Chapter 11
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Tea and Toast
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After a rather shocked Ginny and an extremely annoyed Mrs Weasley had managed to get Hermione back into the living room and onto the sofa they Enervated Hermione. As she started to come round all the events of the past few months came back to her and she gave out a large grown while rubbing her had absentmindedly over her small bump.
''The baby is still OK but I think that you need to rest for a while. We can talk about this'' Mrs Weasley waived her hand in Hermione's direction, ''after you have had some toast and a strong mug of tea.''
If it had been any other situation Hermione may have laughed at the very British idea that toast and tea would fix any problem. Ginny however was of the same idea and had no dark cloud hovering over her head, so chuckled under her breath as soon as her mother had left the room.
''Honestly Hermione. If you keep putting my nephew in danger I don't think my mother is ever going to left you out of her sight. Tea and toast indeed! Like that could fix the situation you have gotten yourself into. I will love you forever Hermione but please can you just try and do things the average way for a while? My head is spinning from trying to keep up with it all.''
Hermione rolled her eyes and huffed at her red headed friend. ''I will endeavour to keep your head from spinning from now on, though to be fare Ginny I really would have liked everything to be going smoothly too. After the last seven years I have been through I thought that would be obvious.'' She tried to keep the sound of distain out of her voice, and it was anyone but Ginny sitting with her she would have gotten away with it. Unfortunately it was not.
''Don't be getting in a snit with me. You have done all this'' She waived a hand vaguely at Hermione reminding Hermione of the Weasley Matriarch, though she would never say it out loud. She liked all her limbs where they were thank you very much ''to yourself. Well you and my stupid idiot of a brother. Do you think mum has figured it out yet? She has asked around and she is my mother after all you of all people know she has some sort of freakish sixth sense about these things.''
At that moment Mrs Weasley came back from the kitchen with Hermione's tea and toast and what looked oddly like a healthy dose of Fire Whiskey in a tumbler. ''Tea and toast for you young lady. This'' she shook the tumbler a little ''is for me. Call me back when you have finished.''
''I will, and thanks for checking on the baby Mrs Weasley.''
Mrs Weasley did not answer she just turned around and headed back into the kitchen. Several seconds later both the young women heard the back door close. A little to hard if they were both being honest.
''Look Hermione I've got a plan. You take your time eating that and I will Floo call Charlie. If he's in we can give him a heads up or get him to come home before my mother gets her claws into him. If he's not we can send him an owl it will have at least a head start on anything my mother does and it means you two may not be in so much trouble if it seems you've acted before you've been pushed.''
Hermione nodded in agreement. She began to nibble at her toast as she watched Ginny grab the Floo powder from the pot on the mantle, throw it into the fire, shout Charlie's address and stick her head into the flames. Hermione could not hear what was being said and was glad that not thirty seconds later Ginny was out of the fire and turning to face Hermione. The look on Ginny's face was not a good sign.
''He's on his way home. I haven't told him what's going on but when I mentioned you and mum he kind of went mad and started throwing his clothes into a bag and told me he would be through in a few seconds.'' Ginny looked down at her feet.
''Ginny what aren't you telling me?''
''He told us to be careful with mum until he got to her first. Something about fiery tempers and she's as bad as a dragon.'' Hermione blanched, Ginny Smirked.
''What else?''
Ginny giggled ''I told him to never mind the dragons. Voldemort's got nothing on my mother. Needless to say he started to speed his packing up''
Hermione did smile at this if only just a little. Suddenly the fire burst into green flames and Charlie Weasley stepped into the living room. He practically flung himself on the floor in front of the sofa and pulled Hermione into a bone crushing hug. Hermione winced.
''Sorry sorry love. Hermione, you stupid, stupid woman. Why did you not tell me that you were pregnant? I would have come back. I would have looked after you, both of you.'' He placed his hands either side of Hermione's bump and lightly kissed it.
''H...h...how did you figure it out?''
''Mom went snooping a couple a months back. Even though we live all over the place we all talk to each other still. I knew no one else was pregnant even if she didn't. I got Bill to look into the contract we signed. After he clobbered me for making you sign it, he figured out about the tattoos. It was meant to be this way Hermione. I didn't know you were pregnant at this point, but I knew that we would be drawn back together. The tattoos are enchanted. Meant for soul mates. I've loved you for longer then I probably should have done. I just thought you could never love me, and that the tattoos were just part of my wishful thinking, part of my magic I'd forced onto you by mistake. Gods Hermione I am sooooooo sorry love. Please say something.''
''I would if you would give me a chance you stupid man. I love you to Charlie I really do'' As she finished this Hermione began to cry in earnest. Charlie stood up, lifted her into his arms and sat back on the sofa so she was in his lap, her head tucked into the dent in-between his neck and shoulder.
''Charles Weasley, you have ten seconds to explain or so help me you would wish I had never given birth to you''
It was a good job Hermione had had the tea and toast otherwise she may have passed out due to all the stress. She thought to herself as she began to drift off to the sound of her soul mate trying frantically to explain things to his mother ''lesson one as a soon to be mother. Maybe tea and toast does fix everything.''
