Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. Anything unrecognizable is a figment of my imagination
Dove From Above
Challenge: 7 Days & Updates-The once a day challenge
Pairing: Bill/Fleur
Genre: Family
Era: B/w 1st and 2nd Gen
Color: Blue
Rating: T
Summary: Starting from hearing the news to actually becoming a father. Bill's outtake on the arrival of his first child and Fleur's various cravings.
Chapter 4: Bumps and shopping
The fourth month of Fleur's pregnancy had started, and she had begun to show. At first, it was a tiny bump; Bill had hardly been able to tell the difference, and then it had become huger and more obvious. Aside from that, everything about Fleur had being to change too; starting from her body to her behavior. But instead of getting irritated, Bill tried his best to take care of his wife. And he didn't dare cross her.
Right now, they were seated on the couch as Bill played with his wife's hands, and she seemed to be lost in a thought. Her feet were placed in a tub of hot water, since she had complained of them aching.
"Bill…?" she said vaguely.
"Yeah," he encouraged, hoping that she wouldn't request crisp flakes and lemon pickles with some garlic sauce. He had almost passed out at that smell.
"We 'ave to buy zings for the baby," she turned toward him excitedly.
"So soon?" Bill asked raising an eye brow.
"It's not soon!" she exclaimed in excitement. "And I should buy new clozes too."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, silly! 'ow will I fit in my old clozes!" she giggled.
"Alright, aliright…" he grinned at her excitement. To be honest, he hadn't thought of any of these formalities, and now that Fleur had pointed getting the baby's room ready was indeed quite important. Good thing they had spare bedrooms, the one closest to their room could be their child's room.
"When can we go?" she asked.
"How about this weekend?"
"Perfect!" Fleur agreed.
After inquiring about the shops from his mother which specialized into these things, Bill and Fleur headed to Diagon Alley. The first place they went was to Madame Delia's, where they got clothes for Fleur and picked few for the baby too. They still didn't know the gender of the child was and wanted it to be a surprise, hence they picked those which could be worn both by both the genders.
The clothes were so tiny and cute making Bill realize that his baby was going to be that small and cute too. Everything he saw there seemed perfect and he wanted to buy everything for their child. Fleur had to physically restrain him; she literally dragged him out of the store.
Next, they went to the Interior Décor where they spent quite a long time choosing the perfect cradle, changing table, wardrobe and few other essentials. For the walls they chose pale blue wallpaper with silver stars. The salesperson smiling widely the whole time promised to send these items later.
The last shop of their list was a toy store; they seemed like the only adults in the shop when they entered at first. There were so many kids of all ages! They bought a few soft animals, toy broom, and few other colorful things that Fleur said kids liked to play with. Bill also decided to buy the toy wand which he had seen Teddy play with. Again, they left the store with few more parcels.
Then they visited Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlor just because it was on the way back and also because Fleur wanted one. Fleur chose a strawberry ice cream with snowy sprinkles and mixed pickle topping. Chuckling at her choice Bill chose a raw meat favored one at which Fleur snorted. Both of them were laughing hard by the time their ice creams were half finished.
When it was time to return, Bill left with more parcels and lesser galleons than he had entered Diagon Alley with. But he was smiling more too…these were the first of things he had bought his kid. And many more were to come still.
A/N: Not the best of my writing…but it's sort of a filler chapter.
But I hope you liked it.
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