Chapter Three: Friday, I'm In Love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Robert Smith

Saturday was very much like Friday, only less frantic. Everyone was slow to get out of their beds, until the delicious smells from the kitchen promised to be more rewarding than sleep. After breakfast, Mrs. Weasley set to work knitting sweater and the like for autumn and winter, while Mr. Weasley set to work ridding the yard of garden gnomes. Percy was up in his room, working on something important for the Ministry. Which left the seven boys and five girls to themselves.

"What do you want to do?" Fred asked the group.

"I don't know, what do you want to do?" asked George.

"I don't know, what do you want to do?" asked Fred again.

"Don't start that again!" proclaimed Ginny to the two of them.

"Why don't we go into Muggle London?" suggested Hermione. She looked around the kitchen and saw that no one was objecting. "It's settled then, come on!" she stated, clearly excited.

"How are we going to get there?" asked Ron, who was standing with his arm around Luna.

Luna rolled her eyes at her lover and smiled at him. "Apparate to the Leaky Cauldron, Ron," she told him and kissed his cheek as he looked at her sheepishly.

The rest of them stood up, Jaerrod next to Bill, and they all pictured the Leaky Cauldron in their mind's eyes. After Charlie left his parents a note, the all Disapparated and were gone.

After they all arrived in the pub, they walked out of the gloominess into the bright sunlight of the outside world. Once there, everyone turned to Hermione, who had become the leader of their expedition into the Muggle world.

"So, Hermione, where are we of to?" asked Charlie, looking around the busy street.

"Well, I thought we could do something Muggle, obviously. How does roller skating sound to everyone?" she asked brightly.

"Roller whating?" asked Fred and George simultaneously, looking confused and interested at the same time.

"Roller skating. You put on these shoes that have rollers on the bottom and you move around a rink, a hard, flat, smooth, circular floor. It's loads of fun, Mum and Dad used to take me when I was younger," she explained.

"Sure," said Harry and everyone else nodded in agreement.

They all followed as Hermione led the way. After about ten minutes she came to a stop in front of a rainbow-colored building with a large sign that stated Jerry's Skate Palace in big, bold letters and Muggle music could be heard inside.. Once inside, she explained how to exchange their trainers for skates. Thankfully it was too early for the rink to be overly crowded. When everyone was ready to try it, she grabbed Harry's hand and led them out onto the rink.

Almost everyone but Harry and Hermione fell over. It was a chain reaction set of by Fred as he bumped ever so slightly into his twin. Who bumped into Luna and Ron, and so on. Eventually, everyone got the hang of it, and really started to have fun. They stayed the entire morning and afternoon. By that time the rink was full of people enjoying the afternoon, no one suspected the group of witches and wizards in the midst.

After a little while, the DJ announced that it was time for a couples only song. Everyone who was single made his or her way off the floor, taking the chance to eat or get something to drink. Aysia was just about to make her way off of the floor as well, but Bill grabbed her hand. She smiled at him and nodded to show she accepted his silent offer. She saw Trinity had been asked to stay by Charlie and Jaerrod was skating with Ginny. The twins, she noticed had decided to skip it and they made their way through another door with the words Laser Tag in big letters above it.

"I realize today is Saturday, but it's a favorite of mine, Friday, I'm In Love by The Cure," announced the DJ and immediately began playing the song.

Bill wrapped an arm around Aysia's waist as they went around the rink. She smiled, glad that she had agreed to come with him this weekend and that Hermione had this great idea. When the song ended, they followed everyone else off of the floor and to their two tables.

"Oh, that was fun!" cried Ginny with a big grin on her face.

Everyone shared her opinion and thanked Hermione. Charlie went to find Fred and George while everyone else returned their skates and collected their shoes. When they were on the outside again, they decided to get something to eat. Hermione took them to Pizza Hut, where they put away four large pizzas.

On their way out of the pizza parlor, Ron turned to Hermione. "So what next, fearless leader?" he asked her.

