Love Triangle

The Aftermath

I wake up and everything is blurry. It takes a minute for my eyes to adjust but I see where I'm at. I'm at the burrow. I look around. And I see medicine and tea on the stand next to me. I look at my arm as pain strikes it when I try to sit up. 'I can't remember anything...Why am I here?' I think to myself. I sit on the bed for a while expecting someone to come in but no one does. I get up and notice my clothes. 'These aren't mine..' I think as I look at the tacky yet comfy clothes. I quietly open the door. I was on the third floor of the burrow. I slowly and quietly walk down. I stop when I hear talking.

"She's been out for 4 days now Molly. If she isn't awake by the time the doctor gets back he will take her back to the hospital." Mr. Weasley stated. I hear walking around, "Arthur the girl is fine, she should be up soon." I heard a voice that was unfamiliar. I'm not sure who was in the kitchen with Mr. And Mrs. Weasley but I ignored it and tried to listen to what was happening in the living room.

"What do you reckon then? When she wakes up we just tell her everything at once."I hear Ron protest.
"Ron you can't do that. Not to her, or anyone for that matter. We need a way to do it delicately." Hermione replied. She sounded worried but what did they need to tell me.

"Fred how did she seem when you checked on her? How did she look?" Ginny asked, it was quite for a moment,"She moved in her sleep. So she isn't in a coma." He replied with a sigh.

"How do you think Harry is doing?" Hermione asked. Harry? What happened to Harry? Now I was getting worried. "Ever since he has been awake he just sits outside. He barley eats. But that is normal for something like this." Ginny states sadly. Okay I need to know what happened. I get up and slowly and quietly begin to walk down the rest of the stairs but I stop when I hear George. "Okay well we can all just drop it right now. Harry will come around and when Nixie wakes up she will have to know." He says sternly. He sounded like he was disturbed by all this. "What's got you all pissed George?" Ron asks. I heard a huff but nothing else. I suppose right now is better than ever. I continue to walk until I enter the living room. George's eyes fell on me causing everyone else's to do the same. "Nixie! You're up!" Hermione and Ginny jump up to hug me. When they step away Fred gets up and hugs me. I hug him tight. "I missed you.." He whispered in my ear. I smile but I still can't think of what was going on. I look at George. He looks at me with his big brown eyes, but he doesn't get up nor  do I walk over to receive a hug.

Mrs. Weasley walks in. When she sees me a huge smile on her face appears."Nixie dear, glad your finally up. We were all getting worried." She walked over and hugged me. I smile. I smile and look up as Mr. Weasley and the minister of magic walk in.

"Ah Miss Thorne, I see you are up. I must be going anyway. Lots of work to be done. Good day Weasleys." He walks near me by the doorway,he nods his head,"Miss Thorne."
He walks out.

"Wh-what is going on? What happened?" I stuttered out. Everyone exchanges sad looks. "Dear why don't you sit down for this.." Mrs. Weasley says sad kindheartedly, I walk over and sit in between Fred and Ron. I glance at George. He looks at me with sad eyes. I look at everyone else who has the same look in their eyes. What the shit.

They tell me everything that happened. When I find out about Sirius I burst into tears. "No, your lying. That's not true." I say through my tears. Fred grabs me and pulls me onto him. I cry into his chest. "I'm sorry love.." He says kissing my head resting his on mine. I grip him tighter. It takes a while for me to calm down. But I eventually do. I don't even wipe my face when I look up,"Wait, what about, where's Harry?" I ask.

"He has been outside ever since we told him. He won't even come in and eat." Ginny replies sadly. "Oh.." I quietly say.
"Speaking of eating I have lunch ready. Come on. Nixie take your time, you come eat when your ready." Mrs. Weasley says. She walks up to me and kisses my head and then walks into the kitchen. Mr. Weasley stands up,"Well you heard your mother come on. But Nixie do take your time if you need it." He gave a sincere smile and then walked off. Soon followed by everyone else. Fred and George stayed back. George pretended to look in a mirror and fix himself. "You wanna come eat?" Fred says looking at me. He pushes my hair back. I shake my head,"Not right now, maybe later?" I say. He sighs buts nod and kisses my cheek. He gets up and goes into the kitchen. I sit up and begin to put my hair up in a ponytail and look at George. He turned around to face me, "Nixie..-" before he could finish I run and cling on him. I silently cry into his chest. He holds me tightly back.
We stay like that for a while. I'm not sure why but it feels right in his arms. Right now I feel safe.

