When Ginny had told her mother that Teddy was coming to the Burrow with her family, Molly was pleasantly surprised. She was happy that he was coming, though, because he had become more of a grandson to her recently due to the fact that he was always with the Potter family.
Once everything was ready for her youngest daughter's family to arrive, Molly made her way into the living room, sat next to her husband, who was sitting on the couch, and happily sighed.
"Everything alright, love?" Arthur asked as he looked up from that day's Daily Prophet and smiled lovingly at Molly.
"Of course," Molly replied as she returned Arthur's loving smile. "I'm just happy we're spending some time with Ginny, Harry and the kids, is all," she added as she intertwined her fingers with Arthur's free hand.
Seeing Molly so happy, Arthur realized that he couldn't have been any luckier to have such an amazing wife. "Seeing you happy, makes me happy," he said as he leaned over and stole a quick peck of Molly's cheek.
"Awe." Molly quietly laughed as she scooted closer to her husband of fifty-three years. "I love you." She sighed as she rested her head in the crook of Arthur's shoulder.
"I love you too," Arthur replied as he wrapped his arm around Molly's shoulders.
As silence fell over the elderly couple, Molly started to drift off to sleep. She usually wasn't a big fan of napping, but every once in a while, when she had too much time on her hands, she would find herself dozing off into a light sleep.
Hearing a soft pop come from across the room, Arthur, again, looked up from the Daily Prophet and recognized it was Ginny, who was holding four-year-old Lily.
"Hey," Arthur whispered as he cautiously started to get up, careful not to wake Molly up.
"Don't get up, Dad," Ginny replied. "I don't want you to wake her up," she added as she made her way over to the couch, set Lily down and gave Arthur the best hug she could give. "She's always doing too much."
Arthur sighed as he relaxed into the couch and looked at her daughter apologetically, peering down at his wife soon after. Right as he said this, emerald flames appeared in the fireplace, announcing Harry's, Teddy's, James' and Albus' arrival.
Before Harry could say something, James looked at Albus and Teddy.
"Let's go wait outside for Uncle Bill and Uncle Charlie, you guys," James said as he raced outside to get his
broom.
Albus and Teddy followed suit before Ginny or Harry were able to say anything.
"Who does too much?" Harry asked as he made his way over to the where everyone was.
"My mum," Ginny replied as she nodded her head towards the sleeping Molly. Seeing Lily walk towards the couch, she added, "Lily, don't wake Grammy up." But she was too late; Lily had managed to pull herself up onto the couch and sit on Molly's lap.
Feeling someone sit on her lap, Molly woke up. When she opened her eyes, she wasn't surprised to see Lily, as she was the only one small enough to fit on her lap. "Hi, sweetheart," she said as she softly chuckled.
"Hi, Grammy," Lily replied as she turned around, wrapped her arms around Molly's neck and gave her a hug.
"Sorry, Mum," Ginny interrupted as she apologetically smiled at her mother. "But you know how she is, always wanting to sit on someone's lap."
"It's fine, love." Molly chuckled as she stood up, set Lily on her hip and gave everyone a hug. "You guys haven't been here long, have you?" she added as Arthur stood up and also gave everyone a hug.
"We got here about five minutes ago," Ginny replied as she spotted Albus, Teddy and James flying around on their broomsticks.
"Arthur! You shouldn't have let me fall asleep!" Molly chided.
"Maybe if you hadn't snuggled up to me, you wouldn't have fallen asleep," Arthur teased.
"Gawd, Mum and Dad, stop flirting with each other. That's disgusting," Ginny whined as she mockingly started to gag.
Feeling her cheeks turn a bright red, Molly avoided eye contact with anyone. She wasn't expecting Ginny to say anything, let alone accuse her of flirting. They were merely just teasing each other.
Turning his attention to Ginny, Arthur asked, "What? I'm not allowed to tease your mother?"
"It's not that, just not in front of us," Ginny replied as she crossed her arms against her chest.
"Okay, okay," Arthur said as he raised his hands up in defeat, noticing how much Ginny was like her mother. "We'll stop."
"Gin, relax." Harry laughed as he walked up behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist. "They're allowed to tease each other every once in a while. They did raise seven kids," he added. He never really understood why Ginny acted the way she did towards her parents. He knew she loved them but they were still her parents.
"It's fine, Harry, dear," Molly said as she patted Harry's cheek affectionately and smiled.
Untangling himself from Ginny's arms, Harry gave Molly a tight hug and whispered, "You're the closest thing I have to a mother. I will always stick up for you." He wanted to explain to Molly why he had said what he had said.
"Harry, dear," Molly said as she felt Harry wrap his arms around her waist. "You are a wonderful young man." She placed her arms around Harry's neck and returned his hug, tears forming in the corner of her eyes.
Softly kissing Molly's cheek, Harry pulled away and smiled, happy to have his mother-in-law's approval.
Wiping away her tears with her thumb, Molly asked, "The boys went outside, right?"
Before anyone could answer, though, James rushed into the room, panic-stricken.
"Teddy just fell off his broomstick," he said, worry evident in his voice.
"What did I tell you guys?" Ginny moaned as she raced outside to Teddy, Molly following close behind. She knew, despite the fact that she had warned all three boys not to ride their brooms without adult supervision that they would do it anyways.
"I'm sorry, Mum. I tried to stop him, really," James stuttered quickly as he followed both his mum and grandmum outside.
Seeing Ginny and Molly huddled over Teddy's body made James feel awful. He knew they shouldn't have gone on the broomsticks but they did anyways. "Is he going to be alright?" he asked as he cautiously made his way towards his family
members.
Molly smiled softly at James. "Teddy will be fine," she assured him as she thought for a moment. "Why don't you help me prepare a place to put Teddy while the others bring him in the house?
James looked up at Molly and softly smiled back. "Okay," he said. He then started to walk towards the Burrow, Molly following close behind.
"Wait for me!" Four-year-old Lily demanded as she attempted to keep up with her brother and grandmother.
Quickly picking up her granddaughter, Molly continued to walk towards the Burrow, where James was waiting for her.
Once inside the house, he asked, "What do you want me to do, Grammy?"
"Go find a few pillows from the upstairs bedrooms, love," Molly replied as she walked into the living room, set Lily down and charmed the couch into a bed.
Walking upstairs rather quickly, James made his way into his father's old room, grabbed the few pillows that were there and brought them back to his grandmother.
Taking the pillows into her hands, Molly swiftly threw them into place on the bed. "Thank you, love," she said as she pulled James in for a side hug and took one last glance at the couch before Arthur and Harry brought Teddy into the house.