Here's the next part and I got it up before the in Laws come to stay. Or I'm sure you would have been waiting until well after the weekend.
I hope you are all still enjoying the fic. Just another part of building and fleshing things out a little. With what I hope is a bit of humour for you all in the first part of this chapter.
I don't own any of the characters, they belong to JKR.
Harry and George flooed back to Grimald Place to find only Kreacher in the kitchen. Dusting themselves off George looked at Harry, smirked with a slight fake shiver as well.
"I think I'm glad Angelina's no longer playing for the Harpies. Not too sure about feeding my baby sister to their captain though."
Harry nodded pleased he didn't have to worry about it just yet. It was Ginny's dream and she could handle herself. "Well it's not me, that much I'm glad about, I suppose you have to be tough to lead a team professionally." He wondered out loud.
"Ha, that wasn't tough that was cold and mean. Ange has just lost her dream of playing professionally and all that woman wanted was the name of someone who could replace her." George spat back, then shock his head. "I reckon Oliver and Ange were a dream to play under compared to her." George finished with another shiver. "Even though her comment about wanting you to be a girl so you could play seeker did amuse me. In fact I think it will amuse me for the rest of the day."
Harry raised his eyebrows. "Do you want to go back and see Ange again tonight?"
George glared and then grinned. "Yeah I do. Sorry I won't tell everyone one you should be turned into a eunuch so you can play for the harpies." He finished walking out the kitchen leaving Harry to shiver at the thought.
Harry turned to look at Kreacher standing on a stool and stirring a pot. "Can I help with anything?"
Kreacher half bowed to Harry. "No. Mrs Weasley has helped. The roast is in the oven and I am just making the soup for starters."
Harry nodded. "It's not too much for you is it? Everyone here?" He asked. "You can be honest."
Kreacher shrugged his shoulders. "It's busy. But everyone helps out. Kreacher isn't used to being helped."
Harry nodded. "I'm glad you aren't being taken for granted. Are you sure there is nothing I can help you with for dinner?"
"No, we have it under control. Audrey is heading down to help us as well." Molly answered before Kreacher could say anything as she bustled into the kitchen giving Harry a smile.
Harry just nodded thinking that he would like to go and find Ginny anyway, and Ron and Hermione. The thought that they were leaving for Australia the next day at the fore front of his mind, it was going to be strange not to have them around all the time.
He headed up the stairs to the landing, passing Audrey on the way and hearing Charlie, Bill and Percy playing a card game in the dining room. Glancing into the room he saw Fleur in there as well reading a book. There seemed to be an air of relaxation over the family now that the last service was over. Not jovial but calm.
Heading on up the stairs he glanced into the living room only to see Arthur reading a book, seeing the title 'Muggles and Electrical Magic. Communication through metal wire.' Harry couldn't help but smile. He wondered how amusing it would be to read after growing up in the muggle world.
The door was shut to Ginny and Hermione's room when he passed it. Remembering Ginny had said she planned on having a nap and it had only been just over an hour since he saw her, he sighed and just heading up the last flight to the room he and Ron were staying in.
He didn't even think about that door being shut and opened the door thinking he might catch a nap himself only to be confronted by a topless Hermione and Ron, who hadn't even noticed the door open they were so engrossed in trying to swallow each other's tongues.
Harry just about gagged, finding it hard to pull his eyes away. But soon did, and turned to close the door as quietly as he could when Hermione noticed him and squealed pushing Ron off and covering her chest with her discarded shirt. Harry cringed.
"You could have knocked." Hermione moaned turning red.
Ron who was still composing himself from where he had landed on the floor shot Harry a death look, then glanced at Hermione. "Out." He yelled at Harry. Pulling himself to stand up and cover Hermione from Harry's view. "Just what the hell do you think you were doing?" He muttered angrily.
Harry who was looking at the floor glanced up again and felt sick. "I just…..thought I would have a lie down." He knew he must be as red at Ron was currently turning. "You could have locked the door."
Ron just glared at Harry. "Would you just leave, Now!"
Harry nodded stepping out muttering to himself. "Yeah, not like it's my house, my room." Then a realization hit him. "And my bloody bed." He finished a little louder.
He heard Hermione groan again. "Sorry Harry." She called out.
"What are you apologizing for? He just saw you're tits." Harry heard Ron complain. "I've a good mind to deck him."
"You have to admit we did get a little carried away. It wasn't wise with a house load of family." Hermione tried to reason.
Harry just walked back down the stairs wondering where to hide now, as he moved away from hearing anymore of their conversation. Harry racked his brains, there was no way he could face any of the wider family without composing himself. Hell now he thought it was good Hermione and Ron were leaving tomorrow. He didn't know how he would ever look them straight in the face again.
