Chapter 8

'George, what on earth are you doing?' Ashley laughed, sitting on George's bed as he ran around his room in his boxers looking for his trousers,
'What does it look like I'm doing, you muppet?' he asked, before pulling a pair of black trousers out from under his bed, then hopping around on one foot whilst trying to pull them on
'Well, by the looks of it,' Ashley began 'It seems as if you are failing at putting on trousers'
'Oh haha' George said sarcastically
'Anyway, hurry up and put them on, Georgie' she began again 'For one, I don't necessarily want to see you in your boxers, and for two, you need to be downstairs in about 3 minutes to get things ready for Bill and Fleur'
'Don't lie, Redford, you always want to see me in my boxers' he winked, causing Ashley to roll her eyes at him, whilst blushing slightly 'And don't you need to get ready then?'
'No, I don't, the girls obviously get longer to get changed and everything...only bad part is that I need to help Fleur get 'eer wedding dress on' Ashley said, imitating her French accent towards the end of the sentence
'Ah yes, I get to see you in a pretty dress' George teased, at this point he had pulled his trousers on and was wearing his shirt, but was unable to fasten his tie 'Um...help me?'
'Ugh don't remind me about the "dress" thing' Ashley smiled, whilst getting up and walking over to George, she wrapped her arms around his neck to fix his collar,
'You need to learn how to put a tie on right, Georgie' she smiled, whilst making sure his tie was straight
'I know' he smirked, as she finished tying his tie. 'Thanks' he grinned
'No problem' Ashley smiled, as George began looking for his jacket
'I have to spend the day listening to Bill say how much he loves Fleur...kill me?
'I have to spend the entire day with Fleur telling me how to walk correctly and your sister telling me to 'not move too much' because my make up will run...I think I win'
'I'm sure you'll look fine, with or without makeup...' George said, smiling at her
'I think that's the first compliment you've ever given me, Weasley.'
'No way!' George said, before being screamed at by Fred, who was downstairs
'GEORGE! STOP FLIRTING WITH ASH AND GET DOWN HERE TO HELP!'
'SHUT IT YOU BLOODY NUTTER!' George yelled, before looking to Ashley 'Suppose I better go then, I shall see you when you look even better' he winked, then disappeared from the room

