Chapter 19

'Morning' George whispered, kissing Ashley's forehead
'Morning to you, too' Ashley smiled,
'Hmm...'
'What?' Ashley asked, smiling slightly
'It's just that I never thought this would happen'
'What do you mean?'
'I never thought that I'd wake up next to you … at least not when you were my girlfriend'
'Well, now you have' Ashley smiled
'Really? I hadn't noticed.' George said sarcastically,
'Again with the sarcasm!'
'It's a talent alright! I've been doing it for a while' he said, smiling
'Idiot'
'That was uncalled for!'
'Trust me, it really wasn't.' she joked, making George open his mouth in fake shock
'You're mean!'
'I know. I should have been a Slytherin, I've told you 1,000 times' she laughed
'I can imagine you being in Slytherin. Bossing everyone around with your prefect badge' he said,
'But I wasn't a prefect … I doubt being in a different house would change that'
'It would have, cause if you were in Slytherin me and Fred wouldn't have spoke to you' he said, smiling, which made Ashley have a look of real shock
'What?!'
'If you were Slytherin … we probably wouldn't have spoken to you…'
'Why not?!'
'Because you'd be a Slytherin! We'd be opposites!'
'We're opposites now!'
'Well … yeah … but, opposite in a good way'
'That makes perfect sense…' Ashley said, rolling her eyes before smiling at him 'Anyway, we should probably go downstairs, your family haven't really seen you in a while'
'I don't necessarily want to see them'
'What do you mean?' she asked, frowning
'Well … it's like, they don't realise how I feel about losing him. It's like, they expect me to get better really quickly and I can't'
'I get how you feel' Ashley said 'But-'
'Well, you don't really get how I feel, do you?' he said quickly
'What do you mean?' she asked, pushing herself up onto her elbow
'Well, you haven't lost your brother, or anyone important to you' he said, looking up at her
'I haven't lost anyone important to me?!' she exclaimed, 'I've lost my best friend, too you know! Fred was practically my brother! Then there was Remus, who was basically my second father! Tonks who was one of my closest friends! Lavender, I mean, we weren't exactly close friends, but still! Then, in the build up to the bloody battle I lost Sirius, who was like an uncle and, most probably, related to me in some way! I lost one of my cousins, then Dobby, oh, and I almost lost Cedric! THEN I almost lost Harry! OH, and I recently learned that I could have lost you! So, please, go ahead and tell me again how I haven't lost anyone close to me. I dare you'
'Sorry' George said, solemnly 'It's just … hard I guess'
'It's fine' Ashley said, quietly. George pulled her down onto him and wrapped his arms tightly around her
'We'll be alright … won't we?' George asked
'We'll be fine, Georgie' Ashley said, kissing his cheek. The two lay in silence for a while before there was a tap on the window, they looked over and saw Ashley's owl holding a letter, she rolled off George then stood up and walked over to the owl. She slowly opened George's bedroom window and the owl flew in, landing on top of the wardrobe, Ashley walked over and took the letter, then opened it … after she had read it she spoke up 'Erm … George, I need to go somewhere to meet someone…', she walked back over to him and sat opposite him
'Okay,' he began, 'Who?'
'Well, erm - it's Cedric'
'Why do you need to meet him?' George said
'He wanted to introduce me to someone, apparently'
'Oh. That's fine' George said
'Really?'
'Really. I know you're mine now' he smiled, then leaned down and kissed her
'Good. I'm glad that you're not freaking out' she said, before standing up 'So, I'll see you later, okay?'
'Ok' George smiled, before Ashley skipped out of the room to get changed.

