Chapter 27
'What the hell' Ashley groaned as she sat up, she felt as if she'd be thrown down a hill and broken every single bone in her body. On opening her eyes everything surrounding her suddenly became blurry and fuzzy, she rubbed at her eyes, which somewhat helped, considering now it was only the edges of her vision that was blurred. Flashbacks of what had happened suddenly began to play in her mind, she then began to wonder about how exactly she had ended up back at the Burrow, as she didn't remember anyone else being there – unless they were very good at hiding. She slowly rolled out of the bed and onto her feet, then saw that someone had changed her clothes, she figured it was probably Ginny, Hermione or Mrs Weasley … or at least she hoped it was either Ginny, Hermione or Mrs Weasley. She wandered over to the chair in the corner of the room and saw that a pair of skinny jeans, a tshirt and a jacket had been laid out across it, she internally thanked Ginny and pulled the clothes on. After she was dressed she slowly walked out of the room and padded down the corridor, then walked down the stairs – feeling slightly happy that everyone seemed to be out, they were all quite a lot to deal with at one point in time. She began to make her way into the kitchen (half expecting Ginny to leap out at her at some point), walking into the kitchen she saw the familiar face of Ron Weasley, who currently had his back to her
'Ronniekins!' she yelled, causing him to jump and turn to face her
'Ashley! You're awake!' he exclaimed, as she ran over to him and hugged him
'I am indeed'
'Welcome back' he muttered into her ear
'Thanks. So how's everyone been?' She asked, pulling out of the hug
'They've been alright, George hasn't been so good though'
'Why not?'
'Well, when he got back from your hous-'
'He's the one that came to get me?' Ashley asked, her voice quiet
'Yeah' Ron said 'Well, he went to your old house, Bill came and told us where the address was, then Harry went a few minutes after to make sure everything was alright, then Harry was back a few minutes later with you and said that George had told him to bring you back because you were dead'
'He thought I was dead?' Ashley asked softly
'Apparently. Then after that he was gone for about a half hour, came back with a massive cut across his chest, then he fainted'
'Wow' Ashley said 'He really came after me…'
'Yeah, he was trying to figure out how to get to the house for ages, eventually he went to Bill.'
'Wow … where is he now?'
'No idea, I think he went out somewhere'
'Oh, alright … Well I'm gonna go down to the Orchard or something, come get me when he comes back?'
'Alright, Ash' Ron said.
'Thanks' she smiled, then turned and walked out of the kitchen, stopping by the back door to pull her shoes on, before sliding the door open and slipping out. She made her way out the back yard and into the field around the Burrow. She slowly began to wander towards the Orchard, then started to think about whether Fred would still be there or whether he would have gone. She sped up walk slightly at the thought of talking to Fred about the situation (considering she had no idea what to do), then froze as she saw a familiar red head sitting down on the ground, looking away from her with his back leaning against the tree trunk.
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'Ron! RON!' Ginny yelled, walking into the kitchen 'Ashley's gone!'
'Yeah, I know' he began 'She woke up earlier, then said she was going to find George'
'Oh. I wanted to talk to her!'
'Well, I got to' Ron smiled,
'Git' Ginny said 'Honestly, I try to be good and buy Teddy some new stuff and end up missing one of my best friends waking up'
'Well, it was a stupid decision to go out then, wasn't it?' Ron said, smirking
'Shut up' Ginny said 'I'm sure mum won't be impressed with you letting Ashley go outside considering she's only just woke up'
'… yeah … don't tell mum'
'Well, that all depends, big brother' Ginny smirked 'What are you willing to pay?'
'I'm not giving you money!'
'Well then mums going to find out'
'if it wasn't for me then you wouldn't have met Harry!'
'if it wasn't for Fred, George and Ashley YOU wouldn't have met Harry' Ginny said, referring to the fact that Fred, George and Ashley had set it up so that Ron would have to share a compartment with Harry on the train in his first year, probably one of the better decisions they made.
'… yeah, well … that's not the point …'
'Pay up'
'Fine' Ron sighed, handing her a few galleons
'That all?'
'That's all I've got on me!'
'Bloody hell' Ginny smiled, before turning to walk out 'Oh, and by the way, I'm pretty sure mum already knows.'
'You should have been in Slytherin' Ron groaned
'I'm not sure yet, I think she might tho-'
'RONALD WEASLEY' a woman's voice yelled 'HOW DARE YOU LET HER LEAVE!'
'Bollocks' Ron murmured, whilst Ginny grinned
'What were you thinking?!' she yelled, walking into the kitchen 'She has ONLY just woken up and you let her go!'
'She went for George!' he said, trying to sound convincing
'Oh … well you still shouldn't have let her go!'
'I can't exactly stop her! She's older than me!'
'Oooh honestly, Ronald'
'It's not like anythings going to happen to her! He's dead now anyway!' Ron said, causing Mrs Weasley to give him a look. He then slid out of the kitchen and into the main room, where Hermione was sitting reading a book with her legs tucked up by her side.
'What happened?' Hermione asked, looking up from the book
'Ashley woke up earlier, I spoke to her and she said she was going down to the Orchard, but now mum's annoyed I let her go' he replied, throwing himself down next to her
'Didn't George go to the orchard?' Hermione asked, frowning
'Yeah' Ron smirked
'And now Ashley's going down there as well?'
'Yepp'
'That's probably one of your smartest ideas yet' Hermione smiled
'Hey!'
'I'm joking, Ron.' she smiled, leaning over and kissing his cheek.
So, here you go. :L Obviously it's not done yet, I think there should be...5-ish more chapters, but the last 2/3 are more like...erm, closing one's? I think that makes sense.
Anyway, review please and thanks for reading :3