Chapter 1: Surprise, Surprise

Rose P.O.V.

I walked into work at the Magical Relations wing, and automatically saw the front desk with the secretary, Helga, working up a storm. I turned to the right and walked past a door marked, THEODORE LUPIN, PRESIDENT; then I walked one more step and saw the next door, it said, ROSE MALFOY, VICE PRESIDENT. I walked into my vice president office, and I was greeted by Teddy himself. He was in there with the magical ambassador from Belgium, Aloys Verdonk. He was annoying; he was accompanied by his assistant and his younger brother. "Hello, Rose, how pleasant to see you again." Verdonk said to me and pulled me into a hug that lasted longer than it should. His arms were traveling south so I pulled away.

He always had a thing for flirting and physical contact as well, which bothered me because I have a husband. "Good morning, Aloys." I then turned to Teddy, "How's Victoire, Remus, Dora, and Ted Jr.?"

"They're great; how's Scorpius doing in the Auror Department?" Teddy asked.

"He's wonderful!" I answered, "Anyway, let's talk about the matters at hand…"

After the meeting and an early lunch, I was talking to Teddy, "I hate when we have to talk with the Belgians; I love Belgium, but Verdonk annoys me so much!" I rant.

"I know, and he doesn't have manners, and he constantly flirts with you. You are almost like a sister to me, so it bothers me. I do love Belgium, though; they have excellent waffles and a good Quidditch team!" Teddy agreed.

"Oh, Ted." I say, laughing.

Teddy let me leave a little early, so I apparate to my front I walk into the house, it is quiet other than the slight buzz of talking on the television; yes Scorpius and I bought one, a lot of wizards have one now. I walk further in and I see my husband, Scorpius Malfoy, asleep on the couch. He looks exhausted. He's drooling slightly and is breathing softly. I put down my bag and I hop on top of him, he jolts awake and draws his wand. "Oh, Rosie, blimey, it's just you." Scorpius breathes, putting his wand away.

"How was work?" I said, leaning into a long, lingering kiss. He kissed back with gusto; it was definitely a bad day for him.

When we pulled apart Scorp said, "Long, awfully long; Al still doesn't have a lead on the guy who killed all the muggles and the Ministry worker. Al also broke a pair of glasses when a guy punched him during an interview."

"Poor Albus!" I cry, "Anna wants us to come for dinner tomorrow, by the way. You talking about Al reminded me."

"That should be fine, but tonight I think I want to chill out." Scorpius told me, tiredly.

"Okay, that sounds fine; you should rest up." I say, hopping off of him.

"Thank you, Rosie, I love you." Scorpius sighed.

"Love you, too." I told him giving him a kiss on the forehead. Then, he grabs me and pulls me to his lips; he obviously wanted a real kiss, "I thought you were too tired!" I laugh.

"Not too tired to kiss my wife!" Scorpius responds loudly.

Then I go into the kitchen to put my pork roast into the oven.

That night I'm talking to Scorpius in our bedroom, "So, who exactly punched Albus?"

"Oh, that short, pony- footed man who I told you about." Scorpius laughs.

"Really, I can't imagine how embarrassed Al was!" I laugh loudly.

"Yeah, but it isn't really a laughing matter because I have to leave for a mission tomorrow morning…" Scorpius trails off.

"Oh, Scorpius, you should have told me!" I scold, but then soften, "I don't want you to get hurt."

He scoops me up into his arms for a kiss, "I'll be gone when you wake up."

"Wake me, please, I want to see you before you leave." I plead.

"I have to leave at four in the morning to get to the ministry for my assignment; I don't even have any idea where we're going yet. Other than a safe house that pony- footed man mentioned." Scorpius explains.

"Wake me." Then I curl up into his arms for a good night's sleep; though I won't sleep at all.

Missions are always dangerous, and you get extremely scared. My dad, Uncle Harry, Albus, Scorpius, and probably even James will go. James plays for the Harpies, but he also is a trained auror. Some other powerful, big aurors will probably go as well. In the early morning, I am kind of startled by Scorpius kissing me on the forehead and both cheeks. I open my eyes and pull him down for a long, lingering kiss on the lips. When he pulls away he licks his pink, warm lips. "Rose, I love you, and if I don't make it back-"

"You are going to come back; don't be silly. I will write you everyday." I shake my head slightly to tell him to stop thinking those awful thoughts; I could never imagine losing Scorpius.

I walk with him down the stairs and give him another passionate kiss. "I love you!" I call as he disapparates. I see him mouthing the same thing.

