At 7:00am, Healer Faris came back to check Ashleigh's progress again.
"You're about 6 centimetres, so it slowed down a bit. On a scale of one to ten, how bad is the pain?" She asked.
"I'd say about six or seven. Some are more painful than others", Ashleigh told her.
"Okay. Once you get to seven centimetres, we can give you the pain potion", she told Ashleigh, who nodded.
"You're doing great babe", George said, kissing the hand he was holding. He continued to rub her lower back whenever a contraction hit her.
"I'll be back in a bit. Gonna give you guys some time alone", Fred said walking out of the room.
Fred flooed to The Burrow to find everyone sitting for breakfast.
"Hey Fred", Molly said as she put breakfast on the table. "What're you doing here? You're never here this early. Shouldn't you be opening the shop?"
"Shop is closed for the day. Even though you've disowned Ashleigh, I just thought you might wanna know that she's in the process of bringing your first grandchildren into the world", Fred said. Molly dropped the platter of eggs she was holding. Everyone else just stared. "I take that as a no", Fred said, turning to leave the kitchen.
"Grandchildren?" She whispered, but loud enough that Fred heard and stopped in his tracks.
"Yes. She's having twins. And you all would know that if you hadn't acted like complete assholes and threw her from your lives", he finished and left the room. They heard him floo away and they just looked at one another.
"I'm going", Hermione jumped up, followed by Ginny. "I can't believe how we treated her. We were her best friends". Hermione and Ginny flooed to the hospital and found Fred in the waiting room.
"I don't think she wants you guys here", Fred mumbled, not looking up.
"Fred, it's me", Hermione said. He finally looked up.
"Oh. I love you, but I still don't think she'll want to see you or the rest of them", he said looking over to the sea of red hair plus one dark haired head getting closer to him.
Back in the room, the healer had given Ashleigh the pain potion, as she was 8 centimetres the next time she checked on her.
"Is that better?" George asked.
"Much", she said, relieved to not be in as much pain.
The healer came back in at 8:30.
"It looks like it's time to push", the healer smiled. Ashleigh looked nervously at George.
"You'll do great", he assured her.
"Okay, I need you to lift your knees. George, can you hold this leg please. The nurse will take the other. When I tell you to push, you do so as hard as you can for 10 seconds. And when you do, grab the underside of your thighs to help give you some leverage", Healer Faris explained. Ashleigh nodded her understanding.
"It's okay Ashleigh, you'll be fine", George assured her again.
"Push", she counted to ten.
"Okay, on the next contraction, you need to push again… Now push", counted to ten again.
She pushed three more times.
"I can see the head babe", George smiled.
"Why are you looking?" She asked, horrified.
"Because it's not every day that you get to see this", he told her.
"Push", the doctor told her, counting to ten again. "Okay, the heads out, just ease it for the shoulders". A cry pierced the room. "It's a boy!" Healer Faris announced. "Dad, wanna cut the cord?" She asked, handing a pair of scissors to George. He took them and she showed him where to cut.
Ashleigh smiled, tears forming as they placed the baby on her chest and cleaned him off, then took him away to make sure he was okay as she was told to push again.
About 13 minutes later, another cry pierced the room. "Another boy!" Healer Faris announced, putting him on Ashleigh's chest to be cleaned off as well. She let George cut the second cord. Ashleigh and George both had tears rolling down their cheeks.
"You did amazing", he said, kissing her.
"We did amazing", she smiled as they brought the newly cleaned babies back over. "How far apart are they?" Ashleigh asked Healer Faris.
"They're about 13 minutes apart, this one is the older one", she said, handing the older one to Ashleigh. "And they're perfectly healthy. Good weight. They're identical as well", she smiled and left so the new family could bond.
"We never did pick out names. I know I want to have mine and your father's names in there", George told Ashleigh.
"I had a couple names I wanted to run by you. Mason Oliver & Callum Arthur", Ashleigh told him. "Oliver was my father's name".
"I love them", he smiled.
"I think he should be Mason Oliver", Ashleigh said, referring to the older twin that she was holding.
"I agree", he said, kissing the top of Callum's head.
"I can't believe we created these guys", Ashleigh whispered.
"Me either", George smiled. "I'm gonna go get Tracie and Fred", he said and handed Callum to Ashleigh, so she had two sleeping babies in her arms. It hadn't taken long for them to fall asleep once they were all bundled up.
George went to the waiting room and noticed his family, Harry and Hermione were there as well. Fred saw him and jumped up.
"What're you doing here?" He asked them all angrily.
"We wanted to make sure everyone was alright", Molly told him, walking over.
"Everyone is fine. Our sons are here and they're perfect", George told them. "Fred, Tracie, Ashleigh wants you to meet them", George smiled at them. They followed him back to Ashleigh's room.
"Oh my goodness!" She shrieked in a whispered tone.
"Fred, Aunt Tracie, these are our sons. Mason Oliver & Callum Arthur", Ashleigh pointed to each respectively. "Mason is about 13 minutes older and they're identical".
"We'd like you to be both of their godfather", George told Fred.
"Are you serious?" Fred asked.
"Yes Fred, we are", Ashleigh smiled. She could tell that Fred was elated.
"I'd be honored", he smiled.
"Do you want to hold one of them?" Ashleigh asked. Fred nodded so she handed Callum to him.
"By the way, the rest of my family, Harry and Hermione are all in the waiting room", George told Ashleigh. Her face dropped and paled a little. "I can tell them to go if you want me to".
"No. If they're willing to be a part of our sons' lives, I want them to be", Ashleigh told him.
"Look at the bit of ginger hair on those heads, mum can't say they aren't Weasley's now", Fred told them.
"Who do you want to see first?" George asked.
"Hermione and Ginny, if they'll come", Ashleigh said. George went to the waiting room and returned a few minutes later with Ginny and Hermione.
"Wow", they both breathed as they saw the two babies, one in Ashleigh's arms, the other still in Fred's.
"This is Mason Oliver and Fred is holding Callum Arthur", Ashleigh told them. They stood there for a minute just staring.
"They're beautiful", Hermione whispered, tears forming. "Ashleigh, I'm so sorry. I know I've been hurtful and mean by ignoring you. I don't even know why I did it", Hermione said, tears falling.
"Me either. I guess maybe we were just so shocked at the announcement that we just followed mum's reaction and disappointment. I'm sorry", Ginny said, also letting her tears fall.
"The past is the past. I'm willing to forgive, if you are", Ashleigh told them. They looked at her and nodded fiercely, going over to give her a hug. They made sure not to hug too tight, because of the baby.
"Thank you", they both smiled. Ashleigh smiled back.
Two people at a time came in and profusely apologized to the new parents and awed over the babies. Everyone held the babies for a few minutes but then had to let the next come in. Finally it was Molly's turn.
"Mum", George said. They could tell she had already been crying. They introduced the babies to her and she cried harder when she heard that one had Arthur's name. She apologized to them over and over again.
"I really am sorry. I don't know why I acted the way I did. I think it's because you two are still so young and have so much time for babies. But I see I was wrong. I'd really like another chance to be a part of your new little family", she told them.
"We'd really like for you to know your grandchildren", Ashleigh told her. She cried even harder, thanking Ashleigh and giving her a hug and then hugged George.
"They look so much like Fred and George when they were born", Molly told her.
"I hope they don't have the same personalities for pranking", Ashleigh said, earning a glare from both men which caused her to laugh.
"Merlin help us all", Molly chuckled.