It was now a week before Christmas, Esme was fast asleep when a familiar serval shaped Patronus bounced into her room.
"My dad is at St. Mungo's, please come."
She hopped from her bed, quickly dressed, grabbed a still sleepy Jessica, dressed her before apparating to St. Mungos.
"Oh, you're here!" Bill exclaimed greeting her taking Jessie from her.
"Of course, I am."
Charlie ran out to greet her with a hug.
"All right, right now is not the time to feel up my best friend, Charlie," Bill teased.
Charlie let go of Esme a blush rising on his cheeks.
"How is your dad?"
"He's doing okay."
Esme nodded in relief Arthur's become like a surrogate father to her.
The two of them led her to their dad's room. She was greeted by a tearful Molly who clutched onto her.
About an hour later, Ben walked in.
"I didn't know you were working this case, Ben."
"I'm not but I knew you would be here."
"Something wrong?"
"John was injured on the job yesterday, would you like to see him?"
Esme glanced at Bill and Charlie in silent question.
"Go ahead, Esme."
"Can you watch Jessie?"
"We sure can," Charlie assured her with a slight smile.
Esme followed her brother out of the room.
"I'm kind of surprised that you're here," Ben said.
"Why is that?"
"I know you don't like hospitals."
"Who likes hospitals besides people who work there?"
"What I mean I'm surprised you haven't had an anxiety attack."
"I had a small one before I arrived. I can't imagine losing Arthur, he's been like a surrogate father to me. Then I started thinking about how devastated Molly, Bill, and Charlie would be if something happened to Arthur."
Ben nodded as they reached John's room. They walked into see Ruby sitting by John's bed holding his hand.
"Hey Ruby," Ben greeted his older sister.
The middle Abrams sibling turned to her little brother immediately noticing her twin next to him.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"He's my family too, Bee."
"It's stupid magic that got him hurt in the first place. I wish magic didn't exist or at least that I didn't have it."
"With that logic, Bee. You wouldn't have met John."
"I'm sure love would've found a way."
Esme smiled. "There's the hopeless romantic Ruby that I love."
"You're as much a hopeless romantic that I am."
Ben chuckled. "Am the only non-hopeless romantic in this family?"
"Just wait until you find a woman you love so much."
Just then John grumbled in his sleep and Ruby rushed to his side.
"What happened to me?" he rasped.
"You were injured at work, Johnny," Ruby told her husband taking his hand.
He nodded as the healer on duty walked in the room.
"It seems like you're awake, Mr. Wilson," she smiled.
"Yes. I am."
"It seems like you were cursed with some unidentifiable curse."
"I was cursed?"
The healer nodded. "Do you have anyone who could help identify the curse."
"I used to be a curse breaker in Egypt, I think I could help," Esme said.
The healer nodded before leaving the room.
"Thanks for offering to help."
"No problem, Bee."
Before Ruby could respond there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Charlie walked in holding Jessie.
"Is everything okay?" Esme asked walking over to Charlie.
"Mummy!" Jessie exclaimed reaching out for Esme.
She gladly took her daughter from Charlie.
"Is this my niece?" Ruby asked softly.
"Yes, this is Jessica Adara Abrams," Esme grinned.
"Adara, that's an Irish name, isn't it?"
"It is, I'm the one who suggested it to her," Charlie grinned at Esme.
Ruby looked at Charlie. "You must be Bill's brother."
"How can you tell?" Esme teased her hazel eyes twinkling.
"You have the same color eyes and hair," Ruby noticed.
"I am, but I'm more handsome wouldn't you agree Esme?" he smirked at her.
"No I wouldn't," she teased.
"That hurts, Abrams. It really does," he teased his blue-grey eyes twinkling mischievously.
"Is it hot in or is it just me?" John asked.
"How's your dad?" Esme asked seriously.
"He's doing okay. They tried stitches but that didn't work," Charlie sighed.
"What exactly happened to your dad?"
"He was bitten by You-Know-Who's snake Nagini."
The group nodded.
"What happened to you, John?"
"I was hit by an unidentifiable curse," John explained.
Charlie nodded.
"Do you and Bill need me to be there?"
Charlie smiled. "It's fine, we're big boys, Esme."
"You sure?"
"Positive, you just continue reconciling with your sister. I know how much you missed her," Charlie told her.
"Okay."
"Hug?" Jessie asked looking at Charlie
He smiled and hugged both Esme and Jessie before leaving the room.
"So, how long has that flirtation been going on?"
"We confessed our feelings for each other back in August. We nearly kissed but Jessie interrupted."
"She's had feelings for him since she was pregnant with Jessie," Ben divulged to his other sister and brother-in-law.
"I have."
"Where did you end up staying while you were pregnant?" Ruby asked.
"I stayed at 'The Burrow' which is Bill's childhood home," Esme explained.
Ruby nodded. "I'm really sorry about how I reacted to your pregnancy. I admit I was jealous especially knowing that I can't carry a child to full term."
"It's okay."
"Esme, you've always been very forgiving while I hold a grudge."
"I know."
"Do you forgive me?"
"I do."
The two sisters hugged tearfully.
"You know mum had the audacity to suggest I abort Jessie."
Ruby's blue eyes widened. "That's horrible, not even I would have the audacity to suggest that just because I was jealous."
Someone knocked on the door and walked in.
"Abrams?"
She turned to see Chester, what's he doing here?
"You two know each other?" John asked.
"I've been unsuccessfully courting her for almost a year. I don't understand why I've been unsuccessful."
