A/N: Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the story. I am finally caught up to the point of my writing. I just finished ch. 11 and I am currently mid-way through 12. I am also working on another story, and I am coaching a debate team for the next few weeks, so updates might be a little slow. Please review and tell me what you think or if you have any suggestions. Thanks!!!

Chapter 11: Honeymoon & Christmas

Alyssa and Fred portkeyed into an empty alley with all their luggage. Once Alyssa had regained her footing, they set off for their hotel. Once they were settled in their room, they spent the next four days relaxing and touring Greece. Alyssa was able to experience the culture and was able to see all the exquisite buildings and beautiful countryside. They were having a wonderful time and wished they could stay longer, but at the same time they couldn't wait to get back home to the family. On their last night in Greece, they were at dinner wondering what everyone at home was doing. So when they got back to their hotel, they packed their bags, checked out, and portkeyed home.

When they got home, they found the whole family in the living room working on the Christmas decorations. When the couple walked in, everyone stopped what they were doing.

"What are you two doing here? You aren't due back until tomorrow night," said Molly.

"Yeah, but we missed you guys. Mia, what are you still doing here? I thought you had to go back home after the wedding?" said Alyssa.

"I was supposed to, but Daddy decided to let me stay until after the babies are born since they will be coming back then," she said with a big smile on her face.

"Oh, that's wonderful," replied Alyssa.

"Wait a minute; something is different about this house. What did you do to it?" Fred asked.

"Well son, we were running out of places to put people, and we couldn't go up any more floors so we just widened the house a little. Down that hall is about ten extra bedrooms," said Arthur. "Remus, Tonks, Luna, Neville, Troy, Mia, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Bill, Fleur, and Charlie are all staying here through the holidays, so we had to accommodate."

"Well that's wonderful. Glad we came home early now, we get to decorate. Didn't miss the tradition after all," said Fred.

Everyone seemed to be paired off and working on separate projects; Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were working on hanging up all the garland.

Remus and Tonks were hanging the mistletoe and berries; Troy and Luna were stringing popcorn to put on the tree. Dumbledore and McGonagall were magicking the candles on the tree to burn without going out or burning the tree. Bill, Fleur, and Charlie were in charge of putting together Molly's old tiny Christmas village. Molly and Arthur were stringing up the lights in the garland with the help of Neville, and George, Mia, Fred, and Alyssa had the honor of putting all the hand-made Weasley ornaments on the tree.

Halfway through stringing the popcorn, Luna and Troy ran out of popcorn and had to go into the kitchen to pop some more. As they came out, they froze in the doorway.

"Hey, what's going on? I can't move," said Troy.

Everyone turned to see what he was talking about when they seen the mistletoe hanging above the doorway.

"Well it looks like you have yourself a dilemma," said George laughing.

"What do you mean, George? Come on, this isn't funny," said a not too thrilled Troy.

"Just look above you," he said.

"It's mistletoe, so what," said Troy.

"Well my dear friend, you see here in the magical world, things are a little different and you have to play by the rules," said George.

"And they are what, exactly?" asked Troy.

"Well whenever two people of the opposite sex walk under a thing of mistletoe at the same time, they are magically frozen in place until a kiss is placed on the lips of one another," said George mischievously.

Everyone else stared with wonder in their eyes. Troy stood there a moment and thought it over.

'Luna is a nice girl and although she was quiet during our little talk after the wedding, it was quite enjoyable to be with her. Maybe this could be the ice-breaker to start something,'

The whole time, Luna stood still and quiet, keeping her eyes fixed on the popcorn string laying across the room on the floor.

"Luna," Troy said, and she turned her face towards his. Troy took that time to lean down and place a sweet and gentle kiss on her lips. Everyone smiled and even a few made some catcalls, but Luna and Troy just stood there trying to figure it all out. Eventually everyone got back to work and finished their projects. Once they were finished, they all called it a night and headed to bed. The next few days were busy preparing for the arrival of the twins, and Molly was busy preparing the food for Christmas dinner.

On Christmas Eve, a big snow storm came through and practically had everyone snowed in. So the Weasleys brought out the karaoke machine and board games, and spent the whole day and night singing, laughing, and playing games. When they went to bed that night, they were the happiest family that you could find for miles.

Christmas morning everyone was woken up by two of the biggest kids around, Fred and George.

"Happy Christmas everyone, it's time to open presents," they shouted.

"Not just yet boys. Let's get something to eat first. Cause I know as soon as you are done opening them, you will want to play and you will need to eat something," said Molly.

"Fine mum," they said.

The whole family sat down to a very delicious breakfast that Molly, McGonagall, and Tonks prepared.

