A/N: This is the sequel to When You See a Guy Reach For Stars in the Sky. I still don't own Harry Potter but please review this even though it's nowhere as good as the brilliance of J.K. Rowling.
Title: It's Only You Tonight
Author: Lia06
Rating: PG-13 (rating may go up)
Summary: It's five years after When You See a Guy Reach For Stars in the Sky. Christopher Michael and Emma Louisa have joined Kiernan Thomas and Mary Alexandra. Join the Wood family for even more adventures.
Ages and Occupation:
Oliver Michael Wood-29, Auror
Katherine "Katie" Suzanne Wood-29, Healer but currently stay at home mom
Kiernan Thomas Wood and Mary Alexandra Wood-5
Christopher "Chris" Michael Wood-3
Emily "Emma Louisa-16 months
Chapter One: I'm Not Seducible
July 17, 2005: 9:30 PM the Wood house in Scotland (Third Person POV)
Oliver looked at his wife of six years and smiled. He still couldn't believe he'd been married to Katherine Suzanne Bell-Wood for six years or that he dated her for nine years prior to that; he'd been with her for fifteen years. They had four children, something that never ceased to amaze him; sometimes he felt like he was still the gawky teenage boy who was in love with his best friend. But all of it was real. Kiernan Thomas and Mary Alexandra were five, Christopher Michael was three, and Emily Louisa was sixteen months old. Kiernan and Mary were in bed, Chris had fallen asleep in his father's arms and Emma was sleeping in her mother's arms. Oliver smiled again. Katie looked at him. "What are you smiling at, Mr. Wood?"
"My beautiful wife," he replied coyly.
"Are you trying to seduce me, Oliver Michael? You know I'm not seducible. We've been married for six years; you ought to know that by now."
"Oh, I beg to differ, Mrs. Wood. You are very seducible, my darling. Where do you think that Kiernan, Mary, Chris, and Emma came from?"
"I let you seduce me those times. Normally, I wouldn't let your magical tongue sway a bone in my body."
He laughed. "Oh, really? I'd like some concrete evidence of that statement. Resistance is not one of your strong points, as I recall. Let's say we put Chris and Emma to bed and then put my theory to the test."
Katie giggled. "That sounds like it could be very interesting. I'll put Emma to bed and you take care of Chris; then we'll meet up in the bedroom."
"Sounds perfect," Oliver replied, kissing his wife as he picked up his son and left the room. "I'll see you in a little bit."
Katie picked Emma up and carried the little girl to the bedroom Emma and Mary shared. She looked at Mary snuggled up in her bed with her long light brown hair strewn across the pillow and her eyelids buttoned shut over her blue eyes that were just like her mother's. Katie put Emma in her crib and stroked the baby's head; Emma had her father's dark brown hair and her mother's blue eyes. Katie kissed Emma's forehead. "Good night, my princesses. I'll see you in the morning."
Oliver took Chris into the room Chris and Kiernan shared. Kiernan had a sunburned little paw pressed against his red cheek and a smile on his face. His dark brown hair and eyes made him a mirror image of his father at the tender age of five. Chris was like a miniature of his older brother. Oliver settled Chris in his bed and smiled as his son snuggled up with his pillow.
As Oliver left the room, he glanced at his two sons once more. He was so glad he'd married Katie six years earlier. His life since then had been amazing. First, Kiernan and Mary were born five years ago. A year later, he'd received a promotion such that he and Katie could move the family to a quiet, country manor in the hills of Scotland. Chris was born ten months after the family moved. Emma was born two years later and now Oliver and Katie were talking about adding another child to the family.
Oliver walked into his bedroom where his wife was laying on the bed. She was wearing a black cami and navy blue track pants and her light brown hair was loose. Oliver took off his shirt and looked at her. "Are you waiting for someone?"
"My husband said he might try to seduce me tonight," she replied in a sultry voice that made him want to take her then and there.
July 18, 2005: 7:04 AM the Wood's house (Third Person POV)
Oliver Wood walked into the kitchen and looked at his wife. Katie was sitting at the table with Emma in her arms. "She has a fever," she said softly. "She woke up screaming about an hour ago."
Oliver knelt down by his wife's chair and stroked his baby's forehead. Emma had always been their frail, sickly child, but Katie was a Healer, so she knew how to take care of the little girl. "She'll be all right, won't she?" he asked. "You can take care of her, can't you?" His concern was evident in his voice; the last time Emma had been sick they'd had to rush her to St. Mungo's.
