Wands, Wishes, and Weasleys

Chapter 14: Newborns and Trouble in Paradise

Harry POV:

"Ok! Ok! I won't!" I whisper.

"Alright as long as-" Ron starts.

We hear a loud gasp and both try to find the source of what's happening. We hear another loud gasp as Bill kneels down in front of Fleur and asks, "Are you all right?"

She shakes her head viciously, "No, no, no, no, no! Not now!"

"What is it?" Bill asks as Mrs. Weasley comes out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron.

"My water just broke!" She cried. Gasps of anticipation and excitement fly around the room as Bill scoops Fleur up and runs into the fireplace to floo to St. Mungo's faster than you can say Chocolate Cauldron!

"Where'd Mummy and Daddy go?" Asked Victorie. She was playing with the bow on her dress as Mrs. Weasley leans down to be eye level with her.

"Victorie darling, you know how your Mummy's tummy is really big?" Victorie nods as Mrs. Weasley continues, "Well your Mummy is carrying a baby in there, remember?" She nods again, "Now it's time for the baby to come out, so your Daddy had to take her to the hospital. You're going to have a new brother or sister! Do you understand?"

"Yes Grammy," Mrs. Weasley picks Victorie up in her arms as she stands up.

"Well what are you waiting for?" She said, "Let's go!" She does a circling motion with her arm and everyone starts hopping into the fireplace two at a time.

"But Mum! The Christmas Eve feast!" Ron complains.

Mrs. Weasley glares daggers at him, "That can wait, something more important is going on here!"

"What can be more important than a nice family Christmas Eve feast?"

"Your brother and sister-in-law's second child, that's what! You're going to have a new niece or nephew, so move it!"

Ginny and I step into the fireplace carefully, and when we arrive at St. Mungo's I help her get out.

She swats my hand away, "I can do it myself."

"My, are we moody this afternoon, or what?" I give a joking smile but she gives me a glare that I do not want to cross. We walk in silence to the waiting area nearest to the pregnancy ward. We sit down in seats adjacent to each other. Ginny rests her hand on the arm of the chair, and I place mine on top of hers. As soon as our hands make contact however, she yanks hers away, and I know for sure that something is wrong, "Ok Ginny, you've been acting weird all day, what's wrong?"

She scoffs, "Wouldn't you like to know," I try to catch her eye, to see what's going on, but she refuses to look at me.

"Yes, I would like to know Ginny, because I'm concerned. Have I done something wrong? Or is this all just pregnancy hormones?"

"You know, you seem very open to talking at the moment, unlike last night," She snaps. I try to think back to last night, what had happened, and then I knew what was wrong.

"You found the documents, didn't you?"

"Mhm."

"Ginny look, he just told me how much longer I need to stay for, and I honestly had no idea until yesterday! I thought I would only have to stay for the rest of the year or something, I had no idea that I would have to stay for four more years! Trust me, I want to quit!"

She scoffs again, "Sure you do, just like you wanted to break up with me in your sixth year, only a few months after we started seeing each other, but you changed your mind on that too!" She starts to raise her voice, and people start looking over.