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Chapter Twenty Six

“Gin” he smiled opening the door and walking inside, “You here?”
“In the kitchen” she called up the stairs from the basement “I hope you guys are hungry”
“What- have you cooked?” he said walking down the stairs,
“Nope – Cara has, she wouldn’t let me and she wouldn’t let me call Kreacher” He saw her sitting at the table, hands on her belly contentedly in new green dress with a large smile on her face
“Wow – you can cook” Harry grinned staring at the table covered in food and laid with places,
“Course” Cara smiled waving her wand for the finishing touches on a roast chicken “Now your guests will be here soon”
He sat down beside her “Who?”
“Dad, my brothers…”
“So you want to tell them but what about your mum”
“She’s not coming; we can tell her when she wants to be bothered with us”
“She refused the invitation?” He asked Ginny,
“She did, so there coming, Ron’s coming and before you kill me Hermione is too” Cara said pointing her wand at him in defence before he could make a move,
“Say that again”
“She’s coming Harry”
“I didn’t suggest it, but don’t get mad at Cara” Ginny said taking a sip from a glass of pumpkin juice “She invited her, Hermione said ok and that she’s told them what she said”
“That doesn’t mean I want her in my house!” Harry said angrily, “I don’t care if she’s sorry, it doesn’t change a thing”
“Harry” Ginny said quietly,
“She’s not welcome here”
“Harry!” she said a little louder,
“Why would you go behind our backs and invite her?”
“HARRY!” she shouted,
He stopped and stared at her, Cara and Sophia took there cue to leave.
“Harry, its fine” she said standing up, stretching and rubbing her lower back with her palms looking at him,
“Right so instead of asking me you went along with it”
“Instead of asking me you decided to kill yourself”
“That was completely different Ginny and you know it, I did that to save you all I’m doing this now to protect you and my baby from her spite”
“Happens that she’s my baby to”
“And you’re my wife; it’s my job to protect you both”
“Here we go again, what if I don’t want your protection, what if I just want your love”
“You’ve got it, but me trying to stop things from hurting you comes with that automatically, she is not stepping foot in this house”
“She is, she is coming to apologise and if it doesn’t work then we’ve made the first move, we’ve tried again and she can just leave, you’re my husband now, you’re the father of my baby, I don’t want to leave this world and you be on bad terms with her when you need her”
“You’re not going to die”
“It’s a possibility, you know that and if it happens -” he cringed and she touched his cheek “- if – you’ll need help and your two best friends will be there for you if they are your friends”
“Nothings going to happen to you, I’m not going to let you die”
“Please Harry, just listen, I want you to make up with them for me, we have to do this”
“I can’t”
“Do it as a wedding present for me Harry, for her-” she held his hand to her belly “- do it for Faith”
“Faith?” he said in a small voice,
“I thought it was something, you know – appropriate, and you said I could chose”
“I did didn’t I”
“You did, so please – will you?”
He nodded, wrapping her in his embrace strongly, “For Faith”
There was a doorbell ringing in the background, “That’s them, now are you ready?”
“I guess, I still don’t think this will go down well”
“We just have to get through it, we’ve got dad – we had there support before hand”
“We did it without them”
“We will tell them why though Harry, we have too”
He nodded turning them as footsteps came down the stairs. It was Hermione and Ron hand in hand. She took one look at Ginny, burst into tears and enveloped her in a hug,
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean it – can we go back to how we were?”
“Hermione” Ginny said hugging her back lightly “You’re squashing us”
“Oh I’m sorry – I just wanted to say sorry” she pulled away “You look so – so pregnant”
“That’s what happens when you are” Harry said callously, folding his arms,
“Harry” she turned to him “What did we just -”
“I’m trying, it’s not working, I can’t look at her” he replied,
“Give us a minute” Ginny started,
“Can I talk to you?” Hermione said quietly looking between them,
“Ginny, Ron hasn’t met Cara or Sophia until they opened the door, they should meet properly right?” He said sitting at the table,
“Alright” she smiled a little leaning to kiss him, Harry reached to stroke her belly and she held his hand there for a moment looking into his eyes and seeing something that worried her. “Harry…”
“You can see right through me can’t you?” he replied moving to put his head in his hands as Ron led Ginny up the stairs, she looked back for a second and then followed him up.

He didn’t move as he spoke “I’m doing this for her, because she asked me to do it for her”
“I am sorry; I do mean it, the words they just came out”
“You told us that our daughter was better off dead” one hand rubbed his forehead the other was still holding his head,
“I was angry, I was just angry because of Ron, I know it’s not an excuse but it’s all I have”
“Let’s forget it; I don’t need this on top of everything else ok”
“It feels like you just can’t be bothered Harry, how can we be friends if you can’t accept my apology”
He looked up “I didn’t say we’d be friends, I said forget about it Hermione”
“Ginny’s willing to-”
“-Ginny thinks she’s going to die” he said “That’s the only reason – and don’t you say that if we’d given Faith up this wouldn’t be happening, because I don’t want to hear something I already know”
“I’m not saying that – wait a minute – Faith?”
“That would be our daughter’s name”
“And her dying?”
“Ron didn’t tell you about the ultimatum after the haemorrhage then?”
“Yes but he also said she was sure then that she wouldn’t give up the baby and she wouldn’t die”
“Well things change” he muttered
“You can change them back Harry” she said sitting down and reaching for his hand “We could be friends again”
He pulled his hand away “Not anytime soon Hermione – wait until one of them is dead and then come and see me”
“Don’t be so – so”
He swore at her “- so what? So miserable, so pessimistic, so – so” he swore again “- upset that my wife’s going to try and kill herself for my baby and if I try and stop her I’ll lose her?!”
“Wife…”
He stood up “We’ll explain over dinner, I’m going to – to – I don’t need to tell you, I’ll just be back in a minute, go and see them” he said and apparated up to his bedroom.

He yelled “ARGHHH!!!” punching the wall, this time with his right hand over and over and over again, swearing as he did so, until he collapsed to sitting on the floor, head in his hands tears falling angrily,

“You’re not going up there with him like that!”
“Don’t you dare try and stop me Ron!”
“He’s lost it!”
“HE’S MY HUSBAND AND HE’S IN PAIN!”
He stared “Husband?”
“Husband” she replied and he heard her footsteps as her brothers voices sounded from the fireplace in the room below,

“Harry”
“Ignore me, go back downstairs”
“Your hand, your crying – Harry” she said quietly sitting down in front of him, but holding onto the bed to get down there awkwardly, and holding his hand when she did,
“Ignore me”
She took his wand and conjuring a bandage wrapped it firmly around it “I can’t, not when I can see your suffering”
“You need me to be strong and I’m a wet mess”
“You care, you love me, you love her” she left his bandaged hand resting on her stomach as she lay down on his left side propping herself on pillows next to him,
He lay down on his side next to her leaving his hand there “I’m not good at this”
“You are, you’re here, you feel – I don’t need you to be strong and to fight, I just need you, the Harry I met that first time on the train platform, before he knew he would have battle to survive, before he knew all of this would happen”
“If I don’t fight I’ll lose you”
She shook her head “Don’t fight, help me get through this, we can do this together we said that from the beginning, you said that so don’t fall apart now – I need you, Faith needs you, we just want you to be you”
He sighed and got up “Come on, let’s go and pretend everything’s ok for our guests” He helped her up gently; she stood but didn’t move only to hold him in a hug.
“I think we should tell them to go – cancel dinner and you stay here to calm down”
“I’m calm Gin, we have to do this, and they have to know what’s wrong”
“They know we’re married, that’s enough for now”
“That’s not what there missing”
“What did you tell dad?” she said looking up at him,
“The truth, I told him the truth”
“You said?”
“I told him what he needed for him to agree to it”
“You scared him, you told him I was going to die and you scared him into agreeing”
“I did what I had to”
“That’s why he’s upset” she stepped back from him in realisation,
“Gin don’t run away – let me explain – you wanted this, I wanted to give you today to because you needed it, because you wanted it so I did what I had to, I told him there was a possibility just like you keep telling me”
“Don’t hurt him again, I’ll go down and tell them to go”
“I take it they could hear me?”
“Yes”
“Then I’ll face that I’m losing the plot alright” he muttered tightening the bandages on his hand,
“Stop fiddling with it – I’ll get some skelegrow”
“It’s fine, I don’t want her fussing”
“Who says I’ll go to her for it?”
“Penny or your Mother, both are just as bad as each other – I’d rather the pain and mangled hand thanks”
“It’s your wand hand; you’ll be useless with out it”
“I’ll be fine, my left hands just as good”
“Don’t be so stubborn”
“I’m not being stubborn, I just can’t be bothered, I’ve got enough to think about, this-” he lifted up his hand “- is nothing compared to what it would be like to lose you Ginny, if I’m going to get ready for pain I’d better start somewhere”
“I love you but you can’t half be dramatic sometimes”
“Gin”
“Just close your eyes for a second”
“Gin”
“Do it”
He did as he was told and she took his hand placing it on her heart and then moving it to her stomach “You feel them right?”
“Yes” he murmured “You and her – she’s wriggling, your heart beats thumping like drum”
“And that is how we’re going to stay”
“How can I believe that when you’re willing to die?”
“- For her - you’ll have Faith and if not both of us”
“And if not neither of you, I’ll have nothing, I’ll lose you both and that leaves me the only option of joining you”
“We have time now”
“Not enough”
“We’re not going to leave you” she replied “So open your eyes and kiss me”
He did as he was told, holding her cheek with his good hand, and refusing to let go as he kissed her.
“Harry…” she said in breathless anticipation, wanting more as they broke away, foreheads still touching, his eyes closed,
“I love you Mrs Potter”
She giggled a little and leaned up to meet him in a kiss again, “Love you too Mr Potter” she kissed him again wrapping her arms around him falling into his embrace. There kisses became more passionate, fiercer and aggressive; his t-shirt was pulled over his head, the straps loosened on her dress, and buttons undone on both sides until there were footsteps heard climbing the stairs.

“I hate your family” he said with a smile kissing her again and ignoring the footsteps until they heard the knock at the door,
“Is everything alright Ginny” it was Arthur,
“Fine” she replied,
He reached over for his shirt, she tidied herself up and called out that they’d be down in a minute “We just need a moment to finish talking” her voice was strained and Arthur was worried, but it was on edge from a kiss not from an argument. She looked at her watch, dinner would be cold.

“Don’t make that face, once they’re gone we can continue what we started” she smirked running a hand through his hair and down the back of his neck,
“Sophia’s staying here, your think Ron’s going to leave easily or Cara – I doubt it”
“I’ll tell them why I want them gone but I think they’ll know – don’t you think, it being our wedding night and all” she smiled,
“Hmm” he reached for her hand and raised it to his lips “Come on then”

“Harry, Ginny” Arthur said watching them walk down the stairs her hand in his,
“Sorry to keep you guys waiting” Harry started as they came out from the living room to stand at the bottom of the stairs,
“So I’m guessing we’re here to give you guy’s congratulations” Bill said eyes on the floor,
“If you want too” Ginny said with a small smile “I mean if you don’t you can just have dinner and go home and tell mum everything we tell you”
“She won’t want to hear it”
“Which is why she isn’t here” Ginny smirked “Do you think I haven’t invited her and tried Bill?”
“You got married and didn’t tell her”
“We had reasons, let’s eat and we might tell you some of them” Harry said with a smile leading Ginny down the stairs to the full kitchen table, they sat down surrounded on all sides.

“A toast” said Arthur trying not to look pained “To Ginny and Harry”
“And Faith” Ginny added
Everyone looked up but Hermione “Faith?” Said Percy, Bill and Charlie together,
“Faith in what” the twins tagged on the end,
“Faith Potter” Harry said as Ginny’s hand crept along the table to hold his left one.

Everyone exchanged glances except Arthur, Harry and Ginny, he only had eyes for the bump hidden by the table, and they only had eyes for each other. He looked up,
“To Ginny, Harry and Faith” he raised his glass with a small smile,
“It’s ok guys” Ginny started “You can say this how thing is completely strange if you want – because it is”
“And I thought it was just me-” said Fred,
“- That found this bonkers” added George with a identical grin,
“Nope – we’ve just come to peace with the idea” Harry smirked “I mean look at the hole in my bedroom wall if you don’t believe me” he said holding up his bandaged hand.
“Not again” Ron said rolling his eyes,
“That’s so yours and Ginny’s half of the house” Sophia said with a grin,
“Yeah, yeah” Harry laughed,
“They’re going to lock you up in a house without walls” Ron muttered with a small smile,
“Is that possible?” Sophia said,
“Magic Sophia” Grinned Harry “You can do almost anything”
“Hold on ‘your half’?” Ginny said looking between them,
“You didn’t tell her?”
“You told me not to sister” Harry said sticking his tongue out at her,
“At least now you’re listening, little brother” Sophia replied sticking out her own at him,
He laughed “Little brother? I don’t think I like that”
“What’s going on – halves – brother and sister?”
“With Sophia now officially being a witch and Sirius’s daughter she gets what was his”
Ginny blinked “So this house, the inheritance – whoa the entire Black family vault”
“But I don’t want it, so Harry and I came to an agreement – since Sirius thought of him as his son, I’m his daughter, and it’s only right that we go halves – I did tell him to keep the house and money but he wouldn’t have it”
“To right he wouldn’t – it’s yours Sophia” Ginny said firmly smiling at Harry’s honesty,
“So we’re splitting everything in half and Faith will get to call me Auntie – if that’s ok with you?”
“Course it is!” she got up and hugged her happily “I got a sister!”
Ron coughed and she looked at Hermione to see the tears falling silently down her cheeks “What are you still sitting for Hermione she’s your sister too!”
She leapt up crying and laughing and joined in the hug,
“Girls” Ron said with a grin without realising it was Cara sitting next to him,
Hermione spoke turning back to wipe her eyes, “Girls what?”
“Nothing” Ron mumbled,
“Good” she grinned kissing him,
“Problems with public displays of affection solved then Ron” Harry smirked,
“What problems” Ron grinned back as Hermione settled on his lap contently,
“So you said you were going to explain” said Bill “Because we’ve eaten and I’m pretty sure I’ve got questions and so has Charlie and Percy and Dad”
Hermione sat down again demurely, Ginny sitting closer to Harry and holding his waist with his arm round her, “We’re sorry we did it without you guys, but we had to”
“Why?” Bill continued “You could have just told us, we would have been there – the twins work close enough you could have told them”
“We just did… look … erm…we went to the doctors this morning” Ginny started but couldn’t seem to finish,
“You want me to?”
“Yes please – but I think – is it ok if I go lie down and you – or will you be mad”
“Go on” he said kissing her forehead,
“Don’t run away from this Ginny” Arthur said as she got up,
“She’s not” Harry said “She’s taking it with her and going to lie down, she’s worn out or couldn’t you tell”
“Harry” Charlie said warningly,
“It’s fine, he’s defensive, he’s automatically fighting for her it’s a good thing” Arthur said adjusting his glasses on his nose, “He’s going to explain, Gin’s going to rest it’s fine”
“Not for him to talk to you like that it’s not Dad” Gin said leaning to kiss his cheek, going to all of her brothers and then to Harry, “You gonna behave?”
“I’m sorry Arthur, I will control myself – I’ll just find a spare wall”
Arthur let a smile pass his lips as Ginny kissed Harry and shuffled out,
“So where shall we start?”
“The beginning” Bill started, “The healer’s appointment this morning”
“We’re having a girl, but there’s something else, the nurse found a clot”
“And that means?” Charlie said,
“It means that there’s a good chance she might not make it and that Faith won’t either, there is also a good chance they will both be fine”
“Right”
“And there’s also a chance that just one of them will not make it, it depends on whether the clot clears or not, but she’s taking a potion that should help”
Hermione looked up “And If not?” she asked “Then what happens?”
“Then they go for surgery, muggle and Healer trained doctors operate to clear the clot and if not – and if not-” he stumbled on the words rubbing his forehead,
Sophia got up to kneel in front of him taking his hand, “And if not they will…”
“Take out Faith and try to save Ginny from the clot, but only if she let’s them”
Percy stared along with the other brothers “If she lets them?”
“She won’t give her up” Harry said “She won’t let me save her, she’d rather die to save Faith then give her up”
Arthur looked at him and nodded his head when Harry shook his; this was to stay between them now,
“We got married today not only because we love each other, and not only as a just in case but to make me officially her next of kin if something’s happens and she can’t make a decision, so that I can make it for her”
“Your going to do what she wants” the twins said together in shock, standing up angrily,
“Yes” he lied “I promised her I would so that it wouldn’t be up to Molly to make that choice”
Charlie drew his wand as did Bill and they each got up and dragged Harry’s half lifeless form up against the wall,
“You’re going to kill her!” Bill accused his wand pointing at Harry’s chest,
“And you agreed to it?!” Charlie said turning back to his father and pushing away Ron when he attempted to pull them away from Harry,
“I did, it’s what she wants – I can’t argue with it, it’s not right for me to and it shouldn’t be up to Molly and me to decide, it’s Harry and Ginny’s baby it’s there choice”
“How long does she have?” Percy asked, he was the only brother not to have moved from his seat,
“Two more months – it’s all only possibility, if this potion works then there shouldn’t be a choice to make and there’s every chance it will”
“Right well I’m with Dad on this one, it’s not our choice it’s theirs and from what Harry has said it might not even come down to that she won’t make it, we just need to think about that she’s alive now, she’s taking a potion and she’s doing everything she can to help her chances”
“She’s going to Mungo’s in a month to check” Harry said as Bill let him go, “We’ll know more then, she wanted to tell you now so it wouldn’t be a shock”
“I’m going to see her” Charlie said and let go, Harry didn’t make a move to stop him, Bill and the twins followed him up the stairs,

“Boy’s don’t be stupid” Arthur said going after them “She needs all the rest she can get, you going up and making her angry and upset is not going to help her”
“I want to hear it from her” Charlie kept going along with Bill as the twins thought otherwise and slowed on the steps before turning around, they got to the door opening it to find her awake, crying and sitting in front of the mirror in her underwear embracing her baby bump.

“Gin” Charlie rushed forward picking up the sheet and wrapping it round her as Bill stood hesitant at the door, “Gin it’s alright, everything’s going to be alright”
“Leave us alone” she sobbed holding on to him,
“Not a chance, silly Ginny” he held her “Silly billy Ginny” he murmured soothingly,
“I want Harry” She mumbled “I need him to hold me”
“What am I not good enough?” Charlie smiled good naturedly stroking her hair, as Bill apparated down to the kitchen,
“He’s – he’s different, smells different, hold’s me differently”
“Gin” Harry rushed forward from spot he’d apparated to, “Are you alright?” Charlie released her into his arms, Harry wrapped the sheet around her more securely lifting her on to his lap, he cradled her there, holding her too him, kissing her forehead and wiping her tears with his thumb. “Don’t cry sweetheart”
“I- I – I don’t want to lose her”
“Come on Gin, don’t think like that, we’re doing everything we can, she’s got the best chance we can give her, she’s going to be ok, I promise she will be ok”
“You can’t promise that” She sobbed clutching at him, “You can’t promise me that when you don’t believe it”
“I promise you Ginny, I love you and I promise you she is going to be ok”
She didn’t say anything else but held on to him as tightly as she could manage,
“We’re going to go, Sophia can go with Ron and stay at the Burrow for a while, give you two some space”
Ginny shook her head, Harry felt it “She doesn’t want her to go”
“It’s not-”
“You guys are still strangers to her, it would be wrong of us just to dump her now, she stays – it’s half her home and she needs her friends now she’s left her family”
“Alright – but you need us, any of us just send an patronus and we’ll be here, just don’t leave us out please” He leant in and kissed Ginny’s forehead gently, before placing a hand briefly on Harry shoulder “For anything ok”
He nodded as Charlie left.
He heard the voices leaving one by one until he could make out Hermione, Cara, Sophia and Ron’s remaining, they didn’t show any sign of leaving even when he put a sleeping Ginny to bed and joined her. He only heard footsteps as he drifted off to sleep, the slight creak of a door before he gave into it completely.

Chapter Twenty seven
“Harry”
“What”
“Can you not?”
“Not what Gin”
“Not do that”
“What?”
“That” she pointed at his foot tapping impatiently on the tiled floor,
“This is a moment in that foot tapping is acceptable Gin”
“It’s not helping”
“It’s helping me”
“Urgh”
“Remind me not to get you pregnant again so you’re never this picky”
“Remind me never to sleep with you again so you’re never this irritating”
He smirked “You wouldn’t”
“You really want to take that chance honey” She said with a completely serious face,
“You got me alright” He replied leaning foreword to kiss her but she moved her cheek out of the way, “Come on” he whispered “Just one, it’ll help both of us”
She smiled and turned her head back towards his,
“Ginny Weasley?” and got up and walked away when her name was called, he smiled to himself and followed after her, picking up the cloak she’d left behind.

