Hi! Anyway this is just a chapter I wrote for fun. It's a day that all Weasleys and Potters are just kids again. But I think that it is important to the story though, as I'm trying to develop the other characters as well as Harry and Ginny's relationship. Sorry for the Quidditch scene guys, it's not very good!
Thanks for all the reviews!
L x
Chapter 21: Snowballs and Quidditch.
Harry woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs being cooked by Mrs Weasley. He felt like he was Ron's best friend, and he was just a child again. He grabbed his glasses and looked around Ginny's old room. It hadn't changed much since Harry had first seen it in his second year. On the crooked windowsill there were old childhood rag dolls and on one wall there was pictures taken from tales from the Beedle of the Bard.
Harry realised the room was empty so descended the spiral staircase. He saw everyone around the breakfast table: "Morning Harry." said various voices from around the table. He saw Ron across the table chatting to James and feeding him which was Harry's usual morning job: "Dad in the making there Ron." Harry winked at Ron and chuckled at his alarmed look.
"Yeah well someone had to sort the poor kid put while his father was in such a deep sleep he was practically unconscious." Ron replied: "And I'm certainly not father material yet Potter."
"You'll make a great father my honey badger." Hermione leant across the table to kiss Ron while the rest of the Weasley brothers and Harry gagged at the sickly sweet scene. "Here you go Harry, one bacon and sausage sandwich." Molly pushed the plate towards Harry as he began to sit down next to Ginny. His wife stroked his leg secretly as they weren't going to do their normal flirting at the breakfast table with the rest of the family. Across the table sat Teddy who was being lectured on table manners by his grandmother: "Eat your porridge with a spoon or else I won't let you have that snowball fight."
"I'm having it with Harry, not you!" Teddy answered back.
"Teddy, don't be cheeky and do what your Grandma tells you to do." Harry backed Andromeda up. Teddy immediately took his fingers out of the porridge and grabbed the spoon while Andromeda mouthed "Thank you" to Harry across the table. He continued eating his own breakfast. Ron and Hermione carried on fussing over their godson; Harry agreed with Hermione, that both of them would make great parents.
After breakfast, Teddy came downstairs in his winter coat and mittens, clutching Harry's coat and gloves as well: "Snowball fight now!" the toddler demanded.
"Ok, ok, Ron round up the others for a snowball fight." Ron pretended not to hear, being too engrossed in Hermione in their corner again. "We will join you Harry." as Harry looked towards the doorway there stood Ginny, Bill, Charlie and George.
"What about James?" Harry asked Ginny.
"Oh, he'll be fine with mum and dad, plus I deserve some fun sometime Potter. And I'm not taking him out with me; he's very chesty today, keeps coughing. Mum thinks he might have caught cold last night." Ginny replied.
"Good, we will get some cough medicine en route back home tonight." Harry put his gloves on.
"You're forgetting this Harry, don't want you catching cold either." Ginny wrapped the Gryffindor scarf around her husband and placed a sneaky kiss on his lips.
"Wait for us!" Ron and Hermione leapt up from chair and ran upstairs to grab coats. Ginny gave Harry and sly expression whilst fastening her coat: "Prepare to die Potter."
"It's on Gin. This is war." Harry replied shooting a daring look at her. They immediately started pelting snowballs at each other, being careful of the two year old who was throwing tiny bits of snow into the air as he had no sense of aim. Harry grabbed Teddy, and cupped a lump of snow in his tiny hands. He then hauled him up onto his shoulders and Teddy threw the snowball, hitting Ginny right in the face. He giggled while Harry fell into a fit of laughter. "THIS ISN'T FUNNY POTTER!" Ginny said while she took another lump of snow and threw it at him. Harry dodged it, but lost balance and Teddy and him found themselves collapsing in snow.
Soon everyone began to get cold, and their hands were numb from throwing snowballs. They all headed inside, where Arthur had lit the fire ready for them to warm their hands on. "Honestly, you are all grown men now, and women. What are you doing still playing such a childish game?" Molly said while handing out mugs of hot chocolate.
"Mother, you will never understand the man's need to be a boy again." George joked.
"Yes, I don't think I will!" She swept out of the room.
Some of the people left in the morning like Hagrid to go back to their homes, so in the afternoon it appeared to only be the Weasley clan left. They all flooded back into the cosy living room after lunch. The boys and Ginny talked about Quidditch, the rest of the girls talked about the upcoming weddings. Hermione had persuaded Ron to marry her again, and they were to get married in the summer. "Let's quit all this talking, how about a good old match in the back garden?" George piped up and the rest of them nodded their heads in delight. Ginny picked up James and handed him over to Fleur who was playing with her own daughter. Then she followed the rest outside.
"Right, so we will have Ginny and Bill as captains, and they get to pick their players." George said.
"It's a hard one, but he's the best seeker here, Harry!" Ginny decided while the men sighed as they knew it was coming. Harry joined Ginny and they gave each other a simple kiss. "Charlie, care to join me?" Bill asked his brother. The teams were sorted quickly with George, Ginny and Harry on a team and Ron, Charlie and Bill on the other team. Mr Weasley had offered to commentate of course: "George shoots the Quaffle and scores, that's 20 points to team Potter and 150-60 to them are the scores!"
It was a foggy day so finding and catching the snitch was proving a hard job for Harry, he circled the field they were playing on, watching Ginny defend countless shots. And then he saw it, and speeded towards it: "And it looks like Harry Potter has seen the snitch, he reaches for it, he's nearly there, and he's caught it! Potter wins!"
Ginny, George and Harry celebrated in the garden for a moment while the others sulked in followed by George: "I must say Potter, your seeker skills were top-notch as usual." Ginny whispered in his ear and kissed the side of his neck.
"I never seem to fail." Harry lunged Ginny into a sweeping kiss: "I love you Ginny Potter." he told her and they headed inside.
Hope you enjoyed both the snowball fight and the game of Quidditch. I wanted to show in this chapter that even though they have a child themselves, they are just kids themselves. Anyway, it's great to know that people are following the story, so I will try and update the chapters as quickly as possible. And CathyCullen16, I know it really doesn't feel like it has been 21 chapters. I don't know at which point this fanfic will end, probably the day when I get a writer's block! Although I do have other ideas that I would like to develop into stories but that doesn't mean that once I finish Life Goes On there won't be a sequel!
Thanks for all the reviews! Please keep giving me feedback, and tell me when this story gets boring and I need to finish it!
L x
P.S I'm thinking of doing my own twist on a Lorpius next.