The Weasley Child

Chapter 4

"Where are we planning on heading exactly?" Ginny asks as we stand in the little town closest to the burrow. There's hardly anything here except for a few shops, a train station, and a gas station.  

I stand still looking at my surroundings for a moment. When my eyes land on the train station I have an idea. "London." I state looking at Ginny. 

"London?"  

"We said we needed to get away, so lets go to London. Lots of people, lots if distractions, a complete change of scenery." 

"I'm guessing this brilliant plan includes taking the train?" Ginny asks looking towards the station. "You know muggle things aren't exactly my strong point." She says heditantly.  

"You're lucky I grew up in a muggle town." I say grabbingb her arm and dragging her towards the train station. 

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"Two round-trip tickets for london." I say sliding the money over the counter. "Thanks." I say grabbing the two slips of paper and handing one to Ginny. She just stares at it. 

"Dad would have a field day with this." She said staring at the litle slip of paper.  

"Whenever Fred and I come here-" I stop realizing that this was the first time I've said his name since I found out he had died.  

"It's okay to talk about him. You know Fred, he would have wanted you to go on with life. Laugh,smile, and most of all talk about him and remeber him.  

I just smiled at her and nodded my head. "I swear though, you Weasleys abd muggle things. Whenever Fred and I went to a muggle city he was fascinated by everything. He always said we were going to get married and live in a muggle city." I say smiling at the memory. 

"I really thought you two would get married." Ginny says following me to the platform. 

"I think today should be a day about Fred." I say knowing she'll agree. "We can share stories and just...remeber him."  

"A day all about Fred...he'd love it. No wonder he loved you." She says laughing as the train pulls up. When the doors open and we get on I'm surprised to see there's hardly anyone in any of the seats. "It's 7am on a Saturday, nobodies going to be here."

"That's perfect, because i have something to tell you and i think i should start before we're surrounded by people. It's going to be emotional." I say sitting down in a seat.

"It's about Fred and you, isn't it?" She says sitting down next to me.

"Yeah, it's stuff that only Fred and I knew about." I say opening my purse and digging around inside of it. I pull out the black ring box and hand it over to Ginny.

She stares at it for a second before opening it. When she does, she lets out a small gasp. We both just stare at the ring in silence, and the more i stare at it the more tears build up in my eyes. It really is beautiful.

"I can't believe he actually did...." She mutters to herself.

"Did what? Proposed?" I ask looking in my bag for a pack of tissues. Already, we've both got tears streaming down our faces.

"No, bought this ring." She says giving me back the ring box. Before I can even question her, she begins explaining what she means. "Fred and I had gone to London only a few weeks ago. I needed some things and he offered to take me. You had gone home to pack some things before coming back to the Burrow, so Fred had nothing to do. After a while we passed this shop, and this ring was sitting in the window. Fred just stared at it and said when he was ready to get married, that was the ring he'd buy the girl." She closes the box and hands it back to me. "He must have gone back and gotten it since then. When did this happen, none of us even knew."

I could tell byt he way she said it that she was slightly offended that we hadn't told anyone. "It happened only minutes before he left to meet you at Hogwarts. I wanted to tell you guys right after but, it hurt to even think about it. I couldn't imagine telling everyone."

"Kerri, i'm so sorry. I can't even-"

"Ginny wait." I say cutting her off. "There's more." I take a deep breath debating how to tell her this last part. After a second I decide that the best way is to just say it. "I'm pregnant."

As soon as the words are out of my mouth her eyes get really big and her hand flys up to cover her mouth. "You're, no you're not."

I just nod my head. the train has more people on it now, but it doesn't stop the two of us from sobbing.

"How far along are you?" She asks staring at my stomach. 

"Only a month." I say handing her some tissues.

"Wow." She says wiping her eyes. "This has been quite some train ride."

"We are now arriving in London." A voice says over the speakers as the train starts to slow down.

"Kerri?" Ginny says as we start walking towards the door.

"Yeah?"

"Thank you for telling me this." She says looking at me and grabbing my hand. "You really are like a sister to me."

I wipe a tear away from my eyes before giving Ginny a hug. I don't know what I would do without this girl.

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Alright, there's chapter 4! Sorry it's been taking me a while, this is my last week of school so i've been studying for finals like crazy! i have finals for the next two weeks then i'm on vacation for a week but i'm trying to update as much as possible! I'll also be posting links for outfits and other things that you might want a visual of in the story(: hope you enjoy!!

-Kellie

Kerri's engagement ring-

http://www.tiffany.com/engagement/Item.aspx?GroupSKU=GRP10015#f+0/1008/2004/3001/0/2004

Kerri's outfit-

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=32556851