The closer Fred got to Ginny the more he could tell that she would have fit right in with the rest of his family. This thought made him a little bit sad because he thought that perhaps he was supposed to have a sister in his world, but the rules of the government had stopped it from happening. He would have loved it. However, he was going to make use of it now. If Fred liked Ginny as much as he suspected he would, then he would spend plenty of time with her while they were there. He knew she had brothers, but he wouldn’t mind weaseling his way in to become another brother to her.
Greeting her was somewhat awkward. He did not want to be too stiff and shake her hand, but giving her a hug would be too much of an assumption. He did not want her to think that he was attacking her or something. He wanted her to feel comfortable around him, but that would certainly take some time, for both of them. “Thanks,” he responded to her comment on his boat. He turned to look at it, smiling somewhat proudly at it. “I had a great trip. I never thought that being a fisherman would actually have such a benefit to it.”
Fred paused for a moment and scratched the back of his head, “What do you do around here? For a job I mean.” Everyone seemed to have interesting jobs around here. They were all so different from the jobs people had back in district three. He was not sure he would like to go back to working in a factory anymore. The idea of not being outside was one that sort of put him off. “Obviously I’m a fisherman.”