Date: October 17, 2008

Chapter 21: Forever and Always

'Shh,' Angelina said softly, rocking little Fred. He continued to cry, so she sat on the bed and latched him to her breast, which he sucked happily.

'Hey, Ange,' George said, walking in and closing the door softly. 'Oh,' he said, noticing what she was doing. 'Do you want me to leave?'

'Don't be silly,' Angelina replied. 'He's your son, too, and it's not like you haven't seen these before.' She grinned at George and he turned red.

'Yeah, well, anyway,' he said. He took Fred from Angelina as he finished eating. 'Our son. Still feels so strange, doesn't it?'

Angelina smiled and nodded. Even after a day, she was still very tired, but she couldn't help but smile every time she saw Fred. It just seemed so unreal.

'Hi, Freddie!' George was saying. 'I'm your daddy. We're going to have lots of fun and drive your mum up the wall, aren't we?' Angelina laughed and swatted him. 'You'd better not do that when I'm carrying Fred,' George teased. He started bouncing Fred up and down. 'Isn't that right, Freddie?'

'I wouldn't do that if I were you,' Angelina warned, but it was too late.

'Eurgh!'

Angelina gingerly took Fred from her vomit covered husband. He pulled out his wand and began cleaning his robes.

'Great,' Angelina sighed. 'Now I'll have to feed him again soon. I swear, he's definitely a Weasley.'

George chuckled and gently took Fred. He put the baby in his cot and then turned back to his wife. 'How are you?'

'Tired,' Angelina said, stifling a yawn even as she said it. 'Do you mind if I have a rest?'

'Go ahead,' George said. 'I'll wake you up if he gets hungry.'

Angelina nodded and laid down, falling asleep in minutes.

'Ange?'

'What?' Angelina grumbled.

'I think he's hungry again.' George replied timidly.

Angelina sighed and rolled over to find her husband standing over her bed with Fred wailing in his cot. 'No, he's not,' she said tiredly.

George frowned. 'How can you tell?'

'He has different cries for what he wants,' Angelina explained, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. 'There's his hungry cry, lonely cry, and bathroom cry. That's his lonely cry. He just wants to be held.'

'Huh,' George said. 'How come I can't tell?'

'I don't know,' Angelina mumbled, flopping back over. 'Maybe because I carried him for nine months. Something like that...' She drifted off and fell back asleep.

George went and picked up Fred, who, true to Angelina's word, stopped crying immediately. He snorted. 'You're going to be such a spoiled little brat, you know that, Fred?'

As if Fred could actually understand him, he giggled.

'And I know you're going to be just like your uncle,' George went on. 'You'd better be careful not to bother your mum too much, 'cause she's got a temper.'

Fred stopped laughing and stared at George with big blue eyes.

'But you know what?' George continued, rocking Fred slowly. 'It's worth it, isn't it? You're so amazing, and your mum and I may not have wanted you at first, but I know now that we could never have given you up.' He kissed his son, who was now sound asleep, and placed him in his cot.

'Goodnight, Freddie. Your mum and I love you, forever and always.'

And as he walked back to the bed to sleep with Angelina, he thought he heard a voice very much like his say, 'Thanks, bro. I owe you one.'

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