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August 15, Wednesday.
Hermione slowly rose from bed as to not wake up Oliver. She had gotten into her clothes and snuck out to the kitchen where she got a glass of water and piece of parchment lying around. After writing a short message to Oliver she had snuck back in the room and placed the parchment on her side of the bed. Hermione went around and sat on the side of Oliver and pushed the hair that covered his forehead. She smiled at him. He looked like he hadn't slept in days and he was snoring lightly. Looking at the clock on the side table she sighed to herself. She needed to get home and shower then go back to work. She finally leant in to lightly kiss his forehead before she headed out when he started to stir. "Hey" she said to him as he slowly opened his eyes. He muttered something but it was audible enough she stopped him and said "I'm going to work, I'll call you tonight okay…go back to sleep love" Oliver grumbled and started to get up when Hermione pushed him back down and shook her head. "Go back to sleep…" and Oliver finally laid back down. Hermione chuckled and gave him a last kiss before heading out. She looked at him as she exited the room and inwardly smiled.
She got home 7:45am and she headed towards her bedroom when she heard a toilet flush in Cal's room. She knocked on the door and Cal shouted "Mia?" Hermione opened the door and found Cal coming out of the bathroom. She had a bathrobe on and her hair was dirpping wet. "Hey…feeling any better?" asked Hermione to Cal who had been feeling sick for a few ddays already. Cal nodded and said "So you didn't come home either huh…did you see Alia yet?" Cal asked as she went to her closet to find fresh clothes for work. Hermione shook her head and looked at Cal oddly. "In the sunroom. I already called the vet, she's coming over at 8 to check up on the kittens"
"KITTENS!" Hermione exclaimed as she ran down to the sunroom. In the corner of the sunroom was the cat's basket and Alia laid lazily on it as Crookshanks sat not too far away eyeing anything in the room. The rabbit was sitting with Crookshanks chewing it's toy and listening for any movements. Hermione headed towards the basket and stroke Alia's white fur. Hermione then asked the cat to shift a bit for her to see the kittens and Alia did so quite willingly. It sat upright on the corner of the basket to show her new litter. 4 fur balls to be exact.
"Oh my, I am so sorry!" Hermione exclaimed as the cat merely purred at her. Hermione heard clicking behind her and found that Cal had walked into the room all ready to go to work. "Four, I found them on the sofa when I got back earlier. I already cleaned the sofa, so don't worry. Crookshanks was trying to get Alia into the basket, you should've seen the feat he was in." Cal said as Crookshanks meowed loudly in annoyance. "Sorry, had to tell her" apologized Cal.
The doorbell rang and Cal went there to get it. It was one of Hermione's old friends from college. Cal lead her to the sunroom. Hermione had given way for the vet to check up on the cats and stood with Cal by the arch just watching. The vet then looked back at them and said "Healthy four kittens, 3 males one female." She then stood up and went up to the other two women and said "The cats are fine, bring them to the clinic in 3 weeks so we can start to vaccinate them then you can put the up for adoption or keep them. You choice,". Hermione nodded as she listened. After which Cal lead the vet back out and went back into the sunroom to find Hermione not there. "Where did she go" she asked herself. Crookshanks meowed loudly and looked at the stairs. Cal then headed up the second landing and knocked on Hermoine door. "Mia…Oh...shower...Uh…Mia I'm going to work now okay?"
"KAY!" said Hermione in the bathroom. Cal then headed out to drive to work. She had a 9am class and she hoped that it wasn't traffic already.
At the burrow Percy woke up alone in bed. He searched for Cal with his hand as he tried to focus his eyes. He reached for his glasses and sat up. He looked beside him and found that Cal wasn't there. Though there was a letter. After reading it he inwardly smiled and made a mental note to bother her for lunch. After which he had headed into the shower. About 15 minutes later he went down, already dressed for work, to the kitchen and found that Jackie was there again with George. On the table were bridal magazines scattered all over and George looked like he was bored. "Hello almost sister" he said and Jackie smirked at him and said "Good morning almost brother, you seem to be in a good mood."
