Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood
Disclaimer: Athena belongs to me. As for the rest, see "What can I do to forget about the love between us" (why the hell did I make such a long title..)
Ships: AD/MM
Note 1: Ok, like what Freelancer said: My fic, my rules. So instead of 80 years older than Minerva, I make Dumbledore to be 8 years older than her! *grins*
Note 2: Since Dumbledore is 25 years old here, so I am going to make him to be as wild as possible
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames, so back off, if you know what's good for you.
Rated PG for a bit of swearing
Thank you for all your reviews!
Gross Reality: I have my own way of telling a story. If you don't like it, I believe you could go to hell.
Dedicated to my friends in the Albus/Minerva group-Thank you for consoling me.
Chapter 10: Oliver's twins.
Athena stared at the big red letterbox outside Oliver Wood's house, which is a bungalow painted in white. The letterbox was filled with white letters. "Fan mails again." She muttered and rang the doorbell.
The soft music was heard inside the house and Athena heard Wood yelling: "Coming!" A second later, Wood opened the door. "Hi, Athena, Katie and I have been waiting for you. Come in."
"Thanks. By the way, you need to collect those," Athena said, indicating the letterbox. "When is the last time you emptied it?"
Wood gaped at the letterbox. "Oh man, I just emptied it this morning!" He groaned and went to get the mail. "You go in first." He said, snapping open his letterbox.
Athena just stepped into the big living room and put her broomstick against by the umbrella stand when she heard Katie calling from upstairs. "Oliver, who is it?"
"Hi Katie, it's me, Athena!"
"Hi, why don't you come upstairs?" Katie called.
"Go on, she is in the baby's room." Wood said, coming in with his arms full of letters. "I'm going to answer these mails.." He stared at his letters, then at Athena. "Nah, maybe later. I have got to show my guest to the baby's room..." He put his letters on a table and showed Athena upstairs.
They stopped at a room with a white door and Wood knocked.
"Come in." Katie said from inside.
Wood opened the door and they went in. Athena stared in awe at the baby's room, which has wallpapers with the pictures of Bludgers and Golden Snitches that fly all over the wallpapers. The ceiling is painted sky-blue with white fluffy clouds, which move as if there's an imaginary wind is blowing at them. Two cribs, one is blue and the other one is pink, were situated at the side of the room with their sides against the wall.
"This room is so you, Oliver. Hi Katie. How are you?" Athena said, walking to Katie, who is heavily pregnant and sitting on an armchair.
Katie smiled kindly. "Fine. Do you like this room? Oliver decorated it."
"You know how to decorate?" Athena teased Wood.
"Hey, I know a lot more things beside Quidditch." Wood protested, then he grinned. "Watch this, this ceiling is almost as great as the ceiling in the Great Hall." He walked towards the window, pulled the pale-blue curtains closed and the clouds disappeared. The sky turned darker and millions of stars and a moon with a beautiful face appeared, brighten up the room with a soft glow. "Cool huh?"
"Yeah." Athena said, sitting down on another armchair. Wood pushed the curtains opened again and the clouds returned.
"Oh yeah, we have something for you...." Wood said and left the room.
"This room is great." Athena said.
"Yeah, I know. The kids will probably grow up to be Quidditch maniacs like their dad." Katie said dryly.
"Oh really, who is the one who keeps on cheering like a maniac for the Puddlemere United?" Athena teased.
"I'm not the one who woke his Gryffindor Quidditch team up at the crack of dawn for practice and trained the team in all kinds of weathers." Katie said in defensively. "Speaking of Gryffindor, how's the Quidditch team?"
"Excellent. With Harry Potter as the Seeker, the Gryffindors will never lose." Athena said proudly.
"Except during his third year." Katie said flatly.
"Oh that doesn't count, it is because of the Dementors..." Athena said and Wood came in with a box. "Here Athena, happy birthday. Katie picks it out."
"You shouldn't have...." Athena started.
Katie ignored her. "Open it."
"Here goes...." Athena opened the box and found a glass globe with roses of 7 colours. "It is beautiful." She said in awe. "Thanks."
"Glad that you like it." Katie said.
"By the way, Oliver, can I ask you something?" Athena asked, carefully put the globe back into the box.
"Ask away." Wood said, sitting down on the white carpet.
"Do you....." Athena started and stopped when she saw Wood's face turned ghastly pale. She looked at Katie and saw her face filled with pain as she bite her lip and breathed heavily.
"Oh Merlin, Katie!" Wood cried frantically, got up from the carpet, rushed to his wife and carried her up to his arms. "Don't worry, I will get you to St Mungo's, Hang on. Athena, you follow us if you like." He said and disapparated.
