"Dom," I hugged her. I could smell the perfume that her husband, Rainier, got for her, it reminded me of the warm weather they have in France where they live with their kids, Kora and Wyatt. I let her go. "Where are Rainier and the kids?" I asked.
Dom laughed. "Outside with the men," I could hear her accent from living in France for twenty-five years but if she spends more than a month here in England her English accent came back. "I came to see you where you had gone when I saw you weren't down there with the men." She wrapped her arm in mine. "I wanted to say happy birthday before my husband tells you that he can't believe you're a 100." She led me through the kitchen where the women were. She waved to her sister and mouthed something to her. I didn't catch what it was but Vic nodded and smiled.
"What was that about?" I asked after walked outside. I saw a sneaky grin on her face; the one she would give me or her parents when she was up to something.
"Just something between sisters," She stirred me to the men. I saw her son and daughter talking to their cousins. I saw Rainier at the table talking to his brother-in-law. There was gray in his brown hair and laugh lines around his brown eyes. Their children were a mixed of both of them; Kora had her mother's light red hair and her father's smile and brown eyes and Wyatt had his father brown hair and his mother hazel eyes. They both had men and girls after them. Kora didn't care for men but Wyatt still thought of girls were made just for him.
We were at my seat and Dom helped me take a seat. I put the box under my chair. Rainier smiled when he saw me; he was close to my chair. "Happy birthday, Arthur," He said in a very thick French accent but his English was very good, not so when I first met him. "How does it feel to be 100?" He asked. Dom rolled her eyes at him; he just wrapped his arm around her waist and made her sit on his lap. He said something in her ear that made her smile and cover her mouth with her hand. On her hand were her wedding band and her engagement ring. The day she got her engagement ring it didn't started out the greatest day…
100th
Molly and I just appeared down the road from Shell Cottage, we were here to celebrate Dom being back from France for the summer. In June she got permission from her boss to take the summer to see her grandparents. While she was there she met a guy and fall in love with him. Molly was holding a pie in her hands as I open the gate for us.
I saw him standing in front of the house looking at the window where Dom bedroom was. The sun was falling on his brown haired head; I could see splashes of blond in there. He was tall and broad in the shoulders. I threw him a look but he didn't see me because he kept looking at the window. I followed his eyes and saw Dom was sitting in the window. Molly wanted to say something but I grabbed her arm and took her in the house.
Everyone was standing by the window watching the show that was going on outside. I coughed to get their attention; they turned around looked like they got caught in the cookie jar. Fleur came and took the pie from Molly. Bill smiled at me; he came and hugged me followed by Vic, Teddy, and Louis. We followed Fleur and Molly in the kitchen.
"Why is there a man standing in your front yard?" Molly asked. Fleur put the pie in the oven.
"The man is Rainier David and he is the man that is in love with Dom." Fleur said. She handed some plates to Vic to put on the table.
"But why is he standing in your yard?" Molly asked. I could tell Molly was getting frustrated.
"He followed Dom back to England and she won't let him in." Vic said she took the wine glasses from her father.
"Why won't she let him in because it looks like it going to rain?" I asked.
"He lied to her." Vic made Teddy fold the napkins. Molly took a seat at the table.
"About what," Molly asked. I knew Molly wanted her grandchildren to happy.
"Rainier comes from very influence family in France and he didn't tell her until the end." Fleur said. She put the pot of stew on the table.
"What wrong with that?" I asked. Fleur, Vic, and Molly rolled their eyes.
"She comes from very influence family too." Vic said. Everyone was starting to sit on the table. Fleur went to the stairs to call Dom down for dinner.
"I still don't understand." I looked at the men in the room and they looked like they didn't know either. Vic and Fleur rolled their eyes. Dom came and gave Molly and me a hug before sitting next to her brother.
"Why don't you ask that nice young man in for dinner?" Molly asked Dom. Dom threw her look.
"He is a liar. He told me one thing and it was very different than what I thought." Dom took a bit of her food.
"What did he lie to you about?" Molly asked in a calm voice.
"He told me that his family wasn't anything special but everyone in France knows who they are." Dom looked at her plate.
"It doesn't matter where he comes from but that he loves you." Molly reached across the table and patted her hand. "Your grandfather didn't come from the greatest family like I was from but I loved him and he loved me and that what matters. And it's about to rain."
"Hey," I tried to defend myself but Molly gave me that smile and I knew I couldn't argue with her.
