"Fred?!" yelled Faith getting to her feet and brushing away all the soot in the back room. She straightened herself up a bit before stepping through the curtain into the shop, she gasped.

It was packed with people chatting, giggling, laughing and even arguing!

Fred and George were standing behind the counter both looking harassed and tired.

"Look I'm sorry ma'am but that is the last one and we won't be getting any more ingredients to make more for at least a week" she heard Fred say to a women holding a bottle of ten second pimple vanisher.

"But my daughter has got awful acne right now and she needs more than one bottle", said the women who looked about to cry.

Fred was now grabbing his hair in frustration and he looked as if he wanted to yell at her because she was clearly not listening to a word he was saying.

Faith stepped in, "Excuse me ma'am, this pimple vanisher is the best I have ever used and if she puts a drop or two of it into the water she uses to wash her face each night and each morning, her acne will be clear in no time, until then how about I put you name down in the ledger and we shall inform you the second we have more, we will even send you out a bottle, how does that sound?"

"Well yes alright, I'll pay for this one now then" she handed over three galleons and left the shop.

Fred stared at Faith, "When can you start work?" he grinned before enveloping her in a massive hug.

"Right now, I'll go put on some staff robes and we can get started, great to see you George" she added for George had come over demanding his hug.

The day went very well as the three of them and Verity managed to sell nearly everything that lined their shelves and when Fred flipped the closed sign at six o'clock they were all very tired.

"Well c'mon we'll go to the Leaky Cauldron for something to eat, they owe us a free meal anyway" said George grabbing his cloak.

The Leaky Cauldron was crowded with a whole variety of people and Fred managed to secure a table in the back room just for the three of them to have some privacy, they hadn't seen Faith for a week and for the three of them that was a long time.

"So what is new in the fabulous life of Faith Fairfax", said Fred when they had finished their meal and were all sipping cups of tea.

"Well I got into the AFA as you know, I'm eighteen now as you know, I don't have any new, news at all, oh except Oliver wrote to me, he sent me my birthday present".

"Really, what did he send you to make up for his absence at your birthday?" said Fred now stony faced he hadn't really forgiven Oliver yet for letting his Faith down.

"A diamond necklace with a sapphire pendant on it, I love it but it doesn't make up for it, I think he wants to do that in person, he is coming in three days to stay for the rest of summer, two months and two weeks as he said it".

"I'd let him stay with us…" started George but Faith cut him off.

"No he'll stay here, I'll stay with you two of you don't mind, I don't want to be round him all the time, we have only been going out like six months, ever since he started coming to Hogsmeade to meet you guys".

They both nodded and fell silent for some reason George kept glancing at Fred.

"Well" said Faith, "C'mon George, how are you and Alicia".

"Going well, its only been three months, but we are finally going steady" he said grinning.

"That's brilliant, I can't wait to see her, we have been sending letters but its not the same and what about you Fred?"

"Well me and Angelina have been seeing each other but that's about it, its fun and that's fine at the moment, I don't think she wants anything serious" said Fred now looking normal again.

"Well that's okay, by the way your mother tried to see Percy again yesterday".

Both the twins faces' turned grim and Fred slammed down his cup rather forcefully.

"He slammed the door in her face but Dumbledore said that its much easier to forgive people for being wrong than being right, she didn't want to tell you two but I told her you would want to know".

"That git, I mean we give mum a hard time quite a lot but she is still our mother" sighed George.

Fred stayed silent and Faith moved the subject back to safer things.

After midnight, the three of them made their way back to the shop and the twins made her a bed in the spare room which was full of boxes and the lingering smell of gunpowder which she assured them she didn't mind because she was used to it.

Fred and George hugged her and said goodnight, Fred held on a little longer and Faith felt a tiny flutter in her stomach which she took for just being full.

"Goodnight" whispered Fred as he let go of her hand and left the room.

Faith stood for a minute and fell into bed, shivering but it wasn't because she was cold.