Chapter Two; When You Believe
The next morning Harry woke up and went to work to find that David had brought his daughter in again and Jessie was busily feeding her a bottle. "Ah hey Harry, listen Max needs a ride and Moonshine and her babies need their shots." David told him.
"Alright, I'll get to it." He replied breathing a deep and heavy sigh before he turned to walk out of his office.
"And don't forget to wish your brother a happy birthday for me." David added.
"Alright, I will." Harry said taking another deep breath and heaving one more deep and heavy sigh.
"Are you alright Harry?" Jessie asked him before she brought Roberta up to her shoulder to burp her. "I've never heard you sound so miserable about riding and seeing the dragons in your life." She said.
"I know, I'm sorry. It's just that Ron and Hermione had a fight last night at the dinner table and they haven't spoken since." He explained as David rolled his eyes at him.
"Again? What was it about this time?" he questioned him reluctantly.
"Hermione wants to continue her singing career but Ron laughed at her and insulted her about it." Harry explained.
"Really? Well that wasn't very nice." Jessie told him. "I think Hermione's a great singer." She said.
"I know me too, I just don't get it." Harry told her.
"Do you think that there's a possibility that he could be jealous of her?" she wondered.
"Why would he be jealous of her? He's got his own music career. Trinity." He reminded her.
"I know it's just that maybe he thinks that she's choosing music over him and if she really pursues her own music career he won't get to see her too much anymore. I mean after all, you have a really great band Harry but you're just amateurs. It sounds like Hermione wants to become a professional and get a record deal." She explained.
"Oh, I never really thought of that before." Harry admitted. "But I really think that even if that is the problem that I should let them sort it out for themselves." Harry said before he turned around and left the office.
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"Wow, I can't believe that next Sunday is Easter already." Eve said as she and Tobey walked through the park together side by side.
"Yeah, me neither." Tobey began as Angel guided him on his way. "And so is Aaron's and Brittany's baby shower. It won't be too much longer until their baby is born." He said while meanwhile Teddy and Heather swung higher and higher together on the swings while pumping their legs as fast as they could.
"I can go higher than you." Heather boasted.
"No you can't." Teddy told her.
"Can too!" she exclaimed.
"No you can't!" he yelled back at her. "Besides even if you could you should let others praise you instead of praising yourself." He told her.
"Copycat! You're just saying the same thing that Daddy always says!" she hollered. "By the way, if I waited for you to praise me I'd already be an adult by then!" she snapped. "You're just lucky that the Easter Bunny doesn't care whose naughty and nice!" she spat.
"There's no such thing as the Easter Bunny." He told her.
"Is too!" she yelled back at him but he quickly shook his head at her.
"No there isn't. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy are all made up." He said when suddenly she broke into tears.
"You're lying! I don't believe you!" she sobbed before she leapt off the swing and started running away when suddenly Ginny walked over to the swings just as Heather sat down underneath the maple tree.
"What happened?" Ginny asked him while she took a deep breath as she prepared for the answer.
"Heather still believes in the Easter Bunny." He told her.
"So? Is that a crime?" she questioned him.
"No." he replied.
"So then what's the problem?" she asked him while he continued to swing.
"It's baby stuff!" he exclaimed.
"Really? What makes you say that?" she asked him as he simply just shrugged at her. "Furthermore if witches and wizards and God and Jesus can be real than why can't the Easter Bunny?" she questioned him as he gave another shrug.
"I dunno, it just can't." he told her.
"Well Teddy until you can give me the answer to that then it's really not your place to tell your sister things like that." She told him before she turned back to look at Heather and slowly started walking towards her before she sat down beside her. "Are you alright Heather?" she asked her but the little girl quickly shook her head as tears continued flowing from her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
"Teddy thinks that he knows everything!" she spat before she gave a sniff and wiped her nose on the back of her hand. "Mummy and Daddy told me that the Easter Bunny comes and leaves all of my Easter candy and they would never lie to me." She said.
"No, of course they wouldn't. And trust me Heather when I tell you this that Teddy can't possibly know everything because only God really knows everything." Ginny reassured her before she placed a comforting hand on top of her shoulder. "And don't forget that God's love for us is the real reason that we celebrate Easter." She told her as Heather nodded.
"I know." She said before Ginny pulled her into a loving embrace. "And you should never let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn't believe in. If you really believe in the Easter Bunny than he's real to you." She added as she rested her chin on the top of her head and smiled down at her.
"But what if the Easter Bunny's a girl?" Heather questioned her as she glanced up at her and Ginny giggled.
"I'm sorry, I stand corrected. If you believe in the Easter Bunny then he or she is real to you." She told her before she kissed the top of her head and started rubbing her shoulders while Heather smiled a little bit through her tears.