2 November 1998
Dear Fred,
Six months. Don't worry, I've moved back into our flat in Diagon Alley, just as you would've wanted. Keep the store running, eh? Inventions have been slow, but I did decide to go through with contacting a breeder at the Department of the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures who says he'll try to see if we can't get a few Crups for breeding purposes. (The Puffskeins were so much easier… the guy at the ministry said something like, the Krups are a more advanced creature so their anatomy is more difficult to miniaturize, and therefore, experts need to be called in to determine if the miniaturized creatures take on any unpleasant magical abilities.) Your last project is taking shape.
Mum and Dad are ok. Everyone has gone back to work. When we were packed into the house, it wasn't long before we discovered that so many people don't fit into our house. Bill and Fleur rented a small, Muggle flat in the village of Ottery St. Catchpole in order to be closer to the family for a while. They're leaving soon, though. Harry has been living with us since the War ended. He wants to buy the flat that Bill and Fleur are living in after they move out, so that he will be close to the family. I don't think he can face going back into Grimmuald Place. I don't think I mentioned it in my last letter, but Harry was appointed to the Auror Office after the war; no surprise there!
Speaking of the Boy Who Lived, Harry and Ginny are back together, and Ron and Hermione are finally a thing. Ron went with her to find her parents in Australia. She's back home and living with her parents, and plans on going back to school after the Christmas holiday to finish her last year. She got special permission from McGonagall to self-educate herself for this first term, and will return to take her N.E.W.T.'s. So typical of Hermione. Always concerned about her education, even though she may just be one of the brightest Witches to live.
After he returned from Australia, Ron came home and is now rooming with me above the shop. He's been helping me run the place, and he's got some great ideas. In a way, he's kinda taken over the people-portion of affairs when I just can't bring myself to talk to people. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm so grateful he's our brother. So much so, that I've decided to make him co-owner of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. It was a difficult decision – for a while I felt like I was replacing you – but if you were here, you'd see that it was the right one. Ron has proven himself beyond capable (It'll be his Christmas present...he doesn't know yet. Shhhhhh.)
Lastly, Angelina and I have been talking a lot lately. Please don't be upset or laugh or whatever you do up there. She's been a really great support system for me these last few months. She doesn't even mind that I'm Holey.
Always,
George