Chapter 11

'So' Ginny began, whilst walking down the corridor to George's room, 'I'll tell George mum wants to speak to him and that she went to the Orchard, I'll walk him there, then Ashley will be there and we'll make him apologise?'
'Sounds about right' Ron said 'And then me, Bill, Charlie, Harry and Hermione will be in the Orchard in case he walks off?'
'Yes' Hermione said 'Although it's rather pointless really, George can probably run faster than all of you'
'Except Charlie' Bill said
'I've always been able to run faster than George' Charlie said 'So I'll catch him even if you lot don't'
'Considering you train Dragons I should bloody hope so' Ron muttered
'and then what?' Harry asked, ignoring Ron's comment 'I doubt we'll be able to force him to apologise'
'We can and we will' Ginny said, 'now you lot go and find Ashley and I'll get George'
'Fine' the males all groaned, whilst Hermione rolled her eyes and walked off, the boys slowly following after her. Once Ginny was sure they were gone she knocked on George's bedroom door
'George?' she began 'Can I come in?', there was no reply, so after a few seconds Ginny opened his bedroom door and saw that he was asleep on his bed facing the door, Ginny noticed that he had his arms wrapped around a girl that was lying in front of him, the girl had brown-ish hair.
'Ashley' Ginny sighed lightly then turned on her heel and walked off, closing the door behind her 'Oi!' she yelled, hoping that they would all hear her 'The plans cancelled!'
'What? Why?' Ron asked, appearing from the kitchen and walking to where Ginny was, shortly followed by Hermione and Harry
'Yeah, Gin, how come?' Bill asked, coming from the backyard with Charlie
'Because Ashley is in bed with George' Ginny said
'What...like...asleep? or...?' Ron asked
'She's asleep, pervert' Ginny said, then smiled 'So I guess we don't have to do anything'
'Yet' Charlie said
'Yeah, Diggory's probably coming over again soon' Ron said
'I can't imagine George being pleased with that, can you?' Bill said
'Well, until then we have nothing to worry about' Harry said
'And if we just keep George out of the way of Cedric, then we should be alright' Ginny said
'I think the problem is keeping Ashley out of the way of Cedric' Ron said
'We can't tell her who she can talk to and who she can't' Hermione began 'It would be a whole lot easier if George would just tell Ashley how he felt, at least then he won't freak out when she talks to Cedric'
'So, wait, now we have to figure out a plan to get George to tell Ashley?' Ginny asked
'I think that's what she meant...' Ron said, looking confused
'That's exactly what she meant' Bill said
'But, how do we do that?' Charlie asked
'We can't' Hermione said 'We can't force him to tell her, he needs to himself.'
'But that could take aaaaaaages' Ron whined, interrupting Hermione
'Oh shut up, Ronald!' Hermione began
'sorry' he muttered, causing Bill, Charlie and Harry to scoff
'As I was saying' Hermione said sharply 'If one of us "pretends" to find out that he likes Ashley, then that person can convince him that she'll feel the same way and he'll tell her'
'So, which of us will find out?' Charlie asked
'Well, it won't be me or Harry' Hermione said 'We're not exactly close enough to him'
'So it's either me, my older brother, my idiotic little brother or my hyperactive, crazy little sister?' Charlie said
'Well, yes' Hermione said
'It can't be me' Bill said 'I need to go back to work and Fleur's starting to freak out over the pregnancy thing'
'So either Charlie, Ron or Ginny?' Harry said
'I think it should be me' Ginny said 'For one, I'm a girl, so I pick up on the whole 'liking' thing more than you muppets'
'She has a fair point there' Charlie said
'And I'll be better at the whole 'giving advice' thing, considering some of the advice a certain person here has given before' Ginny said, glaring at Ron,
'What?!' Ron said
'Never mind' Ginny replied, 'So I'll tell him I know?'
'Yeah' Charlie said

-oOo-

'Morning' George whispered to Ashley
'Probably Afternoon, actually' she said, then smiled into his t-shirt
'Well then good afternoon' he corrected,
'Did you sleep?'
'Not really' George said 'I think I did a little'
'Oh God' Ashley began 'That means you saw me asleep'
'Yeah' he laughed 'it was a site I won't be forgetting'
'Hey, that's my sexy face, okay?' Ashley smiled
'Merlin, I feel sorry for anyone who has to see that for the rest of his life' George said, then smiled at Ashley, who's mouth was hanging open
'You bitch!' she said, whilst standing up 'For that I'm not speaking to you'
'Oh no' George said sarcastically 'What on earth will I do'
'Someone's feeling sarcastic today' Ashley said, raising her eyebrows
'Am I not sarcastic every day?'
'Well, yes. But today more so'
'Ah well, you know you love it really' George said, then winked
'Oh yes, of course …' Ashley said, rolling her eyes 'Sarcasm isn't necessarily the first thing I look for'
'Then I guess I've got no chance then, have I?' George said quietly, hoping she wouldn't hear
'I'm sure I could make an exception' Ashley replied, causing George to look up at her and raise his eyebrows, to which Ashley turned a pinkish colour 'Erm … I have to … erm … go' she said quickly, and turned to walk out the door, but accidentally walked into it instead 'Fuck' she muttered, then rubbed her forehead. She opened the door, but it was almost immediately closed again by George, Ashley sighed and turned around to face him. Both of George's arms were on either side of the door frame, and his face was unbelievably close to hers
'Ash. I need to ask you something' George said quietly
'What?'
'Before I ask, you have to promise me that you won't lie'
'I promise that I won't lie'
'Did you actually mean what you just said?'
'What do you mean?'
'Would you make an exception for me, or was that just something you said to make me feel better?' George said, getting quieter with each word. Ashley was slow to respond, 'Ash, you have to tell me. Please'
'Then I guess I'd have to say the first one' she said, looking down. George didn't say anything for a few moments, Ashley looked up and was about to continue, but before she could George's lips were on hers, a few minutes later they pulled apart. Ashley noticed that somehow his hands had ended up on her waist and her arms were locked around his neck.
'Ash, I need to tell you something, and you have to promise me you won't freak out' he murmured
'I won't freak out, I promise' she said, looking up at him
'I love you'

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