Chapter One; The Party

Everyone was gathered together over Bill and Fleur's house for Johnny's first birthday party. He was officially a year old now. Bill was busy grilling the burgers for them outside while Harry, Ron, and Ginny busily got their band together. That's when suddenly Fleur came outside carrying Johnny inside her arms.

"I just got him up from his nap and he's already been changed so he's good to go." She told her husband before turning to look over at Harry. "Harry can you watch him for a minute while I get the table all set up?" she asked him as Johnny started sucking and drooling all over his knuckle.

"Sure." He told her with a grin before she set her son down in front of him and pulled down his shirt.

"Thanks Harry, I'll be right back." She told him before she quickly turned around and hurried back inside. Harry bent down to Johnny's level and smiled at him.

"Hey Johnny, do you want to go play out in the backyard with me?" Harry questioned him in a high pitched excited tone as the little boy smiled at him and revealed his tiny little baby tooth and the other one that was slowly coming in while continuing to suck on his knuckle. "Well c'mon then, c'mon!" he exclaimed patting his leg before Johnny toddled over to him and he picked him up and hoisted him inside his arms before placing a kiss on his cheek and adjusting his grip.

"Alright, I'll go ahead and put in you in the baby swing." Harry told him carrying him over to the swing set while Johnny let out an excited little squeal. Harry smiled down at him and kissed the top of his head.

"Boy, I can't believe that Johnny's a year old already." Bill said shaking his head with disbelief. "Time really flies by so fast. And now Fleur's been pestering me to get him a little puppy or kitten to play with but I still think that he's way too young for that." He said.

"Well if you're trying to decide between those two you should get him a kitten. Cats are a lot easier to take care of dogs." Ginny told him.

"Yeah, I sort of agree with you there. Maybe I will get him a kitten and teach him to be gentle with it. I'll get him a puppy when he's old enough and responsible enough to take care of it. By then he might even have some brothers and sisters to share it with." Bill said while he continued cooking the burgers.

…

Harry sat Johnny down inside his highchair and strapped him in before Fleur thanked him and started taking over for him by tying a bib around the baby's neck that had a tiny yellow duck on the front of it. Then she started feeding him sliced up pieces of hamburger meat. "Can you pass the ketchup please?" Harry asked her before she handed the bottle over to him.

"Let's see now if I recall correctly, you're coming up on your nineteenth birthday in a couple of weeks Harry." Fred said while he squirted the ketchup on his burger then grabbed the bottle of mustard.

"Yep. I was born two weeks after Johnny even though we're eighteen years apart." Harry told him before he took a bite of his burger.

"I see, and do you have any special B-Day plans?" Fred asked him but Harry quickly shook his head and made sure he was done chewing and swallowing before he wiped his mouth on his napkin and answered him.

"No not really. I haven't had a birthday party since I've turned seventeen. And now that I'm an adult I don't feel like I need one. I mean I'm happy that I'm alive, but the only thing is that I'm another year older. Nothing too special." He said but Ron just simply stared at him.

"Yeah right, this is coming from a horse champion, dragon champion, rock star, and Sunday school teacher." He told him counting them all on his fingers. "Not to mention that you've managed to stop the darkest wizard of all time on a number of different occasions. I think that's pretty special if you ask me."

"I didn't say that I wasn't special, I just meant my birthday wasn't. It's just another day." Harry told him taking a few more bites of his burger and a sip of his pop before getting to his feet.

"Where are you going?" Ginny asked him.

"How many things could I possibly have to do?" he questioned her back as she grinned at him and pointed her finger at him.

"Right, gotcha." She told him before he turned around and walked inside. That's when Ron turned over to look at Hermione.

"You know Hermione, I've been thinking." He began as Ginny rolled her eyes and groaned.

"Oh Lord, here we go." She said as Ron simply shot a quick and angry glare at her before rolling his eyes and turning back to look at Hermione.

"Anyway, I've been thinking that maybe we should throw Harry a birthday party. Like maybe one of those surprise ones." He said.

"Oh Ron, that's an excellent idea. Harry will love it." She told him.

"Are you sure? Cause it didn't seem like he was too thrilled by the idea." Ginny told him with another roll of her eyes.

"No. All he said was that he didn't really consider it a special day to him. We have to show him how special he is to us, and I think a surprise party will do just that. That way he can't say no either." Hermione said.

"Alright," Ginny began grinning slightly. "count me in. Maybe I'll even get ahold of The Dragons and see if they can come too." She said.

"But Aaron's still on his honeymoon with Brittany." Hermione told her with a shake of her head.

"I know Hermione but Aaron's one of Harry's coworkers and not to mention that he's a really close friend to all of us. I'm sure that once I call him up and explain the situation he'll be happy to do it." She said.

"Alright that settles it then. This year we're going to throw our best friend Harry Snape one of the best birthday parties that he's ever had in his whole entire life." Hermione said as she exchanged grins with Ron and gave him a high five.