Sorry guys I let you wait for so long, I didn't mean to, but life got in the way and …well, here I am – and here's another chapter – it's short, I know, but I wanted to close this matter an have a new day to start with in the next chapter (hopefully tomorrow)

Enjoy!

Jade hesitated. It wasn't because she didn't want Weasleys as a forever family. She wanted them, very much indeed, but she wasn't ready to trust them again. Actually she didn't feel like she'll ever be able to trust completely again.

"Jade?" the judge urged.

"Y-yes…yes I think I do." Said Jade quietly but seriously.

"Alright then, would you come with me to the court room? It won't take long, I just have to announce my decision and you'll be able to go back home. Aren't you excited?" asked Casey with wide smile. Jade smiled shyly back but didn't say anything.

Was she excited? Of course she was happy and that tiny bit of hope left deep inside her heart started to grow ever so slowly. Perhaps, they did want her after all.

When judge entered the courtroom, everyone stood up and squeak of joy echoed from the direction Weasleys were standing.

Jade looked up, for a fraction of second before looking back on her old sneakers.

There they are, Arthur wearing his muggle suit and Molly standing next to him, squeezing his arm in absolute glee at the sight of their little girl.

Molly wanted to go right then and hug Jade, and tell her again that now everything will be fine and no one ever would make her go away, but Arthur stopped her, looking meaningfully in the direction of judge.

No one was later able to repeat the words the judge said, because all official phrases were forgotten in the happiness that followed immediately after Jade was declared the daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley. There were many congratulations and hugs and tars of joy (from Molly of course).

After everything settled down, Arthur suggested they head back home as Burrow was a long way from London, and it was almost lunch time.

The air was unusually warm. Bright sun shining, already high in the sky and absolutely no wind.

They all climbed inside the car Arthur borrowed from ministry again and for next couple of hours Jade listened to his mumbling about how they should get a car, because they're quite useful and Molly's questions about the days Jade was away.

But Jae didn't really want to talk about it, not that she had something to talk about for that matter – what was she supposed to tell them? That she spent the days lying on the bed, crying herself to sleep or tell them about the nights she stayed awake to keep the nightmares away and how lonely and desperate she felt? No, she'd never tell them.

The sun was hanging low over the horizon when the car finally stopped in front of the Burrow.

The house was the same, still dangerously leaning to one side, with few chickens running lose around the front garden and overgrown grass all around. But it somehow looked more magical now – at least for Jade. Maybe it was just the golden glow from sun setting down or the fact that after endless days spent in muggle orphanage, Jade was finally back in the world where she belonged.

Molly asked Percy to take everyone away on a trip for the day as she didn't want them to be waiting around the house and jump on Jade the second she came back home, or in the case that Jade wouldn't… Molly couldn't even think about the other possibility.

Jade kicked off her sneakers in the mud room and slowly climbed the stairs up to her room, turning around twice to seek approval from Weasleys.

She wouldn't do anything wrong again, from now on, she decided, she'll work hard so they'll want to keep her as long as possible.

Molly nodded encouragingly at her, following her newest daughter upstairs.

When they reached the small landing and Jade opened the door to her room, she was happy to see that nothing changed. There was still her bed and the crocheted blanket and sun was still shining through her triangular window, although it would set down soon and the sky was already turning pink.

Jade turned around and smiled at Molly, not knowing what to say.

"Thank you for taking me back." She finally managed to whisper, her long prepared speech about being good and obeying all the rules, and begging them to keep her was forgotten when she saw Molly's eyes glister with tears.

"I'm so happy to have you back honey, forever. I'll never ever let you go again – you know that right?" said Molly lightly hugging the girl.

"Yes, I know." Answered Jade, who saw how much Molly really cared about her, or at least she wanted to believe that she did.

"I'm sorry I've missed so many days of studying, and that I didn't help out with chores, I mean, I couldn't when I was away, but I'll do everything now, I promise…" started Jade again, feeling a little bit more brave now when she saw how happy Molly was to have her back.

"Don't worry now, dear, don't you worry about silly things like that. You have two more weeks of summer at home, that is, if you still want to go to Hogwarts this year, so just enjoy the vacation. You've studied enough for one summer don't you think?" smiled Molly and turned around to go back down to kitchen and heat up dinner.

"Kids will be back shortly and we'll have dinner in about fifteen minutes, I'll let you to freshen up and come downstairs when you're ready." Was all that Molly said and disappeared.

Jade sat down on her bed and let out the big sight she didn't know she was holding in her.

It felt strange to be back. It was nice, but odd. Like coming back to your family, only you weren't really home and they weren't really your family, they tried to pretend they were but…

"Yes, they are your family, at least for now Jade, so stop mourning and start acting like it, you can as well enjoy it while they keep you." She told herself and got up from her bed.

She walked into the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. There were red marks on her cheeks and her eyes were red as well, from trying not to cry the whole day. Jade splashed some cold water on her face and grabbed clean towel from under the sink. Then she hang it on the last hook of the hanger, which was added right after she came there the first time, and she was happy to see it was still there.

Then she decided to go downstairs and see if Molly needed any help but just as she stepped down from the last stair, a choir of voices was heard approaching the Burrow quickly.

Jade recognised Ginny's high voice and Fred and George teasing Ron about something, but soon everything fell quiet as the group of children stopped by the back door, looking surprised/happy/reliever at Jade who was now standing in the middle of kitchen.

Right then a chaos erupted. Jade was hugged by everyone at the same time, everyone yelled and laughed at the same time and Jade could do nothing but join them.

Half an hour later when Weasleys finally settled down around the dinner table, there were still questions asked and you could see wide smile on every face.

"Where's Charlie and Bill?" asked Jade quietly, interrupting the stream of questions addressed to her.

"Oh sweetheart, they wanted to stay, they really did, but Bill had to leave last week and Charlie went back to school two days ago – he stayed as long as he could but…" trailed of Molly, looking really sorry, even though it wasn't her fault.

"Oh, that's ok, I was just wondering…"started Jade.

"Well, I'm afraid you'll only see them at Christmas as they won't be able to make it back to see you guys off to Hogwarts this year." Said Arthur apologetically.

And so the conversation continued, mainly about school and the next shopping trip.

"You'll have to collect all the books tomorrow and see which ones are missing. And also all the potion ingredients and cauldrons…"Molly started to count out.

"Yeah, we burned a hole through one last year" laughed George. "yup, straight through the bottom" added Fred and everyone laughed about it, except from their mom who looked at them shaking her head disapprovingly.

"Ok, we'll see tomorrow and then we'll go shopping this Friday." decided Molly and rushed all her kids upstairs to get ready for bed.

"it feels so right now, when we finally have her home, you know, forever." Mused Molly that night when she snuggled close to her husband.

She didn't wait for him to answer, thinking he was already asleep as usual, but Arthur didn't sleep yet. He was wide awake, too excited and happy to fall asleep just yet.

"yes, it does. It does feel right now, like our family is complete. Finally." He smiled and kissed Molly on her forehead before snuggling closer to her and falling asleep.

Finally.