Fred looked down at the precious nine month old baby in his arms. He was completely in love with his niece and nephew.
Roxanne had a long, long labor, little Georgina and Gideon had taken their time.
Roxy had just gone back to work full time. Leanne's brother, Alex, was holding little Gideon and looked as besotted as Fred was.
It had been a little less than three years ago when Roxy and Leanne had asked for help starting their family. The boys had said yes immediately. Then the process had begun. Simultaneously physical and mental evaluation had been done.
Lots of therapy sessions had happened, exploring the nuances of being their Uncles and biological dads too.
None of the four of them knew which baby had been conceived with Freddy's sperm and Leanne's egg or with Alex's sperm and Roxanne's egg. All they knew was one embryo from each batch had survived and been implanted.
Looking at the babies there was no way to know. They each looked like the perfect mixture of their mums.
Molly II ran from her office to the loo. The small amount of dry toast and tea she had managed for breakfast was not going to stay down and she suspected why. It was time to buy a pregnancy test. That certainly hadn't taken long. They had just gone off of protection two months ago.
Scorpius held his wife as she cried. Another round of IVF had ended in disappointment.
James looked at the small Chudley Cannons onesie in open mouthed disbelief. As his mind wrapped around the fact that a wee baby was growing inside Maggie his face broke into a huge grin. Lifting his wife from the couch he tenderly hugged and kissed her, their joy filling the room.
Hugo lovingly wiped the cloth across the reception desk. All was ready. Tomorrow his new dental assistant, the muggle sister of a wizard, would report for duty, along with Alex Jordan. Not only would Alex be his office manager, he would be helping Hugo document this new field of magical dentistry.
Working in a muggle dentistry office had helped both of them understand how to start a practice.
They were taking two months to organize and practice then they would begin taking patients. Having a sister, aunts, uncles and cousins that owned businesses would certainly help grow his practice. All of them planned on offering dental coverage to their employees.
Victorie looked at the healer in open mouthed disbelief. Not only was she pregnant but it was twins…..again! Merlin's pants! The boys were teens! They had long ago given away all the baby stuff, except the two cradles Hagrid had lovingly made 14 years ago.
Of course Teddy was in America for meetings. Blast his job! Asked later she had no recollection of how she ended up at her mum's office. But find herself sitting in a chair across the desk from Fleur she did. Wordlessly she handed the report the healer had given her, across the desk. Her fog began to lift with the undignified squeal that signified the joy her mum felt. A radiant smile formed on Vic's face. This may have been unexpected but these two babies were wanted and would be loved.
A few days later:
Fred walked along side his Uncle Charlie. They were finalizing the layout of the U.K.'s first ever zoological park.
The aim, besides education, was rehabilitation. Charlie had a good base stock of creatures that Luna and Rolf Scalamander had found injured or for some reason could not be released back into the wild.
Time was of the essence. Uncle Rolf had, with help from European authorities, busted a smuggling ring. Further investigation had uncovered a huge enterprise with hundreds of ailing creatures.
Victorie had given over some farmland she had just bought for expansion as the temporary rehab center.
Luna, Rolf and Charlie had called in colleagues and the Scalamander's were overseeing the operation temporarily.
But a more remote and secure site was needed. They were going to end up paying more for quicker work but it had to be.
Lily Potter rubbed her tired and swollen feet. She had been chief resident on duty for the past forty eight hours. She had twenty four off. First she was taking a long hot shower then she planned on sleeping at least half of that time.
Lily laughed at the latest text from her dad. Apparently defeating Voldemort, becoming the youngest chief auror ever, then running said department was less taxing that working as Hogwarts' defense against the dark arts professor.
He had sent a picture of a spectacular bruise on his jaw. He failed to duck quickly enough when his sixth years were practicing using objects to block spells. He had been waiting for Madame Chang to fix him up when he took the selfie.
Theodore Remus Lupin had never, before now, fainted. Not even when he had broken his arm at age eight, reaching for an apple and having the branch he was sitting on break.
But pass out he had. Merlin's baggy y fronts! Twins! Again!
Al sat sipping a drink in a new trendy restaurant that had opened in Diagon alley. He had just spent a futile day negotiating a settlement. They were no closer to agreement than they had been this morning. Both parties, a brother and a sister, laid claim to their ancestral home. It was a pitiful worn out piece of land with a falling in cottage. For the life of him he could not think of why they were fighting so hard over it. Personally he had suggested counseling, as he suspected this wasn't really about a piece of land.
At least his opposing was a intelligent, caring woman who was working as hard as he was to get their clients to work out their differences.
He knew that as long as the case was ongoing it would be bad taste to ask her out, but…..