“Well things are looking good” she pointed to the screen “You see that tiny little blot – that’s was the clot”
“Was” Harry said and squeezed Ginny’s hand relieved,
“It’s gone down significantly, should be completely gone by the end of the week, there is now something else I need to talk to you about”
“What is it?”
“Well the rate you’re getting bigger I’d say there was another baby in there”
“What?”
“Another baby – twin’s guys”
“But there would have been two heart beats”
“She’s hiding behind her sister – there heart beats are just a little out of sync if you listen closely, but look” she pointed to a hand above the stomach of one of them and a foot protruding, “There’s definitely more then one”
“That’s your genes Ginny” Harry said staring at the screen,
“What do we call the other one” Ginny replied staring,
Harry started to laugh, “We’ll figure something out, and I’m more worried about looking after two never mind naming them”
“So two babies, all clear for the clot but I’m afraid with this news comes a greater chance you could haemorrhage again, so I’m starting to think admitting you to the hospital at this point would be a good idea”
“But there’s still four months left”
“Multiple births rarely go the full term, and with your medical history you’re likely to go into labour at six or seven months then you are to go for nine”
“Alright, anything else we should know?” Harry said, hoping to fill in all the blanks in his mind
“We might have to consider a c section if anything happens still”
“Alright but Harry has the final decision if I’m passed out or something”
“Your parents would have-”
“I’m Mrs Potter now” she smiled “Harry’s my next of kin”
“Now when did that happen?”
“Erm… well after the four month check up…”
“Don’t tell me you scared yourself into marriage”
“Oi it wasn’t like that at all” Harry started defensively,
“It was a little honey” She said touching his cheek “But it was because we love each other too”
“I believe you”
“So when do you want me?” Ginny asked as she printed out the familiar black and white update, “Or should I say us three”
“How about I give you a few days to sort things out, pack up some stuff and we’ll organise a private room for the long haul”
“And we might want to tell them its twins too” Harry smirked,
“Yeah that might be a good idea” Penny said moving the ultrasound around to Ginny’s side “Oh – there you go, there she is” she smiled “She’s got decent sized feet” she grinned going round the other side “And head – she’s a reasonable size considering how squashed it is in there, they like to wriggle a bit I’m surprised you didn’t notice the two of them”
“I just thought it was her” she shrugged “Couldn’t stay still, it doesn’t half keep you up at night”
“I can testify to that – she doesn’t lie still at all”
“Get used to not spending much time sleeping now; it’s only going to get worse”
“Thanks for that Penny” Harry smirked, as she cleaned Ginny’s belly and printed off the second scan,
“There you go – number one and number two” she pointed to them,
“Can I have a pen please?”
“Sure” She conjured one up and Ginny wrote on the back of them “Faith” she muttered “And – and help me out here Harry”
“We’ve got time to think of a name for her”
“But it’s not right to have a name for one”
“Gin, come on, her name will just happen – it will just sound right for her”
“Hmm”
“Trust me it will” he smiled “Let’s go share the news with your parents, make sure they know your all ok” he held out his hand and helped her up,
“All – we’re going to have two children before we’re twenty, I mean I’m not going to be seventeen at this rate, and you’ll just be eighteen”
“It’s not about how old we are, its about doing the best for them, raising them right keeping them safe and giving them a safe and loving home”
“Hmm”
“Gin stop thinking about how old you are it doesn’t matter if you’re sixteen or thirty six”
“Ok, ok, lets go” she said tugging on his hand as Penny smirked sitting down to put notes in Ginny’s file
“So I’ll better change this to Ginny Potter then”
“Go ahead – not many people know, we’d thought we’d do it properly once the babies are born”
“We did?” Ginny said looking up at him,
“I’m not going to let the only wedding memories we have as hole in the wall, one photograph and four angry brothers”
“When you put it like that” she grinned, said goodbye and led the way out to the open.

“Let’s get it over with then” Ginny said with a sigh as they stepped out of the knight bus,
“This is good news” He said holding her in place at the gate “This is what we wanted to hear alright, you know what a let-up it is not to have to have the prospect of mourning you Ginny, it’s brilliant, and then the added bonus of another life – instead of losing one we’ve gained another”
“We’re not out of the clear yet remember, there’s still the fact I’m going to be in hospital for four more months”
“Just in case, and nothing will stop me from being there every day with you – hell I’ll move into the room with you if you want”
“That would be nice, I can’t sleep as it is, now thinking about not having you sleeping next to me or holding me-”
He pulled her into a gentle hug “Gin just don’t worry about anything please, your going off on a rant and upsetting yourself”
She burst into tears,
“Like that” he sighed wiping her eyes with his sleeve,
“I’m just relieved, I – I – thought that – you thought that – I was just hoping we weren’t going to lose her and now we’re not and its nearly certain, and she now has a sister - I can’t believe it”
“Believe it Ginny” He kissed the top of her head as he held her in a hug once more,
Ron burst out the front door, Hermione trying to pull him back inside hissing “Patience is a virtue”
“Ginny what’s happened, why are you crying? What’s happened to Faith?”
She let out a sob as more tears came and she clung to Harry tighter,
“No!-” He made his approach as Hermione put a hand over her mouth in shock, and before Harry could get a word in to tell them otherwise, “- I’m so sorry Ginny”
“Ron everything’s fine, she’s crying cause everything’s is ok, - happy tears - relief” he rubbed her back with one hand, the other in her hair as she tucked her face against his chest,
“Thank Merlin” Ron sighed reaching to touch her shoulder tentatively,
“Come on sweetheart, let’s go inside and sort this out hey?” He whispered in her ear and she nodded, “We’ve got something to tell you guys, is Arthur home as well”
“The shed, he’ll be in, in a minute for lunch” Ron replied, as Hermione opened the door,
“Harry” she started,
“Later” he muttered following her inside, Ginny still attached to him with no sign of letting go anytime soon.
Molly was knitting a large yellow thing, the food on the stove being watched by an occasional eye, sitting in the corner and didn’t even move when they entered as if she didn’t recognise there presence. It was only when she heard Ginny’s sobs she looked up.

She was still going strong when Harry placed her on his lap and not beside him as they sat down. He was cradling her to him and there was no sign of a bump. She knew Arthur or the other brothers hadn’t seen them for nearly two weeks, that was enough time for something to have happened in and Harry would have kept them all away, kept her locked away from her family insisting it was best for her until she persuaded him otherwise, to tell them the bad news.

Arthur appeared suddenly, he walked in took one look and rushed over, “Ginny, Ginny sweetheart”
“She can’t talk right now Arthur, there’s nothing wrong, it’s still tears of relief” Harry said amazed at how much she’d let go, “And I’m guessing there’s all so the fact she’s back at the Burrow and her mothers showing some sign she does care by knitting a baby blanket”
She nodded against his chest,
“Relief, why is she acting like a witch waterfall if she’s ok?”
“When she’s composed herself in a minute she’ll tell you” he replied and she nodded again, “She doesn’t want me to tell you this time, right?” he asked and she nodded again. He chuckled shaking his head a little, “Stop crying honey it will make it easier to talk – hey wouldn’t it be better if all your brothers were here, they didn’t want to get left out remember”
She got out a croaky “Yes” this time and tried wiping her eyes; he took over with his sleeve
“I already sent patronus’s they’ll be here in a minute” Hermione said, “I sent them as soon as you arrived”
“You left quite a puddle there Gin” He said looking down at the damp patch on the chest of his hoodie,
“Sorry” she mumbled, lying her cheek against his collar bone as the twins stepped out the fireplace, Bill and Charlie through the front door and Percy from the back.

“Gin, Harry what’s happened?” Bill said immediately,
“All fine” she mumbled “All clear” she felt a tear roll down her cheek but Harry’s thumb caught it “And – And it’s twins”
“Say that again” Fred and George said together, Molly dropped her knitting, Arthur’s eyes bulged, Bill, Charlie and Percy stared at the growing mound, and Ron and Hermione were the only ones that smiled.
“Its twins” she repeated “And just like Harry keeps telling everyone I’m crying because I’m happy” she smiled as if to prove her point –“It was just a lot to take in”
“Why would he bring you here straight away to tell us, why didn’t he give you chance to process it before you got here?”
“Don’t you dare Molly” Harry started looking up,
“This is my house Mr Potter”
“And I’m Mrs Potter – you abuse him you abuse me, you immediately accuse him of not looking after me properly when he’s doing what’s best for me and what I want, he brought me here because its what I wanted to do – to get telling you all over and done with because I knew it would be exactly like this, you wouldn’t understand – you still don’t understand, yeah you care but that’s not enough for you to trust him, or to trust me to do the right thing. Aren’t you glad you didn’t force me to abort them huh, cause then it would have been two lives on your conscious not just one little mistake you could forget”
Molly got up and walked out into the living room slamming the door behind her; Arthur took one look at Ginny and then followed after her.
“Ginny you didn’t need to do that” Bill said coldly,
“Yes I did, she won’t leave him alone, and Harry’s doing everything he possibly can -”
“He was willing to let you die-”
“He never would have” Ginny said shaking her head “I could see that the moment he lied to me when he told me he would do as I asked and that he would let me go because I asked him to, I know Harry, I know what he’s capable of and letting me die even for his own child was one of the things he would never do – it’s alright he thought I didn’t know” she smiled touching his cheek, “He knew I would never forgive him but if he was given the choice he would me still be alive and hate him then dead”
“Why didn’t you say anything Gin, why did you go through with marrying me if you knew if this went wrong -?”
“Cause I love you silly – you are my everything, nothing could, nothing will ever will change that, even if I hate your guts I’ll get over it, the reason I refused to see you after the Sophia thing was because I was sure that if I saw you I’d just end up forgiving you and kissing you before you even said anything”
“Your nuts” he replied shaking his head,
“Disgustingly romantic and soppy” Ron said with a sigh watching her lean up and kiss him softly holding his cheek in place,
“Did Dad know too?” Bill asked,
“Yes” Ginny nodded “I figured that much out by the way he just let Harry get away with saying rude stuff to him and when he refused to tell the exact thing he’d said to him – there all these little signs that it wasn’t adding up until you said ‘You can see right through me’ – I knew then and then we had the argument – and made up…” she smiled to herself before remembering were she was “So yeah, he knows”
“And that’s why you took so long” Ron said,
“Thanks for pointing it out to all of us out loud Ronald” Charlie said with a cringe,
“Our making up consists of a kiss nowadays guys” Ginny muttered to herself nearly sighing in discontent, as Arthur emerged,
“It’s time for you to leave”
“But they haven’t been here that long” Ron protested,
“It is time for them to leave” He repeated firmly,
“We’re going” Harry replied getting up lifting her up with him,
“It would be best if you don’t come back here again”
“What – no!” Ginny shouted from behind Harry as they approached the door, he held her shoulders to stop her leaping “You’re disowning me – us – you’re telling us we’re not apart of this family?”
“You said it yourself, you’re a Potter now”
“She’ll always be a Weasley” Charlie said “She’s your daughter why are you doing this”
“She goes, I go” Ron said, Hermione squeezed his hand,
“You’ll never see me here again” Percy added taking Ginny’s hand,
“Or us” Fred and George moved towards the door,
“You’ll change your mind” Charlie said opening the door, and walking out, Harry led Ginny through it, nodding at her as she walked through but she stopped to shout,
“Your going to regret this” She pulled out her wand and signalled the Knight bus, she kissed her brothers cheeks and clambered on board, Harry got on behind and Ron and Hermione joined them,
“Is it ok if we-”
“It’s fine”
“What about Sophia?”
“She’ll be ok with it” Harry said keeping his answers short as he could while he focused on comforting a silent Ginny. He stroked her cheek with his fingers lifting her chin up with a small smile and kissed her.
“I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t want to see them again and I’m not going to change my mind”
“Alright”
“I’m serious Harry”
“I believe you”
“You can’t be” Ron spoke up,
“I’m not talking about it anymore, don’t mention it again or you can find somewhere else to hide from her”
Hermione sighed but smiled talking quietly away from Harry and Ginny seemingly to busy talking between themselves “Ron… why don’t you stay with me?”
“Huh – your parents though”
“They won’t mind, we’ve got a spare room that no one ever stays in unless – well unless you want to share with me”
“You won’t feel awkward?”
“Not with you there, and it’s not like I’m saying-”
“’Mione you’ve slept in my bed before this won’t be any different unless you want it to be” He replied getting the gist of where she was headed,
“I’m not ready for-”
“- I’m fine with that” he kissed her cheek, “I’ll stay at theirs for a few days first, I want to talk to her”
“Sure” She grinned kissing him this time and taking his hand, as Ginny stopped talking and Harry stood up helping her out of the seat and the bus came to a stop.
“You think she’ll change her mind” Ron asked as they remained in the hallway and Harry led her up to the bedroom,
“Ginny never does, she’s as stubborn as Molly”
“This is tearing my family apart”
“It will come back together – you’re the Weasley’s, you’re the best wizarding family there is, nothing ever comes in the way of family in your family”
“Yes it does, new blood” he muttered “It was the same with Fleur, it is the same with Harry and it will be the same with you”
“What?”
“Anyone new, anyone that challenges them – you think mum would have let Bill marry Fleur if she knew Bill proposed after the first week of knowing her but didn’t tell them they were engaged until three months before the wedding”
She stared incredulously “A week?”
“He just knew” he shrugged, “And Harry and Ginny getting married – being pregnant before hand – she doesn’t do different, she does ‘Weasley ish’ if that makes sense to you”
“It does, but – I mean both me and Harry have known her so long how can she not trust us”
“It’s just her nature” Harry said coming down the stairs “And as long as Ginny doesn’t want anything to do with her neither do I, she doesn’t get mentioned in this house from now – Sophia?” he called out,
She bounded up the stairs from the kitchen “Your back – when did that happen?”
“Just now, she’s gone to have a nap – I guess I’ll tell you the good news” he smiled, hiding how much he was lying – she was up there crying but had made him leave,
“She’s going to be ok – that’s brilliant” she hugged him happily,
“That just the half of it” he grinned “We’re having twins”
She squeezed him happily “That’s even better – wow”
“I know right, so I’m going have a drink and then start house hunting”
“You’re going to move out soon?”
“There’s not going to be enough room Soph” he smiled “We’d stay otherwise but I guess we’re going to look for a home now”
“Could I buy you out Harry?” Hermione said “I mean could I buy your half of this house?”
“How do you have the gold to?”
“I invested in Fred and George” she grinned “I’m quite well off now and my parents gave me some money they’d been putting into as a uni fund until they found out I was magical and it turned into a future fund for what I wanted to do with it since I’m working for the ministry now”
“You’d buy half a house?” Ron said,
“Then Harry could give Ginny and the twins a home, we’d have a home Ron and Sophia won’t be alone – I could tutor you if you want, then you wouldn’t have to start at Hogwarts”
“That actually sounds brilliant”’ Sophia said,
“You’d be lucky to have her, she’s was the best student Hogwarts ever had”
“So can I?” she asked Harry, who’d sat down on the couch,
“Are you sure?” he replied,
“Certain”
“Alright then, we’ll go to the bank tomorrow”
“You don’t half look bored Harry” Sophia grinned sitting on the coffee table in front of him “How can you miss her already?”
“She’s my other half” he shrugged “I miss her even if she’s just in the other room”
“Just wait until you’ve got a baby each to occupy your time”
“Yeah” he yawned “Oh yeah, before we were kicked out she forgot to add that she’ll be in hospital for the rest of the pregnancy”
“What?”
“No wonder you look miserable, you’re thinking about missing her for four months already” Sophia said patting his shoulder,
“Yeah, yeah” he sighed “I’ll get over it – once she’s in there we’ll get used to it, I’ll be there every day to keep her company”
“You’ll be house searching and baby buying”
He groaned,
“I’ll help – you don’t seriously think Ginny’s going to let you buy baby girl stuff without having a female present”
“You’ll be busy” he stood up and wandered over to the cabinet conjuring four glasses, “You have to try some of this” he took out the bottle of fire whiskey with a grin “We’re celebrating the good news so you have to have some, you can’t say no”
“I can, that stuff looks dangerous”
“We’re celebrating, you’re having some” he handed the glasses round, “I think you’ll like it”
Hermione gave him a look that said otherwise as he handed her a glass,
“To Ginny and the twins” he grinned holding up his glass,
“Ginny and the twins” they all replied and laughed taking a sip,
Sophia choked on hers “The - that’s Ugh”
“You get used to it” Hermione smirked,
“An acquired taste, your get to appreciate it being magical – a muggle wouldn’t be able to take it” Harry smirked,
“Huh” she smiled “So what do you guys want to do for the rest of the day?”
“Sleep” Yawned Harry “Catch up on sleep”
“You haven’t been sleeping?” Hermione asked concerned
“Ginny moves around a lot now, the babies don’t stay still and she can’t get comfy with the extra weight on her back”
“She is pretty big mate” Ron said,
“Don’t talk about my wife like that” Harry said with a small smile “I still think she’s hot”
“Gross” he muttered in reply, “Do you have to?”
“Just to annoy you – I meant to ask Soph, is it ok if they stay – they’ve, well I’m guessing there moving out of the Burrow”
“Disagreement with the family” Hermione said hurriedly,
“Its fine” she shrugged “I’m not one to say no to new friends” she grinned holding up her glass and taking the last gulp.
“Is your mum still looking for you?”
“Cara’s told her that I’m fine, I’m staying with some friends before I go off to school”
“So she doesn’t know it’s me?”
“She suspects – but like you told me she can’t see this house unless one of us tells her right?”
“Right”
There was a knock at the door,
“I’ll go” Ron volunteered, as they all sat down, he opened the door to find his trunk and pig in his cage, “Right then” he glanced around and dragged them inside.
“I’ve officially been kicked out then” he called hauling it through to the living room “I’m guessing she shrunk the contents of my room and stuffed it in here cause it’s bloody heavy”
“Dude you’re a wizard can’t you like make it fly or something?” Sophia said watching him struggle,
“Oh – yeah – you’re right” he shrugged “Wingardium Leviosa” he muttered swishing and flicking his wand perfectly and raising it off the ground,
“You remember how you got the hang of that spell Ron?” Hermione asked with a smirk,
“I never want to fight a troll again”
“Trolls – they exist?”
“And they stink” Harry added “There huge and their smell lingers for months”

They got into discussing the last six years at Hogwarts, then explaining Voldemort and the wars until Harry fell asleep slumped on the couch. They moved down to the kitchen eating as they talked discussing right up until today and how they thought there friends would cope after so much had happened and there was so much left to come.

***

“Drink, it’s my leaving party you have to do as you’re told” Ginny grinned sipping her pumpkin juice happily sitting on Harry’s lap,
“You’re not going for a few days though” Bill put in with a chuckle,
“Aren’t you hurting his legs?” Fred said with a grin,
“She’s as light as a feather” Harry replied lifting her easily a few centimetres off his lap and back down again, “Or lighter then she looks anyway” he added with a grin as Ginny hit his arm playfully,
He glanced around the room, Sophia and George in conversation which was her laughing every few moments, Charlie, Fleur and Bill talking to Hermione with drinks in hand, Ginny talking to Cara who sat beside them and Ron with Fred trying to show him something with a pack of cards. Percy was sipping his drink nodding his head as Cara’s sisters kept him occupied in conversation but it was still George looking at Sophia that got his attention.
“What are you looking at?” Ginny whispered to him trying to place his gaze,
“Hmm… nothing honey, just thinking”
“Thanks for the party Harry” she said with a smile,
“That’s ok; just think of this trip as a vacation not a hospital visit and I won’t miss you so much”
“You’re going to visit me though”
“Nothing could keep me away” he smiled placing a kiss on her cheek before Cara caught them both in conversation.

Sophia was animatedly talking to George – he was hilarious but she kept feeling someone else’s eyes on her the whole time. She caught them at one point and smiled for a second before going back to talking to George. She’d been looking at him too though and when the twins left, Bill, Fleur and Percy shortly after Charlie stayed behind drinking and laughing with Cara, Ron and Hermione while she was giggling with the other two triplets. Harry put Ginny to bed and came back down for a while longer, and slowly everyone left leaving her and Charlie to share a bottle of fire whiskey before he left too.
“I’d better be off” he yawned, stumbled and she laughed
“Be careful you land in the right grate”
“I’m not that drunk” he smirked waving and stepping into the fireplace throwing the floo powder at his feet.