Alyssa and the others couldn't help but laugh at Fred, George, Ron, and Harry. They couldn't be still; too excited about the presents. They were just like little kids hurrying through their meal and waiting on permission to get up and go get their gifts.

"Love, the presents aren't going anywhere. Slow down and enjoy the food," Alyssa said to Fred.

"I can't help it, Christmas is my favorite day of the year. It's the day I get to be a kid and no one will judge me for it," he said.

"I think today is going to be an interesting day," laughed Troy.

"Just wait until we actually get into the living room and begin to open gifts," said Bill from across the table.

When everyone was finished with breakfast and the table cleared, the family made their way into the living room to distribute the gifts. Charlie decided he would be in charge of passing out all the gifts. Once everyone had all their gifts, Arthur gave the go ahead to begin opening them. Ribbons and paper was flying everywhere, and sounds of approval and thanks could be heard among the group. After everyone had all their gifts opened, most of the guys had gotten new brooms, so they went outside to fly them. Fred and George had promised Troy and Mia a ride so they wouldn't be left out. Everyone else stayed inside to help clean up the mess that was made and to help get everything ready for dinner that night. Alyssa had just sat down and put her feet up to rest when Tonks walked into the room.

"Hey Alyssa, how are you feeling?" she asked.

"Oh pretty good, just really tired. My back hurts a little from standing up so I was just gonna sit down here for a little while."

"That sounds like a good idea to me. You don't want to overdo it right before your due date. I'm glad I found you anyways, I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Alright, go ahead. I'm all ears," she said laughing.

"Well Remus and I were talking the other night and we were wondering if you and Fred had given any thought about where you wanted to live when you left Hogwarts."

"Ummm…not really. We had planned to just come back here until we found something we could afford."

"Well that brings me to this. I don't know if the others have ever mentioned Sirius to you. He was my cousin, Remus' best friend, and Harry's godfather. He was murdered during Harry's fifth year before me and Remus became a couple. So we inherited several things from Sirius, many of them being properties because he came from a wealthy family. We do not need all those houses and would like to know if you and Fred would accept one as a wedding present from me and Remus."

"Really Tonks? I would have to talk to Fred, but I don't believe he will say no. Thank you so much," Alyssa said as she leaned over and hugged her friend.

"Anything for family, the Weasleys have been a family to both Remus and me for years now," said Tonks.

"Well I'm gonna go see what I can do to help out in the kitchen. You just sit here and rest, and if you need anything just give one of us a call," she said as she got up to let Alyssa rest.

About an hour later, Molly called everyone in for some soup and sandwiches.

"Where's Alyssa, dear?" Molly asked Fred.

"Oh, she was resting on the couch earlier. Said her back was starting to hurt her from standing up," said Tonks.

"I'll go get her. Go ahead and start eating, we will be in, in a minute," said Fred as he was walking out of the kitchen and into the living room.

When he walked in, he found his sleeping wife on the couch with her feet propped up. He walked over and began to rub her feet gently, waking her up in the process.

"Well hello love, are you feeling alright?"

"Hmmm….Oh I'm fine. Just a little tired from this morning and standing up. My back was beginning to hurt me," she said.

"Maybe you should just go on upstairs and get in the bed. I don't want you to over exert yourself."

"No, Fred, I'm fine. I was just tired and I took a little nap and now I'm ready to do. Oh and I need to talk to you about something."

"Okay, what is it?"

"Earlier today Tonks came to talk to me. She wanted to know if we had found a place to live for after I left Hogwarts. I told her no, and she said that her and Remus had inherited several properties from Sirius, and since they have no use for all of them, they would like to give one to us as a wedding gift, if we would accept. I told her that it was a lovely idea, but I needed to talk to you first."

"I think it's great. I mean I don't want to seem like I can't take care of my family and find a place for us to live, but if Tonks and Remus want to give us one of those houses as a home of our own, I would happily accept."

"I knew you would, love," said Alyssa kissing him on the cheek.

"Now let's go get something to eat before it all gets gone," said Fred as he pulled her up from the couch.

As they made their way into the kitchen, Alyssa's eyes made contact with Tonks telling her that Fred was okay with their gift.

After lunch everyone helped Molly clean up the kitchen and set the tables up for the party that night.

"Alyssa, dear, are you sure you are alright?" asked Molly.

"I'm fine, I think the girls are just stretching out is all. Not much room in there, so it's very uncomfortable for all of us."

"Oh yes, I remember the last few weeks of pregnancy with Fred and George. Quite miserable, I was."

"Who's up for a game of Quidditch?" asked Ginny.

