Avenging the Past: Chapter 21
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The next few days had been really successful for the small family. Rose had gone to her nightly appointments, and was walking better and better each day. Hermione had been to her thrid appointment with Celeste, and was using her occulemency to keep Celeste out of her private memories.
Currently, the small family was relaxing in Rose's room, Hermione had her swollen pregnant feet propped up on Rose's bed, while Ron was playing chess with Rose on a levitated chess board.
"I gonna beat daddy, mummy!" Rose exclaimed excitedly.
"I don't know yet honey," Hermione said. Even with her atrocious chess skills, she could still see that Ron would obviously win. Ron also had his signature gloating grin on.
"Sorry to interrupt," said a voice from the door. It seemed everyone was interrupting these days.
They looked to the door and saw Dr. Ian poking his head through a crack in the door.
"Oh no worries, c'mon in," said Hermione quickly pulling her feet down from the bed.
"I was just coming to give Rose some good news, that I knew you wouldn't want to wait until tomorrow to hear," he smiled coming into the room.
"Oh!" said Ron and Hermione.
"Rose has been progressing so well over the last couple of days, and with the treatment we have been giving her, she is nearing the end of the road to her recovery," he said enthusiastically.
"Does that mean?" said Ron, getting ready to jump for joy if Dr. Ian was going to say what he thought he was.
"Yes, that means she can go home!" he said waiting for the family of Weasley's reactions.
"Oh Rosie that is fantastic!" shouted Hermione running to hug her daughter. Rose was sporting a giant smile, and hugged her mum back.
"Rosie go home!" she smiled clapping her small hands together.
"That's right princess, you can go back to all of your toys and your room," Ron told her planting a kiss on her cheek.
"Just bring her back for her appointments every other day, and report any problems, and she should be fine," he sighed leaning over to quickly look at Rose's medication dose on her IV. "Oh and I will send you home with her medicine."
"Thank you so much!" Hermione said with tears of happiness in her eyes.
"Oh no problem, as it is my job, and a nurse will be in later today to discharge her. And then you can go!" he told them making his way to the door.
"Perfect," said Ron starting to pack up Rose's things.
"Ron we have time," laughed Hermione when Dr. Ian left the room.
"I know, but I am just so anxious to get out of here." he ran a hand through his hair, ignoring his wifes reminder, and continuing to pack up the room.
Sure enough, later that day a nurse came in to discharge Rose.
"We should have a party," suggested Hermione, while the nurse worked on taking the IV out of Rose's arm.
"Appears my mum has already beat you to it," chuckled Ron, reading a letter from Mrs. Weasley in one hand, and holding Rose's hand in the other.
"What?" asked a shocked Hermione.
"I owled them as soon as we got the news about Rose of course, and she invited us all over for dinner," he told her still reading the letter.
"Ron I really don't want to be carting Rose around so soon after she is let out, can we just not have it at our place," Hermione somewhat whined.
"Relax love, of course we can. Mum will understand," he comforted fixing her with a reassuring look.
Hermione took a deep breath and looked to Rose, who had her eyes scrunched up as the nurse began to pull the tube out of her arm.
"Can you just not use magic for that?" Ron asked the nurse irritatedly. The nurse shot him a look that meant 'shut up' and didn't respond.
"Ron!" chastised Hermione.
"What?"
"You don't know what you are talking about," she said turning back to the baby magazine she was reading.
"And done!" exclaimed the nurse putting the rest of the used tube on the tray. Ron and Hermione gave a look of relief, and smiled at Rose exhausted, as if the removal of the IV was a end to this madness.
"Leave now?" asked Rose squirming excitedly in her bed.
"Almost sweetie," smiled the nurse. "The doctor will be hear in a few minutes with your medicine, then you can go." She wheeled the tray out into the hall, and jumped at something. "And here he is," she said surprised. She gave Dr. Ian a smile before leaving the room completely.
"Are we ready to go?" he asked Rose.
"Yeah!" yelled Rose.
"Well here are all of your medicines." He handed the bag to Hermione. "And you will be taking the recovery floo out." Ron and Hermione gave a look of confusion. "It is a special floo, it is gentler on the body, and it doesn't exactly throw you out of the fire place like the usual one," he laughed shaking his head.
"And that is just in the front hall?" clarified Ron.
"Yep, and when you come for appointments, take it as well. This is the password you have to recite before you drop the powder," he explained handing a piece of parchment to Hermione as well.
"Okay thank you. Ready to go Rosie?" Hermione asked Rose standing up.
