"George, where the hell are we going?" Manda asked with a sigh as George was dragging her out of the house and towards the closest park.

"Well, if I tell you that then it'll ruin the surprise," George pointed out, making Manda roll her eyes. "Do you trust me?"

"Of course I trust you."

"Then trust me now."

"You aren't going to make me regret this are you?"

"When have I ever made you regret trusting me?" George asked her but then cut her off before she could respond. "Actually don't answer that."

"I'll get you a list before I go," Manda teased and kissed his cheek. George grinned at that and wrapped an arm around her waist as they walked through the park, Manda still completely oblivious as to what it was that they were even doing.

At one point during their walk, they ran in to Remus walking her dad in his animagus form. As far as Manda knew they did this once a day to make sure that Sirius didn't go stir crazy in the house. It wasn't like he could go for a walk on his own and Liz was currently way too pregnant to be able to take him anymore. That meant that it was either Manda or Remus that took him and since Manda and her father weren't on talking terms, it was Remus' job.

"What are you two doing out? I thought Molly told you wanted you all cleaning the study today?" Remus asked with a raised eyebrow and an amused smile.

"Well, I kind of had other plans before she basically yelled that at us so we snuck out," George admitted with a shrug. "I'm sure she won't even notice."

"She's definitely going to notice but Molly has a soft spot for me so I won't get blamed for this," Manda pointed with a slight smile on her face. She looked over as she scratched behind her dad's ear, sighing softly. Yes, she was hurt but he was her dad and she would always care about him.

Remus looked over at Manda and Sirius and sighed. "You know he's been sleeping curled up outside your door for the last couple of nights?" Remus told her honestly, earning a slight warning growl from Sirius that he just shrugged off.

Manda raised an eyebrow, slightly confused before she nodded. "Yeah, I was planning on talking to him and mum before I leave on Friday."

Manda tried not to think about the fact that she felt George's grip on her waist tighten a little bit. They still hadn't really talked about her leaving but she knew that they would have to at some point. It was just a matter of when and what they then ended up deciding on to make this easier for them while she had to play the double agent role.

"Well, I'd suggest in the mornings so he's awake enough to process but not awake enough to argue with you or your mother. Not like he could ever win that argument and I don't know why he'd think that he could but he'll try," Remus pointed out with a shrug, stepping out of Sirius' way, who huffed and started to walk back in the direction of the house. Remus smiled innocently and bid the couple goodbye before he followed after the scruffy looking black dog.

Manda rolled her eyes lightly. "He is going to get so much crap for that when they get in," she pointed out as George continued to lead her to wherever it was that he was planning on taking her. "How much longer? Because I feel like this is taking forever."

"Stop complaining. It'll take like two more minutes and then we'll be there," George told her as he kissed her temple. "Besides, you're the one complaining about how you aren't feeling normal lately so how about you stop complaining and let your boyfriend take you on a nice normal date."

"Well, when you put it like that you make me seem like an unappreciative brat," Manda commented as she looked over at him.

"Well then I guess that makes you my unappreciative brat. Though I would never call you that," George said with a shrug as he pulled her closer to him.

They then reached a small field that was partially shielded from the park nearby. Already set up was a little picnic with one of Manda's favourite blankets spread out under it. The first thing that her eyes were drawn to was the pot of cherries that made her face light up. Cherries were always the best way to Manda's heart. She smiled softly and kissed his cheek gently.

"I'm sorry for being a brat," she said softly as George led her over and sat down beside her.

"Well, I wouldn't say you were being a brat," he said with a smirk as he looked over at her, handing her the bowl of cherries. "Difficult was definitely a word I would have used though."

"I think difficult is a word that a lot of people would use to describe me," she admitted with a shrug before she ate one of the cherries.

"Well there are also a bunch of other words that I would use to describe you," George told her with a shrug.

"Oh yeah? Like what?"

"I'll write you a list before you go."