Chapter Two; Watch Out For Mister Stork
Ginny climbed into the passenger's seat of Harry's car and strapped herself in before slamming the door behind her. Harry smiled at her before he stepped on the gas and accelerated. "Hey, how was your day?" he asked her while he pulled away from the curb.
"It was alright. I examined Brittany today and her baby is looking nice and big and healthy." She began with a grin. "But that's not the only person that we know that I examined today. Johnny's about to become a big brother." She told him.
"What!?" Teddy and Heather (who Harry had just picked up from charm school) exclaimed together.
"Fleur's having another baby!?" Heather cried with astonishment and disbelief while she and Teddy dropped their jaws wide open as Harry stopped at the end of the driveway and hit his turn signal.
"Yep," Ginny began with a nod as she turned her head and smiled back at the twins. "she's due in December." She told them as Harry waited until the traffic cleared before stepping on the accelerator again and turning to the right.
"What if she has the baby on Christmas?" Heather asked her.
"She might." Harry began. "That'll just mean that he or she will share a birthday with Jesus." He told her as he quickly put on the brakes again and stopped at a red light.
"It's pretty amazing isn't it?" Ginny began. "Here we have Brittany about ready to pop, and Johnny's almost two years old and now he's about to become a big brother." She said.
"Yeah, I know. So how does he feel about it? Did Fleur say anything about it?" Harry asked her.
"I don't think he's really old enough to understand what's happening. Fleur did tell me that they're going to find out the gender of this one in a few months though and then they'll reveal it at his second birthday party." Ginny explained as the light turned green again and Harry stepped on the gas before turning onto the highway.
"I really hope it's a girl." Heather said.
"I hope it's a boy." Teddy began. "Even though I love my sister I've always wanted a little brother." He finished before Heather turned to look at him.
"I'm not your little sister, we're twins silly." She told him while he rolled his eyes and made a face at her.
"Duh! But technically you are a couple of minutes younger than me." He told her.
"So what about Brittany?" Harry questioned his girlfriend quickly changing the subject. "I know that she and Aaron want it to be a surprise, but do they have any hunches of what they think it's going to be?" he asked her.
"They both think it's going to be a boy and I kind of think that they're right but we'll just have to wait and see. I'm with Heather on the fact that I think Fleur's going to have a baby girl this time around though. I just can't wait to find out what its name is going to be. We already know that Aaron is either going to have a Daniel or a Danielle." Ginny said when suddenly Heather realized something.
"Harry where are we going? Home's the other way." She said as Harry just simply grinned at her through the rearview mirror.
"It's a surprise." He told her.
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Harry pulled into Jessie's gravel driveway and parked the car before he turned off the engine and threw off his seatbelt. "What are we doing here?" Heather questioned him with uncertainty as Ginny threw off her own seatbelt while both of the twins unbuckled themselves.
"Oh, you'll find out." He told her as everyone climbed out of the car and slammed their doors behind them. Then Harry bent down and hoisted both of the twins up inside his arms and carried them over to one of the paddocks where a small black and white painted horse was galloping a crossed the grass. Then she galloped over to the fence and stopped as she saw them and snorted before shaking her head from side to side.
Jessie smiled as she walked over to them. "Well it looks like Lily's recognized you Harry." She told him.
"I know, I can't believe it's only been a few months since I last saw her. Look how big she's gotten." Harry said as Teddy and Heather reached their hands out to gently stroke her face and Jessie laughed.
"I know, she's totally weaned now and I've started putting a saddle on her to get her used to it. Even though I won't actually get on her for the first time until she's a few years old." She said as the young filly swished her tail around and then started to graze. "By the way, Lily's about to become a big sister. Buttercup's pregnant again." She told him.
"Well according to what Ginny told me so is Fleur." Harry told her. "And Brittany's about ready to have her baby any time now." He said.
"Wow, babies, babies everywhere." Ginny said as Jessie laughed again. "So, do you guys want to go for a ride? Or did you just come here to see Lily? Either way is good with me." She told them.
"Are you kidding me? Since when have you ever known us to refuse going for a horseback ride?" Ginny asked her but Harry decided to answer the question for her.
"Never." He said with a grin and a shake of his head.
"Exactly." Ginny told her.
"Alright then you guys let's go get tacked up." Jessie told them before they followed her into the barn.