George Weasley

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Selena waved off George’s apology.

“It’s fine really, I had to go early to work today anyway.” It was true. Things were getting a bit hard around Malfoy Enterpirses as of  late. The company was taking off, true. But along with the success, comes the hard work. She rarely had time to socialize anymore… but of course she made time for family… and close family friends. Dating though was out of the question, she never really noticed the men around the office. She tried to think of anyone who might have caught her eye, but the only guy who stood out was her secretary… and he stood out because he always fumbled something or other and Selena had to do damage control.

A smile slowly formed on her lips as George mentioned beds and skirts. A playful banter in owls that caused Selena to be intrigued by George Weasley.

Selena listened to George as she took a sip of her coffee. She felt the caffeine enter her system immediately. Coffee was a genius invention really. She had to hand it to the Muggles, they really do get by without magic, so well.

“Look, about Harry. It’s…” Selena considered George for a moment, her eyes momentarily lingering on the place where she knew, instead of an ear a gaping hole is present.. George’s hair was styled in such a way, that it covered the hole. Selena knew, from the books she had read, that Harry had been close with the Weasley’s ever since his school days. Selena doesn’t know the extent and depth of their friendship.. but she would assume he knew Harry quite well. Back then, at least…

“I’ve heard stories about Harry’s temper.” She smiled as she recalled stories Minerva had told her, during on of her visits. “You’d think.. it would quell with old age.. well.. to an extent it did… but under extreme pressure.. you’d get a glimpse of that angsty teen I always hear about.”

Selena thought about how to describe this person.. that had become her best friend and pseudo- brother in a span of months.. “I said it in my owl.. and I will say it again.. Harry is a good person. There are just things that get the better of us. And you caught him in one of those days. I don’t think he meant to deliberately hurt you… Harry’s not that kind of person. He has a big heart.. enough to give his love and his friendship to a lot of people.”

“Harry’s a good person.. and a good friend… a good brother of sorts to me too.” Selena’s voice broke a bit.. as she recalled what these past months have been like….

“Harry’s like family to me… no.. Harry’s family… and I hate seeing him like this, you know. Percy.. he….”  Selena was about to say something about Percy and St. Mungos but took a deep breath and stopped herself before she could say anything she would regret later on.

“Can you tell me more about your brother?” Selena asked quietly. Wanting to understand Percy a bit more… wanting to find the reason why he did what he did. 

George listened with intent to what Selena had been saying. He perched himself on the edge of the counter in the kitchen with his hip leaning just a smidge. The coffee mug stayed rested in his right hand. He had felt he known Harry rather well and in some ways it was the same relationship that Selena had with him. The Weasleys had adopted Harry into the family as an eighth child the moment he met his mum for the first time. Harry and he didn’t keep up much during the years after Hogwarts but he had seen him at family events and sometimes he would stop by the shop.

“Yeah, Harry did apologize quite a bit for his emotional rampage he took out on me.” George replied. He took another sip of his coffee and decided to just finish it off. He spelled it away to the sink. “I know he is not in his right state of mind right now Selena and that is why I didn’t send him a nasty hex in a return owl. I am not taking sides on this whole matter because I think they both have their reasons for how they are acting.” He stopped with his words and glanced down at the floor rubbing his hands together in thought. “I don’t think Percy was exactly right in how he handled leaving Harry, but…”

He stopped again. He placed both of his hands on the counter behind him and let out a large sigh. George wasn’t one to gossip much at all. He was use to quiet secrets shared with Fred when he was younger. He didn’t like passing news to a lot of people or letting the world know what went on in his mind. “Percy is a git sometimes, Selena. I can attest to that but he is also a good person. He gets like this sometimes, where he needs to go off and have time on his own. I have never seen him take off for this long since when we were kids but I am sure he will turn around at some point.”

He rubbed at his right hand with his left. His hands were always sore from working. If he wasn’t crafting a new product he was in the shop until nearly midnight working on new displays or helping customers. He enjoyed keeping his mind busy but sometimes it got to be too much when stacked with personal issues. “I can already tell that you are about ready to jump Percy for what he has done and I can tell you that I’ll be right there with you if he doesn’t at least give Harry something to work with but just have a little faith. Harry really hurt Percy last fall and Percy, despite what he is saying, still has feelings for the kid. He just needs time to understand them.

