*Katniss And Potter*

Chapter 9:The Dress

Hermione:

I listen silently as Katniss sobvs into my shoulder, telling me her life story, from birth to her experience with the strange man named Gale. It is very boring to say the least "Whine, Whine Daddy dead, whine, whine, Hunting, whine, whine, Gale, whine, whine, Boy with bread, whine, who do I choose?, whine,whine, Prim, whine, whine,Hunger Games, whine whine Poor Little ME!"

"A-a-a-a-and now I'm p-p-p-p-PREGNANT!" she howls. I stop her there,even though I dislike her I can tell Katniss doesn't cry much, so this must be big for her.

I push her off my shoulder and look her in the eye "Stop crying" I say firmly. She sniffs once but then stops. "Okay" I continue "There are two possible solutions, the first is the more reassuring for me, but more horrific for you...Gale...... raped you". I let my words sink in.

"I don't know, I don't even know how long I've been gone, and there are forgetfulness medicines in the Capitol" She murmurs.

I sigh, here we go again with this Capitol rubbish, I mean honestly, it is so obviously a lie, what dictator in their right mind names the capital Capitol?.But I smile and nod ayway. "The other option is that....you... and... Harry........." I trail off, the very idea makes my skin crawl, my best girlfriend(Ginny) and my best guy friend(Harry) are married, and now Harry goes off with this woman half his age. I notice Katniss blush furiously and glare.

Hugo appears at the door "Hey, Mum when is the family getting here?" . I look up and smile, Hugo is my little boy, my baby Rose is a Daddys girl, Hugo is his Mama's boy. His hair is red and very messy, and he is a mixture of the twins and Ron when they were his age.

"Katniss make up your mind on what happened, you look like you need the time to make up an excuse... Hugo, I'm coming, will you help me make brownies?" I smile.

Hugo's little nine year old face lights up with excitement "The magic way or the muggle way?".

"Which way do you want?" I ask.

"The muggle way, more chances to eat" he laughs and sprints towards the kitchen.

I smile and then turn to Katniss, my face stern. "Leave this room... and who got you pregnant will be the least of your worries. I'll be back around 10, there are some books over there you can read" I snarl, but my voice does soften considerably at the mention of reading, what a girl gotta be educated right?

I close the door behind me and go downstairs to join Hugo.

Hugo already has most of the ingredients out, but I eye the four suspicously, he has been known to slip beetles in there.

I grin and watch him carefully as he begins mixing the flour, butter, sugar and eggs. "Why can't we use the muggle eceletr-electric mixer? This is haaaaaaarrd" he whines.

"Because, Arthur, I mean your Grandad could be round any moment and I don't want to have to explain to him ONCE AGAIN how electrical cooking equiptment works!" I smile, I use my wand as a protection barrier between Hugo and the hot stove, but he doesn't need to know that.

Every week one of the many Weasley/Potter families hold a get together, a family meal type thing. Everyone comes, Molly and Arthur, all Rons brothers and their families, everyone, so tonight I'm expecting:

Bill and Fleur. Their kids are all at Hogwarts.

George, Angelina and Roxanne,  Roxy is nine and Hugos' best friend.

Percy and Audrey(a complete cow) and their daughter Lucy, who is quite bright for a nine year old, but thankfully no where near my Rosie!

Charlie is coming as well, but he is is not married and he doesn't have kids.