Aww I'm so glad they are friend with Hermione agian! Has Sophia found herself a Weasley? That would be funny. Something tells me Ginny's pregnancy isn't going to be a simply as it sounds.
PAMS!
Soph x

Chapter Twenty Eight

“Hi Sophia – is Ginny here?”
“You’ve missed them, she’s being admitted today – you don’t remember them telling you?” She said sitting on the couch as he dusted himself off from the fireplace,
“Ahh… I did have a lot of fire whiskey that night right?”
“You guys were celebrating pretty hard” she shrugged,
“I don’t remember what though” he grinned running a hand through his long red hair and retying the casual ponytail,
“It was kind of her leaving party” She laughed “Your memory must be terrible when you don’t drink if it’s this bad when you do”
“I guess – I wouldn’t remember though would I” he grinned sitting down comfortably on the couch opposite,
“You don’t remember what we talked about then?” she said with a smirk,
“I vaguely remember the gist of something – interesting we discussed” he grinned school boyishly “I may have said I liked you”
She cut in “You’re a lot different to your brothers you know” She smiled “A lot”
“We’re all different; the only real connection is the red blood and red hair”
“But your really different” her eyes were seeing him differently now, she’d noticed him looking at her the other night before he’d started drinking and looking like he might ask her out after he’d had a few but bottling out of it and they’d talked like old friends instead.
“I’m the oldest?” he shrugged,
“You’re the laid back one, yeah the twins are awesome and jokes come out of there ears, Ron funny and cute, Percy’s – well Percy’s Percy” she grinned “And Bill’s pretty cool but you’re the one that stands out, out of the six of you”
“You stand out too”
“But out of what?” she lay down to get more comfortable on the couch feeling at ease around him,
“Out of other girls” he half shrugged “I don’t really look you see, I figure Dragons are enough trouble, and then you waltz in to this world completely unawares and completely-” he cut himself off feeling embarrassed, she chuckled,
“Don’t be nervous Charlie, you know I like you too” she smirked turning her head to face him “Say it, don’t be self-conscious when you’ve been staring at me every time you see me”
“Completely gorgeous” he said with a grin
“You gonna kiss me now” she replied looking up at the ceiling, “Cause I’ve been waiting”
There was a pop “Maybe” he said standing behind her couch leaning on his hand relaxed with a grin,
She sat up,
“Maybe not” he smirked jumping over to sit beside her,
“You wanna pick one?” she giggled his hand on her cheek as she shuffled closer,
“What the heck” he shrugged and kissed her single-mindedly, until the front door opened.
“It’s Harry?” Charlie said as she nodded,
“He might be a bit put out, best not to spring this on him” She said and he nodded, kissing her briefly before going to the fireplace,
“See you later gorgeous” and jumping into the emerald flames as the living room door opened,
“Harry, you alright?” she said with a small reassuring smile,
“Yeah – you know me I’m a worrier when I can’t see her”
“Can’t?”
“Visiting hours, the healers are strict on them”
“That’s ridiculous she’s in there for months they could at least let you stay for a little longer”
“Nope” he sighed “I’ll go tomorrow morning”
“Ok, Ron and Hermione will be here soon, its transfiguration lessons today”
“I might stick around for it”
“We need to find you a hobby”
“I’m going to have a nap I’ll be back down later” he yawned “I’ll be working at the ministry properly in the training program after the twins are born – that’s hobby enough”
“You’re going to be exhausted”
“Aren’t all new parents” he said with a small grin “See you later” and wandered up the stairs to bed.


***
“Nope”
“What’s wrong with it?”
“We need a garden” Harry shrugged,
“Oh yeah” Sophia said “Ok so the next one – are you sure you want to move this far away?”
“Yes – Ginny picked it on the map, as far from the Burrow as possible”
“But do you know about schools and stuff in the area”
“I did check it out, it’s a nice area – green, magical and there’s no need for school – they’d only need a primary because I don’t think Ginny’s gonna want to home school them and then they’ll go to Hogwarts, I want them to have a view into the muggle world as well”
“So they’ll defiantly be magical then?”
“Generally kids are if there parents are – it’s still more likely to happen with one parent being a witch or wizard, then you are to get a squib”
“Squib sounds horrible”
“Ok – non magical but not a muggle”
“Muggle sounds horrible” she replied crossing her arms,
“Then you can petition the Ministry for a change and get Hermione to help you – she was all for liberating House Elves I’m sure she’ll want in on this”
She stuck out her tongue as the real estate agent came round, “What do you think?”
“Garden” he said “I did ask for the houses to have one”
“Ahh yes, I forgot to mention that – the land next door is all so for sale, cheap and basically a field – you could fence it off”
“I’m having two kids not twenty and I don’t think we’ve got the money for a field as well”
The woman looked Sophia up and down noting that she didn’t look in the least bit pregnant, and saw the ring on Harry hand,
“Does she look like Ginny Potter to you?” Harry said suddenly and quite rudely,
“Well no – she doesn’t have red hair - but what ever your - your own affairs” she stuttered as Harry rolled his eyes,
“My wife is in hospital this is our best friend who’s helping me you have no reason to think of anything otherwise”
“Right”
“I think we want to see the next one please” Sophia cut in elbowing Harry “And please excuse Harry’s rudeness, he’s just worrying for Ginny”
“I hope everything’s ok”
“It is, Harry’s just very protective of her – bit of a worry wart” she smiled ignoring Harry’s face, as the woman created a portkey, “You have to stop being rude to everyone -”
“Why?”
“- Because otherwise no ones going to like you, not even your own wife”
He frowned “I’m just sick of people assuming things, I haven’t got long to find a house – they said six months could be when she’s due”
“They’ll come when there ready – just be glad they’re taking longer, it’s worse if they come earlier and something goes wrong – I’m not saying it will” she corrected seeing his face tense up in shock, “Just be patient alright” she took his hand leading him forward to the smiling real estate agent holding out her glowing blue clipboard.

They looked around the next one Sophia grinned when he stood in the garden for a good five minutes and went through all the rooms imagining them living there,
“You like it” she said coming up behind him,
“Yeah”
“You think Ginny will?”
“Definitely”
“So…”
“We’ll put in an offer” he replied laughing when she jumped up and down excitingly clapping her hands,
“This one is just under your price range Mr Potter; it’s been on the market only a few days you’re the first one to see it”
“I think we’re going to like living here” he smiled, “But I’ll have to ask Gin first – can I come back to the office in about an hour?”
“Sure – there’s no on else to see it”
“Are you able to hold it a week so I can sort out paper work and money?”
“Yes – we’ll sort that out this afternoon” she reached out and shook his hand, “Congratulations Mr Potter” and apparated back to the office.

“You want to come with me or go home?”
“Erm actually can you drop me off at the ice cream place?”
“Oh – erm sure” he shrugged “Can I ask why?”
“Erm… I kind of have a date” she grinned “With Charlie”
“When did that happen?”
“He came round that day Ginny was admitted to Mungo’s, he meant to see her but forgot she wouldn’t be there – we got to talking, we had a drink once and this would be our third actual date… we never said anything cause – well cause it wasn’t really definite until… well that night you hid under your cloak and stayed at Mungo’s with her the first time so really there was no reason not to tell but I guess it just never came up in conversation” she shrugged,
“Oh – well alright then – erm I guess congratulations – I mean is that what you say when you find out your sister has a boyfriend?”
“It ‘all do, just drop me off and go and see your wife silly” she laughed at his awkward grin,
“Yeah” he shook his head, held her hand and apparated them into Diagon alley,
“I won’t tell Charlie your putting in a offer yet don’t worry” she said,
“Thanks – can I tell Ginny you’re seeing her brother though?”
“Course, not a secret now I’ve told you is it” she smirked giving him a hug, “Everything’s going to be fine Harry don’t worry, just have some faith and a bit of patience”
“Patience…” he said to himself,
“Did I say something wrong?” she looked at him,
“Nope” he grinned and hugged her this time “Say hi to Charlie for us” and apparated to Mungo’s.


She sat down ordering a coffee and waiting for him, when she heard a whisper in her ear
“Hello gorgeous” She giggled as he kissed her cheek and sat down next to her “How’s things?”
“Better now – but I did just tell Harry about us”
“You did… ehh lets just hold off from my parents for a while, there not happy with Harry and Ginny still and it’s been over a month, none of us have been back there still”
“Do you think you ever will?”
“Do you think you’ll go and see your mum?”
“I – I don’t – it’s been months… Charlie – I don’t know if -”
“- Do you want me to come with?”
“You would do that for me?”
“Course, you need me I’m there”
“We’ve had three dates and you’re willing to meet my mum”
“I’d say all those times hiding in your bedroom count towards it to Soph - Have you never brought a guy home before?”
“Erm… well no”
“Hmm… but I mean I’m not you’re first…”
“No, but me and you are different – I’d go to there place, if I had brought a boy home and I was under eighteen she’d shoot them”
“But your eighteen now so we’re good” he grinned,
“Yeah but your like twenty five that might not be so good”
“She has problems with age too?”
“She’s conservative, a bit like your mum – nice and old fashioned” she grimaced, “Age that means more then two years between a guy and a girl she has issues with – she likes limits, she likes control and boundaries”
“Seriously?” he questioned considering what to do “But who says we have to tell her how old I am?”
“Hmm”
“Look I like you, you like me – we’ve already sealed the deal on that one” he smirked “She can’t change the fact I’m crazy about you no matter how old I am”
“You are absurdly fantastic you know that” she laughed “I think shock would be good for her though”
“So when shall we go?”
“How about we have three more dates – then I can tell her more about you then just what coffee you drink and where your freckles are” she smiled and he chuckled,
“Well what about letting my brothers know – I notice the way George is around you even if you don’t”
“Seriously you Weasley boys are all the same”
“We just like brunettes” he smirked “And you’re the only one who laughs at his jokes”
“He’s funny” she shrugged “Just be glad I like you more and that I didn’t take him up on his offer”
Charlie looked taken aback for a second “He asked you out?”
“Hmm, that morning you were sneaking out the house the first time he came to see me before the others woke up and Harry came back, I politely told him I was seeing someone else and he said they were lucky to have me and he’d leave before he got too embarrassed”
“I’ve kind of stomped on my little brother then – ouch”
“He’ll be fine”
“That implies he’s not now – maybe I should tell him before the others”
She sighed and sipped her coffee, “We could go now”
“Let’s finish our coffee first, and maybe wander round the shops…”
“Lets drink and then get it over with” she laughed listening to him trying to avoid it “You’re his big brother, he’s not going to hate you, you never no he might actually be pleased for you finding a girlfriend after years of not having one because they scare you more then nesting dragons”
“I so should not have told you that”
“But you did” her hand slid to perfectly fit in his “I’m glad I don’t scare you”
“You do, your open – way to open then I usually know – in everything apart from this and I know that’s cause I’m a wimp when it comes to stuff that’s not dangerous and your being nice to me” he grinned,
“You big baby – come here” she leant up and kissed him “How did I end up with you?”
“Good luck” he smirked “Lot’s of good luck” kissing her this time.
“I think it was just one big perfect accident” she smiled leaning her head on his shoulder,
“Could just be” he shrugged. She coaxed him out of the chair eventually and they walked into the joke shop hand in hand. He was slacking behind a little but then Fred came out of nowhere,
“Sophia – Charlie always a pleasure” he grinned bowing and lifting a multicoloured top hat, “Come to see what wonders we have in store today?”
“Where’s George?” Charlie asked directly, Sophia noted that he actually looked worried and sighed letting his hand go,
“I’ll go find him, Fred - keep your brother entertained” she smiled,
He looked at her in surprise blinked and then tried to say something, she rolled her eyes and then said “Just tell him alright” and wandered off, she heard Fred say “Tell me what” when she bumped into George,
His face lit up into a big grin, “Hey Soph, how are you?”
“Good, good, is there somewhere less crazy we could talk?”
“Sure – follow me” he ducked as something swooped over head and led her into the back room. “Less crazy” he grinned and sat on crate,
“Right” she followed suit but the crate collapsed underneath her “To many pumpkin pasties” she grinned getting up as he helped her but watched as the crate put it’s self back together again,
“My brothers idea of a joke to the staff when they try to take refuge in here – no so fun when your holding wet start fireworks and a cup of coffee” he pointed at the ceiling as she found a safer box and saw the black singe marks,
“Huh – no” she smiled, “So I wanted to tell you something”
“Hmm”
“You know when I said I was seeing somebody”
“Yep” she saw the hope in his face and wanted to run,
“Well it’s gotten serious and we’d figured we’ll start telling people, I just thought since who he is might be a bit of a shock to you I’ll tell you alone – and since you were nice enough to ask me out I’m returning the politeness I guess”
His face fell but he held it together “This doesn’t sound good – your not seeing a Malfoy are you – cause your technically related and there all psychopaths”
“No”
“So it’s not bad that’s a relief unless – well it’s not Harry on the side is it?”
“George be serious”
“Fred?” he asked,
“Stop guessing please” she replied closing her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose,
“Then I’m outta ideas, my other brothers are either taken or not interested and I can’t think of anyone else that we both know”
“Your wrong there George” she looked up “I’m not seeing Percy, or Fred, I’m not seeing Harry or Ron or Bill and I’m not seeing you but I am currently seeing Charlie”
“Charlie” he whispered in surprise “Charlie” he repeated “But – but he doesn’t like girls – he likes dragons!”
“He likes me” she shrugged “And I like him”
“You said it’s gotten serious, why didn’t you guys tell before?”
“Because it wasn’t exactly definite”
“You what”
“George please don’t sound so shocked, Charlies not completely oblivious to girls as you think, he’s great and he’s -”
“I don’t need you telling me about my own brother” he stood up “Is he here?”
“With Fred – don’t do anything stupid”
“I never stood a chance did I, all the time Charlie shows off that he doesn’t need a girlfriend and the moment a girl comes along that’s not nuts, that we’re not related to or is with one of our brothers he decides to like them again?”
“It wasn’t like that, yeah I like you, yeah I think you’re hilarious but Charlie’s different and I just like him differently, you’re like a big brother”
“Flaming hell – I’m only a year older he’s what six years on top of that!”
“It’s not age that’s the issue here” she stood up “He’s obviously more mature then you if you’re forced to turn to that when there’s nothing else for you to attack!”
“Guys – customers” Fred said walking in “We are running a business shouting doesn’t send the right message”
“She’s sleeping with Charlie!”
She yelled out in frustration “It’s more then that with him ok, I like him, I like him more then you or I would never have agreed to go out with him, yeah I’m sorry it hurts your feelings cause he’s your big brother but your being over dramatic about this when I’m actually only telling you out of politeness rather then necessity!”
“Soph” he appeared at the door, “George I’m sorry – I know you like her but-”
“Even better - you knew!”
“Calm down” he muttered,
“Why couldn’t you just - I don’t know - not like her? - just like every other girl?”
“Because she’s special” he replied “And just because you liked her doesn’t mean I can’t, you took so long to actually ask her out I was already seeing her”
“I’m right here you know” she said crossing her arms,
“Sorry Soph” he put an arm round her waist “We just came to tell you we’re together ok so we’re not sneaking anymore”
“Why were you even sneaking in the first place?”
“Cause it wasn’t exactly serious at first…”
“How many dates have you actually had?”
“Three”
“That’s not serious”
“We’re a couple” Charlie said “She’s my girlfriend”
“Right – thanks for telling me now get out of my shop”
“You’ve turned into Mum you know that” Charlie said making to walk out with Sophia,
“Better then aspiring to my big brother though hey” George shouted after him as they walked out,
“That went well don’t you think” Charlie grimaced leading them out,
“Ugh take me home” she mumbled as he kissed the top of her head.
***
“Gin” he peered round the door, “Gin?”
The room was empty and he panicked going back to the desk,
He was still looking around nervously when he got there “Cara – you seen Ginny?”
“Nope – don’t worry, she’s wanders a bit you know that, she just gets bored”
“I’m might go have a look”
“You stay in one place and she’s more likely to - there she is” she nodded her head down the hallway,
“Thanks – Gin”
“You look scared – Harry we went for a waddle” she patted her belly, “They relax when we’re walking, I have a feeling we’ll have to take them out for walks to get them off to sleep when there out of here” she grinned taking his hand and leading him back to the room, “What’s news?”
“Well three things – I may have found us a home” he took out a small pile of pictures of the house “And I may have a name for Faith’s sister” he wrote something on a piece of paper “Oh and Sophia’s seeing Charlie”
“Right… well the house looks amazing” she poured over the papers “Can we afford it?”
“Under budget it can be ours by the end of the week if you want”
“Fantastic – ok so the name?” He handed her the piece of paper, “Ahh” she smiled “I like it”
“Are you sure?”
“Faith and Patience Potter, it sounds right, it’s her, it’s hoping for them and waiting for them it fits” she grinned, “And now Charlie and Sophia?”
“Apparently it’s been going on since the day you came here, their pretty serious I’m guessing – I just ...”
“What is it?”
“I’ve been there when the twin’s have and I’m pretty sure George has a thing for her”
“Oh – well he’ll get over it, I mean there brothers”
“I’m guessing she doesn’t have a clue though, she’s pretty stuck on Charlie, you should have seen her grinning”
“Aww – hey and if all goes well she might end up being my real sister” she grinned, “And yours”
“Hmm, so now what else is left to do?”
“Nothing Harry, I don’t think there’s anything left for you to do so just relax”
“There’s still shopping to do – clothes, cribs, baby stuff!”
“Harry relax”
“I can’t when this is all looming over my head”
“Don’t think about it for now” she moved the papers to the beside table and made space for him on the bed, “Come and lie down”
He got up and sat beside her she made him lie down and stroked his cheek with her fingertips, “Close your eyes Harry”
“Gin”
“Close your eyes Harry” she insisted firmly, “Now breathe” she said calmly waiting for him to take control, then ran her fingertips down his arm from the crease in his elbow to the palm of his hand with a smile, then along his cheek to his jaw and his lips before she bent down and kissed him,
“Hmm” he smiled “I’m good”
“I’m not now” She held the bump to sit on his legs and leant down as much as she could manage but it wasn’t enough to reach his face, she groaned and huffed moving to sit beside him frustrated, Harry rolled over to his side, sat up and put his arm round her waist turning her to the side and kissed her, “That better?”
“Not nearly enough” she pouted, and he leant in again,
He smiled pulling away “How about now?”
“More please”
He chuckled “I shouldn’t be getting you excited in your current condition”
“Shut up and kiss me, these hormones are driving me mad” she clung to his t-shirt pulling him in to kiss him, her arms wrapping around his neck,
“I love you, but-”
“- Don’t ever put but in that sentence” she continued to tug him towards her kissing him breathlessly,
“-But your bonkers sometimes”
“- Not bonkers – hormonal, there’s a big difference and if you don’t give me what I want I’m going to be fiercer then Voldemort with a headache” He kissed her softly but her hands gripped the back of his neck, in his hair tightly “Harry your holding back” she murmured,
“It’s just weird being in here”
“Please Harry; I’m begging you - before I start killing people” He felt for his wand and cast Muffilato, locked the door and rolled over to meet her, “Why didn’t you do that before?”
“You didn’t give me a chance – once you pounce; you pounce” he grinned kissing her “Hormonal psychopath” he muttered as she kissed him to shut him up.
***
“You think he’ll get over himself?” Sophia asked, “Cause at the rate we’re going he’d better”
Charlie looked down at her “Let’s not talk about him”
She rolled into his embrace and murmured “Alright”
His hand stroked her bare arm shoulder to fingertips as he spoke, “Thanks - - he’s my brother and I love him but -”
She cut him off with a kiss, “-But he makes it hard for us do this if he’s going to make you feel guilty, I get it but why should I not be allowed to have the guy I like just because his brother wants me too, I’m not interested in him like that, I am however very interested in you”
He chuckled lightly, “Good to hear all things considered”
“Hmm” she rolled out of the bed wandering to the en suite in her underwear,
“Where you going?” he stared after her,
“I’m going to get dressed before my housemates come home and bring their best friend for dinner – that best friend being your brother who doesn’t know about us yet”
“Ahh – ok then, I should probably head off”
She came back in the room an over sized t-shirt and stripy socks the only addition “You’re not going anywhere, you’re staying for dinner” she jumped on the bed at his feet “Your going to help tell them unless they don’t already know” she shuffled forward “And you’re not going to run away, or you never know George might start looking like a possibility”
“Don’t even joke about that babe”
“Try and convince me otherwise” she giggled leaning in seductively “Go on” she smirked. They kissed only to be interrupted by the doorbell.

