Chapter 22 :

A/N : Sorry for the long wait, it's not the best chapter, another one should be up soonish, anyways, there's my usual rambling at the end of the chapter. ENJOY!

Nora woke up the next morning feeling a strong arm around her waist. She smiled at Fred's sleeping figure, he looked calm and peaceful.

"Watching me sleep are you?" Fred asked waking her from her daydream.

"Maybe I was." Nora grinned as he pulled her closer to him and kissed her softly. She sighed into the kiss before pulling away.

"Not to ruin the moment but I might need to go. I've got to sneak in before everyone wakes up." Nora said sadly.

"It's only seven. Do you really need to go?" He asked looking at her with sad eyes and trying to mask his grin.

"Don't give me that look!" She laughed. "I don't want to go but I have to." She added brushing a strand of hair from his eyes.

"Alright then." Fred said but he did not loosen his grip on her.

"You know you've got to let go so I can get up." Nora grinned.

"One more minute." He smiled pulling her to his chest and stroking her arm softly.

"One more minute." She chuckled snuggling into his chest.

Nora sneaked into the window of the bedroom she shared with her sister and was glad to see that she was still sleeping. She quickly took a shower before everyone got up and put on a yellow sundress before heading downstairs to find Sirius with a cup of coffee while Adeline and Ella were drawing pictures at the table.

"Morning." Sirius said as Nora poured herself a cup of coffee.

"Good morning. Mum isn't up yet?" Nora asked as her youngest sisters waved at her before going back to their drawings.

"No, I heard these two get up and I thought I'd let her sleep in." He said shrugging his shoulders.

"Your room is on the second floor. How did you hear them before she did?" Nora asked raising an eyebrow.

"I was already up. I couldn't sleep much. How did your sneaking out go?" He asked clearly changing the subject.

"Very well. I didn't even wake Nat up when I came back." She said with a hint of pride.

"Not bad. Your mother always used to knock stuff over and wake everyone else in the dorm." He laughed.

"I'm not surprised. What do you have there?" She asked looking at what seemed to be a picture album.

"Oh I found it yesterday. They're pictures from back when we were at Hogwarts."

"Now this I have to see." Nora smiled as Sirius placed the album between both of them. Nora stared at a group of teenagers around her age all laughing and waving at the camera. "Is that Mum?" Nora asked pointing to a young blond girl. Sirius nodded. "Who are the others? She never talks much about Hogwarts."

"Well the handsome young man there would be me." He teased. "That's Peter." He said with disdain. "There's Remus reading a book as always, that's James." He sighed pointing at a boy with dark hair and glasses.

"Harry's father? Were you close?" Nora asked.

"Yeah. He was my best mate. And there's Harry's mother Lily with your mum. They were always together. " He smiled. "The girl trying to get Lupin away from his book is Marlene McKinnon. They got together a few months after this picture was taken." He added looking sadly at the picture.

"What happened to her? " Nora asked.

"Voldemort murdered her entire family." Sirius said sadly.

"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Nora said.

"I'm sorry you didn't get to meet all of them." He said nostalgically. "Well there's Julianne Stevens well Diggory now." He said pointing to a woman with brown hair and piercing blue eyes. "As I understand you dated her son." Sirius said with a grin.

"I did. She's changed a lot." Nora smiled.

"We all did. And finally the last one of your mother's group, Mary MacDonald. She moved to the states a month after I was put in Azkaban. She couldn't stay here. Not after everything."

"I understand." Nora smiled as she turned the page to find more pictures of the five girls together, quite a few of her mother and Lily laughing or smiling and some of the boys goofing around. The picture at the bottom of the page caught her eye. Sirius and Brooke were dancing and laughing. They seemed extremely happy. Sirius followed her gaze and smiled nostalgically at the picture.

"That was at the Christmas ball in our seventh year."

"You both seem so happy and in love." Nora smiled.

"We were." He answered simply.

"Did you ever stop loving her? I mean after she got married and after you went to Azkaban?" Nora asked bluntly.

"Well..No." He said passing his hand through his hair.