"Harry. In here." He heard and turning saw Ginny leaning out of her room. She looked at his face. "So I did hear right, you just saw something scary between those two?" She asked with an amused smile.
"I don't want to talk about it I don't want to think about it." Harry almost shook as the image popped up in his brain again. He sat down on Ginny's bed. "How good are you at Obliviate?" He asked looking up at her with a pleading look in his eyes.
Ginny just laughed out loud at the question. "It might be a good lesson to all of us. To lock and charm the room we choose to make out in. They weren't actually….were they?"
Harry groaned. "Thank goodness no." He shivered. "Topless was bad enough."
Ginny sat next to Harry and shivered herself. Then catching Harry's eye they both couldn't help but laugh.
It wasn't too long till Harry had to face Hermione and Ron though as they all headed down for dinner. Hermione blushed on seeing Harry and he knew his cheeks would be matching hers. Ron just glared at him again.
Hermione then seemed to pull herself together. "We're sorry Harry, we….." She glanced at Ron. "Well I guess we lost track of time and when you would be back."
Harry just shook his head, once again trying to push down the images of earlier. "I should have knocked….. I should have thought… well I just haven't had to think before about entering a room you two are in. Sorry."
Harry looked up at Ron to see if he was still pissed at him. Ron just half glared back. "Well things are slightly different now, we're adults and we're together." Ron then looked at Ginny standing behind Harry at the door to the room she shared with Hermione. "Just remember, that she's still underage." He finished with half a warning.
"Ron." Ginny yelled.
"Well you're my little sister, you're not supposed to…." He argued with her.
"Not helping, not helping." Hermione growled at Ron.
Harry just caught Ron's eye. "Yeah, because I just loved what you were doing to the person I think of as my sister earlier."
Ron glared then seemed to take in Harry's words. "Alright, maybe this is just something we should never talk about again."
"That's fine with me, I don't even want to think about it again." Harry answered. Then noticed Ginny and Hermione smiling at each other, he got the distinct feeling that this was something they were going to talk about later, and he really didn't want to know.
"Hey, Ron wake up and pass the carrots would you?" Bill called out across the dinner table to Ron who had hardly looked up from his food all dinner.
Ron just obeyed and shot Bill a dirty look as he did.
"What's up your pants?" Charlie asked looking at Ron. "I thought you would be excited about going to the other side of the world tomorrow. I would love to go down there and see the Antipodean Opaleye."
"Nothing." Ron mumbled looking back at his plate.
"Are you going to miss us?" George mocked. "It's going to be hard I know."
"Do you ever think about anything else but Dragon's?" Audrey asked Charlie from where she was sitting.
Bill shook his head. "Not since he gave up Quidditch and girls for them no."
It was hard for Harry not to notice the pained look Charlie shot Bill, but it only lasted a second.
"Oh, that's right Mum, Ange is coming here when she's released tomorrow. She needs looking after, and her parents are needed back at the ministry." George added to the conversation casually.
Molly and Arthur both stopped eating at once. Looking at each other, then back at George as if they were trying to work out weather this was one of his jokes.
Bill whistled at George's remark. While Percy looked confused and so did Charlie.
"Oh, how swzt." Fleur remarked. Harry was starting to think she was a complete romantic.
Molly sighed. "George we don't really have the room. Unless Harry doesn't mind sharing with Charlie when Ron's gone, she will need her rest, so Ginny's nightmares won't do at all."
Percy was just staring at George. "Do you think this is going to help? Having her here, I mean it's probably good for her to be around Fred's family but can you cope with that?" The concern in Percy's voice was so genuine it took Harry by surprised. It wasn't a side of Percy he was used too.
Charlie joined in then as well. "Perce has got a point. It's not easy seeing someone you love with somebody else, but to help them grieve. You told us the other night you couldn't do it. Don't let her brush with death put you through hell your almost there anyway with your own grief."
George shrugged his shoulders. "Turns out I was wrong. Fred was shagging Alicia and Angelina's in love with me." He looked down at his food again as if the news of his new relationship was nothing that important to his family shoving another mouthful in he looked up at his mother. "Oh, and she can share my room. That way I can look after her better."
Harry almost laughed, while the rest of the table burst into a what, when and how did that happen.
Molly just stared at George speechless for almost a full minute before the lecture started. "George Weasley. You will watch your language at the dinner table. You will not just announce someone of the opposite sex is staying in your room, and you will ask your Father and I before you offer a room to someone. Really George we're under protection from the ministry." She stopped to take a breath.
George just rolled his eyes, the rest of the table quiet now. "We're staying at Harry's house Mum and I was a good boy and asked him."
