Chapter 7: Winter Break

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"Aww, thanks, and you don't look a day over a hundred!"

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"Aww, thanks, and you don't look a day over a hundred!"

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And just like that, it was already Winter Break. Ron was going to the burrow along with Harry and Hermione, and after a little convincing, Nat decided to go too.

So, there they were, back on the Hogwarts Express, and it still felt exactly like it had a few months ago, and it actually was, with Harry and Ginny snogging, and this time,  Ron and Hermione whispering and flirting a little bit. In some ways, Nat felt like a fifth wheel (if that was even possible) but she didn't really care.

Finally, they made it to the Burrow, and Nat along with Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Hermione exchanged hugs with Ron and Ginny's parents, Molly and Arthur Weasley.

Then, they decided to unpack and settle into their rooms. Hermione was sleeping in Ginny's room, Harry was sleeping in Ron's room, and Nat was sleeping in George's old bedroom (Geroge was later coming the next day) since they were 'extra space'. Nat knew that it was because it was actually Geroge and his twin brother Fred, bedroom. She used to keep up with everything going on by looking at newspapers left on the ground. One of them named almost everybody who died in the Second Wizarding War, and Fred's name was on there. She had memorized the whole list.

After a bit of unpacking, everybody went down to help greet some relatives of the Weasley's that would be coming over for dinner. First, Ron's and Ginny's siblings came, (not including Geroge, he had to do some stuff at Weasley's Wheezes) including Bill (along with his wife, Fleur, which Ginny had told Nat about), Charlie, and Percy. After that, their aunt and uncles came, and she didn't even any of their names, and then after that, well, she had no idea what everybody's relation was to the family.

Then, Nat and the others spent their gobbling up Molly's delicious food, (mostly Nat). She was sitting on the couch along with Ron, Charlie, and Hermione when what she was recognized as one of the aunts came over to them.

"Oh hello dears, so happy to see you! Oh, Ron, you've grown so much! Oh and Charlie, you too, oh, and er- those dragons must have changed you too!" She said smiling before turning to Hermione. "Oh, hello! You must be the muggle-born!" Ron budged her with his elbows but she didn't seem to care a bit. Hermione flashed a smile, but Nat knew it was fake and she was pretty sure Ron and Charlie knew too.

"Oh, another face! Oh- er-" she turned to Ron and murmured to him "Is she ok? She looks like she hasn't seen the sun in years." What. A. Brat. 

"Aww, thanks, and you don't look a day over a hundred!" She paused. "Oh, wait, 152!" Nat said, flashing a smile so fake even the aunt could tell. Hermione couldn't help but chuckle a little along with Charlie and Ron. The aunt just looked like she had tasted something nasty.

The aunt suddenly smiled as she motioned a quick wave to Charlie and Ron before walking off and into the kitchen. "That was great!" Charlie said. "Yeah, you know, everybody kind of hates her but mom knows she'll complain if she doesn't get invited," Ron said, and they all grinned at each other.

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The rest of the day went by surprisingly quickly, and before she knew it, it was already nighttime, and slowly but surely, all the relatives except Charlie, Bill, and Fleur who were staying overnight left.

And just like that, Nat was fast asleep in Geroge's bedroom.

The next day, Natalie woke up to a great smell of pancakes and syrup and bacon coming from the kitchen and was delighted to see Molly had practically cooked a three-course meal for breakfast. Though along with everybody else, she was a little overwhelmed.

After Nat had thanked Mrs.Weasley for the hundredth time, she sat down and took it all in before serving herself everything she could.

Then, suddenly there was a knock on the door, and with a quick pause Mrs.Weasley answered the door and shouted "Geroge!" and everybody suddenly grinned as Mr.Weasley came over to greet his son.

"Why didn't you tell us you were coming earlier?" Bill said as Mrs.Weasley helped Geroge to his seat. 

"Because, you know I like surprises, and it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you!" He said flashing a toothy grin as he helped himself to some bacon and pancakes. Nat slowly chewed on her eggs, observing everybody.

Fleur was constantly helping Bill whenever she could, along with Mrs.Weasley who had prepared some special steak for him for his craving (Ron had explained to Nat that Bill was technically part-werewolf so he had some traits). Charlie told Hermione and Ginny about his fascinating adventures with dragons, and Harry and Ron were in some kind of debate about quidditch. Geroge, well, he was actually observing everybody too.

Nat suddenly frowned. She couldn't imagine what it was like to lose one of her siblings if she had one. Especially if it was her twin. If Fred still was alive, Geroge would probably be joking with him right now. 

Nat decided to distract herself by looking at everybody's pajamas, because well, no one had day clothes on except Geroge. Ginny was wearing light pink satin plain PJs and Hermione seemed to be wearing something similar, which Nat had amused she had borrowed from Ginny. Harry had on red plain pajamas with a little golden snitch in the corner. Ron had Gryffindor pajamas which Nat amused were hand-me-downs because they looked a little worn. Charlie had one with dragons on it which Mrs.Weasley had made for him. Bill just had plain ones and Fleur had a plain white nightgown.

Nat had spent most of the night rummaging threw Geroge and Fred's drawers by finding out she forgot to pack pajamas and finally suited on a red t-shirt that "Gryffindor" written across it and plain black pajama pants. They were a little oversized, but they suited pretty well.

 Finally, after everybody had finished their breakfast they all squeezed into the living room as Mrs.Weasley had announced they were passing out presents.

"First, one for each of you." She said, passing out small boxes with each of their names on them. They all unboxed theirs at the same time to reveal sweaters with their first initial on them. They all smiled as Mr.Weasley took a picture of them all holding theirs up. 

They all grinned after and put theirs on over their current clothes, which for most of them, were their pajamas.

After a couple more rounds of passing out presents, Nat had ended up with a set of black, plain pajamas, a special necklace, and finally, a broom which Nat had thanked Mr. and Mrs.Weasley for a thousand times. They all smiled and put away their gifts.



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