"Be good for your Gran." Audrey said as she waved at Molly before she disappeared through the Floo Network.
Audrey sighed and grabbed her bag, and headed off to her shop. The girls didn't want to stand around the shop all day so they went to the Burrow to spend the day. As she walked through the Leaky Cauldron, Audrey's mind wandered. She walked absentmindedly to the store; she pulled per wand out and opened her door.
As she walked into the store Audrey's felt like she couldn't breathe. She held her wand tightly out in front of her. She walked around the shop quietly making sure no one was still in there. As soon as she determined it was safe she sat down on the floor and took a deep breath as the tears began to fall. Her shop had been torn apart, and 'mudblood' had been written all over her walls in bright red paint. All of her candy was sprawled out around the floor and the section of her muggle candy had been burned away. She sat there letting the tears fall as she looked at everything she had worked for lying in disarray.
She didn't even know what to do first, but she knew she didn't want to do anything on her own. She grabbed a pen and wrote a letter to Percy and sent it off to him. As she leaned against the desk, and just waited, hoping Percy would be there soon. As she waited the words on her wall just wore into her, she couldn't stand looking at it any longer. She stood up and walked over to her wall trying her hardest to take the word off, but it wouldn't budge. She went into her back room and got a rag, and got it wet and tried her hardest to wash it off, though she knew it wouldn't work any better.
Percy walked in as Audrey was scrubbing her hardest to get the word off as the tears fell down her face. He stopped in the doorway and looked around shocked. He quietly walked over to Audrey and put her hand on her arm.
"Audrey, what happened?" Percy asked.
"And you believed that he wasn't back." She said not looking away from the wall.
"It's not coming off." Percy said turning Audrey around.
"My shop." Audrey said with tears in her eyes.
Percy wiped her eyes, and pulled her close for a hug. "I know, we'll fix it, don't worry." He said.
"I've worked so hard for this, and look at what it's come too." She said, not letting him go.
"You can't give up Audrey. You have to show them that this won't stop you. We'll rebuild, and work past this. I promise you won't have to do it alone." Percy said.
Audrey nodded. "Where do we start?" She asked.
"First you're going to go home and take a day off away from here, then tonight you are going to come over and I'm going to make you a very nice dinner, and then after that we're going to make some more chocolates, and tomorrow we'll reset the store." Percy said.
Audrey hugged him tighter. "Thank you Percy." She said.
He pulled her away and looked her in the eye. "I love you." He said.
"No matter what?" Audrey asked.
Percy smiled. "No matter what." He agreed.
"What's on your mind?" Percy asked.
Audrey jumped and hit him. "Percy Weasley why are you always doing that?" She asked.
He smiled. "I know how much you love it dear." He said with a smile as he kissed her cheek.
"Bully." She said. "What are you doing here, by the way? Shouldn't you be at work?" She asked.
"I took off to have lunch with you." He said.
"What's the occasion?" She asked.
"No occasion, I just wanted to have a lunch with my wife." He explained.
"Oh no, what did you do?" Audrey asked.
Percy laughed. "I didn't do anything. I just wanted to treat you." he said.
Audrey nodded. "Well then? What are we going to have for lunch?" she asked.
"Come with me, and I'll show you." he said holding his arm out.
"Oh Percy you know I hate this." She said grabbing his arm, and closing her eyes.
Before Audrey could take a breath they had apparated away. As they landed she opened her eyes and looked around. They were standing in a field by a lake surrounded by flowers. Audrey had never seen the place before. She turned to Percy.
"Where are we?" She asked.
He pointed over to where there was a picnic laid out. "It's the anniversary of when we got engaged." He said with a smile.
Audrey covered her mouth. "Oh Percy! I completely forgot. I don't even know how." She said shocked.
He smiled and grabbed her hand, pulling her towards the picnic. "It's alright; you've had a lot on your mind." He said.
Audrey sat down and took a deep breath as she looked at everything Percy had done. "It's perfect, I love it." She said.
"I love you." He said with a smile.
"I love you too." She said. She took a piece of fruit out of the basket and took a bite. "Imagine where we were this time 20 years ago." she asked.
"Finally back together." He said.
"Don't remind me. That was the longest year of my life." She said.
"It wasn't even a full year." He said.
"I think muggle time works differently." Audrey said with a smile.
"Not quite." Percy said.
"You only say that because you didn't have to experience muggle life." She said.
