Changes: {George Weasley}

XXXIV: The One About Dinner with Daniel

   "I'll join you for dinner but I need to take care of some things down at Diagon Alley first." Daniel said.

"Kreacher!" I shouted. He apparated there. "Please tell Andromeda that George, Teddy and I are at the joke shop and that Daniel will have dinner with us." Kreacher nodded.

"Is that all, Mistress?"

"Yes, that's all." I said. "Thank you." Daniel looked at me. "I barely help out at the joke shop. Let's get going." We apparated to Diagon Alley. "Meet me outside the shop when you're done, okay?" He nodded and we went our separate ways. I walked to the joke shop and it was closed already today so I just went upstairs to the flat. I knocked on the door and a few minutes later George opened it.

"Hey."

"Hi. What took you so long?"

"Erm..."  He stepped aside to reveal Teddy and Oliver Wood.

"Why do Quidditch people keep appearing?" I said. He chuckled.

"Wood, this is Gianna." George said. I peaced him. There was a single picture of him and Fred on the wall.

"Hey, why didn't you take this one off.." I said and as I touched it I was transported to a field. Of course they had a portkey. I travelled back.

"So, is she your girlfriend?" Oliver asked.

"He wouldn't get so lucky." I said and frowned at George.

"She's just my aunt." Teddy said.

"What has made you resist the Weasley charm?" Oliver joked.

"It's the bad blood between my relatives and the Weasleys." I said.

"But you can't be a Malfoy." He said. I chuckled.

"I'm close enough. Draco's my cousin." I said. "Nah, I couldn't resist the Weasley charm. George, on the other hand, could resist the Gianna charms." Oliver chuckled. George frowned.

"What charms?" George joked. "You're delightfully awkward, I'll give you that. Stop with the banter." I laughed.

"You're a close-enough-Malfoy and you're a Weasley. I hate to admit it but your git of a cousin was pretty good at quidditch and the Weasleys are fabulous. Your children will be great at it." Oliver said. George and I looked at each other awkwardly.

"I'm actually serious about not dating him." I said. "But if it helps I'm actually dreadful at any physical activity. Except eating, as you could probably see." I chuckled.

"She also excels in awkwardness." George said and chuckled. I rolled my eyes.

"Is that all you can say about me?" I said fake-indignantly. "You tell literally everyone that I'm awkward."

"You should at least consider it." Oliver said trying to change the subject. "If you're not a Malfoy then you're a Black and Sirius and Regulus were quite the players."

"Can't argue with that." I said. "But my parents were as bad as me. Anyways, remember that we have supper." George nodded.

"What happened with the Daniel lad?"

"He's at the Ministry building and he's staying over to eat." I said. George rolled his eyes.

"Oh, joy!" He said. "Should we ask him to move in as well?" I chuckled.

"C'mon." I said. Wood was watching Teddy as he changed to different animals. "Let's just get it over with."

"You know, the Lupin kid might be good at quidditch as well?" Oliver said. Still hasn't changed.

"So, Wood, what brings you here?" I asked.

"My fiancée's shopping for wedding things. I wanted to get out of it by visiting ol'George." He said. George rolled his eyes.

"We all know you just wanted to use the portkey." George said. I chuckled. There was a knock on the door.

"Ollie, let's go." A voice said from the other side.

"I'm coming, Nat." Oliver said. "Remember the wedding. Bring the Close-Enough-Malfoy along if she fancies." And with that he closed the door and left. George and I chuckled.

"Close-Enough-Malfoy." He said and chuckled again. "You know, you have to tell me your last name eventually."

"Nope. Thank you very much." I said. He frowned. We just sat there for a while until Daniel arrived so we all left to supper.

"Darling Daniel!" Andromeda said as she saw him in the doorway.

"My favourite galaxy!" He said and hugged her. Needless to say, she was very fond of him.

"Why are you here, kid?" She asked him.

"I'm just working on something and decided to pay the lady a visit about the job."

"Right." She said. "Has she made up her mind?" Daniel shook his head. I scoffed as I pretended to not listen while serving the food. I could see that George was grinning at my annoyance.

"Make yourself useful, Weasley." I said. "Help me serve."

"Gladly." George said and with a flick of his wand everything fell into place. We walked over to our seats. George took his usual seat, me across him and Daniel sat next to Andromeda. Meanwhile, Teddy played with the House Elves. The strange small talk that Daniel and Andromeda made was just ticking me off, I don't know why. George was smiling at me.

"I dunno why you're so happy." I muttered. "This means she prefers him over you."

"Yeah, but you're annoyed at him." He said.

"And that gives you happiness?"

"Yes."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night." I said. He just smiled at me. "Excuse me, Andromeda, Daniel. I have a few things to discuss with Draco. I'm heading over to the manor."

"Say hi to him from me." Daniel said cheerfully. I rolled my eyes.

"Will do." I said. I didn't really go to Malfoy Manor. I just sat in the same flower field that I was in earlier and meditated. You'd think that something romantic would happen and that George would've gotten there and talked to me and we'd have and emotional moment but it didn't. I sat there for an hour and waddled back to my room and fell asleep.