George's ears perked up and looked at Percy. "So I take it all is good? You know do that again and I'll just have to kick your balls." George said warningly at Percy who just raised his hands in surrender. "Make this one slip, and the whole family will nag you" added George and Percy just shook his head and replied "I try not to…anyways work…tell mum I'll be back for dinner. If I don't come back I'll call or owl" Percy headed out to the apparition point of the house and with a pop left for work.
George smirked but was elbowed by Jackie who showed him a wedding cake in the magazine. "How bout that, 3 tears, circular, white and lavender…." She said as she pointed at the cake. George then sighed and said "they all look the same! I...I mean you choose babe….I …it's nice…" Jackie smiled and went on skimming the cake magazine
Thursday August 17
Dinner was slightly not much eventful. Aside form the fact that Oliver and Percy were over and that the Potter's were coming over in abit to look at the new cats. Hermione had promised Gillian a cat for her birthday this year and one of the cats of the littler will be Gillian's. As they started to put the food down on the table the door bell rang and all of then had said 'Perce get the door please'. Percy stopped from putting down the silver ware and looked at the other three oddly and asked if they were all connected by the brain that moment. After which he headed towards the door leaving the laughing 3 in the dining room to open the door.
When he had opened it he found that Ginny, Harry and Gillian were standing there. When it registered in Harry's mind who had opened the door he had gaped and pointed at Percy.
"Why are you here!" Harry exclaimed as Percy let them in.
"Cal is Hermione's housemate?" informed Ginny as she headed towards the kitchen and screamed in delight. Gillian had reached up for Percy who picked the 5 year old up into his arms and headed towards the kitchen.
In the kitchen Ginny had shrieked in delight as to find that Hermione had Oliver over. 'I knew it!' Ginny said as she gave Hermione a hug then gave Cal a hug. Oliver just shook his head and proceeded putting down the dinner plates. Percy with Gillian in arms had walked into the room and Hermione rushed to her goddaughter and gave the child a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Want to see the cats?" Hermione said as she took Gillian from Percy and walked towards the sunroom.
Meanwhile Harry was shaking Oliver's hands and congratulating him for getting into the finals. "Nah, We have a bigger problem now. Going against Spain.." Cal looked at Oliver and asked him to repeat what he said "Going against Spain." Repeated Oliver. Cal sighed and asked Percy if the head of sports and games Spain is coming that Saturday. Percy nodded and said "She's in the top box"
"and where are we sitting?" asked Cal.
Pecy gulped and said "top…box…"
"Oh fuck….great…fun….fabulous!"
"Look at it this way, err. I have nothing to comfort you with…"
"I'm dreading it now…"
They were interrupted when Hermione with Gillian walked back into the room. "I want the only girl!" said Gillian as she hopped to her dad. "Daddy! I'm getting a girl orange cow cat in 3 weeks!"
"Orange Cow cat?" asked Harry. Gillian nodded and said that the kitten showed had orange, black and white in all the same. "I think it's called a calico but orange cow cat sounds cooler!" exclaimed the little girl. Harry just laughed along with her and shook his head. Hermione then said "Why don't you three stay for dinner?"
Ginny looked at Harry and he shrugged. Ginny then looked at Hermione and said "Okay…if it's not much of trouble". Hermione then waved her hand and dishes were added to the table.
Dinner was quite entertaining. The guys were talking about the finals and were thinking of ways England could loose. Oliver was open to this as he really did like knowing more about the opposition before he faces them, yesterday and today they had been practicing and doing drills as to prepare for themselves for the game this saturday. He learnt that Spain is renowned for their fast chasers. Percy was then telling them how he heard that Jullietta Catalan herself had co-coached the team during their off season practice. Cal snorted and then said "Watch out for the twisting thing then, the one that the Chasers do. She loves that move. Hard to do, only a few do it, but she's known to drill them players until they get it. Trust me I know…" The guys stopped and looked at her.
