Easter Time at the Burrow
Author's Long Note: Many people have brought it to my attention that the characters are out of character. Well I have a simple explanation for why Hermione isn't that smart and Luna is a bit more sensible. First off it's a fic in which I am just fooling around, if the characters aren't super JK. Rowling that's because they're now being borrowed by me. Secondly some people might not agree with the previous statement so I have come up with another explanation in the interest of keeping everyone happy. Luna is trying to get people to take her seriously and Hermione fell down the stairs and lost some IQ points or she is just too much in love with Ron to notice anything out of the ordinary. Take your fanpic.
Also to be-heard and other people who do not think my fanfic series 'Time at the Burrow' is a hit because I begged for reviews, I don't judge popularity by reviews, although they are nice, because some people don't review. I judge popularity by hits and right now Christmas time at the Burrow has over 3500 hits on it!
Also to people who object to some things in the fic, it's my fic which I am only putting on the Internet because I don't want it just 'collecting dust' on my hard drive.
Summery: Right now Ron and Hermione are about to get married and Hermione has found out some lovely news.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; otherwise Pansy Parkinson would be a brunette.
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Hermione hadn't worried about the chocolate thing. She had read one of Luna's healing manuals and found this was normal. So Hermione could bear to be a kitchen full of chocolate while trying to help Luna with the afters. The boys and Ginny were still outside and Bill and Victorice had joined them. Harry had gone earlier in the day to pick up Teddy and had released the little turquoise haired four year old into the kitchen. Fleur didn't have much of a liking to brooms so she had joined Teddy, Luna and Hermione in the preparation of making butter pecan tarts.
"So vhat are you doing for ze accotual vedding?" Fleur asked while rolling out a pastry.
Hermione picked up Teddy and showed him how to stir the filling, "Just a simple affair. No giant gold tent or golden singing balloons. We're just going to use a blue and red pavilion. No golden chairs but we are using the idea of the dance floor."
Luna put a dollop of filling into a finished crust, "Oh Hermione don't be modest. You're enchanting the orchard to sing and have glowing apples. You're getting fairy lights for the pavilion and the floor is silver. I love silver and there is also a diamond statue of the bride and groom dancing which is courtesy of George."
Fleur looked impressed. "Diamond? Vere does 'eorge vet such voney?"
Luna put the tarts in the oven, "The joke shop is still as successful as ever. But people still miss Fred."
The three fell silent; Fred had been killed in the Battle of Hogwarts four years ago. It still hurt to remember him. Teddy then cried out, "Vicky! Where's Vicky?"
Fleur shook her head, "'E still cannot ponouce, Victorice! I give up! He vill never ve 'er freind!"
Hermione laughed, "Maybe. But the tarts are finished we can go outside and he can play with the boys."
The three women and Teddy walked outside. But not before Luna had done a quick bit of magic so Ron didn't notice Hermione's belly, which wasn't that big but still quite noticeable (AN: It's not flipping huge because wizarding babies are born rather small, I got that information from, www.stmungos. Hermione looked up at the scene in the air. She wasn't much of a Quittich fan but she could understand the positions. There was only one net in the Weasley's backyard and they didn't have the proper balls but a game with apples worked. Hermione watched as Bill and Ginny threw an apple to one another before lobbing it at the net. Unfortunately the apple hit Ron right in the face and then bounced into the net. Ginny did a little flip and shouted, "yes!" Bill flew over and gave his little sister a high five. Then Bill wheeled around to see if Ron was okay. Then at that moment Fleur shrieked.
"Bill! 'ow dare you vake our lettle Victorice up vhere!" Luna and Hermione looked up at a flying Bill. Sure enough there was little Victorice smiling and giggling sitting on the front of her father's broom. She looked perfectly fine but Fleur was still freaking out.
"Bill! Get down 'ere vight now!" Bill cautiously floated down towards his wife and as soon as he was near she grabbed his ear and dragged him into the house to give the lecture of his life. Little Victorice was left sitting on a motionless broomstick. Hermione stared at the little girl and wondered how attached she would be to her baby, seeing as Fleur was freaking over Victorice on a broom with her father and everyone supervising her.
Then Ron flew over and gave Hermione a little kiss on the cheek, "Hello."
Hermione turned around, "Oh Ron," she smiled at him and said, "Are you ever going to get off that broom? You've been on it almost all day."
"Don't worry," Ron leaped off the broom and grasped it in his hands, "I can get off anytime I want." He gave Hermione another kiss on the cheek. "At least I'm not like Harry, by the looks of things he'll never want to get off his Firebolt." Ron jerked a thumb upwards towards the nets, where sure enough, Harry and Ginny were sitting on their brooms snogging. Charlie, George and Veronica (AN: if you have forgotten, she's Charlie's girlfriend.) were wolf-whistling.
"True," Said Hermione, "But they have to get off for the wedding. I will not appreciate it if they are sitting on their brooms snogging while we are getting married."
Ron chuckled, "That makes an interesting mental picture."
Hermione rolled her eyes and Ron yelled, "Oi! Potter! Stop snogging my sister!"
The pair broke apart for a second for Ginny to fire a Bat-Bogey Hex over at Ron. Hermione lazily cast a shield charm. The Hex was deflected and hit a passing bird.
Later
It was after dinner and Ginny, Luna, Hermione, Fleur, Veronica and Mrs. Weasley were all sitting in one of the many rooms of the Weasley household. Hermione had decided to tell Mrs. Weasley that she was going to have a second Grand-child. Veronica had just come along just for kicks.
"Oh that's wonderful!" Said Mrs. Weasley when Hermione told Mrs. Weasley she was pregnant. "And what you think for names?"
