The Daughter of Phoenix 2 [George Weasley]

Chapter 15

"Are you flying outside Quidditch, Miss Kenwood?"
It is Umbridge. She says and puts her wand back in her pocket.

"Who on earth would jinx someone's broom for students' safety???" Harry shouts at Umbridge. George rushes to Jessie and kneels down beside her.

"...Which one?" He asks her which feet has landed on the ground first as he looks at her pale face, carefully loosening her shoelaces and taking off her shoe after Jessie has pointed at it. The fall must have freaked her out.

"Mr Potter I'm very sure you understand the purpose of punishment," Umbridge raises her pitch, "naughty children need to be punished." That is so controversial because only Jessie is punished, which makes Angelina mad.

George then puts Jessie's leg on his laps, gently adjusts her ankle and presses her feet to see which part is injured as he glances at her face. She slightly flinches but tries to keep her face straight, so that Umbridge won't think she's weak.

"You do best hope I don't cancel your whole Quidditch, the school will be blaming you all." She does her iconic chuckles and leaves the ground.

"How is this even possible?? Teachers playing on students?" Hermione is so amazed that such things can actually happen in Hogwarts.

Jessie brushes off the sand on her while holding back her tears, not mainly because of the pain but because of Umbridge and Angelina. Why is this happening to her? One forced her to fly and one forced her to stop. And she's the one suffering from all of these with no reason at all.

"Can you walk??" Hermione realises Jessie has a problem with walking.
"Obviously not." Ron cringes.

"Don't walk Jess he's got you." Ginny says and pushes George forward, who then tosses Jessie's shoe to Fred and quickly turns around for her to be carried on his back.
No one has really got the mood to tease anyone, so Jessie gets on his back with just a little hesitation, wrapping over his shoulders tight with her head rested on him. She is so fed up with all of this today.

While carrying her, George can feel Jessie's hands are still trembling out of fear. Of course Jessie doesn't want to fly, but she doesn't dare to reject Angelina who was so harsh to her. Sometimes George really feels sorry for her, for it seems like no one really cares what she doesn't want.

"Knew you could do it sis." He whispers to Jessie and gently brushes her cheek with his face. Though it didn't end well, Jessie did fly successfully on her own at last, but she's too tired to answer him at this moment.

"What happened dear?" Pomfrey walks to Jessie as George gently sits her down on a bed in the hospital wing.

"It's Umbridge."
"She jinxed her broom."

"What?? How dare she???" Pomfrey is so shocked, not a single teacher has ever done such things in Hogwarts.

"Poor thing..." She slightly adjusts Jessie's ankle and it makes her flinch. Everyone just feels bad for her.

"... Hey," George kneels down beside Jessie who is currently sniffing the potion, acting everything is completely fine, "Sorry for pulling you into this-"

"Alright don't you all have lessons? Quickly go now I'll take care of this." Pomfrey quickly shoos them away.

"...Tell Pomfrey if you need anything, okay? She's not that busy."

He says his final words and pats on her head knowing Jessie will try not to bother Pomfrey at all, then leaves with the others.

"Dude, are you mad?" Angelina pats on George as they walk out of the hospital wing. He seems a bit too quiet around.

"Beautifully done, isn't it?" He says without looking at her, though he's not really mad at her knowing what Angelina wants for Jessie, he's still not over with how she forced Jessie to fly.

"She did fly though." Ron adds.
"I doubt if this will worsen her fear," Hermione shakes her head, "it's likely that she won't do it ever again."

"I'm sorry Georgie." Angelina puts her arm on George's shoulder.
"She's gonna be scared of you for the rest of her life." George stares at her with a smirk.
"She's scared of everyone isn't it?"
"No, not our Georgie." Fred teases, making everyone smile.

It's actually true. Jessie seems to feel the safest when George's around, as he's the only one who can catch up with her feelings.

"I thought she's fine with Harry too." Ron adds.
George and everyone else looks at him, no one has really thought about it. Is it really the case? Harry starts wondering. It's more like Harry's fine with her rather than the opposite in his opinion.

"You do sound like you know her a lot, Ronald." Hermione chuckles. "She's such a careful person, isn't she? Hasn't even talked much about her family or the Beauxbatons."

"She must have had an awful life back then." Ginny adds. All of them didn't really ask much about Jessie's background despite their curiosity.

"Augustus isn't even her father," Fred starts wondering, "does she even have parents??"
"Don't be so mean!" Ginny stares at him.

"Anyway, we've got something more important to do mate." Fred pats on George, who instantly smiles back. Hermione sighs instantly, what are they up to again??