"What?" she asked them as she tried eating her food. Oliver then asked her "Can you do it?" Cal snorted and said "With my eyes blind folded while in a skirt and heels." Harry did a double take and asked her if she was Madam Catalan's daughter. "The one rumored to have been able to play for the national team at 17?" Cal snorted and made an uncommitted sound.
Not long after, Oliver and Harry had been poking Cal for her to show it them. Just for the hell of it. Percy was sitting out of it, maybe this was the only way Cal could ever accept her mother. After while Cal had cracked and said "Fine, let me get that broom of mine…"
"You have a broom?" asked Percy as he tried to imagine her room.
Cal raised an eyebrow at him and said "well Percy you only inhabit the top of my bed, you've never really looked under it have you?" Oliver then coughed out
"coughprollyruinedcoughalreadycough" Harry laughed when Gillian said "What does he mean Daddy? Does Uncle Percy jump on the bed cuz that's fun!" Harry choked on his food and said "nothing dear eat your greens" Gillian pouted much like Ginny did as a child when she was left out of anything the boys were doing. Ginny just snickered in her seat and started to load Gillian's plate with more peas.
Around 10pm, Oliver had somehow convinced Cal to go and fly out for a bit "we'll go the pitch here in Oxford. I can prolly borrow it for a few hours". After some more nagging Cal cracked and said "Okay, a chance to play against England's Best Keeper….you are on" Percy then chuckled and said "That's my girl". Cal elbowed him.
10:30
Oliver, Cal, and Harry were on the air. Cal had decided to just go in her office clothes, well actually her dress shirt had been peeled off and she was now in her cropped pants and a white tank top playing on her broom. Harry had gasped when he found out that she herself had a firebolt first edition. "Papa gave it to me. I didn't ask for it. A book would've made me happy" she exclaimed as she rose in the air with the other guys.
Gillian, Percy and Hermione just sat in the stand watching the three play above them. It was then Gillian asked the two adults with her something they didn't think they could answer yet. "Aunt Mione, are you marrying Oliver?" Hermione gaped at the child and somehow blurted out "I…I don't know yet dear, we'll see in the future". Gillian scrunched up her face and then looked at Percy, "So is Aunty Cal going to be my REAL aunt anytime soon? Can you give me a girl cousin! I want one. Boys are mean!" Percy lightly chuckled and said "Maybe in the far future she'll be your real aunt". Gillian huffed and looked at her father playing against Cal.
"Okay Cal do it…" said Oliver. Cal circulated the pitch and zoomed at full speed towards Oliver. Just when she almost hit him she had pulled up her broom and twisted in a way the she got herself upside down slight above Oliver with a clear shot of the hoops, when she was done she was found steadily descending much like in the Wronsky Feint and then pulling up very fast. When she had finished her twisty thing, the quaffle was well it way to the hoops and Oliver had no chance to blocking it.
"What the hell! THAT'S HUMANLY possible!" shouted Harry who had watched.
"The trick is…. scare the shit out of the opposing seeker and you can do that move. Spanish Chasers have been known for ramming opposing Keepers, that's why De Leon, Castel and Montilla are called the matadors." said Cal as she flew into the hoop herself. "Or they'll go in through the hoops with the quaffle themselves. But I haven't really seen them play for a bit now, so I my information might be a few years outdated"
Harry had asked her to teach him how it was done and Cal had obliged. Oliver by the hoops was thinking of ways to block it. He then thought about it. If the chaser was blocked a few meters away from the keeper he couldn't possibly do that move that scared the living shit out of him. He thought of any possible way to do it from his spot in any case this move came into play. On the other hand Harry was nearly gotten it, but had a hard time trying to do the twist as he was scared of falling off his broom. "Harry, me and my sister called this the La muerto hombre deseo, the dead man's wish. You have to not care to do this. Many have fallen and broken their backs at this." Harry gulped and did it again. This time he somehow did it before he bailed out half way the thing and just did the wronsky feint.
