Semper - Fred Weasley

I wasn’t allowed to go back to Hogwarts yet, at least until Christmas. I needed to get as much rest as possible. Thanks to Professor McGonagall I didn’t miss that much, because she agreed to send the school stuff to Grimmauld Place, so I spent the mornings with Remus and Sirius who helped me study. Well actually, Remus and Sirius spent the time arguing about who of them was right and who was the better teacher while I was doing my assignments. At the end of each week, I sent the finished essays back to Hogwarts for the professors to correct them.

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I was standing in front of my mirror and tried to get all of my hair into the hair tie.

„Fuck.“ I called after my second hair tie tore.
„Fucking shit, that’s it, I’ll shave my head.“ I threw the remaining hair ties in the corner of the room and sat down on the bed with a sigh.

Only then I noticed the grinning red head that stood in my room.

„Trouble with the hair?“, he grinned.

„How much did you hear?“ I got up and went to kiss him.

„Enough.“, he winked and I threw my head back in despair.

„Come here, let me help you.“, He pulled me to him and turned me around so I was facing the mirror, he grabbed a hair tie and the hair brush and stood behind me.

I curiously looked at him through the mirror.

„What? You know that mom showed us how to do Ginny’s hair.“, He said proud and began to comb my hair carefully, then he divided it into three strands and began to braid, while I  watched him through the mirror.

The tip of his tongue peeped out of his mouth and his brows were furrowed in concentration.

„That’s it, everything done.“, he kissed me on top of my head and spun me around myself.

„It‘s perfect. Thank you, Freddie.“ I admired my perfectly braided hair.

After I finished getting dressed, we both went downstairs. I was excited to finally get to see Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes.

Fred pulled me to the door while we waved goodbye to Remus and Sirius.

„Aren’t we apparating?“ I asked.

„No, too dangerous for you. We’ll take the bus,“ he said proudly and clapped his hands excitedly.

„The bus? Fred, why should we take the bus when we’d be there immediately with floo powder or apparating.“ Even though I grew up in the Muggle world, I was very used to magic.

„That’ll be fun, come on.“, Fred had taken care of everything, we walked hand in hand to the bus stop and drove to the Muggle side of the Leaky Cauldron.

Diagon Alley wasn’t the same after the Death Eater attacked. A depressing mood laid over the once so busy street. The only thing that stood out was a large, colorful building.

I stared enthusiastically at the building. A large figure that looked like the twins adorned the front of the shop, and made it obvious to whom this shop belonged to.

„Fred, this is amazing.“ I looked up at him and he smiled down at me.

„Wait until you see it from the inside.“, he pulled me further and held the door open for me. I entered and was completely overwhelmed.

Seeing as the students were at Hogwarts, it wasn’t busy today. I looked around in awe.

George was behind the register, along with a woman I didn’t know.

„Come on, let’s go say hello to George.“ I followed Fred through the shop and examined the full shelves.

George greeted me with a hug, which I happily returned.