* denotes Personal thoughts
Diary of a Frustrated Wife by Yawning
Chapter 6
After months of working hard to loose weight...
"I just may to have to murder you, Arthur." Molly sighed.
She knew right then it would be a long night for her and she'd not be getting any will deserved sleep. After the feeling of nausea subsided enough for her to try to move, she wearily dragged herself out of the bathroom and to the side of the bed. Gazing down at her handsome husbands face as he slept, she sighed before doing the only thing that came to mind.
"Wake up, Arthur!" Molly shrilly yelled into the side of his face, before slapping the back of his head in revenge. He jerked awake, frantically looking around for some unknown attacker. Wide eyed in surprise, Arthur calmed down his racing heartbeat seeing his wife standing at the side of the bed. It was only Molly, no attackers at all. Molly. Naked.
"Uh, Molly. What's wrong? If you're still in the mood all you had to do is-" Arthur joked.
"I'm pregnant again. Or at least I think so." Molly interrupted before he could go any further.
"What?!"
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After dropping that bombshell, it took Molly a good twenty minutes to calm her spouse down. Of course hearing that one statement seven times before wasn't anything new for the Weasley's.
"Are you sure, Molly?" Arthur questioned as they lay back in their bed facing one another. Rubbing her curving stomach gently with his left hand, he grinned as he imagined another child in her womb.
"I'm almost certain I might be. I could be going through the change, but I think we may be getting a little surprise in the coming months." Molly answered with a small smile. The more she thought of it, the more it made her pleased. Sure she'd regain all of the weight she had lost, but another beautiful baby would be well worth the sacrifice. And although she and Arthur missed having any alone time do to children always being underfoot, her children were her most precious gifts. With Ron and Ginny almost full grown-maybe the empty nest syndrome she experienced would be put off for a while longer.
"Are you happy? If you are, I mean. I know you were excited to lose the weight." Arthur asked.
"Yes, I am. You've finally got through my thick head that I don't need to be a size 5 to be happy. If I'm pregnant, I'll gladly gain the weight. Well, for the most part." Molly grinned. She placed her hand over his as he continued stroking her belly.
"Well, it's a beautiful thick head if I ever saw one." he said chuckling, before falling back against the pillows howling in laughter.
Staring at her husband as if he was crazy, Molly patiently waited for him to calm down. When his laughter settled down to mere snickers, she questioned him.
"All right, what was that about?"
"Just thinking. We have seven beautiful children and may be expecting an eighth. What are the odds it'll be another red head and probably a boy?" he said.
"Pretty good on the hair part, but I think Ginny needs a little sister to even things up a bit." Molly smirked.
Kissing her lips, he happily agreed. Now all they needed to do was confirm it and announce it to their children. They'd find out tomorrow and then tell the kids. How hard could that be?
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A week later at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry...
"All right you two, don't make me get the hose." Harry said, jokingly to his two bed friends as they snogged again on the couch in the Common room. Because PDA or Public Displays of Affection were frowned on by most of the teaching staff at Hogwart's, most couples either hung out in the Common rooms or waited until they were outside the grounds of the school to be affectionate.
"My eyes, my eyes!" Ginny laughed, seated at a chair next to the couch. Holding her hands over her eyes, she pretended to moan in pain. Just like Harry, she was thrilled her idiot brother and the resident genius, Hermione Granger, had finally gotten together. Every Gryffindor had been waiting patiently for the two to realize they loved one another and now that they had, everyone felt it was their duty to tease the young couple unmercifully.
"Aw shuddap!" Ron snarled, although he wasn't angry. His face was crimson to match his hair while he pulled away from the equally pink faced Hermione.
"Well, now that you two are done, let's work on this project. I sure as heck don't want to be screamed at by Snape for not completing it on time." Harry replied. He pulled his quill, a small cauldron and a parchment with the list of ingredients needed out of his book bag. Setting his belongings down on top of the small work station, he grabbed a wooden deck chair and sat down.
"The greasy git. He's given us the hardest project of the class because he wants us to screw up. I'm surprised he's even letting the three of us work together on it. Probably would partner me with Neville so I'd be sure to fail." Ron remarked, climbing off the couch to go sit with Harry at the work table situated in the middle of the room.
"Don't joke. Neville has gotten a lot better in class and hasn't messed up any experiments in weeks." Hermione said, taking the seat between Harry and Ron, while Ginny took the chair across form them.
"Thank goodness, I don't share your classes. I'd probably-" Ginny began, before a loud shriek sounded in the room. Everyone turned their heads to the window as the Weasley's family owl flew through the open window. Errol, an gray owl resembling a molting feather duster, flew straight for Ron. But instead of stopping, he circled back before crashing into the side of Hermione face, causing the young witch to hop up and scream in surprise.
