Hi. Sorry, it's been a while again. I honestly don't plan these.
Oh, and this one was submitted by The Karma Fairy. Sorry, again, that's taken so long. I'll try to get around to all of them (although there aren't that many and I'm just lazy as fuck.)
"No!" was what greeted Fred as he walked into Shell Cottage, expecting his brother and sister-in-law and niece in some family activity of some sort. Instead, he found Hermione Granger, Teddy Lupin and the aforementioned niece standing on various pieces, looking at him with the utmost horror.
He quickly pieced together that Hermione was babysitting the two young kids, even though she claimed that her nose still hurt, and therefore they hadn't been able to go to whatever surprise Ron, Luna, Lee and Harry had planned yet, but she had promised that perhaps tomorrow would be a better Nose Day. She'd obviously blew off whatever surprise it was to spend the day with them, although Fred was still concerned as to why they were all screaming 'no' at him.
"What?" he asked, dropping the box of books he'd planned to give back to his brother and stepping closer to them.
"The floor is lava!" Victoire and Teddy both yelled. Fred gave a quick glance to Hermione, who was smiling at him and bouncing on her toes.
"It's lava?" he gaped at them before hopping onto the couch with them, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? Quick, do I still have all my toes?"
"One, two, three, four…uhh," Victoire stopped and looked at him seriously, "What comes after that?"
"Five," he prompted with a smile.
"Five! Each!" she said, making him sigh in relief.
"Oh, good," he wiped imaginary sweat off of his brow, "I was worried."
Hermione giggled at him, hopping over onto an armchair as Teddy pouted at being stranded on the couch. "We got bored. We were supposed to be doing something educational, but the books Fleur had left were dull and monotonous."
"That means it doesn't change at all," Teddy told Fred happily, "And it basically means it's boring as poo."
"Teddy," Hermione chided, "Don't call things boring as poo. Somebody worked very hard on those books, and they should at least be given respect for their time and effort."
"I didn't call them poo," Teddy frowned, "I called their books poo!"
"Let's stop talking about poo," Victoire frowned at her best friend. She sucked in a breath before screaming and tackling Teddy into the cushion, making Fred lurch and grab them before they both fell off. "The volcano erupted! Lava's spurting everywhere! I totally just saved your life!"
"Nuh-uh!" Teddy exclaimed as Fred set him down on the arm chair with Hermione.
"Yeah-huh!" Victoire pouted, hands on her hips. Hermione and Fred glanced between each other before sharing grins.
Fred was nearly falling asleep, watching with a small smile as Hermione absentmindedly sang to Teddy, running her hands through his hair, which was the same shade of brown as hers and had curls. Victoire was taking up the entire couch by herself, making Hermione and Fred share the loveseat with Teddy, who was falling asleep in Hermione's lap.
"And down on Lexington they're wearing new shoes stuck to aging feet, and close their eyes and open, and won't recognize the aging street, and think about how things were right when they were young and veins were tight and if you are the ghost of Christmas past, then won't you stay the night?"
"What song is that?" Fred whispered.
"Ne Me Quitte Pas," she answered after checking to make sure Teddy was soundly asleep. "Or Don't Leave Me. Both are correct titles."
"It sounds nice," he hummed as she laid her head on his shoulder, "Weird, but nice."
"Oy, we paid you to watch our kid, not cuddle up on my brother," Bill joked, waking up the whole group as Fleur picked up Victoire and started to go up the stairs.
Hermione shot him a glare, rubbing an eye, "You're not paying me at all, so I can 'cuddle up on' whoever the – " she covered Teddy's ears " – I want."
"Aunty said a bad word!" Teddy crowed.
"Teddy, I covered your ears," Hermione huffed.
"People do that when they say bad words," he told her before pointing at her, "I'mma tell Gram!"
"No!" Hermione lurched and wrapped her arms around his stomach, towing him back into her lap, "No, this is not one to tell your gram. Please, Teddy."
"Tedster," Fred looked at him very seriously in the eyes, "If you tell Andromeda about Hermione saying a bad word, then she won't let her watch after you anymore."
Teddy's eyes widened before he gave a cry and wrapped his arms around her neck, hugging her close, "Don't leave me, Aunty!"
Hermione smiled and hugged him back, "I won't, Teddy, I promise. I'll never ever leave you."
"Good," he muffled, "I love you."
She smiled and seemed to hug him harder, Bill and Fred watching with smiles on their faces, "I love you too, Teddy."
"Oh, by the way – why are you here?" Bill asked Fred.
"I came to drop off the books," Fred stretched.
"Why'd you stay?" he asked.
"Psht," Fred snorted, rolling his eyes, "The floor was lava, I couldn't leave."
"What?" Bill asked blankly.
"Aunty!" Teddy gasped as Hermione stood with him in his grasp.
"Don't worry, Teddy," she patted his arm, "It's cooled off now. It's safe."
"I'll walk you guys back," Fred offered, making her smile at him and wave to Bill before they left. Bill watched them go curiously before turning his attention onto the floor and tapping it cautiously with a foot.
I don't think Bill played the "The Floor is Lava" game when he was younger.
