gold rush // f.w.

chapter one

"Madeline! Oh man, I wish you would've come with us!" I hear Fred shouting from down stairs at the Burrow.

They must be back from fetching Harry. I start down the stairs where both the twins are waiting for me with excitement across their faces.

"Did it work? Did he fall for it?" I ask, also excited to hear about the prank we talked about previously.

"Did he fall for it?" George laughs.

"Of course he did!" Fred finishes the thought and I start laughing with them, imagining what the toffee did to the muggle boy Harry lives with.

"I wish you could have seen his face!" Fred continues to laugh and the twins both swing their arms around me and we walk linked together to the kitchen.

"Fred, George! Please won't you settle down!" Molly shouts while she's preparing food while also making sure everyone is ready for our trip tomorrow.

That's why I'm at the Burrow, well besides the fact that I'm usually here when we're not in school, but we're going to the Quidditch World Cup tomorrow evening and it's usually a really great time.

The twins sit at the table, leaving a spot open for me. I go over to Hermione and Harry and give them both a hug.

"Hi guys! Great to see you!"

"You too! Thanks for writing me over the summer Madeline! Unlike some people!" Hermione glares at Ron, whose mouth is already stuffed with a roll.

"Wha- I tried!" He exclaimed and I shake my head, "You're lucky she still even hangs out with you!" I slug Ron in the arm and continue walking into the kitchen where Molly is still getting things situated.

I grab some of the food to take out to the table, "Thank you sweetheart. Some of these people are so oblivious to seeing the obvious things that need to be done."

"No worries about it at all! You know my favorite place to be is here, amongst the chaos." She smiles at me and we finish taking everything to the table.

George extends his arm behind my chair and scoots it out for me and I nod towards him. As I go to sit down, Fred scoots it out farther and I fall.

"You little twit!" I pinch Fred's calf and he swats my hand away with his, yet still laughing at me.

"You're lucky she still hangs out with you two!" Hermione says, repeating what I mentioned to Ron and I look at her, "You would think they would know!" I shake my head and sit down.

"Say, Madeline! Where is Neville?" Harry asks and I look over to him as I pass a dish to George.

"Oh, he's just with our grandmother. He likes to take the last little time of our break before school starts again to help her with things around her house. Neville is a bit of a home body." I explain and Harry nods.

"Just curious." he responds and I nod.

"You didn't hear this from me but he probably feels left out when he hangs out with me, Fred and George." I exchange looks with the twins and they nod.

"Madeline and Neville are basically polar opposites." George chimes in and I shrug, "I just like to have a bit more fun."

Harry looks off as if he's processing what I said. I don't mean to talk rudely about Neville, I love him to death! So, I open my mouth again to clarify.

"We have different types of fun." Harry looks to me again and nods.

Thankfully, Mr. Weasley begins to question Harry about his summer so we can finally change the subject.