SJ- thank you so much for editing this chapter. And thank you to everyone who reviewed. I'm sorry this is short, but it is important. A really long and good chapter will be coming up soon, I promise. Please review.
"…I have asked Irina to marry me," Charlie said, gloating. There was an evident look of displeasure on Fleur's face. Bill gave his fiancée a questioning glance and they entered the kitchen together.
"What's wrong?" Bill asked his younger fiancée.
"I want 'er gone! She eez stealing my thunder! 'Zis dinner was supposed to be about our wedding plans! Not 'zheir engagement!"
"Who? Irina? Ginny? My mother? Charlotte? Hermione? Tonks?...who do you want gone, Fleur?" Bill asked her.
"Irina," she answered through gritted teeth.
"Fleur, calm down," Bill said in a smooth tone, "It's not a big deal and you know it. Fleur….there is something else wrong, isn't there."
"Oh..Bill!" she cried as she threw herself into his arms. "Oh! Bill! 'Eet ees awful," she sobbed. He patted her hair gently while wondering what was wrong.
She stood up straight and looked away. "Bill," she said as she bit her lip, "Bill, 'zere ees something I need to tell you."
He didn't answer, he just waited for her to go on. "Bill, we will need to move 'ze wedding forward, my muzzer 'ees sick."
"Oh, Fleur," he hugged her close and she rested her head into his shoulder. He let her cry for a few minutes longer and then wiped away her tears with his sleeve. Her pretty face was hot and streaked with tears. Long blond hair stuck to her wet cheeks and her clear blue eyes were rimmed with redness.
"…Bill," she said quietly, "'zere 'ees no cure, she cannot be treated." Bill's heart sank one hundred miles to see the one he loved so upset.
"So she will…," he began, fearing the worst.
"Yes, she will," Fleur confirmed.
"I guess we will move the wedding up then," Bill said.
"Yes…yes, we will," Fleur answered. They began to walk hand in hand back towards the kitchen door, when Fleur's hand stopped at the knob and began to tremble.
He placed his hand on the small of her back and she looked him straight in the eye. "'zere 'ees one more thing," she said.
He waited for her to continue. "I am pregnant, Bill," he looked at her disbelievingly, "with twins," she said. He gasped.