Us ; George Weasley

Forty-eight

"Oh shoot!" George exclaimed, turning towards me. "I'm so sorry, angel but I have to go. I've got class and my mum is going to kill me if I keep ditching."

"Defence Against the Dark Arts?" I asked as George gave me a hug. He nodded before he then kissed me, and pointed to the jar on the ground.

"Don't forget your birthday present." He smiled and started backing up towards the castle. "Happy birthday. I love you."

"I love you." I smiled. He winked at me and I playfully rolled my eyes before he turned around and hurried up to the castle while I turned my attention back on my brother and my best friend who were still fighting in the lake.

I folded my arms over my chest, watching the scene in front of me.

William was currently holding Marco under water while Marco was fighting to get up. I'm used to this kind of behaviour from them.

In my home we have an indoor pool and last summer while sitting was reading by the edge of it with my legs dipped in, the two were fighting exactly like this, William keeping Marco under water to show he's stronger.

I kept watching as William let go of Marco who shot up, coughing like crazy while flipping William off.

They're both crazy.

They started yelling at each other again while pushing each other and throwing water at each other. They were gonna be sick if they stayed in that water. It's March for Merlin's sake.

I know I keep mentioning that we're in March, but... it's March!

The water must be freezing and I'm almost positive the two are gonna catch a cold by tomorrow morning.

As I continued to watch them, William then got tired of playing this game with Marco, and started making his way out of the water. He huffed, visible shaking from the cold water as he made his way over to me and ran a hand through his wet hair.

"He kissed Warrington?" I asked, glancing out at Marco who was now floating on his stomach, face down, acting like he was drowning. He had done that several times while I've known him. Says he wants to see what it would be like to drown. I swear he's crazy.

"Right in front of me." Will told me and followed my gaze until we both stared out at Marco. "He's like a child. He needs to be kept on a tight leash so he doesn't go kissing everyone he finds attractive."

I snorted in response.

"If George kissed other people, I'd be raging." I said. "I'd dump him."

"Yeah?" William looked at me. "Yet you didn't dump Cameron right away when he struck you."

Anyway...

"The weather's nice, don't you think?" I asked and looked up at the visible sun. William chuckled, shaking his head at me. I then looked at him again and shrugged. "At least I broke up with him, right?"

He simply nodded.

"I'm not too worried about Marco though." he told me. "As I said, the boy's a child. He needs a firm hand and once he knows who's in charge, he's too attached to want to leave."

Oh? Manipulation. I like.

"Sounds more like a dog and its owner." I said. "Anyway, that's the way I see you too. He's the dog – you're the owner."

William laughed, his eyes sparkling as he kept his eyes on Marco who was still floating in the water. Hopefully he was still alive, though he wasn't moving.

Is this boy dead?

"Marco?" I called, feeling myself grow a little nervous. Marco stood up, shaking his hair to shake the water from his hair before he looked towards us with a smile.

"Yeah?"

"Nothing." I breathed out of relief. "Get out of the water. You're gonna catch a cold."

He saluted me before he started making his way back to land. I turned to my brother once again and folded my arms over my chest. This was the first time today that I had seen William smile.

"You're okay again, right?" I asked, causing him to look at me with a cocked eyebrow. "After earlier. The letter you thought dad had written."

He nodded.

"What did you do when you left?" I asked. "Write dad?"

"I did." he told me. "I had to apologise for accusing him of writing it. I also told him to take back that invitation that he gave Cameron for the summer ball."

This summer when Cameron stayed with us, dad invited him to the ball because he really liked him and thought I had made a great boyfriend. None of us knew he was actually a fucking psychopath who gets with a girl and then gets so obsessed that even four months after breaking up, he's still chasing her.

Boy how I wish I never got with him in the first place. Or did all of those sexual things with him. I think that's one of the reasons he got to obsessed. Being sexual with someone makes you more attached and I think he got way too attached to me. Though it isn't love – it's an obsession.

I've had a lot of time to think and I believe you are the way you are due to how you were raised. Cameron must've been raised to be like that, though it doesn't make it okay at all. Maybe he never felt loved. Maybe that's why he became attached to me. Maybe I was the first person who was nice to him, who chose to be with him.

William sighed heavily as he wrapped an arm around me, getting my shirt wet. I looked at him with a frown as he looked down at me with a pout.

"How did you manage to experience such thing at sixteen?" he asked. "Most people meet someone like that during their life but you had one boyfriend and he turned out to be an abusive little shit."

It's almost like he read my...

"Did you just use legilimency on me?"

Will shrugged and let go of me again as Marco joined us. The two stared at each other for a moment before William motioned for Marco to walk back to the castle. My best friend scoffed but then did exactly what my brother told him to.

William has practised legilimency for years. As a kid, he sometimes accidentally did it – he didn't have it under control so our parents knew he was a special boy with a certain talent. My mother was given permission from the minister to practice with him even though he wasn't a Hogwarts student yet. They wanted him to get it under control but it didn't work until he got his first wand. He's never been able to control it without a wand.

"Where's your wand?" I asked. "You can't get into my head without my wand."

"I can." he nodded. "Ever wondered why I sometimes disappear from school?"

No...

"I've been to see mum at least twice a month during my last year." he explained. "I've finally managed to control it without the use of my wand."

I unfolded my arms from my chest as I stared at my brother in shock. I had no idea he was seeing our mum frequently while at school. How can he do that and not knowing about the divorce before I told him?

Now we know why he isn't in Ravenclaw.

"Dumbledore gave you permission, I suppose?"

William simply nodded as he picked up the jar from the floor to look at the label on it. He read it, then looked at me as he handed it over.

"Cute. Did George give you that?"

"As a birthday present, yeah." I nodded with a small smile. "I have to read one each morning. He said it's a reminder of how perfect I am and that if I have a bad morning where I doubt myself, this'll help me cheer up."

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I wanted to finish writing this today so you got a chapter before I start writing on my Bill fic. When I start a new fic I sometimes get so far into the zone that I don't write on anything but that for a couple of days.

I'll try manage the time between the two I currently have published and then the Bill Weasley fan fiction.