Molly just sighed, and Harry could almost see the other part of what George had announced hit her. Her eyes welled again, and the tears started to flow. "Oh, that poor Alicia, no wonder she looked so bad today and yesterday. You should have told us. She should have been with the family yesterday." She accused George again.
Ginny leaned across the table and took her mother's hand. "None of us knew. George knew there was someone, but he thought it was Angelina."
Hermione nodded her head. "Katie told us just before the service yesterday. Alicia didn't want you to know. She didn't feel up to it. I think they had to drag her there actually."
George nodded looking a bit sad. "I didn't even know until after the service. But your right, Harry and I were saying after the memorial today you should know."
Molly nodded clearly trying to pull herself together. While Arthur shook his head. "It's not an easy time on any of us. I wish we had known though." He added thoughtfully.
Looking at Molly and Arthur Harry was sure they had aged at least ten years in a last week, the strain of everything piling up on them.
Dinner was quiet for a while after that. George half ignoring the few questions Bill and Percy tired to ask him. Lying that he had gotten 10 min's alone with Angelina today and they sorted everything out then. Harry knew George wasn't about to admit he had snuck out last night and was planning on repeating the performance in a couple of hours.
Molly seemed to pull herself together, and started talking about getting to know Alicia better. Looking at George about 20 minutes later as they were eating desert she half smiled. "Don't get me wrong, I am happy for you and Angelina. Just don't hurt the poor girl she's been in love with you for years."
George looked at his mother amazed. "How did you know that?"
Molly rolled her eyes at him. "I'm a mother George I can see which one of my twins lit up her face on Platform Nine and Three Quarters every year. I could just never understand why you didn't make a move when you realised your feelings for her."
"Stupidity clearly." George answered back. "And the fact you and Fred knew I stood a chance and never thought to tell me?" He shook his head like his mother was slightly crazy.
Harry felt Molly's eyes fall onto him and Ginny and then Ron and Hermione. "Sometimes a mother just knows. But she can't interfere. You kids need to work these things out for yourselves." She then glanced over at Charlie. "It's about time you found someone to settle down with. Anyone in Romania you want to tell us about?"
Charlie groaned and pushed his Chocolate-Self Saucing pudding with ice-cream away. "Great not only am I under lock and key surrounded by couples. Now you're going to interfere in my love life Mum?" He questioned narrowing his eyes at her.
"I'm not trying to interfere. It's just been years since I've seen you happy." She defended herself. "I know it was hard after you finished school, but…."
"Molly dear, I don't think this is the time." Arthur added looking at Charlie's face which was turning a shade of red which Harry couldn't tell if it was anger or embarrassment. "This really isn't the best place to have this conversation."
Charlie looked down at his plate then glanced up at Bill like he was pleading for help.
Bill looked back a little confused. "It has been along time." Bill added. "I know you were hurt, but well it's not like…"
Charlie stood and threw his napkin on the table. "What, it's not like I still felt the same? She's dead…." He took a deep breath steadying himself with his hands on the table. While Harry looked to Ron and Ginny to see if they knew what was going on. Ginny just shook her head as if she was just as confused. Charlie caught his breath then glared at Molly. "Are you happy now? I'm grieving over her, even if she was married, even if she had a son. I loved her. I know she didn't feel the same, but well that never changed how I felt." He turned and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
Bill whispered something in Fleur's ear then stood and followed Charlie out the door.
Molly looked slightly stunned, while Arthur shook his head. "He's always bottled things up that boy." Arthur mumbled to himself.
Molly sniffed again, looking like she was about to cry once more. "Oh, I should have known. I didn't even think to ask, it's been 7 years, but…stupid, stupid." Before she also stood and left the room, quickly followed by Arthur.
Everyone left at the table looked at each other, George and Ron turning to Percy. "Do you know who he was on about?" Ron asked. "I always wondered if he was…..you know….gay?"
"Ron." Ginny exclaimed.
"Knew he wasn't that at least." George threw a strawberry from his plate at Ron.
Percy sighed. "I'm not sure. I vaguely remember something about him wanting that Hufflepuff Metamorphmagus chick to go with him to Romania. She became and Auror didn't she?" He half questioned himself.
"Tonks?" Ginny half cried out. "Oh, poor Charlie."
"I always thought they were only friends?" George asked. "I mean they always hung out, but…"
"I guess it was a lot more than that at one point, well at least on Charlie's side, how horrible for him especially with her and Remus around all of the time over the last few years." Hermione added. "It's tragic."
Just thought I needed to give Charlie a bit more of a back story, I'm a little tempted to match him up with someone in this fic, but then he never got married according to JKR and maybe I should follow that, But it seems sad to me.
I hope you enjoyed it, please review so I know what you think.
Hopefulled.