The next morning I'm all fluttery inside. I'm so excited to see Mrs. Weasley again. Remember? I asked her how to get onto the platform earlier. Anyway, the fluttering makes me want to run around, so I race downstairs to find the twins and Ron sitting on the couch. My noise made them turn and face me. The twins had the largest smiles on their faces.
"Morning!" I throw my hands into the air, unable to hold my happiness inside.
Ron looks at me in shock and the twins just laugh. "Morning, Katie!" They say with the same enthusiasm I had shone.
"I thought you were staying here Katie." Ron says confused.
"Last minute owl." I reply.
"Ah." He says and turns to the fire that seems to constantly burn.
"Any room for me?" I ask. The twins move over to Ron's side squishing him. You just have to love the twins in that friendly sort of way. I giggle and sit down next to George.
"This is cramped." Ron says in a squished voice.
"Naw!" I say pretending it isn't when it really is.
We are quiet until the train ride home.
…
The ride there wasn't very interesting, so I'll skip it.
When the train pulled into the station, a woman who looked very much like all the Weasleys waved and summoned us over. Fred grabbed one arm and George the other. The both tried to pull me over to their mother. I tried to rebel. I don't know why, but I did. The twins looked at each other, rolled their eyes, and George leaned over and threw me over his shoulder. When his mother saw him she was flabbergasted.
"George! That is no way to treat our guest!" She scolds. She must know that since George is carrying me that I'm Katie. Ron face pales as he realizes that I'm staying at his place. I smile at him.
"Mum!" Fred says and pulls his mum into a hug trying to distract her.
"George! Put her down!" The woman seems unfazed by her son's show of emotion. When both my feet are safely on the ground, Mrs. Weasley pulls me into a hug.
"'Ello." I say through a muffled voice.
"Oh, sorry dear. I'm Mrs. Weasley." She says as she shakes my hand eagerly. "Ron! You didn't tell me how beautiful this young girl is!" The twins snicker and Ron turns as red as his hair. I turn my head away and stifle a laugh.
"Mum…" Ron groans.
"Yes, yes." She says. "I'll try not to embarrass you in front of Katie here." I had to let out a laugh that I've been holding in for the past few minutes. The twins grin at me, Mrs. Weasley smiles, and Ron looks disgusted.
…
"So you guys knew Katie was coming for Christmas for how long?" Ron asks the twins once we're in the car.
"Less than 24 hours." Fred says.
"She did just wake up yesterday." George says.
"Why didn't you tell me!?" He half yells.
"Because your mum told us to." I interject. It is really too cramped in this car. The twins, Ron and me are in the back, while Percy and Mrs. Weasley are in the front.
"So, how's school been?" Mrs. Weasley asks.
"Great!" Says Fred.
"Not! We haven't blown up a toilet yet." George comments.
"Good thing too!" Mrs. Weasley says. "What about you Ron?"
"Okay." That's all he says.
"Oh, c'mon Ron! The year wasn't just 'okay', Katie…" George started to say.
"GEORGE!" Ron yells. Everyone in the car jumps.
"Ron, we're right here." I say calmly. He scowls and doesn't speak the rest of the car ride. I can't help but wonder what George was going to say about me.
…
"Here we are!" Mrs. Weasley says as the car we're in pulls up to a large house. Once the cars stops, everyone cramped in the back piles out.
"C'mon Katie!" Fred yells. "George and I have to show you our room."
"Okay, okay!" I laugh as I get out.
George attempts to put me on his shoulder again because that seems to be the way I get around nowadays. "George! Put Katie down." Mrs. Weasley scolds.
"But mum!" George complains.
"No buts!" She says firmly.
"Mum," Fred interjects. "This is how Katie gets around with us. Her on George's shoulder is how our beautiful friendship started."
"I thought it started with an invisible ink marker thing." I say. George now successfully has me on his shoulder.
"Fine!" Mrs. Weasley gives in. "As long as you're careful!"
"Since when are we not, mum?" Fred says before he and George and I race off.
Wind rushes past my ears as the twins carry me up the stairs into their own room. They share a room, which shouldn't surprise me. There are shelves on the wall that have all these things for them to play tricks including what I think are some of their own inventions.
"Welcome to our humble abode!" Fred says bowing. I laugh. You can't help but laugh and have fun when you're with these two.
"What are you two doing?" A little girl who looks like Ron pokes her head into the room.
"Hello Ginny." George says.
"Did you meet Katie yet?" Fred asks. They have a habit for finishing each other's sentences.
"So this I Ron's girlfriend." She says as she completely steps in the room.
"She's not Ron's." Fred says.
"She's ours!" George finishes.
"I'm all of yours." I laugh.
"No! You're mine!" Fred wraps his arms around me and shields me from his twin.
"What are you guys doing?" Ron enters the room and sees Fred around me. The expression on his face is priceless. His face turns red. "Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to intrude."
"No Ron stay!" I say after him.
"Yeah!" Fred says. "The more the merrier."
"You guys look like you're doing something you shouldn't." Ron says as he turns around to face us.