-oOo-

Later, George was sitting in the main room of the Burrow playing Exploding Snap with Charlie when Ron ran in, panting.
'What's wrong, Ronniekins?' George asked, not taking his eyes off the game
'Just saw … Cedric in … Hogsmeade' he said, between pants
'And?' Charlie said, frowning, looking up from the cards
'He had his hands … all over … Ash' he said, looking at George, who suddenly looked like he had been stabbed in the chest
'… What?' he said, quietly
'I'm sorry, George' Ron said,
'George, you can't seriously believe that she'd cheat on you' Charlie said,
'I saw it!' Ron said 'I know it was them!'
'You should probably ask her first, mate' Charlie said
'I don't know' George said, before standing up and walking slowly towards his room
'Poor guy' Charlie said, once he was out of earshot
'I know' Ron sighed
'You don't really think Ashley would cheat on him?' Charlie asked, frowning at his youngest brother
'I didn't, but now … I'm not entirely sure…'
'Ron, we both know that she wouldn't cheat on George. Especially not now.'
'I guess …' Ron said, before sighing once more 'Honestly, I figured once I left Hogwarts all the bloody drama would be over, Voldemort being dead and all that. Turns out at that point it becomes relationship drama', he added, causing Charlie to laugh lightly

-oOo-

'So, Cedric, you dragged me to Hogsmeade again to tell me that?' Ashley asked, smiling slightly
'I suppose so' he said, smirking slightly 'Now, if you must excuse me, I need a guys advice on something'
'You seem to need a lot of advice lately, Diggory' she said,
'Well, I guess I'm not very bright' he smiled 'I'll see you later' he added,
'See you' Ashley said, before Cedric apparated away. She wandered around Hogsmeade for a while, looking in a variety of stores, including Honeydukes, to which she remembered sneaking into a few times with Fred and George using the secret passage from Hogwarts, luckily Snape had never caught them sneaking out...though he had caught them getting back in a few times ... needless to say they had a few detentions with him over the years. She bought some things from there and looked in a few other stores before deciding a few hours later to head back to the Burrow. She apparated there and landed a few feet from the door, then entered into the house. On walking into the kitchen she saw George sitting on the chair with an icepack placed over his lip and a bruise forming under his eye, she quickly walked over to him and knelt down
'George? What happened?' she asked, causing him to give her a look which was a cross between anger and hurt, then stand up and stalk off. She turned to follow him before Ron grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him
'Ashley, I need you to answer this honestly … alright?'
'Alright…' she said, warily
'Did you cheat on my brother?'
'No! Of course I didn't!' she said, 'Why?!'
'You sure?'
'Of course I'm fucking sure, Ronald! I wouldn't cheat on your brother!'
'I believe you' he said, loosening his grip on her arm
'Why did you even ask that?'
'It's a long story' he sighed
'You kinda need to tell me' Ashley said
'I know' Ron said
'… Anytime would be great, Ronniekins'
'Okay … so you went to Hogsmeade with Cedric, right?'
'Yeah … I did … ' Ashley said, frowning slightly
'Well … I was in Hogsmeade, and I may have seen Cedric with his hands all over some girl'
'That would have been my cousin … but what does that have to do with-' she said, before realisation hit her 'YOU TOLD GEORGE THAT CEDRIC WAS SNOGGING ME?!'
'Well…' Ron said, shifting his weight between his feet
'You irritating, stupid bloody idiot!' she said, hitting him on the arm with every word
'I'm sorry, Ash!'
'… Carry on' she sighed
'Well, after I told him, he went off to his room. Then later I was sitting in the main room with Harry and Cedric walked in, saying something about mum letting him in. After that he said he needed to ask Harry about something, so I left. After a few minutes I heard Cedric mention something to do with you, then George walked in, he started saying something to Cedric, who didn't really say much back, then there was a loud crashing noise.'
'Okay …'
'I walked in, and they were fighting, like, really bad fighting. Took a while to separate them, but we did eventually. Cedric left a few seconds later. Mum tried to fix George up a bit, he was covered in blood, she healed a few of his cuts and stuff, but he still looks pretty bad'
