Safe House

Fifty Three

A week had passed since the birth of Delaney.

Both Theo and I were exhausted, we were too scared to go to sleep at the same time, not like we could at night anyway, with her constant crying.

I tried using silencio on her and Theodore took my wand privileges.

Having a kid is actually really hard, who knew? Oh wait, I did, that's why it wasn't part of my plan... but happy accidents.

I spent my eighteenth birthday wiping throw up off of me, and changing nappies.

Turns out all those times Theodore and Draco were sneaking away, they were actually getting everything we would need that we didn't get at Christmas, though they did seem to think overboard, getting things for the next three years of her life, though her crib seemed to become pretty useless as she refused to sleep unless one of us was holding her.

Theodore and I were planning on taking Delaney to go visit my family.

Transportation was very limited with a baby.

Luckily Auntie Muriel didn't live too far away.

Theodore and I set off with Delaney in her pram, I did offer to go by myself but I'm pretty certain the only thing to explain it was he has separation anxiety, much like a dog, I can't quite tell who from, yet.

He cast a Disillusionment charm over us, and I casted Protego just to be sure.

Luckily, Laney had gone to sleep, so we didn't have to worry about her crying.

The walk was a good twenty-five minutes, I was glad to have some exercise after barely doing anything for six months, help lose the baby weight.

We had finally arrived at Auntie Muriel's, and safely on her property.

"I'm scared" I admitted.

"You're scared?!" Theo said, narrowing his eyebrows.

"Right, yeah, uh, should I knock?"

"We could just retreat"

"Shut up" I rolled my eyes, then raised my fist to knock on the door.

We waited a few moments before the door opened, the noise of the chaotic house flowed out of the gap.

"Mum's maiden name" Charlie, who had answered the door asked.

"Prewitt" I answered.

"TH-"

"SHh" I hissed at my older brother, pointing at the pram "She's asleep"

"Come in" He grinned, opening the door wider for us to step in.

Mum was walking through the hallway before she halted catching us walking in.

"Oh, Arthur, they're here, they're here" She said excitedly, running off to find Dad.

Fred and George made their way down the stairs.

"Look who it is, Georgie" Fred said.

"Well if it isn't our little sister, Freddie" George said.

"Hey, guys!" I said. "How have you been?"

"Where's Freddie junior?" Fred asked stepping towards us.

"Uh, she's a girl" Theo said.

"Girls can still be junior, dimwit" George said

"No, we didn't name our daughter Fredrick" I said, parking the pram against the wall and picking up Delaney