Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Sixty-one - Reunions

I was with my father for the next few days of summer holiday and i recounted what happened at the final task to him since he was removed by the order and brought here. No one came to the house for a few days so we resorted to just eating food that he summoned from the nearest grocery store and sitting on the old dusty sofa playing an exceedingly long tournament of exploding snap. We also played gobbstones and wizards chess but we had the most fun playing snap because i was much quicker than he was.

Tonks arrived a few days after i had been placed in the care of my mildly irresponsible father and i was very glad to see her as it had been quite some time since i had last gotten to see her.

"Blimey your tall." she said as she now had to look up at me as i had reached the lovely stature of 5'11".

"I've got tall parents." i replied and she laughed. My father came and stood beside me. I glanced over at him and then at Tonks again and she doubled over laughing for a reason i was still unaware of.

"What is she on about?" my father asked.

"she's as tall as you are, mate." she said laughing and i looked over to find that i was eye to eye with my father.

"She's wearing boots!" He defended but it did not stop the laughter. 

"how tall was your mum?" Tonks asked.

"She was 5'10" but her parents were taller than that." i explained.

"at least Fred is taller than you." she said and i nodded then walked away. i missed my boyfriend and it has been much too long since i have seen him. five days feels like forever when im not with him.

the door opened again and i flinched back when i saw Mad Eye-Moody walk in the house. everyone also saw this and sighed realizing that i had no trust with this person since his impersonator made attempts to torture me every time i walked into his class last year. 

"I'm the real me this time." he said with a curt laugh that no one joined in on.

"prove it." i said as i slowly pulled out my wand. i wasn't underage anymore so i could do some damage to him if i wanted to and the ministry wouldn't be notified.

he took his flask off his hip and flicked the cap off turning it over so the contents could spill out onto the floor. it was a brown clear-ish liquid that could not have resembled the Polyjuice potion at all.

"i still don't trust you." i snapped.

"that's probably for the best." he said hobbling into the house passing me without sparing a second glance.

"I'll be in my room until the Fred gets here." i said and my father groaned loudly. he wasn't too keen on the fact that i was now making my relationship with Fred well known.

"Remus is going to be here soon." Tonks said and i turned back around and stayed where i was.

less then five minutes later my godfather arrived and i gave him a hug before going up the stairs and into my room which i had used magic to clean up. it would have been my room if i grew up here but it was just a spare room that i had taken over and magically changed all the green drapes and sheets to a pleasant shade of maroon with golden accents. the Black family made being pure blood Slytherins their whole personality and My father and I sort of ruined that for the family so we might as well get rid of all the green stuff since we own the place now.

i took my wand and began practicing random spells from the standard book of spells: volume 7 to keep myself busy until i heard familiar voices from downstairs and i ran down to find that the Weasleys had arrived at last. when Fred saw me he dropped everything and ran to me wrapping his arms around my waist lifting me off my feet as he spun me around excitedly.