"Mum, what was the worst part about being in the muggle world?" Lucy asked as the girls sat in the kitchen eating breakfast.

Audrey only had to think for a second. "Either the telephone or a microwave." She said.

Molly looked incredibly confused. "What's a microwave?" She asked.

"It's a device the muggles use to make food quickly." Audrey explained. "There are buttons all over it, and a plate inside that turns. I hated that thing, if you put your food in there for even a minute too long it would practically set on fire." Audrey explained.

"What about a telephone, why was that so bad?" Lucy asked.

"Well, I hadn't used one before I started working in the shop." Audrey explained.

Audrey stood in the aisle in the classics section filing books back into their spots. Every once in a while she would stop and read the back of the book, having never heard of it before. Suddenly a shrill noise rang through the store. Audrey looked around confused, wondering where the noise was coming from.

"Audrey, will you get the phone?" Samantha asked.

"Oh, yes." Audrey said. She followed the noise over to a counter where she stood and stared at the telephone. She picked up the handle, putting it to her ear.

"Um, hello." She said. She couldn't hear anything from the other end. "Hello?" She asked again.

"Customer?" Samantha asked walking over.

"I don't know, I can't hear anything." Audrey said.

Samantha looked at her like she was crazy. "Are you alright?" She asked.

"I think so, why?" She asked.

"You're holding it upside down." Samantha said.

"Oh geeze, brain lapse." Audrey said trying her best to shrug it off. She flipped the phone around. "Hello?" She repeated, but the line was dead.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Samantha asked.

Audrey nodded. "Yes, I'm just really tired. I'm sorry." She said.

"No worries. Why don't you head out early tonight." Samantha said with a smile.


"Are you sure?" Audrey asked, she was so embarrassed about what had just happened that she would have given anything to leave.

"Yea, you've worked every day straight for two weeks; you could definitely use a day off." She said.

"Thank you Sam." Audrey said hugging her. She grabbed her bag and her coat and walked out into the chilly day.

She pulled her coat off and walked towards her apartment. She kept her hand in her pocket, holding her wand tightly. She walked into her apartment and locked the door behind her. She sighed as she sat onto the couch. It had been months since she left Percy and she was getting nervous. Audrey lay across the couch with another sigh as she closed her eyes.

A noise startled Audrey awake. She sat up, holding her wand tightly. "Percy?" She whispered.

"No, sorry, it's just me." Samantha said. "You must have been exhausted, you fell asleep on the couch, and you've still got your coat on." She said.

Audrey yawned and smiled, letting her wand go. "Sorry, I didn't even realize I'd fallen asleep." She said.

"No worries, are you feeling better?" Samantha asked.

Audrey nodded. "Yes, but I'm probably going to go back to bed." She said standing up. She had so been wishing it would have been Percy, and now that she knew it wasn't her heart fell. She hadn't missed him as much in the past few months as she did right now. She said good night to Samantha and went off to bed. She took her coat off and changed into her pajamas. She curled into bed and soon fell asleep. She tossed and turned, dreaming about a fight.

"Audrey, Audrey wake up." Someone said shaking her.

She sat up. "What is it?" She asked.

"Someone's here for you." Samantha said. She stood over Audrey in her pajamas looking confused.

"At this time of night?" Audrey asked. Samantha just nodded. Audrey stood up and pulled her robe on as she walked out into the living room. She nearly stopped breathing as she saw the person at the door.

"Audrey." Percy said. He stood in front of her looking dirty and warn, but he was really there, and that's all that mattered.

Audrey's eyes filled over with tears and she wasn't even able to move, she was so excited. "Percy." She cried.

He ran over to her and pulled her close. "I've missed you." He said holding her tightly.

Audrey wanted to say so many things but the only thing she could do was cry. "I was afraid I'd never see you again." She said through her tears.

"I'm never leaving you again." He promised.

Samantha cleared her throat behind the couple.

Audrey turned around, still holding onto Percy. "Oh Sam, this is Percy, my boyfriend." She said wiping away her tears.

"It's nice to meet you." Samantha said. "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm going back to bed, it's the middle of the night." She said.

"Sorry Sam, we'll be quiet I promise." Audrey said. She grabbed Percy's hand and pulled him off into her room so as not to bother Samantha. She closed her door and turned to him quickly. "What happened?" She asked.

"So much, I'm exhausted." Percy said. He took his shoes off with a yawn.

Audrey climbed into bed next to him. "Tell me, please." She said.

Percy yawned, putting his arms around Audrey. "There was a battle." He said.

Audrey sat up and looked at him shocked. "A battle? Where? What happened?" she asked.

"At Hogwarts, we did it, we beat him." Percy said with a yawn.

"Percy Weasley, I know you're tired, but I've been away for who knows how long, and I need to know." She said.

Percy sat up, and grabbed her hands. "I didn't want to have to tell you today." He said.

"Tell me what?" Audrey asked. As she looked into his eyes her heart stopped, she could tell something horrible happened.

"A lot of people didn't make it." He said.

