Frederick Arthur Weasley
'It is so cool when you and Uncle Fred turned the corridor into a swamp!! It was wicked!!' The little boy with red hair and freckles reached up and tucked the tie his father was wearing. His father grasped the boy's fingers and bent down to kiss his forehead. The boy gave a yawn as his father wrapped the blankets tightly around him. Outside the window, the sky was filled with twinkling stars.
'So you had a twin, didn't you, Dad?' asked the boy. 'A twin like Remus and I?' the boy indicated towards a boy identical to him, sleeping curled up next to him.
George Weasley smiled at his two sons. Remus stirred a little and George pulled the blankets up to his chin to keep him warm.
'That's how I got my name, isn't it, Dad? From Uncle Fred?' little Frederick asked.
'Yes. And he would have beamed his cocky grin if he had known' laughed George quietly. 'And it's funny that it has been almost ten years now…'
'I wish I could have met him' said George's son 'It would be so cool!! When I grow up, I want to be just like Uncle Fred!!'
'Don't be too much like him, mind you' said a voice from the door. George turned to look at his wife standing in the doorway. Alicia Spinnet Weasley walked into the room and kissed both her sons. 'If you two turned into your dad and Uncle Fred number two, I would surely die of heart attack!!'
George laughed good-humouredly. 'Nah, you won't! You know how irresistible the Weasley charm is!'
Alicia gave him a glare, which would have been quite efficient if she hadn't been smiling a little.
George beamed.
'You better go down and close the shop, George' Alicia quickly changed the subject. 'I'd take it from here.'
'Ok, then' George grinned and he kissed both his sons again. 'Good night, Freddy, and goodnight little Remus.'
Remus merely grunted in his sleep. George was reminded vividly of Ron.
'Goodnight, Dad!' Freddie cried as George started downstairs. Before he closed the door, Fred suddenly jumped up from his laying position.
'Dad!'
George turned around with a huge grin on his face. 'What is it, you little midget?!'
'Well…' Fred looked quite uncomfortable, but he finally asked timidly. 'Would he like me if he knew me? Uncle Fred, I mean…'
George was taken aback by this. Alicia gave him a warm smile. George looked around at his beautiful wife, his two kids and at their home above the famous joke shop he and his twin had started so long ago. It seemed like an eternity since they were Fred and George. He had been just George for too long…
I'd live for you too. I'd live for the both of us.
He felt tears stung his eyes and his throat tightened.
'Dad?' Fred stammered weakly and George was brought back to earth. He smiled at his son, a smile that brightened up his whole feature. It reached his blue eyes and they sparkled with life again. Alicia, looking at her husband right now, was reminded suddenly of his twin, Fred Weasley. It was like she could see him now, shining in his twin. Her own eyes started watering and she quickly wiped them dry with her sleeve.
'Yeah…' George whispered to his son. 'He would like you very much. He would love you too, you know, both you and your brother'
Freddie grinned and he seemed immensely satisfied when he lay back down again. Alicia hugged him. George turned their back on them and started down the stairs to the shop below with his heart bursting; not with pain anymore but with love; Lots and lots of love.
For Fred…
THE END