Birthday Wishes
Ron's POV:
One key, another key, one key, another one. This song was so repetitive. It was some really old classical one Hermione tried to teach me while we were searching for horcruxes. When we were temporarily staying at The Black residence. Her birthday was coming up and I was trying to get her the best present ever. Harry and Ginny were comeing for her birthday too with their kids. We were going to have Dobby and Winky and the other house elves at Hogwarts make a cake and fly it by the Owl Network. Then I noticed I was playing the song without even looking. Oh god, I was becoming Hermione! Rose and Hugo look to me as the fun parent during the summer. I am going to make Hermione's birthday so good, nothing could make it better. Except Rose coming home from Hogwarts. I'm still waiting on word from McGonagal to see if Rose could use the floo network to come back home. Of course, Hermione knew nothing about this. She was spending the night at George and Angelina's house. Surprisingly, they had become really good friends. There was a knock at the door. That must be Harry and Ginny. I got up from the piano bench and answered the door. Harry and Ginny and Albus Severus and James and Lily were standing there. Lily ran up to me and hugged me. "Woah, there! I haven't even seen you for 10 seconds and you are already all over me." I hugged her back. "I really missed you Uncle Ron." She said. Harry and Ginny and Albus Severus were carrying boxes upon boxes of wrapped and bagged gifts. My eyes widened in shock. I balanced them on my arms using my chin to help me set them on the table by the door. I hugged James, then Albus Severus, then Lily again, then Ginny, and then finally I shared an (as Hermione would call it) awkward man hug with Harry. "I made Chicken Parmesan!" I said and that was cue to have Ginny corral the kids to the bathroom to wash up for dinner. "What's been happening?" Harry asked me. "Not much, we are trying to bring Rose back from Hogwarts for Hermione's birthday." There was a tap on the window. I looked and it was Brownie, Rose's chocolate brown owl. I skimmed it while I fed Brownie a treat. Rose would be arriving by floo network at 6:15 tomorrow morning. Now Harry and Ginny had been smart and asked to have their kids home early, since Hermione's birthday was on a Sunday. They had their kids since Friday afternoon. "Let's go eat dinner." We went and ate the chicken, one of the only dishes I'm actually good at making. Lily was chewing like a pig, but I didn't say anything. Once they all finished eating, I suggested "How about a game of quidditch?" Lily clapped her hands and James smiled. "Ok so Me, Lily, and James against Uncle Harry, Albus Severus, and Rose." I said. "Hugo, Aunt Ginny, do you want to play?" I asked. They both nodded. "Pick your teams." I said. Hugo chose Harry's side and Ginny walked over to mine. "Let's play!" I announced. We all grabbed brooms. Harry on a firebolt, Ginny and I on Nimbus 2000's and the kids on a mix of clean sweep 11's and Nimbus 2000's. Harry threw the quaffle up, released the bludgers and let go of the snitch. We all discussed our positions. Harry and Ginny were seekers, Albus Severus and Lily were chasers. Rose and I were keepers, and Hugo and James were beaters. And the game began. We played until it was dark, and Albus Severus was an outstanding chaser. He got 9 quaffle throws past me. Rose isn't a bad keeper either. But she let Lily score 10 times. Finally Harry captured the snitch, figures, he and his dad were the best seekers that Gryfinndor had ever had. They won. Plus, even though Ginny was the best on our team, she played chaser for the Holyhead Harpies. We all went inside and sat by the fire. Lily said "Uncle Ron, can you read us The Wizard and the Hopping Pot?" I nodded and got The tales of Beedle the Bard and began reading they story as they all gathered around me.
Hey guys! So this is a little story about Hermione's birthday and Ron is trying to make it very special for her! Sorry that this is a short chapter. BTW I brought back the awkward man hug. If you don't know what that is read our story After it All. And I swear that by next Monday we will have the 3rd chapter of After it All up. It is just taking longer than we expected to write/edit. So have a nice weekend and check for updates!