Everyone agreed to a game of Quidditch, for those who could play and the others would sit by and watch and cheer them on.

The teams were divided into teams of six. Team One was Bill as Keeper, Harry as Seeker, Fred as Beater, and Ginny, Neville, and Tonks as Chasers. Team Two was Ron as Keeper, Charlie as Seeker, George as Beater, and Lee, Lupin, and Luna as Chasers. About two hours into the game, Molly got up to go start on dinner. Thirty minutes later, Hermione and Mia were helping Alyssa to her feet. Once she was up, they all headed up to the kitchen to lend Molly a hand. Another two hours later, all the others came in. they were all arguing about who should have won the game.

"Oh sod off Ron. We won fair and square," said Bill.

"It wouldn't have ended like that if Ron's bloody blocking was anywhere near decent," said a very grumpy Charlie.

"Screw you, Charlie. If you would have just been faster, then we would have won," shouted Ron.

"Excuse me, Ron, but I haven't played real Quidditch game in years. You would think I would have enough reason to be a little rusty. Unlike you, who is on the Quidditch team at school."

"Yeah, Ron,"

"You are"

"Such a"

"Pansy," said Fred and George, finishing each others sentence.

"Alright, that is quite enough of that. It's Christmas and everyone will get along with each other," said Molly. "I want everyone to go get washed up now. Dinner will be ready in a little over an hour. Some of the other Order members will be arriving shortly. Now everyone go."

Everyone started to go to their respective rooms to get cleaned up and dressed.

"OUCH!" yelped Alyssa.

"Honey, are you alright?" asked Fred a little worried.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a big kick is all."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, Fred. Everything is just fine. Let's get cleaned up and changed," she said.

Forty-five minutes later, the other Order members began to arrive. Alyssa had left Fred and George talking, and went off to find Troy. When she found him, she had to laugh. Arthur had both Troy and Mia cornered, asking them about the proper use of a rubber duck.

"Arthur, do you mind if I steal them away for a minute?" asked Alyssa.

"Oh no, not at all. We can finish this conversation later," he said as he got up and went to see some of the Order.

"Thank you," said both Troy and Mia.

"No problem. Arthur has been trying to figure the rubber duck out for years. He asks every Muggle and Muggle-born he can find to answer the question," laughed Alyssa.

"What does he think it's used for?" asked Troy.

"He just doesn't believe that it's only purpose is being used as a bath toy. He just can't fathom that it isn't something more important."

"Well I hate to disappoint him, but it doesn't get any better than that," laughed Troy.

"So how are you guys enjoying your stay?"

"I'm loving it. This family is absolutely amazing. They are so much fun. Something is always happening," said Mia.

"I agree, this family is crazy, but it's a good crazy. I love how they are all so close to each other. I mean, even the older children who live off and have their own lives, still know everything about their younger siblings. And they all make complete strangers feel like a part of their family," replied Troy.

"Dinner is ready everyone. It's being served in the garden tonight," shouted Molly.

"Yay, food. Let's go," said all the Weasley men as they rushed by everyone.

"Let's go eat before your husband and brother-in-laws eat everything," said Troy as they linked arms and headed for the garden. By the time they made it to the garden, everyone else was just getting seated. Once everyone was seated, Arthur stood up to welcome everyone.

"Molly and I would like to welcome all of you to our home. We are so glad that each one of you are here to enjoy this night with us. We feel as if we are all family and nothing is better than spending Christmas with family. With all the hard times, and impending war that is around us, it is important for us to spend every moment available with the ones we care about. This year we have had the opportunity to spend time with our new daughter-in-law and her family. It is a blessing to find that our young people can still have the opportunity to fall in love. This year we have been very blessed. Not only did we gain another daughter, but we also gaining two new grandchildren. So tonight, let us enjoy the good company of each other and this wonderful meal. Happy Christmas everyone."

"Happy Christmas," replied everyone.

About halfway through dinner, Fred and Troy found Alyssa clutching her stomach.

"Alyssa, are you okay?" asked Troy.

"I think I'm in labor," she said. As soon as those words left her mouth, her water broke and was followed directly by a contraction.

"As a matter of fact, I know I'm in labor," she yelped out in pain.

Everyone looked up towards them. Molly rushed down to their sides, "Alyssa, you are in labor, just take some deep breaths, but do not push until you are at St. Mungos and Healer Spain tells you to. Fred and Troy, get up now and floo her to St. Mungos. I will get her family here and we will be right behind you."

They did as they were told. They got Alyssa to the fireplace and had just flooed by the time another contraction was hitting her.

A/N: Please review and let me know what you think. Hopefully I will be able to post ch. 12 tomorrow!