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Freya placed her wand in the back pocket of her jeans and sighed with relief as she looked at the clean place with pride and a smile on her face. She wanted to surprise the Weasleys with a nice lunch, clean clothes and an equally clean house. It was the least she could do for Mrs Weasley. She took care of her like she was her daughter. Freya loved how maternal Mrs Weasley was even with all her children's friends. She wanted to return the love back by giving her an easy day back from Egypt, and just sit back and rest.

As soon as she heard the battered engine of the Ford Anglia approaching from the distance, she ran out, and sure enough there it was, descending slowly and appearing larger by the second as it got closer. Freya placed a hand over her eyebrows to see better. The Anglia landed safely by the garage. When the engine stopped, everyone came out one by one. Charlie wasn't with them as he had gone to Romania, where he was working as a dragonologist, his dream job for as long as Freya could remember.

Freya wasn't the least surprised at how the family fit inside that tiny car. The first time she was pleasantly surprised and it took her a while to get used to the 'bigger on the inside' concept' (although she did hear about it in the Muggle world). This memory reminded her of when she went to see the Quidditch Cup Final with them, joined by Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. The tent they were staying in looked barely big enough for one person, but inside was as large as the whole Weasley house.

"Freya is that you?!" Freya shrugged off the nice memory when she heard Mrs Weasley's voice. "Oh, sweetheart!" The woman knocked the air out of her with the bear hug she gave her, but Freya didn't mind it. She loved when Mrs Weasley hugged her. "What on earth are you doing here?"

Before Freya could answer, she heard one of the Weasley twins exclaim from inside the Burrow, "Merlin's beard! There's breakfast on the table, Ma!"

"Breakfast?! I'm starving!" Ron huffed, running inside, followed by his little sister, Ginny. On their way inside, they gave Freya a brief hello, which she returned enthusiastically. 

"Leave some for me!" Mr Weasley called out, and when he walked past Freya, added, "Lovely to see you again, Freya."

She laughed, understanding how hungry the family might have been after the long drive from Egypt. Her laugh died down slowly as soon as she made eye contact with Bill. When her arms dropped to her side, Mrs Weasley pulled away and looked behind her.

"Oh! I'll leave you two at it!" she said, giggling a little before walking in the house. Freya turned pink.

"Hiya, Freya." Bill greeted her, smiling. He made his way towards her and reached to hug her, but Freya leaned to the same side he did. As soon as they realised the mishap, they leaned the other side together. They chuckled.

"Hi, Bill." She greeted him back, finally giving him a big hug. She was always impressed by how much taller than her he was. he could cover her whole body up in the simplest of hugs. "How was Egypt?"

"'Twas good, yeah... I was super busy. There was this cursed tablet which took me ages to actually find, and as soon as I did and returned it to the Ministry in Egypt, my family came to visit and I spent all the time showing them around." he explained, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm sorry I didn't write back."

"Oh, it's fine!" Freya smiled, waving a hand in front of her face, indicating it was no big deal. Deep down, it was. Couldn't he find just one minute from his whole time there to say he was fine?

"Listen... I think we need to talk about what happened before I left..."

He was, of course, referring to Freya shouting the l-word at him just as he touched the portkey and was transported to Egypt. The shocked look on his face was something she couldn't ever erase from her memory. It was only a split of a second but it was unforgettable. She remembered how the rest of the Weasley clan gawked at her when she turned around to go back inside the Burrow. Well, with the exception of the twins, who were smirking and nodding as if they had somehow planned for that moment to happen.

"Let's grab breakfast first, hm?" she told him, slapping him gently on his shoulder before walking away from him and into the Burrow. There was no way she was going to talk to him about what happened before he left on an empty stomach, and more especially with his whole family around. Maybe they could go for a stroll or meet in the evening (like the good, old days).

While watching the whole family eating and being happy about the upcoming year at Hogwarts and how well the holiday had gone, she ate silently, passing comments here and there. She tried her best to avoid having contact with Bill, but it was tough with him sitting next to her (she was sure everyone had a play in this. Everyone wanted them to get together so badly, it was too obvious).

And somehow, she started reminiscing on her first Christmas in Hogwarts, which was when she first met Bill's family.