…..well this is awkward…..
I can explain though! I haven't updated since January, which is really bad, because I just have been incredibly overwhelmed. Fencing has been monopolizing my time, as well as school and my family. Since my mother insists that 12 hours a day is "too much" and I should be spending more time with my brothers. (Who are absolute horrors) And then finals came up and my parents were annoying me to constantly study. So in preparation for my tests I took a vow of abstinence…from my computer. It wasn't easy either! It almost seduced me with it's promise of actual contact with the outside world through that marvelous invention that we call facebook. Annnyyywwhhooo, I swear I am going to try to update more, summer is coming up and I really have nothing to do, which my mom never fails to remind me about. So I'll have a lot of time to write more. Anyway, it's Fathers Day, so I have to go choke down disgusting chicken with a smile so that I can have chocolate cake. Byeee!
"Well it certainly can't look much more intimidating does it?" Fred said as they waited in front of the gate. Dumbledore had said that the twins would be sending Minnie put to open the gate for them again.
"Hush, Fred. Everybody remember to be polite, if Harry likes the twins then we will probably be seeing them an awful lot so I don't want them to get a bad impression of us." Mrs. Weasley said to most of her family.
Both Charlie and Bill had to get back to their jobs so it was just Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred and George, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Sirius, and Remus.
"Mom, weren't you the one who was rude to them?" Ron asked bluntly.
"Yea mum, you even called Joey a scarlet woman." laughed George.
Mrs. Weasley was about to retort but the gates had finally opened to reveal the little elf that they had met just over a week ago.
"Minnie is happy to be seeing yous!" the little elf chirped happily. "Harry is being happy to see yous too!"
"It's nice to see you too Minnie." Hermione responded smiling at the peppy elf. Minnie smiled back at her and then motioned for the group to follow her through the front yard. When they reached the second floor they could already hear Harry and the twins talking loudly in the kitchen.
When they all walked into the kitchen, they saw all three of the Potter children standing in the kitchen trying to cook dinner. Danny and Joey were progressing quickly into an argument over what was supposed to go into the kitchen that was quickly burning on the stove top while Harry looked on laughingly as he was getting the utensils. He soon noticed them standing in the entryway to the kitchen and walked over to greet them all.
"Hi guys!" He greeted them happily. Most of them seemed shell shocked at his happy appearance and the improvement of his clothing. He hugged everyone in the group before going back behind the counter to help Minnie stop Danny and Joey from destroying dinner. After they had finished insulting each others cooking skills, although both of them knew that Danny was far better of a cook, seeing as Joey had practically only cooked about 4 of her own meals in her life, they walked over to greet the Weasleys. They shook hands with everyone and then went to hug Sirius and Remus.
Danny then noticed Harry setting the table and shooed him away to the living room. "Me and Joey will take care of dinner, go sit and talk to your friends!" So they all sat in the living room and Mrs. Weasley seized the opportunity to talk with Harry with his sisters not in the room. Even though if they had been paying attention they would have been able to hear what they were saying.
"So Harry, how are you?" She asked politely. "Have you decided whether or not you would like to stay here? Because you know that our home is always open to you if it's too unstable for you here." Even Mr. Weasley cringed at the blatant insult she had given. She clearly doubted her decision to let the twins take care of Harry.
"Yea," Harry said, trying to be quick with his defense of the twins. "They've been really nice to me. Even though we did spend all day yesterday cleaning." He said laughingly.
"Necessary evils, brother dear!" They all heard Joey shout from the kitchen.
"What else have you done Harry?" Hermione said. She realized quickly what Mrs. Weasley was trying to do, so she tried to help Harry to convince everyone they were good guardians. She knew very little about the twins, and to be honest she didn't trust them enough to let them do her laundry. But watching Harry, she could already see the affect they had had on him. When he launched himself into stories about how he had spent the last few days, Hermione looked to Ron and they shared a look. This was clearly what Harry wanted.
He wanted to be able to tell countless stories about his ridiculous siblings. He wanted to be able to complain about them, when in reality everybody could see the silent joy that he felt because he had somebody to complain about. He wanted to joke around about his day with Joey making quick and loud interjections throughout the story. No matter what anybody else thought, both Hermione and Ron agreed in that moment that this was the best thing that could have happened to Harry. Sirius or no Sirius, he needed somebody who he could see exactly where he was coming from.
"So you guys are staying the night here until we all go to Diagon Alley tomorrow right?" Harry asked while they all sat down at the table.
"Yes, we are." Mrs. Weasley said somewhat sourly. (A/N: Sorry if she seems a little out of character but I promise you'll learn why I need her to act like this)
"Fantastic!" Joey said with a mouthful of chicken. She was promptly slapped on the shoulder by Minnie, who was sitting next to her. "Sorry Min. We have rooms where you can all stay, probably just where you slept last time you were here. And by the way, do any of you have bathing suits?"
"Joey we can talk about that later." Danny said. "Everybody dig in!"
"So Harry, how do you really like it here?" Sirius asked his Godson quietly.
Harry smiled quickly. "I love it. They're really nice to me, despite the fact that they've had to keep in hiding because of me for the past few years."
"Well, they always were like that." Sirius said smiling to himself. "Lily and James used to argue over where they got their positive traits from. Of course, negative traits were always blamed on me. Just because I taught them some…questionable words."
"Questionable words Sirius?" Joey asked from her spot at the table, making it clear that she had been listening to their entire conversation. "You taught me most of my vocabulary! Well, all the words that made mom smack you anyway." Everyone at the table started laughing at that. She looked about ready to list all of them before Danny changed the subject.
"Does anybody feel like going swimming?" She asked. "We have a swimming pool downstairs. So if we can find it then it'll probably be fun to take a dip before we got to bed."
"What do you mean by find it?" Hermione asked her.
Joey, who had been feeding Gunner over the back of her seat while Danny's attention was averted quickly spun back and answered for her sister. "Well sometimes the rooms like to hide from us. We're able to prevent it on our floor, but everywhere else they see as fair game."
"You make it sound like it's alive." Ron said. Looking around as if the walls were going to shrink in and swallow him whole.
Joey gave him a sinister look and stage whispered, "Haven't you ever seen the movie monster house?"
"Shut up Joey, that movie was written about an old man's dead carnie wife." Danny said as she stood up to clear away dishes. "Is everybody done ?" she asked, motioning to their plates before whipping her wand out from her boots and flicking it towards the table and walking into the kitchen with the dishes hovering behind her. Gunner skipped away from the table happily, jumping repeatedly to try and knock over some of the dishes.
"Minnie, can you find us some bathing suits for our friends here please?" Joey asked. Minnie nodded and snapped her fingers before disapparating away from the table. Hermione smiled at Joey.
"I've never seen a house elf so well treated before." She said. "You're very kind to her."
"Well, she grew up in this house, she was here even before me and Danny." Joey said. "Her mother was one of our grandparents house elves. So she was here taking care of the house even after our grandparents were killed fighting moldy-warts." She stood from the table, ignoring the shocked looks that she got from everyone for calling Voldemort such a ridiculous name. Sirius and Remus just frowned at her well hidden attempt to cover up her grief over their loss with insults. "Minnie will probably just leave your suits in your rooms so if you want, you can go get changed." After saying this she walked into the kitchen to help Danny.
Everyone at the table looked around at everyone else's reactions before realizing that anything they had to say would be heard by the twins' as well as Harry. So they all stood from their seats and went to find their rooms.
Sorry the chapters so short, I promise the others will be longer but I wanted to give you guys something to read after waiting for so long.