Chapter 10
The next few days at the Burrow seemed tense, none of the Weasley's knew what exactly had happened between George and Ashley that day, but they all knew it mustn't have been anything good. George had returned to his previous state of staying in his room every day and Ashley had been disappearing to the Orchard at least twice every day. On one of Ashley's visits to the Orchard, Bill, Charlie, Ron, Ginny, Harry and Hermione were sitting at the table and began to discuss the current situation,
'We need to figure out what happened' Ron said
'For once, I agree with Ronald' Hermione added
'I don't understand what happened exactly' Harry said, glancing at the Weasley's 'And by the looks on your faces none of you do either'
'I remember Ashley walked past me after her and George had been in the kitchen, she looked really upset, I was going to ask her what was wrong but before I could she was halfway to the Orchard, so I left it' Bill said 'Then a few minutes later George came out of the kitchen, I saw him ask Ginny something and he bolted off to the Orchard'
'He asked me where Ashley had gone' Ginny said, 'He looked really weird'
'Well, whatever's wrong we need to fix it' Charlie said 'He started getting better when Ash got here, now he's going backwards again'
'One of them needs to apologise' Ron said 'But something tells me it won't be Ash who apologises first'
'I could try and figure out what George said?' Ginny piped in, 'I'm sure she'd tell me, and then we can figure out who actually NEEDS to apologise'
'That's quite smart, little sister' Bill said, punching his sister on the arm slightly
'There's one problem' Hermione began 'How exactly are you going to ask her? I mean, whenever she's not at the Orchard she's asleep...'
'That could be a problem...' Ginny began
'You could just go with her' Harry said
'She gets up at like 6 in the morning' Charlie said 'I've heard her leave a couple of times'
'Then she gets back at about 12' Harry added
'And that's just to eat' Ron said 'As soon as she's eaten, she's gone again'
'There must be something in the Orchard' Bill said 'Why else would she keep going there?'
'Maybe she's hiding Diggory in there' Ginny joked
'...wait a second' Harry began 'George was fine, up until Cedric got here'
'You don't think..? No...it can't be' Hermione said
'I have no idea what you're on about' Ron said, then nudged Charlie and said quietly 'Do you have any idea?' to which Charlie looked at his youngest brother, shook his head and was about to explain before Ginny began talking,
'George is jealous that Ashley was talking to Cedric!' Ginny burst out 'That has to be the only explanation as to why he was fine until they got here! George must think that Ashley fancies Cedric! And, obviously, George loves Ashley!'
'That still doesn't explain why Ashley ran off though' Bill said
'George flipped out at her' Hermione said 'I think I heard the end of their conversation, I just wasn't sure what to make of it'
'What did he say?' Ron asked
'All I heard was "And on the previous point, I'm completely fed up of you never listening to a word I have to say, Just stop acting so much like you all the time and maybe think about someone other than yourself", a few of the words might have been different though' Hermione said
'He's a moron' Bill said
'Complete and utter idiot' Charlie agreed
'I'm going to murder him' Ginny said, making a movement to stand up before she was pulled back down by Harry
'I don't think murdering your brother will help the situation much, love'
'But-' Ginny began, then groaned 'fine'
'So, George is the one who needs to apologise' Ron said
'But how do we get him out of his room?' Charlie asked
'Now that's a good question' Ron said
-oOo-
'Ashley. You realise people are going to start asking questions about you disappearing to the Orchard twice a day?' Fred asked
'Well I don't care' Ashley said 'They keep asking me about what's happened and I just don't want to tell them'
'Why not?'
'I don't know...it's just, I know they'll moan to George about it, and he can't deal with anymore right now'
'Do you really think he's dealing well with losing his brother and his best friend?' Fred asked
'Don't do that!' Ashley began 'I already feel guilty for ignoring him'
'Then talk to him!'
'But he was a jerk! He hasn't even apologised properly, or said anything nice to me!'
'He's male' Fred began 'Sorry to inform you, but that's what we do...we piss you off and then usually won't apologise'
'Well then how often do you apologise?'
'It depends'
'On?'
'1 – The Girl. 2 – The Situation. 3 – Hotness of aforementioned girl.'
'Seriously? You base your apology on how she looks?!'
'Well, I personally did' Fred joked 'just give it time, Ash. My brother will eventually see sense and apologise'
'He better.' Ashley said 'I miss him'
'Well then maybe you should consider apologising'
'What have I done wrong?!'
'Well...nothing'
'Exactly'
'Just tell him you miss him then?'
'But then I'll look stupid' Ashley said, looking at the ground
'You won't look stupid.' Fred began, causing her to look up and raise her eyebrows at him 'I promise' he ended.
'Well, you better be bloody right'
'You're going to tell him?'
'Yes, I suppose I am' Ashley said, then stood up 'If it goes wrong I'll be back her soon to kill your ghost self' she smiled, then began to walk back.
-oOo-
'Stupid. Stupid. Stupid' George Weasley said to himself whilst pacing in his room, 'Why did I have to say that to her? Why?!' he continued, before plonking himself down on his bed and putting his head in his hands. Images of Ashley's reaction to what he said continued to replay in his mind, he began to feel the worrying feeling he had felt once he knew Ashley had gone somewhere by herself in the middle of the night. Suddenly, images of Cedric Diggory and Ashley talking began appearing in his mind, he quickly stood up from his bed and began pacing again. The images began to get worse, he saw her marrying Cedric, then the two of them with children. He couldn't take it anymore, he turned towards the wall and punched it over and over again until his knuckles began to bleed, he didn't even notice that somebody had walked into his room
'George!' the voice yelled even louder, before the person grabbed his hands 'Stop!', George looked to see who it was and saw Ashley 'Why were you punching the wall?!' she asked, before looking at his knuckles 'you're bleeding!'
'I don't know why I did it' he said quietly, then looked down at his hands, which were now in Ashley's. In a quick motion he had wrapped his arms around Ashley in a hug, which she seemed to return
'I missed you' George said
'I missed you too', she said.
Well, I made George a bit of a drama queen, but why not, it is a drama after alllll.
(This is why i said it would be OOC, cause I don't think I've portrayed(i think that's the wrong word...idk) George correctly at all, i think I've changed him)
anyway, please please review! Siriusly!