Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and Whatnot

About two weeks before we were going back to school, Fred and George’s shop was finally finished. Their grand opening was going to be the weekend right before school started.

“This is brilliant!” I said as I walked around the finished store.

“Isn’t it though?” Fred leaned against the front counter.

“Just imagine all the business we’ll get from kids at school once we’re open.” George exclaimed.

“Will you need help?” I asked.

“With what?” Fred looked confused.

“With selling stuff duh!”

“You want to sell stuff?” George asked.

“Yes! Your stuff, here! I could help you out, especially opening weekend. That way you guys won’t be completely overwhelmed.”

They looked at each other, and then back to me.

“She’s so cool” Fred said.

“She’s awesome” George said, hugging me.

“I guess that’s a yes?”

“Sure why not?!” they exclaimed.

“We hadn’t really thought about getting anyone else to help out.”

“Bbut that would be great actually.”

“Cool! So what time do you want me to come in?”

“You could come in Friday and stay with us for the weekend if you like.” Fred suggested.

“Alright, which reminds me…can I see the upstairs?”

“Oh yeah, come on!” George grabbed my wrist and we all ran upstairs.

When we reached the top, I stopped suddenly.

“What do you think?” Fred asked from behind me.

“Whoa” I said as I looked around me.

“I know, we really outdid ourselves” George grinned.

“Oh my God guys, this looks awesome” I started walking around to check out the rooms.

It was a lot bigger than I expected. It actually extended over their store as well as the one next door because the owner had sold his section to them and they knocked out the wall. It looked great, too, the living room area was right when you walked up the stairs and there was a kitchen/dining room on one end and two bedrooms each with their own bathroom on the other.

I went and stood in the middle of the living room, taking it all in. George was standing next to me with an arm around my shoulders and Fred was on my other side. We stood there quietly for a little while.

“So this is for real now guys.” I said, finally.

They looked at me and grinned, George saying “Yeah, this is for real.”

“It’s kind of great right?” Fred said.

“Kind of? This is what you guys have been planning for as long as I can remember and now it’s actually happening! It’s beyond great.”