"Errol!" yelled Ron, snatching the stunned owl out of his girlfriends bushy hair. Errol flopped limply in his arms as Ron laid him down on the table.
"You okay?" Ron asked Hermione, who nodded. "Stupid bird. Sorry about that."
Ginny meanwhile took the letter from under the owls wing and started opening it. After scanning it quickly, she read it out loud:
Dear Ron and Ginny, and Harry and Hermione if you are there,
Your father and I have some important family news to tell you and will be visiting tomorrow with
all of your siblings. Before you start to worry, it's not terrible news. Everyone is safe and healthy.
I'd also probably need to apologize for using Errol because I'm sure he's most likely slammed
into a window or knocked something over by now. We will be there tomorrow at six. We've
already notified Dumbledore for permission. We'll meet up with you in Great Hall. See you then.
Love Mum and Dad.
"Well, that is suspicious. What do you think they have to tell us?" Ginny asked, folding up the letter.
"Maybe dad got a raise? Or wait, maybe Mum's pregnant again? Ha!" Ron said, before he started sniggering.
"Don't even joke about that, Ronald Weasley." Ginny rolled her eyes, shaking her head at him. No more siblings, please! She enjoyed the baby of the family status. Most of the time anyway.
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It wasn't often the entire Weasley clan converged into one place, but when they did it was a wild affair. That and the fact that nothing was more startling than a group of red heads standing around in one area. Arriving first, were the eldest brothers Bill and Charlie. Percy, reunited and no longer on the outs with his family, showed up minutes after. When Ron, Ginny, Harry and Hermione came to the great hall exactly at six, the twins had just apparated from work at their joke shop.
"Well, what do you think is going on?" Ron asked Fred, after greeting all of his older siblings.
"Heck if I know. Dad was very secretive when I asked him why we had to meet up here." Fred
said.
A loud crack sounded and everyone turned to witness a suspiciously beaming Molly and Arthur
Weasley. Dressed in matching green robes, they were holding hands and looking way too happy
for words-creepy.
"Okay, Mum, what's going on?" Ron questioned again. Molly simply ignored his question as she hugged and kissed each of her children, starting with the eldest three.
After fussing over Bill's long hair and fang earring and Percy about looking too thin, Molly and Arthur bade the children to sit down at one of the many tables in the almost empty hall.
Taking charge, Arthur nodded to his wife before taking a deep breath.
"You all must be wondering why we called you here. Thought we might as well do it here instead of taking Ron and Ginny out of classes. Well, here goes. Your mother's pregnant. Two and a half months." Arthur announced.
Silence. Stunned silence. And then everyone started talking at once.
Bill shared a special smile with Charlie, before jumping out of his seat and grabbing his Mum in his arms and giving her a huge hug. Charlie quickly followed suit, then slapped his Dad on his back laughing.
"Whoa. Again? Another little bro or sister? Cool." Fred said, nodding his head in approval.
"Hope it's another girl this time. I don't think I could tolerate another Ron. Right Gred?" George replied to his twin, before smirking at his younger brother Ron to show he was kidding.
"I can dig it, Forge. But I'm not changing any more nappies." Fred smirked.
Ginny felt her mouth drop at the news, while Ron blushed. Thinking back to the many times he'd endured his parents loud love making episodes, he wasn't too surprised.
"I thought you two were finished after Gin." said Percy cautiously. After being forgiven for his earlier betrayal to his family, he was a little afraid to do or say something stupid to end up on the outs again. Still, he thought his folks were too old to be having another child, but he wisely kept that to himself.
Molly blushed, grabbing her husbands hand again. "This was unexpected, yes. But we are very happy. We hope you children are too."
"Just call us the Weasley 10. Seven bloody brilliant and if I may, strikingly attractive children and the best parents in the whole world. And another on the way." Fred said, chuckling.
Walking over to his Mum and Dad, Ron gave a little smile before practically jumping into his mother's comforting arms. She hugged him tight, stroking his wild hair as Arthur looked on happily.
"You'll always be my precious little boy, Ronald. Don't ever forget it." Molly whispered in his ear for his ears only. She knew Ron and Ginny would probably feel insecure since they were no longer the babies in the family.
And for once in his life Ron didn't care about being seen as a baby in front of his siblings or friends, especially when his Mum held him like that. He felt even better when Hermione gave him a little smile and wink behind his Mum's backside.
Harry and Hermione offered congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley as everyone stood around talking excitedly about the new arrival. Everyone except one.
Well, I hope you liked that chapter. Sorry no lemon. Definitely will be back next chapter.
Molly's pregnancy will be much fun to write. And don't think their problems are
forgotten. Evil looms just around the corner for the Weasley clan. Stick around and read
more. Thank you for all the supportive reviews and people who have emailed. Bye!