"But you're family, they're ok right?" She asked.

Percy closed his eyes, trying to hold back his tears.

"Oh Percy, who?" She asked.

"Fred." He whispered.

Audrey stopped breathing as she took in the news. She couldn't even bring herself to say anything; she just felt the most horrible pain in her heart. How? It wasn't possible.

Percy pulled her close. "I'm sorry Audrey." He said as his tears fell down his face.


Audrey looked at him and shook her head. "He was your brother; I can't imagine how you're feeling." She said. She put her hand up to his face and wiped away his tears. "Please tell me it's over, please tell me it wasn't all for nothing." She said.

He nodded. "He's gone. Forever." Percy said.

Audrey pulled him close and hugged him tighter than she ever had. "I love you." She mumbled into his shirt.

"I love you too." He said, kissing her forehead. "Marry me." He whispered. Audrey looked up at him. "I want to start over, with you and with everyone. I don't ever want to leave you again." He said.

Audrey kissed him. "Yes." She said. She didn't think she'd have it in her to cry and longer, but she couldn't seem to stop. Everything was just so overwhelming. She needed to know what happened, who didn't make it, what was left of the world she had left.

Audrey curled up close to Percy, letting him tell her everything in his own way. After hours of talking Audrey fell asleep with her head on Percy's chest. With a smile, Percy put his arms around her tightly and closed his eyes, falling asleep.

Molly and Lucy both looked at their mother with tears in their eyes.

"That's the saddest, happiest thing I've ever heard." Molly said.

Audrey wiped away her tears and pulled her girls in for a hug. "Your dad is a very special guy." She said.

"We know." Lucy said.

"What happened next?" Lucy asked.

Audrey sighed. "You guys are exhausting me." She said. "We can wait till your dad gets home to go on with the story." She said.

"Aww." The girls wined.

Audrey smiled. "Besides, we've got a lot to do today. You know you're dad's working late and I brought you gifts." She said nodding towards the cupboard under the stairs.

The girls looked at each other before running over to the closet and throwing it opened. They squealed in excitement as they each pulled a broom out.

"Do we get to fly them?" Lucy asked.

"Well what else would we do with them?" Audrey asked.

"Yay!" Molly said running with her broom towards the backyard.

"She doesn't waste a moment does she?" She asked Lucy with a smile. "Will you go out there and make sure she doesn't try and fly before I get out there?" She asked.

Lucy nodded before running outside to catch up with her sister.

Audrey walked over to the closet and grabbed her broom. She looked outside and watched her girls jumping around on their brooms with a smile. As she watched they both waved her out excitedly. She knew she'd be scolded by Percy when he got home and found out, he had made it very clear that he felt that Molly was simply too young to learn, but Audrey didn't worry much about that as she walked out to the garden to join the girls.

Lucy climbed onto her broom and quickly flew up near the roof of the house. "Hurry up Molly." She called as said waited for her sister to join her.

Molly climbed on and flew up slowly into the air.

"Steady Molly, you don't want to lose your grip." Audrey said watching as Molly climbed higher into the air.

Without warning Molly lost her grip on the broom and tumbled to the ground in seconds, before Audrey could do anything. She sped to the ground where Molly laid, and dropped her broom.

Molly sobbed as she held her arm close to her. Audrey looked down to see Molly's very obviously broken wrist.

"Oh no." She whispered to herself. "Don't worry, we can fix this." She said carefully helping Molly up.

"This is going to hurt isn't it?" Molly asked, tears streaming down her face as the three walked towards the living room.

"Not more then it does already. We'd better go let your grandma have a look though, just to be safe." Audrey said leading Molly into the house. She figured if anyone would be well-practiced in healing bones it would be Mrs. Weasley. Audrey sent Lucy ahead through the Floo to explain to Mrs. Weasley what had happened.

"Alright Molly, I'll meet you right over there." She said, kissing Molly's forehead.

"Percy is going to kill me." She whispered to herself before following the girls to the Burrow. The moment she arrived at the Burrow she caught Mrs. Weasley's eyes as she worked on fixing Molly's arm.

"Oh, Molly, thank you so much." She said as she sat down. She grabbed her daughter's good hand.

"It's no worry dear, kids will get into trouble, we'll have her back to perfect in no time." Mrs. Weasley said with a smile.

"Oh good, Percy would kill me if he found out." Audrey said.

"I think that's overdramatic. He may remind you that he did say that Molly was far too young to fly." Percy said walking out of the living room.

Audrey scowled. "Hello Dear." She said, shocked to see him. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I stopped by to have some tea with mum." Percy explained.

"Just my luck." Audrey said.

Percy gave her a quick kiss. "Accidents happen, though I was right." He said.

"I know." She said with a melodramatic scowl.

"Alright, Percy will you help me out?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

Percy nodded. "Sure mum." He said.

Audrey held Molly's hand and gave her a smile. "Back to perfect in no time." She said with a smile.

Molly just looked at her mum and dad nervously as Mrs. Weasley began to heal her arm.