Chapter 12

'I love you' George said
'What?' Ashley replied
'Please don't make me say it again' he whispered, looking down 'it's rather obvious you don't love me or like me'
'George -' Ashley said, causing him to look up at her, she was about to continue before he interrupted her
'Ash, you don't have to say anything. I already know that you don't feel that way about me, I've always known that you love Diggory, I was just trying to convince myself that you didn't and hope that you could like me'
'George, I don't love Cedric -'
'I know you do. And I'm okay with it, or at least I will be. I just wish you felt the same as I do. But I know you don't and that you never will.' he said, before turning and sitting on his bed with his head down
'George -' she whispered, walking over and kneeling in front of him.
'Would you leave please?' he said quietly
'But -'
'Ashley' He began 'Leave. Now.'
'But George -'
'I don't want to know, Ashley! Just listen to me and fucking leave me alone' he said, sounding more irritated than before. Ashley didn't reply to what he had said, she simply stood up and walked out of his room, Leaving George sitting on his bed. As soon as Ashley got into the hallway she began crying, she leant her back on the wall and slowly slid down it so that she ended up in a sitting position on the floor, a few minutes later she felt someones hand on her shoulder
'What's wrong?' the voice asked, she lifted her head up and came to see the face of Ron Weasley.
'Ugh, it's nothing' she said, wiping her eyes
'Yeah, it seems like nothing' he said, before holding out both his hands for her so she could get up, she reached up and grabbed them and he pulled her up to a standing position
'Thanks' she said quietly
'So, what did my stupid brother do?'
'What?'
'Well, its obvious he's done something' Ron said 'he's usually the one that makes you like this'
'He just told me something, then when I was about to say something back he told me that I should fucking leave him alone'
'What exactly did he tell you?'
'It doesn't matter' Ashley said, turning a vivid red colour and looking down
'He told you he loved you, didn't he?'
'What?! You knew?!'
'Ash, everyone knows!' Ron began 'I mean, bloody hell, he makes it so obvious.'
'So why did nobody tell me?!'
'Because he needed to tell you himself'
'Wait, how long have you known?'

'Ronald Bilius Weasley, you tell me how long you've known'
'- years' he said, murmuring the number part
'How many?' she asked
'Well erm...'
'Ronald.'
'Technically, I've only known for four years...'
'Four years?! SINCE YOUR THIRD YEAR AT HOGWARTS?! YOU NEVER EVEN TOLD ME YOU SLIMY GIT!'
'I'm sorry, Ash! But I couldn't very well tell you, could I? I wasn't even sure if he did fancy you, I had to ask Fred, and he said he'd fancied you since you met'
'Fred knew' Ashley said quietly to herself, then began to remember parts of her conversation with Fred previously

'Why did you push me out of the way...?'
'Because you didn't need to die'
'What, and you did?If anything it was my fault, so I should have dealt with the consequences'
'I couldn't let you die. I couldn't do that to him'
'To him?'
'Err-yeah...'
'Who's him? Do I have a secret admirer, Weasley? Who is it?'
'I'd love to tell you, Ash, but I can't. He needs to tell you himself'
'Tell me what?'
'Well, I'm sure I can tell you this, but I'm not telling you who he is...alright?'
'Alright'
'Some bloody idiots in love with you, Ash.'

