Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and will never make any money out of this WHATSOEVER!
A/N: After the War the Weasley family are reeling from Fred's death, from the point of view of George, Ron and Percy – following the twists and turns of their life as they learn to live without. NOT SLASH! Rated M for some explicit language and dark themes. Will contain references to self-harm and suicide, so could be triggering. Keep yourself safe and I hope you enjoy :)
This Chapter is in George's POV.
Where the hell was Ron? Why hadn't he turned up yet? I had sent that letter ages ago – it was bound to have gotten to The Burrow by now! So… why hadn't he come yet?
I had locked my front door, drawn all of the curtains over the window and sat in the pitch darkness. For some reason the darkness felt extremely welcome, in compare with the glaring brightness of the world outside. I felt strange – like all of a sudden I had been trapped, confined: first within my own body, then within the four walls of my flat. It was like my mind had been boxed in and couldn't get itself free. I was shivering uncontrollably from head to foot – I couldn't quite explain why either; I wasn't cold, I wasn't ill… although that was debatable… an inability to leave the flat without almost passing out could probably be counted as an illness of some sort.
Maybe the owl hadn't gotten to The Burrow yet? That could be why Ron hadn't come yet… or maybe he wasn't at the Burrow, and the owl hadn't found him yet? Yeah, that would be the reason for why he hadn't replied yet; why he hadn't come and found me when I actually needed him to…
But in that letter that I had sent I hadn't asked him to come, I had just assumed that he would appear when he received it. It looked like I had been mistaken…
Or maybe he was still angry at me for throwing those cuts at him? Maybe he wouldn't accept the apology in the letter…
Oh god! It could be any one of those reasons… and that was why Ron wasn't here. And why I was sitting in the dark, wishing that someone would come and find me…
A/N: Sorry that this chapter is so short- but the next one is HUGE! I'll try and post it soon too! I wouldn't mind a review – or 20 – so if you're reading this please let me know what you think! :)