'Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.' – Robert Bresson

'Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.' – James Dean

Chapter Thirteen – Going Home.

The next day I spent most of the morning in Sirius's room. I hadn't slept very well that night. I kept getting up and heading down towards Bill's room. I'd get as far as the door but then I'd freeze and come back to Sirius's room. I was so terrified of what was going to happen. I thought for sure that Bill had just been extremely drunk or something. Or maybe it was a dream… but it was so painful.

It was still early. The sun was just rising. The sky was a blood red color. I quickly slipped into some fresh clothes and headed down stairs to the second floor living room and opened the window and leaned out.

"Kat… what are you doing?"

"Bill!" I smiled as I ducked back into the house. I looked over at him. He looked like he hadn't slept much last night. I slowly walked over to him. I looked up into his big green eyes. He pulled me into a hug.

"Kat… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." He said. I pulled out of the hug.

"Is that all?" I asked. He stared at me. "Because if not I'll sit down but I just want to go home, Bill." I whispered. He smiled.

"Sure… I'll get Charlie and we'll say goodbye." He whispered. I nodded and went to find Sirius to say goodbye.

We finally left Sirius's. I have to say that I was glad things with Bill had finally settled again. I don't know where we stood but we were speaking to each other so that had to be a good sign, right? The boys cooked me dinner, since they wouldn't let me. I sat there and watched them.

It felt like we were all little kids again. Bill smiled and joked with me. Charlie was the same way expect strictly in an older brother fashion. There was a line there that he didn't cross. I was happy and my boys were happy. I flicked my wand at the muggle wireless as I flipped through the stations until I found a song I liked. I sat there tapping my finger on the table along with the beat. I sighed. I was content with everything I had. It all seemed to be perfect.

After dinner we all sat around and listen to music and just talked about whatever popped into our minds. It was effortless to be around those two. Charlie finally headed up to bed. I stayed on the couch leaning against Bill, fighting to stay awake.

"Kat, it's time for bed." Bill whispered.

"I'm not tired." I muttered with my eyes closed. I could feel Bill silently chuckle underneath me.

"Kat… come on…" He whispered against my ear.

"I'm too tired to move." I griped. He chuckled softly to himself. "What's funny about that?" I muttered as I nuzzled closer towards him. I finally just fell asleep.

I heard voices talking. I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or not… they sounded far away.

"…Bill you've got to get up… It's almost dawn and Fleur will be coming." Charlie said.

"Erf…" Bill muttered. "Alright…"

"Kat, darling." I heard Bill whisper. I groaned and rolled over. "You've got to get up…" He said as he rubbed his hand up and down my side carefully avoiding my bum.

"Donwanna."

"Fleur's coming today." He said.

"Erf…" I muttered but I was awake now. I slowly sat up and smiled at Bill. "Go get cleaned up." I muttered. He smiled and kissed the top of my head. He headed upstairs to shower. Charlie had started making coffee.

"Thanks mate." I muttered as I grabbed a mug and sat down at the table.

"So… are you two…?"

"I don't know." I said. Charlie sat down and looked at me.

"You seem happier though." He looked me in the eyes. I knew he was right.

"I am Charlie… But I think we're going to take things slow… you know?" I asked him. He nodded as I sipped my coffee. "How's Tonks?" I asked with a sly smile.

"She's good… She's coming over for dinner tonight." He smiled. I laughed at him.

"You really like her don't you?" I asked him. He nodded. Charlie was about to speak when the back door came flying open.

"Fleur…" Charlie said. "What's the matter?" He asked.

"Nothing." She snapped. "Where es Bill?" She asked as she looked at me. I shrugged.

"Dunno… I haven't seen him all morning." I said as I sipped my coffee.

"He's taking a shower before you came over… Have a seat and wait with us." Charlie smiled and poured her a cup of coffee she refused to drink.

"What es taking him so long?" She asked annoyed.

"Relax… Fleur." I muttered. She glared at me. I shrugged and drank my coffee. Finally Bill came down stairs.

"Bill!" Fleur gushed as she ran over to him.

"Hello." He smiled as he hugged her.

"Do you want to take a walk?" He asked her. She nodded and they headed out into the garden.

"I've got a bad feeling this won't end nicely." I whispered. I looked at Charlie and whispered, "I'm going to take a shower." I headed up stairs.

{Bill's point of view}

I came down stairs and saw Fleur sitting there next to Kat. There was no doubt that Kat was beautiful, but I tired not to stare at her. I looked at Fleur as she ran over to greet me. I wanted to be sitting next to Kat. I wanted her to greet me like this. Her beautiful black hair was messy from sleeping. Her blue eyes looked amused. I smiled at her before I focused on Fleur.

"Bill!" Fleur nearly shouted as she ran over and hugged me.

"Hello." I smiled as I hugged her. "Do you want to take a walk?" I asked her. She nodded and we headed out into the garden.

"How have you been?" I asked her.

"I've been good… missed you." She smiled as she grabbed my hand.

"Yeah… I'm sorry about all that… Everything's been so crazy around here lately." I muttered we stopped near a big tree.

"Fleur, I can't do this anymore…" I whispered. She looked up at me with big eyes.

"Kat's the one isn't she?" She asked. I looked at her. "She's the one who you see when you look at me. She's the one that you could never quite get over?" She asked. I nodded.

"How'd you know?" I asked her. She smiled a sad smile.

"A woman can always tell when she's being looked at but isn't being seen." She whispered.

"Fleur, I'm sorry… I wanted to like you but… I just couldn't get Kat out of my mind… and then she came back… I'm so terribly sorry." I whispered.

"Bill its okay… I knew that you two would end up together." She smiled.

"Au Revoir Bill." She whispered as she kissed my cheeks and left.

"Bye Fleur." I whispered. That went much better than I could've hoped for. Fleur was going to make someone very happy… but I wasn't her someone… hopefully I was Kat's someone. I slowly headed back into the house.