Serendipity | Fred Weasley X Reader

⋅•☆Chapter 31 - New Year's Eve Dinner☆•⋅

Y/n's POV

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Christmas passed by quickly and now it was now New Year's Eve. What can I say? Time flies by when you're having fun. Though the past days felt more like a blur.

We were all preparing for the arrival of a multitude of guests that were to arrive in a few hours. Mum and dad decided to invite the others' parents along with the rest of our relatives. Minus the Jordans because they were on a trip abroad which didn't bother Lee and said he was fine with it. Along with the Malfoys because they had to attend a New Year's Ball, but Draco didn't mind. He was actually relieved.

I didn't mind the amount of guests we were going to have but the Manor was going to be packed with everyone there. As if we weren't crowded already.

Dad managed to change the decorations from a Christmas look to a new years look. He loved to keep a theme at the Manor.

We were all over the place, trying to prepare everything. The others didn't mind the work, they actually enjoyed it.

Some of us just arrived from grocery shopping for dinner tonight. Some were in the dining room preparing the table set-up.

A few of my relatives were going to stay for a few days so George, Lee and Louis were preparing the rooms.

You'd think the place would be in absolute chaos but it actually wasn't.

I just placed the final bag of food down on the table when I suddenly heard a fumble of voices from upstairs. Fred, Harry and I exchanged confused looks since we weren't supposed to get any guests until later in the night.

Mum's face lit up and instructed us to clean up as much as we could so we could greet the guests. I cleaned up my hands and headed upstairs with Fred and Harry following me.

I opened the door to see my relatives from the Philippines. I haven't seen them since last summer. The second they saw me, it was like a tsunami of hugs.

"Ate Y/n! Kuya Harry!" My younger cousin, Nathalie, greeted me with a warm hug. She only reached my waist because she was quite young and small.

"Hi Nat-"

"Ay Y/n, Harry, you're so tall na!" My great aunt Aida, said as she grabbed onto my face and examined my face, "Dalaga na siya" ("They're so grown up") She said to my mother. She moved on Harry and showered him with compliments.

I raised her hand to my forehead and gave her a smile. "Thank you Auntie. It's so good to see you."

"How are you so tall na? Last time I saw you, you were so short." My uncle Marcos said as he gave me a hug.

"I wasn't that short." I replied as I returned the hug.

I proceeded to greet my relatives while also introducing them to my friends. Many of them haven't met someone with ginger hair so they were quite fixated on the Weasleys' hair.

"How many relatives do you have?" Fred asked in a whisper.

"It's like your family, just twice as much. You're lucky this isn't a family reunion." I replied with a grin. "Speaking of which, I think the rest of yours just arrived."

A group of redheads have just walked through the front door. I looked over to see his smile grow big as he spotted his family. Molly pulled him into a hug before she went to give me one.

"Y/n! It's so good to see you. We're so happy to be here." She greeted me. She looked quite cheerful.

"Happy to have you here with us, Mrs. Weasley." I replied. I looked over her shoulder to see Arthur, Bill and Charlie.