The next morning, I was stressed. It was only, what, 6:55 in the morning, but I was hurrying around the house, picking up everything in sight.

"Katie, dear, why are you up so early?" Robert mumbled, from his place at the kitchen table.

"We have guests Robert Williams, so I'm tidying." I snapped, glaring at him.

"Guests that are coming at what, 7 O'clock?" he grumbled, taking a sip from his tea.

"Mabel and Liam aren't tidy children, they scatter all their things everywhere" I said, brushing dust off the counter.

"I'm glad I'm having a day off today" Robert said, putting his empty mug on the table, and walking off into the living room.

"Leaves just as much scatter as his children" I muttered bitterly, sweeping his mug from the table, and putting it in the dishwasher.

At 7:30, I went to go and wake up Mabel and Liam, who were both obviously asleep. I went into Liam's room first, and saw him dozing on his bed, with his covers kicked off.

"Liam, time for school" I said gently, wiping his hair from his forehead, and lightly blowing in his ear, "Maybe the cress on your sheep has grown over night, why don't you go and check?" I suggested, and he was instantly awake, running down two steps at a time, and skidding into the kitchen. I ignored his shrieked reply, and went into the room next door, to wake up Mabel.

To my surprise, she was already up, and attempting to dress herself. In contrast to the light blue dress she wore yesterday, Mabel had found a bright pink one, and pink plastic heels to complete the look.

"Morning. Going for pink today, are we?" I grinned, as I walked over to her, and helped her into the dress.

"For Sleeping Booty" she nodded wisely. I inwardly kicked my immature self as I laughed lightly, making Mabel's eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"Why Mummy laughing?" she asked,

"Don't worry, Mummy's being silly" I said, still laughing a little at myself.

After she was in the dress, and I had brushed her hair, she really did look like Aurora. Mabel's hair was a smidge lighter, but other than that, she looked pretty similar. I walked over to her mirror, and chose a pink hairband that was hanging there.

She put on the headband and gave me a twirl, making her dress spread out, and causing her to giggle with delight.

I hoarded her downstairs for breakfast, and saw Liam already sitting there, examining his cress sheep, which had grown a little overnight.

"Its not that big" he said sadly, holding out the sheep so he could get breakfast.

"It'll get bigger, don't you worry" Robert said, walking back into the kitchen, and sitting at the table again.

"Good, I bet James' is really big though" he mumbled, dipping his spoon in his cereal.

"What makes you say that?" I frowned. James' sheep hadn't looked much bigger than Liam's did, so how could Liam say it would be today?
"He says his Mummy 'n Daddy can do magic" he said, looking up at me. Robert snorted into his hands, and covered a chuckle.

"What kind of magic?" I played along with him.

"With magic wands" he said, glaring at his Dad.

"Liam, sweetie, that's not true. I bet James' sheep had just the same amount of cress on his back" I assured him.

"Cool" said Liam, and continued to shovel cereal down his throat.

When the time hit 9:05, I bundled Liam and Mabel into the car, and said a quick farewell to Robert.

"Don't you dare mess up the house, you" I growled, glaring at him warningly. He put his hands up in mock surrender, and shut the door to the house.

"Prat" I muttered to myself, before getting into the car, where Mabel and Liam were already waiting.

"Right Williams, lets go!" I announced, turning the key to start the engine, and setting off down the lane. I suddenly realised I had completely forgotten to tell Liam that James was coming over tonight, so I decided to tell him now.

"Hey, Li, I forgot to tell you, James and little Al are coming to our house today, at night time"

Liam squealed so loudly, that I almost veered the car into the side of the road.

"Please don't scream, Liam" I sighed, turning into the school gates. I parked in my usual spot, and exited the car. I saw the red Bentley this time, so I assumed Ginny was already here. Mabel and Liam hopped out of the car, and Liam raced through the car park, running to get to the gates.

"Liam!" I cried, racing after him, fear that he wouldn't see any cars that could appear, but he slowed down, and slinked back to my side.

"You can run when we're in the school, just not in the car park" I told him, out of breath. Liam waited until the very moment we entered the gates, then he set off again, at top notch speed.