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Chapter Twenty Nine

“Can’t they just come through the fireplace” she complained “Or get keys cut”
“Leave it” he grinned, refusing to let her go,
“I wish” she kissed him one last time rushing down the stairs, “I’m coming”
She opened the door, blinked and then closed it.
“Sophia, open the door please”
She sat down against the wall looking at the door,
“Sophia let me in”
Charlie looked over the banister dressed now “Soph?”
“My – my mother”
“Ahh – right” he walked down and sat beside her, “What’s her name again?”
“Wendy Davis”
“Ok” he took her hand “Erm… Mrs Davis” he called out through the door,
“Yes – who is this?”
“Charlie, I’m, I’m Soph’s friend”
“Right…”
“She’s a bit shocked right now, is it ok if you come back later”
“I would like to speak to my daughter alone and now please Charlie”
“Erm…” he made to get up but she tugged his shirt, shaking her head
“I want to speak to her, let me in the house”
She changed her mind, they got up, and she called out, “Ok” panicking a little “Give me a minute”
Her mother refrained from telling her that putting clothes on would be a good idea and stood waiting on the doorstep.
“Erm – would you – I don’t know…”
“I’ll let her in and wait in the kitchen” he smiled kissing her briefly and reassuringly before she hurried up the stairs. He waited until she was gone and then opened the door to her mother,
“I’m Charlie Weasley, she’ll be down in a minute” he held out his hand, she walked past ignoring him and into the living room,
“Ok then” he muttered to himself and followed her in,
“This is your house?”
“It used to be Sirius’s – it was the Black family house, he gave it to Harry, who split it in half with Soph” he said “So no”
“Right” she looked around and sat down crossing her legs, “And you know my daughter how?”
“I’m her boyfriend and I’m Harry’s brother in law”
“Weasley, interesting family”
“I guess, Harry said you’re a Whyte, one of the last I’m guessing”
“Do you guess a lot Mr Weasley?”
“Only when I’m nervous” he said with a anxious smile “But being a Weasley you get over that fast - the Whyte’s were known for there less then hospitable nature towards muggleborn’s and Blood traitors so it’s interesting you would chose a muggle life”
Sophia came down the stairs and into the living room walking in to hear her mother say,
“It explains my lack of respect for your family name and blood status; pure blood or not Weasley’s are not to be trusted”
“But we are not extinct” Charlie replied coldly,
“How did you find me?” she cut in and sat down next to Charlie taking his hand to apologise for her mother’s behaviour,
“Alone” Wendy said, Charlie got up kissing her cheek with a small smile and walked down stairs, “I went to Cara, who sent me away so I tried Anna and then finally Daria slipped up and gave me the address”
“Right, and what do you want?
“To talk to you, you’re my daughter”
“You lied to me – you kept the biggest secret ever from me and changed my entire life!”
“I’m sorry; I thought it was for the best”
“You didn’t think about anything, I’ve missed out on a completely different life – I’ve missed out on having a father – is that why you two never had kids, because you’d have to bind their powers too!”
She dismissed it “Michael’s your father, he loves you”
“He’s not my real dad, he’s never home to be a dad and he’ll never love me like his real daughter, you’ve seen the way he is with his own girls compared to me”
“He raised you”
“You raised me, you lied to me, I love you both but I can’t – I can’t do this”
“And him?”
“Charlie, he’s a recent addition, a nice and kind and loving recent addition to my new life”
“How old is he thirty?”
“Twenty five – what’s wrong with that?”
“He’s too old for you, your eighteen and your seeing someone no doubt ready to settle down when you still have a life to start”
“Don’t, I don’t want to hear it, Charlie is incredible and amazing and twenty five, I really like him and he’s mad about me there’s nothing for you to complain about especially how old he is, Charlie maybe a lot of things but settling down – he lives each day to the fullest, he studies Dragons for a living, he does what ever he can to never be boring while being completely laid back and himself at the same time”
“And the house”
“My house, my half a house from my father – Harry and his best friends live here too, I’m his sister now, there all my family and I love them to bits, I’m not leaving them”
“Where’s his girlfriend?”
“His wife – she’s in hospital at the moment, that’s where he is, there have been some complications with their twins”
“Right”
“God, you just can’t bear it when things are working out for this world for me when it didn’t work for you, I’m happy I’m a witch, I’m happy I’m learning about my dad and what he did for us all, I’m glad I’ve embraced what I am when you make it impossible for yourself”
“I just don’t want you to get hurt”
“You know I’m happy and I’m fine, you can go now” she crossed her arms,
“If that’s what you want”
“It is” she stood up and walked to the door,
“Fine” Wendy got up and walked past her, “I love you”
“Bye mum” she replied opening the front door, and closing it behind her, “Charlie?!” she called out. He popped up behind her “Gimme a hug please” she said with tears falling down her cheeks,
“Aww Soph” He pulled her into his arms and she held on for dear life,
“What happened? What did she say?”
“She – she – said sorry but I told her I didn’t want to come back”
“You told her the truth didn’t you” he moved away to look down at her “You’re happy?”
“Course I am, I don’t want to go back, I like living here, I like being with you I’m not going to change that for anything, it’s my choice to stay” he grinned picking her up and wrapping his arms around her more securely so he lifted her off the ground,
“Good”
She giggled wiping her eyes, “She asked me how old you were” her legs wrapped round his waist to hold herself there,
“Ahh…”
She kissed him “I told her – only because she thought you were thirty”
“Thirty! Do I look that old to you?”
“No – but I don’t care how old you are, I just want you”
“You got me gorgeous” he spun her around with a smile as voices came from the fireplace,

“I’m not say that, I’m saying that if you were to cut it a little bit it would look at bit better”
“I’m not cutting it Hermione”
“Fine”
“My hairs fine”
“You just want to see if you can get a pony tail to match Charlies and I think it would look ridiculous – you wonder why he doesn’t have a girlfriend”

Sophia kissed him at this point before he made to protest and Hermione and Ron walked into the hallway,

She stopped in her tracks “I guess I was wrong” her eyes wide; Ron stared, blinked and then said
“Yeah I guess you were – I’m definitely not cutting it”
And wandered back into the living room, Charlie released Sophia with a smile and set her on her feet,
Hermione spoke with a grin, “And this?”
“What?” Sophia said innocently,
“The kissing I just witnessed?”
“Oh that was just a goodbye kiss; Charlie was going to see Ginny”
She smirked, “Without shoes?”
“I never wear shoes” He grinned swooping to pick Sophia up and carry her into the living room giggling,
“George is going to kill you” Ron started,
“George knows, we’ve just got a life time ban from his shop” Sophia said settling on his lap on the couch,
“We’re not sneaking anymore is all, this has been going on for weeks” Charlie said as back up, “He can get used to the idea she’s likes me more then him and get over himself, it’s not like she was stringing us both along, I just got in first”
“Didn’t say it was a bad thing, I just said he wasn’t going to like it”
“Was I the only one to actually not notice he fancied me or something?” She said “I mean he’s funny and everything but not my type, he asked me but he was too late, I’d already started seeing this one by then, why’d he still think I liked him like that when I told him I was seeing someone else”
“I think it’s more who the ‘someone’ is” Hermione added, “Like Ginny and Harry with Ron”
“My best friend and my little sister hook up, how did you want me to react?” Ron muttered “Happy?”
“Too much to ask from you Ron” Charlie grinned, “George will get over it eventually, he’s just being over dramatic”
“Since when did you start paying attention to girls anyway” Ron smirked
“Why does that keep coming up – I’ve had plenty of girlfriends, I just don’t feel the need to tell you guys”
“Yeah cause them Romanian Dragon taming witches are hot” Ron said continuing to look smug with himself,
“You can’t talk Ron, Lav- Lav wasn’t your best choice” Charlie smirked back, Ron’s ears turned red and Hermione started to laugh,
“You dated someone called Lav- Lav?” Sophia said before bursting into a fit of giggles,
“Lavender” he muttered “And there was nothing wrong with her”
Hermione coughed,
“Ok so she was like a human vacuum cleaner and a bit crazy – but you sent a pack of vicious yellow canaries at us”
“You were horrible too me you deserved it!”
“Yeah, yeah – I said sorry didn’t I”
She huffed and crossed her arms, he leant over and kissed her cheek, “Sorry” he whispered waiting for her to smile and punch his arm before moving away.
“So you and the team of Romanian dragon taming witches were?” Sophia said looking up at Charlie,
“Ron doesn’t know what he’s talking about, I’ve dated just not – well not loads ok, there’s not been many but plenty enough trouble for me ok”
“Ok” she laughed “I was just teasing”
“Phew” he smiled wiping faux sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand,
“He’s never dated anyone he’s making it all up” Ron grinned
“Right” Sophia laughed “That’s why he’s brilliant then, he’s never had to deal with a mess before so he’s being overly nice” she laughed, Charlie squeezing her to him with a grin,
“I’m going to go before Harry comes back and decides to attack my character too”
“Aww don’t go”
“Persuade me” he said looking serious “Go on”
She rolled her eyes and kissed him much to the disgust of Ron and the amusement of Hermione,
When they finally came up for air Charlie laughed at Ron’s face and said “So… what’s for dinner then little brother?”
“Sophia apparently” Ron grinned standing up and stretching,
She threw a pillow at him,
“I’m dessert not dinner”
“Seriously guys” Ron started again “You’re together?”
“You want me to kiss her again just so your sure, I mean I can put myself through it if you really want me too” he sighed a smile creeping on her lips,
“Ugh, get a room”
“We did – it’s yours and Hermione’s now though” Charlie smirked pulling out his wand and apparating them to her bedroom before Ron could say anything,
“We were in a hurry in our defence” Sophia smiled rolling on the bed, he pinned her there with a grin,
“And we didn’t know it wasn’t your room until after” he kissed her, pulling her up at her lower back, pressing her to him and kissing every where he could,
“Charlie” she giggled “They’re downstairs”
“I don’t care”
“Charlie”
“I-” he kissed her “-want-” and again “-You”
“Mmm” she gave in to it “Ok – but I’m not going back down there for a week out of embarrassment” she murmured as he reached her lips again with a grin.
“Who said I was going anywhere either?”

***
“Hey guys” Harry wandering in the house with a smile and an arm full of papers, “So… how’s things?”
“Did you know about Sophia and Charlie?”
“She told me this morning”
“Huh – so what about letting us know?”
“Well she told you, didn’t she?” he shrugged “Where is she anyways?”
“They’re upstairs” Hermione said,
“Ok then” he smirked and sat down “I’ll just tell you, me and Gin have found a house and a name”
They looked up “A house?” Ron said,
Hermione grinned excitedly “A name?”
“Here” he handed the papers and “And the Twins” he handed two pictures of the latest scans over, their names on the back,
“Faith and Patience” she looked up with a grin “Aww their amazing” she handed them to Ron who looked, smiled and handed them back,
“She’s been waddling around with them to get them to stop moving so much”
“We’ll go and see her tomorrow”
“She does miss you guys”
“We try to get there – there’s a lot going on at the ministry and then he’s helping at the twins shop and I’m organising tutoring for first years at Hogwarts for extra money”
“I know, but she needs more then just me right now”
“Her other brothers go too don’t they – I mean there still not going back to the Burrow for her sake”
“And that hasn’t changed, that woman hasn’t changed her mind”
“That woman is my mother and even though I don’t agree with her a little more respect wouldn’t go amiss” Ron said angrily,
“I’m sorry but she upset my wife so much she was crying for three days straight” he said just as annoyed,
“We stood by her didn’t we, we still are – just cause we don’t live there doesn’t mean she’s not still our mother”
“According to Ginny she doesn’t have a mother”
“Well I still do” he crossed his arms “I’ll go and see her tomorrow if it will stop your complaining”
“She’s your sister, I shouldn’t have to ask” He muttered leaving them there to apparate to his bedroom, he heard the giggling, laughing and talking in the room below and moved up to the last floor he could, he ended up in the attic sitting on the end of the bed holding the scans and smiling. He looked around the room, the dust, and the mess and the quiet. He liked the quiet.

He pulled away the sheets, shook out the covers and lay down on the bed; he took out his wallet with the photo of Ginny and put it with the scans on the mattress beside him looking at them until he fell asleep peacefully for the first time in weeks.

***
“I’m fine really”
“You had an emergency scan Gin”
“There was a bit of pain, it passed they were worried and we had a scan, their ok, I’m ok – it was just a kick in the ribs, a little break – all healed now”
He stared “The ribs?”
“Space is limited sweetheart, I get any bigger and I’m not going to be able to waddle let alone walk – Cara’s offered to wheel me round in a chair when it gets to that point”
“I’ll carry you round if I have too”
“I’ll be too heavy for that” she said waving her hand dismissively, “So anyway, now you know I’m fine, you came to tell me something?”
“Erm… well it’s not so… it will make you mad at me”
“Don’t bother then” she grinned,
“It’s not something you want to hear but you need to”
“If I’m not going to like it Harry don’t tell me, I don’t need stuff like that until I can deal with it”
“But…”
“Harry forget it, I’m currently hormonal, huge and locked in a hospital I’m not in a good enough mood for you to tell me anything that will make me upset with you since you’re the only one that’s bothering with me and I think I’d be a bit miffed if I killed you”
“Just a bit?” he said with a smile,
“Go on home before they kick you out then – its ten minutes after visiting times”
“This was an emergency situation I think they’ll let me have a bit more time”
“For a false alarm, that woman is crazy she’ll be in to drag you out soon enough”
“Then I’ll stay till she does, or I could stay like I did last time, I have my cloak”
“You’ll hurt your back sleeping on the chair all funny like you did last time, and you know how flaming uncomfortable it is with four of us in this bed” she smiled
“The chairs fine, you know I just don’t like being without you Gin so don’t try to persuade me otherwise”
“Soppy fool” she smiled getting more comfortable on her side a cushion under her back and bump,
“Better then a lonely fool I guess” he threw the cloak over his head as there was a knock on the door,
“Miss Weasley, visiting hours are -”
“- It’s Mrs Potter and he left a few minutes ago”
“Right – well that’s good then” she looked around suspiciously,
“He apparated that’s why you didn’t see him go”
“Hmm” she backed towards the door, “Right – well – yes – you have the button if anything happens during the night, your healer will be in to check before lights out”
“Yes, thankyou, good night”
“Wow she really is nuts” he grinned as the door closed,
“Take the cloak off so it’s a bit less strange for me to talk to you at least” she smiled, “Your lucky Penny doesn’t dob people in for staying over the hours”
“Because she’s your friend” he said taking it off “I doubt she does it for other people”
“Penny’s not just nice to me and mean to everyone else”
“She’s mean to me”
“She only knew about you when she thought you were cheating on me”
“People always think and assume they never ask – the real estate agent on the house was thinking the same thing about me and Sophia when we were looking at houses”
“I don’t think she was, I think you might be a bit tired and paranoid”
“I saw the way she looked Gin, I’m not just going mad”
“I believe you, but your taking it too far, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks – you’ve done plenty in your life without being bothered for the stares and whispers, you do things because there the right choices to make, it’s not your problem to live your life for everyone else anymore Harry, you have to do it for you, there’s no one for you to save, to protect from evil – theirs just me and your babies to love and the ministry to work for and to do what ever else you want to do – your not the chosen one anymore, your Harry, you’re my Harry”
He got up and kissed her gently kneeling by the bed and stroking her cheek his face beside hers, “I know your right, it’s just hard to let go of”
“It ‘all get better, once we’re out of here and in our house and we’ve got our girls, things will get better and easier”
He kissed her again, “You know just what to say to keep my world turning Gin”
She giggled “I am your world – just look at the size of me”
He smiled touching her cheek and her belly, “My everything”
“And mine” she smiled holding his hand there.

Aww Cute! I love the baby names

I liked the bit with Charlie and Sophia! They're a good match for each other!
George will get over it soon enough though!
Great two chapters
PAMS!

Soph

Very nice:

Ooo...When's the next Chapter.... I can't wait!

Chapter Thirty

Two months later
“I’m sorry I over reacted ok it was a surprise”
“Fred I know it’s you, so stop pretending” Sophia said with a grin,
“How can you tell?”
“George wears your name tag and you wear his – yours says George”
“And George doesn’t do sincere apologies” Charlie said with a smile, “It was a nice try though”
“Ugh, he just keeps going on and on and I thought I could at least try” Fred groaned, “It’s not like you were cheating on him”
“Too him it is though, I mean yeah he’s blown this completely out of proportion but he liked me a lot – enough to ask me out”
“He didn’t mention that” Fred looked surprised “When?”
“Months ago, I turned him down and told him I was with someone else, he didn’t ask who – I didn’t tell him, should have and saved us this hassle”
“It wouldn’t have, he’s just annoyed he’s losing out to his brother more then anything” Fred said “If it had been Ron that would have killed him - his younger brother – but now he just thinks Charlies picking on him”
“But I’m not, he can’t make me feel at fault about this, he lost out because he waited to long to do anything, Sophia knew I liked her and came to me, he just wasn’t that obvious and she didn’t see it”
“I didn’t see you liked her, everyone else saw that George did, Ron and Harry included” Fred put it,
“Charlie had the advantage of alone time to get to know me and the weirdness to be staring so much I noticed” she started with a smirk, “I also kind of already had my eye on you which is probably why I wasn’t noticing George…” She added looking up at him as Fred averted his eyes,
Charlie chuckling and leaning his head down to kiss her and Fred coughed,
“Sorry…” Sophia said “He’s just… You can see what I’m like with Charlie… you can see how much I like him – can’t stay away from him” she grinned “If he and I end up being – I don’t know - a more permanent arrangement… George is going to have to deal with it”
“I’m in the country for a few more weeks, I’ll talk to him”
“Weeks?” she said looking up at him, “How many weeks?”
“I’m going to leave you too it” Fred said wandering to the hallway and apparating once he got out the front door,
“How many weeks?” she repeated,
“Two then I’m back in Romania”
“TWO WEEKS!”
“– I thought I told you, I go back there to finish the programme”
“No you didn’t” she pouted,
“I’m coming back Soph, they offered me a long-standing post but I – well I turned them down, said I’ll go for the four weeks for the money and come back for – well for you”
“For me…”
“You know what you just said about a permanent arrangement, you being my girlfriend is pretty much that for now, I’m ready to stay here with you then chase after Dragons Soph”
“But you’ve only just met me – you can’t give up what you love for someone you’ve just met”
“I’m giving up something I loved for – for someone I love”
“You what”
“I love you” She tried to keep breathing, “Don’t freak out ok; don’t take it as a big deal”
“You ever said it to anyone else”
“Well no”
“Then it’s a big deal!” She got up pacing in front of him,
“Soph”
“Let me think”
“Sophia please”
“Charlie you’ve just told me something that changes everything”
“It doesn’t have to change”
“Then why did you tell me!?” she said stopping “I mean it’s not – I like you, I like you a lot – this is just – it’s fast Charlie”
“I’m not asking you to say it back, or - or to marry me, I’m just saying I’m staying here because of you, because I want to be with you”
She stood staring at him, and then leapt on him in a kiss,
“Are you sure?”
“Soph I don’t date because I’ve never found the right one, you’re the right one for me”
“Your nuts – honestly Charlie, I don’t know what to say to you now”
“Don’t say anything” he grinned holding her to him “Just don’t go off with George while I’m gone”
“You told me you love me, I’m not going anywhere” she grinned and kissed him happily,
“Sweet” he smiled kissing her again “Because I was wondering…”
“Yes…”
“Do you want to finally see my place tonight?”
“Are you asking me to go home with you Mr Weasley?” she smirked making herself more comfortable on his lap, sitting facing him with her arms at his neck,
“I think I am” he grinned
“Mmm” she kissed him keenly “Let’s go”

***
“Ahh – Harry – Owww – Harry!” she called out,
“He’s on his way Gin, just breath, he’s on a night training exercise remember”
“But – but he’s going to miss them Cara” she got out breathing heavily
“You’ve got a little while yet Ginny, don’t worry he’ll be here” she smiled holding her hand and stroking her forehead soothingly,
“Can you get them to tell my parents?”
“Course” she smiled nodding to one of the healers who was strapping a monitor around Ginny’s belly, she nodded and left,
“You hear that Gin” she said smiling
“Their – their heart beats” she grinned and then cried out in pain, “They’re ok”
“Yep, they said this is going to be all you Gin, they don’t need to give you a Caesar because there on time, and their weights good, everything’s alright Ginny” she said stroking her forehead over and over,
“I just want Harry so he doesn’t miss them”
“He’ll be here don’t worry, he wouldn’t miss this for the world”

***
He ducked behind the wall his wand out the cloaked figure shooting at him, it was eight months in, he shouldn’t be here now, he should be there waiting with her but she’d told him to go, to take the chance they offered so he did. He checked – the coast was clear and he ran for it calling for his partner to run with him, they made it to the last wall when –

“Simulation pause!” was called out, “Potter H – an urgent message has been received” he ran as fast as he could,
“What happened – is it Ginny?”
“Your Wife’s gone into labour”
“Right – I mean”
“Go on then”
“Yeah”
He only got as far as the corridor out side the designated apparition zones when something struck him in the back, he fell to the floor grabbing his wand out and holding it up at his assailant,
“This is going to be easier then I thought” he grinned pointing his wand at Harry,
“Now is really not a good time for you to attack me Malfoy”
“It’s the perfect time” he struck out but Harry met the shot in mid air holding his wand firmly stopping the blue bolt of light with the jet of red shooting out, he got up holding the duel in place,
“Really not a good time” he muttered to himself, he pulled away out of instinct and dived out of the way of the bolt, Draco was caught by surprise but he didn’t give up. Harry made it inside the room but Draco grabbed his arm just as he attempted to apparate to the hospital.

He felt like he was being sliced in half but the shooting pain was his ear. He raised his hand to his head but there was only blood, his ear was missing. He was kicked in the stomach and then ribs before he had chance to react, kicked in the head as he reeled and a bolt of electricity cursed through his veins from Draco’s wand to his arm and around his body as he was kicked and hit again. He blacked out.

In the corridor of Mungo’s hospital a bloody ear and a chunk of black hair appeared out of nowhere and landed outside Ginny’s door along with a shout bellowed out when he was pulled away.

