The Weasleys Deal In Cash

by Gojirob

In this drabble, as Arthur and Molly celebrate the birth of their first child in 1970, a minor issue arises requiring Arthur to channel Country & Western's Man in Black.

The Weasleys Deal In Cash

By Rob Morris

NOVEMBER 30TH, 1970

Molly loved her first baby.

Arthur knew there was one way she could love it more.

"Arthur?"

She'd made no secret of this. He wished she had.

"Yes, Molly?"

Love her as he did, he swore privately that if she even mentioned the word 'transfiguration', he was signing the papers for St. Mungo's. She never did, but he almost felt it forming at times.

"Couldn't his public name be something manly, but his private family name be something like…Susan?"

Not a man for confrontations, Arthur still firmly drew the line here.

"Bill or George-ANYTHING BUT SUE!"