"Of course we are!" George calls as he comes over to hug me too. "Don't you want to hug Katie?"
"Hey!" I say. "Who decided what to do with my body?!"
"Uh," Ron flushes. "I think I'll pass."
"But we thought you liked Katie." Fred says. Now I'm silent but Ron wins the silent game. He turns even redder.
"Uh, um, uh…" He starts.
"It's okay Ron." I say while trying to shake Fred and George off me.
"I'm going to leave." The girl says. I forgot she was there.
"Oh, hey! You must be Ginny. Ron doesn't talk much about you. Neither do the twins." I say getting up and walking to her.
"Oh." She says shocked. "Ron talks all about you. I read his letters. C'mon, I'll show you. I'll show you Fred's and George's too!"
"Ginny you can't!" Ron shouts.
"Go ahead." George says.
"Okay!" I shout back. I think Ron tried following us but he didn't enter Ginny's room.
"Here." She hands me a letter and sits down on the bed. "This one's Ron's. I'll show you Fred and George's after."
Dear mum,
Today was the first Quidditch match of the season. Harry quit just yesterday and so Katie had to be thrown in. She's just as good Harry was. She caught the snitch for crying out loud! It was a rather quick game too. Somebody's spell nearly threw her off her broom, but she pointed her wand at the teacher's stand, nobody knows why, and that saved her. It's rather peculiar though, for her to do something like that… oh wait, no it's not. She beat up the Malfoy boy the other day.
Anyway, right before Katie caught the snitch, she fell off her broom from at least 50 meters in the air. It looked like she broke all her bones and I hope she's all right. Hermione and I visited her as soon as we could. Her whole body was in a cast and she was black and blue. You couldn't even tell it was Katie on that bed. Somehow, I wish it were me that fell off the broom so she wouldn't have had to go through that pain. I know it sounds cheesy, but I'd fall off a thousand broomsticks as long as she didn't get a scratch.
Your son,
Ron
"Aw, that's so sweet!" I say.
"I know. But it's kind of over kill." Ginny replies. "Mom's been dying to meet you ever since Ron wrote that letter."
"Well, she doesn't have to die now."
"Yes, it's great." She sounds less than enthused. "Here's Fred and George's."
She hands me another letter.
Dear mum,
Katie Smith, the funny girl that we keep writing about, was on the Quidditch team and fell off her broom. We tried to save her but it was too late. We feel totally guilty that we couldn't. She hasn't woken up yet and we're freaking out! Fred keeps saying how helpless he feels and I just feel down. I never feel like that! When Katie wakes up, which we hope is soon, we want to play this huge prank with her so she feels better. It depends on how down she is. She might not because she has this happy aura that you can feel for miles! It's incredible! But now that happiness is gone, it fell off her just like she fell off her broom. We miss her and we miss her happy laugh.
Your sons,
Fred &George
"Follow me!" I say as I head out of her room and into Fred and George's where the twins and Ron wait.
"Back so soon?" George asks.
"I enjoyed reading your letter Ron." He looks up. You can't tell his hair line from his face he's so red. "I especially like the part where you said you'd fall off a thousand brooms as long as I didn't get a scratch."
"You really said that?" Said Fred.
"Yeah." Ron says sheepishly.
"So would I!" Fred continues.
"Thank you for trying to save me boys!" I say to the twins. "Why didn't anyone tell me they tried to save me?" I look at Ron who looks like he wants to be anywhere but here.
"Because we forgot?" George says sheepishly.
"Nice try."
"Dinner!" A voice shouts below.
"Woo hoo!" The twins yell as they pick me up, yet again, and carry me downstairs to the wonderful smelling food.
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Later that night, I'm sitting on a rug basking in the warmth of a fire with Ginny and Mrs. Weasley.
"Hey," I say. They both look at me. "I haven't gotten anybody Christmas presents."
"We can go to Diagon Alley or Hogsmade tomorrow if you'd like?" Mrs. Weasley says.
"Can we go to a Muggle store too?" I ask.
"If something you need is there."
"Yes. Something very important is there."
"Okay, dear. We'll go Christmas shopping tomorrow."
"Christmas shopping?" Fred says from behind us.
"Bloody hell! We still have to get Katie a Christmas present!" George says turning to his brother.
"Oh, boys, that's not necessary." I say to them, giggling.
"Ron! We've got to get Katie a Christmas present!" The twins shout to Ron who is sitting next to them at the table.
"I'm right here!" Ron shouts back.
"Okay!" Mrs. Weasley says in attempt to get her house back under control. "We'll all go Christmas shopping tomorrow and we'll hit some Muggle shops as well."
"Muggle shops?" The Weasley boys say at exactly the same time.
"Yes." I say. "There's something I have to get Harry that's in a Muggle shop and maybe something that I have to get you!"
"Harry?" Ron says. I ignore him and enjoy the rest of my night at the Weasley household.
READERS! This chapter was fun! Any chapter with Fred and George and humiliating Ron is a good chapter! Woo hoo! Can't wait to have Christmas in July… Wait, it's August. Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! –wolfhound22