Ginny looked around hearing her name being called, she knew the voice was Harry’s. Cara let go of her hand and went to look. She saw the ear and then started to panic wrapping it in a bandage with her wand,
Arthur appeared suddenly and she stared at him
“Some things happened to Harry” she opened the bandage in her palm to show the ear “– I think he was attacked mid apparition”
“Go to the ministry, get a trace, I’ll stay with her – get her brothers to help look”
“If he doesn’t make it here…”
“I’ll keep her calm, just find him”
She nodded and went back into the room,
“Ginny I’m going to be right back ok, your dads here”
“But Harry – that was him calling me, where is he?”
“He’s coming, don’t worry about it” Arthur soothed walking over and taking her hand stroking her forehead “Just think about the girls for now ok, he’ll be here”
“Daddy” she said crying “I’m so sorry”
“Shhh Ginny, it’s ok sweetheart, it’s all ok”
“I’m really scared”
“Don’t be, your going to be fine, they’re going to be fine – are you going to tell me my granddaughters names?” he asked distracting her,
“Faith and Patience, Harry picked Patience” she smiled “Sophia was always telling him he needed it” she grinned before giving into the pain once more.

***
“What do you mean you can’t trace him?”
“Where ever he is it’s off the grid, he is untraceable”
“That’s impossible!”
“There are certain area’s of the world that make it impossible for us to get a hold of magic in – Bermuda triangle for instance”
“We’re not in the Bermuda triangle! Is there anywhere in England where you can’t find people using magic?”
“We don’t know – that’s the whole point behind not being found, we don’t know the places you can’t be found in”
“You people are ridiculous, why did know one see him apparate from the room when he left?”
“This is a training facility, students and teachers in a classified location, you were only allowed here because it was an emergency”
“Someone else obviously knew or I wouldn’t be looking after Harry’s ear for him would I – he is bleeding to death some where while his wife is having their babies”
“Look we’ll do what we can but we don’t have an exact idea of where he is”
“Flaming hell – just find him, I’m going to get her brothers and start looking”

She went to Charlie’s apartment banging on the door fiercely; Charlie appeared in nothing but boxers,
Said “What is it?” and yawned widely, tying back his hair as he spoke,
“Ginny’s in labour”
He stared in shock and then called out to Sophia,
“I need you to come with me; Sophia can go to the hospital”
“What – why – has someone told Harry?”
“Harry’s missing, kidnapped I think, we need to find him so Soph can go to the hospital where she can be of use and you can help me round up your brothers so we can find him”
“Kidnapped – but what”
“Charlie there’s no time to explain ok, just get some clothes on – I’m going to the twins now”
“I’ll go and find Ron – see you at the ministry in half an hour”
“Yeah”
Sophia rushed down the stairs pulling on her t-shirt, “Honey, what’s going on?”
“Gin’s in labour, Harry’s missing”
“Oh right – what - Harry’s missing?”
“I’m gonna drop you at the hospital” He said taking her hand and apparating back up to the bedroom, they hurried into clothes –
“Did she say how he was missing?”
“No – I mean kidnapped I think - I’m guessing she will tell me more when I get there, are you sure you’ll be alright at the hospital?”
“Sure” she pulled on jeans “I’ll be better off there then you having to apparate me with you everywhere – you’ll have to teach me how to do that soon”
“I will – you ready?” he asked standing up after putting his shoes on,
“I just need-” she grabbed her wand “-ready”
“A true witch now” he grinned taking her hand and apparating them to the hospital,
“Wait does Ginny know Harry’s missing?”
“Erm – no- I don’t think so – just don’t mention it ok”
She nodded “See you later” she kissed his cheek and left him standing there with a smile as she walked away to find Ginny’s room.

“Gin” she hurried in the room,
“Sophia – where’s your no good brother?”
“He’s coming Ginny, the training programmes in a classified location”
“Dad won’t tell me what’s taking him so long”
“He’ll be here”
“He promised he wouldn’t leave me Soph”
“He’ll be here, their not here yet, he’s still got time”
“Not much” she got out breathing heavily “They said soon”
“Come on now Gin – how soon?”
“Hours” Arthur said looking to Sophia intently, “Just a couple more hours at the most”
“He’ll be here Ginny – I promise” she said holding her other hand with a smile.

Another Fantastic Post!

Aww Cute! I love Charlie!

I hope they find him soon. I don't want hi to miss the birth of the twins!

Great Post! Your are an awsome writer!
I can't wait until your next post. PAMS!
Soph x

Chapter Thirty One

Harry looked around the room, holding his head the hole bandaged but soaked and stained red. He ripped the edge of his cloak wrapping it round tightly replacing the old one and hobbling to his feet.
“You shouldn’t have fought against it”
Harry held his wand up to him, “How long have I been out?”
“A few hours - You can’t apparate out Potter – it won’t work”
“But I can fight you” he shot out and him and Draco shot back a split second later, yet again they met in mid air,
“Where the hell did you bring me?” Harry asked stepping forward; Draco struggled against the push of the red bolt, “Where Malfoy?”
“Just a little place out of the way”
“Let me out” Harry said stepping forward again; Draco pushed his wand out to further the blue from his own wand,
“You’re here for a purpose, you’re too valuable to let go”
“Why did you give me my wand?”
“A fair fight, I’m not going to make this easy for myself or I’d never prove the point”
Harry pulled away first again but this time only stepping to the side to avoid the sparks that hit the floor,
“My wife is giving birth, I’m not going to miss that, you want to duel me and you will die” Harry said adjusting his position holding his wand firmly,
“You’ll end up in Azkaban for murder, I’m sure your pretty little wife wouldn’t like that”
Harry shot out at the wall behind, a pile of rubble and bricks falling down, that Draco stepped forward from “I’m sure I can sort something out with the Auror office, being kidnapped allows me some privileges in this situation”
“I have to kill you to take his place, to been seen as the leader they need, they want”
“You can’t even say his name Malfoy; nothing entitles you to take his place”
He blinked struggling with his next sentence – Harry was right, his hand started to shake, “I got to you didn’t I, now I just have to kill you”
“You gonna rob my children of a father and my wife of her husband just so you can prove a point Malfoy?”
“I have too, this is the only way”
“My little girls are gonna be called Faith and Patience, and I want to see them grow up, I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do but I really, really want that – you don’t have to kill me Draco”
“I don’t and they’ll kill me”
“Just say I got away”
“I don’t have a choice, you have to die”
Harry shook his head; “I’m not sorry Malfoy” he shot out stunning him and watched him fall to the floor before he made a move.
He sent out a patronus ‘Harry Potter kidnapped by Draco Malfoy – unknown location’ to the ministry and then one to Ginny, ‘I’m coming’ before tying up Draco and stepping out of the room. He checked out the corridors wishing he had his cloak because it offered better protection then the Disillusionment charm he cast upon himself.

He looked around the corner to see the two death eaters guarding the room, he stunned them and made another move before he realised there was a whole room of them waiting. They were sitting down a long table, the seat at the end left empty, with goblets of wine in hand. He’d rather get out then go after them all. He made it too the door and unlocked it silently, stepping out to the fresh air. He was in a field, in the middle of nowhere and tried to apparate. He didn’t move. He looked back and then ran for it getting to a fence. He jumped over and tried again and yet again it didn’t work. He kept running his hand reached up to his head the throbbing getting worse, stopping to hold it and then ending up on his knees. He tried to stem the flow, trying to remember the spell.

***
Ginny saw the patronus, she heard the words and smiled but things were happening fast now, they weren’t going to wait for him,
“Ginny you can’t hold off – you have to push”
“He’s coming” she said breathlessly, “I can’t”
“Ginny if you don’t they aren’t going to make it”
“But – But”
“Ginny push”
“ARGHHH!”

He pulled himself along the grass seeing the cloaks and sending up red sparks, they got faster and closer, “Harry”
They found him, the place where the grass was mysteriously squashed and cast the charm to see make him visible before lifting him up,
“Ginny – I’ve got to get to Ginny”
“Harry we need to sort your head out” Charlie said pointing his wand and stemming the flow of blood,
“Just take me to Ginny” He said grabbing the front of his cloak “Please Charlie”
They walked him along to the next fence and over the field,
“It was Malfoy and death eaters there all inside”
“We’ve sent people in” a figure said walking along side Ron and Charlie, who were supporting Harry,
“We tracked your patronus” Charlie added,
“Who’s got my ear?”
“Cara – she’s with Sophia, Hermione and Dad at the hospital”
“How is she?”
“Everything’s fine, Hermione’s been keeping us updated via patronus, we’re here with the Aurors – she hasn’t had either of them yet”
He looked around recognising each of his brothers, “Thankyou”
“Couldn’t let you get killed now could we” Bill said as they walked,
Percy and an auror each held out there wand “We’re ok to apparate now”

They got to the hospital. He stumbled into the room,
“WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN HARRY?”
“I’m here now, I’m so sorry Gin” Arthur gave him her other hand, and left the room. Cara and Sophia retreated outside as well leaving them and the healers.
“THIS HURTS SOOOO MUCH; I’M NOT DOING IT AGAIN – NEVER AGAIN!”
“That’s ok Gin” he smiled stroking her forehead, “Just get through this hey”
“ARGHHH!”
“Just one more Ginny” said a healer calmly,
“OWWWW!”
“And here she is” there was silence all but hushed voices and fast hands,
She spoke breathing heavily, “What’s happening – Harry what are they doing?”
“I - I don’t know”
“Ginny you need to concentrate on the next one now” The healer continued,
“But Faith – she’s not crying – why isn’t she crying – what’s wrong with my baby?!”
“Ginny she’s just being looked after, don’t worry, you need to think about this one, you have to push”
“OWWW!”
“It’s ok Gin” he said as she cried and squeezed his hand, “It’s ok”
“I want to see her” she sobbed
“You’ve got to help this one out” Penny said “Faith’s going to be ok” She pushed again, screaming as she did so but hearing the crying of her first daughter in the background made all the difference. She pushed again. “And here is number two – we’re just going to clean her up”
She panted “But Faith -?”
“- Ginny, we’ve had to help her breath; she’ll be coming right over when we’re sure she’s alright”
Ginny nodded reaching for Harry, “You made it”
“Just” he smiled kissing her sweaty forehead,
“Your ear – the – what’s happened to you?”
“Nothing to worry about now” he replied holding her hands and moving them away from the makeshift bandage on his face,
“Your all beaten up and bruised – and I was so mean – you – you’ve been hurt, I should have known you weren’t here for a good reason”
“Gin don’t worry about it now” he smiled “Look” he said as two healers came over holding pink blankets,
“Here’s number one” Penny said placing her in Ginny’s waiting arms,
“Here’s number two” the woman smiled handing her to Harry,
“Faith and Patience” Ginny mumbled kissing her firstborn’s forehead and leaning over carefully to the baby cradled in Harry’s arms, “They’ve got your hair” she said with a small smile, “A tuft of black already” she said her fingers lightly touching her daughters head,
“Hopefully it’s got your neatness or they’re not going to be happy with me when they grown up” He said watching Patience wrap a hand round his little finger,
“There so small” Ginny sighed
“Hmm, but there amazing right?” he grinned looking up to meet her eyes,
“Uh huh” she smiled back,
“Thank you Ginny” he said looking into her eyes “Thank you so much”
“Just give me awhile before the next one ok” she grinned,
“If you don’t remember shouting it – you did say never again”
“For more moments like this I’d go through all that a thousand times”
“You say that now” he smiled as there was a knock on the door,
“Erm – family only at the moment” the healer said looking at every single member of the immediate Weasley family apart from Molly as well as a smiling, Sophia, Cara and Hermione.
“There all family” Harry grinned,
“Erm… well four visitors at a time then”
“Dad, Charlie, Cara and Bill – I want to know what happened to Harry”
“Yeah – my ear Cara”
She unwrapped it quickly “Its under a cooling spell, it should just go right back on – give her to someone and I’ll fix it”
“You’re a healer?” he said but not letting go of Patience,
“In training – this is basic stuff; I’ve done it plenty of times”
“Alright” he stood up and went to Arthur “This is Patience” and passed her smoothly into his arms, “Patience this is your Granddad”
“She’s – she’s”
“Perfect right” Harry said with a grin “So is her sister”
He sat down as Cara undid his makeshift bandage, cleaned the wound and reattached his ear “You’ll have to wait for you hair to grow back though” she added poking the bald patch with her finger,
“It’ll be there by tomorrow, it has a mind of its own”
“Harry, tell me what happened” Ginny insisted handing Faith to Charlie and holding Patience for the first time,
“It was Malfoy; he got me just as I was apparating here and took me – where did he take me?” He asked of Charlie and Bill,
“His house covered in a ridiculous amount of spells – there were lots to break through but he wasn’t very good in performing them, they didn’t hold strong, that’s how we got to you so quickly after you sent the patronus”
“For some reason the only spell he cast with certainty was the one to stop apparition in but members with the Dark Mark”
“Nobody told me what was happening; I could have lost him and been none the wiser”
“Ginny you were giving birth; you were angry and in pain as it was why would we make it worse?”
She protested “But!”
“Gin they did the right thing, you know that” He smiled as he took Faith from a worried Charlie as she started to cry, he cradled her and rocked her “Shhh sweetheart” he murmured, Ginny let a happy giggle escape her,
“She’s going to be a daddy’s girl” she smiled watching her stop crying,
“And Patience?” he smirked
“There both going to be Daddy’s girls, your going to give them want ever they want by the look on your face right now Harry”
“It’ll be daddy can I have a pony, and you’ll say have two each” Bill said with a grin and Harry looked up smiling,
“My girls can have what ever they want; they’re the three most important people in my life now”
“You big softy” Ginny smiled,
“We’ll let the others have some time with you four ok” Arthur said with a smile and nodded to his sons and Cara, they followed him out and Ron, Hermione, Percy and Sophia came in,
“Aww!” were the first words out of both Sophia and Hermione’s mouth but Ron and Percy just smiled,
“You can hold Patience” Ginny said to Sophia, “You helped find her name”
“They’re lovely” She walked over and Ginny placed her carefully in her arms,
“Hermione – you want to take Faith?”
“I don’t – I’m afraid I might drop her or something”
“Hermione you’ll be fine” Harry said “If I can do it you can”
She shook her head; Ron rolled his eyes “Can I?” he stepped forward,
“She’s your niece mate” Harry grinned standing up and passing her to him, “I’m just going to see Cara for a second alright” he kissed Ginny after she nodded and walked out,
“Cara”
“Congratulations mate” the Twins grinned, Charlie was standing away from them with Bill, Arthur was gone,
“Thanks – Cara you got some skelegrow somewhere? I have a feeling some of my ribs might be broken”
“Oh my god – erm sure, I’ll be right back - hold on lift up your shirt” He did and glanced down, nice and purple until she pointed her wand and conjured a bandage wrapping around his ribs tightly, he jerked a little in pain, “Owww”
“Just think it’s nothing to what Gin’s just done” She replied sticking out her tongue and walking away, he laughed and turned to go back inside but Sophia came out holding a crying baby,
“Ginny tried, even Ron - she say’s she probably wants you”
“Already like that?” He held out his arms for her and he whispered softly, “Don’t cry Patience”
“How’d you know which is which?”
“You were holding her when I left…” he rocked her in his arms soothingly, “And they’ve given them name tags, number one and two granted”
“Which is which?”
“Faith came first, only about a minute or so in between them” he looked down at a now quiet Patience, “Hmm”
“Magic touch” Charlie said appearing behind Harry and moving to stand behind Sophia wrapping his arms round her waist
“Apparently” she smirked and kissed his cheek holding his arms around her tighter as George and Fred made a move to go in and see Ginny,
“Have you spoken to him yet?” Harry asked watching her reaction,
“Tried, he’s ignoring me” Charlie said with a grin “He’ll speak to Soph happily but he won’t have a conversation with me”
“Ouch, he’s being a bit off then?”
“Just a bit mate” Charlie grinned,
“It’s not funny, he’s your brother, and you need to make up with him before you go”
“Go?” Harry asked “You’re leaving?”
“I’m going back to Romania, only for a month”
“It would be better he doesn’t have another month to stew over it” Sophia said warningly,
“I’ll talk to him ok” He kissed the top of her head squeezing her gently,
“Harry?” Ginny called out,
“She’ll be wanting this one” he grinned “See you later” he walked back into the room,
“You did it” she smiled “Daddy’s girls alright, see if you can help Faith too”
She gestured to the two cots now beside her bed and the crying baby in her arms, he placed Patience in but before he could take Faith she stopped crying and was blinking. “Hmm” she smiled,
“Mummy’s girl” Harry said lifting her from Ginny’s arms and placing her in the cot,
“Where’s my mum?” Ginny said and started to cry, Harry sat beside her taking her in his arms,
“Gin, she’ll come round, your dad did and so will she, she just needs more time”

Hey Lilly !

Aww Harry's a Daddy ! I have a feeling the twins are going to be spoiled rotton by Harry!


Aww typical Hermione, worrying when she doesn't need to

Aww thats so cute! I think this is the sweetest chapter I've read. I'm so happy for Harry and Ginny. And I just love Charlie

Aww poor Ginny Molly doesn't know what she's missing. She's beeing terribly rude!

Great post! I'm delighed now the twins are born. Molly is needing a slap! Why can't she be happy for them?
Can't wait for the next update!
Soph x

Chapter Thirty Two

“Are you sure?”
“Yes – that’s everything” He checked the bags again, “We’re drowning in nappies”
“I just don’t see why we have to make the first move” She muttered putting Faith in her carrying cot,
“Because it’s been a week and they haven’t seen there Grandmother yet”
“If she wanted to see them she would come round here and have seen them by now”
“Not if she’s as stubborn as you she wouldn’t which is why were going now”
“Uninvited and I’m not stubborn”
“I asked Arthur – and yes you are sweetheart” he kissed her, taking her by surprise so she wasn’t angry with him and picked up the bags over his shoulder and one of the twins, “Let’s go”
“Are you sure their ok to apparate?”
“The healers said its fine Gin – don’t worry”
“I just don’t -”
“- Ginny, their fine, their asleep they won’t even notice”
“Ok” she picked up the other cot and took his free hand. She closed her eyes hoping but before she could say anything else she’d landed on her feet outside the burrow.
“Harry, are you sure?” she looked down to the baby sleeping, and across to the one in Harry’s hand,
“Ginny, this is going to be fine, she’s going to see them and fall in love with them just like we did, just like your dad and your brothers and everyone who’s met them”
She grumbled but he rolled his eyes and walked to the front door leaving her standing at the gate.
“Harry” she complained hurrying after him carefully and he knocked before she could say anything else, “Harry…” she said again,
“Ginny” he replied looking down to her with a smile “I’m doing this for your own good”
“Alright” she muttered, as the door opened and Arthur stood there with a smile,
“You came”
“Took a lot of persuasion, she’s very stubborn”
“Like Molly” Arthur added stepping out of the way,
“Am not!” she replied carrying in Faith and sitting at the table, Harry put Patience beside Faith on the table top and sat down as Arthur called in Molly,
“Who is it?” she replied bustling in floating a laundry basket in, in front of her
“Your daughter, her husband-”
The basket dropped, banged loudly
“- and your granddaughters” they started to cry, Ginny and Harry coming to life instantly,
“Shhh my babies, Shhh” Ginny murmured “We just got them off, thanks”
Harry smiled “It’s fine” He rifled through the bag taking out a miniature pram, he enlarged it with his wand and placed the twins in it carefully, before tapping his wand on the handle, the pram moved back and forth and there crying got quieter and quieter until it stopped altogether, “See” Harry smiled,
Molly looked at the pram and Arthur led her to a seat as her eyes refused to look away,
“They’re not suddenly going to disappear” Ginny said coldly,
“Ginny” Arthur said with a frown,
“What – she wasn’t there, she doesn’t know what we’ve been through to bring them into this world”
“Did something go wrong?” she said suddenly pulling her gaze from the pram,
“What other then the haemorrhage, the blood clot, the three month stay in hospital and the fact Faith wasn’t breathing?”
“Faith…”
“Faith and Patience Potter” Ginny said, “Faith was 6lbs 6, Patience was 5lb 7, born at eleven fourteen and sixteen pm on the 28th of August”
“They’re ok now?” she asked meekly,
“Fine, healthy and fine” Harry said,
“Harry was kidnapped as I was giving birth just to let you know, so it wasn’t really a fun time for us”
“Your Dad told me about that”
“And you still didn’t feel that a visit to the hospital would be a good idea” Ginny muttered crossing her arms,
“I didn’t want to intrude”
“You’re my mother I wanted you there!” she said loudly before quietening down and glancing at her still sleeping babies, “I needed you and you didn’t come”
“I’m – I’m sorry; I didn’t want to upset you”
“Yeah well you failed with that” she muttered,
“Stay a few days”
Ginny continued to mutter, “We’re trying to get them used to the new house”
“We’d love to” Harry put in, cutting across her miserable excuse,
She looked up at him angrily,
“They won’t sleep”
“They will be fine and if not I’ll stay up with them every night and you can sleep to your hearts content”
“I hate you Harry” she muttered annoyed,
“Yeah, yeah” He smiled wrapping an arm round her waist, pulling her gently towards his side with a grin “You’ll get over it” she elbowed him in the stomach trying to get out of his grip and trying to fight a smile but he pulled away instantly holding his stomach,
“Owww – Gin” he complained,
“Oh my god – Harry are you ok – I’m sorry – I forgot – I didn’t mean to hurt you”
“Fine, thanks honey” he rubbed the bruised area “Just don’t do it again K”
She kissed his cheek and his lips “Promise”
He adjusted himself in the seat,
Arthur spoke up “What happened to you in there Harry?”
“Just Malfoy, everything else is good, it’s just this bruise, he kicked me during a curse but no one knows what it was and the bruise won’t go down, they just said to give it time; I’ve got my ear back I’m happy”
“Your ear?-” Molly said “-What on earth?”
“He got me mid apparition to the hospital, I splinched” he shrugged, “I’m just glad I got there in time”
“Just in time” Ginny added, “He was kidnapped and he made it” she muttered angrily,
“I’ve said I’m sorry Ginerva, what more do you want!”
Faith stirred in her sleep, opened her eyes and was about to cry but Ginny was too quick, she picked her up and walked into the living room closing the door to separate the crying twin from the still peacefully slumbering one.
“She’ll come round” Harry said, “Don’t even think about it and ignore the anger – works for me” he smiled,
“She’s madly in love with you Harry, she hates me”
“If she hated you, she wouldn’t be mad at you, she wouldn’t be here, and she wouldn’t keep saying how much she needs you and missed you”
“She can’t even bare to stay in the same room, she escaped the moment she could”
“She just knows Faiths the restless one; don’t take it to heart that she left – one just wakes up the other and its worse”
Molly sighed and stood up going to hover over the pram,
“She’s beautiful”
“They both are – completely identical”
She reached down but pulled her hand back “Your hair but whose eyes?”
“Bit of both - hazel”
“Harry?” Called Ginny from the other room, he got up and went to the door, “Nappy stuff please” she smiled
He went back grabbed the bag and set up a mat on the floor of the living room, “You’d rather change her nappy then talk to mum you must really be mad”
“You want to do it?” she said kneeling down,
“Ok” he grinned
“Shut up” she muttered undoing the current one and handing it to him, “Bugger off then”
“Gin you have to talk to her”
“I don’t have to, I could stay here for a week and not say anything to her” she replied cleaning up the baby and replacing a fresh nappy on her,
“You’ve got it on the wrong way round sweetheart” he smiled walking out, she huffed in anger and took it off, she’d done it perfectly every other time, he knew that she was just annoyed. She put it on the right way,
“You understand don’t you sweetie, you know Mummy’s right” she said cradling the little girl to her chest and sitting up on the couch “You know your mummy loves you lots too don’t you” she cooed as the little girl gurgled.
She went back out when Faith settled into sleep again and put her in the pram beside her sister, she sat beside Harry and took his hand but didn’t say anything,
“I was just telling them I’ll have to go back and get something’s if we’re going to stay”
“Hmm”
“I might go now before their feed hey” he said looking down to her and she mumbled
“Uh huh”
“Before Charlie get’s here”
Those words made her look up “Is he bringing…?”
“Yeah”
She grinned,
“Bringing what?” Molly questioned,
“A surprise” Harry said as Ginny refused to answer, “Before he goes I’m guessing”
“Yeah – has he spoken to George yet, is he still angry with him?”
Harry shrugged “No and yes - but there’s nothing we can do about it”
“They’re angry with each other – about what, what’s happened between my boys” Molly said looking at Harry,
“We can’t tell you, but you’ll find out this afternoon” Harry added, “I’m going to get the stuff – Arthur would you give me a hand”
“Certainly son” he stood up,
“Harry” she said annoyed, reaching for his hand,
“Be back soon” he grinned; she crossed her arms and kicked his shin, “Love you too” he replied sticking his tongue out at her before leading Arthur out to apparate.