'Ash?' Ron asked 'You look confused'
'Ron, I have to go somewhere, sorry' Ashley said quickly, before running downstairs, she ran straight past the confused looking Bill and Charlie Weasley, then opened the front door to find Ginny and Harry about to walk in, they looked as if they were about to talk to her before she ran straight past them. She sprinted to the Orchard and found her way to where she had found Fred the first time she came, on discovering the small area surrounded by trees, she let herself lean her back against one of the trees, taking in a deep breath before yelling
'FRED WEASLEY YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUCKING EXPLAINING TO DO!'
'What did I do?!' Fred said, appearing next to her
'You knew!'
'I knew what? Have you gone bonkers?'
'You knew George was in love with me!' she began 'You knew and you never even told me! And you've known for a bloody long time, a long long long time'
'Oh shit' Fred said, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck, before looking at Ashley apologetically 'I wanted to tell you, Ash. I mean, you have absolutely no idea of how much I wanted to tell you, to get the two of you together and everything…But he needed to tell you himself, not have someone else tell you … even if it was his twin brother'
'I TOLD YOU I LIKED HIM YOU PRICK! AND YOU STILL DIDN'T TELL ME!' Ashley yelled, before bursting into tears 'and now he thinks I don't love him and he never wants to speak to me again', she then sank down onto the floor in a seated position
'Ash, I'm so sorry' Fred said, 'It would be at this point in time that I hugged you, but I'm not sure if it would work' he said quietly, Ashley said nothing in response. The two sat in silence for a while, before Fred spoke up 'you know you could just tell him how you really feel? I doubt he'd hate you for that …'
'But he'll think I'm lying now' Ashley said a few seconds later
'He won't think you're lying, I can promise you that much.' Fred said 'So. Right now you're going to go back up to the house, you're going to go to George's room and you're going to tell him how you feel, then the first thing that comes into my mind is that the two of you are going to-'
'Fred!'
'Fine, I won't say it. But, will you do it? Tell him I mean'
'But-'
'No buts. Ash, you can't not tell him … especially after he was brave enough to tell you'
'I can, I've done it before and I will most probably do it again … and 'brave'?! He's loved me for...' she tilted her head sideways and counted on her fingers for a few seconds 'Fourteen? Years. He decided to tell me now instead of a long time ago. I wouldn't necessarily call that brave.'
'Yeah, and last time I had to hear you talk about how "sweet and cute and adorable" my brother is, don't get me wrong I love him but I really don't need to hear about what you like about him in every little detail' Fred smiled 'Oh, and I'm going to ignore your 'brave' comment, I don't necessarily want to start an argument'
'I'll try to tell him … I'm not making any promises though, I'm still sure he won't believe me … at all' Ashley said
'Well, it's good that you're at least going to try and tell him instead of just sitting down doing nothing … So, how exactly did he tell you that he loved you?'
'We were talking, and he was being a sarcastic bastard as usual, so then he said that I loved it when I was sarcastic, so I said it wasn't really the first thing I looked for in someone-'
'Possibly not the best thing to say to the boy that is not only sarcastic but also the love of your life'
'Haha you're fricking hilarious.' Ashley said, glaring at him slightly 'anyway, then he said something about not having a chance so I said I could probably make an exception-'
'Aw. How cute'
'Shut up!' Ashley groaned 'So, then I tried to leave and ended up walking into the door-'
'Genius, aren't you?'
'Fred I swear to Merlin-'
'Alright, alright I'm done'
'Good, right – so I tried to leave after that but he kinda pinned me to the door-'
'Kinky' Fred winked
'Fred!'
'Okay, I'm seriously done now'
'You're as bad as George for interrupting people' she smirked, then continued; 'after that he asked me if I was being serious or if I said it to make him feel better, obviously I told him that I said it because it was true-'
'Aw'
'Fred' Ashley growled, glaring at him
'Sorry! I cannot resist commenting … especially when I can be sarcastic at the same time and it's about you two lovebirds' he smirked again
'Just do it in your head then! I don't really need to hear your narration on my life right now'
'Fine' he smirked,
'So then he kissed me, pretty basic kiss before you start asking' she said, raising her eyebrows at Fred, who's mouth was open slightly, she then rolled her eyes and continued 'After that he said he needed to tell me something-'
'Which was?'
'If you'd shut up I'd tell you! Honestly, you don't listen at all!'
'Sorry' he muttered
'He told me that he loved me.'
'And your reply was?'