"Good thing that I brought my broomstick." Athena said and rushed downstairs.
***
"Hey, Athena!" A voice called and Athena turned around. Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia and Percy rushed to her and Percy said breathlessly: "We.. come...as....fast..as....we....could. How.. is.. it?"
Athena shrugged helplessly. "All I heard is Katie's screaming...." She started and then a loud scream from the delivery room pierced through the air. "Yeah, just like that." She said and the boys went pale.
"Where's Oliver?" Fred asked.
"He left a few minutes ago. I manage to get him to buy something to eat," Athena said. "He has not eaten anything since this morning."
"How long has Katie been in there?" Angelina asked worriedly.
"8 hours." Athena said tiredly. "I have to owl my parents so that they will know where I am."
"What? 8 hours?!" Percy exclaimed while Alicia said: "I heard my friends saying that the first child always take a longer time to deliver...."
"Ah, here comes the father." Fred said, grinning at the tired-looking Oliver Wood.
"Oliver? I thought I told you to...." Athena started.
Wood sat down beside Athena. "I can't take a bite." He said simply. "How's Katie?"
"I don't know." Athena said.
"Don't worry, Oliver, Katie is going to be just fine." Percy said. The words just barely left his lips when another scream filled the air. Then a loud wailing came out of the delivery room.
"Oh my, Oliver! Oliver, did you hear that?!" Angelina exclaimed and Wood nodded vigorously. He swallowed nervously as he waited for his another child to be born.
5 minutes later, another cry was heard from the delivery room. Then a nurse poked her head out of the room and called: "Mr. Oliver Wood?"
"Yeah, that's me. How is it, Miss?" Wood asked frantically, standing up from his seat.
The nurse smiled happily. "Congratulations, you have a boy and a girl, and the mother is just fine!"
"Oliver! Did you hear that?!" Fred yelled as the group cheered loudly. Angelina, Alicia and Athena hug together as they cried with joy. George slapped Wood on the back as the famous Quidditch player beamed brightly and shook Percy's hand.
"Congratulations, mate." Percy said, grinning.
"Thanks." Wood said happily.
***
"Hi, how is the mother feeling?" Athena said, grinning as she entered Katie's hospital room the next morning.
Katie tore her eyes away from her two babies who she had been carrying and smiled at Athena. "Tired, but blissfully happy."
Athena smiled and put her bouquet of roses on Katie's bedside table. Katie turned her attention back to her children, making funny noises at them.
"Where's Oliver?"
"At home, I think." Katie said absentmindedly.
Athena was just about to say more when she heard loud noises from outside. "What the...." She started and Katie looked up, frowning. "Oh my God, is this a hospital or not?" She said in annoyance.
Then loud, running footsteps were heard and Wood threw open the door, rushed in and slammed the door shut.
"Oliver, what are you..." Katie started and Wood said frantically: "Reporters!" And a number of people began to call him from the outside.
"Mr. Wood, what is it feel like to be a father?"
"Are you planning to train your child to be a Quidditch player?"
"Is your child a boy or a girl?"
"Can we take a picture of your child?"
"All right, all right, you reporters, get out of here, if you want to talk to Mr. Wood, you can hold a press conference. Give him some privacy! This is a hospital, for Merlin's sake!" A loud voice commanded and the noises eased slowly. Someone knocked the door and Wood opened it slowly.
"Sorry, Mr. Wood, it will not happen again." A doctor said apologetically.
"It better be." Wood snapped grumpily and tiredly and closed the door. "I hate reporters." He mumbled.
"Oliver, I thought I told you to go home and rest, you look like a wreck." Katie scolded.
"I know, but I can't wait to see my twins again. Anyway, I did rest, a little." Wood grinned. "Hi Athena."
Athena nodded politely as Wood walked to his wife and kissed her. He looked tenderly at the babies and said to Katie: "You have gone through so much pain to have them, you must be exhausted."
Katie smiled. "But it's worth it. Oh, why don't you carry the girl? I think she wants you." She said, looking at the baby girl who was looking at Wood with her big, brown eyes.
"Me?" Wood asked uncertainly. "Are you sure?"
Katie nodded. "She is going to cry if you don't. Take her."
Wood looked at Athena, who nodded. He swallowed and took the girl clumsily.
"Mind her head." Katie said, smiling as Wood held the baby gently.
"Hey, look! She is smiling at me! Hi there, my girl, I am your Dada...." Wood said, making funny faces at his daughter.
"So what are their names?" Athena asked.
"Oh, we are going to name them after my grandparents." Wood said. "The boy is Jonathan and the girl is Michelle."
Athena raised her eyebrows. "Michelle?"