“Are you going to talk to me like a grown up Ginny, you can act like a child all you want but Harry will get fed up of it and your daughters will see through it”
She didn’t reply, she stared at the pram instead,
“I’m sorry I wasn’t there, I’m sorry about what I said, what I did, and now when I look at them you should know I do feel guilty – just know I said and did what I did because I love you, because I thought that would be best for you”
Her arms crossed tighter at her stomach,
“I know I was wrong, but I didn’t want to lose you, to risk your life, you’re my only daughter, my little girl I couldn’t risk that”
“You banished me from your house, you told me to give them up to be so selfish as to save myself, you didn’t want to know them, or me or my husband – it was you that told me that family comes before everything else, you that said to do what’s right no matter what, and I tried, I tried so hard but you changed your mind”
“I didn’t want to lose you”
“Neither did Harry but he trusted me enough to get through this, we have our babies because he’s the only one that stood by me no matter what happened”
“Harry would do what ever you asked even it meant killing you”
“He wouldn’t go that far, he would never have let me die, he married me because I asked him too, I wanted him to be my next of kin so if anything happened he could make a choice, he was willing to lie to me, to make it so I hated him just as long as I still had you and dad”
“You’ll always have me and your father”
“I needed you a week ago and you weren’t there, I needed you to help me for eight months of my life and you weren’t there, I needed you and you abandoned me!” she said loudly but her eyes checked the twins, they were still sound asleep. She started to cry angrily, trying not to make any noise, trying to stifle the sobs but failing.
Molly was crying to, dabbing at her eyes fiercely with a handkerchief, she approached Ginny to hug her
“Don’t” she said coldly wiping her eyes on her sleeve, “Not yet” she added “I’m going for a walk” she pushed the pram through the door conjuring an extra blanket over the twins.

Hey Lilly

JUST a bruise. Yeah right Harry! He should really go see about that!

Molly, have a little Patience

Excuse me, Molly, but haven't you acted like a child the past nine months?

Aw poor Ginny. She must feel so lonly

Great Chapter Lily. I feel sorry for Sophia though. Molly is already in a bad mood!
And Ginny needs Glomps Good job Harry is there I suppose!
PAMS!
Soph x

Hey Lily. I was wondering when you are going to post again. I sure am missing your story
I understand if you've been too bust though. Its cool. Just so you know that I'm still here
Soph x

A postie is coming! i'm super busy with job interviews at the mo but there will be one or even two by the end of the week - thanks for hanging on Soph xxx

Yay! I look forward to it!
Soph xx

Chapter Thirty Three

Arthur and Harry arrived back ten minutes later, a half filled school trunk between them,
“She took them for a walk”
“They woke up?” he asked,
“No - she wanted to get away from me”
Half an hour later she returned, her eyes were red the twins were still asleep. “I’m going to take a nap while their still down, when there due their feed wake me up” she said landing a peck on Harry’s cheek and wandered up the stairs.
“What happened?” Arthur questioned,
“We talked, she does hate me, and she won’t let me near her, I’m going to start lunch before Charlie gets here”
Harry and Arthur looked at each other and kept quiet but Molly asked a question,
“How come she is able to use magic?”
“Special permission from the ministry, since she’s been using it and not attending school they said they might as well allow it under the circumstances – there’s only a month and a half until her birthday”
“Is she planning to go back to school?”
“Professor McGonagall has arranged it via correspondence and Hermione’s going to tutor her so she doesn’t have to leave the girls and I can stay at the ministry”
“All worked out then” Arthur said with a smile “But if you ever need a babysitter”
“We know where to come first”
There was a knock at the door,
“Come in”
Charlie peaked his head round, “Mum, Dad, – and the twins… – ouch – Harry’s twins” he said turning his head back to speak to the person responsible for kicking him and then back to the room “Hello Harry, that mean’s Gin’s here somewhere too – great”
“Are you going to come in?” Arthur said with a smile,
“Erm… I want to introduce you to someone so yeah – that would be a good idea”
Harry started to laugh shaking his head, “You’re as anxious as I was Soph, they won’t bite”
“Soph…?” Arthur and Molly said together as Charlie opened the door wider and stepped inside bringing Sophia with him holding her hand,
“Mum, Dad this is Sophia Black”
“We’ve already met – how are you?” Arthur asked standing up and going to shake her hand
“Good thank you, a little nervous but good” she smiled,
Molly stood staring still,
“Mum, are you going to say something?”
“You’ve got a girlfriend”
Charlie rolled his eyes, “Yes mum”
“She’s – she’s not a dragon tamer is she?”
“No mum” he sat at the table and Sophia followed suit refusing to let go of his hand,
“She’s real…”
“What do you mean she’s real!?”
“She’s attractive” she continued making Sophia blush profusely,
“I think she’s beautiful but whatever you want to say mum”
“She’s pretty, she’s real and she’s not a dragon tamer – but she’s a Black”
“Sirius’s daughter mum, we told you all about her, how Harry met her but she just hasn’t been here yet”
“Is she what you’ve been fighting with your brother for?”
“Thanks for that Harry” Charlie muttered,
“Ginny not me” Harry grinned holding up his hands in defence,
“George doesn’t like the fact I’m with Soph and he’s not, I just asked her before he did. George is over reacting because she didn’t notice him whereas she did notice me”
“But over a girl – you don’t even like girls, look how many years it’s been since you had a girlfriend”
“Sophia is not just any girl” Charlie started beginning to get annoyed “George is being an idiot, and you are being rude to my girlfriend”
“How long have you been seeing her?”
“About three months, we’ve been together for three months?” Sophia replied looked to Charlie to nod in confirmation, it had been a little while she thought as she realised and smiled to herself, they had been a brilliant three months.
“And George spent the last two sulking, he should have gotten over it by now” Charlie added,
“Hold on so for a month before that no one knew?!”
“No, we thought it best to keep it quiet for a while, with everything that was going on around us and then it just never came up in conversation until I told Harry”
“Right”
“And then we told George straight away trying not to hurt his feelings” Charlie added “But he just got annoyed anyway, he’ll speak to her, he’ll still flirt with her” he added bitterly “But he won’t talk to me”
“Charlie I told you, he can try all he wants I’m not going anywhere” she said looking up at his angry face, “I know the reason your teaching me jinx’s before you leave, but honestly he tries anything and I’ll just punch him”
Charlie, Arthur and Harry started to laugh, Sophia joining in lightly but Molly frowned glancing at the pram.
“They’ll wake up soon, they’re due a feed don’t worry, other then that they sleep through anything once there off for a little while” he said looking at his watch and then them,
“They slept through a storm the other night and we were so worried we ended up staying up to watch them just in case there was something wrong, they woke up once and that was when they were supposed to, they’re like Ginny, once they’re asleep they’re dead to the world”
“Don’t you get worried and check there breathing or check they can hear that there not deaf”
“All checked and perfect, there just heavy sleepers which is a relief” he smiled watching them wake, “Right on time, hello Faith”, he lifted her up first, she yawned blinking at him.
“What are there middle names?” Molly asked looking longingly at them but staying away,
“Faith Hermione and Patience Sophia” he smiled,
“Really” Sophia looked up,
“Really” he smiled “Could you take this one and I’ll change your stinky namesake before I get Ginny for their feed” He handed Sophia Faith and took Patience to the living room, “Molly would you give me a hand” he said turning back “Don’t quite have the hang of nappies yet” he smiled,
She knew by the look in his eyes he had changed his fair share but followed him in with a smile,
“Thankyou Harry”
“It’s ok; nappies haven’t changed too much in seventeen years have they?” He grinned handing her Patience,
“Not at all” he left her too it and wandered up the stairs,
“Gin” he shook her gently, she didn’t stir, “Gin”
“Hmm” she replied, he leant down and kissed her, she was so surprised she woke up but held his cheek there in the kiss,
“Promise me you’ll wake me up like that more often” she smiled sitting up and rubbing her eyes,
“Promise”
“Are they awake?”
“Yeah, did you have a nice nap?”
“Hmm – I guess, I liked the waking up bit better, give me another kiss before we go, we won’t get another chance otherwise”
He kissed her again, lying her down on the bed but pulling her close to him until he lifted her to sit up again still in the kiss,
“Got to make the most of the time we have hey” he smiled,
“A very quick quickie, I like it” she smiled shuffling to get up “Better make time for one later when they are asleep”
“We will – Charlies here, he brought Sophia” he added as they walked out of the room,
“How did things go?”
“Fine until George came up”
“Oh”
“I’d say Charlie’s got competition if I didn’t think Sophia was stuck on him so much”
“Good to know, I’m going to box George’s ears when I see him next”
“Make sure the twins aren’t in the same room hey, I don’t want them learning your bad behaviour” he joked as they came to the bottom of the stairs.

“Ginny – you woke up just in time for lunch” Arthur smiled,
“Got to feed them first – where is Patience?”
“Nappy change with Grandma” Harry said watching her eyes dart round the room,
“Right” she muttered,
“Gin”
“I’m not angry” she said calmly or trying to be calm enough that Harry could see through it,
“Yes you are” he held her from behind so she couldn’t move,
“Get off” she muttered,
“Not until you calm down”
“I’m calm” she growled and Harry started to laugh, along with Charlie, Arthur and Sophia, she let him turn her in his arms and sighed into his embrace, relaxing in his hold.
“That’s better right?” he asked and she nodded against his chest,
“Much”
“Now if I let go will you promise not to attack anyone in a fit of rage because there changing your babies smelly nappy so you don’t have to”
“Alright”
“Promise Gin” he replied unyieldingly holding her to him,
“I promise” she muttered and he released her,
“Love you” Harry grinned,
“Hate you” she muttered, and then reached for Faith, “Time for lunch” she smiled watching Charlie’s face become that of mortification, “I won’t do it in here, don’t worry brother” and wandered into the living room. She saw Molly holding the baby in the chair and walked in “Time for their feed, you can give her to Harry and do lunch for them”
“Alright sweetheart” Molly kissed the little girl’s forehead and handed her over before leaving.
“Gin”
“Harry don’t start, I don’t need it right now” she said placing Faith on the couch as she unbuttoned her top, fiddled with her bra, and replaced Faith in her arms feeding her as Harry kept silent looking at Patience, her fingers trying to grip the Teddy bear he was holding for her “Sorry for snapping at you, this isn’t your fault” Gin started quietly,
“It’s fine, I just don’t like seeing you like this; being angry and upset with someone you love doesn’t make you happy, it makes you angry and upset with everyone else”
“Including you, when you’re just trying to help - I’ll try with her, I’m trying but I don’t know if I can forgive her”
“Trying is enough for now” Harry said with a smile looking up at her, “Give her a chance”
“Easy for you to say Harry”
“I’m just the teenage boy that got you into this hey” he grinned
“I wouldn’t change a thing about what happened, we have them now”
“Not even all the complications to get to here?”
“They wouldn’t be so perfect otherwise, they’d mean just as much and I’d love them but without the struggle – things would be different and I like them as they are”
“Ok then…”
“You know what I mean” she smiled “Time to switch I think”
“You mean you want to see them throw up on me again”
“If you remember to put the towel there this time she won’t do it all over you if she does it at all” Ginny said sticking her tongue out, as he placed Patience on the couch and took Faith to burp her so Ginny could take the other,
“You know I feel like a cow right now” she smirked “Do I look like one?” she asked Harry watching him walk about rubbing Faith’s back her head poking over the towel on his shoulder,
“You’ve never looked less like one as you do right now” he smiled leaning down to kiss her forehead,
“It’s that stupid pump thing that does it” she muttered,
He rolled his eyes but didn’t reply, waiting to hear the satisfied burp of a baby in his ear. When he did he yawned, “I’ll set up the crib upstairs, then we can pack away the carry cots and pram”
“In here, I don’t want to be too far away, we can take it up when we go to bed”
“Ok – but I did bring the monitors so you can hear them”
“Please”
“In here’s fine” he carried out Faith as Ginny burped Patience, “Is it ok if we take over your living room for now?”
“Go ahead” Molly smiled, “Which one’s this?”
“Ahh, the one you haven’t met yet, you’d better take this too” he added when she took the baby from his arms and placed the towel on her shoulder, “Faith’s the one like her mother when it comes to being sick”
“Everywhere?” she asked,
“Ruined a nice new shirt” he smiled,
“Very much like her, Ginny wasn’t so heavy a sleeper then though, she was the worst for keeping us up at night” Molly said,
“Maybe it just seems so because she was the last of seven Molly” Arthur smiled, “I for one don’t miss the sleepless nights, crying, nappies or sick”
“There were good times too – the first steps, first words – yours was ‘dwagon’ Charlie, you couldn’t do R’s” Molly smiled, “Ginny’s was ‘No’ – she used say it to everything”
“Do you want some chocolate Ginny – no- she’d reply and then want it anyway” Arthur grinned as Ginny walked in,
“Sounds familiar” Harry smiled,
“Quiet you” she smiled to him rubbing Patience’s back,
“What was your first word?” Sophia asked him,
“I don’t know” he shrugged “I mean - me - I don’t know anything about me as a baby” He took Faith from Molly and wandered back into the living room to sit on the couch. He was still looking at her when Ginny followed him inside holding Patience and closed the door,
“Harry”
“I’m ok”
“Clearly you are not” She sat beside him,
“I am” he tapped Faith’s tiny nose with a finger and a smile “Aren’t I my little one?”
She gurgled and grizzled as if in agreement and he nodded, “That’s it, because you know Hermione was right too”
“Harry” Ginny sighed and adjusted Patience in her arms “Don’t do this to your self”
“But she was Gin, I’m going to be what my parents would have been if they had lived, I’m going to have the memories they had before they died, I’m going to try and recreate what I lost”
She gave up trying to settle the grouchy baby squirming in her arms and placed her on the changing mat entertained by the colourful mobile hanging over her head “So what if you do, your parents loved you, they tried as hard as they could to protect you, hell they gave their lives as testament to that”
“I don’t know, I should know, they’re moments that make you who you are – your parents can tell you yours, I have no one to tell me mine, the Dursley’s paid no attention to me and I got used to not needing it”
“So you don’t know what your first words were, you will know theirs, so you don’t know how old you were when you started walking, you will be there when these two do, I’m going to make sure you don’t miss a thing”
He leant over and kissed her softly, “I love you Ginny”
“I love you too sweetheart” She watched him looking down and smiling at the baby in his arms and the one on the mat,
“Do you want to be alone with them for a bit?” she touched his cheek lightly with her fingertips and felt the tears running down them.
“You don’t like being away from them”
“You’ll be giving me a break and a chance to eat honey, I’ll leave you too them, just call me when you want me and I’ll put them down for there nap and you can get something to eat”
“Ok” he nodded.
She kissed each babies forehead “Take care of daddy for me” and kissed him before leaving and closing the door.
“Is he alright?” Sophia asked,
“He’ll be ok, he’s just – sometimes he misses them more then he realises” She sighed sitting in a chair “He’ll be in there for a while”
“They’re moment’s he can get back with the twins” Arthur said reaching to stroke her hair “He’ll be fine”
“I know, I know, I just-”
“-You don’t like feeling useless to him, it’s ok Ginny” Molly said with a smile “You might feel it but your not, your waiting for him, your doing all you can to help”
“Hmm” she put her head in her hands, Molly placed a plate of food in front of her, a roast dinner – “Did you save Harry some, your potatoes are his favourite”
“Of course I did darling” she smiled “I’ll heat it up when he comes out” she leant down to kiss the top of her head but Ginny got up and hugged her instead.
“Oh Ginny” she held her too her refusing to let go, “I love you so much sweetheart”
“Love you to mum” she clung to her,
“Does that mean brothers and me can come home now” Charlie smiled,
Ginny nodded and made to let go, but Molly held on tighter, “Not yet”
“You’re going to squeeze me to death”
“Stop complaining” she smiled kissing her head, her cheeks and her face,
“Mum” she sighed holding completely still in the hope she would let go,
“I’m done now, eat your lunch”
“Ugh – thankyou” she took a breath and sat down,
“You look happier already Gin” Charlie grinned,
“Yeah, yeah”
“That’s a very Harry thing to say” Soph smiled,
“I know, his bad influence” she grinned and looked to the door,
“He’s just the same you know” Sophia continued,
“What do you mean?”
“He misses you when you’re only in the next room too”

Chapter Thirty Four


“You feeling any better” she asked watching him place the twins in the cot, picking one up from the bed beside her and going back for the other,
“Hmm” he smiled tucking them in and then sitting on the edge of the bed, she lifted up the cover to crawl over to him, “Much - You’ll get cold” he smiled touching her cheek,
“I’m fine; you’ll keep me warm when you come to bed”
“I think I’m coming now” he grinned leaning to kiss her,
“Mmm” she pulled him in closer, wrapping her arms round his neck, “I’m not tired if your not” she grinned,
“A week after our kids were born that’s got to be a record for new parents”
“Let’s just not wake them or my parents”
“Or Charlie and Sophia”
“Harry I honestly don’t think there sleeping either” his nose and forehead wrinkled up and she giggled before he spoke again
“She wouldn’t let them sleep in the same room, you heard her, she looked like she was going to tell us off which is even more ridiculous”
“Stop complaining and kiss me, you don’t need to think about them, just think about this” she grinned sitting on his legs and pushing him down to pin him on the bed holding his arms so he couldn’t move them, he lifted him self up at the torso and she met him in the kiss grinning,
“I’m not complaining anymore”
Until “Wahh – wahh – wahh!” started to come from the crib and then it was the sound of both of them crying impatiently, trying for there parents attention,
Ginny’s eyes closed and she got up, Harry joining her, they took a baby each and sat on the bed,
“I know what you’re thinking” he smirked,
“Shut up you”
“Tell me I’m wrong” he smiled,
She rolled her eyes “Your right, but-”
“But nothing, it’s ok, just think they’ll be day’s when we can have them spend quality time with Grandma and Grandpa and you can have quality time with me”
“Sounds good” she yawned “I think this ones still hungry, why she woke up first – Harry did you put the wrong baby grow on Faith”
“I don’t think so why?”
“She’s got a P on this but an F on the vest underneath”
Harry checked the baby in his arms “This ones Patience, all P’s – I didn’t change Faith”
“Neither did I – I didn’t do either of them Mum – it was Mum” she sighed, “Oh well, she’s warm now I won’t change it”
“I’ll do it in the morning; you want me to do her a bottle?”
“Save them for the morning, I’ll do it the easy way for now”
“Ok” he rocked Patience until she fell asleep and replaced her in the cot as Ginny fed and burped the other,
She handed him Faith and he watched her curl up under the covers, he replaced the baby beside her sister and slide in the bed beside Ginny, “My turn tonight”
“Ah you said you would stay up with them the whole time we we’re here Harry, I told you they wouldn’t be settled”
“Alright then” he grinned and kissed her “Goodnight honey”
“Night Harry” she snuggled up against his chest yawning and closing her eyes.

