* He's no prince charming *
"Mommy, prince charming is real, right?" Belle asked her mother one afternoon while she was coloring in the living room. Hermione upped her head from the couch she was laying in and looked at her 6-year-old daughter.
"Well... I wouldn't say that, sweetheart." she said. Belle looked at her with her eyebrows furred and her eyes squinted.
"Why, mommy?" the little girl asked.
"Well... because... he's not, baby." Hermione said.
"But... daddy's your prince charming." Belle said. Hermione's eyes got bigger.
"I... I wouldn't say he's a prince charming, sweetie." she said with a little smile.
"Prince charming has blue eyes... daddy's eyes are blue." the little girl stated.
"yes, that's right, but..." Hermione answered before her daughter cut her in.
"and prince charming is sweet and nice. Daddy's sweet and nice too." Belle said in her most matter-of-factly tone.
"Well, yeah, but..." Hermione said as Belle interrupted her once more.
"and he's brave... daddy's brave." Belle said
"unless there's a spider in the house." Hermione said. Belle just gave her a look. Hermione sighed. Belle sat next to her on the couch. Little did they know that Ron was already home listening to them from the door.
"I see where you're going, but daddy's no prince charming, sweetheart. He can't be one. He has no castle, like prince charming has. And no horses." Hermione said. Belle looked down and sighed, disappointed. Hermione held her as she laid one of her hands on her 6-month-pregnant belly. "And... there's another reason why daddy can't be prince charming. See: when we were at Hogwarts, your daddy was Griffyndor's quidditch keeper. He was SO good that no quaffle passed any of the posts, so the students from our house started singing 'Weasley's our king! Weasley's our king!'" she told the little girl. Belle laughed a bit.
"Did you sing that too, mommy?" she asked. Hermione looked at her and nodded, smiling a bit.
"That's why daddy is no prince charming: he's already a king." Hermione said, proud, big smile on her face. Belle giggled and Ron smiled from where he was hidden. It was true. He was no prince charming. But he was the king of Hermione's and his daughter's hearts, and that was much better.