Disclaimer: Athena belongs to me. As for the rest, see "What can I do to forget about the love between us" (why the hell did I make such a long title..)
Ships: AD/MM
Note 1: Ok, like what Freelancer said: My fic, my rules. So instead of 80 years older than Minerva, I make Dumbledore to be 8 years older than her! *grins*
Note 2: Since Dumbledore is 25 years old here, so I am going to make him to be as wild as possible
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames, so back off, if you know what's good for you.
Rated PG for a bit of swearing
Thank you for all your reviews!
Gross Reality: I have my own way of telling a story. If you don't like it, I believe you could go to hell.
Dedicated to my friends in the Albus/Minerva group-Thank you for consoling me.
Chapter 10: Oliver's twins.
Athena stared at the big red letterbox outside Oliver Wood's house, which is a bungalow painted in white. The letterbox was filled with white letters. "Fan mails again." She muttered and rang the doorbell.
The soft music was heard inside the house and Athena heard Wood yelling: "Coming!" A second later, Wood opened the door. "Hi, Athena, Katie and I have been waiting for you. Come in."
"Thanks. By the way, you need to collect those," Athena said, indicating the letterbox. "When is the last time you emptied it?"
Wood gaped at the letterbox. "Oh man, I just emptied it this morning!" He groaned and went to get the mail. "You go in first." He said, snapping open his letterbox.
Athena just stepped into the big living room and put her broomstick against by the umbrella stand when she heard Katie calling from upstairs. "Oliver, who is it?"
"Hi Katie, it's me, Athena!"
"Hi, why don't you come upstairs?" Katie called.
"Go on, she is in the baby's room." Wood said, coming in with his arms full of letters. "I'm going to answer these mails.." He stared at his letters, then at Athena. "Nah, maybe later. I have got to show my guest to the baby's room..." He put his letters on a table and showed Athena upstairs.
They stopped at a room with a white door and Wood knocked.
"Come in." Katie said from inside.
Wood opened the door and they went in. Athena stared in awe at the baby's room, which has wallpapers with the pictures of Bludgers and Golden Snitches that fly all over the wallpapers. The ceiling is painted sky-blue with white fluffy clouds, which move as if there's an imaginary wind is blowing at them. Two cribs, one is blue and the other one is pink, were situated at the side of the room with their sides against the wall.
"This room is so you, Oliver. Hi Katie. How are you?" Athena said, walking to Katie, who is heavily pregnant and sitting on an armchair.
Katie smiled kindly. "Fine. Do you like this room? Oliver decorated it."
"You know how to decorate?" Athena teased Wood.
"Hey, I know a lot more things beside Quidditch." Wood protested, then he grinned. "Watch this, this ceiling is almost as great as the ceiling in the Great Hall." He walked towards the window, pulled the pale-blue curtains closed and the clouds disappeared. The sky turned darker and millions of stars and a moon with a beautiful face appeared, brighten up the room with a soft glow. "Cool huh?"
"Yeah." Athena said, sitting down on another armchair. Wood pushed the curtains opened again and the clouds returned.
"Oh yeah, we have something for you...." Wood said and left the room.
"This room is great." Athena said.
"Yeah, I know. The kids will probably grow up to be Quidditch maniacs like their dad." Katie said dryly.
"Oh really, who is the one who keeps on cheering like a maniac for the Puddlemere United?" Athena teased.
"I'm not the one who woke his Gryffindor Quidditch team up at the crack of dawn for practice and trained the team in all kinds of weathers." Katie said in defensively. "Speaking of Gryffindor, how's the Quidditch team?"
"Excellent. With Harry Potter as the Seeker, the Gryffindors will never lose." Athena said proudly.
"Except during his third year." Katie said flatly.
"Oh that doesn't count, it is because of the Dementors..." Athena said and Wood came in with a box. "Here Athena, happy birthday. Katie picks it out."
"You shouldn't have...." Athena started.
Katie ignored her. "Open it."
"Here goes...." Athena opened the box and found a glass globe with roses of 7 colours. "It is beautiful." She said in awe. "Thanks."
"Glad that you like it." Katie said.
"By the way, Oliver, can I ask you something?" Athena asked, carefully put the globe back into the box.
"Ask away." Wood said, sitting down on the white carpet.
"Do you....." Athena started and stopped when she saw Wood's face turned ghastly pale. She looked at Katie and saw her face filled with pain as she bite her lip and breathed heavily.
"Oh Merlin, Katie!" Wood cried frantically, got up from the carpet, rushed to his wife and carried her up to his arms. "Don't worry, I will get you to St Mungo's, Hang on. Athena, you follow us if you like." He said and disapparated.