"He is dead isn't he.." I whisper in grief. I hear him sigh as he rubs my back. I knew it was true. I couldn't bear it. We end up sitting down, George starting a fire. We just sit. No words we're needed right now. It was a comfortable silence. I rest my head on his shoulder and stare at the flames.

The silence is broken by George's stomach rumbling. I look at him and laugh,"If you're hungry you can go eat." He laughs a bit," No I'm fine really." His stomach rumbles again. "George go eat. Please. I'm fine here really. I actually need to go find Harry.." I pleaded as I started to get up. George's gets up and starts to head for the doorway Into the hall,"Hey Nix?" He stops and looks at me. "Yeah George?"
He hesitated a bit but looked at me,"I'm really sorry. About everything." Without another word he walked away. Sorry for everything? Does he mean how he has been acting or just every mishap? I wasn't sure. I smile a bit and walk to the front door.

I walk outside and sit next to Harry on the grass. "It doesn't seem real does it?" I say hoarsely. Harry says quite. I look at the sunset.

"Yano he was the only family I had left. Now - I have no one really."
I look at him and scoot closer resting  my head on his shoulder. "Harry that's not true. You have me,my mum, everyone inside the burrow. We aren't blood but we are your family no matter what." He sighs.

"How is your arm?" We sit up and he looks at my arm. "Okay I guess. I have some pain." I shrug. "I still cant believe everything that happened."  I pull my arm back as I feel some pain. Harry nods in agreement, probably not wanting to talk about it all. We sit and talk about Hogwarts and what we want to do when we are older as the sun set. We fall into a silence and my mind flashes back to the Yule Ball for some reason. The fire whiskey, leaving with George to go to the classroom...The kiss. When I snap back to  focus mind I twitch my head a bit.

"You alright? " Harry inquired.

"Harry... have you ever been with someone you thought was the perfect one because you love them a lot but not in the way you thought you did? And maybe the person you thought you didn't love in that way, you may love?" I spat out. He looked at me, "Well I suppose.. Wait, what?" I soon realize what I had just said didn't make much sense. "Just never mind.. I'm going to head inside and grab a bite to eat. You wanna come? " He shakes his head. "Okay well, don't starve yourself alright? Sirius would not want you acting like this. Take care of yourself.. for him." I hug him then stand up and walk back inside. I realize everyone had gotten ready to bed since we stayed out there till after sunset. I walk into the kitchen and grab a glass and fill it with water. I hear the front door open and see Harry walk up the stairs.

I feel so bad for him. He has no family but we have to be there for him. "I wonder how my mum is right now. I'm sure she visited me while i was out. I should write to her tomorrow."  I say quietly to myself. I finish my water and head to the fridge. I see the leftover food and just get disgusted and just close the door and head for the food pantry. George and I made a secret hiding place for our fire whiskey. I dig in there and grab the bottle and grab my glass and fill it. I sit at the table and drink it. I begin to get flashbacks.

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"Do you see this here Nixie?" Sirius says holding up a sooth sided rock. I look up to him. We were at a beach with mother and father for a picnic and he wanted to show me some cool tricks he learned while in Askaban. "Its just a rock Sirius." I tease walking over to him. I wade my feet in the water. "Well right now its just a rock but here levitate it for me."  I look at him weirdly but pull out my wand and wave it saying " Wingardium Leviosa"  Sirius pulls out his wand and points it at the rock. He mumbles something  that I cant make out. The rock glows and it drops regardless of being levitated. He picks it up and holds it up to me. "Here, I put a charm on it. As long as you have it, it will bring you luck." A huge smile grew on my face. It was really sweet of him. "Wow thank you uncle Sirius! Now I will always have something to always have of you."

"A piece of me if you will. As long as you have that with you I'm always with you. I'm never gone." He smiles and I hug him. He hugs me back and when we pull apart he looks at me and then up at my parents who are talking and laughing. "You look like your father, but with the eyes and nose of your mother." He smiles.

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A tear burns down my cheek. "Its not going to be the same now.." I whisper.Just then Fred walks in. I quickly wipe my face and sheepishly smile trying to hide the fake i was crying.