My first love

Part 9: end of the year

The next morning Miley woke up, her head slightly hurting from the alcohol. By the time she had gotten up it was already midday. She went downstairs to find only Mrs Weasley in the kitchen. "Good morning miley dear" she said with a smile holding her arms out for a hug. She gladly gave her one, " good morning Mrs Weasley, where is everyone?" She asked while starting to set the table with the tableware that was stacked next to it. " ah they have all gone for a new year walk, now I have had a stern talking with those sons of mine I know they spiked your punch how is your head feeling?" she asked with her hands on her hips, " it's fine, I was just quite tired more than anything it was a long night" Miley looked up to see Mrs Weasley smiling at me with her arms now crossed against her chest. " you know fred has always been very interested in you, when you were younger I remember he learnt how to fix record players with help of his father of course just so that you could always depend on him to fix yours" she chuckled " I did tell him you could fix it with magic but he insisted that he had to be the one to fix it for you" she then walked towards her and put her hands in Miley's " now I don't want to pry into your private lives my dear, but I do hope that you and Fred finally decide to be together. I see the way he looks at you, it's the way his father use to look at me" Miley couldn't help but smile at the kind women's words.

Before she could reply, the back door opened and in came a brood of ginger haired Weasleys and amongst them was Harry and Hermione. "We're not interrupting are we love?" mr Weasley said while placing his hat and scarf on the rack. Mrs Weasley gave Miley  a small smile and squeezed her hands before turning to her husband, "nothing at all dear, get yourself ready lunch is nearly done" and with that she headed to the kitchen. Miley insisted on helping but with both Ginny and Hermione helping there was hardly any jobs to go around. She gave Harry a hug wishing him a happy new year and then sat at her place at the table between the twins. The older brothers were leaving today so it was the last chance they had to talk to them. Miley worried they would bring up the night before events but luckily they didn't. Miley pressumed they were Too busy nursing their hangovers or maybe Mrs Weasley had warned them, Miley was unsure. She spoke to Charlie about Romania while tucking into a bit of potato salad. He spoke for a long while about dragons and how he believed they were quite misunderstood.

After lunch the older brothers left including Percy who often helped out on work experience at the ministry. Mr Weasley also went back to work and the golden trio had headed to Ron's room. Ginny went to her room to read leaving Miley and the twins. They sat outside in the fresh air, Miley wore jogging bottoms and a cami vest as she felt too tired to make any effort. Her hair was in a messy bun but she let it down to allow the wind to blow through it. She closed her eyes leaned back slightly and allowed the wind to caress her face making her feel slightly better. The twins sat next to her in silence doing the same. " where's Lee?" Miley asked her eyes still shut enjoying the cold air. " oh he went to spend the day with Marcus and his family!" George replied rather bluntly. Miley opened her eyes to look at him, he had his eyes open and he looked quite sad at the thought of Lee with someone else. Miley did feel for him but she didn't want to say anything that may out him. He then stood up and muttered something about going to his room, Fred and Miley both said goodbye and with that he sadly walked off. " I do feel as though he and Lee should just admit their feelings to one another but I don't want to say anything to George. He is my brother but it really isn't my place" Fred said while sitting up slightly and brushing grass off his hands. Miley sat up too and opened her eyes, " it really is sad to see them both hurting" she replied nervous to meet Fred's eyeline. " look about last night" he began but she stopped him before he could get any further, " it's ok, don't worry about it" she said abruptly. They sat in silence for a few moments before Fred finally said, " what was all that about with my mother when we came in?" he was picking at the grass and twirling it between his fingers. "Nothing" Miley replied not knowing whether talking about it was a good idea. They stayed like that for a while before Fred sighed and got up to walk to the house. Miley truly felt guilty, she didn't kiss him last night because of the alcohol but part of her felt that it wasn't the right time to talk about it. She wasn't ready for a boyfriend just yet, she wanted to focus on helping her father find a safe place to live and fixing things with Remus. She also wanted to spend a bit more time with Harry, she had a feeling these next few years would be crucial for him and that she needed to be by his side.