Chapter 28

Ashley stood in the Orchard for a few seconds, simply staring at the boy leaning against the tree. He looked completely lost in something, though she wasn't even sure what. It also seemed to appear as if he was talking - but again, she couldn't have had a clue as to what about. She was about to turn around and walk back, before he turned towards her, he looked at her in (what seemed like) shock for a few seconds, before obviously coming to the conclusion that she was in fact there and not a figment of his imagination, as he stood up and awkwardly shifted between his feet - shoving his hands in hands in his pockets whilst doing so.
'Erm - how come you're here?' Ashley asked, her voice just loud enough for him to hear
'I could ask you the same thing, really, couldn't I?' he asked, taking a hand out of his pocket and running his fingers through his hair - before immediately shoving his hand back in his jeans pocket. She looked down at the ground, before slowly taking a few steps back, as if to leave 'Sorry ...' he muttered, causing her to stop and look up at him - a confused look on her face 'I guess I just wanted to see if he was actually here – at least I think that's why I'm here' George replied, then looked at her for a second, before she even realised it she had begun running towards him and had crashed against his chest, he took his hands from his pockets and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer into him, 'I thought I'd lost you' he said, hugging her tighter,
'You haven't' Ashley murmured
'I'm glad' he started, 'I love you … I know you probably don't want to be with me anymore, or have anything to do with me because of what I did to Diggory, but I needed to tell you that I love you'
'Georgie, I love you too. I still want to be with you, I didn't ever not want too …'
'So you wouldn't be pissed off if I kissed you right now?'
'Definitely not' Ashley smiled, before George leaned down and kissed her. Once he pulled away he sat down on the ground again, pulling her down with him so that she was sitting between his legs, facing the same way he was. He wrapped his arms around her waist, causing her to lean her head back against his chest.
'Listen, there's something I need to ask you, but you don't have to say yes'
'Go on' Ashley said, slightly wary
'Well, Lee's getting pretty fed up of running the shop by himself and if I stay here any longer I might kill someone, so I need to go back soon to shop … which means that I'll be moving back into the flat above, right?'
'… Right'
'So I was wondering if, well erm, if you'd want to move in with me?'
'Maybe … but we do argue a lot, George …'
'So what? All couples argue a lot' he said, internally thanking Ginny for the words of wisdom - though he would never thank her to her face.
'I suppose' Ashley said, then frowned in thought
'So … will you move in with me?' George asked, looking down at her
'Of course' Ashley smiled, then tilted her head backwards, George closed the gap between them and kissed her
'I love you'
'I love you too'

-oOo-

After a few hours George stood up, then pulled Ashley up of the ground, losing his balance slightly and falling over, making Ashley burst into a fit of laughter, before holding out her hands to help him up
'You have amazing balance, Weasley'
'I know! It's brilliant, isn't it?' he said, interlocking her fingers with his
'The best I've ever seen, remind me, how exactly were you a beater again?' she smirked
'My balance is much better on a broom' he said, giving her the trademark smirk she had seen many times before - but it hadn't appeared on him since Fred had died. The two then slowly began the short walk back up towards the Burrow. On entering into the door, Ashley was immediately attack hugged by none other than Ginny.
'ASH!' she yelled
'GIN!' Ashley laughed, when Ginny pulled away she looked down at her hand, seeing it was in George's
'OH MY GOD! YOU TWO!' she smiled, pulling Ashley into a hug again, then turning to George 'I believe you owe me 10 galleons?'
'What?' Ashley frowned
'Just a little bet me and my dear brother had' Ginny smiled, before walking off
'I'll tell you later' George muttered into her ear, to which Ashley simply nodded
'Hey, Ash' Harry said, before hugging her, 'I'm happy for you two - and I'll try to keep Ginny at bay' he whispered into her ear, causing Ashley to smile, Harry then walked over to Ginny, who looked as if she was asking him what he had said - to which he simply smiled and shook his head. The pattern of hugging continued liked this until everyone had hugged Ashley at least once, before George spoke up
'Right, as much as I know you all love her, I want her to myself'
'You've been with her since she woke up!' Ron argued
'SHH RONNIEKINS' George yelled, before placing his hands on her shoulders and steering her into his room
'That could have been construed in many different ways' Ashley said, as George pushed her down onto his bed
'Just shut up' he growled, before leaning down and kissing her forcefully
'Someone's in a hurry' Ashley laughed as George went from kissing her lips to her neck
'I thought you were gone' he said, lifting his face up to where hers was
'I'm not' Ashley said
'I know … but I'm still not going to miss the opportunity' he winked.

Okay, so I was going to upload this this morning, but I got sidetracked by Twitter drama - I know, shame on me, right? NO. Shame on f****** Directioners for telling my favourite singer to kill himself for having opinions.
Sigh.
At least Alex was being mature. (never thought I'd say that about Gaskarth.)

Yet another reason for him being one of my biggest inspirations.

Anyway, sorry for my (minor) rant, but please review :3