A/N: Okay so this is the second chapter. Thanks for the feedbacks. I hope you enjoy this one, please review. Thanks!
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I see your smile, I see your face
George leaned on the windowsill and looked outside. The day was bright and birds flew by. He looked at the clouds. "Hey George, what are you looking so down for?" George turned and saw Fred smiling behind him.
"Fred?" Fred waved. George laughed and reached out for him. "You prat! I thought you were gone. It must've been a dream it must've been-" Fred's image disappeared before George's eyes. George lowered his hand slowly. He looked back out the window.
"I can help you with the dishes," Hermione offered Mrs. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley smiled weakly. "I'll do the dishes for you, Mrs. Weasley. Let me," she urged. "Please have some rest now. I'll clean up the kitchen to." Mrs. Weasley looked at her. Hermione had never seen Mrs. Weasley look so upset and lost before.
Ron came into the kitchen. "Mum, you all right?" Mrs. Weasley nodded, quickly wiping some tears before they fall down from her eyes. Ron did what he seldom does. He hugged his mother tightly. "It's okay, Mum. Don't worry. Fred's all right. He's in a place where no one can hurt him now," he whispered, easing his mother. "Come now, let's go to the living room."
Ginny flipped through her scrapbook. "Look how Fred always turns away from pictures," she said in a soft voice, pointing to Fred's pictures. Harry looked. "Fred's so funny that I can't help laughing every time I look at his pictures. Fred's always laughing…"
Harry gazed upon the picture of Fred Weasley. He waved back at them. A pang of sadness came to Harry, knowing that he would not be able to see this Weasley any longer. He clearly remembered how the twins and Ron rescued him a couple of years back. George said that it was Fred who thought of it first. He and Ron only went along Fred's plan.
"I remember a lot about Fred," said Ginny, suddenly breaking Harry's train of thoughts. "He's always pulling pranks, but he's really smart. He can beat Percy at Charms any time. He just doesn't believe on being serious. He believes that happiness is the way to live this world. It's the only thing that keeps us surviving." Harry hugged Ginny, who began to weep again.
Percy took a deep breath as he pushed away memories of Fred's odd birthday gifts aside. He couldn't bear the sight of it any longer. A flash of memory came to his mind, the memory of Fred's face before he died. Fred smiled at Percy before he died. Still, Percy doesn't know if Fred had forgiven him or not. Percy threw himself to his bed, trying not to think of Fred anymore.
Days passed. The Weasleys tried to get over Fred's death and move on, but seeing George reminded them so much of Fred.
"Fred, please pass the peas," said Mr. Weasley. He looked at the empty chair beside him. Fred had always been sitting there and he always passed the peas for his father. Mr. Weasley sighed. "I'm sorry." He looked at George who lowered his head. "George, please pass the peas," he said.
Ron, Hermione, and Harry walked outside in the garden. "Look at the stars," said Hermione, pointing to the sky. The boys looked up. "Right there is the Big Dipper. Beside it, right there, is the little Dipper," she explained randomly.
As they looked up, raindrops came falling. "Let's go back inside," said Harry. He and Hermione turned around. Harry looked back at Ron who wasn't moving. He just stood there. "You're to get wet, Ron," warned Harry, but he knew what Ron felt.
I hear you laughing in the rain
"Fred always loved the rain," whispered Ron. Harry and Hermione stood behind him. "When we were little, me and Ginny, Fred would take us outside when it's raining. He said it's for luck, for all of us. Mum would get really mad at him, but he'd just laugh. He said the rain's healthy. Mother Nature wouldn't hurt us." Harry couldn't tell what was coming down Ron's cheeks, if it was just rain, or if it was tears.
Percy came down from the stairs. "Ronald and the other two would catch a cold if they stay outside in the rain," he said to his mother who didn't seem to hear him. Percy sighed and went to the garden. "You'll get sick f you stay out here," he warned the three.
"Hey Percy," started Ron, "do you remember what Fred told us? He said that Mother Nature won't get us sick. She made the rain for luck." Percy looked at his younger brother. "He said that we had to stand in the rain for luck."
Percy sighed. "You know Fred was ten then. It wasn't sensible." But he remembered it clearly, watching the twins, Ginny, and Ron stand outside in the rain while he studied during the summer. "It didn't bring you luck, did it?" he asked.
Ron smiled. "It did, it still does." He looked at Percy. "Every time I stood in the rain, I wished that I'll be able to stand on my own someday, to say that I can do some things right. It brought me luck I guess, I survived." He looked back at the empty space. The rain poured harder.
"Hey Ronnie, did you know that the rain brings us luck?" said ten-year-old Fred. He and George danced around under the rain. "Make a wish. It comes true. We'll have luck, you'll see. Mother Nature's blessing," he explained. "You too, Ginny, make a wish."
Ron looked around. "But it's raining hard!" he protested. He and Ginny, both soaked, stood dumbfounded as they watched Fred and George laugh and dance.
"Come on, dance with us." Fred pulled Ginny's arm. He laughed as she danced awkwardly. "Come on, you dance too, Ron. If you don't believe in luck, believe in me. I say it's fun! Look at Ginny go!" he said and laughed as Ginny began to enjoy herself and danced on her own.
"Fred!" Mrs. Weasley came out and pulled his ear. She pulled on George's ear too. "What do you two think you're doing? What if Ron and Ginny gets sick?" She shot a deadly look at the younger two. "Go inside the house now! How can you believe your brothers?" she asked as she shook her head.
As Fred dried himself with a towel, he looked at Ron. "Don't worry, you won't get sick. It's from Mother Nature. She won't help us get sick, will she?" he said smiling.
Ron snapped out of his thoughts. He turned and looked at Harry and Hermione who were still waiting for him. He walked towards them. Percy turned to the door too. The four of them went back into the house to dry themselves.
Still can't believe you're gone
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