"Yes!" she exclaimed reaching up to Ron for him to pick her up.
"Alrigtly then, let's get going," Ron said happily caring her to the door.
"I hope you enjoy your time at home, and I will see you in a few days." Dr. Ian bid them a goodbye with a wave and disappeared down the hallway.
Ron carried Rose down the hallway in the wake of Hermione, who was leading the way. They found the special floo network with limited difficult, and flooed back to their dearly missed home.
"Welcome home baby," said Ron carrying her into the room.
"What do you want for dinner love? Mummy will make you anything you want," Hermione offered.
"Pizza!" Rose shouted.
"You already had pizza for lunch Rose," Hermione laughed.
"But I wan' pizza!" she exclaimed again wiggling around in Ron's arms.
"Alright, alright, pizza it is," sighed Hermione going into the kitchen to make dinner.
"You want to up to your room lovie?" asked Ron bouncing her up and down in his arms.
"Ya!" she said happily.
Ron took her up to her room, and played tea party with her and her dolls until Hermione called them for dinner. They ate their pizza, and lounged around the living room when they were finished.
Rose was passed out on Ron's shoulder and Ron had his eyes closed, while Hermione read on the couch. She smiled at her almost identical daughter and husband. Rose had Ron's flaming red hair, and passionate personality. This got her thinking about hre and Ron's unborn child; would it be a boy or a girl? Would it have the signature Weasley hair? Would it love to read like her? She secretly hoped it would look like Ron, as she had fallen in love with that bright red hair centuries ago.
She gently caressed her large stomach with her hand, and smiled down at her and Ron's second child. It wasn't untill a few minutes later that she pulled her hand away from her stomach in surprise. The baby had kicked. She had felt the soft thumping of a little baby foot.
That was the first time that this baby had ever kicked. She could remember how loud Rose had been in the womb; kicking almost all the time, day and night. She more than often kept Hermione up, which meant Ron was up as well. This baby though, had been fairly quiet. She was now coming up to her sixth month of pregnancy, and this was the first time she had ever noticed movement in the baby.
"Ron!" she whispered, not wanting to wake Rose. Ron did not stir though, so Hermione whispered again more harshly.
"What? What?" he muttered blinking rapidly.
"The baby, it kicked!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"It what? It kicked?" he said gently moving Rose off of him so he could move over to Hermione to feel her stomach.
"Right here," she moved his hand over the spot where their child was frantically pushing.
"That's him isn't it?" he said awed.
"Yes it is, and it could be a her you know," she reminded him softly.
Ron didn't say anything, but just leaned down and placed a soft kiss on the pulsing spot in Hermione's stomach. She felt tears spring into her eyes at Ron's tenderness.
"I love you little guy," he whispered rubbing her stomach.
"And mummy loves you too," Hermione added tearfully.
Ron then looked up at Hermione in admiration, and leaned in to kiss her thoroughly. They kissed for a minute or so before they were interrupted by a pecking at the window.
"What's that?" asked Hermione breathless from their kiss.
"It's just an owl," Ron told her getting up and pulling a letter off the gray owls leg.
"Who's it from?"
"Harry," Ron said shortly, ripping the envelope open.
Ron,
I know it is late, and it is Rose's first night home, but the dementors kiss was post-phoned, and they need all the head squad aurors there in case there is an issue. They only asked this because they almost let a couple escape today, and we can't risk it. It shouldn't be long, no more than a couple hours, tell Hermione you will be back by midnight. See you there,
Harry
"Ron, please tell me what it is!," Hermione said anxiously watching his distressed face as he read the parchment.
"I need to in to work," Ron said quickly, running into the hall and grabbing his coat.
"What? No! You can't leave, Rose just got home, can't it wait?" she pleaded grabbing his arm so he would look at her.
"I know I'm sorry, but it can't. The snatchers are getting their kiss tonight, because it was post-phoned, and they need all the head aurors in on guard duty," Ron explained to her running his hands up and down her arm reassuringly. "Harry said we would be done by midnight, so I won't be long, I promise," he told her looking her directly in the eyes, and kissing the tip of her nose.
"Just please be careful, and get home quick," she told him, giving him a quick kiss.
"I will. I love you," he told her picking up his wand.
"I love you too," she said, near tears once again. He then apparated away, leaving her alone with a sleeping, recovering Rose.
Okay people I know that this chapter probably wasn't the best one (at least in the beginning) but I thought the ending was pretty cute. I am planning some good things for the next chapter so please don't abandon the story. I feel like no one reads it anymore, and that makes me sad. So please, PLEASE review and keep reading!
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