Ginevra Molly Potter (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bat_bogeys) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} silverage, |
"It's ... not. I mean, it's not easy, by any means, but it's easier now to talk about than it was the months after it all happened. My mum was ..." She shook her head. "Well, everyone, really, in our family was a wreck after Fred's death. He was always just so ... so much of a presence. But there were marriages and babies and life moved on. George named his son after Fred. Of course," she replied with a little smile. She realized exactly how much had happened in the years after the war, and wondered how much of it would be interesting to Dean.
"You're there," she assured him. "You ... you make it back to the castle in time for the fight. Seamus is fine. Was thrilled to see you back," she added as she glanced over to him. "Things ... things at school got bad. Really bad. Neville kept things going though. I helped as long as I could, but when the Death Eaters found out Ron wasn't at home, but was out with Harry ... we had to go into hiding. My mum wouldn't risk me going back to school. She didn't even want me in the fight, but since when did I ever listen to things like that?"
She smiled, but she could see enough of herself in her daughter that she knew she was going to have all sorts of trouble with her once she got older. It was funny how becoming a mum made her appreciate everything her mother had gone through raising her and her brothers.