"Have you ever thought about getting back together?" She said with a grin.

"I'm not sure about that." Sirius laughed. "She's been though a lot and it's all very complicated."

"Well, for what it's worth, she lights up around you. Kind of like in this picture. I didn't know if she'd ever be happy after John. Everyone took it really hard. But she's happy again. She smiles and sings when she cooks and she laughs at our stupid jokes. She stopped doing all of that when it happened. It's like having our mother back so thank you for that. And all we want is for her to be happy." Nora said with a smile.

"You really are a lot like your mother." He laughed. "We'll see how things go." He added with a wink as Brooke came into the kitchen.

"Good morning. What were you two talking about?" She asked as she went to see her youngest daughters.

"Oh nothing." Nora and Sirius answered with matching grins.

A week later Nora was woken up extremely early. She grinned excitedly thinking about the Quidditch world cup they would be attending that day. She looked across the room to see her sister's empty bed; she had left a few days ago to spend some time with her boyfriend Oliver. She jumped out of her bed and went to her closet to get a pair of jeans, a cream blouse and a long navy cardigan. After applying a light coat of mascara and making a fishtail braid with her hair, Nora went to wake Aveline up before heading downstairs to find her mother who was already up.

"Morning!" Nora grinned.

"Good morning Nora. Is Ava awake?" Her mother smiled.

"Yep, she'll be down in a minute. What about the others?" Nora asked.

"Well Niko is going with the Averys and they'll be leaving later, Nat is already with Oliver, Neil is with the Corners and Megg is meeting up Arthur in an hour. I would have sent you two as well but I didn't want Arthur to have too much work." She said kindly.

"It's fine, we don't mind going with the Diggorys." Nora said as Aveline yawned while entering the kitchen.

"Morning Ava!" Nora laughed.

"Morning. It's early. Very early." She grumbled.

"That it is!" Brooke smiled.

Fifteen minutes later Nora and a slightly more awake Aveline were in the living room with their bags. Nora's mother was making sure they had not forgotten anything while Sirius was teasing her about being overly protective.

"Alright then, I'll see you girls soon. Have fun both of you." Brooke said with a smile.

"I wish I could go. Have fun girls." Sirius said with his trademark grin.

"We will!" Nora said as she stepped into the fire. The usual feeling of Floo powder took her over before she landed rather ungracefully in the Diggory's kitchen.

"Very graceful Nora." Cedric said with a smile as he helped her up. Julianne and Amos laughed from the kitchen table where they were finishing their breakfast.

"Always." She laughed as Aveline appeared in the fire.

"Morning!" Aveline said cheerfully. "What did I miss?" She asked noticing everyone was laughing.

"Nora's graceful entrance." Julianne smiled.

"Are we all ready to go?" Amos asked a while later.

"Of course!" They all grinned.

"Quidditch world cup here we come." Aveline laughed.

"How long are we walking for?" Nora asked as they headed outside.

"About an hour or so." Amos said. "You should have trouble with that after all the Quidditch training. Do you play Quidditch Aveline?"

Nora snorted and Cedric grinned both knowing that Aveline was not a sporty person.

"I'd rather stay in the stand and cheer Gryffindor on." Aveline said glaring playfully at Nora and Cedric.

"Oh, alright. But Ced, you beat Gryffindor that time." Amos said proudly.

"Their seeker fainted Dad." Cedric said passing his hand through his hair.

"Well Potter fainted and you didn't!" Amos insisted patting Cedric on the back.

"He was attacked by dementors!" Aveline said.

"Don't bother." Nora whispered as the teenagers stayed behind a bit.

"Sorry about that." Cedric said looking at his feet.

"Don't worry, your dad has always been very proud of you." Nora grinned.

"Yeah, I guess we can forgive you." Aveline teased.

"Thanks." He laughed.

"You're very welcome. He's always been really intense. I guess that's what happens when you're an only child. When you're as many kids as we are parents stop being that intense." She laughed.

"I guess. Do you have siblings? You've never mentionned it." Cedric asked Aveline.