"Rose or Hugo," Said Hermione to her soon-to-be Mother-in-law. "Bill suggested Hugo."
"Oh, so Bill and all of us know, but not the kid's father?" asked Veronica.
"Ya, that's the way the cookie crumbles." Said Ginny. "And speaking of cookies, mum are there any chocolate chip cookies left?"
Mrs. Weasley nodded and continued, "So only Bill and us know?"
Ginny got up and left to get some cookies, on her way out she shut the door.
Luna shook her head, "And Victorice."
"But Victorice can't really tell anyone." Said Veronica.
"True," said Hermione thoughtfully, "But knowing her she might start prancing around the house shouting 'I'm going to have a cousin!'"
Fleur sighed, "Zat iz the unforzunat zhing about lettle children."
Ginny walked back in with a tray piled high with chocolate chip cookies and Victorice under her arm. "Look who I found drawing pictures of her new cousin in the living room?" Ginny kicked the door shut and it kind of shut but there was still a large gap between door and frame. The women didn't notice because they were too preoccupied with Victorice.
"No!" Hermione gasped, "Victorice that's supposed to be a surprise for Uncle Ron!"
"Yes," Luna said, "Ronald is supposed to be surprised."
Molly took her granddaughter and sat her on her lap, "We need to keep this a secret. So no drawing pictures until everyone knows and Auntie Hermione and I will tell your Uncle. Will you promise to keep this a secret?"
Victorice nodded vigorously and Granddaughter and Grandmother sealed the deal with cookies.
Now at this particular moment the boys happened to be walking by, Harry, George and Charlie that is. Ron was too busy eating the leftovers from dinner. Now Charlie was talking about the odd dragon keeper who wore water shoes to work when George overheard Hermione gasp, "No! Victorice that's supposed to be a surprise for Uncle Ron!" Immediately George's ears perked up and he pulled the other two over the door, where George started spying on the girls.
"I love secrets and surprises and ruining secret surprises for Ron. Remember Ron's first broom?"
Charlie rolled his eyes, "Vividly."
Harry was crouched down beside the other two, "I don't think it's right spying on the girls. Plus I don't want to ruin any surprise for Ron; he's my best mate."
The two Weasleys 'shhed' and they listened.
"Yes," Luna said to the girls, "Ronald is supposed to be surprised."
Molly took Victorice and sat her on her lap, "We need to keep this a secret. So no drawing pictures until everyone knows and Auntie Hermione and I will tell your Uncle. Will you promise to keep this a secret?"
The boys wondered what the pictures were of and what it had to do with Hermione.
"So when are you going to tell the rest of the boys?" asked Veronica, "They should at least have the chance to tease the oblivious Ron, I know George will."
George nodded from outside the door, "Now say what you're going to tell us!" He muttered.
Hermione shrugged, "Maybe tomorrow but I'm not going to yell it at them from across the room."
"Where's the fun in that?" Asked Veronica, chuckling, "It would be fun for the whole room to know you're pregnant."
The jaws of the boys outside the door fell and they fell over in surprise. The door was knocked open and Hermione shrieked.
Ginny marched over to them, "Were you spying on us?" She said sternly.
Harry jumped up, "I tried to stop them, I swear."
Ginny poked a finger on his chest, "Oh really?"
Harry and Ginny were locked in a mad/scared staring match and it was broken by George getting up and brushing himself off, "So shy little Hermione and Ron actually did something?"
Hermione turned beet-red and Luna just helped herself to a cookie. Mrs. Weasley was as furious as Ginny and Fleur was verging on the ugly mad stage that Veelas get in when they're mad.
"HOW DARE YOU SPY ON US!!! I THOUGHT I RASIED YOU BETTER!!!!!!" yelled Mrs. Weasley.
Fleur gave them death glares, "Vhat if et vas somezhing private? Oh, vait, ET VAS!!"
Veronica was laughing, "I should have known it! Nice one Charlie!"
Hermione was still turning red. "Not exactly the way I wanted them to find out I'm having a baby."
Harry had given Ginny a kiss to stop her from spazzing on him, so he was free to speak, "Congratulations Hermione."
"Thanks," Said Hermione grudgingly, "At least you aren't making jokes about it."
"I'm sorry," Said Charlie and he elbowed George, "Sorry" muttered George.
So the boys sat down and so did Fleur, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny. Ginny in this case was in Harry's lap.
"So now everyone knows except Ron and Dad?" asked Charlie.
"Don't forget Neville," said Luna munching, "He's arriving tomorrow for the wedding rehearsal."
"When are we going to tell Neville and Dad?" asked Ginny, leaning on Harry, "Should we tell them tomorrow or after the wedding. Ron defiantly can't know right after the wedding. Knowing him he'll faint during cake."
George nodded, "The bloke is very prone to that sort of thing."
"Just tell Mr. Weasley and Neville tomorrow at the rehearsal." Said Veronica.
The people all nodded.
"So it's decided?" said Ginny, "Hermione and I will tell Neville and Dad tomorrow at the wedding rehearsal and Hermione will tell Ron on their honeymoon?"
"Yep," said Hermione and tried to get up, but stumbled, "Can you held George?"
George went over and helped Hermione up; she was a little bit off balance.
"Thanks."
So the ten people (including Victorice) left the room and set off to bed.
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So what do you think? I know it took a little long to update and today is the last day of summer, and I probably won't update for a while, but please suggest what should happen next. I'm kind of on a mind block for the third Chapter. It is guaranteed to be the wedding rehearsal and Hermione will tell Neville but I can't think up a plot twist. Anyway, I hope you had a happy summer, I know I did.
