Reality Bites Harry Potter

Summer full of Awesome sauce

Heading back to the Burrow was really fun. Even though we'd spent last summer with Minnie this almost felt like our first truly magic filled summer. Everything in the Burrow looked amazing, even if Mrs. Weasley kept apologizing for the mess. "This isn't a mess, this is amazing" I say happily. She smiles and busies herself in the kitchen. "You girls will be sharing Ginny's room for the summer. I figure you'll probably only be in the rooms for sleep so it shouldn't be too cramped" she says and I nod. "Thank you so much for letting us stay" I say, taking my stuff upstairs. I still wasn't sure how to tell her I was dating Fred but I wasn't too worried about it yet. I see Ginny in her room already and smile. "Sorry it's a bit small" she says softly and I giggle. "I feel like me and Pyper are used to small spaces. I don't know why but honestly this room feels perfect" I say softly and she smiles. "Wanna play quidditch in the field?" she asks and I smile, nodding. We go and gather the others and then we all go outside. We play around for hours, split up between 2 teams and just tossing apples back and forth. We play until Mrs. Weasley calls us in for supper. We go in and everything looks amazing but it's very cramped, everyone making plates then finding random places to sit. Mealtime with the Weasleys was really enjoyable though. The next few weeks pass in lots of playing and learning new things about the wizard community. Everything is going well until we get a letter from Harry. "The Dursleys are abusing him!" Ron yells and I frown. "We have to go save him" I say, running to find the twins. I find them outside and stop to catch my breath. I hand them the letter and they read it. "We have to save him" they say at the same time and I nod. They go in, finding Ron and making a plan for that night. The rest of the day passes as usual but I'm anxious all day. The twins can hate me later but I decide to do us all a favor and write Mrs. Weasley a note explaining where we are and what's going on. Hopefully it saves us all some trouble later on. I leave the note on the table before we leave and soon we're off. It really is a fun adventure, being in a flying car. Plus i get to hold hands with Fred for the first time all summer so really it's an overall win. We get to Harry's and it's just as bad as I expected. There were bars on the window and honestly he looked like he was in jail. By the time we get the bars off the whole house is awake and it's quite the scene. I'm surprised the neighbors didn't notice. We get Harry and we head for home, making it home just as the sun rises. We quietly sneak into the house but see Mrs. Weasley already sitting at the kitchen table looking furious. "I can't believe you three! You know better! You don't take the flying car and go on rescue missions, no matter how dire the circumstances are for Harry! You tell me, you tell your father, you let the ADULTS handle it! You're lucky you thought to leave a note or you would be in even bigger trouble! Beds, all of you! And Harry, dear, it's lovely to see you. I'm so glad you're safe" she says, hugging all of us before slapping the 3 boys upside the head. I relax, heading up to the beds to sleep. I'd gotten us out of a severe punishment, a simple lecture was nice in comparison to degnoming the garden. The boys all look upset but they'd be over it by the time we were actually up for the day. I lay down, quickly falling asleep. I awake a few hours later to soft knocking on the door. "Hey, I was thinking of having a picnic in the garden if you'd like to come" Fred says and I rub my eyes sleepily. "Really? How'd you manage that without the whole house coming?" I ask and he smiles. "I have my ways. Now are you coming or not? Meet me downstairs in 10 minutes" he says, running off. I get up, brushing my hair and quickly finding a halfway cute outfit in my chest. I slip on sandals and run downstairs, seeing Fred is the only one there. "They all went to market, mum said it would do us all well to go out. I used the excuse of not leaving you home alone and she bought it so I'd say we have a couple hours" he says. I smile. "You promised me food so I'm game" I tease, seeing he has a picnic basket. I follow him outside and am surprised to see he has sandwiches and crisps and fruit. "Wow, I'm impressed" I say, making him blush. "It's not hard to impress you then" he teases. We eat and enjoy the sunshine. I loved being able to relax and not worry about the others judging us. After we eat we play outside a bit, just kicking a ball back and forth and goofing around until the others come home. Then we all decide to play some quidditch again. Honestly, I wasn't sure how any summer could top my time here with the Weasleys. Though I do wish I could remember how I used to spend my summers, back before we met Minnie and learned all about magic. There was a name that stuck in my brain lately and I couldn't figure out where it came from. After we were done playing the others ran inside but I hung back, hoping Pyper would too. She sees me hanging back and slows down to talk to me. "Does Sammy mean anything to you?" I ask her softly. She gives me a strange look. "Not really. Is it someone we went to school with?" she asks and I shrug. "I dunno. All I know is the name won't leave my head" I sigh. She shrugs. Great, so now I really was crazy...