"I…I'll try that at home.." said Harry chuckling. Cal was chuckling as well when she stopped and started to gag. "Cal you okay?" asked Harry. But Cal was already on her way down to the nearest trash can. On the stands, they saw what was happening and ran for where Cal had gotten off. When Hermione got there Cal was well into her vomiting until it was only retching noises. Hermione had suddenly conjured up with a bottle of water and started to pat her back "Cal drink water…come on".
Cal resurfaced from the trashcan and downed the water. After which she clutched her stomach and groaned. Percy got there Cal was already sitting on the bench. He put Gillian down and went to his girlfriend and asked her if she was okay now. Cal nodded and said "I should've waited for a few more hours before I did that…..ughh…I feel sick…." Percy chuckled and said "Come one I'll get you home…" Cal shook her head and said she was fine.
Hermione clucked her tongue and told Cal to go home and she did after wards. Harry was as well feeling dizzy from the tries he had done and decided to go home, Which left Hermione and Oliver in the pitch. Cal had left her broom as Percy had apparated her home. "So…how about you ride that broom?" Hermione raised and eyebrow but went up on the air anyways. She was wobbly at first but then she got a hang of it. She and Oliver were playing chicken when the pitch coordinator said that they were closing and they left the pitch. Oliver had commented at how Hermione had more guts than he think she did. Hermione swatted him with the broom.
When they got back to the house they heard more retching from the top floor. They headed up and found Cal by the toilet. "CAL!" exclaimed Hermione as she rushed to her friend. "Where's Percy?" Cal had said she had told him to go home because he had work tomorrow. "And you need to get well…Oliver, there's this pink liquid in my bathroom mirror can you please get it?" asked Hermione and Oliver had walked to the other bathroom and found it and came back to the room to find Hermione making Cal wash her face.
He stood there watching as Hermione got Cal in the bed. "Ollie can you look away?" and Oliver turned to step out in the hallway as Hermione got Cal to take off her pants and get into a long shirt. "Kay" Oliver stepped back in and handed her the pink liquid bottle.
"Pepto…what's this?" asked Oliver as He eyed the bottle as cal was downing a who bottle cap full of it. Hermione poured more of it and made Cal drink it. After a short whining session Cal did drink it. "There feel better? Now don't do those tricks again after you eat okay?" said Hermione as she tucked in her friend. "Yes doc" said Cal. After which Hermione and Oliver left the room and headed towards Hermione's room.
Oliver had flopped on the bed and brought down Hermione with him. Hermione laid on him fiddling with his hair when he said "Why do I have a feeling Cal is hiding something" Hermione scrunched up her face and said "I don't know, there's something wrong with her. She been sick since a week or so ago. But I thought it was only because of the stress and such…." Oliver shrugged and rolled Hermione to her back after which attacking her neck with kissed. "Ollie stop…." warned Hermione.
Oliver protested as he pouted at her "but but!"
Hermione then added "I cant really….unless you want kids….". Oliver made a face and ask what she meant. "Period? You know I'm a woman?" said Hermione as she watched Oliver's face turn into a slight frown"Oh…damn..but you idnt have two nights ago?""Yea well it crept up on me last night" Hermione said as she rolled him on his back.
"damn….I'll just sleep beside you then…."
"Yea no, go home get a good night sleep and I'll see you at the camp"
"Why are sending me home?" pried Oliver.
"You need to pack up and get there tomorrow right?"
"Oh right…sigh okay I'll see you then. You are still staying at the Wood tent right?"
"Like I'd want to be stuck with 2 couples in a tent with out you?" She snorted.
Oliver stood up and said 'That's a yes then…Good night then love". Hermione sat up and kneeled on the bed and said "Night Liver...I mean love" as she gave Oliver a good kiss before he left the room. Tomorrow was going to be fun, it should be fun
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Fridays, Camps, Finals and Madam Catalan.
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