Breaking Protocol {Percy Weasley}

Chapter Twenty-Four

"Oh thank Merlin all my boys are here!" Cried a plump women, taking all three in her arms. She eyed the twins and Percy, a saddened look flashing over her face. "Well almost all my boys are here." She huffed, placing her hands on her hips.

"Mum, you told Ron he could stay with Harry if he wanted." George pointed out.

"Oh I know, I know." The red haired woman, Clara realized as Mrs. Weasley, sighed.

"Well what am I? Chopped liver?" Ginny piped up, crossing her arms over her chest.

"No, you're Ginny." Fred replied. Ginny gave her brother a deadly glare.

"It was a rhetorical question, genius." Ginny scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"It wasn't a very good question, Ginevra." Fred spat back.

"Oh you two!" Mrs. Weasley exasperated. "C'mere honey." Mrs. Weasley collected her daughter in a firm hug before she spotted Clara and Michelle standing awkwardly off to the side. Her expression brightened and she pulled away from Ginny, gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and moved towards the two girls.

"You must be Michelle and Clara!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed. Before Clara could respond, or even crack a smile, she found her and Michelle wrapped in the woman's surprisingly tight hug. Clara let out a small squeak, Michelle too, and she looked over the short woman's shoulder to see Fred and George with amused grins on there faces as they watched.

Percy however did not look pleased at all. He was shaking his head, pinching the bridge of his nose. Ginny just looked bored, and instead of waiting left for the warmth inside the house.

Mrs. Weasley pulled away, smiling. But then a shocked expression etched its way into her features and she gasped. "Oh, where are my manners?!" She said loudly. "I'm Molly, Molly Weasley." She introduced herself with a kind smile.

"Hiya Mrs. Weasley." Said Michelle, waving awkwardly. Clara giggled, casting one of her own awkward waves at Mrs. Weasley.

"You two are so much prettier than my boys described!" Mrs. Weasley announced.

The amused grins vanished from the twins faces.

"Mum!" They groaned, Percy not looking amused at all by the situation.

"Alright, alright. Inside you go! You must be freezing." Mrs. Weasley shepherding all five of them inside.

If the outside of the home wasn't fantastic enough, Clara thought, the inside sure was. It was a very cluttered home; books, knitting equipment, and knitted jumpers lay a strew amongst the house. The amount of family portraits that hung on the narrow hallway walls fascinated Clara to no end. There was no doubt about the Weasley family home being messy, but Clara thought it was absolutely brilliant. It felt like home to her, even though she had only been inside for just over a minute. There was just something special about it.

"I'll make us some tea." Mrs. Weasley announced. Before she left for the kitchen, she turned on Fred, pointing a chubby finger in his face. "Don't go running off, that lovely friend of yours will be here soon."

Fred nodded, a genuine smile tugging at his lips. George was whispering something in Michelle's ear, causing the girl to giggle as he helped her pat away the snowflakes that had caught in her hair.

Percy vanished quickly up the steep stairs as thundering footsteps boomed through the house. Clara gasped as two tall and heavy built red heads stormed towards the twins. George stepped away from Michelle just before he was caught in a tight headlock.

"Bugger off Bill!" Fred yelled, laughing as the man, known as Bill, with rather long scarlet hair wrestled with the boy. However, the other man with George in his grasp didn't seem to have any problem at all with restraining the teenager. Clara watched in a amusement as the twins struggled.