Enemies Working Together

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Cassiopeia looks up to see her mother-in-law, father-in-law, and one of her brother-in-laws standing there.

"Hey Cassiopeia." Fred says, plopping down in the chair Sirius had been sitting in previously.

"Hey Fred. What brings you and your parents here?" She says, quietly so she doesn't wake up her husband.

"Just thought we would visit Ronnikins here. I see you two made up." He gestures to where his little brother's arms are wrapped around her waist.

"Yeah we did." She says, smiling fondly at her husband who is still somehow sleeping. Molly finally gains her voice.

"What do you 'made up'?" She demands, looking at her son who is awake and now grinning at his mother.

"That is for Cassiopeia or Ron to tell you." Fred says and Cassiopeia knows that she should wake up Ron so he can tell his parents. She lightly shakes his shoulder, causing him to groan and bury his face in her shoulder.

"Why are you always waking me, Cass?" Ron grumbles as he pulls himself into a sitting position, removing one of his arms to rub his eyes and sees his parents.

"How often does she wake you up?" Fred asks, looking amused.

"Mum? Dad? Fred? What are you all doing here?" Ron asks, ignoring Fred's question.

"What are you doing is the better question Ronald. Why is Cassiopeia Malfoy in your flat?" Molly probably would have asked more questions but Cassiopeia interrupted her mother-in-law.

"Cassiopeia Weasley not Malfoy." Arthur and Molly just stare at her as her words regiester in their brains.

"Awww, I missed the wedding? Oh well. Congrats you two." Fred says, smiling at his brother and sister-in-law.

"Thanks Fred." The couple choruses.

"Why did you marry her, Ron?" Arthur finally speaks.

"Soulmate bond and because I love her." Ron answers, watching his parents carefully. Cassiopeia explains how the soulmate bond occurred.

"I guess there is nothing stopping you from being in our family so welcome to the family, Cassiopeia." Arthur says, giving his daughter-in-law a hesistant smile. Molly frowns.

"I just wish we could have been at your wedding, Ron. With your soulmate bond, you can only get married once." Molly says, looking at her son.

"What if we had a second wedding, one which you could help me plan, Molly?" Cassiopeia hoped that would appease her mother-in-law and she was right as Molly's eyes light up and she nods her head.

'Careful, my mum went crazy with Bill's wedding.' Ron thinks

'It will be fine. I have way more experience with crazy than most people.' Cassiopeia of course was referring to her Aunt Bellatrix. The next couple months are filled with spoiling Teddy, spending time with her husband, planning the wedding with her mother-in-law and of course dealing her with her sister-in-law and brother-in-law who still hate her. They decide to get married on the final day of the year that year.

A month before the wedding, Cassiopeia wakes up, feeling ill. Ill enough that she runs to the bathroom and throws up and Ron, who got woken up by her panicked thoughts, rushed to the bathroom and held her hair back as she threw up into the toilet. When she is finished, she leans back against Ron and closes her eyes.

"You alright?" Ron asks, softly.

"Other than the fact that I just threw up, yeah perfect." Cassiopeia and Ron don't move from the floor of their bathroom for a while. Cassiopeia stands up and Ron flushes the toilet and goes into the kitchen to make her some tea to help soothe her stomach. Cassiopeia flops down on the couch and Ron hands her the tea and sits beside her, pulling her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist. Cassiopeia rests her head into the crook of his neck and only lifts her head to sip at her tea. The two sit there for a couple hours before Cassiopeia remembers that she is suppose to go to the Burrow to go over last minute wedding plans and Ron remembers he is suppose to go to Harry's to hang out with him and Hermione.

Cassiopeia sits at the kitchen table in the Burrow, thinking about what happened this morning and how she has been feeling off lately. She snapped at Ron the other day, which she feels guiltly about and she has been eating a lot more than normal, like competing with her husband for who eats more food. Molly realized that her daughter-in-law wasn't paying attention and watched her for a few minutes. Since the war ended, Cassiopeia started displaying her emotions a little more so the worry was written on her face.

Cassiopeia gets brought out of her thoughts when she hears someone call her name and place their hand on her arm. She looks to see her mother-in-law was staring at her with concern.

"You alright dear? You seemed lost in your thoughts." Molly asks.

"Oh I was and I'm sorry. Lately I have been feeling kind of off and doing out of character things for me and I am trying to figure out what is happening."

"What kind of out of character things? Maybe I can help you figure it out." Cassiopeia feels a surge of gratitude for Molly.

"Well for one I have been eating almost as much as Ron, I normally only eat half of what he eats. I noticed that I also have put on some weight and I normally have a hard time putting on weight. I also snapped at Ron the other day, which he told me it was fine, that I was just stressed out. And this morning, I threw up. The weirdest thing about that, is I feel fine now, when normally I still feel awful after throwing up." Molly has a thoughtful look.

"Dear do you think you could be pregnant?" Molly watches Cassiopeia's expression carefully.

"You really think that I am pregnant?"

"Increased appeitate, mood swings, added weight, and what happened this morning, I think is morning sickness so it sounds like pregnancy to me, dear." The more Cassiopeia thinks of it, the more it makes sense. Molly accompanies Cassiopeia to St. Mungo's to find out if she is pregnant. The healer tells her with a smile that she is pregnant and Molly hugs her tightly and congratulates her. Cassiopeia knows she has to tell Ron and she hopes he will be excited.