It had been a long time since I had known the school without Fred and George. They didn’t end up completing their final year at Hogwarts but chose to… go out in a finale of fireworks, swamps etc that is remembered and talked about by students to this day.

I remember when Charlie left, I really missed not being able to see him and I had only been at school for a year with him. Fred and George, I had been with for a much longer period of time. Mentally I had tried to push to push the thought of it to one side and concentrate on talking about the business side, not what it would be like for me when I finished Hogwarts and didn’t have them to talk to.

The reality hit me harder than I was expecting. I could contend with being back at Hogwarts but I kept expecting to see them each meal time, every time I was in the common room. Fred was pulling a witty joke but George was the one I missed the most. I couldn’t get over it. I didn’t see how two of my best friends, that I had said goodbye to, that had already left, I missed so much.

I messaged them almost daily and by Christmas I was in tears when I saw them. It was then that George and I finally admitted to the world that we were together. I think people had expected it already because we had snide remarks from almost everyone but especially Fred.

In February there was a Valentine’s Party and George actually turned up as my date. It was brilliant. It took not having them around to make me want them around even more. It is definitely true you always want what you can’t have. C’est la vie. The same became true about my husband.