Audrey loved children. She loved their sticky hands, their overwhelming excitement, and their song-like voices. And she also loved red- something that, to her, was more of a feeling than a color. It meant joy and brightness and light. She thought of the two as one, with children came a feeling of red.
It was a Thursday when she first got the news. She leapt and danced and started to sob uncontrollably. It took her nearly an hour to calm down. Every time she got a handle on her emotions, the roller coaster started all over again. Feeling so very red, she picked up the phone and dialed.
"Hello?"
"Perce?" Audrey began, attempting to remain calm. "You'll never believe what just- Guess what I found out- I have a surprise for- Remember when-?"
"What's going on? Is everything all right? Because I can Apparate right this second if you need me to."
"Oh, honey…I'm pregnant."
That was the beginning of a rather long period of excited chaos. There were rooms to be painted and names to be chosen, family members to be warned and diapers to be bought. Everything was shaping up when news came again. Isn't that the way it always works? You get used to a person, an idea, a concept, and then suddenly it's just another impossibility.
But when she heard the news that time (a whisper of "miscarriage" from the Healer), she screamed and stomped and sobbed uncontrollably. She didn't feel red anymore. It took much longer than an hour for Audrey to get herself together. Percy came home on that rainy Thursday to see his wife crumpled into a heaving ball on the kitchen floor.
Even though there was nothing to bury, Percy and Audrey held their own service on a bright Autumn Saturday near the lake. They named her Crimson Weasley, a name fit for the feeling red.
Authors Note: For "The Colours of the Rainbow Drabble/One shot Challenge" held by Forever Siriusly Sirius on the Harry Potter Fanficiton Challenges forum. The additional prompt I recieved was "miscarriage." Tell me what you thought- in a review! Pretty please, with heaps of Chocolate Frogs on top.