Dom threw me a smile before getting up. "Maybe I'll let him in because he doesn't know English weather." Dom left the room to get the man standing outside her window. Everyone leaned their ears to the door to hear what is going to happen. All we heard was the door open and close. It was quiet for about five minutes before the door open again. Dom said something to him in French as they made their way to the kitchen.
They came in holding hands; Rainier gave us a quick smile. "Everyone this is Rainier, Rainier this is everyone." Dom made him take her seat and was about to get another chair when he wrapped his arm around her and made her sit in his lap. Dom tried to get up but Rainier held her in place. He must have done this before because she didn't put a fight up. Someone must have brought a plate in because Dom put some food on the plate for him. He kissed her to thank her and said something in her ear that made her smile.
Most of the night Rainier stayed by Dom side, there was a moment when they went outside and came back with a ring on her finger. Fleur and Molly both cried. Bill pulled Rainier to side to talk to him about taking care of his little girl. Vic started talking to Dom about wedding plans. Louis was happy for his sister and told her to have fun living in France with Rainier. Champagne flowed freely that night to celebrate.
The wedding took a year to plan; it was at Rainier family home in the French country side. The service was in French but I knew what was being said. After the wedding, Dom and Rainier decided to live in France with his family. Two years later they had Kora, the birth was difficult and they were told they may not be able to have any more children. After many tries they got pregnant with Wyatt. They were very happy with their family.
100th
"Granddad," Kora and Wyatt came over and hugged me. I haven't seen them since they came last summer. "Happy birthday," They had perfect English from what they learned from their mother.
"How is school going?" I asked Wyatt. He gave me a smile that would make any girl fall at his feet.
"Good. My team is on the top and the girls love that." There was something in his eyes that he wasn't happy about that like he was before. It disappeared quickly before I could ask but his sister saw the look and knew what it was about.
"Why don't you tell him about Lisa Simon?" Kora gave a sneaky smile that would any Weasley would have. Wyatt threw a look to his sister. "How she turned you down after you asked her out?" I was about to put my hand up for her to stop but Wyatt got to her first.
"How did you hear about that?" In his mind he was trying to figure out if he told her or not.
"Our cousin Julian told me." Julian was their cousin on their father's side of the family. He was older than Wyatt but younger than Kora.
"I'm going to kill him when we get home." He said. He had a murder look in his eye but the look changed to mischievous look. "Why don't you tell Granddad about that man you are sleeping with and he wants more then to share your bed?" Kora face got all red. She was ready to kill her brother when her grandfather grabbed her around the waist.
"Kora why don't you go see what Dora is doing." Dora was sitting at the end of the table with Patrick taking with Roxanne and Edwin. Kora threw her brother a look like this wasn't over. Wyatt was about to thank his grandfather but didn't when he saw his face. "Why don't you go and have a chat with your parents." Wyatt looked over to his parents and saw that they weren't too happy with him. He hung his head and went over there. Bill smiled at me after he saw his grandson getting a talk from his parents. "Hello Dad," He lean down and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Happy Birthday," He came close to my ear. "I hope one day I'm hundred and can see my family grow."
"You already seen your family grow and it's going to keep growing." I pulled him close. "You might have a great-child soon." Bill looked over to Dora and Kora then he found Remus and Hawk who were with the other children. He smiled and hugged me.
"Thank you." Bill left and went to tell Fleur the news. When he got to the door, someone was already opening. He almost ran into his brother, Ron. Bill hugged his brother. They stood by the door talking; it has been awhile since they saw each other. They hugged one more before Bill went in the house.
Ron waited at the door; he was bolding and had a belly. Ron still loves food and since he retired from the Aurors he gained weight. His wife came out of the house. He kissed her and said something in her ear before they were attacked from their twin granddaughters. Natalie and Hailey start to question them, Hermione laughs at them. Their mother comes over and tells them to leave their grandparents alone. The girls run off to the other children. Rose stands there to talk to her parents. There was a time where they thought that they weren't going to have a baby.
100th
It was snowing the day he came back, what he didn't know was that his wife was five months pregnant with their first child. They wanted children desperately. Ron and Hermione waited a year to have a baby. They thought they were going to get pregnant right away but it didn't happen. They watched Ron's brothers and sister having babies, every time they had one of their nieces and nephews it made them hurt on the inside. I saw a lot of hurt when Harry and Ginny made them James' godparents. Everyone expect Charlie had a baby and they cried most time after spending time with them.