Katie nodded. "Yeah, this one isn't very bad. I did a small spell that should help. Now I'm just waiting for the fever to go down. She'll be up and running around by the time you get home from work; don't worry."
Oliver kissed his wife's forehead. "I love you; you're amazing. And you were phenomenal last night." He winked at her slyly and she shook her head.
"You're terrible, Ollie."
"That's why you love me, darling. I'll be home around five. What are you doing today?"
"Well, if Emma gets better, I'll take the children into St. Andrew's and do some shopping. The kids need new clothes for Annie's wedding; none of them have anything nice enough."
Oliver nodded. "I hope Emma gets better; that wedding is on Saturday and Annie will kill you if the kids aren't dressed nicely enough."
Katie smiled. "I just can't believe she's finally getting married; she's been dating Ben for five years now."
"We dated for nine years."
"We were at Hogwarts and then we were fighting a war. We had a reasonable excuse; they don't have one."
Oliver laughed. "As much as I would love to discuss this with you, I need to get to work. Emma, get better soon. Katie, I love you."
He kissed his wife and disapparated. When he was gone, Katie looked at the baby in her arms. "So, little one, how are you feeling?"
Emma opened her little blue eyes and looked up at her mother. "Mummy," she whispered.
"How are you feeling, sweetheart?"
"Oh-tay," she whispered, snuggling closer to her mother.
"I'll put you back in your bed and see how you're doing after you sleep for a little while."
Emma nodded and went back to sleep.
July 18, 2005: 9:16 AM the Wood's house (Third Person POV)
Katie was doing laundry and cleaning the living room when Kiernan, Chris, and Mary all came clambering down the stairs. "I'm hungry," Kiernan announced. "Mummy, what's for breakfast?"
"There's cereal in the cupboards," Katie yelled. "If you'll wait just a minute, I'll serve some for you."
"Mummy," Mary yelled. "Emma is still sleeping."
"I know, dear. She had a touch of fever this morning, so I wanted her to sleep it off. She should wake up pretty soon."
"She'll be awake soon enough that we can go shopping, won't she?" Mary asked as her mother walked into the kitchen. "I really want to go shopping. You know Aunt Annie wants us to have pretty new dresses for her wedding."
Katie smiled as she opened the cupboard where she kept cereal. "Yes, I know. I'm doing everything I can to make sure that she's well enough to go shopping."
"Good, I like new dresses."
Katie laughed inside at her daughter's words. When she was five, store-bought new dresses for a wedding would have been out of the question. She would have worn one of Mary's old dresses instead. She sighed and shook her head as she poured three bowls of cereal. Mary would be thirty-three if she had lived. Kevin would be thirteen, Jack would be eleven, and Loryn would be nine. Instead, they were all dead as well as Simon and Greg. Life just wasn't fair sometimes. "Mummy, what are you thinking about?" Kiernan asked interrupting his mother's thoughts.
"Nothing," she said quickly. "Just thinking about some people I used to know before you were born."
"You knew people before we were born?" Mary asked.
"Yes, your dad and I knew many, many people before you were born."
"That's amazing," Kiernan said. "You had a life without us?"
"Yes, I did things without you. I lived a whole twenty-four years without you."
"Did you ever live without Daddy?" Mary asked.
"I didn't meet him until I was eleven when we went to Hogwarts together."
"Eleven?" Mary said, shocked. "That's so old!"
Katie laughed. Just then, Emma started screaming. "I have to go get Emma; you three eat your breakfast and I'll be back in a minute. I have to go take care of your sister."
July 18, 2005: 1:10 PM the Wood's house (Third Person POV)
"All right, we're going to get you kids clothes for your aunt Annie's wedding," Katie said as she prepared her children to Floo to St. Andrew's. "I don't want any goofing off or toy shopping today. We need to get home in time to make dinner for Daddy."
"Okay," Mary said calmly. "We'll be good."
"We promise," Kiernan added. "We'll be angels."
Five minutes later, Katie was standing in the square of St. Andrew's with Chris and Emma in their stroller and Kiernan and Mary standing next to her. "All right, let's go to Madame Malkin's and buy new dresses for the girls."
"That's boring," Kiernan whined.
"Just remember, we're buying your clothes next," his mother warned.
