She sat with her back and neck exposed, Remus having finally convinced her to let him treat her scratch marks. She hadn't let him before because she saw no point when she was just going to add more. George had gone to spend some time with Fred and had told her he would see her at dinner.
"Some of these are very deep." Remus said putting an extra coat of salve on three marks on her upper shoulder.
"Phoenixes have talons. They're birds remember?" She spoke looking over her shoulder at him.
He pursed his lips and shook his head at her, "You're lucky this was the worst that happened. With how unstable that flame was during your assessment you could have caught fire during one of these fits."
"I did." She turned to look at him, "It was while you were out, Mrs. Weasley had to put it out and fix my sheets. The only reason she even knew was because I started screaming more than normal."
"Lucky about that then." Remus spoke concentrating her back again.
She lowered her head, "No lucky I know what it felt like. It almost happened while George was in the room the other day."
He placed his hand gently on her back, "You would never have let anything happen to him."
"I know and now he's directly involved in what's going on. He's directly involved in why Voldemort wants me." Her voice was low.
"And I know he wouldn't have it any other way." Remus smiled, "That boy cares a lot about you. He wants to make sure you're alright, he wants to know that you are being taken care of, and he wants to be the one that makes sure all of that happens."
"How do you know?" She turned to look at him.
Remus laughed at her, "I'm not blind, nor am I stupid. Every time I left your room he was sitting there waiting for me, ready to ask how you were doing and if he could see you. And since you two are clearly trying to hide it being bond mates will help since you guys have to spend time together anyways."
"You're too observant." She rolled her eyes at him.
"Always being in the back ground makes you so." He said before announcing he was done with her back and when he turned away she quickly put her shirt back on.
"Thanks Remus." She said turning to face him.
"Not a problem." He smiled at her, the reached over and gave her a hug, "I know you aren't happy about who it was, but I am happy we found you a bond mate. After everything that's happened in the past year I couldn't imagine if I lost you."
"It's not that I'm not happy that George was a match, it's just that if anything happened to him I would never be able to forgive myself." She pulled back from him.
He made her look at him, "Then we'll just have to make sure nothing does."
They heard Molly calling everyone down for dinner and she perked up, "I'm starved, feel like I haven't eaten in weeks!"
"That's because you barely have." He laughed.
"Hmm, yes that would explain it wouldn't it?" She smiled at him leading the way.
As they were dishing out the food there was a knock at the door. The table quieted down, no one else was coming and more importantly no one else knew where they were. Arthur got up to open the door and everyone was quiet trying to overhear the conversation.
"I'm looking for Bridget Faltey." They all heard a woman say. Bridget immediately stood up and walked to the hall to see who it was asking for her.
"Council Woman MacRose." She said stunned, "How did you know I was here?"
"Sad to say that Tevos likes keeping an eye on you. I came to talk about what you spoke of in the council chambers." The woman hesitated, "About You-Know-Who."
Arthur invited the woman in and both Remus and George joined them in the parlor with MacRose. She spoke first, "The other council women and I have spoken about what you said and most of us are in agreement that with his strange obsession with you that we will indeed have to choose a side this time, and if we are going to have to pick we would like to be on the side were we won't be seen as complete monsters. Most pureblood wizards see us as half breeds because of the animals, despite our own pure blood heritage, and in a world that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named runs we would be slaughtered."
"That's wonderful to hear. Remus can fill you in on more of the details, but we were in the middle of dinner." Bridget looked between the two.
"We are building a resistance as we speak and having the help of the Primals would show that they belong in our society as much as any other person with magical abilities." Remus started then gave the two teenagers a look to return to the dining room and finish their meals.
"Well done, love." George smiled at her and gave her a kiss on the forehead before they reentered the room.
A little while later Remus returned to the table and stated that the other adults and Bridget needed to speak once they were finished. All of the kids headed up stairs and Bridget knew they would be using Fred and Georges ear to hear what was going on. Remus murmured to the other members of the Order and Bridget sat there awkwardly as Molly and Remus shared quiet angry whispers.
She assumed they had come to an agreement when they turned to face her. Remus spoke first, "MacRose said that the only way they would be involved in the Order is if you were their go to person since they cant come to many meetings and you are the only one who can get direct word to them."
"But you're not seventeen yet." Molly said.
"So," Remus said before the woman could protest again, "We have decided to involve you in the meetings of the Order that pertain to events that have to do with the Primals and will give you information to pass along with them."
