Chapter 2

"Georgie!"

He jumped when her voice rang in his right ear. Bay was laughing beside him and he realized he had zoomed out.

"Are you alright?" She asked, ceasing the laugh.

"Yeah," he said and smiled, "can't get over the view, that's all." He said, looking around at the shop, then back at her.

"I know," she sighed, and looked at the shop too, "I'm so happy for you guys. You've made it."

"Happier for Fred, I'm guessing."

"Same for both; you guys are my friends. It doesn't matter if Fred is well…we don't need to label it." She said and smiled. "I talked to Fred about Rocky."

"Not So Lil' Rocky? How is he?"

She scoffed, "Yeah, he's good. I asked if we could have him flying around, you know like a preview of the Demon Box: Skincrawlers Edition. What do you think?"

"As long as he's potty trained."

She chuckled, "Sure."

"You can leave him here over night too, since Fred and I are living up stairs. I could take care of him."

"Could you?" She asked, thankfully.

"Yeah. Although," he smirked, "I'm guessing you'll be staying over night once in a while." He looked at her, raising an eyebrow and with the cheeky smirk.

She scoffed again, "Not sure about that." She shrugged, "we'll see. He's been trying so hard since he left Hogwarts."

"Do you need me to give him a firm hand?" George said, rolling up his sleeves and she laughed.

"I can handle him. Just call me old fashion."

"Wait till marriage?"

"Um, maybe not, but…" she sighed and closed her eyes for a moment before looking at him, in this innocent, sweet way, "wait until you feel the person you're with is special…that he is the one you love for sure. That he's different from the other people in your life…that you feel you can't be apart from him any longer."

George gulped and cleared his throat, "a-and you don't feel that w-with Fred?"

"Don't get me wrong…I like him, a lot…I might even love him, but it doesn't feel right yet…you won't…tell him this, would you?"

He gulped again, there it go, her hand over his and puppy eyes. She might not do it on purpose, but this has been going on since they met. She trusts him a lot and he trusts her back, maybe more than her. But sometimes these talks only bother him. He smiled, assuring her that what they talk about stays between them. She smiles back, but leaves her hand over his. Next, she rested her head on his shoulder, giving him a light bump and he rested his chin over her head. Another thing that wasn't new between them. Personal space had no limits when they were close. He turned his head a bit to have his lips against her hair and he spoke.

"Um…about what happened-"

She rolled her eyes, "it's that time of the month again." She got her head off his shoulder and looked at him, in between serious and mad, "George Weasley, you've apologized twice a month, maybe 3 if we happen to argue, for the last 2 years and I forgive you 1 year and a half ago. Let it go!"

"I just wanna make sure-"

"You think I'm just lying and pretending I forgive you?" Hesitating, he nodded, "what's wrong with you? Of course I wouldn't do that to you. It was a misunderstanding, I got over it and you should too."

She was too serious to resist, he smiled and she smiled after. The front doors opened and Fred came in with lunch. She headed down first and received him with a kiss while he picked her up and gave her a half spin before putting her down again; as if they hadn't seen each other in months. George smiled, but it was small; mostly longing to be in Fred's shoes. They have hugged, tight enough to suffocate one another, but he knows it's a different hug, plus there's the kiss. He has never done that, closest to is on Christmas 1993. They were in the Three Broomsticks and got a table while Fred looked for Lee to join them. They had ordered their Butterbeers and were having a nice chat when a tiny leaf fell in front of George. They looked up and a mistletoe was hanging. Both shared a small laughed until they looked at each other, smiling. She got closer as she closed her eyes, he knew she was heading to his cheek, but all he wanted to do was turn his head and make her kiss his lips, but the thought of 'we only know each other for a few months' made him think about it twice and she had already pressed her lips on his cheek. She backed away, still smiling before sipping from her drink again. He followed and tried his best to hide the blush he felt on his cheeks.

Remembering how he zoomed out before, he snapped out of it quick and headed down stairs to join them for lunch over the counter. Simple sandwiches for each. When it was time for the big opening, and a lot of people started to line up, Bay left trough the floo network to look for Rocky and came back with him. He was still the same, but bigger, reaching her waist on his four legs, and had a red collar around his skinny neck with 'Rocky' carved on it. It was big so it hang over his chest.

"Say hi to your daddies, Rocky!"

"There's our little invention." Fred said, kneeling down with 3 bones treats for dogs on his hands. Rocky went to him to eat them.

"He likes dog treats?" George asked.

"Yeah, nice, huh?" Bay said, "I can give him dog or cat food and he'll eat it. Before midnight of course-you missed it, after you guys left, he escaped from Hagrid's grate and ate. I looked for him in the morning and there were 4 of them around a dead unicorn."

"Seriously, how did you keep him away from Umbridge for a year?" Fred said, standing straight, "oh, and look," he pointed up and they looked, there was a cage, floating, opened, "I made it, so when he's tired of flying he can rest there and no one can bother him."

