Better Living Through Learning: George Weasley
by zahra








George has been a half for so long that he suspects if he ever commits to someone in a relationship, he’ll wind up splitting into fourths, or maybe eighths, or some other unit. He’s never done well with the metric system and if he hadn’t had Arithmancy with Fred, he’d probably have failed. Or not. Even at his worst, George still does well - they both do, but their marks tend to be overlooked in light of their pranks and flying toilet seats and red hair.

If it’s got red hair and freckles, it’s a Weasley. If it’s skinny, and looks like carrot with a mouth, it’s a Weasley.

He’s heard it all since he was wee, and he’s not really that bothered. Never has been. Anyone who attempted to wind him up also had to contend with Fred, and sometimes two is better than one. Most times two is better than one, and in his heart Fred doubts he’ll ever get married. For the most part he’s married to Fred and not in that sexual way, but more in that shared brain, Voodoo-books-in-the-Restricted-Section type way.

Fred and George, George and Fred.

George doesn’t mind being a twin. He likes the benefits: sitting in on random lectures, dates with random girls, random accusations and the like. Being Fred is an excellent laugh every now and then, but George isn’t Fred.

George does actually have a second name, and a personality all his own – he’s the one who doesn’t like Chocolate Frogs, and the Canary Cremes were his idea.

It’s not that George minds being part of ‘Fred and George’ as much as he’d like a bit more practice at being George Weasley - full stop. Not George and Fred or Fred and George, just George Andrew Weasley end of it. It’s not his fault he’s a twin, course it’s not Fred’s fault either and in their family he reckons everybody’s wished they were an only child at least once. It’s entirely possible that George has wished this more than once, but it’s not that he doesn’t want Fred in his life – he just wonders what it would be like if they were just mates, or maybe cousins.

George can’t actually imagine a life without Fred in it in some way shape or form, but he thinks it’d be nice if people understood that they really aren’t the same person. They’re not a buy-one-get-one-free special. Fred does not equal George, and if you invite one that does not insure getting the other.

To each his own, even if he is a twin.