'He's such an idiot' Ashley said,
'I agree. You should probably go see him' Ron said,
'That was my plan' she said, 'Thanks for believing me by the way, I know some people wouldn't … even if you did start the problem in the freaking first place' she added, narrowing her eyes at him then sighing and hugging him 'But you're forgiven'
'Thanks, Ash, sorry about this' he smiled. Ashley rolled her eyes then ran towards George's room. She stood outside his room for a few minutes, before building up the courage to walk in. She opened the door slightly and slid in through the gap, shutting the door lightly behind her. The light coming through the closed curtains illuminated George's face slightly, meaning that Ashley was able to see the extent of the damage. She walked over to the bed and knelt down in front of him, seeing that he was holding the bag of ice to his lip still, whilst noticing on closer inspection that he also had a purple-ish bruise forming under his eye. She leaned forwards and took the bag of ice from him, seeing that he had a cut over his lip, before she placed it back on again, holding the ice in place on his lip
'So … are you going to talk to me?' she murmured
'That depends' he said, his voice breaking slightly
'On …?'
'Did you cheat on me with Cedric?' he said
'No' Ashley said, 'The girl Ron saw was my cousin, who, coincidentally was the girl that Cedric wanted to introduce me to'
'So you didn't cheat on me?'
'No. But it's nice to know how much you trust me, you must trust me a lot to think I'd cheat on you after we've been together about a day.'
'I do trust you' he said
'Well, evidently, you don't. No matter how many times I've told you that there is absolutely nothing going on between me and Cedric you don't believe me.'
'I'm sorry that I didn't trust you' he began 'It was just Ron saying that Cedric was kissing someone-'
'So you just automatically thought it was me? You have such a great opinion of me, don't you? "Oh, Cedric's kissing someone, it MUST be my girlfriend! She'd obviously cheat on me in a second!"'
'Well what if the situation was reversed?!' he began, somewhat angry 'If Ron came to you and said he'd seen me snogging Angelina's face off, wouldn't you think I'd cheated?!'
'I wouldn't accuse you of cheating. I'd at least ask you about it … and I especially wouldn't start a fight with her'
'I didn't mean to start fighting him' George said, sounding somewhat ashamed 'It's just …'
'Just what, George?'
'He said something, and it just … it made me pissed off with him'
'You can't punch people when you're pissed off with them!'
'I know! I usually don't! It's just the thing he said, made me so … annoyed and angry'
'What did he say?'
'He said he fancied you.' George said
'Don't -' Ashley said
'I'm not lying, Ash!' he began 'He was talking to Harry in the main room, and I overheard him telling Harry that he fancied you! He was asking Harry how he could get you to go out with him! So I flipped!'
'George, if that was the case, why would he be going out with my cousin?'
'Does she look like you?'
'A little'
'That's why' he stated. The two sat for a while, neither saying anything,
'This isn't going to work … is it?' Ashley said, placing the ice bag down on the floor
'What?' George asked, frowning
'Us. We're not going to work out. If it was meant to work out, it wouldn't be this hard'
'Well then I'll fight to make it work' George said, holding her hand
'I'm not sure that fightings going to work anymore, Georgie'
'Please, don't go' he said, kissing her, then wincing in pain and holding his fingers to his lips 'I'll – I'll be better -'
'I have too' she whispered 'It'll be better for both of us if I leave', she stood up, then made a movement towards the door
'Ashley' George began, pulling her back 'Please, don't leave. You - you can't.'
'I'm sorry' she said, wiping her eyes. She turned towards him and kissed him, then rested her forehead on his for a second 'Bye, George'
'Bye, Ash' he murmured, then watched her leave the room, letting his head hang as soon as she had left.

Okay, so you all probably hate me right now for more drama, don't you?... Drama Llama :3 (danisnotonfire reference...nobody? alright then...)

Whatever, I promise they're not broken up forever :)

So, erm, yeah ... that's about it...

Feel free to review, it's always good to know whether you all hate me for writing this or not :')