"Slow down Liam" I yelled, but Liam ignored me, but to be honest, I didn't care because he was now in the safety of school.

"Hi Katie" Ginny said, in a bored voice, when I saw her in the playground.

"Hi, is everything Ok?" I asked her, picking up on her miserable frame.

"Harry got summoned into the office late last night, and apparently there's been another murder, that they're trying to hush it up" she said, "I have no clue if it's true, but apparently Harry, being head of the case, needed to be there immediately"

"Oh, are the boys still coming tonight?" I asked her, feeling incredibly useless.

"Yes please, if you're still up too it" she said, and I noticed she didn't have Albus or Lily with her.

"Yes, of course, but where's Albus and Lily?" I asked

"With my Mum, at her house" she grinned, spinning around to show off her absence of children.

"Lucky you" I laughed, pleased she was perking up a bit.

"Lily almost slept through the night, which was good, though she woke up early, which was bad" Ginny grimaced.

"How early's early?"

"5:30am"

"At least you got sleep beforehand" I said in her favour.

"Only a little. Harry left at 11:30 last night, and I spent most of the night stressing" Ginny frowned, fiddling with her fingers.

"I feel for you, really" I said, finally letting out what I had been thinking.

"You don't have too, I feel like I'm moaning anyway" Ginny said, looking embarrassed.

"You're not" I assured her, "You're worried, and that's fine you know"

"I just hope this case doesn't last too long" Ginny muttered, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

"What's the usual?" I asked, wondering what the average case length would be.

"Well, as I've said, there hasn't been one like this since before James had been born" she explained, "But if he were to go on one, he would usually get it solved in a week or two"

"Its only been 5 days or something!" I noted, but she shook her head.

"There was a suspected murder 3 days before Lily was born, that was when he was first called out" Ginny told me, "I think that's maybe why she came out early, feeling all the stress around her"

"Was Harry there for her birth?"

"Yes, she was born at the start of the case, when things were just un-ravelling. Plus, she was born at 4:40 in the morning, after a quick labor the night before"

"I see" I said, quickly grabbing Mabel as she attempted a quick getaway.

"You're lucky your husband doesn't have to go through this, I love Harry and all, but sometimes he really is a noble git" she said in an undertone, so as not to penetrate Mabel's innocent ears.

"Wish I could say the same about Robert" I grinned sympathetically.

"If he doesn't come home tonight, I'll personally see to it he gets a scolding, in our own house" she grinned back, her eyes flashing naughtily. I felt myself blush a bit, but I hid it, I think.

The bell rang, getting more and more familiar to my ears, and Liam and James ran up to us. Ginny crouched onto the balls of her feet to say farewell properly, and James hugged her tight; she was right in saying James got clingier when Harry was away. James hung on tight, and didn't look like he wanted to let go, before a distant voice called his name, and he looked up, grinning.

"Coming Presley!" he called, waving bye to his Mum, whilst she looked incredibly bemused.

"Who's Presley?" Ginny asked him, straightening up.

"She's my friend Mum" James said, rolling his eyes, and acting like his Mum was a bit daft.

"Of course," Ginny said, grinning at me, and ruffling James' hair happily, "Have a good day at school darling, and I'll pack your bags ready to go to Liam's house after school, yes?"

"I'm going to Liam's house?!" James shrieked, looking at Ginny with disbelief.

"Yes, if you want"

"YES! Did Liam's Mummy imblite me?" James said, giddy with excitement.

"Yes, you and Al"

"Why does Al have to come?" James groaned, looking at Ginny with annoyance.

"Daddy's getting people from his work over, and you're not allowed to be at home when they're there" Ginny explained.

"But I like Dawlish and Proudfoot!" protested James, eyes wide.

"I know, but that's no excuse for you to be there" Ginny sighed, handing James his bag, and shooing him into the classroom.

"Bye Mama!" James called, and Ginny grinned,

"Look out for Nana after school you little rascal!" she laughed, and James gave her the thumbs up. I turned back to my own son, before realising he wasn't actually there, but halfway towards his classroom.

"Bye to you too Liam" I muttered, waving absent mindedly. After all, I had a house to prepare for the arrival of the Potter boys, and after seeing their house, I felt immense pressure.