Without you ( George Weasley x Reader )

Chapter 22

Y/n's POV:

After the early war, I stayed in my father's house. The emptiness was real, and I barely spelt at all, it was all over but it didn't stop me from snooping in his office and finding so much.

There's a huge hole in my heart and I'm not sure what can fill it, I'm not sure where to go and what to do. The beauxbatons carriage is ruined and all the girls that have no where to go are huddled together on the streets.

George sent me an OWL yesterday, asking me to go to the burrow, it's his first day back at home since being in the hospital.

My arm only has a bandage on it now as it's still weak, the cast was just there for extra support.

" Fleur?!" I exclaim when I get there, I run straight past George and to her, he frowns when I don't jump in to his open arms.

" what are you doing here?" I ask once we hug.

" I was zo worried about zou!" She tells me, she strokes my hair.

" Bill" she says blushing, " he helped me at the war, zaved me"

I notice her cheeks go pink and I witness her smile at the ground, teasingly I poke her.

" you have a crush on him!" I say.

She hushes me loudly, " well I wouldn't mind knowing more about him"

I smile at her and give her another hug, I'm so glad she's okay.

" I'm moving back zere once I finish our last year at Beauxbatons" she tells me, I'm shocked.

" you are?"

" I think I want to spend more time wiz him, he zaid he'll teach me more English"

I wink at her and laugh, " I think I'll come with you, there's someone I'd like to see when I get back too" I say.

" I think zat zomeone wants your attention" she says pointing her finger behind me, George is standing there looking at me with his hands in his pockets.

Now I'm the one blushing and I try to force it off my face before I walk over but Fleur pushes me to him.

We smile at each other, it's awkward to not ask the obvious questions like ' are you okay' when I clearly know he's not. 

He has bags under his eyes, looks like he hasn't brushed his hair in days, he hasn't even removed the dirt from his face from the war. And he's always looked skinny but right now he looks weakened.

" I missed you" he says, I laugh.

" you saw me a day ago"

He shrugs and pulls me closer to him by my hands.

" Please be my girlfriend" He whispers.

" George" I say, he shakes his head like he isn't going to take no for an answer.

" knowing you love me is one thing I've always wanted so please, be with me, we'll go slow, whatever you want" he says stroking my hands.

" my dad died in the war" I spit out, he furrows his eyebrows like he doesn't know if he should feel sorry for me.

" and the girls are leaving tomorrow, they've been struggling with where to live so they're going back to Beauxbatons"

George stares at me like he's clinging on to my every words and dreading what the next ones will be.

" so?" He slowly asks.

" I have nowhere to stay either"

" no" he says.

" I have one year left there, Hogwarts needs to repair-"

" it'll be quick it's magic!" He interrupts.

" I just have to do my tests, complete the year then I'm done, I'll be probably be able to leave earlier if I ask for my tests sooner" I say, I already know everything.

" you're smart enough to pass every NEWT at Hogwarts, you can stay with me and my family, I'm not living without you too"

When I thought George didn't care much about me in first year, I always imagined myself living in France. Living in luxury and buying a house with Fleur.

I love France. But I love George more, I won't tell him that though. Hopefully my actions says it enough.

" I have inheritance from both my parents" I tell him.

" they really kept quiet about how much money they had" I say with a chuckle, George looks at me extremely confused but he's listening ever so carefully.

" it's yours" I say, " we can use it for your joke shop"

George shakes his head like he can't accept it, " I'm asking you to stay, you don't have to do this"

" Fleur is completing our next year at Beauxbatons too, and then she's coming back here, I think she has a thing for your brother" I tell him.

" Charlie? Bill? It can't be Ron" he says getting side tracked.

" Bill" I say, he smiles, he's always loved gossip.

" I'm going to do the same, complete the year and come back with her, come back to you, you're not completing your final Hogwarts year, are you?" I ask.

" I'll go back for a bit, I need to make Freddie proud by selling our stuff"

" do that and then open the shop, with my money-"

" I can't-" he says, I interrupt him.

" you don't have a choice, I want you to take it, start opening the shop, hopefully it will nearly be complete when I'm back" I say.

George takes me in his arms and hugs me, " he always said you were a keeper" I hear him whisper.