Annabella The Sidekick (Sequal To Defiance)

Chapter 53

    Even though so much has happened in the past few months, everyone falls into an easy rhythm. We all do what needs to be done. Kreacher cleans, Dad works, Harry speaks in secret with Ron and Hermione, and I'm sitting in my room when I'm not at the shop.
One evening we're at the Burrow after an order meeting. Remus and Tonks, (who are now dating) Dad, Harry, Hermione, and all the Weasleys. I actually haven't seen my father in a while. He had dark circles under his eyes.
"So how are you?" Dad asks Harry. My cousins shrugs his shoulders. "I'm alright but I've been better. You?" My father shrugs as well. "The same." Dad turns to look at me.
"I've been working a lot lately Anna. What have you been doing?" I'm about to reply but someone beats me to it. "He's tall, redheaded, and he's almost as good looking as me," Fred says with a grin.
Remus chokes on his food, my dad stays silent, and the Weasley children laugh. It's at this moment that I'm so glad Mrs. Weasley went to the kitchen to get more food. Nobody breaks the silence.
    Finally, I laugh. Everyone whips their heads over to look at me. "Sorry Freddie but you really had them going," I say, hoping they'll buy it. It's obvious that my family doesn't find it funny but they laugh anyway. I think it's out of relief.
    Fleur and Bill's wedding is on the same day as Harry's birthday. It's at the Burrow. We've been staying here the past few days while dad's been working. Nobody goes to dad's old home anymore. It's too many memories.
I wear an emerald green dress while Ginny wears a red one. We both laugh at how our dresses represent our houses. Gryffindor and Slytherin.
The wedding is a beautiful ceremony and I even shed a few tears. Will George and I have a wedding like this? I've been imagining my wedding since I was young. I don't care anymore as long as I have Georgie.
The reception is fun and we're just about to bring out a birthday cake for Harry when a patronus comes into the reception area with a warning. Apparently the minister is dead. Then the death eaters appear. I immediately look for Harry and see him apperate just in time with his friends.
I see my dad who meets my eyes and gives me a nod. It's at that moment that Georgie grabs my arm and pulls me close. I feel a twisting sensation and I open my eyes to see the twins' apartment.
I stay there for the rest of the night, worried about my family. In the morning, Remus knocks on the door and beside him is my father. They both immediately hug me and I hug them back. We're all safe. I can only hope my cousin is as well.
I've taken to staying at the twins' apartment. My father hated the idea but our house isn't safe and death eaters are constantly checking The Burrow.
With the absence of Harry and my mother, my birthday is a quiet affair. I tell everyone that I don't want presents and everyone obliges. Except the twins.
    On my birthday they apperate us to the Burrow and pull me inside. Slightly confused, I follow them through the house. We stop in front of the Weasley clock. I look at the twins, waiting.
    To my surprise they pull out a hand for the clock. It's then I notice that it has me on it. A smiling picture of me. They both grin at me while Fred puts it on the clock.
    "Do you like it?" George asks me. I hug them both before nodding. "It's wonderful!" I tell them. That night is the longest I've been out of the apartment in a while. I usually stay there to avoid death eaters seeing me.
    Of course there is bad in every good. It starts for me when my father joins us for dinner. "Happy sixteenth birthday," he tells me before sitting down with a tight smile on his face.
    "Listen Anna. I know it's your birthday but I don't have long to tell you this. I'm sorry dear but Molly and I think it would be safer for you and Ginny at Hogwarts." Everybody stops breathing.
    Ginny is the first to speak. "I won't go!" She looks at me like she's expecting me to back her up. I just sit in silence. Everyone knows that Hogwarts will be terrible with Dumbledore gone.
    I stand up quickly and my chair hits the floor. Everyone turns to look at me and I look at nobody. Instead I run off like a coward. I take off up the stairs and I assume Ginny is following me.
    Someone grabs me and presses me against the fall and I see the familiar brown eyes I'm in love with. He looks so concerned and I allow myself to relax into his arms.
    "Bells, nobody is going to hurt you," He tells me. I laugh without humor and shake my head. "You can't know that Georgie." He sighs and holds my head so I'm looking him in the eyes.
    "Let me rephrase that. I won't let anybody hurt you because in a couple of years when all of this is over I'm going to make you a Weasley." I'm so touched by his words that I feel my eyes burning with tears. "Really?"
    "Really. When all this is done I'm going to propose to you properly and I'm going to put a new ring right here where this one is." Georgie taps my promise ring.
    I do the only rational thing I can think of. I kiss him hard. He returns the kiss immediately, running his fingers through my hair. We stumble into his old bedroom and fall onto the bed where I snuggle into his chest. Chuckling, Georgie wraps an arm around me and covers us with the duvet. 
    "We're going to have beautiful kids," I tell him. "Of course we will because they'll look just like you." A huge smile spreads its way across my face as Georgie keeps talking.
    "We'll get a lovely house. It'll be beautiful because that's what you deserve. It'll be wherever we want but I think it should have a big garden. I'll keep working at the shop with Fred and you'll do whatever makes you happy because the shop will be doing amazing.
    "And we're going to have the prettiest babies that'll look just like you except for my red hair. All this is going to happen because I'm going to make you a Weasley. I've thought about it for a long time."
    "I love you Georgie." I whisper into his chest.
    "I love you Bells. So much."