She rolled her eyes and thought a moment. "Have any of you ever seen a Muggle movie?" she asked the group. She knew Harry and Ron had, she was with them for Ron's first movie.

When they all shook their heads, she grinned and started walking again, leaving them no choice but to follow her. She took them to a theater that only showed the old classics, not any of the newer big time movies. The one showing that day was one of her personal favorites and she hoped the others enjoyed it as well. They stopped by the concession stand and bought snacks and popcorn for the movie. When they stepped inside the theater, they were lucky enough to get an entire row of seats to themselves.

Finally the lights dimmed and the film began…

There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...

And so began Gone with the Wind and their journey into the Old South of the United States, into the lives of Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, and Melly. Aysia fell in love with the Old South immediately, which wasn't hard for her since she loved history. She wanted to be there, in the midst of everything that was happening. She sat silently, her face a kaleidoscope of emotions that changed with every scene. Bill let his gaze wander to her occasionally and was amused by her reactions, how the tale seemed to take her over. He laughed with her at Scarlett's half-planned schemes and he held her at the end when Melly died and Rhett left Scarlett.

He found himself wishing things could be like that with Fleur, not doing anything but watching a Muggle movie, but he knew it would be hard for her to do. Fleur always had to be doing something, she was always afraid of being bored, and had a hard time just sitting around. He loved that about her, but sometimes he wished she would slow down and just sit with him. But that was the way she was and he couldn't nor wouldn't change it.

When the movie was over, Hermione checked her watch and saw that it was almost eight o'clock. "We best get back to the Burrow, we don't want to worry your mum and we've been gone all day," she said.

They quickly walked back to the Leaky Cauldron and Apparated back to the Burrow. When they arrived dinner was almost ready and Mrs. Weasley pounced on them the minute they walked through the door. "For Heaven's sake! Where have you been? All I got this morning was a note from Charlie saying you were going out for the day. No telling where you had gone or when you would be back! Just that you were all leaving, except for Percy, who has been working nonstop all day long." She rambled like that until they all sat down for dinner outside.

The girls told her everything about the day and Mr. Weasley asked them questions about everything Muggle. When Aysia began describing the movie, Mrs. Weasley gave the younger woman her full attention. When she was done, she told her husband that they must go to a theater. He readily agreed, quite fascinated by it himself.

After everyone had their fill, Mrs. Weasley cleared the tables and cleaned the dishes with a few simple flicks of her wand. She stood and announced she was going upstairs to read for a little while, then go to sleep. Her husband also stood and followed her inside.

Everyone else debated on whether or not they wanted to turn in as well. Ron, Luna, Harry, and Hermione decided to go for a short walk before coming inside. Jaerrod went to see Fred and George's old room with Ginny, and Charlie was talking with Trinity. Aysia looked over at Bill and smiled.

"What's that smile for Miss Bleu?" he asked.

"No particular reason, Mr. Weasley. I just had a great time today, that's all."

"Well, I'm glad. Unfortunately, tomorrow is Sunday, meaning we have to go back to reality."

She threw him a pouty look, which made him laugh and throw an arm around her.

"Don't worry, we still have Harry's party tomorrow, and we won't leave until the evening."

She smiled at him again and stood up. "I'm going to take a nice, hot shower. If anyone needs me, I'll be out in half an hour or so," she informed them and left.

In the shower, she thought back on the day and how much fun she had acting as a Muggle. She particularly liked the roller-skating. She thought about skating with Bill during the couples skate and her heart gave the slightest flutter in her chest.

She frowned and gave herself a mental shake. No, there is no conceivable way I still have feelings for him. None whatsoever. Besides, I heard at work he's not single, though he's never told me. Not that it matter's because I don't think of him that way!

She decided to put the thought from her mind as she changed into her sleeping clothes and left the bathroom. As she walked down the stairs, she saw him with his family. He looked so young and carefree, like he did back at Hogwarts. Her heart gave the now familiar flutter again and she sighed.

I'm in love with him.