𝖶𝖨𝖢𝖪𝖤𝖣 𝖧𝖠𝖳𝖤 | 𝖥𝖱𝖤𝖣 𝖶𝖤𝖠𝖲𝖫𝖤𝖸

45

CHRISTMAS' BEGINNING
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After a couple of hours waiting for news, Ginny was laying on the couch staring at the ceiling, Ronald had his head between his arms and it was impossible to know if he was awake or not, George was almost asleep and Fred was completely asleep in one of the couches with his head hanging over one of his shoulders. In my mind, I wanted to accommodate him so he could sleep better and maybe even cuddle and sleep with him, but it was such an intimate act that I retrained myself from it. Also, I was scared of him witnessing one of my nightmares since only Liv and Hermione seemed to annul them.

I tried to close my eyes for a bit but it was impossible, so I ended up having my third tea and later, my second black coffee with Remus and Sirius.

"Look at him," Remus said, sitting by my side with a little smile, staring at Fred. "He even looks innocent..."

A little chuckle escaped from my lips.

"You used to say the same about me, Moony." Sirius smiled, whispering.

"You never looked innocent, Padfoot."

Sirius snorted offended but also amused.

"He had a tough night," I murmured with a soft voice. Once we got out of the rooftop, Fred wiped out his tears as we got downstairs and didn't say any other word. Of course, I wasn't going to mention to anybody how he vented up there with me.

"You calmed him a lot, Lilith," Remus smiled, giving me a little caress in my hand.

"Yeah, I don't know how you have patience enough, kid. You sure you are Snape's niece?"

"Unluckily, yes, I'm his niece."

"Don't say that, Lilith. He got you the tryouts with the Harpies and it was fully his idea."

"Bah, Moony! It was the least he could do for her! Don't praise him for the bare minimum, he is still a fucker." Sirius laughed, giving a quick sip to his beer. "And he was lucky I can't go out but I would have got you in the team without tryouts needed."

At five in the morning according to Ronald's watch, the kitchen's door opened and Mrs Weasley appeared in it. She was extremely pale but when she saw all our eyes were on her, she forced herself to smile.

"He will be fine," Molly Weasley announced with a weak voice that denoted tiredness. "He's now sleeping. Later we can visit him. Bill is there with him."

Fred let himself sit again and covered his face with his hands. Ginny and George ran to their mother and hugged her while Ron laughed nervously. When Ginny separated from her mum, I hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead, showing her my support.

With my eyes still on Fred, who stayed in the same position, I walked and stood behind his chair. Not knowing too well what to do, I put my hand on his shoulder and caressed it slightly and slowly, with one of his hands still on his face, he took the other one to mine and gave me a quick and delicate squeeze. I stared right there where our hands were touching, something simple and conventional but that we never did before, until he quickly got up and walked to the kitchen.

Apparently, Sirius had called us to have breakfast. Since Kreacher didn't come, Harry and I stood up to help Sirius, mainly because he didn't seem like the kind of being a master chef but when Potter was taking some plates from the cupboard, Mrs Weasley hugged him and thanked him for saving Mr Weasley's life with his vision. Then she thanked Sirius and Remus for taking care of her children the whole night, Black replied to her saying he hoped they could stay here the entire holidays and she nodded. Then, Harry asked Sirius to talk privately so I kept preparing breakfast on my own.