Re Placed (George Weasley fanfic)

Chapter 23

That night I convinced Fred to go to bed, cause he was super worried about George. I've never seen Fred like that, he's always been the extreme one. I grabbed the couch pillows from the other couch and laid them next to the couch George was sleeping on. I wanted to be there, just in case...

Just as I was settling to go to sleep on the floor George wakes up "Hey y/n"

"Hey George" I respond "how are you doing?"

"Great, you?"

"A little shocked to be honest, but fine."

He laughs softly "if I can't convince you to go to bed properly, can you at least come here?"

Without saying anything I grab my blanket and slowly join him on the small couch.

We started doing some preparations for Bill and Fleur's wedding. George was Full out himself again, he still had a bandage around his head, but he still looked handsome though. I laugh at that thought while I look at him setting up the party tent. Some of us looked forward to the wedding, because there will finally be some joy and others like Harry really don't look forward to it. He looks rather depressed all the time.

Ginny and I are sitting in the grass watching our Puffskeins, but after they are done putting up the party tent, George comes to me and says "Come with me, I have something for you" I follow him all the way to the attic. "I know you don't really have a dress for the wedding, so I asked around for a little bit, but my mom showed me something I knew you'd definitely like." He pulls a burgundy red dress out of the closet and shows it to me by putting it in front of himself. "So, what do you think" he asks almost seriously.

I laugh and say "I love it"

"Well, try it on then!" George says enthusiastically.

It took me a couple of minutes to put on the long dress, I hear George say loudly "are you done yet?" I step out of the room to show George and respond to him "Yes, but I can't entirely zip up my dress, can you help me please" "not if you say please" he responds while zipping me up. I grow a little smile on my face and feel him grin too. "You look great" he says. "Yeah, thanks for letting me borrow your dress" I respond. And we start to crack up again.

It was already close to dinner time, so I changed into some comforting clothes I stole from George.

We walk downstairs and I help Molly in the kitchen. "Thanks for the dress by the way"

"No problem dear, I knew you'd like it."

The dinner table was over full, even more then usual. So we had to grab another extra table.
After a short dinner we all went to bed early, because we are getting up early in the morning. But I didn't feel like sleeping already so I just went in for a shower and when I was done I spot George sitting on my bed with a Quibbler, strange enough.

My hair was soaking wet and I was cold. I sat next to him without saying anything and he puts his arms around me and pulled me into a cuddle.

"You don't know how much I've missed this" I tell him.

"Me too" he responds and he holds me tighter. Before I even was aware, I was already sleeping.

That morning I woke up, still in George's arms. Except for the fact that we laid down and he was behind me with his arms around me and I just laid there stiff.

"Morning" he whispers in my ear when he feels I'm awake.

"Good morning" I turn around so I'm facing him. "How's your head?"

"My head's fine"

We got out of bed and George went to his own room to get ready for the wedding. It's so early that almost no one was awake yet. When we get downstairs, George pushes me back around the corner and says "stay quite, it's Ginny and Harry.

"Oh my" I say knowing George is up to something. I stay behind the corner and George sneaks up to the kitchen and grabs a cup of coffee and puts a toothbrush in his left ear where it's numb. And he waits a couple of seconds until Ginny and Harry notice his presence and then he says "Morning" in the George kind of way. It was hilarious to look at.

He walks back to me with another cup of coffee and gives it to me. "Thanks" I say while I was still laughing. "Your toothbrush is still in your ear, you know that?" He immediately takes it out.

That afternoon there was a great party, we toasted, some people said something special and it was actually very joyful again. We really enjoyed the evening. Of course there were still people watching outside for safety, but it all seemed alright. I even got George to dance with me or it was the other way around, but we danced. But Fleur... she looked amazing. She already was gorgeous, but with this dress and her hair and everything, she was even more beautiful. Luna and her father were here too. She wore a yellow dress that showed a lot of joy and she had her own little dance with her dad. It was very amusing to look at. We enjoyed every bit of this night. It was unforgettable.

Proof of that came later: When this huge blue ball of light enters the tent and took al the smiles of of our faces. "The ministry has fallen" is what it says. "The minister of magic is dead. They are coming" it keeps repeating. And the party becomes complete chaos. Death eaters enter and people are screaming and disapparating, while I am just trying to look for George.

"George!" When I yell his name he runs to me and we try collect the others too, but after several seconds we notice, Harry, Ron and Hermione are gone. Death eaters start to disapparate again.

Arthur went outside with Fred, George, Lupin and Hagrid to see if they were all gone. But there is no sign of them anymore. Almost every gast left except for the order of the Phoenix. Fleur is crying and Bill is comforting her, while me and Ginny still stand at the exact same spot and didn't move a muscle.
After a cup of tea back in the house, we restored everything again with the repairing charm. But we all were still feeling really tense. And above all... Hermione, Ron and Harry were gone.