"Okay." Bridget said, understanding why Molly wouldn't want her to be a member yet given her twins would throw a fit especially now that one of them was her bond mate, "Just let me know what I need to do."
"Right now you just need to continue getting back to one hundred percent." Molly smiled at her then rushed her out of the room.
Bridget headed up the stairs and the group was looking at her. She waved them to her room, "So what all didn't you guys hear?"
"That the Primals can't come to meetings." George answered.
Fred followed with, "After that the Ear went out…still have some kinks to work out I guess."
Bridget explained what they missed and Hermione, as always had a question, "How do they mean that you are the only one that can contact them? Remus does it all the time?"
"Yes, but that's sending an owl, when its urgent news, like an attack or something, Primals can connect. We've found a way to harness the power into common objects, it's like a portkey mixed with the muggles cellphone." She said then had to explain to everyone except Hermione what a cellphone was.
"Interesting. What's yours?" Ginny asked.
"My mothers ring." She showed them the silver engraved ring on her thumb, a ring she had worn since the day of her mothers funeral. She yawned and Hermione gave her a concerned look.
"You still haven't gathered all of your strength back have you?"
"No it takes a while, I was out of it for almost a month." She smiled at her friend.
Ginny grabbed her brothers collars, "Then we better give you just as much time to rest."
Hermione also pushed Ron out of the room and she laughed at her friends, she needed the rest but them evacuating her room wasn't necessary. As she stretched her tired body the healing wounds on her body were strained and she realized that extra rest probably was a good thing.
She quickly changed into shorts and a t-shirt and flopped onto her bed balling up the pillows beneath her head. Sleep came quicker than she had expected.
George laid in bed, unable to sleep and Fred knew it. He looked over at his twin knowing he wanted to go and spend time with Bridget, "I'm sure her door is unlocked."
"Yes but what if she's sleeping?" George sat up to look at him.
"I doubt she would mind having you wake her up." Fred then grinned at him, "Or someone to stay the night with her."
"Fred." George almost sounded annoyed.
"You know that's not what I meant." Fred laughed even more, "Just go see her so you will stop being agitatingly quiet."
George flung the covers off of him and quietly walked down the hall towards her room. Fred had been right, the door was unlocked, it was because now she didn't have to worry about hurting anyone, or because she didn't have to worry about anyone trying to get in when she didn't want them to. He smiled as he looked at her laying on her stomach, both arms curled up under the pillow supporting her head.
He took a few steps closer to the bed and as he reached his arm out to touch her he was shocked when she moved faster than he could see and her hand was in his face holding a bright flame, blinding him.
Bridget took a moment to register that the person in her room was George quickly took the flame away from his face, "Oh! I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay, I probably should have knocked or something." George gave her a quiet laugh and she smiled back at him.
"What's going on? You cant sleep?" She asked propping herself up on her elbows.
"Kind of." He glanced away from her.
"I've missed you too George." She smiled at him then patted the bed beside her and he hesitantly laid down. George couldn't help but smile when she rolled over and laid her head on his chest curling up beside him. He wrapped his arm around her and felt her nuzzle closer to him.
"It's been nice having you out and about this past week." He kissed her forehead and felt her smile against him.
"Yeah it has been nice to be back with the gang. I'm glad that you guys ended up finding out about me, it felt like a weight keeping it from you all." Her fingers ghosted across his chest.
"I'll admit I was a little worried about it at first, but now that I've seen you in action I'm not anymore." He gave a slight laugh, "In fact now I feel at peace with everything it seems."
She laughed, "That's the effects of the bonding. It'll last another week or two until you get used to it."
"No, I think it's having you in my arms." He pulled her closer.
"I'd think you were trying to butter me up for something, George Weasley." She smiled and he gave a slight laugh at her.
"Well I already have you so I don't know what else I need."
She looked up at him and ran her hand through his hair, "So you cut it for the business huh? How's it going?"
"Very well, we have some products to sell at school now thanks to you and Harry giving us your winnings." He leaned down and gave her a kiss, "Which you didn't have to do you know."
"I'm one person and I already have the money of a whole family, I don't need anymore." She nuzzled her nose to his, "Plus I said I would be an investor, so it works out."
"Yeah, it helped us out a lot." He kissed her again, and she started laughing, "What?"
"The real reason you sneak into my room comes to light."
He rolls on top of her with a smile, "I have a month of missed time with those lips, I want to make up for it."
