That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 3, Chapter 31- Summer sun

In a week our exams were over, leaving us to roam the castle and do whatever we wanted till it was time to head back to our homes for the summer. Which meant a lot of bumming around by the lake and playing childish games like tag and hide and go seek.

"You know what I just remembered?" Emma says. Emma and I are sitting by the edge of the lake. Fred, George, and Lee are wading in the water, their pant legs pulled up to their knees as they compete for who can skip a rock the farthest. Walter has found a new obsession with drawing so he's sitting near very close to the waters edge sketching the boys as they fool around.

I roll my head to the side and look at Emma. She's wearing a very pale green flowy dress. Her hands fiddle with the flowers in her lap as she braids them into a crown. "What?" I ask.

"Sirius Black. Ever since he broke into the Gryffindor common room no one has spoken about him. She holds her half finished flower crown in front of her and sighs.

I look back at the boys, "Yeah... The Dementors are still around school so I assume he hasn't been found. It's sort of weird that we haven't heard anything about him." The sleeve of my unbuttoned bouse falls off my shoulder, exposing my black tank top that's underneath. You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to keep the very posh and put together look in the middle of a blistering summer.

"Vi? Isn't that your uncle? And the... Minister?" Walter calls. Everyone stops what they are doing and turns around to look at what Wally is talking about.

Sure enough, the Minister, an executioner, and my Uncle Lucius are marching down the path that runs from the castle to Hagrid's hut. "I'll be right back." I say. I scramble up to my feet and put my shoes back on before sprinting across the field towards my uncle.

Uncle Lucius looks in my direction and slows his pace so I can catch up. "Uncle! What are you... what are you doing here?" I say very out of breath.

My uncle looks at me then at the Minister, "Minister, this is my niece, Violet LeStrange. She just completed her OWLs, no doubt top of her class. Violet, this is Minister Cornelius Fudge."

I bow my head, "A pleasure sir."

The Minister laughs, "You raised her well Lucius. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance as well Miss LeStrange."

I smile very politely, "May I ask Minister, why you're at Hogwarts?" My uncle shoots me a look that tells me to mind my own business and I take a few steps back.

"Just some very important ministry work is all young lass, nothing to worry your little head about. Go back and enjoy the summer sun with your friends. By the sound of things, you've earned it." The Minister winks at me and smiles.

I smile back and bow my head again, "Course sir, thank you. Have a splendid day. I'll see you in a week Uncle Lucius." My uncle nods curtly.

"Best be off then Minister. I'll see you soon Violet." They start to walk again, I step out of their way and let them pass. Once they are far enough away I race back to my friends.

"What was that about?" George says walking out of the lake.

I shrug my shoulders, "Dunno. No one told me anything. My uncle just introduced me to the Minister, then the Minister called me smart and told me to enjoy the sun with my friends and they were off."

Emma turns her attention back to her flower crown, "Weird." She says.

I take the Ministers advice though and go right back to enjoying the sun with my friends. George gets tired of skipping rocks and comes over to sit with me in the grass. He rips up a handful of grass and throws it at me.

"What was that for?" I laugh brushing off the grass.

George shrugs, "Just kind of felt like it I suppose." He then launches himself forward towards me which knocks me on my back. George puts his hands on opposite sides of my head so he doesn't totally crush me.

"And what is this for?" I say smiling, knowing full well what response I'm going to get out of him.

"Just kind of felt like it I suppose." He bends his elbows so his nose is now brushing against mine. He kisses the tip of my nose and looks into my eyes before he kisses me on the lips.

"Are you kidding me you two? You're not even alone!" Fred wails.

George rolls off of me and lands on his back beside me. I sit up and look down at him before looking over at Fred who is very annoyed with the whole situation. "You should invite Angelina to come hang out with us tomorrow." I suggest wiggling my eyebrows.

Fred tosses a rock at me and I catch it before it hits me in the head. "She won't want to. Her and Oliver are saying their goodbyes." You can hear in his voice that it hurts him to think about. Everyone stops what they are doing and looks at him with sad eyes. George sits up and him and Fred share a look. "Doesn't matter though. Woods a fantastic..." Fred throws a rock into the lake very aggressively, "perfect..." He throws another rock, "older..." throws a rock, "rich..." splash, "captain of the quidditch team..." splash, "who wouldn't want to date him..." He yells out in anger or sadness, or something and throws the rest of the rocks in his hand out into the lake.

Everyone is silent, we are all watching Fred carefully. Emma stands up, pads over to Fred in her bare feet, walks into the lake getting her dress very wet, and carefully places the flower crown she's made on the top of his head. "You need it more than me." She says softly.

Fred and her stand very close together for a while, no one saying anything or moving in case we do something wrong. Then Fred takes the back of Emma's neck, brings her closer to him, and kisses her on the lips, with passion.

"Bloody hell." George whispers. I sit there, my mouth wide open in shock, watching my two friends essentially try to suck each others faces off.

They pull away from each other almost as quickly as they started kissing and stare at each other. Then they start laughing, really hard. I look over at Walter who looks at me with what I can assume is the same confused look my face has on right now. Then we start laughing. George takes my hand and drags me up so I'm standing then pulls me into the lake where Lee, Emma, and Fred are all standing. George splashes Fred with water which leads to Fred splashing him back... Which leads to a full fledged water war because what else is there to do.

I get out of the water before anyone could get me totally wet and I grab my camera off of the blanket that I was sitting on. I snap a few pictures of my friends playing in the water, and a few of Walter sitting on the grass watching it all. I go over to Walter and sit with him. "Why aren't you participating? It looks exactly like something you would love to do." Walter says nudging me with his shoulder.

"I figured I should be taking more pictures of us all together, given it won't last forever. Two more years till I'm a death eater and all." I hold my camera to my chest and watch as Emma and Lee push Fred into the water so he's completely submerged.

Walter just snorts and I lean my head on his shoulder. We watch our friends throw themselves into the water, laughing with not a care in the world. George notices that I'm no longer beside him and he looks around for me till he sees me with Walter in the grass. He smiles when he sees me and starts to come towards me. "Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck." I say to Walter. I hand Walter my camera and he laughs at me.

I get up from where I'm sitting and start running in the opposite direction of George laughing the entire time. I can tell George is behind me because he's laughing just as hard as I am. Unfortunately for me, he's a lot faster than I am. He grabs a hold to my waist and spins me around to face him. In one swift motion he picks me up and tosses me over his shoulder and walks back to the lake in triumph.

"Don't you DARE throw me in that lake George Weasley! I swear to god!" I screech but George just keeps laughing . He walks right into the lake, Fred, Emma, and Lee are laughing at me.

"I love you!" George yells before he throws me off his shoulder and into the cold water.

I stand up in the water and stare at George, "George Weasley, you're lucky I love you." I yell before kicking water up at him.

"Love you too weirdo."