"I do...Sadly. A sister. Leighanne, she's 24 and she's the family's pride and joy." Aveline rolled her eyes.

"She has issues with her sister." Nora laughed.

"You try being compared to the same bloody person your entire life." She said.

"I'm a triplet. I know the feeling." Nora laughed.

"I see the issues now. Why is she so perfect?" Cedric laughed.

"She's always had the best grades and she has the perfect fiancé and she's the perfect little socialite." Aveline rolled her eyes.

"Sorry I asked." He laughed as they kept talking during the rather long walk.

"Ced? Would you climb in the tree to see if you can spot Arthur and his kids?" Amos asked.

"Sure." Cedric said as Nora and Aveline nudged him and laughed.

A minute later, the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione and Megg came into view.

"You can come down Ced, there's here!" Nora shouted.

"Alright!" He answered before jumping down dangerously close to Nora who completely lost her balance. Cedric attempted to catch her but ended up falling over as well.

"Still falling for me?" Nora teased as they got up.

"Always." Cedric laughed while passing his hand though his hair.

"Arthur! It's about time!" Amos said kind-heartedly.

"Sorry Amos, some of us had a bit of a sleepy start." Arthur answered as Ron yawned.

"Are they all yours? Well of course Megg isn't." Amos smiled.

"The redheads are. This is Hermione, a friend of Ron and Megg's and this is Harry."

"Great pleasure." Amos said shaking Harry's hand as Nora and Aveline made her way to the twins who looked half asleep.

"Morning!" Nora grinned as she pecked Fred on the cheek.

"It's far too early to be up." Fred said but he already seemed to be more awake.

"We were up an hour before so no complaining!" Aveline said.

"If he stops talking about how we lost the Quidditch game I won't complain." George said glaring at Amos.

"Shouldn't we get going?" Nora asked trying to change the subject.

"She's quite right." Amos said looking at his watch. "You really lost a good one there Ced." He added patting Cedric on the shoulder.

"I'm very glad he did." Fred whispered in Nora's ear as she nudged him and laughed.

Cedric went up first to find the portkey while Nora, Fred, Aveline and George were close behind. The others were a bit slower but were coming up the hill. Cedric seemed exasperated by his father's behavior.

"Are you alright?" Nora asked as they reached the top of the hill.

"Why wouldn't I be? He's always been this way, it's nothing new." Cedric said with a light smile.

Everyone made their way up and they all positioned themselves around the portkey to make sure they were all touching the boot.

"On three everybody." Arthur said. "One, two, three!"

A/N : I AM SO SO SO SO SORRY! Once more, I've been incredibly slow...59 days, it has to be a reccord... I'm really sorry! I've been incredibly busy and things have been changing quite a bit for me. I am now an aunt to the most adorable baby girl. It's incredible but quite weird as well. So I've been spending loads of time with my twin and her daughter. And... I'm engaged! After saying no twice I finally stopped being an idiot and said yes! I know you probably don't care much but I'm very excited seeing as I love pretty much everything that has to do with weddings. I could talk about dresses and flowers for weeks...especially dresses! ...Anyways! Sorry for the rambling, it's always there :P I should update more often, in about a week or 10 days. And I'm serious this time :) Sorry for the typos, I went over the chapter really quickly to get it up today. I hope you still enjoy this story. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed it means the world to me. If you have a minute, leave a comment, negative or positive, or a question or anything, I'll be happy to read them! There are still links to see what the characters look like on my profile so tell me if you like them...And I think that's pretty much it. I love you all and thank you so much for still reading my story! Xoxo.

To 12141998 : Sorry for the wait! And thanks, we had a wonderful time. I hope you keep enjoying the story!

To Cheerfully Blue : Thank you so much, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

To Dalonega Noquisi : Thanks, I'm glad you noticed. I'm the same it took me over 6 months, probably closer to 9 to tell my boyfriend that I loved him. And I'm really happy you liked the story and I hope you keep enjoying it, I love writting for Fred and Nora. I find them adorable as well.

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