Then the telephone, which many wizards have bought as well, especially cell phones, rings, and I think of who would call me at this time of the morning. It's Teddy, "Hey Rose, you don't have to come to work today, I know Scorpius just left. Anna called and told me that she isn't going to Gringott's today, either. You two should spend the day together."

"But we have the meeting with Romania, I'm totally fine!" I complain.

"I moved the meeting, anyway, you and Anna, Aunt Hermione, well I guess to you it's mum, and Aunt Ginny should spend the day; maybe you could meet Victoire at lunch at St. Mungo's. She would love that surprise. Or visit Fleur who has Remus, Dora, and Ted today, babysitting." Teddy tells me.

Teddy's son Remus is going to be three in a couple months and he is adorable; his twins, Dora, named for Nymphadora "Tonks" Lupin and Ted Jr. are going to be one in less than a month in August. "Okay, Ted, I will take the day off, but it's not for you; it's for my mum."

"Sure it is." Then Teddy hangs up.

I think about going back to bed, but I know I won't sleep, so I go into the kitchen. I make some coffee and some eggs. After I eat, I sit on the couch to watch some T.V. I watch television and worry about Scorp for about four hours when I decide to call Anna. "Hello?" I hear my best friend's familiar voice.

"Hey, Anna, do you and the other Auror Wives want to hang out today?" I ask.

"Of course, I was gonna call you soon, anyway. I'll call Ginny and you call your mum. Then we will make a plan for lunch and maybe shopping. Sound good?" Anna answers.

"Great, sounds good, call me back with your side of the plan." I said.

By eleven, Anna, me, my mum, and Aunt Ginny are looking for a place to eat. "Why don't we do what Teddy suggested and go see Victoire for lunch?" I said.

"Sure, that sounds nice!" Aunt Ginny exclaims.

We settle on picking up some food from a new joint in Diagon Alley; I look and remember Scorp and Al's old flat down the street. We had some good times there, though we also had good times at Anna and me's old flat, too.

We walked into Victoire's Healer office smiling brightly; as we enter she runs up and hugs us, "Thank God you came! This has been a boring day."

"Well, we thought we would visit you and then maybe pay your kids a visit if they aren't busy." My mum, Hermione Weasley says.

"My mother has decided to take them to a baby boutique today, so maybe tomorrow you can visit them!" Victoire nearly screams in delight.

I love Vic very much, but she is wired, and I mean wired, for sound! I think that is one of the reasons Teddy loves her so much, though.

As we finish lunch, my mum decides I should sleep over at her house; I say that should be fine, and she takes me home. Anna was asked to sleepover at the Potter's house. When I get to our home, I see Hugo sitting at the kitchen table. He graduated Hogwarts last year and co- owns Ollivander's wand shop; it is now Ollivander and Weasley's Wand Shop. Hugo has a knack for making and selling wands. Maybe because he has my dad's nice personality and he's a cute guy. He is engaged to one of my old school friends Petra Nollaker. When I come in, he embraces me in a hug, "Hey Rose, how are you?"

"Great, Hugo, how's Petra and, of course, you?" I answer as he lets me out of the bear hug I was just in.

"We're fine; wedding's gettin' closer, though." Hugo smiles down at me.

I place a hand on his shoulder and I tell him that he's ready for the wedding; the wedding is this December. His wedding was scheduled December nineteenth; fifteen days after my birthday on the fourth. "You'll be great; don't be nervous, it will be the best day of your life, thus far." I tell him encouragingly.

"Whatever you say, big sis. I just wanna get to the honeymoon!" Hugo says, rubbing his hands together. They are going to a resort in the Canary Islands for their honeymoon. Scorpius and I went to Sydney, Australia for ours.

After my mum makes a good dinner, I go up into my old childhood room. The purple walls remind me of my childhood. Quidditch posters, clippings from the Daily Prophet involving the Weasley or Potter names in them, and pictures of me with Al and photos with Scorpius still litter the walls. My best friend and the love of my life. My dad and my uncle, too. Ah, I was worried about them, and I had a problem; a big one! So when my mum comes up to talk with me, I know I have to share.

She starts talking about how worried she is, and I say how worried I am, too. After a short silence, I say, "Mum, I need to tell you something."

"Yes, Rose, what's wrong?" My mother asks; worry creeping onto her face even more.

"I missed my period, I think I'm pregnant." I let that bomb drop. My mum's face is excited and also scared, but I'm still worrying about Scorpius out there battling evil, not knowing that I could be pregnant at that very moment.