James wasn't sure who was more excited about Freddy and Amy coming home. George was wearing a look of bemused anticipation, Angie was practically hopping with happiness, and James' stomach had at least one snitch in it.
The three of them were waiting at Heathrow, not at the port key terminal but at a international gate. Amy was so close to her due date that she could not travel by port key. She had barely gotten the OK to fly on a plane.
George's was thinking about his dad and how proud he would be with the current generation of witches and wizards. All of his nieces and nephews and both of his children had passports and muggle licenses. They easily moved between both worlds. They weren't the exception either.
George still could not drive to save himself. It was just too much to keep track of. Angie, on the other hand, was very good at driving and it was she who had driven them all here to pick up Freddy and Amy.
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James had helped to get his cousin and Amy settled in and headed home to his wife. There was to be a large family get together tomorrow.
"Honey I'm home! I brought dinner with me." James wondered why he didn't hear a reply. "Honey?" He checked all the rooms on the first floor. "Maggie?" Getting a bit worried he headed up the stairs.
He found her sound asleep, in the rocking chair, in the nursery. He gently kissed he awake.
"Maggie, honey would you like dinner or to lay down in our bed? Or even better, dinner in bed?"
She picked dinner in bed. James made a big tado with extra pillows, flowers and the deli sandwiches served on their finest plates.
After he had cleaned up, he was laying with his head next to his wife's abdomen as she slept. "Hey little one, your second cousin is back in London. I just know you two are going to be best of friends. His daddy and I are. I know some people will try to tell you that boys and girls can't be best of friends, but they would be wrong! Your Aunt Hermione was grandpa Harry and Uncle Ron's best friend when they were in school. Teddy and Victoire were best friends for as long as I can remember. You are so lucky. Not only do you have the most beautiful, talented and loving mum but you have a HUGE family too. Me, daddy, I'm the oldest son of your grandpa Harry and grandma Ginny. Then there is your Uncle Al, he's cool! He's a auror. Your Aunt Lily is so smart! She takes care of sick kids. Aunt Lily is married to Uncle Ambrose and they have two boys and a girl. Your twin cousins Benny and Danny are the oldest. Paige is their little girl."
"Then there is your Uncle Teddy and Aunt Victoire. Well Teddy isn't my blood brother, but my daddy, your grandpa, is his god-father and he was with us 3 or 4 times a week all the time we were growing up. He taught me how to draw, my abc's, how to fly a broom, heck he taught me how to be a good big brother. Sure I had a hard time with that last bit. But I finally straightened up. They have six kids! They are older, but I know they are going to spoil you!"
"Let me tell you about your grandma Ginny. She played quidditch, just like me. She was a lot better player than me. She played in the world cup! She is the best mum and grandma. She is so excited that you are a girl."
"I never understood how good of a daddy your grandpa Harry was until I became an adult. We argued a lot when I was a teenager. But I understand now. I acted like I knew everything, but I was really scared that I might know nothing. I was afraid to fail. All he wanted was me to see that it's alright to fail."
"Grandpa Harry is a hero. There was this real bad guy, he tried to kill grandpa when he was a baby. He did kill grandpa's mummy and daddy. This bad guy killed a lot of people and then grandpa, grandma, your great aunts and uncles and great grandparents stood up to him and finally grandpa killed him."
"You also had two great uncles that fought in the final battle that died. In fact they are the reason I met your mommy. Every year there is this big party in the summer. The adults were always sad and happy both. We kids just liked the food and all the children to play with."
"Well little one, that's enough of your old daddy yakking for now. Tomorrow night we'll get mummy to tell you all about your grandpa Dennis and grandma Peg."
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I'd like to try to explain something. I've gotten a couple of questions about what will happen next. I feel bad saying "I don't know." But I don't know. I have no idea where the plot bunny will take me next. I'm just as surprised as you are when I re-read the chapter.
Maggie being Dennis Creevy's daughter just appeared on the screen. Lily's children's names, just happened.
Freddy's soon-to-be son's name had to be because of another fic I wrote where he showed up in the last chapter.
BTW - Maggie and Peg are nick names for Margaret. Somebody very special to me is a Margaret and has a completely different nickname.
