DOROTHEA {fred weasley}

forty nine

Fred groaned, walking back into 12 Grimmauld Place behind his younger sister, seeing that George, Charlie, Ron and Harry had all gathered in the hallway after hearing Ginny's shouts, with Molly, Sirius and Remus hovering in the kitchen nosily.

"Fred," Ginny breathed to her other siblings, "has a secret girlfriend, I saw her, just now. Outside."

"Thought you were seeing Ollie and Vi," George grinned, winking at his brother, knowing full well that he had seen Dorothea as well. "Tell me, what did she look like, Gin?"

Ginny shrugged with a wicked grin, "she apparated on the spot, clearly doesn't want to meet the family!"

"I don't have a girlfriend," Fred sighed, looking to his mother for help.

"Who is it!" Ron demanded. "Ginny, what did she look like."

"Blonde, that's all I saw. Too dark to see her face."

"And thank Merlin for that," George said under his breath, grinning at his brother.

Ron turned around and pointed a finger, "who is it, George?"

"George, tell us!" Ginny whined.

"Yeah George," Charlie piped up, mocking his younger sister's voice. "Please, please, please tell us!"

"She's a friend," Fred said, pushing past his younger siblings and pushing Charlie and George into a wall. "Where's Bill?"

"With dad," Charlie replied, putting an arm around his younger brother's shoulder as he headed to the kitchen where Molly Weasley stood with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

"No Fleur?"

"Sadly not," George said, winking.

"We didn't feel it was appropriate," Molly said. "We'd rather her meet the family when we're all... well."

"Can dad come home?"

"Bill's speaking to the doctors now, dear."

"Right," Fred said, turning to check that his siblings had vanished from the hallway, then pointing his wand at the door, and casting a quick silencing charm so that only he, Charlie, George, Molly, Sirius and Remus were left in the room.

"That was Dorothea," he said to Molly. "Not sure if you need to change the wards or anything."

"Did you tell her the name of the house or who's house it is?"

"Of course not," Fred said.

"Should be alright then. She wouldn't find it alone," Sirius said.

"Oh, okay, good."

Molly looked to George then back at Fred, "I didn't realise Dorothea and you were friends."

"She just came with Elvira. Her and Ollie were going back up to Scotland. Dorothea and I just got the train together."

"Dorothea who?" Remus Lupin asked, standing up from where he had been leaning against a counter, thinking that he recognised the name.

"Dorothea Rosier," Molly said quickly. "The boys...know her. Arthur healed her from an... injury a couple of months ago."

Sirius Black's face instantly turned dark, "you brought Dorothea Rosier here?"

"You just said it was fine," George said, jumping to his brother's defence. "She's a nice witch."

Remus Lupin shook his head, "you can't, boys-"

"Dorothea fucking Rosier? Where my Godson is? Where your injured dad is coming back to? Her mother was probably the one who ordered the fucking attack," Sirius spat.