Chapter 27

Harry and Dey had occlumency lessons about two nights a week and it was always separated. Harry first, then Dey. Neither have had gotten any better on controlling their minds, only Dey did it a few times, she would block her bad memories, but it was hard with Snape telling her 'remember how your mother screamed before you ran. How your father stared blankly at you while he took his last breath' just to trigger her. She never told George, every time he brought the subject she would change it or distract him. One night, half way trough February, he decided to show up and watch over her lesson.

"Tonight will try something different." Snape said while Dey walked in front of him. He lifted his wand, and as it went up, a shield covered her.

"What are you doing?" She asked from inside.

"Just stay still." Snape ordered. "Now, clear your mind…keep everything out…"

Dey took a breath and closed her eyes, took a few more and opened them. Just to feel her heart stopping. George got up from the chair when he noticed she was scared. She didn't see him, or Snape, she wasn't in the classroom, not completely. She was surrounded by the streets of London she was in when her mother died.

"Dey, run!" Her mother was screaming at her while the death eaters came their way.

"Dey…" She turned to see her destroyed living room and her father trying to crawl to her, half dead, half alive.

"Dad!" She screamed.

"Dey!" George shouted outside, getting close.

"Control your mind, girl!" Dey looked around when she heard Snape's voice, still she couldn't see him. She saw herself, screaming in the bathroom and then going out to find that boy she killed. Other memories went back to her, like a play right in front of her, she was reenacting her bad memories.

"George!" She called, almost crying.

"Dey!" He got closer to the shield. "I'm here! Please, listen to me!"

"George!" But she didn't, she couldn't hear him.

"No one is here to save you; you won't always have someone to save you." Snape voices echoed inside the shield and rang in her ears.

"Mom!" She called, when the memory of her, lost in the streets of London, looking for her mother after the attack.

"Stop this!" George turned to Snape, who moved his head to him. "You're breaking her!"

"She needs to learn."

"Stop it." George demanded again.

Snape just turned his head back to Dey who was on her knees, covering her head and breathing deep. George turned to see her, she was losing it and he knew she was about to scream.

"Expelliarmus!"

Snape flew back to the shelves behind him, dropping bottles and books around him. George turned to see the shield going down and heard Dey gasping for air. He helped her get up and ran out with her. He felt her tensed and paralyzed.

"G-George just leave me." She said, gasping.

"No!" He answered, getting out of the dungeons.

"I-I can't h-hold it."

He stopped and turned to her. She just rested back and kept breathing fast. He rushed to her to hug her tight and felt her pushing him, making him hug tighter. He grabbed her head and kissed her, deep and when he stopped, he stayed closed, lips rubbing.

"Just think-think about every thing else. When you got here."

"George-" She begged, but he hushed her.

"When you met Harry," he smiled. "then me, of course, and Fred…when you met Luna…the moments we had, the good ones, when he pulled those pranks last week, when you went to Sirius' house with us…when we…when we had our night, away from everyone," He grinned and kissed her. "When Dumbledore saved you from getting expelled, when we played at the river and fell asleep together, again, far from all of this…think about it, Dey…"

He went down to kiss her again and he felt her breathing slower and even a small smile went on her lips.

"…Thank you" She whispered and he smiled.

His head went over hers again to keep hugging her tight, just hold her. It had been painful to watch her go trough that and now he just doesn't wanted to leave her alone. He took her to her bed and he laid beside her, holding her tight and whispered to her those moments they had together so she could forget what had happened and fall asleep, safe. It wasn't that hard to know Snape wasn't going to teach her any more occlumency and after Harry heard about it, he said it was better, but he still stuck to it, knowing their cases were different. With everything that had happened, Dey could go back to the book, part of it also thought it was time for a break and pay more attention to Harry's lessons in the DA. That was until they got caught…

"I can't do this anymore!" George snapped at the bridge while Dey looked to her hand with the scars written on her hand after their punishment. "You almost screamed!"

"But I didn't-"

"It still got to you! She must pay!"

"How, Georgie?"

"…I don't know…me and Fred planned something a few days ago…we're just tired, Dey. This is not helping us move on."

"I know, you two are a couple of free spirits."

"Exactly! Plus, I don't like it when she hurts you."