"How do you know him, John?"
"He's my coworker and friend."
Esme nodded.
"How do you know each other?" Chester asked Esme.
"He's my brother-in-law."
Chester nodded.
Esme said. "Can we talk for a moment, Chester?"
"Sure."
Esme led him out of the room but before she could even get a word out he was kissing her. She was caught off guard but he had her locked in place.
"How dare you do that to Charlie!" a voice screamed.
She turned to see Tonks, Charlie's best friend fuming her hair changing to a vibrant red.
"Tonks, it's not what it looks like!" she yelled.
"Likely story," she said storming over to them.
"He kissed me but I wasn't enjoying it."
"What's going on here?" Ben asked walking out of the room after hearing the commotion.
"Chester kissed me without my consent. This was just meant to be a talk about my non-existent feelings for him."
"You've been leading me on for the past year?"
"No, I haven't. I was just being nice but you misinterpreted those actions as me fancying you."
"You're a fuckin slag, first you get knocked up by some random man who abandoned you. I don't blame him for abandoning you —" before he could finish his sentence he was hexed.
The group turned around to see Bill strolling over to them casually.
"I saw the whole thing, Davies," Bill spat. "I know Esme can handle herself but I decided to step in when you called her a slag."
"That's what she is. She led me on."
"I didn't lead you on."
"You can do much better than a Weasley, like me. They're poor."
"They may be poor in wealth but they're not poor in love. Money doesn't matter," Esme snapped.
"You're probably going to be popping out babies non-stop and never going back to work."
Charlie stepped in. "I would never hold Esme back. She can be both a mother and have a full time job."
"When you finally get the attention you so desperately wanted from me when you were a pathetic second year you fancy a pathetic Weasley."
"You better leave Davies before one of us punches you," Charlie growled wrapping a protective arm around Esme.
The other man stormed away.
"I could kiss you, Charlie," Esme smiled up at him.
Before Charlie could lean down to kiss Esme, Ruby walked out of the room nearby and Jessie toddled towards Charlie who in turn picked her up.
"Did I miss something?"
Esme explained what just happened. The younger Abrams twin frowned.
"Dad's awake!" Fred exclaimed walking over.
Charlie and Bill breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can go see Mr. Weasley, John will be fine," Ruby assured her twin.
"Thank you."
The two twins hugged and Ruby walked back to her husband's room.
"Is that your twin?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, that's Ruby."
"You don't look alike," Fred noticed.
"We're not identical, I look more like my mum other than my hazel eyes and Bee looks more like our dad except her blue eyes."
Fred nodded.
"My personality is a lot more like my dad's and Bee's is more like our mum's."
The group reached Arthur's room.
"Everything alright?" Molly asked.
"Yes, my brother-in-law is awake and I'm going to help figure out what curse they used on him."
"He was cursed?"
"Yes."
Molly nodded. A dark-haired man walked up with Charlie.
"Hey Esme, this is my roommate and co-worker Barnaby Lee," Charlie introduced him.
Esme smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Barnaby."
"You too, call me Barney."
"Got it."
"The last time I saw you were heavily pregnant with your daughter," Barnaby said.
Esme looked confused between the two men before Charlie explained. "Remember when we fell asleep after my dad's birthday?"
"I do. I fell asleep with my head on your shoulder and your hand resting on my stomach," Esme recalled.
"The next afternoon I woke up to see Barney looking at us and told him not to tell anyone about how he found us,"
The family stayed for a few hours longer. Bill and Charlie escorted an exhausted Esme and a knocked out Jessie back home.
"I'm going to go put Jessie to bed," Charlie said.
"Okay, thanks."
Charlie walked away with Jessie to put her to bed.
"I kind of feel sorry for the Davies brothers even though the older one is a git," Bill said.
"Why is that?"
"Roger stood no chance with Fleur and Chester stood no chance with you," Bill replied sitting on the couch.
Esme blushed as Charlie walked back into the room. "She's fast asleep."
"Thanks, Charlie," she smiled at him.
"No problem."
"I should get to bed, I'm exhausted too," she yawned.
"You sure look exhausted, Esme," Charlie said sweetly.
"Can you sleep with me, I always feel better when I have someone to comfort me after an emotional day?" she asked Charlie a tinge of hope in her voice.
"I think so."
Esme smiled and led Charlie to her room.
"What about me?" Bill yelled.
"You're a big boy, you can levitate your own blankets over to the couch!" Esme yelled.
Bill huffed. "No funny business in there."
"This is my house I can do whatever I want with your baby brother," Esme teased winking at Charlie.
Charlie teased. "I'm going to enjoy it so bloody much."
"Besides I know if Fleur was here you'd be having your way with her too!"
They continued walking to her room once in her room. Charlie removed his shirt and crawled into bed.
"You know I just want an excuse for you to finish that feeling up session in private," Esme said flirtatiously as she started getting undressed.
"I wasn't feeling you up, that's not what gentlemen do," Charlie denied.
Esme countered. "I know you're a gentleman, Charlie but that hug was definitely more than just a hug."
Charlie sighed. "I'm not proud of it but I was feeling you up but it's not like your eyes haven't been glued to my chest since I took my shirt off."
Esme blushed. "Of course not."
"Admit it, if Bill wasn't in your living room and your daughter wasn't asleep in the next room. You would have your way with me," he winked.
"It's not like you wouldn't do the same."
Charlie said. "I would. You have the infamous nightie on."
She giggled and slid in next to him.
"Goodnight," he said.
"Night."
They fell asleep.