"I wouldn't have known what to do with myself." He said shaking his head.
Audrey laughed a bit. "You would have stuck out like a sore thumb, but the cutest sore thumb I've ever seen." She said with a smile.
"Cheeky." Percy said.
The two of them ate their lunch, laughing and reminiscing for hours. Percy flicked his wand and packed the remainder of the lunch up before grabbing Audrey's hand.
"I'd better take you back to the shop." He said.
"One of us has to get some work done today." Audrey said with a smile.
"Oh you're absolutely going back to work now." Percy said shaking his head. Before Audrey could say anything else he pulled her with him as he apparated back to the shop.
Audrey landed on her feel and held he arms out to steady herself. "Unnecessary." She said.
Percy just smiled. "My mum's making a dinner for us and the girls tonight. I'm sure the rest of the brood will end up dropping by as well." He said, changing the subject.
"What's a celebration without family?" Audrey asked.
"I wouldn't know, I've never had one." Percy said.
The door opened as a couple of customers walked in. Audrey smiled and welcomed them in before turning to Percy. "Alright, I have to work. So do you." She said kissing his cheek and nudging him off towards the door.
"Goodbye Audrey, I loooove you." Percy said obnoxiously loud from the door before he left.
Audrey's cheeks turned bright pink as she smiled at the customers. "My husband." She said rolling her eyes.
That night Audrey and Percy went off to the Burrow to join the rest of the family for their dinner.
"Oh good, you two are here. I was worried we were going to have to have a party for your anniversary without you." Mr. Weasley said with a smile.
"Better late than never." Audrey said with a smile as she gave him a hug.
"A very Weasley statement." He said.
"She was born a Weasley, she just didn't know it." Percy said.
"I knew all along." Audrey said.
"Mum, Dad, we've made you dinner." Lucy said running into the room.
"Did you? Is it good?" Audrey asked.
Lucy stopped and looked at her mum confused. "Of course, Gran made it." Lucy said.
Percy ruffled her hair a bit. "It must be great then." He said with a smile.
"Is that Audrey and Percy?" Mrs. Weasley asked looking into the room from the kitchen.
"It is." Percy said giving his mum a hug.
Audrey followed suit. "Thank you for the dinner Molly." She said.
"It's nothing, the girls and I had a good time." Mrs. Weasley said with a smile.
"Good." Audrey said with a smile.
"Audrey Weasley, is that you?" George said loudly from the living room.
"No, not at all." Audrey said. She gave one quick smile to Mrs. Weasley before turning towards the living room where George was sitting on the couch. "Well isn't that a sight for sore eyes." She said.
"Lucky you." George said.
"Is that what they're calling it these days?" Audrey said sitting next to him.
"I've got a bone to pick with you." Percy said pointing a finger at him.
"Well then I'm sorry to break it to you, but the bones just aren't ripe enough yet." George said.
"You have got to stop telling the girls things they don't need to be hearing. You're putting us in an awfully tight spot." Percy explained.
"They're curious girls; I can't help but answer their questions." George shrugged.
"We are fully aware of their level of curiosity, but some things just aren't meant for them to hear yet." Percy said.
"Alright, I'm sorry. I'll keep my big mouth closed from now on." George said.
"I'll put four galleons on that bet." Audrey said.
"Cheeky." George said pointing a finger at her.
"Dinners ready you three. Hurry up." Mrs. Weasley said leaning her head in the room.
The three jumped up.
"Sorry mum." George and Percy said at the same time.
"Sorry Molly." Audrey said just a second behind them. Percy grabbed Audrey's hand and pulled her off towards the table with George following closely behind.
Audrey smiled as she sat down at the table with her family. She leaned her head on Percy's shoulder as he put his arm around her, and kissed her forehead. At that moment Audrey knew that everything they had gone through, and everything they had given up and lost was worth this moment, and every moment they got like this. She put her arm around Percy and gave him a squeeze.
"Speech!" George shouted from the end of the table.
"Oh yea! Say something." Molly said with a smile.
Percy just nodded, and took a deep breath. "Well, twenty years ago after walking through hell and back I made the best decision of my life, and sitting here today I know that every step to get to this moment has been worth it, and thank you all for celebrating it with us." He said.
"Cheers!" George said holding up his glass.
Everyone agreed at they held their glasses up before taking a drink together.
"Cheers." Audrey said, smiling at Percy before taking a drink out of her glass.