Bridget laughs as he seals his lips over hers, but is quickly silenced by George becoming more passionate. Her fingers ran through his now short hair, and she still enjoyed it, and he very much still enjoyed how her chest brushed against his as he wrapped his arms tightly around her. He tilted his head to the side, kissing her deeper causing her to run her nails down his back and he couldn't fight the moan that came out of his throat. He didn't hesitate with his tongue this time and she smiled into the kiss as he pulled her closer. Their bodies were pressed together and yet she still wanted him closer. Her leg moved up his thigh and he couldn't stop his hand from running down in until he felt her skin, realizing she was in shorts and his mind caught up with his body. He parted their lips and placed his head in the crook of her neck, trying to calm himself, "Brig, I should go."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go to far." She said placing her leg back on the bed.
"Trust me, nothing was wrong, I just don't want to push the limits." He let out a soft laugh and lifted his head to look at her, "Bridget, your eyes!"
"Whats wrong with them?" She said pushing him off of her moving to the mirror and saw that her eyes were glowing in the darkness of the room and were a bright orange.
George stood up and walked over to her, "They aren't the only thing glowing…"
He said placing a hand where her heart is and she looked down to her chest to see that it also had a faint orange glow, "George I have no idea what's going on."
"We might want to go talk to Lupin." He said with a worried tone in his voice, perhaps she hadn't healed enough yet for what they had been doing. She nodded and left her room with him quickly behind her. She knocked on Lupins door and the man sleepily answered.
"Bridget, George what's wrong?" He asked rubbing his eyes.
"You'll notice when you look up." She said, her voice shaky and when the older man did his eyes grew wide at the sight of her there eyes and chest glowing.
"What caused this?" He asked motioning them into his room.
"Um…well… we aren't quite sure." She felt awkward telling Remus with George in the room since she hadn't told him yet that her father figure had found out.
"Really now?" Lupin raised an eyebrow at them, "Not an inkling whatsoever?"
"We were snogging." George blurted out and Bridgets face went immediately red.
Lupin laughed, "Well then theres your answer. You are part phoenix darling. Emotions run deep in them and when the fires of passion burn… well you sort of do too."
"So every time we make out this is going to happen? How long will it last?!" Bridget asked in a high pitch still embarrassed.
"It's something you'll have to learn to control. I feel like getting flustered about it might not help." Lupin laughed, "You're brighter now."
"Well at least if we ever get stuck somewhere without lights I know all I have to do is kiss you then shout it to the world and we'll be able to see." George smiled.
"You're an ass." She didn't even turn to look at him.
"You love me."
"For some reason." She shook her head.
"See there you go. It's starting to fade." Lupin said pointing to her chest. She looked down and saw that the glow was almost gone.
"So I have to insult him to make it go away, that shouldn't be to hard." She smiled at Remus.
"This ought to be interesting for our relationship." George's words dripped of sarcasm.
"Speaking of…" Lupin looked at the both of them, "I would suggest that you two continue to keep it out of the public eye for as long as you can. From this new development it appears that this bond will make your powers even more powerful or even more apparent and with everything going on in the ministry I'm not sure having everyone at your school know what you are would be the best thing. And clearly your activies together don't exactly make it that hidden. Keep both of it a secret."
"Yessir." She said nodding, wondering what the ministry had to do with school but she knew that he was giving them the warning for a reason.
"Now off to bed." He smiled at them and they turned to leave, "Don't worry, I wont check to see if it's the same one or not, just be smart."
"Be careful there Remus, someone might begin to think you're my dad." She smiled at him before opening the door.
"Then I hope that they don't tell whoever they think your mother is because I'm sure that me not reprimanding you for having a boy in your room in the late hours of the night would mean that there would be a price on my head." He spoke with a corner of his mouth upturned.
She and George left the room and when they got to her door they both just stood there for a moment, "It's up to you if you want to come back in or not."
"I'd love to but-" He started to hesitate and she hated it when he was indecisive so she pressed her lips to his.
"Let's just go inside and lay down, nothing tempting. I just want to sleep wrapped in your arms tonight." She smiled at him and he couldn't say no, he'd never be able to say no to her.
"Alright." He smiled at her and they went inside and laid down on the bed, "Make yourself comfortable."
She laid down on her side facing him and he couldn't help but smile at her as she scooted towards him nuzzling her head under his chin and curling herself into him as he wrapped his arms around her, "Goodnight George."
"Goodnight love." He smiled kissing the top of her forehead and smiling as he felt her fall asleep.