Dey just looked at him, relaxed. Not knowing what to say, she just wanted to be supportive of him. He turned to her and got closer.

"If…If me and Fred move with our plan…would you come with me?"

"…Where?"

"Out of here."

"You're planning on running out of here?"

"That's part of it…would you come with me?"

"…I'd like to, but…"

"…I know, the plate…"

"No, no! I…I even forgot about it with all of this, I just…I don't know." George just grinned, understanding.

"Think about it, at least?" She nodded, secure, before he kissed her.

That night, Dey went down to the common room and saw Fred and George, alone, whispering to each other with a suitcase of their products in front of them. Fred saw her first and he smiled before he got up. George noticed and was about to ask until he saw her and smiled.

"I'll leave you two alone." Fred said, grinning before he left and Dey took his place.

"Hey" She smiled. "What are you doing?"

"Just planning…" George said before closing the suitcase.

"…so soon?" Dey asked, with her smile fading. He looked to her and he started to feel guilty when he saw her getting sad.

"…yeah, maybe by Thursday…but…if you're not coming, I might st-" Her finger cut him off.

"No…it's ok. You can go…but…I'll stay, ok?"

"Dey, I don't want to leave you here, while you're still battling with your problem."

"I have Harry, don't worry. I can also take care of myself…I'm also staying for Harry…you might go, but Umbridge's staying." George just sighed as he nodded and looked down. "But I'll go to visit you on summer, alright?" She smiled, trying to cheer him up.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'll just ask Dumbledore if I can go with you…if your mom doesn't mind."

"Are you kidding, she loved you!" Dey let out a laugh. "I'd love to have you there too."

"Yeah, it's not sure, but I'll try my best…if I even see Dumbledore again."

"He'll show up. He always ends up saving our arses." Both chuckled.

"Well I should leave you back to planning."

"Nah, we were done…mind if I join you? These will be our last few days together in a while."

"Sure."

Dey got up first and he followed, taking his suitcase along to her room where he joined her to sleep again. This time it was quiet, but she slept first and he stayed up almost all night watching her. Her face looked so relaxed and she even smiled a few times when she dreamt. The next two days they were together, even more if it was possible. They joked and did little pranks to pass the time during the day, at night they would stay up in the common room, talking and eating sweets. When the day came, it was Friday, George couldn't do it Thursday, it was too soon, he thought.

The halls were decorated with sparks in different colors, mostly orange. Whistles and explosive sounds rang in the walls. Students mostly stood and watch everything. Dey was walking around, dodging everything that came her way with a grin and laughing. She suddenly stopped when she spotted Fred and George setting up some more of their Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-Bangs and smiled. She looked back and saw Umbridge, yelling at some kids to get back to their classes. Dey hid behind a wall and took out a banana peal, for some reason she had saved this since this morning, thinking it might be useful. Right when Umbridge passed by, she threw it in front of her and she slipped. George and Fred set off their pyrotechnics and looked to see the professor sitting up, with ranging eyes. They took a look at the good, old muggle trick and then saw Dey's head peek out of the wall before running off. Harry bumped with Harry and Ron who also were grining.

"Do you have anything to do with this?" Harry asked, kind of hoping she did, but she shook her head, proud of George.

After more chaos they all met at the great ring, Umbridge at the door, in front of George and Fred, surrounded by students. A big swing of their wands on the air made their brooms fly right over Umbridge, scaring her and making her screams. They jumped on them and flew around the great ring. Dey looked up from the bridge to catch them flying up, with a W left behind. She smiled when she heard all the cheers and claps they made before she looked down, her smile fading.

"No goodbyes?" She looked to her front to catch George, floating on his broom, with a smile.

"You did good." She grinned.

"Would have been better with your help."

"Next time, maybe." She said after tilting her head to the side.

He just grinned again before his hand went behind her head, pulling her for a kiss. As they got apart, they smiled and stayed with foreheads close.

"Oi, you!" Fred yelled, floating just a few feet above them. "I didn't go trough all that to just be caught!" Both chuckled before George kissed her again.

They shared one last smile before George floated away and took off speed to follow Fred. Dey kept watching them go into the clouds with a smile on her face. She only looked away to see the trio standing beside her, smiling. Ron was the happiest.