Chapter Two: Breakdown

The day after Alice's funeral, Sabrina's routine remained the same but felt empty. She woke up and noticed the bed across from her was vacant. It was Alice's bed, because it was by the window. Alice liked having her bed beside the window so she could watch the sunrise and sunset in the sky.

Sabrina would go downstairs only because she knew if she did not at least eat a piece of toast that Molly or Charlie would force it down her throat. When George asked her to go fly with him or do something she would shake her head no and retreat back upstairs for the rest of the day. The only person she would even let come in the room for a few minutes was George. They usually never said anything and when she did not want anymore company she would tell him to leave her and he would wait outside her door at night, while she cried. When she felt too lonely she asked George to come in and he did and she fell asleep in his arms and he would not leave her.

However, she had woken up and found a note in George's handwriting telling her that he would be back in a few minutes because he was going to get them some breakfast and eat upstairs. Sabrina pulled out her wand and locked the door so no one would come back in.

"Why the hell did you leave me?" she said softly as tears streamed down her face. "I thought we were supposed to be unstoppable? I thought we were going to tear the town apart together."

George was on his way upstairs when he heard Sabrina talking.

"Sabrina, are you up?" George asked.

Sabrina heard George's voice, but she did not answer him.

George frowned and went to grab the door but it was locked. He sighed and went to his bedroom. Fred was watching through a small peep hole they made to keep an eye on Sabrina while she was over there. She did not know about it because they knew how to make it disappear.

Sabrina pulled out her wand from her desk and pointed it at her head. Fred gasped and George noticed he had a horrified look on his face. Before George could ask what was wrong, Fred said harshly, "You have to stop her before she does something drastic. She's got her wand out and I do not know what she is going to do, but I think she is seriously going to do something rash."

George did not need telling twice as he grabbed his wand and set their breakfast down on the floor and ran to Sabrina's room and wrenched the doorknob, forgetting it was locked.

"Alohomora!" he said and the door flew open.

"Ava-" but then someone said, "Expelliarmus!"

Sabrina's wand shot out of her hand and landed in George's. She whirled around and met George's eyes growling, "Give me my wand back now!"

"No," George said stubbornly as the door locked behind him.

Sabrina growled and George walked over to her and said, "Sabrina, Alice would not want this."

Something finally snapped inside Sabrina and she backed herself up against the wall and slid down to the floor and started to cry. "I miss her so much," she said softly.

George walked over toward her and wrapped his arms around her. She did not pull back. "How could she leave me?" she sobbed. "How in the hell could she let me be all by myself? She had half my soul and now it's gone!"

"I know it may seem like that," George said. "But Alice would not want-"

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALICE WOULD HAVE WANTED!" Sabrina shouted. "HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR TWIN WAS KILLED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES: AND YOU NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE SORRY FOR TELLING THEM THAT YOU WOULD NEVER FORGIVE THEM FOR MARRYING A PURE-BLOOD? ESPECIALLY IF THAT PURE-BLOOD IS SOMEONE YOU DESPISE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD? ESPECIALLY IF THAT PURE-BLOOD PLAYED A PART IN DUMBLEDORE'S DEATH?"

"So that's why you are so upset?" George asked. "Because you told Alice that you would never forgive her if she went ahead and married Draco?"

"That and for telling her that I hated her," she said as George stroked her hair.

"Sabrina, I know that Alice knew you did not mean what you told her," he said. "I know I may not know how it feels to lose someone who is close to you, but I can tell you what it feels like to almost lose that person you care about especially if they are your other half."

Sabrina hugged George as she said, "I'm sorry. I should have realized that. You did almost loose Fred to some Death Eater."

George nodded as he wiped the tear that was running down Sabrina's cheek. Sabrina sniffed and looked over at her bed noticing her guitar was sitting there and she sighed. "You wanna know how I feel?"

"If you want to tell me I am all ears," George said with a Weasley trademark smirk. "Well I'm all one ear and a hole in the head."

For the first time since Alice's death, Sabrina smiled even though it was small and laughed softly. George was pleased to see her smile and hear her laugh because he missed seeing her smile and laugh.

"I feel like my other half is missing even though I know Alice is in a better place," she said as she pulled away from George and sat down on her bed. "We always did everything together. I always thought we were unstoppable and when it came time for us to go that we would leave this world together even if she was the first born by two minutes."

George sat beside Sabrina as he listened to her. "Yeah, Alice is the oldest twin just by two minutes," she said. "She was more than just my twin sister, she was my best friend."

"As long as you remember all the good times you and Alice had she will never be truly gone," he said as he held her.

"I know," she said softly as George kissed her forehead lightly and a moment of silence fell upon them.

Five minutes later, George noticed that her guitar was sitting on her bed. "I hear you're back playing the guitar again?" he asked.

Sabrina looked at George with a look of indignity and asked, "How did you-"

"I heard you playing it last night," he replied. "What were you playing?"

"I was playing a song by a band that Alice liked to listen to called Breaking Benjamin," she said. "It's called Give Me a Sign and the reason why I chose it is because it sort of reminds me about death in a way. You wanna hear me play it?"

"Sure," George said.

Sabrina picked up her guitar and she started to play.

"Dead star shine and light up the sky. I'm all out of breath and my walls are closing in. Days go by. Give me a sign. Come back to the end. The shepherd of the damned and I can feel you falling away. No longer the lost and no longer the same; I can see you starting to break. I'll keep you alive. If you show me the way forever and ever the scars will remain. I'm falling apart. Leave me here forever in the dark."

She continued to play.

"Daylight dies and blackout the sky: Does anyone care? Is anybody there? Take this life, empty inside. I'm already dead and I'll rise and fall again. I can feel you falling again. No longer the lost and no longer the same; I can see you starting to break. I'll keep you alive if you show me the way forever and ever. The scars will remain. I'm falling apart. Leave me forever in the dark."

"God help me I've come undone. Out of the light of the sun. God help me I've come undone. Out of the light of the sun. I can feel you falling away. No longer the last and no longer the same I can see you starting to break. I'll keep you alive if you show me the way forever and ever. The scars will remain. Give me a sign. There's something buried in the worlds. Give me a sign. Your tears are adding to the flood. Just give me a sign. There's something buried in the worlds. Give me a sign. Your tears are adding to the flood. Just give me a sign. There's something buried in the worlds. Give me a sign. Your tears are adding to flood forever and ever. The scars will remain."

Once she was finished, she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I think Alice would have liked that," George said as he held Sabrina close.

"Thanks," she said. "I think she would have liked it, too."

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