'You're doing it again' she growled 'Although at least this time you weren't technically interrupting me, surprising as that is. Anyway, back to your question, I didn't have any bloody time to reply! He convinced himself that I was in love with Cedric, so then I had to tell him that whatever messed up fantasy he'd made up about me and him in his head wasn't true, then I tried to tell him that I loved him repeatedly and he told me to bugger off! Granted it was using words that differ from the clean one I just used, but I'm sure you get the point'
'Yeah' Fred said, frowning slightly 'Sorry that my brothers a bit of an – well, a major arse'
'It's alright … I think it must just be your brother that got dropped on his head when he was younger … everyone else in your family is normal, well, Ron's not necessarily the sharpest tool in the kit, but at least he's not a git'
'Percy?'
'Okay, so Percy and George are complete gits … but two out of seven isn't that bad. It's less than 1/3'
'But I'm the best, right?' Fred winked
'Of course, Freddie' Ashley smiled
'I knew you always preferred me' he winked again 'Oh yeah, I have a question'
'Go for it'
'Does erm … does Angelina miss me …?'
'I err … I'm not necessarily on speaking terms with her, considering the whole thing about her hating me for the majority of school … I'm sure she does though' Ashley said, giving a sympathetic smile at Fred, to which she got a forced looking smile back
'I didn't really think she would anyway, I mean, I know she fancied me, but she always seemed to busy hating you to pay more attention to me, which kinda sucked … but I guess she thought I fancied you-'
'Don't deny it, Freddiekins, I knew you fancied me' she winked, causing Fred to scoff then smirk
'As I was saying, she thought I fancied you but she knew George fancied you … I guess she wanted both of us, when she couldn't have either she decided to hate the person she thought was the most competition … hence, you.'
'Well, that's possibly the worst reason for me to be hated … I'd rather be hated for something cool I did … not for someone thinking the Weasley twins fancied me …' she smirked, causing Fred to raise his eyebrows
'You should be honoured that someone thought the Weasley twins fancied an ugly creature like you … you should also be honoured that you got to hang around with us, or at least got to pretend you were friends with us' Fred winked
'You git!' she said, her mouth making an O shape whilst she was trying to not laugh 'You two should be the honoured ones, I mean, I let you two follow me around like lost puppies in Hogwarts, without me you two would have been lost'
'Well, we agree to disagree' Fred smirked, then looked around 'You know, I don't get how I didn't realise how nice this place looked when I was alive … we used to sneak out here all the time, remember?'
'Of course I remember, muppet … I think I remember sneaking out here to play Quidditch the most, I can't exactly remember the year or anything … I think it was 6th … cause that was when you two had reeeeally bad hair, wasn't it?' she winked
'Oi! We never had bad hair! It was always sexy to match us!'
'I'm resisting the urge to burst out laughing right now'
'Ignoring your comment, yes, it was 6th year, we snuck out – amazingly mum didn't notice, I think she was too busy dealing with christmas stuff'
'Most probably' Ashley said 'I can't believe how long ago that was … it feels like yesterday, but it really wasn't. It was, what … three/four years ago?'
'Yeah, pretty much' Fred said, smirking slightly 'That was the year me and George left'
'Yeah, and you left me alone! Gits'
'You had Lee!'
'He was too busy snogging Alicia all the time!'
'Not all the time!'
'Most of.'
'And anyway, you had Cedric as well?'
'Cedric was busy with his flock of Hufflepuffs … most of the time'
'Mhmm' Fred said, frowning slightly 'Well anyway, get lost and go back anyway, its going dark and we don't want Rookwood to get you as well, the nob'
'Fine, I'll go' Ashley said, then turned to walk off before facing Fred one more time 'I love you, Freddie. Even though you were a dick for not telling me' she continued, causing Fred to smile
'I love you too, Ash. Even though I know far too much about what you want to do to my brother' he winked, causing Ashley to raise her eyebrows
'And that's totally different to you telling me what you were going to do to Angelina?'
'Angelina's not your bloody sister!' Fred laughed, 'anyway, get lost, it's dark-ish'
'Fine, I'll actually go this time' she said, then turned again and slowly began walking back to the house. For once she didn't care if Rookwood showed up and killed her, she didn't care about what would happen, she didn't care about anything. All she could focus on was George. She wasn't paying attention at all and realised that she had reached the Burrow, gone in the front door and had almost immediately walked into Harry
'Oh, sorry' she said 'I wasn't paying attention'
'It's alright' Harry began 'Ron told me what happened'
'Did you know too?'

'Merlin, so I'm the last to find out?'
'Pretty much' Harry began 'Sorry'
'It's alright' Ashley said 'Where's George?'
'He went out with someone' Harry said
'Oh, who? Lee?'
'Not really...' Harry said
'Then who?' Ashley asked, confused

'Harry, who was it?'
'Angelina Johnson'

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