Hours Later

'Well, don't you look stunning' George said, sitting down next to Ashley, who was wearing a knee-length purple dress
'You don't exactly look terrible yourself' she smiled, before looking towards Bill and Fleur, who were currently slow dancing 'it's weird how well they go together'
'I know' George said to her, quietly 'especially considering they're nothing like each other'
'I'm not sure about that...they definitely have things in common, but not everything, which is how it's supposed to be I guess, considering "opposites attract" and all that'
'True' George agreed, giving a slight nod of his head 'Anyway, enough with the serious talk, care to dance m'lady?'
'That was serious for you?' Ashley asked, 'Good god you are immature, but in response to your question I would love to dance' she smiled, before standing up to go with George, they danced for a few songs before a slower song came on, George wrapped his arms around her waist and she placed her arms around his neck, placing her head on his chest
'So' Fred whispered to Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Ron, who were sitting at a table a few feet away from George and Ashley 'How long do y'reckon before they're together?'
'Valentines day' Harry said
'New year' Ron said, scoffing slightly, 'George can barely keep his hands off her now, never mind for 5-ish more months 'till Valentines Day'
'How wrong you are' Fred began 'I, for one, believe that it will be a bit longer...either the middle of this year or Christmas.. probably'
'I think you're all wrong' Ginny said, eyeing the two 'I think it'll be a long while...George needs to pluck up the bloody courage to tell her though'
'Agreed' Hermione said lightly 'First off George actually needs to tell her, then she needs to figure out if she feels the same way, then after that they need to consider everything and so on' Hermione said
'Hermione' Ron began, frowning slightly 'Do you just over analyse everything?'
'Yes, Ronald' Hermione sighed, the table then dispersed in different directions and spoke to other people for a few hours, before they were interrupted by Kingsley Shacklebolt's patronus
'The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming' at the last words, a flurry of people disapparated, Ashley saw Remus shove Harry towards Ron and Hermione, then the three disappeared. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm, she whipped her head around and saw a Death Eater pointing his wand at her throat, suddenly his wand flew out of his hand and he was thrown across the room, Ashley looked in the direction the spell had come from and saw that it was George, before she could say anything he grabbed her hand and pulled her into him, craning his neck down and kissing her forcefully, he pulled away and looked surprised at what he had done, then backed away from Ashley and ran off, leaving her standing there, trying to fight whilst her mind was racing with thoughts.
'HE'S NOT HERE! WE GO BACK' a voice yelled after a while, it seemed that at these words the remaining Death Eaters were gone, leaving most of the Weasleys, Ashley, Lupin and Tonks...there were still a few of the guests left, but not many. Fleur was crying whilst Bill was comforting her, Fred was trying to hold Ginny up, as she looked as if she was going to feint. Remus and Tonks spoke a few words to Bill and Fleur, then Mr and Mrs Weasley. Remus then walked towards Ashley,
'Are you alright?' he asked
'Yeah, I'm fine...I suppose, although almost being killed by a Death Eater sucked'
'Well, I saw George save you there, and what occurred afterwards' he smiled 'Care to tell?'
'Ugh, it's a long story that I'm not quite sure of myself'
'Well, then I suppose you'll have to tell me another time' he smiled, before saying goodbye to everyone before disappearing with Tonks. After that everyone walked back to the Burrow other than Fred and Ashley, she turned to look around for George, before noticing him sitting in a chair in the corner of the room, drinking what looked like Firewhiskey, she walked over and pulled him off his chair, taking the bottle off him, then leaning forwards and hugging him
'Come on, we should go back' Ashley said, pulling away 'Bill, Fleur, Charlie, Ginny and your mum and dad have already gone back.'
'Where's Fred?' George asked,
'There' Ashley said, pointing towards the twin that was walking towards them
'Hello, brother dearest' Fred said,'Sorry to interrupt you two when you were looking so in love and all, but I figured you'd need to come back'
'Oh shut up' George said, the three then walked back to the house, once they got back the three sat in the twins room for a while before Fred spoke up
'Sorry to ruin the 'happy' mood and everything, but where do you think Potter, Granger and Ronniekins have gone?'
'Wherever they thought of' Ashley said quietly
'What happens if they don't come back?' George asked
'They're definitely coming back, mate' Fred said, matter-of-factly
'Yeah, they've got Hermione with them, she always has a plan' Ashley said, smiling at George
'Hopefully' George said

-oOo-

Ashley woke up panting, she ran her fingers through her hair and sighed, then frowned when she noticed the bed was empty, she slowly got out of bed and padded towards the main room, where she saw a figure sitting on the sofa
'George?' she whispered, the figure moved their head a fraction towards where Ashley was, then began to stare forwards again Now I'm even imagining her voice George thought, then put his head in his hands. 'George' Ashley said louder, before walking over to him 'Don't be so ignorant' she added, then slouched down next to him 'What's wrong?'
'Just...thinking' he replied
'About?'
'Fred, mostly' George replied, Ashley leant on his shoulder
'What about him?'
'Erm, memories...I guess'
'What memories?'
'The one where me and Fred turned Rons teddy bear into a spider...think we may have scarred him for life' George said, then smiled 'And when Fred almost got him to make an unbreakable vow'
'When he was 5?' Ashley smiled
'Oh yeah, you were there' George smiled, wrapping his arm around her shoulder 'That seems like an age ago' he sighed
'Well, it was 12 years ago'
'Bloody hell...we were what, 7?'
'I'm guessing so.' Ashley said 'We've known each other for ages'
'We really have' George said, then rested his head on the top of hers 'Anyway, how come you're awake?'
'Nightmare' Ashley replied 'Well, sort of a nightmare...'
'What was it?'
'Bill and Fleur's wedding, when the Death Eaters came and Harry, Ron and Hermione disappeared for months'
'Oh' George said, 'Well, they're safe now'
'Obviously.' Ashley said 'But it's still scary'
'I know, Ash' George sighed 'But after a while you can forget about it'
'I don't think I'll ever forget about it, George...I mean, I know I'll probably forget about the Death Eaters, but I'll never forget the battle. Never.'
'No one will.' George said, and the two sat together for a while, Ashley felt George's head falling back against the sofa, then placed her head on his shoulder, tucked her legs up to her side and closed her eyes.

Okay, so again, the Italics is kinda like a dream/flashback type thing. I'm not sure how many more there is, but they take up quite a lot of space when i can't think of anything to write. Although technically I don't think anything in this chapter is of major importance, I guess it's a filler chapter.

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