One hot day in August Ron was getting ready for mission that was going to take him away for months. Ron and Hermione spent the day together. Ron left early the next morning, he left something behind. The morning Hermione realize that she was pregnant she wanted to run and tell Ron but he wasn't there. She wanted Ron to be the first to know but when she started to show she had to tell people. It was bitter sweet because they were happy for them but Ron wasn't here. The holiday season was here when he came home.
Ginny and Hermione were over to help Molly decorate the house for Christmas. Hermione was five months pregnant and Ginny was three months so Molly wouldn't let them help too much. They were at the kitchen table decorating cookies with James in a high chair. They were laughing and having fun. We didn't hear a pop because the snow was falling hard. There was a knock on the door and it scared all of us. Ginny had to get James and comfort him. I went to open the door and saw a man made of snow. The snow man smiled at me.
"Hello Dad," It sounded like my son Ron. He brushed the snow off of him. I started to see my son.
"Ron," Tears were pooling in my eyes. Ron smiled and opened his arms for us to hug. He was wet from the snow. I gave a feeble laugh. "We need to get you out of these clothes." Ron laughed.
"Arthur, who at the door," I heard Molly behind me. I moved out of the way to let Ron in. I closed the door after Ron. Molly ran to hug her son. Ron looked over his mother shoulder and contracted with his wife's brown eyes. He let go of his mother and moved her out of the way.
He didn't see his wife fully until he moved his mother. He saw Hermione's round belly, he walked over and put his hands on her belly. "How," He asked.
Hermione smiled, there were tears in her eyes. "Spending the whole day in bed," Ron wiped a tear away on her cheek. "Are you happy?" Hermione asked.
"Very happy, we wanted this for so long." Ron kissed her. "I love you." I felt like I was intruding so I grabbed Molly's hand and made Ginny get James. We left the kitchen but not before hearing.
"I love you, too."
On a rainy April day Rose came to them. She was a beautiful baby girl with little hair and eyes like the bluest sky on a summer day, they later changed to brown like her mother's. Ron and Hermione were very happy with Rose. Two years later they had a little boy with red hair and blue eyes like his father. They named him Hugo. Something went wrong with Hugo so they couldn't have anything more kids. They loved their kids and are living a good life.
100th
I turned away from and looked down the table to see that Scorpius got in the conversation with Fred and James. The younger people were at the end of the table and being young. The kids were throwing snowballs at each other. Cameron and Jonathon were deciding to do something that was going to get them in trouble. They reminded me of their fathers, Fred and James when they were that age. They were looking at their fathers. I caught their eye and shook my head. They gave me smiles like they were up to something.
"Dad," I turned around saw Ron standing in front of me. "Happy birthday," He leaned down and hugged me. "Having a good birthday so far?" He asked. I looked behind to find Rose and Hermione talking by the door still. I looked back at my son.
"It's been good so far. I just want everyone here now." Ron laughed at me.
He patted his stomach. "So we can have the food that is cooking in the kitchen." I laughed and rolled my eyes.
"Is food all you think about?" I turned towards the table to see Harry and George watching us. Harry asked Ron the question. Ron shook his head.
"No," He looked behind to see his wife and daughter not standing by the door anymore. He took a seat next to Harry. "I just like mum's cooking."
"Ron there a reason you have a belly and you love food." Harry patted Ron's stomach. Ron threw Harry a dirty look. "What do you do all day now that you are retired?" Ron was ready to hit Harry when he heard.
"Ron, I wouldn't do that because you know your wife." From Scorpius who was looking over here. Ron threw Scorpius and Harry a look and looked behind to see if Hermione was around. Ron gave a force smile to his son-in-law.
"Thank you, Scorpius for reminding me." Everyone who was in the conversation laughed. Ron wanted to get up but Harry's hand on his shoulder.
"Ron, we are just having fun." Harry said. "We know you think of something other than food."
"Like Hermione lying on their bed naked." George laughed. Ron was ready to jump the table to strangle George but Harry still had a hold on him.
"George, that not nice." Harry laughed as he patted Ron on the back. "He thinks of other things." Ron was turning red, he up and left the table. We watched him walking to the house.
"Where do you think he's going?" George asked. There was a sparkle in his eye like he knew where Ron was going. Harry laughed.
"Oh you know." George and Harry laughed. Scorpius pulled a face.
"That is something I don't want to know about my father-in-law." Harry and George gave him sympathetic look, like they knew what he was going through. Harry was going to say something but a voice came at us.