We will have to make sure he handles it better next time something goes down but I’m sure he will be back soon and fix Harry right up. He just has to fix himself first.” He glanced back up at Selena offering a small smile. “Harry won’t even talk to me right now. I actually asked if I could spend the weekend at the flat and he told me to bugger off. Is he doing decently alright? I am sure he has killed through my brothers alcohol collection by now.”

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George had spent a large amount of time during the night thinking about many things that had taken over his mind. There had been many issues going on at the store and then he had the new issue of his brother and Harry trailing behind everything else. He had not been that happy with how his…

It was quite early in the morning. The dew drops had still not evaporated from the grass underfoot. She felt the dampness as she strode towards the boundaries of the wards around her own flat. She cursed as her heel sank in the earth once again.  She waved her hand, to place a spell on her footwear, to prevent further incident. She was always forgetful during the mornings. She was never a morning person.. and it baffles her that she took a job that requires her to work mornings very often.  The corporate world.. hustling and bustling so early in the morning.. and most problems always happened during the mornings.

Selena pushed stressful thoughts about work at the back of her mind. The last thing she wanted to happen was splinch herself. She got out a parchment from her pocket. It had George’s familiar scroll on it, dictating the address of his flat. She closed her eyes, memorized the address, and tried to picture the location in her head. Spinning in place, she felt the familiar constricting sensation, her breath catching in her chest. The blackness evaporated in an instant and she found herself..  surprisingly enough.. in a regular looking flat.. on the outside at least. She had frequented the Weasley Shop quite a few times. She expected the place of residence of the infamous George Weasley to be something other than.. normal.

Selena stepped forward and gently knocked on the door. The door opened a crack, then was opened wide. Framed at the doorway, was of course.. George Weasley.

“Hello.. George. It’s nice to finally meet you.” Selena extended her hand for George to shake. They had exchanged quite a few owls over the weeks, but had not had the chance to meet until today.  “Thanks for having me over.” Selena stepped into the flat and, as is common for her to do in a new environment, looked around.

She turned towards George again, a smile on her face. “Really.. I never expected it to be so… normal”

The aroma of freshly brewed coffee reached her nostrils. “I could use a cup.”  Selena motioned towards the kitchen.

“How are things with you?” Selena knew that George was having a lot of problems in the shop lately.

When Selena had entered his flat with the comment of things being so normal he only smiled. “I may not have the hidden rooms that my brother does but I can promise you that it does get a more quirky when you look for the details.” When she entered the flat fully he closed the door and locked it away. George Weasley was the type of person who could get along fairly well with just about anyone. However he had kept most of his own personal relationships limited. Some witches and wizards noted that it had to be due to the death of his brother but it was anything but that. “And thank you for taking the time to stop by. I am sorry that it had to be so early in the day. I’ll have to get back to the shop in just over an hour.”

He brushed past her heading for the kitchen of his flat. He looked over his shoulder offering a small smile. “Most people say I don’t function quite right without coffee in the morning.” He chuckled and moved further to open the freeway door that separated the sitting room from the kitchen. It was not a tiny kitchen but it wasn’t anything grand. He was only a bachelor and he spent half the time at work anyways. The two coffee mugs were already set on the table. He reached over for the pot of coffee to fill each of the cups. “You can ignore how much sugar I’m about to put in my cup.”

He did just that. It was not the normal one or two scoops of sugar. Instead it was around six scoops total and a small amount of milk. He stirred it with his spoon and took a sip letting it work its own magic in the wakeup process. “I am also sorry that our first meeting is not on better terms.” He laughed and took another sip of his coffee. “I had rambled on about my bed and your skirts for the longest time and then bleedin’ work got in the way for a very long time. We’ll skip the issues about work though. Now with Percy and Harry…”

He stopped and bit down on his lip before setting the coffee mug to the side. “I do not like talking much gossip honestly Selena. But quite frankly, I have no clue where my brother has wandered off to and Harry practically told me to piss off last week. I am almost expecting a note that one of them had been sent to Mungo’s in a few days.”