***
“How was their first night away from home?”
“Only woke up once” Harry smiled feeding Faith from a bottle on his lap, Sophia had Patience feeding her happily,
“Ginny still asleep”
“Best to leave her too it or she wakes up grumpy”
“Same as Charlie, it’s the Weasley genes”
“Explains why there all still asleep then, but why are you up so early?”
“I’m just used to getting up early for school, my body is not over it yet unfortunately” she shrugged “You’ve got these two to wake you up though”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Depends”
“On…”
“Well what is it about?”
“You and Charlie”
“Ok, but nothing weird, you’re my brother and I don’t want to be traumatised in that way”
“I wanted to ask why you picked him over George”
“Oh… well I don’t really know… George is funny and everything-”
“-You say that a lot”
“He is – but Charlie’s, well he’s laid back, he’s happy, he’s really good to me whereas George is just so intense about everything, he can be laid back and joke but you can look into his eyes and know he’s still like a twelve year old with a crush he won’t give up on”
“Ahh”
“George is like a brother to me, I’ve told him so”
“Why didn’t you just stab him in the face?”
She stared “You what!”
“You don’t ever tell a guy that, no guy ever wants’ to hear that unless he’s your actual brother – I’m good with it because you are basically my sister, I don’t see you as anything else not dismissing the fact I’ve got a wife, but George – he’s just – he’s a guy he won’t have taken it well”
“Ok then…”
“Soph I’m serious, you’ve told him he’s like a brother to you and that’s why he hasn’t given up he wants to prove he’s not”
“Alright, alright - There is one other thing though”
“Go on” he shifted Faith in his arm as she took the last of the milk,
“Charlie told me he loves me and that he’s giving up chasing Dragons to stay with me and well… I haven’t told him yet but I think I love him too”
Harry beamed happily, “Tell him before you go won’t you or he’ll just worry”
“I plan on saying it when he boards the plane, then I can run away in embarrassment and wait for him to come back”
“Nice plan” he smirked,
“I thought so” she smiled, “You think he’ll take it well?”
“He said it first, he means it, I can see the way he looks at you the same as you look at him, and Ginny looks at me – Weasley’s are temperamental and it’s easy to see there feelings on there face, every emotion, that’s partly why we can see George is still trying even when you told him no”
“Brilliant”
“He’ll get over it” He heard the smallest burp in his ear “And if not Charlie will be willing to fight George for you”
“Don’t” she smiled adjusting Patience, “Hmm she doesn’t want anymore” she put the unfinished bottle on the table,
“She might want it later but she’s the smaller one, and she usually doesn’t drink as much as Faith”
“Ok, had me worried there was something wrong then”
“I think this ones just greedy” he smiled looking at Faith on his shoulder “Ginny’s more worried about there first fever or chicken pox or measles – she’d been reading a lot of baby books during her hospital stay and made herself scared”
“But she’s happy right?”
“Yeah, yeah, she loves them to bits”
“So what are you worried about with them?”
“That – that I won’t be – look I know it’s not completely rational but I’m worried that I’m not going to be a good dad”
“Harry” she sighed,
“I need a lot of reassurance about this, it annoys me and I can tell it gets to Ginny, I fell apart yesterday”
“She’s worried about you not annoyed with you, you’re going to be a great dad, you already are – ninety nine percent of being a good dad is being there for them”
“I don’t have much to look at for being a dad – my dad – dead, your dad – dead” he looked down at the baby in his arms as she spoke,
“Mr Weasley”
“Arthur”
“Yes – the one dad who’s stuck around, who has seven kids he would do anything for”
“Our parent’s death wasn’t there fault though”
“I know that I just meant you’ve got someone you don’t even realise to look up to, he’s a great guy, he loves Ginny, and he loves you like his own son”
“But I’m not his son am I, all I have is substitutes and not the real thing, so do you and your not mad”
“I haven’t ever known anything different to Michael and he wasn’t exactly the best example of a decent substitute dad, with his own kids he’s great – with me, well he was never my father and I was never his daughter and we were good at looking like we were and nothing else”
“That’s – that’s horrible”
She shrugged “I wouldn’t worry about me Harry, I’ve got a family now, you’ve given me that – you’ve created your own family but you haven’t forgotten where you’ve come from, that’s what’s amazing about you – you don’t even realise it but you’ve given us all a family and yourself one at the same time” She grinned and put Patience in the pram,
“Why am I always corrected and reassured by the girls in my life?”
“Girls are always right Harry; you should know that by now” She laughed as he put Faith beside her sister, “You want me to watch them so you can get a shower before everyone else gets up?”
“Really?” he stretched his arms behind his back,
“Would I offer otherwise – you smell like nappies go and get a shower, we’ll be fine?”
“Thanks Soph” he stood up “They shouldn’t be a problem”
“Just go silly”
He wandered up the stairs meeting Charlie on his way down, before heading into the shower.
“Left holding the babies?” he grinned, sitting down next to her and kissing her cheek,
“Volunteered so he could get washed and dressed and Ginny could stay asleep for a bit, also so I could have a chat to him about some things”
“Hmm… anything I should know?”
“Apparently I shouldn’t have told George he’s like my brother and I should have just stabbed him in the face instead… guys don’t like to hear it”
“No we don’t, he’s right” he shrugged, “I’ll talk to him before I go ok”
“You’ve only got a week”
“Soph I’ll talk to him, don’t worry about it please”
“I’m not worrying” she crossed her arms,
“Yes you are” his hand reached to lift her chin up to look at him,
“I’m not”
“Yeah – you are” he leant in and kissed her and she giggled,
“So what if I am”
His hand rested on her thigh and he kissed her neck, “Let me help you forget”
“Charlie…” she whispered one hand moving to his shoulder, her fingers in his hair as he moved to her cheek and lips,
“I missed you last night”
“It’s not my fault you’re no good at sneaking into my room” she said with a grin and a kiss, “You could have tried a little harder not to get caught”
“My mum casts a really strong no apparition spell around guest’s rooms” he replied moving to kiss her again, “She was prowling the hallways just to get me” and again until there was a coughing and they jumped apart looking away from each other like guilty teenagers,
“Good morning Charlie”
“Morning mum”
“Sophia”
“Morning Mrs Weasley”
“And the twins” she leant in to caress each of there cheeks in the pram, “Why are you down here with them?”
“Harry gave them there morning change and feed, I offered to watch them so he could get a shower and leave Ginny to catch some more sleep”
“Hmm”
Charlie mumbled “Mum”
“What would you like for breakfast?” she plastered on a smile,
“Anything you have to offer mum” He muttered,
“He really didn’t want to leave them, but he smelt like – well nappies and baby sick and I told him so” Sophia said with a small smile as Charlie chuckled, “I bet you anything that’s him coming down the stairs now”
Harry appeared rubbing his hair with a towel and smiling “Do I smell better now Soph? – oh Morning Molly” he checked in on the twins and sat down,
“Morning Harry, is Ginny awake yet?”
“She’s in the shower now”
“Arthurs gone to work already, what are you planning to do to day?”
“Change some nappies, stop some crying, feed my babies, and kiss my wife” he smiled “The usual”
She smiled “Nothing to do at the ministry?”
“Not for a few weeks, I’ve got to do the night exercise again at some point but it can wait for a while, they said I can re enter the program when I’m ready – I’ve got up to six months off before I have to go back”
“Are you going to take the whole time off?”
“Ginny suggested to give it three months, just so there a little older and are used to both of us being there”
“What kind of jobs do they have at the ministry?” Sophia asked “I mean I’m new to all this but I wouldn’t mind looking at other job prospects to the muggle world”
“I guess they just run everything – what I’m joining is like the police – wizarding law enforcement, but it’s the capture of Dark wizards, there’s whole different departments from hiding magic from the muggle world, to cooperation with other magical creatures, Goblins, giants that sort of thing”
“We should get her into the magical sports department - Quidditch” Charlie grinned “See what she’s made of”
“You’ve told me about the whole flying on broomstick thing and I don’t think I’ll be any good”
“You have to try, you know the school sport the triplets mentioned – that was quidditch, I used to play seeker, Ginny’s was a chaser, Fred and George beaters, Ron was a keeper, Charlie was the best seeker the school ever had”
“I think you stole the title from me mate” Charlie grinned “This one swallowed the snitch his first match to win the game”
“I didn’t mean to” Harry grinned “– I think the only person in your family that never played was Percy?”
“Even Bill had a go, Percy was in his books too much to consider playing; you should give it a go Soph, you might be surprised”
“Hmm” she said looking between them,
“Tell you what I’ll take you out this afternoon for a fly – then you can see if you like the idea” Charlie said with a grin,
“Alright – keep it coming with the careers though, what else is there to do for a job?”
“Well you could train as a healer and work for Mungo’s, it all depends on your subject choices, what your good at school usually determines what job you can get”
“Hermione say’s my best subject is potions seconded by history of magic – I’ve got a head for dates, I did history at A level and potions is like cooking class” she laughed “She reckons my draught of the living dead is better then the one she made in seventh year exams or something - I can’t remember what she said”
“Whoa” Harry grinned “She’d never admit being beaten at potions you must be brilliant”
“I don’t know” she shrugged “What can I do with potions?”
“You could just do muggle uni you know – you are allowed to have a muggle job” Harry suggested “You don’t have to have a magical job”
“I’ll feel more like a witch if I can use my magic – didn’t get the chance to use it at school remember, I wanted to skip the seven years of work”
“How long will it take with tutoring?” Charlie asked
“She said at this rate it will take about another year or so”
“You’ve got a while to decide babe” He replied taking her hand as Molly placed plates on the table and Ginny came down the stairs,
“Morning guys” she yawned and looked in on the twins, “Did they take the bottles?”
“Yeah, Patience’s still got a quarter of hers left”
“A quarter – do you think she’ll ever finish a bottle?”
“She’s fine Gin, don’t worry” Harry took a piece of toast watching her moving to sit closer to the pram, “You fed Faith last night and she drank a whole one this morning, if anything Patience is taking what she should – what’s normal and Faith’s drinking more, they’re both fine though”
“Do you think it’s cause she’s smaller?” Ginny asked looking to her mum,
“Some babies just drink more then others, some take less, give it a few months and they’ll be the same size”
“Hmm”
“There a week old there drinking what they can” Harry smiled and she frowned before smiling at him properly, “It’s ok to be worried I’m not annoyed with you silly” he added watching her face, her eyes giving away what she thought, “There your babies honey, it’s normal not annoying”
“It’s just-”
“Gin stop worrying about what I think and do what you think is right – If you want to go back to the hospital to check they’re ok we’ll go”
“No – no, I’d feel stupid”
“You’d look like a new mum” He smiled, and she sat on his lap letting him wrap her in a hug,
“They’re ok, I’m just over reacting to nothing” she mumbled in his ear,
“Alright then”

Hey Lily I was sure I had already commented! Oh well, I'm here now. This is what I was say:

Its weird seeing Harry and Ginny maturing into parents! But its very cute too
Harry is a great dad! He should stop putting himself down!
I'm looking forward to seeing what Ginny does about school.
Oh, and not forgetting Charlie and Sophia! They are hillarious! I can understand why she as soo nervous. Molly is scary!
I really enjoyed your two posts!
PAMS!
Soph xx

p.s Super sorry about how long it has taken. I swear I had commented and I wasn't on for like a week case of exams and stuff!

Has finally caught up. Sorry. I have been reading just not commenting. is asamed in self. but love it. :glomp

Chapter Thirty Five
“Bye Charlie” she sighed,
“Don’t think about it as a long time ok, it’s not, I’ll be back before you know it” he grinned,
“I know it’s just going to be hard because I know I love you now” she sighed again trying to make it look as offhand as possible,
“You what?” he said taking a double take,
“You heard me” she smirked, “Now don’t take it as a big deal” she smiled her arms going to his neck, he lifted her up and spun her round in his arms,
“Not a big deal at all – since well you know I love you too” he replied and she giggled as he leant in to kiss her, “I’m gonna miss you and this, and waking up in a bed in my place not a tent”
“It being me that you miss in that bed with you” she added with another kiss,
“Most definitely”
“Final boarding call for flight R903 to Romania”
“I have to go”
“I know, I know” he put her on her feet but held on “One last kiss” she tiptoed up, “I’m gonna miss you so much”
“Just a month” he smiled and let her go “See you later Soph”
“Later Charlie” she smiled as he waved and waked away, she sat on the chairs watching the plane detach from the gate and move down the runway before taking off.

She wandered down the escalators and outside to signal the knight bus.

***
“George, stop it”
“Stop what, we’re sitting here having a drink, like brother and sister” he added sarcastically,
“I can’t keep being your friend if you’re not going to get over yourself” she slapped his hand away from her leg and stood up,
“How do you know you wouldn’t be happier with me?”
“Because I’m with Charlie and it’s the happiest I’ve been in a long, long time”
“He’s not even in the country; he left you waiting for him”
“And as soon as he left you came round to see me, really subtle there George”
“It’s been two weeks now”
“And he’ll be back in another two, he told me you talked, you told me you were ok now”
“Doesn’t stop me from still wanting you” he shrugged,
“Can’t you just find someone else, I’m with your brother, I love your brother and he loves me”
“You’ve only been together three months how can you say that”
“We’ve said it to each other and it’s true, he’s going to come back and he’s going to stay with me”
“He’s giving up dragons?”
“He says he wants to be with me and he can’t do it if he keeps leaving the country”
“You won’t be happy together; he’ll hate you for making him give it up”
She drew her wand pointing it at him, “He’s taught me jinx’s and curses and I’m willing to use them unless you leave my house right now”
“Soph”
“Don’t you dare – you’ve gone way to far George”
“Why won’t you give me a chance?”
“I’m in love with someone else, your brother no less and you want me to give you a chance?”
“Just one, you never did before” he stepped forward, she didn’t lower her wand, “You know you want to” he smiled and reached out and lowered her wand wielding hand to her side, as she shook her head.
“Yeah you do” he leaned in to kiss her, she stepped back but his arm was already at her waist to pull her back,
“George” she turned her head to avoid it, but he had held of her wand arm and just kissed her neck instead, “Get off” she made a move with her other hand but he grabbed it, “Let go of me!” she said again as she struggled with him, “LET GO!”
Harry appeared through the door silently, “GEORGE!” and grabbed him, “She said to let her go”
He punched Harry trying to get up off the floor, they fought and the wooden coffee table was crushed the weight of both of them landing on it, Harry managed to draw his wand and had it to his chest as there was crying in the hallway,
“Soph, help Ginny with them would you” he didn’t look to see her nod his eyes on George staring at his wand, “You gonna get up”
He nodded “I’m sorry, I just – I love her and she won’t even see it”
“You have to let it go” Harry got up and held up a hand to him, “She loves Charlie”
“Harry, can we come in?” Said Ginny’s voice at the door, “I need to leave the twins so I can go upstairs to talk to her”
“Yes”
She pushed the pram inside to the couch and walked to George pointing him at him angrily “You had no right to do that to her” she slapped him round the face and “And don’t you ever touch my husband when he’s trying to stop you from hurting his sister or you will have me to deal with” before she apparated to the landing up stairs,

“I’m not going to tell Charlie about this, we’ll forget it, I’ll wipe both of your memories if I have to” he wiped his bleeding nose on his sleeve and touched his lip and cheek to feel the cuts,
“No, I mean – could you just wipe mine?” George said sitting on the couch and put his head in his hands, ignoring the blood from his own nose and lip,
“What?”
“Wipe everything to do with her, then I could just meet her and she’ll be Charlie’s girlfriend and my friend and nothing will have changed”
“I can’t do that – it’s too dangerous and there are other things tied to your memory of her you’ll lose, like things we’ve all done together and we all remember, I can’t make you forget her you have to do that yourself”


“Sophia” she stood at the door, “Soph can I come in”
“Uh huh” she said through the sobs,
“Aww Soph don’t cry” she hugged her “You need a Harry hug, I’ll get him to give you one when he’s finished with George”
She laughed a little but looked up “What’s he going to do to him – they’ve stopped fighting?”
“Yes – he’s trying and talk sense into him, I’m sorry my brothers an idiot that won’t take no for an answer”
“He just kept saying to give him a chance, I told him I love Charlie and he said we wouldn’t be happy together”
“There’s no reason for him to say it, he’s just being mean”
“Charlies going to give up Dragons, he’s staying here, he’s going to resent me for taking that part of his life, you heard his mum Dragon was his first word”
“It’s his choice to make, he wants to be with you or he wouldn’t be giving it up now would he, he loves you and doesn’t want to have to leave the country every few months – he’s never had a long relationship because of it and now he’s found you he’s not going to let it stop him – and anyway there are plenty of Dragons in England, take my mother for example”
She chuckled “Your mum doesn’t like me that much does she”
“You’re the only girl he’s brought home to meet her, I think she was just in shock, he’s the eldest and her youngest has been married off while he’s been single for years”
She stared “The only girl?”
“He’s brought baby dragons to look after for the programs, he’s brought backpacking mates to stay a few nights for a last home cooked meal before they go off on trips, he’s never brought a girl home – but he does say they scare him”
She nodded “More then nesting dragons”
Ginny laughed “That explains a lot, Harry had to steal an egg from one once in a school competition, he was on his broomstick and that thing was vicious – broke its chains and chased after him round the school grounds”
“Ok then”
“He loves you, you love him, and he’s ready to give up something he’s been doing a long time, partly because he needs the change and now because he has a reason to”
“He shouldn’t have to give up anything; I’m being selfish by letting him do it”
“Was it your idea for him to leave the Dragon stuff?”
“No, he just came out with it, he said he’d turned them down, I didn’t even know he was going back let alone he was going to give it up”
“Then it was his choice to make and he made it, he doesn’t want to do it anymore, he’s not giving it up he’s moving on from it – your more important to him and he doesn’t want to lose you so he’s made the choice”
“But I would have gone with him, I would follow him anywhere if he wanted to stay there I’d move to Romania if he asked me”
“He doesn’t want to make you move, he’s happy where he is – in London, with you, he doesn’t need Dragons anymore”
“You really think he’ll be happy with me, just me?”
“Yes, he’s nuts about you”
“Thanks Ginny”
“It’s ok, just look after him will you, he’s my favourite brother”
“He’s mine too” she smiled but it fell “You think George has gone yet?”
“Maybe – I’ll check” she got up from the bed and made it to the door,
“I should talk to him”
“No, not when you want different things, it might be better for you not to see him at all for a while”
“I thought that and then he came round saying he missed just being friends and he wanted to have a drink and say sorry – and everything was ok until – what do I tell Charlie?”
She sat down again and took Sophia’s hand, “You don’t tell him anything”
“But -”
“- Soph, nothing happened, you’ve nothing to feel guilty about and this will only make things worse between him and George if you tell him, George will forget he’s an idiot and be back to normal soon”
“What the hell is it about me that they could possibly be fighting over; I’m not even a proper witch yet”
“You’re gorgeous and out going and fun what’s not to like – they like you for you only one loves you and the others caught in a crush”
“And I love him back; I don’t see why George can’t just let it go I’ve told him enough times”
“He’s a boy and even worse he’s a Weasley boy, once there stuck there hard to get rid of”
“You make him sound like a disease”
“Exactly like that, he’s like a bout of dragon pox you can’t get rid of”
“Dragon pox – you have your own diseases too?”
“What would another world be without them, we get the muggle ones too – not really cancer and stuff like that but the simple ones – we’re still human, just a little bit extra, we live longer too”
“Right, there’s still a lot I’m missing”
“You’ll get there, you’ll be a ‘proper witch’ yet” she smiled “I’ll see if he’s gone and let you know”