"Do any of you know why Uncle Ron was running in the house, grabbing Aunt Hermione's hand and running upstairs about?" Louis asked as he came down to the tables. Louis looked older than his forty-four years because of his job at Gringotts. His red hair was getting white in it. There were laugh lines around his eyes. He was a curse breaker when he started out now he travels the world to find gold.
"Dad," Every dad at the table turned around to see whose kid it was. It was James' son Jeff. Behind him were Louis' twin daughters Kara and Laura. They had broomsticks in their hands. "They're making us play quidditch with them." He pointed at the twins.
James smiled at his son. "Jeff, don't you like quidditch?"
Jeff rolled his eyes. "Yes, but they want to kill us so they can beat each other."
Louis and James both looked at the girls, who looked innocent. Louis was going to say something to his girls when we heard. "Girls leave your cousins alone. If I remember your father and I told you not to think of quidditch today." Everyone turned to see Louis' wife Emma behind the girls. Emma's brown hair was in a ponytail and her green eyes were on the girls.
The girls gave their mother a Weasley smile, trying to hide their brooms behind their backs. "Yes, Mother. We remember." They said in unison.
"Give me the brooms." Emma put her hand out for the brooms. The girls handed them to her. The girls ran off but watched their mother to see what she was going to do with the brooms. Emma put them under the table with a spell so she was the only one who could get them. She turned to her husband. "I thought I told you to make sure that they didn't bring their brooms."
Louis gave his wife a half smile. "Sorry, I was not in the room when they left the house." Louis went and wrapped his arms around her. She tried to resist him but Louis kissed her. I heard a sigh from her, Louis knew he had her. There was time they couldn't show their love the way they do now.
100th
I was going to make a withdrawal at Gringotts and maybe see if Louis wanted to come over for dinner. He has been in the Middle East for the last two months. He was only going to be home for a week and a half before he was to leave again to go to another country. We barely saw him since he left Hogwarts a year and half ago. He took his father job as a curse breaker, but we know he is moving up. He is one of the best curse breakers they have.
I was walking to the counter when I saw Louis walk out with a brown hair girl. She looked to be about his age. She had a folder open in her hand. They were talking about something. I couldn't catch what they were saying. I stopped making my way to the counter and was about to make my over to him when I saw him push the girl's hair out of the way of her face.
I got a good look at his face and saw the love he had for her. It was something different; it was secret kind of love. She was the only one who knew it. I didn't want to intrude so I made my way back to the counter to make my withdrawal but I kept an eye on them. I saw a touch on the arm from Louis. She gave him a look only he knew what it was. I was making my way to the cart when I saw Louis put his hand on her back and led her back to the door they came out of. I'll send him a letter asking him over for dinner later. I went to grab the money I needed.
The next day, Louis came over with his parents. Bill and Fleur went inside but Louis stayed outside in the garden. I went out there after I said hello to his parents. I stood next to him watching the sun set. There was a joy in him that I haven't seen before. "I was in the bank yesterday and I saw you with a brown hair girl, who is she?" I asked. There was alarm in his face before he relaxed.
I saw a smile on his face and the sun was on his face. "Her name is Emma Brown, she is my boss and I'm in love with her. She loves me but the bank frowns on romance so we have to keep it quiet." I put my arm around him. I felt the saddest in his voice. He wanted to take Emma out and show her off to the world but he wanted them to keep their job. I wanted to say something but I never had to hide my relationship with Molly.
We stood there watching the sun when he said, "I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her. She the one for me but I don't where we can with work."
"Everything will work out for the best," I told him. "You have to fight for what you believe in. If you believe in this love you have with Emma then fight for it." Louis hugged me.
"Thank you, Granddad." There was a smile on his face. We went inside and there was something different in Louis, he was fighting for love now.
Six months later, Emma got a job in the Ministry with Goblins Liaison Office. They brought their relationship out and everyone fell in love with Emma and thought that she was great for Louis. It took them five years for them to marry. They got married with their family just there. About two later they had twin girls and they have their father wrapped around their fingers. It's been a long time since I stood out there with Louis and telling him to fight.
100th
"Louis, I know the girls can get anything out of you but you have to remember who you sleep with." Emma got out of her husband arms and with back towards to house mumbling about her husbands. Louis ran after her. They ran into Percy and Audrey as they went in.
A/N: Again if there is a story you would like to hear let me know. Thank you for reading –sjt1988