Samantha stayed silent as everyone else chattered among themselves. Such a large family is a foreign concept to her and she's not exactly comfortable with crowds. Despite the family's warmth and kindness, Samantha is incapable of relaxing in their presence. Thankfully, the bountiful food that was served gave her a reasonable distraction. She enjoys the deliciousness of Molly's cooking, allowing her insecurities to subside for the moment. Samantha observes everyone at the table with careful glances in their directions. 

Although, her eyes seem to linger on George. He doesn't catch the prolonged stares, though. He's too sidetracked with his family at the moment. Samantha smiles inwardly to herself, having successfully surveyed everyone without being caught. Molly and Arthur are quite taken with her cousin, asking Emily all kinds of questions. They don't appear to have taken an interest in Samantha, but offense is taken. Unlike her cousin, Samantha is not all that interesting. 

Samantha overhears the conversation from further down along the table, sipping softly from her cup and lifts her eyes briefly to gauge her cousin's reaction. As expected, the Dragon pendant her cousin wears has drawn everyone's attention to her. Emily has a fancy towards Dragons and always has. No doubt this fascination has only developed further since discovering her pen pal's shared interest in them. 

"I completely agree with you," Charlie praised, his eyes brightening as he lingered on the pendant. The way in which she held it so affectionately in her hand, Charlie found her connection to Dragons very endearing. When Emily excused herself and went to the sink, Charlie followed behind at a reasonable distance. He brought along his own plate and dropped it gently into the sink. "How long have you fancied Dragons?" 

Feeling comfortable with the topic of conversation, Charlie seemed to relax around Emily. His tensed shoulders dropped back down, a smile effortlessly spread at his lips and a genuine interest was apparent. Molly, Arthur, Bill and Fleur went off into the living room to discuss wedding arrangements. Harry, Hermione and Ron had their own personal business to discuss, so they left to the bedrooms they shared together. Ginny decided now would be a perfect time to relax in her bedroom and Fred chose to continue nagging his beloved twin. 

Considering Charlie and Emily had the kitchen now to themselves, Samantha and George had gone to the backyard. As they sat together on the bench, Samantha shifting herself off to the side and further down the bench away from George, his identical twin made an appearance. "So, you're cousins with that blond right?" Fred inquired, seating himself right beside Samantha. 

"She's my cousin, yes, and her name is Emily." Samantha spoke quietly, fiddling with both hands in her lap.