Chapter One; A Day At The Beach
"Teddy, Heather, are you ready to go to the beach!?" Hermione called down the hallway before Eve came out of her bedroom wearing a purple and black two pieced bikini.
"I'm ready." She said while running her fingers through her hair and tossing it over her shoulder.
"Harry would kill you if he saw you going out of the house like that." Hermione told her shaking her head with disbelief.
"I know, but Harry isn't here is he?" Eve questioned her back.
"Does your father know that you have that?" Hermione wondered as Eve nodded.
"Yes. He's the one who bought it for me for my birthday." She told her when suddenly Tobey walked out of his room wearing a pair of blue swimming trunks and matching sandals. Angel (who was wearing a pair of identical shorts and dark sunglasses) guided him out of his room wagging her tail before she stopped and sat in front of the girls panting happily.
"Uh Tobey, I know that I'm going to regret asking you this, but why is the dog wearing sunglasses?" Hermione asked him while automatically pointing down at her.
"Duh, it keeps the sun out of her eyes. Besides, my ballcap wouldn't fit over her ears." He told her as Hermione shrugged.
"I was right, I'm sorry I asked." She said before she turned to look over her shoulder. "Teddy Heather let's go!" she yelled when finally at last their bedroom doors burst open and both of the twins came flying out of their rooms. Teddy was wearing his green swimming trunks while Heather was wearing her pink flowery bathing suit.
"I'm ready!" she cried while sticking her pink ponytail holder inside her mouth and at the same time making it up into a ponytail.
"Alright then, has everyone had the chance to use the bathroom before we leave?" Hermione asked them as Tobey and Eve both nodded.
"We did but Teddy and Heather said that they didn't have to." Eve told her when suddenly Patrick the owl came wrapping his wings at the window.
"Alright, you have one last chance to change your minds while I go get that." She told them while she went over to the window and cracked it open for him. The bird swooped inside and landed on top of the chair with a hoot carrying an envelope under his bill. He held his head up proudly for Hermione to grab it from him.
"Who's it from Hermione?" Heather asked her while she dug her fingernails inside of it and tore it open before she let it unfold inside her hands.
"Harry." She replied.
"Oh really? What did he say?" Eve wondered.
"It says dear Hermione. I hope that everything is going well for you guys. I just thought that you should know that Rickie and Kasai decided to hookup after you left and since they're dating now she is now on the road with us along with the rest of her ninja friends. We just finished our concert in France and now we're headed over to Italy. We'll send you a postcard and some souvenirs whenever we can. Love and miss you all and as always you're in my prayers. Love, Harry." She read.
"Wow! Harry's bringing us presents!? I always knew that he was the best brother in the world." Heather.
"Hey!" Tobey and Teddy cried together with their hands upon their hips. Although Heather could tell from the expression and grin on Tobey's face that he was joking. However she wasn't so sure about Teddy since now he was folding his arms and glaring at her.
"Well c'mon guys, we better get to the beach so we can make it back for showers, baths, and lunches. I'll write Harry as soon as we get back." Hermione told them while she grabbed her car keys off the kitchen counter and her beach bag from the table before they headed out the door together.
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"Alright Eve, I expect you to keep an eye out for your little brother and sister besides just staring at all of the boys." Hermione told her once they had made it to the beach.
"Why? I think that they're old enough to take care of themselves." She said while she squeezed of bit of lotion inside the palm of her hand and started rubbing it all over her body.
"No they're not. They're not even out of charm school yet." Hermione told her. "And Tobey can't see them so it's your job to watch them for me." She said.
"It's alright Hermione, I might not be able to see them but I can still listen for them." Tobey pointed out when suddenly he heard a familiar voice.
"Alright Johnny, let Mummy finish changing you into your swim diaper and then you can go into the water." Fleur said as all four children turned their heads. Johnny was lying down on his back on top of Fleur's towel while she changed him and Bill was lying down on top of his stomach on top of his while he worked on his tan.
"Hullo Fleur." Hermione said as she turned to smile at her.
"Oh, hello Hermione. I see you brought your kids to the beach as well." She said but Hermione quickly shook her head at her.
"Oh no, these aren't my kids. I mean they are but they aren't. I look after them and everything but_" she began as Fleur laughed.
"It's alright I know what you mean. I still think you're going to make a great mother yourself someday though." She told her as she finished putting on Johnny's swim diaper before sliding on his yellow and green dinosaur swim trunks. "And this little guy is going to make an excellent big brother." She said while she grabbed ahold of his hands and helped him to his feet. Then she squeezed a bit of lotion onto her own palm and started rubbing it all over his little body.
"Do you know if the baby's going to be a boy or a girl yet?" Heather asked her.
"Well, we know that it's going to be one of the two." Fleur began with another laugh. "Actually, we will be finding out the gender of it next week though and revealing it on Johnny's second birthday party." She told her. Johnny held out his arms so his mother could finish her task before he held them up and signaled her to pick him up. She bent down and hoisted him up inside her arms before kissing the top of his head.
"Wa, wa?" he questioned while he pointed at the ocean in front of him.
"Yeah that's right baby. Come on, we're going to go play in the big wa-wa." She told him while she kissed his head again and carried him towards the sea.