Brotherly Love

-the greatest loss in life is not death, but what dies inside of us when we live-

It was the first anniversary of the Battle for Hogwarts, May 2nd of 1999. One whole year had passed since that day, that day had been both horrible and wonderful. George Weasley didn't know how to see that day. No matter how you sliced it his twin brother, Fred, had died that day.

Fred and George had been side-by-side everyday of their lives. One without the other was more than a rare sight, it was never seen.

George hated to live without Fred. The past year had been hell, worse than the year with Death Eaters.

At the moment, George was at the memorial at Hogwarts. He stood by the grave of Fred.

"I miss you, Fred." George mumbled. "So much as happened since you…" George's voice faltered. "left." He couldn't bring himself to say the word 'died'.

"Harry proposed to Ginny recently." George said with a smile. "We're all so happy for them. I know you'd tease them like no else." George said with a wry laugh.

"Little Ronnikins hooked up with Hermione. He is so easy to tease, and I feel more like you're there when I do tease him. It sounds kind of weird, but it at lease comforts me." George looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Angie has been really helpful through this all. I think I love her." George felt a tear fall down. "It's kind of scary. Would you be mad that I love your ex-girlfriend?" George was quiet, as if listening to an invisible voice.

"What's it like up there? Are you with Remus and Tonks? If so, tell them what a wonderful little kid Teddy is. He comes around to the Burrow a lot with Harry. Harry's really good with him." George was quiet again.

"Have you got to see Uncle Fabian and Uncle Gideon again? What about Harry's parents, or Sirius? Sirius always was really nice and helpful to us. He said we were the next Marauders." George laughed in a sad, thoughtful way.

"I miss you, Fred. And I still love you. You'll always be my twin brother." George stood up and walked off to this family.

Fred watched as George stood up and walked away.

"I miss you, too George." Fred whispered. Fred too stood up and walked away, towards where everyone else was talking.

"How is he?" Uncle Fabian asked as Fred approached.

"As expected. He said he missed us, and that everything's going good." A though suddenly hit Fred. "Did you guys know Harry proposed to Ginny?" Everyone smiled.

"We knew he was considering it." James Potter told him.

"Remus and Tonks," Fred turned to his other friends. "George said Teddy was a great little kid, and that Harry takes great care of him." Tonks and Remus beamed.

"We knew he would be." Remus spoke softly.

"I'm so proud of him." Lily Potter said and Tonks wrapped an arm around her friend.

"Harry is quite amazing." Tonks told Lily.

"I still find it funny that you all know Harry better than Lily and I do, and we're his parents!" James exclaimed and everyone laughed.

"We'll tell you anything you want to know." Fred said with a laugh.

-finished-

A/N- this is a Fred/George "brotherly love" (haha) story in honor of James and Oliver Phelps birthday on February 25th. Enjoy and REVIEW!