Never Let Me Go ⚡︎ [ harry potter ]

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"Girls," Grace groaned as she pulled the blanket over her head and hid her face in her pillow. "Girls, it's time to get up."

"No," Grace grumbled.

"If you don't get up now, you're going to miss breakfast! I will not pack any food for the hike!" Molly warned them, but Grace knew that was a lie. Aunt Molly always packed snacks. "Gracia Venus! UP!" Grace groaned when she felt Molly pull the blanket off her. "Good heavens, girl! You didn't change?!"

"Too sleepy," she groaned.

"Get up! Go take a shower! Ginny and Hermione took one last night!"

"But-"

"No buts, young lady! GO!" Grace cracked open her eyes and glared at her aunt, who stood over her with her hands on her hips and a fierce look that clearly said: do not argue with me! "If you don't get up and get in that shower in three seconds, I will not do your hair!" Instantly Grace sat up and sprung out of bed. She wasn't going to pass up the opportunity for Aunt Molly to do her hair. Her dad showed her how to take care of her curls the non-magical way (not necessarily the muggle way, but the way he did when he couldn't do magic outside of school), but with it this early in the morning and since they're on a time crunch... Grace wasn't going to risk having frizzy, wild curls.

Half an hour later, Grace made her way down to the kitchen and noticed Fred and George were barely keeping their heads up at the table as they yawned. Ginny's eyes were droopy and her face was pale from sleep and was slowly picking at her food; Hermione was already almost finished.

"There you are Grace," Molly smiled as she piled some breakfast onto a plate for her, sitting it down on the other side of Fred. "Tuck in, dear. I'll work on your hair while you eat since you've got so much of it." Grace nodded as she sat down and started to eat her scrambled eggs. "Hermione, dear, could you please make sure Ron and Harry are up? Their breakfast is ready," Molly asked as she made two plates, setting one plate down next to Grace, and another across from her before coming up behind her.

"Your due for a haircut," Molly said as she took a chunk of curls and began wrapping them around her wand. There was two charms Molly always used on Grace's hair, one that brought her curls to life and made them bouncy, that also kept the frizz away; the other was one she used when Grace's hair was wet, like it is now. She would wrap Grace's hair loosely around the wand, and warm air would circulate around to dry her hair, but still keep her curls intact and bouncy. She tried to tell her dad about the charm over the summer, but he didn't know it and said it must've been a relatively new charm for witches. He even asked Remus if he knew the charm, and Remus of course said yes, but wasn't very good at it. That was when Sirius had showed Grace how to take care of her curls without charms.

"But I like my long hair," Grace told her as she reached for a glass of orange juice.

"You've got a head of hair that would rival a lions mane," Molly teased and Grace grinned proudly.

"I think you might actually have more hair than Hagrid!" Ginny teased, and Grace glared at the girl playfully.

"I wouldn't go that far."

"Oh, no! I can see the resemblance! Just need to add a beard and you could be his daughter," Grace glared as she took a piece of bacon and threw it across the table at Ginny. "OI!"

"Food fight?" Fred grinned, finally starting to wake up.

"No! No throwing food!" Molly hissed as she tugged a little hard on Grace's hair, making her hiss.