"Good thing that I brought my broomstick." Athena said and rushed downstairs.
***
"Hey, Athena!" A voice called and Athena turned around. Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia and Percy rushed to her and Percy said breathlessly: "We.. come...as....fast..as....we....could. How.. is.. it?"
Athena shrugged helplessly. "All I heard is Katie's screaming...." She started and then a loud scream from the delivery room pierced through the air. "Yeah, just like that." She said and the boys went pale.
"Where's Oliver?" Fred asked.
"He left a few minutes ago. I manage to get him to buy something to eat," Athena said. "He has not eaten anything since this morning."
"How long has Katie been in there?" Angelina asked worriedly.
"8 hours." Athena said tiredly. "I have to owl my parents so that they will know where I am."
"What? 8 hours?!" Percy exclaimed while Alicia said: "I heard my friends saying that the first child always take a longer time to deliver...."
"Ah, here comes the father." Fred said, grinning at the tired-looking Oliver Wood.
"Oliver? I thought I told you to...." Athena started.
Wood sat down beside Athena. "I can't take a bite." He said simply. "How's Katie?"
"I don't know." Athena said.
"Don't worry, Oliver, Katie is going to be just fine." Percy said. The words just barely left his lips when another scream filled the air. Then a loud wailing came out of the delivery room.
"Oh my, Oliver! Oliver, did you hear that?!" Angelina exclaimed and Wood nodded vigorously. He swallowed nervously as he waited for his another child to be born.
5 minutes later, another cry was heard from the delivery room. Then a nurse poked her head out of the room and called: "Mr. Oliver Wood?"
"Yeah, that's me. How is it, Miss?" Wood asked frantically, standing up from his seat.
The nurse smiled happily. "Congratulations, you have a boy and a girl, and the mother is just fine!"
"Oliver! Did you hear that?!" Fred yelled as the group cheered loudly. Angelina, Alicia and Athena hug together as they cried with joy. George slapped Wood on the back as the famous Quidditch player beamed brightly and shook Percy's hand.
"Congratulations, mate." Percy said, grinning.
"Thanks." Wood said happily.
***
"Hi, how is the mother feeling?" Athena said, grinning as she entered Katie's hospital room the next morning.
Katie tore her eyes away from her two babies who she had been carrying and smiled at Athena. "Tired, but blissfully happy."
Athena smiled and put her bouquet of roses on Katie's bedside table. Katie turned her attention back to her children, making funny noises at them.
"Where's Oliver?"
"At home, I think." Katie said absentmindedly.
Athena was just about to say more when she heard loud noises from outside. "What the...." She started and Katie looked up, frowning. "Oh my God, is this a hospital or not?" She said in annoyance.
Then loud, running footsteps were heard and Wood threw open the door, rushed in and slammed the door shut.
"Oliver, what are you..." Katie started and Wood said frantically: "Reporters!" And a number of people began to call him from the outside.
"Mr. Wood, what is it feel like to be a father?"
"Are you planning to train your child to be a Quidditch player?"
"Is your child a boy or a girl?"
"Can we take a picture of your child?"
"All right, all right, you reporters, get out of here, if you want to talk to Mr. Wood, you can hold a press conference. Give him some privacy! This is a hospital, for Merlin's sake!" A loud voice commanded and the noises eased slowly. Someone knocked the door and Wood opened it slowly.
"Sorry, Mr. Wood, it will not happen again." A doctor said apologetically.
"It better be." Wood snapped grumpily and tiredly and closed the door. "I hate reporters." He mumbled.
"Oliver, I thought I told you to go home and rest, you look like a wreck." Katie scolded.
"I know, but I can't wait to see my twins again. Anyway, I did rest, a little." Wood grinned. "Hi Athena."
Athena nodded politely as Wood walked to his wife and kissed her. He looked tenderly at the babies and said to Katie: "You have gone through so much pain to have them, you must be exhausted."
Katie smiled. "But it's worth it. Oh, why don't you carry the girl? I think she wants you." She said, looking at the baby girl who was looking at Wood with her big, brown eyes.
"Me?" Wood asked uncertainly. "Are you sure?"
Katie nodded. "She is going to cry if you don't. Take her."
Wood looked at Athena, who nodded. He swallowed and took the girl clumsily.
"Mind her head." Katie said, smiling as Wood held the baby gently.
"Hey, look! She is smiling at me! Hi there, my girl, I am your Dada...." Wood said, making funny faces at his daughter.
"So what are their names?" Athena asked.
"Oh, we are going to name them after my grandparents." Wood said. "The boy is Jonathan and the girl is Michelle."
Athena raised her eyebrows. "Michelle?"
