ron didn't press on what he was smiling so happily about when he woke up.
When the boys reached the landing they were greeted by giggles coming from the kitchen. All the ladies had already made their way down and were talking animatetedly amongst them selves. Ron and Harry exchanged looks of curiosity and proceeded to the table to find out what the commotion was all about, only to be hailed down on the other side of it, where all the Weasley men were.
"Don't bother mate." said Bill
"They've been at it all morning, and its nearly noon." added Percy looking irked.
"Oh, you're just jealous, because for once Penny is talking about someone else rather than listening to you talk all the time!" said Fred.
"Ummm? Mind telling us what's happening?" asked Ron.
"Well, my dear brother, the ladies seem to not be able to stop talking about a certain Seeker that was voted most Hottest Quidditch player of the year." said George with a big smile on his face.
Harry looked over the other side of the table where all the ladies were congregated, and sure enough, he heard Ryan West uttered at least four times in the five seconds he was looking.
"Must they say his full name all the bloody time?" Charlie spat.
Harry looked again because of a particularly loud giggle, only to find that Ginny, in the middle of it all, was the person which it came from.
'I said it before and I will say it again. Giggling should be made illegal!' Harry thought.
"So why are we just standing here? We should stop this!" said Harry urgently.
Everyone looked at him with puzzled looks on their faces, like he had just proposed marriage to Ron.
"I mean you guys, you guys should stop this, since it is your wives, and me not having one shouldn't stop it, because what should I care right? Since I do not have a wife" Harry added quickly with a nervous laugh.
Harry did not know how to get out of this one.
'Where in the heck did that come from?' He thought.
But luckily, Bill broke the silence.
"Harry's right! Why should we just let this happen? Mind you if we were to talk about other girls like that they would have our necks!"
"Yeah!" said Ron
So walking up to the other side of the table right behind Hermione, Ron bent down and gave his fiancé a peck on the cheek.
"Good afternoon Ron!" Greeted Hermione
"So, what are you ladies talking about that requires you to giggle so much?" asked Ron.
"Oh nothing really, we were just talking about…"
"Quidditch!" said Ginny.
"Really?" asked Bill, giving his younger sister a questioning look.
"Oh come off it girls. No need to deny it, I think there might've been a couple of people next town who didn't hear your giggling!" Charlie said looking at Emma.
"Yeah!" followed Bill
"So why ask then?" Fleur said looking up at her husband. By now, the men were standing all around the ladies as if to block any from leaving.
"My, my…" Fleur continued. "I didn't know zat ze Weasley men were ze jealous type?"
"We are! Now drop it," Bill said indignantly
"Ok, how about this? You stop talking about this…this…Ryan East guy, and we won't have a problem ok?" said Percy addressing Penelope.
"Percy! You know very well that his name is Ryan West! And it's not OK! I will talk about whom ever I please!" She answered back.
"I don't know what your smiling about, but that goes for you too." Bill said addressing Fleur.
Uh-Oh. Now he's done it, never, I mean, never upset a pregnant woman, especially if she happens to be French, surrounded by her girlfriends and just so happens to be part Veela. And at that, the women were at their feet, and what used to be giggles now turned into a battlefield of words, Ron and Hermione included. Ginny just managed to slip through the human barricade her brothers had formed when she collided with chest.
"Ow" she said
"Sorry Gin, didn't mean to do that!" said Harry.
"Oh, hello Harry, Good morning."
"Good afternoon is more like it." He replied over the commotion. "So…"
He was interrupted by an ear splitting whistle that broke the air, making the bickering couples stop mid row. The only sound to be heard was Fred and George laughing like hyenas at the other side of the table.
The couples now gave their attention to the witch standing at the doorway.
"What on earth is going on here?" Molly said in a high-pitched voice.
"They started it." The boys said in unison, earning a disgusted look from the women.
"Honestly, how old are you?" Hermione said to Ron.
Ron was about to retort when Molly said "ENOUGH!"
"I don't want to hear it! Boys, you will help your Father outside set up for lunch, and the girls will stay in here to help me cook!"
Everyone now sporting red faces was immobilized for a second at having been yelled at like children by their mother at their childish behavior.
"MOVE!"
And at that, the boys made a beeline to the door not making eye contact with their wives or mother on their way out and the girls scattered in the kitchen. Ginny gave Harry a warm smile before they went their separate ways.
Ginny didn't see any of her brothers until lunch, although to her surprise, Harry kept on dropping by looking for little things like, table cloths, water goblets, forks, and spoons etc. She didn't know if he had forgotten his wand upstairs and was too lazy to get it, or if he liked making the trip to the kitchen to see her, Ginny.
'Not bloody likely.' She told herself at the wishful thought her mind makes up once in a while when she's in dream mode.
'But wouldn't it be easier to make the one trip upstairs than keep coming back and forth for things that he can just conjure up if he had his wand?'
'Stop thinking Ginny, stop reading in to things!' Her mind told her
'He probably needed the walk' she thought, 'Yeah, that must be it! Which reminds me, so do I.'
~*~
The rest of the day went by oddly, the couples were still not on speaking terms with each other and Ginny was pretty much in the company of Hermione and the rest of the girls.
~In the living room~
"This is ridiculous! Are you not going to speak with one another for the rest of the time here" Ginny said to her sisters-in-law.
"This is supposed to be a reunion, what kind of a reunion would it be if we stayed in groups? We hardly get to see each other at the same time, are we really going to let a stupid little fight ruin this otherwise very happy occasion?" pleaded the youngest Weasley.
The girls exchanged looks.
"Well, why do they have to be such jealous prats?" asked Hermione
The rest of the ladies murmured in agreement.
"Because we are big prats and we love you too damn much to hear you talk about other boys." Answered Ron from the door surprising everybody.