"I'll be good," Kiernan sighed. "That way we can go home sooner."
"That's my good boy," Katie said pushing the stroller towards Madame Malkin's.
When they walked in, a salesclerk wearing a nametag reading "Sophie" walked up to them. "Ah, Madame Wood, how can we help you today?"
"Ah, Sophie, it's so lovely to see you. My sister, Annie, is getting married on Saturday and the girls need new dresses."
"Dresses for Mademoiselle Mary and Mademoiselle Emily, that's simply delightful! Let's go see what we have for young children," Sophie said leading them to where the children's robes were made. "Let's look at what we have."
They were surrounded by beautiful dresses for little girls, silks, satins, and so many other beautiful materials. And there were dresses in every color imaginable. Mary's eyes just went wild, and Katie smiled. She knew they would find a dress Mary loved.
"So, what does Madame want Mademoiselle Mary to wear? What time of day is the wedding?" Sophie knew all the right questions to ask. "What color dress is Madame wearing? Would you like to do mother and daughters matching outfits?"
"I honestly haven't decided what I'm going to wear yet," Katie replied. "But the wedding is at noon."
"A noon wedding, something in a pastel color, I think," Sophie replied as she began digging through the racks. "I think a nice pink or blue would suit Mademoiselle Mary quite nicely." She pulled off a few dresses. "All right, let's go into the fitting room and Mademoiselle Mary can try this dresses on."
They went into the fitting room and twenty minutes later, Sophie, Katie, and Mary had decided on a pale pink spaghetti-strap dress with a sheer overlay on the ankle-length skirt. Then Katie picked out a pale yellow dress very much like Mary's dress for Emma. "Now we need a dress for Madame," Sophie said.
"Oh, no, I don't think so," Katie said. "I have plenty of dresses at home; I'll pick one of them to wear."
"No, no, no!" Sophie insisted. "This is your sister's wedding, Madame Wood. You must have a new dress for this. I have just the dress in mind for you; it's the perfect dress for you. It looks like it was made for you. You must at least look at it."
Katie sighed. "All right, I'll look at it."
"Monsieur Wood will adore this dress. It is absolutely beautiful," Sophie led them to the women's department and took a pale blue dress that looked like Mary and Emma's dresses except it had sheer sleeves and a full skirt.
Katie looked at the dress. "It's beautiful; I love it. Oh, but how much does it cost? We probably can't afford it."
"No charge," Sophie replied.
"What? I must have misheard you. I thought you said no charge," Katie was shocked.
"You heard right," the French clerk replied. "Mademoiselle Bell had it made especially for you, for her wedding."
"I don't understand."
"Your sister came in here about a month ago and this dress made especially for you. She wanted you to wear it for her wedding," Sophie explained.
Katie smiled as Sophie continued. "And she paid for dresses for Mademoiselle Mary and Mademoiselle Emma."
Katie gasped. "That was wonderful of her. I'll have to thank her."
A few minutes later, Katie and her children were in Joey's, a boutique for little boys. As it turned out, Annie had been there and bought suits for Kiernan and Chris. They were black suits with white shirts and little red ties.
July 18, 2005: 5:10 PM the Wood's house (Third Person POV)
Oliver walked into his kitchen where his wife was cooking dinner and his children playing together. "How's Emma?" he asked, kissing his wife's neck.
"She got better around nine thirty," she replied.
"So you got to go shopping?"
"We did," she replied. "Except it turned out that Annie had arranged to pay for dresses for the girls and me and the boys' suits."
"So you have a new dress?"
She nodded.
"When can I see it?"
Katie shrugged. "Probably you'll have to wait until Saturday. She ordered the same style of dress for the girls and mine is very similar to theirs except it has sheer sleeves."
"Are all three dresses the same color?"
Katie shook her head. "Nope, Emma's dress is buttercup yellow, Mary's is pale pink, and mine is a light blue."
"Sounds lovely," Oliver replied. "I can't wait to see my beautiful ladies in their dresses."
Katie kissed him. "Well right, now, how about helping me out by watching the kids while I make dinner?"
"I think I can help you out there," he said as he picked Emma up and swung her around, to her great delight. "C'mon kids, let's go into the living room while your gorgeous mother makes a delicious dinner for us." As he left the room with the kids, he kissed Katie and said, "I love you."
She kissed him back and replied, "Love you too."
A/N: I know it wasn't that great but review and let me know if I should keep writing.