"Aw, thanks. Rocky, fly."

Rocky let out a cry before spreading his wings and jumping up to fly. He first got on the cage, gave a turn to get familiar with it and then flew again around the store.

"So," she clapped her hands together, "shall we open?"

"We shall!" Fred and George said, happy.

Both headed to the stairs that were in the center of the store and ducked when Rocky flew by a little lower. They stood up straight and fixed themselves up. Bay came back with a camera and stood on the first floor, in front of them.

"This is a great shot,"

Fred put his arm over George's shoulder, then George did the same and Bay took the picture and placed the camera on the top shelf.

"Here we go, guys!"

They smiled at each other as Bay headed to the door and opened it with a 'welcome to Weasleys Wizard Wheezes!' and people barged in, mostly kids. Fred and George said more 'welcomes!' and mentioned a few products. Bay watched them for a minute before heading to attend a few costumers; they looked happy and satisfied with the turn out. The rest of the Weasley family, and of course, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, appeared shortly after. A lot screamed every time Rocky would fly by low, but Bay got their attention and let them know he was harmless and how could they get their own "demon pet"; of course, the parents didn't seem to happy about that one. Besides that, she did most of the cash register job while Fred and George did the hosting and looked good.

After a fun, but long day, Bay was closing up and putting a few things back to their places. Rocky flew down to the counter as she walked to him.

"Fred said you could stay here over night, and I'll take you home over the weekend," she said, scratching his head, "what do you say, huh? Wanna spend the week with daddy and uncle?"

Rocky purred like a cat before flying up to his cage and lying down. Bay laughed before going up the stairs to say goodbye to the twins, but Fred peaked from the second floor.

"Bay, come here for a second." He said, smiling.

She rolled her eyes, "if this is to try another product-I'm not in the mood to show you how my bra changes color." She said, reminding him of this patch he and George created before leaving Hogwarts that could get underwear to change color depending on the mood, and they wanted to tested it on her bra-with her wearing it. Something she denied and they still offer once a week to 'finally put the product on the market'.

"No-just come." He said, coming out to meet her halfway and grabbing her head.

Both headed to his flat where George was serving hot tea in three cups.

"The long weeks finally paid off," Fred said, handing her a cup, "a little celebration is in order."

"True," she took the beverage, "you guys deserve it."

"You've helped too." George added.

The three of them crashed cups while Fred slip and arm behind her back and pulled her closer to him. After they took the first sip, he kissed her head and she looked around. It was a nice small flat. They were in the dining room that connected to a small kitchen and a little hallway showed to three doors.

"Now, for the special tour," Fred said, placing his cup down before guiding her to the kitchen while she drank, "this is the kitchen," he turned around with her, "the dining room with a handsome lad in it-oh, no, that's a mirror," Bay chuckled and George rolled his eyes before letting out a laugh, "and-" Fred grinned, grabbing her hand, "over here we have the hallway, where we have a bathroom and two rooms- one for George and one for your tour guide."

He took her in his room and George stayed still, thinking it was best to not see or hear what Fred was gonna do and say. Fred sat on his bed, big enough for two and she wondered if it was on purpose or George's was the same.

"You should feel this bed, really comfortable." He said, laying back and placing his arms behind his head.

"Mine's really comfortable-" Bay said, nodding.

He sat up quickly, "Are you inviting me to yours? Alright, let's head out!"

She laughed, "no, Fred, I should go, it's probably missing me."

"But you just go here!"

"I've been about 12rhs in here."

"Down there-not up here."

She laughed, "night,"

She walked to him to give him a kiss, instead he wrapped his arms around her, trapping her, and lay down, bringing her down with him, but her tea spill over his chest and even with the 3 sets of fabric he had, he hissed and yell.

"That's bloody hot!"

She laughed, getting off of him and into his side while George barged in.

"What?" He saw them and nodded, "I get it," He got serious and rolled up his sleeves, "Bay, you can go."

She laughed, "no, no, he was just being an idiot." She got up, "see you tomorrow. I left Rocky downstairs."

She gave him one more kiss and headed to the door. He said 'goodbye' to George before hugging him and kissing his cheek and she left. Fred was wiping the tea off his chest.

He chuckled, "What happened?"

"I hugged her and pulled her down and her tea spilled on me." Fred explained, getting up as he took off his jacket.

George chuckled, "you are an idiot; you saw she had the mug."

"In my defense, I wasn't thinking straight."

George shook his head as he laughed before heading out and walking back to the dining room. When he was out of Fred's sight, he frowned and mumbled an 'I know how you feel'. He looked out of window in the kitchen and saw her walking down Diagon Alley, it was dark and almost lonely; only a few wizards closing shops. He wanted to run out and take her back in, wait until morning for her to go to her house, but in the blink of an eye she apparated and he smiled, knowing she was safe already in her home.