Re Placed (George Weasley fanfic)

Chapter 4

I wake up in the middle of the night with an empty stomach. I thought this was a good time to eat a little and learn a little bit out of my books, but I don't want to wake up Angelina and Alicia with the light and the noise.
I sneak into the Gryffindor common room so I wouldn't wake the girls up and put the fireplace on with a spell George taught me, so I can read and not get to cold. I sit on the coach in front of the fireplace enjoying the moment, when I hear footsteps. I turn around fast, but it was just George.

"You scared me... again!" I say.

"I'm sorry" he laughs.

"So why are you up?" I ask George.

"I woke up hungry and I think I fell asleep a little to early to sleep the entire night" he answers.

"Me too" I tell him.

"So what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to learn a bit more and I was a little hungry too, so I brought some food with me."

"Nice, can I have some?" He asks.

"I know you will take some anyways, so why ask" I said and we laugh.

He grabs one of my books and sat next to me on the couch.

"You know I was about to read that one" I tell him. And he looks at me like he doesn't care and giggles. "I'm being serieus George, I want to read that one first, so I won't look to stupid when someone asks me something" It was a book with basics of the wizarding world in it.

"I get it, I get it" he says and gives me the book. "So, eeeehm. There's a rumor going around" he starts.

"What?" I ask anxiously.

"That, you are... I'm sorry. I hope you know that I'd never think of you like that."

"Tell me!" I insist.

"Oké, fine... There's a rumor going around that you are Bellatrix Lestrange's daughter."

"..." I was silent for a moment, and then I say "It could be true..."

"Wait... what do you mean?" George asks confused.

"I mean... I was adopted as a kid after my biological mother named Bellatrix gave birth to me in the hospital. My mother worked there and she only remembered her first name, because it was a very odd name. They never knew a thing about my biological dad. So I grew up with my non biological parents and brother. So, it could be. But I hope not, because I heard she is one of his followers."

"A death eater" George corrects me. "Would you ever want to know if it's true?" He asks.

"Sort of" I answer. "I don't, but I don't want to have that question following me everywhere I go for the rest of my life. I don't even know what I am going to do after Hogwarts."

"Of course you do, you have so much choice Y/N" he says with his heavy, but calming voice.

I look down at the fireplace. Not knowing what I am supposed to say or do.

"Y/N, look at me for a sec" he says serious and holds up my chin. "You can do so much! You're a quick learner and you can always help us with the store, you can do anything you want"

He releases my chin, but he doesn't release his stare. A part of me wants me to look away, but I didn't want to look to depressed or something.

After several moments I decide to grab my books and leave. I don't look at George anymore and let the book he is reading with him. When I am in my dorm again, I let my books fall on the floor... a little to loud and sit on the floor against my bed. My Puffskein wich I call furball, (because every time I say furball she gets kind of mad) jumps on my bed and thought it would be comforting to try eating my boogers out of my nose like Puffskeins do, but of course it isn't comforting, so I push her away and she goes back into her cage.

"Y/N, what's wrong?" I hear Angelina say softly, while Alicia keeps snoring loudly without any movement.

"Didn't you notice? Everyone thinks I'm Bellatrix's daughter, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do with my life and George is freaking the bloody hell out of me!" I say stressing out.

"Wow" Angelina says. "I don't really know what I'm supposed to say. I mean, I've heard about it, but I thought it was probably nonsense."

"It could be true" I say softly and explain the whole thing over again and she looks kind of shocked.

We talked a little longer, but both fell asleep after a while.

When the sun finally starts to come up, we are both really tired. But we get up anyways, because we can't miss breakfast or class and Alicia knocks us out of our beds.

When we arrive at the Gryffindor tables Fred immediately caught our sleepy heads and says "You look terrible! What happened?"

"Shut up!" me and Angelina said at the same time.
And it got Fred quiet right away.

But Alicia already left our side to sit with Lee who's her boyfriend.

I notice George being very quiet too. There wasn't much talking after that, neither in class.

"So what happend with you and Fred?" I ask Angelina after class.

"Nothing much, he was just scared of us" she says with a huge evil smile on her face.

I finally succeed to put a smile on my face again. Then I think of George again, wondering what he was feeling this morning and right now, because he still doesn't seem himself.

After class George was gone very fast, so I run through the corridors to look for him. I see him walking towards the courtyard.

"George!" I yel through the corridors. "George wait!" I'm almost there, it seemed like he almost started to run too. He makes it hard for me to reach him. When I finally do, I'm exhausted. I really need to catch a breath, but George keeps walking and walking. "George wait a minute!" I say again without any breath. And he suddenly stands still and looks me right in the eyes, after avoiding me all day. "Why were you so quiet today and it looks like you're avoiding me too!" I say trying to catch my breath.

"I'm both not" he finally answers.

"So what's up then?" I ask him.

"I'm just really not in the mood for school or anything else right now."

"I feel you, I'm tired too, but..."

"It's not just being tired Y/N"

The only thing that is going through me at that exact moment was that he said my name again.

"It's you, it's Fred, it's everyone and everything"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean... that since we hang out, I'm really starting to realize that I don't need Fred that much... But I don't want to lose what me and Fred have if you know what I mean. Since we both spend more time on other things and other people."

"You're not blaming me right?" I ask insecure.

"No, of course not. Well on the other side... thanks to you I feel way better these days. I hate it, but I guess you have a good influence on me" he says while I see a smile showing on his face again.

"I really don't know what to say" I tell him. "I feel bad, but I feel flattered at the same time. I mean... I felt bad all day too, but I guess it is true what they say about having a civilized conversation. Well, not that we had a civilized conversation, more just like a talk, but..."

"We get it" he interrupts me with a smile and suddenly hugs me.

After that we spend days and days together doing all kinds of stuff like going to the library, annoying Fred and Angelina when they're together, eating crazy candy in the common room with the others and playing all sorts of games. I'm having a lot of fun. And when I'm not with Angelina, Alicia or the others I'm with George. That's how we grow closer and closer every hour, minute and second of the day. He grows to be my best friend and I really don't know where I'd be right now if he wasn't here.