Ginny couldn't help but laugh as her brother Charlie sulked good-naturedly as his wife refused to let him take their daughter from the potions master. "ve get so little time where she is 'appy with out us" Fleur admonished the dragon tamer gently "she love sev'rus so much leave her be" Charlie lent down to whisper in the veela's ear "Can we get him and Ron to keep her all night?" But this was said in a stage whisper "I can think of some things we could happily do without Jacqueline for a night" "If that is the height of your finesse at seduction, Mr Weasley, it is a wonder you ever managed to woo your wife to begin with" Snape drolled not taking his eyes off the child in his arms, it was fair to say the Snape was as besotted with his godchild as she with him. "I did ok!" Charlie groused. "Really!" Bill Weasley asked joining the group with an expediently bestowed round of hugs for his family and a slap on the back for the professor. " Here was I thinking it was me who won her over before breaking her heart telling her I was bent as a three sickle coin and sending her your way" The joke as usual got a laugh from everyone it was the source of great amusement for all the three wealeys involved that rumours of a relationship between Fleur and Bill had sprouted up like devils snare when the two had become friends three years before. People had seen the two beautiful youngsters together and assumed romance. When in fact the French beauty had enjoyed the company of the strictly homosexual curse breaker who had not been remotely affected by her veela heritage. She had fallen instantly for the second Weasley brother his rugged outdoors sprite complemented her no nonsense personally perfectly in a way the slightly vain and work obsessed Bill never could. "Really!" Charlie grinned "and here I thought she came to her senses and realized I got all the charm and good looks and threw you to the wolves ... or wolf" this joke got a rare snort of laughter from Snape, who glanced at Charlie, who could swear the Slytherin was awarding him points for his pun.

"Where is Remus" Molly asked her eldest son "He went straight over to Harry, Herm and little Ronny" "Did the potion work alright last week?" Arthur asked it had been a great concern in the family that Bill's lover was testing new variation of the wolfsbane last full moon and as they had not heard Ron's eager praise of the master brilliance they assumed it had been a failure. "Not as we had hoped" Bill said tension instantly filling his every move "Remus kept his mind and control of the wolf, so that's good but the transformation was just as painful as normal though he could eat after a few hours which is better and it really didn't seem as tiring as normal but the pain was still bad and still for two days afterwards" the sadness in his voice was evident, the strain of the full moon was taking its toll on the former DADA instructor and it was obviously distressing for his lover to see him decline/ "The extra bicorn hair and dragon's bile should help this month" Snape informed them sternly the certainty in his voice was as much comfort as he could offer the other man. "Assuming your brother can be kept out of my work room long enough for me to finish this batch." "I guess that's a hint for us to baby-sit" Arthur asked the dark haired man with a grin. "I doubt Ron would like being called a baby" Bill told his father sternly though the mischief in his eyes suggested that he found the term suitable. "No more than I like my lover being called one, no" Severus' tone was deadly cold but Molly just smiled at her youngest son's partner "He may be a man, now, but to us he will always be our baby boy, no matter whose bed he sleeps in!" she replied in an equally determined tone "Well as long as you keep him out of the way, while I brew the Wolfsbane, I don't care what you call him" Snape conceded adjusting Jacqueline as she squirmed in his arms "I am well aware of the fact that he is incapable of brewing a half decent potion to save his life but I had no idea his mere presence could destroy hours of my hard work" Ginny giggled "Ron said it was only ruined because you got distracted by his good looks" she grinned at her potions master, and nigh on brother in law, knowing he would rise to the bait he never could resist teasing Ron even in the younger mans absence. "I strongly advise you Virginia to ignore your brother's nonsensical rambling" in full professor's mode "it would be unfortunate to ruin a reasonable mind such as yours with such lunacy. Good looks, indeed!" "I was going to invite him to come to The Cannon's game on the 20th" Charlie interrupted "that should keep him out of your hair for a few hours"

Bill shook his head "I still think you are being over zealous, You brew dozens of potions every week when Ron is about why is the Wolfsbane different" "You didn't see is" Ginny exclaimed "I had was in the corridor our side Ron walked in to the lab and suddenly everything was covered in Wolfsbane the whole corridor ! The WHOLE Corridor!!!" her eyes comically bug like "I don't care if it was Ron distracting Severus or his magical field somehow interfering with the potion or just a freak coincidence I don't want to risk it every month Ron is somewhere not here when the Wolfsbane is brewing"