That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 6, Chapter 2- My George Weasley

Draco stays the night in my room with me, and once he's asleep I sneak out of my bed and go over to my desk. "Lumos" I whisper. The tip of my wand lights up. I pull out ink and the quill that George gave me. It's late so I don't really expect a response but I have to try.

YOU AROUND?

I roll my neck and it cracks a few times. I stand from my desk and open my window slightly, it's raining out so the air is cold on my skin. The pulsing in the ring that George gave me is steady. It calms me down.

ALWAYS.

I look down at my arm and smile. I go back to my desk, dip my quill in the ink and write back to him.

IT'S TIME G. WE CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER ANYMORE.

My heart shatters as soon as the ink seeps into my skin. Instantly the pulse in my ring picks up in pace and I can assume that the ring on his finger is the same. It's not like we didn't know it was happening. Yeah sure Violet, keep telling yourself that.

PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE JOKING

God. I can hear him as I read his message. I can hear his voice crack, see his eyes well up with tears. I start to get panicky and tears start flowing out of my eyes again.

IF I SEE YOU AGAIN HE'LL KILL ME. KILL MY FAMILY... HE'LL KILL YOU

I start pacing back and forth in front of my bed. I skip the middle floorboard though. It creaks and I don't want to wake up Draco.... God Draco. He's terrified, going back to Hogwarts this year. I want to be with him. Live in Hogsmeade... but with the war, the fact that I'm a Death Eater now. I don't think it's going to be possible.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOP YET. WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE

I sit down at my desk and put my head in my hands and blink my tears away. I take a deep breath and calm myself down.

THIS IS GOODBYE

My entire body aches, I feel like I'm going to be sick.

SAY YOU LOVE ME

That does it, I can't hold my tears in anymore. I clap my hand over my mouth to try not to make too much noise. Draco stirs in the bed and I turn around to look at him. My vision is blurry with tears.

GEORGE...WE HAVE TO BREAK UP.

I close my eyes and the memory of our first real fight floods my mind. He just attacked Draco, we were screaming at each other in the halls. Then the kiss. Oh god, that kiss.

SAY IT ANYWAYS

In the quidditch tent after his game. He's sweaty and gross. I go in to congratulate him. We almost kiss, then Oliver Wood comes in and kicks me out. Butterflies erupt in my stomach

I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU

Our first late-night experience. Sneaking out of our dorms using his fucking map. Hiding in the bushes on the edge of the lake, getting poison oak all over ourselves. George diving into the lake, I actually turn around so I don't see him shirtless, oh how the times have changed.

FUCKING SAY IT VIOLET

Sneaking out of my common room with him, walking through the secret Hogwarts corridors. Seeing Charlie, looking at dragons. I can still feel his loving gaze on the back of my head. Then in the dark, he teases me for the first time, doesn't kiss me when I ask him to. Says that he asked Bill for tips. The fucking dumbass.

I LOVE YOU GEORGE

I can feel his arms around me, smell his scent, spearmint toothpaste, cinnamon, freshly baked cookies, campfire, old spice deodorant. I can taste his lips on mine, feel his breath on my neck.

YOU WON'T TAKE OFF OUR RING RIGHT? I NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL ALIVE

The day he gave me the stupid fucking ring. The months it took for him to get the rings perfect. That god awful tea shop. I will never be able to interrupt him mid-sentence ever again.

COURSE NOT. DON'T TAKE YOURS OFF EITHER. I NEED TO KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE

I'm not just losing George. I'm losing Fred. One of my best friends for years. The person that I went to with things that I couldn't take anywhere else. The person that forced me to tell George how I really felt all those years ago. I owe him everything. I'm losing Ginny. A strong, feisty, powerful young witch that one is. She stood up for me when everyone was treating me so poorly when my mother got out of Azkaban. I'll never see her on the Holly Head Harpies. Ron, Bill, Charlie, Arthur, Molly. Oh god, Molly. The mother I always wanted but never got. Sitting on her couch looking at old baby photos, telling her my story. I love that woman.

I LOVE YOU VIOLET. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER STOP LOVING YOU

Right here, right now, I don't see a point. There's no reason that we can't be together. I'll run away, abandon everything... Draco snores cut through my thoughts. He's the point. I've got to stay for him.

I LOVE YOU TOO GEORGE WEASLEY. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

Then.

GOODBYE GEORGE.

I snap the quill in half, breaking the bond between the two of them, he can never write to me again and I him. I pick my wand up from the desk and flick it so the light on its tip goes out. I put the broken quill on my windowsill, take a deep breath, point my wand at it, "evanesco' I whisper. The quill vanishes instantly.

I crawl back into my bed beside Draco and pull the covers up to my chin. Draco rolls over so he's facing me and opens his eyes. "What happened?" He whispers.

"Just broke up with George," I whisper back to him.

We lie there in silence for a long time. I can hear voices downstairs so I know that at least two people are still awake, "I'm sorry." Draco whispers.

I nod, "Yeah, me too." I say back to him before I roll away from him. I stare at my open window, the soft sound of the rain hitting the roof is the only thing I can hear besides Draco's heavy breathing. I want to reverse the clock, I want to go back in time. What I would do for a time-turner right now. I want him, I want him back. The love of my life, my George Weasley.