"Yeah, we just couldn't take hearing about this 'good looking' fellow that seem to have caught the eyes of our equally beautiful wives." Followed Percy making a quote-un-quote sign when he said 'good looking'.
"We're sorry, and we hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us." Added Bill
"After all, we are nothing if we are not loving, understanding husbands. We promise to keep our traps shut and make no remarks about this guy you find so…so…well…you know." Finished Charlie.
Silence
The boys just stood there by the door waiting for a response from their wives and soon to be wife that were still sitting on the couch, arms crossed and seemed unmoved by the Weasley boys' apology. Ginny eyed the two groups cautiously, she did not know what to expect. Her brothers had been jerks after all, but that apology was just so warm and thoughtful and pretty unexpected considering it came from her brothers.
But just then, with out warning Emma, Penelope, Fleur and Hermione got up, arms wide open and hugged their husbands. Fleur was in tears, probably due to hormones, Hermione and Penelope seem very surprised by their significant others burst of poetic apology, and Emma had a big smile plastered on her face. The twins made faces and rolled their eyes and went to the kitchen, probably to go knick some snacks.
Ginny breathe a quick sigh of relief as she caught Harry's eye still standing by the door. She gave him a smile, unblushingly as Harry made his way to
the couch.
"I'm glad that's over and done with." He said to Ginny
"Yeah, me too."
"So tell me Harry, how long did it take for you to persuade my stubborn brothers to do that? Was it as hard for you to convince them as it was for me?"
Harry gave her a smile that made Ginny want to throw herself at Harry and wrap her arms around his neck and just keep it there.
'GINNY! Get a grip.' Snapped her conscience. So instead of doing that, she resorted with staying on her side of the couch and just smiling back.
"I didn't do anything Gin, your brothers, it was all their idea. They were kind of getting tired of not seeing their wives." Said Harry.
"Ok Harry, I believe you." Ginny said suspiciously. Although she knew that it was probably all him that did it, hard to believe but Weasley's are very stubborn characters and Ginny knew that her brothers would have fought this to the end, until they have had the last word. But she admired Harry's humbleness. It is one characteristic out of many that she so loved.
Harry lied, but he didn't want to. Harry had persuaded Ron, Percy, Charlie and Bill to end the row. That this standoff was getting ridiculous and that this was supposed to be a reunion and that they weren't going to let a little squabble about a mere guy stop them from having fun. The icing on the cake though was when Harry reasoned that if they were the ones to end this row, they would come out to be the better persons and will have had the last word, per say. So in the end, after the Quidditch game the boys had, they proceeded to the house to apologize to their loved ones. Much to Harry's delight, they didn't question his sudden interest in getting the boys back with their respective halves. He didn't quite have an answer for that in hand. Although his mind did…
'Well, since you asked, I am tired of looking at your faces all day and would much rather look at your sister!'
His head answered so fast before he could stop it that he shuddered at the thought of the reaction he would get from six fully grown Weasley men. He might as well dig himself a whole on the ground, jump in it and burry himself alive, just the same, he was more keen on taking Fluffy for a walk than to say that to the Weasley boys.
Harry was so occupied with thinking of ways to kill himself by torture rather than admitting to the guys what he was just thinking about their sister, that he didn't realize that what he had thought about was the truth.
"Hey where's everybody?" Ginny asked looking around
Harry smiled once again. 'Why does he keep doing that? Can't he answer a question without flashing that gorgeous smile of his?' Ginny thought.
"Umm, I think they're making up for lost times." said Harry with a grin.
"Oh, right then." Ginny tried her best not to blush at the answer she was presented, by Harry no less.
"Where are your parents anyways?" asked Harry.
"Oh, they had this Ministry party they couldn't get out of, so Mum and Dad decided to make an appearance and duck out of there as soon as possible. But I reckon they won't be home till later cause every time you try to get out of something early everybody just seems more eager to talk to you." She said
"Right, I know the feeling."
Harry gave her a meaningful look. Ginny was used to Harry giving her looks, you know, the sister kind of looks, the purely platonic sort. But this one, this one was different; she could see it in his eyes. But Ginny shook it off. It was just wishful thinking. Nothing more. She sighed and realized that she was still looking at him and he at her. This caught her off guard so she got up quickly and started walking to the kitchen.
"Are you getting hungry? Its nearly 9 o'clock, we've already eaten but Mum left some dinner. I reckon we should get something to eat before Fred and George finishes everything." Ginny said so fast on her way that Harry had just barely understood her.
"Whoa Gin, wait up" said Harry, "I thought you already ate?"
"Right, I did didn't I?" said Ginny. "Well, maybe a bit of a snack or something."
'God Ginny, get a hold of yourself! Breath-in-breathe-out-breath-in-breathe-out-breath-in-breathe-out.'
They proceeded to the kitchen and sure enough the twins were there having their share of dinner. So they stayed there eating, the four of them talking about today's events, plans for later in the week while the twins made jokes about how their brothers had turned into prats, surrendering like how they did to their wives so easily.
They sat there talking until they finished.
"Well, sis, it's getting late, we should be heading back to check in at the store before we turn in, we will see you bright and early tomorrow though." Said George getting up and hugging Ginny. The boys opted for staying at their flats in Diagon Alley instead of going back to The Burrow; Bill, Charlie and Percy living more of a distance stayed.
"Tell the love birds, that we said our goodbyes, we would say it ourselves, but we wish not to be scarred for life…Oh…there is a pair now." Said Fred.
"Made up I see." George saying to Ron and Hermione as they entered the kitchen.
Hermione blushed and Ron turned a nice shade of red.
"We were just leaving. Goodnight to you all!" and with a loud crack the twins disapparated.
"Gits" said Ron shaking his head. "Who wants to eat?"
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