“He’s just left” he said as she walked into the living room, he was pushing the pram back and forth with on hand and piecing back the coffee table with his wand in the other hand.
“Ok - how’s your face?” she sat down next to him,
“Alright, not the worst hey” he smiled, and she took out her wand,
“Let me clean it up for you” she tapped his cuts and bruises muttering spells as she worked, “That’s better, just need to wash the blood off”
“Thanks honey – how’s Soph?”
“Ok, a bit shaken, I never knew George was such a pig”
“He say’s he’s in love with her, he asked me to wipe his memory Gin”
“Did you?”
“Course not, he can’t do it himself though because he wants’ it specifically to wipe all traces of her – he’s desperate and I considered it looking at him”
“I thought he would have given up by now”
“You don’t think – no – no that can’t be he sells the stuff he’s not that stupid…” Harry muttered,
“What is it – what do you think?”
“The way he talks about her, he gets more angry right – he punched me he fought with me and I haven’t ever seen him do that, what if it’s a love potion – you remember how angry Ron was when he ate those chocolates and was all obsessed with Romilda, what if some how he’s managed to have been contaminated by something he’s selling – or – or I don’t know someone’s giving it to him, it’s specifically for her and that strong they’d have to be trying a spell that involves her, a potion with like her hair or something in it”
“That doesn’t sound crazy at all Harry”
“Gin”
“No I’m serious, I think you might be on to something, but why?”
“I don’t know, but why does anything ever happen to your family, it’s generally my fault”
“But that’s not something he would try”
“No but it’s something Malfoy would – he threatened Sophia that day in the ministry– ‘you’ll know what it means to be pure soon enough’ maybe this is what he had planned for her because he knows she’s his blood, he know she got everything, the money he would have got otherwise”
“He’d try and ruin things between her and Charlie over money?”
“I’ve heard of crazier things – I’ll kill this kid because maybe one day when he grows up he’ll kill me”
“They haven’t caught him yet have they?”
“He’s still on the run, they said we’re safe though, they’ve been watching us you know that”
“Which is one of the reasons you agreed to stay at mums for a few days so easily?”
“Partly, it’s my responsibility to keep you safe; I made that promise when I married you”
“Hmm” she kissed him softly “I’m going to get Soph, she needs a Harry hug ok”
He chuckled “Are you just lending out my services now then?”
“You’re her brother, she needs a hug and yours are the best”
“Oh alright, but anymore people and I’ll start charging – it can go to the twins school book fund”
“Such a joker” she grinned and poked her head round the door “Soph it’s safe to come out”
She walked from half way down the stairs “He’s gone?”
“Uh huh, come on Harry’s got something for you”
“Hey?”
“Come on” she took her hand and led her in the room, Harry was standing next to the pram looking in on it a hand caressing his babies cheeks,
“Ok so close your eyes, breathe in and out and think happy thoughts” she grinned “And” she chuckled moving out of the way, Harry stepped away and wrapped his arms around her, she started to laugh and hugged him back,
“Aww thanks guys – you are right about the hugs thought Gin, my brother gives great hugs” She smiled and stepped back “Hmm, much better”
“Good” Harry stretched “We just came to see how you were, to give you a chance to see your nieces and spread the love with hugs” he grinned “So how have things been?”
“Ok, apart from that – Ron and Hermione are loved up teenagers it’s nauseating and annoying since I don’t have Charlie -” she started to cry but wiped her eyes, no sounds emerging, just tears falling down her cheeks,
“Soph it’s all right, he’s back in two weeks”
“I know, I know, I just miss him and with George and everything else and I mean – look at me I’m a mess” she smiled “It’s not supposed to be like this, I miss him but when we said goodbye it was fine, and I told him I loved him and he told me and we were good, it was just like he was going for a few days”
“Your just in shock from bloody George – we think there’s something going on with that though now Soph, we think we can get him to leave you alone” Ginny said with a smile “You just leave it to us”
“What do you mean?”
Harry had the answer as Ginny tended a crying twin,
“We think a love potion might be involved – we’re not sure, I’m gonna ask Hermione and Fred about them and we’ll see but the signs are there, Ron’s been affected by one before and the anger and the persistence it’s the same – George and Fred manufacture them but there milder then this, this looks like it’s been concentrated over time”
She wiped her eyes and stared “A love potion?”
“Such things exist; it’s just a matter of strength, this looks, well it looks strong but it can be stopped – you just need to stay away for a bit”
“I plan to, I don’t want a repeat of that – that – god now I know it’s not his fault I can’t be mad at him”
“It might be, it might not, George just might be horrible, I slapped him and I don’t feel in the least bit guilty” she said over the crying, “Ugh, she won’t settle Harry”
He looked “Still Patience?”
“Still Patience”
“You checked everything?”
“Everything but hungry, she doesn’t smell, she should be sleepy” she covered her front with a blanket attempting to feed her, “What’s wrong sweetheart?” she said looking down when she refused to take, “She wouldn’t this morning there’s something wrong”
“You want to try a bottle again?” he got up and rifled in the bag,
“Go on then, she’s a bit warm but her crying sounds different”
He handed over the bottle checking on Faith in the pram, “Faiths ok, I don’t know what it could be Gin”
“She won’t take the bottle” Gin said with a sigh, “What if it’s just me, you want to take her and see?”
“Sure” he reached out, her dry crying continuing, “Come on now honey” he took the bottle trying but she wouldn’t take,
“What about changing her baby grow?” Sophia suggested
“Anything” Ginny rifled in the bag for a new one, checking the P on it, Harry set her down on the couch cushions, and took off the old replacing it, he lifted her up and placed her on his shoulder gently but the crying didn’t cease,
“Harry…”
“We’ll take them” he stood up, “Soph, we’re gonna go to the hospital, don’t tell anyone yet please”
“Sure, look do you want me to sit Faith; you can focus on her and not have to worry about feeding and changing this one”
“Would you?” Ginny said, “Are you sure?”
“Of course, just leave what I need and we’ll be fine”
“Thankyou” Harry said putting Patience in the carry cot, Ginny took out nappies, and blankets and baby grows packing a smaller bag,
“We shouldn’t be long” she said,
“It’s fine, just go and make sure she’s ok”
“Thankyou” Ginny said as Harry led the way out.

“What do you think could be wrong Harry?” she said as he picked her out of the cot and cradled her trying to sooth the crying,
“I don’t know honey”
People started to look at them, but unlike usual it was Ginny that was noticing,
“We’re doing what we can aren’t we?”
“Gin, we’re at the hospital, there’s something wrong and we’re come to the place where they can help us, other people have trees growing out of there heads”
“But we’re drawing attention for being teenage parents, that aren’t doing this right”
“Ignore them” he leant over to kiss her cheek, “I think she’s going to be ok”
“Patience Potter”
They stood up and carried the still crying baby in,
“She’s not feeding, we’ve tried everything, she won’t settle down”
The healer ran a wand over her, “She’s a little sick, a tummy upset, I think we’ll keep her in for a few days with a food tube and some muggle medicine, just to keep her going and then she’ll be right to go back to milk”
“Why wouldn’t her twin be the same?”
“This one’s immune system could be a little weaker; she might not be dealing with as well”
“Faith’s been drinking less, she usually wants more – but she is still feeding”
“Patience just can’t take it, we’ll help her out for you, don’t worry she’ll be fine”
“A few days though” Ginny said sadly, “We can visit right”
“Of course, she’ll be one of only three babies in the hospital, the whole ward will be yours” the healer smiled “We’ll take her up there now ok”
“Ok” she mumbled as they stood up,
“She’s going to be fine” Harry said letting Ginny carry her,
The healer spoke with a smile, “Just you wait as soon as she has a little medicine the crying will stop and she’ll be right as rain”

Chapter Thirty Six

She sat by the cot looking in,
“Ginny we’d better go, Faith is waiting”
“Ok”
“She’ll be ok; they said she’ll be ok”
“They were wrong before, they told me I was fine and then I nearly miscarried”
“This time they’re right, she’s stopped crying, she’s sleeping, they said we come back tomorrow and we can probably take her home”
“I’m coming” she wiped her eyes, and leant down to kiss Patience’s forehead. Harry hugged her, keeping his arm around her and they walked out before apparating to the house,

“Is that you guys?” She called out, they walked in and Ginny went straight to Faith sleeping in the pram, “What’s happened?”
“She’s staying in hospital over night” he rubbed his forehead “A tummy bug she can’t deal with, her immune systems not as good”
“But she’ll be alright” she watched Ginny take out Faith and sit on the couch holding her in silence,
“Yeah, they’re sure she’ll be fine”
“Harry can we go home now?” she didn’t look up from the baby in her arms,
He nodded “We’ll see you later” Harry hugged Sophia,
“Don’t worry brother” she whispered in his ear “She’ll be alright”
“I’m more worried about her” he replied glancing at Ginny now standing by the door holding the baby and Harry moved to pack everything up,
“See you guy’s later, let me know what happens”
“We will thanks for looking after this one, she wasn’t too much trouble?”
“Nope, all fine had a bottle, changed her nappy and she went straight to sleep” She said moving to Ginny, opening the door for her, “Bye guys”

They apparated home and Ginny put Faith in the crib but didn’t move from it, Harry came up after an hour and she was still in the nursery, sitting in the rocking chair staring into it with red eyes,
“I brought you something to eat honey” he came in and sat on the window seat putting a plate of sandwiches beside him,
“Not hungry thanks”
“Ginny they’d send us a message if there was anything wrong”
“I know, I don’t want to leave her alone tonight I’m going to stay in here”
“We could move the crib into our room”
“Ok”
“I’ll move the draws – eat something please” he left the plate, stooping down to kiss her forehead as he passed. She smiled for a second feeling his lips against her skin, knowing he was worried just as much as she was but he was trying to be the strong one.

She reached out for a sandwich, ham and tomato, her favourite. She’d munched three by the time he’d come back in,
“Not hungry hey?” he said with a grin,
“Yeah, yeah, so you were right” she smiled back, “Let’s move her”
“Ok – you eat another sandwich while we walk” he levitated the crib floating it through the door and into the bedroom as she munched on another sandwich walking behind him,
“Love you Harry” she smiled moving to sit on the bed as close to the crib as possible,
“Love you too” He sat beside her, taking her hand with a smile “She’ll be fine, so will Patience”
“I believe you; I just don’t think I can sleep tonight”
“I’ll knock you out if I have to” he chuckled nudging her shoulder with his own,
“You might have to” she sighed “I can’t help thinking it would be better for them - I mean what could have caused her to get sick but me, I’m the one that feeds them, it’s me that’s done the damage, what have I done that’s poisoned our little girls?” she started to cry,
He pulled gently and enveloped her in a hug,
“Ginny, it’s not you that’s done this, it’s more likely to have been me not sterilising a bottle properly or something, if anything you should be hitting me and shouting at me for not doing it right”
“You wouldn’t hurt them, I’ve already managed to show I’m capable of that, I was thinking about why I haemorrhaged and I’m sure its’ because – because I did that – because of me, forget Hermione just saying it, I actually tried”
“Don’t”
“It’s me isn’t it; I’m no good for them”
“Ginny stop it, there’s nothing wrong with you, non of what happened was your fault, you love them, you love them too much for there own good sweetheart, your not to blame for this, it’s just something that happens, babies are vulnerable to little things, simple things they get sick all the time and this is just another one of those times”
“I’m their mum, I’m not supposed to make them sick and I manage it, they weren’t safe inside me now there even more at risk outside”
“It’s not your fault”
“I shouldn’t be allowed to have babies, I just hurt them”
“Stop it Ginny, don’t talk like that – whatever has happened has not been your fault, you love them, you’re their mother and you love them, your sitting here staring at your baby to make sure she’s ok, you nearly didn’t leave the hospital, you’re just worried you’re not guilty of anything”
“I’m so sorry Harry”
“There’s nothing to be sorry for” he squeezed her gently and kissed the top of her head “We’ll go and see her early”
“Could we drop Faith at mums, I don’t want to take her to the hospital in case she get’s something else”
“What ever you want”
“Please”
“Alright – I’ll send a patronus now” he took out his wand
“Wait – don’t – she’ll ask why we’re only dropping off Faith – can – can we ask Sophia?”
“I’ll go and see her – she can’t reply via patronus yet”
“Don’t go yet please”
“Ok” he shrugged “But not too late – I’ll ask Hermione about the potions while I’m there”
“Yeah – I forgot about that”
“I forgot about it too, we’ve had other more important things and Soph knows that so it’s ok”
“Hmm”
“Ginny, I think it’s time for you to sleep”
“You’re going to trust me with Faith?”
“Ginny, you are not a danger to your daughter, I trust you, I love you and I don’t believe that anything you have done has hurt your babies”
He moved to lay her down and gently took off her shoes, he lifted the quilt and tucked her in, before lying beside her, “I’ll wait until you’re asleep and then I’ll go”
She closed her eyes,
“Hmm”
“Don’t think about anything” he whispered in her ear “Just sleep”
She nodded weakly against the pillow. He sat watching her for over an hour as she drifted off, as she slept and then stood up apparating to Grimmald place.

“Is there something wrong with-?”
“- fine” he replied cutting her off as Ron and Hermione came down the stairs,
“Harry!” they smiled “We haven’t seen you in a bit mate” Ron added,
“When you have kids” he smiled “Soph can I talk to you for a minute”
“Come on in” she led him from the front door to the living room, he closed the door but said
“Stay there I want to ask you something” to Hermione and Ron’s waiting faces,

“I want to ask you if you’ll sit Faith tomorrow morning – Ginny doesn’t want to take her to the hospital in case she catches something else”
“Sure, what time?”
“About nine, she wants to get there for the first visiting hours to see if we can take her home”
“Ok, how is she holding up?”
“Fine” he shrugged,
“Harry come on, your foreheads doing that wrinkly thing again, you’re my brother I know when something’s wrong”
“She’s blaming herself for it, she’s gone right back to where she was when she first realised she was pregnant and saying the haemorrhage was her fault – it wasn’t, the healers just didn’t see the things that were wrong until it was too late, the fall was her ribs anyway and they told her it wouldn’t have done anything but she’s intent on blaming herself”
“Do you know what it was?”
“The healers say it’s a common thing to happen, babies immune systems are weak as it is, Patience’s is just a little weaker then other babies and hasn’t taken it well, I know it’s not her but she thinks because the milks from her – I’m trying to tell her it was probably me not sterilising a bottle but she won’t listen”
“She will, once she has Patience back she’ll forget all about it”
“She asked me if she trusted her with them – the thing is I nearly – I nearly picked up Faith and brought her with me now, I know she wouldn’t hurt them in a million years but her asking me that, it could have changed my mind”
“She wouldn’t hurt them and you don’t believe she would for a single moment or you wouldn’t be here admitting it to me Harry, you trust her, you love her and she trusts and loves you, you’re married, you have children together and nothing will hinder that”
“Hmm” he mumbled and stood up “Time for love potions”
“Go home, it can wait”
“You might be in danger it can’t”
“Can to, I’ll see you in the morning”
“Hermione, Ron” he called ignoring Sophia’s protests “Come here”
They both walked in “Is everything ok Harry?” she said sitting down,
“All ok, erm – I’d better tell you two but don’t tell your mum alright” he added looking at Ron,
“Ok”
“Patience was admitted to hospital this afternoon, but before you say anything else, she’s fine, we can get her tomorrow morning”
“What’s wrong with her?” Hermione asked,
“Stomach bug but it should be cleared up” He replied “Now I want to ask you something before I go” he tagged on trying to avoid talking about it more “I need to know about love potions – I think George might be under one”
“What how did you get to that conclusion?”
“He was here today, trying to – to persuade Sophia” he worded the sentence carefully “I had to fight him off – he was the same way you were when you had the potion and went after Romilda like a fruit cake”
“Right and you don’t think it was just because he likes her and she hasn’t done anything to tell him otherwise”
“Ron” Hermione said angrily “Sophia has told him time and time again to leave her alone when it comes to Charlie; we’ve heard her tell him she’s not interested and he just gets worse”
“That’s what happened today only I had to wrestle him off of her”
Sophia looked to the floor, “He wouldn’t take no for an answer, he wouldn’t let me go”
“He wasn’t himself” Harry added “We need to be sure of that before we do anything else”
“And you think a love potion is behind it?” Hermione said “It could be possible but for this kind of infatuation – he’s not administering it himself and the ingredients would have to be top quality”
“Harry said something about him using my hair – the strength increased and the similarities it would have to a polyjuice, so all he’s focused on is me”
Hermione spoke “We can make an antidote if we know the ingredients, there’s going to be a lot in there, someone’s buying in bulk and it would have to be someone that knew what they were doing”
“What about her?” Ron muttered looking at Sophia,
“Why would I do it, why would I give him a love potion so he attacks me when I’m in love with someone else hey?” She replied angrily,
“We all know your some freaky genius when it comes to potions what if your just trying to make Charlie jealous and its gone wrong and now you want a way out?”
“IT’S NOT HER RON AND DON’T YOU EVER ACUSE HER AGAIN” Harry shouted “I WAS THERE, SHE WAS SCARED OF YOUR BROTHER AND IF IT TURNS OUT IT’S NOT A POTION I’M GOING TO HIT HIM BACK HARD THIS TIME”
Ron went quiet, Hermione sighed and Sophia wiped away tears with one hand as Harry held her other,
“Hermione, I would like to ask you a favour would you check out the apothecary and see who’s been buying, in bulk the basic ingredients for love potions, because I have a feeling that Malfoy is behind this”
“He’ll have been paid to keep his name quiet”
“Then you pay him to open it and I’ll give you the money back”
She nodded “I’ll go tomorrow”
“We’ve all agreed not to tell Charlie about this and we have two weeks to figure it out before he comes back”
“Why would it be Malfoy?” She asked, “I mean I’m his cousin and he hates me for taking his money but a love potion?”
“George was desperate, so desperate he would do anything, I don’t think he was going to give up that he would hurt you if you didn’t give in-“
“– but that, I mean, he wouldn’t make someone infatuated enough to kill me”
“It’s Malfoy; he’d do anything he could think of”
“I think – I’m going to stay with my mum for a few days to get away”
“Stay with me and Gin if you don’t want to go back there”
“Are you sure?”
“Nice spare room, the girls sleep through the night when there not sick” he smiled,
“Ok – but Gin?”
“She’ll be glad of the company that’s not me or babies and she’ll be glad to know your safe”
“My brother is not dangerous” Ron muttered,
“Right now he’s not your brother” Harry replied coldly, “You pack some things and I’ll talk to them”
She nodded and stood up leaving the room,
“You didn’t see the look in his eyes, he asked me to wipe his memory clean of meeting her, he wasn’t himself and if someone’s feeding him a potion to make him like this I know that him trying to physically assault my sister wasn’t his fault”
“You’re talking like he tried to – to rape her or something” Ron muttered
“She was shouting at him to let her go Ron and he ignored it”
He put his head in her hands “So we don’t tell Charlie, it’s still going to be weird between Soph and George once we give him the antidote”
“I can wipe that specific memory” Harry replied standing up,
“The twins will be ok won’t they?” Hermione said “I mean Patience is going to be ok”
“Fine, I hope I just didn’t want to make it so Molly is worried, the healers said she’ll be ok and there hasn’t been any messages, when we left the hospital she was asleep and she hadn’t been sleeping and eating all day”
“A good sign right away, we’ll be thinking of her ok and we’ll come and visit when she’s back at home”
“Yeah, erm don’t send an owl since there are ministry and order members watching the house in case well in case he finds where we are so send a patronus if you find out anything about the potions”
“Alright” she nodded as Sophia came back down the stairs, “I’m ready”
“Ok – see you guys later” they walked to the fireplace and he threw in floo powder going first, he stepped out to Ginny lying on the couch, Faith in her arms sleeping just as peacefully against her chest. Sophia stepped out talking but hushed as soon as she saw them,
“Aww” she smiled,
“I know right” he took a camera from the draw “Disposable for things like this” he grinned taking a picture “She doesn’t want to miss a thing, we’ve gone through about a hundred of these already, there all around the house”
He leant down and took Faith who stirred and handed her to Sophia, Harry leant down again and kissed Ginny softly, “Gin”
“Your back” she yawned,
“Uh huh, why are you on the couch”
“She wanted to wait up for you, we fell asleep then”
“Yes, Sophia’s come to stay for a few days”
She sat up looking around and seeing Faith in her arms, “Good, I need grown up company” she yawned again as Sophia laughed,
“What am I?” Harry asked with a smile,
“You’re a big kid honey” she leant up and kissed him, Sophia chuckling, “And you’re a boy, I need a girl as much as I love the twins they can’t talk back yet”
“Just you wait till they can, it will be no this, no that – and hey Harry they’ll bring boys back to meet you when there really grown up” Soph said with a grin,
“Oh no, no boys until there twenty one” Harry said unsmilingly
“And on that note I think it’s time to go back to bed” Ginny said getting up and stretching “Before he decides there both grounded until there twenty one too, just in case” she said with a smile, “See you in the morning” she kissed Harry, took Faith and hugged Sophia before wandering up to bed.
“Where’s my room then brother?”
“I’ll show you” he led her up, “You’ve got the far room, the one that faces the garden”
“So the girls are in the bigger one, what does the nursery look like now, it wasn’t painted until after they were born as I recall”
“They slept with us that week; Ginny couldn’t pick what shade of purple she wanted”