In the end can they just pretend?
Ronald Weasley had hit rock bottom, his life as he knew it was over. He had lost everything. Well not everything, but it felt like the life he had imagined for himself was over. And his family wasn't helping him. Th...
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A sharp knock on the door of the room would be what stirred Claudia awake for the deep slumber she had slipped into. The late morning had slipped into evening if the light entering the room was anything to go off. And she felt much better, more well rested than she had when they had first arrived. More able to go out there and deal with the animosity she was for sure going to experience. But the sharp knock was not enough to prepare her to actually go out there for herself. And therefore, she burrowed her head into the pillow she had ended up cuddling into. Listening as Ron groaned beside her at the second knock. He was quick to slip out of the bed, unsure whether Claudia was still asleep or not taking long but cautious strides in the direction of the door.
Ron unlocked the door as quietly as he could to see one of his many older brothers on the other side. He came to look down at Percy who stood on the other side, the older man rubbing the back of his neck slightly as he took in Ron's appearance. The one which made it clear he had only just woken up. Maybe it was also the look in the younger's face which spooked Percy out, Ron was sure he was not the kindest looking in that moment, not overly keen that not only his sleep but Claudia's had been interrupted.
"Sorry to wake you mate." Percy started with an apology and Ron just titled his head, wondering just what his brother wanted.
"What do you want Perce?" Ron tried to not come across as a complete asshole but he was sure it was still coming across that way.
"Dad said dinner would be in like 20 minutes, and nobody has seen you guys since we got here." Percy was incredibly awkward and Ron just wondered who he got that from considering nobody else was that way. He also questioned for a short moment how Percy had drawn the short straw to come and see what was going on behind the closed doors. Perhaps it was because Percy would be too awkward to say anything if he happened to walk in on something.
"We'll be there. No problem." Ron brushed his brother off, aware he was coming across rather short and quite rude. But he really didn't care for his brother's feelings in that moment. Rather he missed the land of sleep he had been in before Percy had turned up.
"You never have grown from the phase of hating being woken up." Percy audibly tutted before turning on his heel and heading down the corridor and back to where he had come from before, wherever that was.
Ron ran a hand down his face before shutting the front door, moving back towards the bed. He had partially expected Claudia to be sat up upon hearing the conversation outside, having worked out during their time at the wedding that she was a rather light sleeper. Yet she seemed to have drifted back to the land of the asleep and he didn't really have it in his heart to wake her. But he knew he had to. He knew even though it was in her best interest in one way to let her catch up on sleep, in another way the one of which involved getting to know his family better it was not. Gently shaking Claudia's shoulders was all it took to rouse her. He watched as she turned from where she had been almost fully face down on the pillow to look at him.
