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Chapter 21 - Aftermath

"Mum. Dad. I'm calling a family meeting." Bill said. "Everyone into the living room, now." Bill ordered.

Molly's face was still beet red with anger, but with Arthur guiding her she did as ordered.

Bill stood while everyone had a seat.

"Mum, you have to stop letting your fear run Ron's life." Bill said.

"Me! Ron is still a child, and I am not going to allow him to run off to see his girlfriend when ever he choose. It's not safe." Molly huffed.

"Yes, and you have done such a great job keeping tabs on him. He spent how many hours at the twins flat with no one noticing he was missing?" Bill said. "Hermione was going to clean out her home, and she wanted her best friend with her. The Snapes and Remus would have done everything in their power to protect Ron."

"Severus Snape was a Death Eater." Molly spat.

"Yes, he was and he regrets that. He is also the reason that the original Order knew to send the Potters into hiding. He started spying on He Who Must Not Be Named, before Ginny was even born. He has risked his life and the lives of his family to bring You Know Who down." Bill reminded her.

"He is my child. I am not going to be told how to raise him." Molly huffed.

"I'm not a child. In eight months, I will be a legal adult. If you want me coming back to the Burrows between sixth and seventh years, you need to start laying off." Ron stated angrily.

"What do you mean by that?" Molly asked.

"I'll move in with Bill or the Snapes if they will have me. You will no longer have a say in what I do." Ron said.

"Ron, let me handle this." Bill said. "Mum, you can't keep Ron safe. Look at your clock, none of us are safe. Ron has been knee deep in this mess longer then any of us. Do you want another Percy? I have also told Ron that he can live with me, if need be. I'm willing to face the charges if you want to press them for kidnapping."

"What do you want?" Arthur asked placing an arm on his wife to stop her from speaking.

"For a start, allow Ron to attend Brian's birthday party. If you would prefer, I will go with him. But don't punish other because of your fears." Bill said.

"Agreed." Arthur said.

"Arthur! No!" Molly said.

"Molly, if we hold on to tight, we are going to loose him completely. Hermione is a good girl, and has had a rotted hand dealt to her this summer. We need to allow them to enjoy themselves. None of us know what the future holds." Arthur said. "Ron, will you try to give your mother a little more slack?"

"I'll try. Up until yesterday, I had been trying very hard, but sometimes it feels like she is hanging me with it." Ron said.

"Okay, she will try to let up as well." Arthur said

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"Are all the children tucked in?" Anna asked as Severus entered their bedroom, locking the door and putting up a silencing charm. Anna, now sitting on their bed with her back against the head board reading a book, was still fuming when they had arrived home, so Remus and Severus went about getting the kids ready for bed.

"Even, Remus." He responded. "So what happened tonight after Hermione and I left with Bill?" He asked as he started to change for bed.

"Molly was laying blame on Ron taking off on Hermione and I lost my temper." Anna said setting her book off to the side.

"What things were said after that?" Severus asked.

"I basically said that for someone so hung up on protecting her children at all cost, she sure is keeping good track of them. Ron is the second son to leave home, without reporting it to her." Anna said.

"You brought up Percy? I'm surprised Arthur didn't back her up on that." Severus said.

"He and Remus were a little busy trying to calm us down." She said, "Then she said I shouldn't pass judgement, considering I had been living in hiding for most of my life. I said, but Ron isn't the child of the head of the Order of the Phoenix, nor is she married to a man who has been working as a spy for the last sixteen years. Merlin, they went into hiding themselves during the first war."

"Ron is the best mate of the Boy Who Loved." Severus said sitting next to her on the bed.

"That's what she said, but then so is Hermione. Harry loves Ron and Hermione equally." Anna said.

"Then she had the nerve to say that she didn't want her son to be under the influence of people who do nothing but lie for a living." Anna huffed. "So I asked her if she shared everything that occurred at Order meeting with her children. Then she lies just as much as we do. Then it just turned to more of an insulting and name calling match. Don't tell Hermione, but that vase got broken by Molly during one of our more heated sessions. Remus fixed it, and Arthur put it away."

"I don't imagine Hermione is going to be getting an invitation to Harry's birthday party at the end of the month." Severus said.

"Hard telling, Molly was pretty irate. If she does, we can have Tonks take her. Though our kids will be disappointed. I just hope Ron's able to come to Brian's party. He is so looking forward to having more then just his family there." Anna said leaning her head against her husband's shoulder.

"I'm sure Bill will figure out a way. Who all have we invited anyway?" He asked.

"Outside of the current residents of this house, there will be my folks, Dad, Mum, Ron, Tonks and Professor Flitwick. Dad is arranging for a special surprise to arrive that day." She said.

"Good, Remus is going to pick up our surprise that morning. There is no way to get it early and keep it a secret." Severus said.

"Well, I'm exhausted. Doing battle really wears one out." Anna said crawling under the covers.

Severus joined her, and holding an arm out she slid up next to him laying her head over his heart. "Love you." He said.

"Love you, too." She said as she drifted off to sleep.

TBC