The Ugly One *Charlie Weasley*

Departure

Saffron woke up early the next morning and made her way down to the Kitchen.

"Good morning Saffron," Ginny said with a small smile as they passed in the hall. Ginny looked quite upset but a smile still lit her face.

'Morning Ginny," Saffron replied back with small smile. She ignored Ginny's looks at her scar. She wasn't being rude though, just curious.

Saffron had taking an instant like to Ginny.

Everyone was crowded in the kitchen. Two bags stood my the furthest wall to the entrance and Mrs Weasley was hugging and planting kisses on Fleur and Bill.

Charlie was standing beside his father chatting to Bill as the twins stood behind them silently laughing and pulling faces.

Saffron couldn’t help but smile. Half at the fact that everyone looked so happy (minus Molly of course) but half that she remembered a scene so similar to this one, in was a painful thing to remember.

"Morning Saffron," Mr Weasley grinned at Saffron.

Alike everyone else Mr Weasley like Saffron- a lot. He liked the way she was calm and quiet, and didn't ask to many questions. But also that she would answer any questions he had about the muggle world with a tone of patience and a smile.

"Morning Mr Weasley," Saffron said softly and heads turned to face her.

Fleur let go of her husbands hand and made her way to Saffron to hug her.

She pulled her in a tight embrace and whispered in her ear in quick French.

"How are you?"

"Good," Saffron replied. "I missed you and Bill at dinner last night."

"I know. I'm sorry. We had detail's to straighten out. We ate later. It was delicious by the way," Fleur pulled away and continued to talk to Saffron. "I've left some clothes here for you, just in case. And please do stay to help Molly. She's a mess at the moment the poor thing. Bill and I offered to stay but she insisted we go."

"Thank you Fleur. That's very kind of you. I'll see what I can do though I'm not sure how much help I can be," Saffron replied.

Fleur tried not to roll her eyes at her friends reluctantness. She had never been one to live off of others, saffron. She was much too polite.

"Please stay. Molly will be so stressed, especially when Ginny goes back to school. Please consider staying. They love you already and it's not like you can go anywhere yet. You don’t start work for four more weeks," Fleur pointed out.

"Ok, I'll see," Saffron agreed and Fleur hugged her again.

"I'll miss you," Fleur murmured.

'No, you'll be having too much fun," Saffron giggled and Fleur laughed and pulled away, gently tapping her shoulder.

"Coming Fleur?" Bill asked, almost willingly.

Molly was teary eyed and sad. It hurt to see her oldest son leave...again. Especially in these times.

She sniffed and wiped her eyes before giving Bill a kiss on the cheek and Fleur a quick hug.