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Chapter 16-- France?
"Ginny? Can we go into the other room?" Harry asked, seeing Ginny walk into the room, her brow furrowed in confusion.
"What for?" she asked, completely thrown.
"I'll tell you when we get there," Harry said simply, grabbing her arm and dragging her out of the sitting room.
Harry dragged Ginny upstairs into her bedroom and sat down on the bed.
"I don't know how to tell you this exactly, but I guess I'll just spill it out. What would you think if I told you that our children shouldn't go to Hogwarts?"
"I'd tell you that you were flat out stupid. Our kids are going to school no matter what. There's no sense in keeping them at home. That school is safe enough. I think that if the threat grows to be great enough that we should only take them out then. There's no sense in hindering their magical education just because of some Dark Lord."
"Are you sure?" Harry asked.
"Positive," Ginny answered.
"Okay, " Harry said, kissing her quickly.
"Oh, and one more thing, since we're up here all alone," Ginny said, looking at Harry.
"What?" Harry asked, looking a little nervous.
"I got a job. In France. I meant to tell you sooner, but I didn't know how exactly. And the closest school in France is... Beauxbatons. I don't know if we should send them to Hogwarts or not. I mean, Beauxbatons is a good school..."
"So James is going to skip around in a little blue dress?" Harry asked, indignantly.
"No! He would wear a light blue shirt, a pair of white pants, and a light blue cloak!"
"But Ginny? Beauxbatons?"
"Is that a problem?" Ginny said, her eyes getting watery.
Harry looked a little alarmed.
"Well, if it means that much to you, I guess we could try it... You might not even have the job for that long anyway," Harry said.
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT I CAN'T HOLD MY OWN JOB?" Ginny yelled.
"No! I'm just saying that ten years is a long time!" Harry exclaimed.
"But, no one would think of looking for us in France would they?" Ginny added, "Wouldn't they think of England first?"
"Probably," Harry admitted grudgingly.
"And, you could try out for the French National Quidditch Team! They need a Seeker..."
Harry didn't know what else to say. He looked at Ginny, whose eyes were watery and her bottom lip was trembling slightly.
"Okay," Harry said, scooping her up in a big hug. He took her hand and led her downstairs.
Mrs. Weasley held James in the rocking chair in the corner of the room, while Fleur fed a hungry William in the corner of the room.
"Molly, we need to tell you something," Harry started.
"I've accepted a job as the secretary for the Auror office at the French Ministry. We're moving on Monday. And, James is going to go to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic."
"WHAT?" Mrs. Weasley roared. James started crying. Ginny walked over to her mother and picked up her wailing son.
"HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK OF MOVING?" Mrs. Weasley continued, tears in her eyes.
"Mum, if we move, I can give James a better life! We can live together in a real house with a large backyard and maybe even a Quidditch field outside! I can give him everything you and Dad couldn't give us! Don't you think I want him to have everything that I didn't have when I was little?"
"CAN'T YOU GIVE HIM THAT SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND?" Mrs. Weasley said, burying her face in her hands.
"No, Mum, we can't. I can't get a job that good in England. I'm not qualified enough. There are more opportunities in France than there are here."
"Molly, I can try out for the French National Quidditch Team there and give James and any other children we have everything they want or need!" Harry said, trying to comfort Mrs. Weasley.
"And ze Beauxbatons Academy is ze best school! Zecond to only 'Ogwarts!" came Fleur's voice from the other side of the room.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Mrs. Weasley screeched.
Ginny looked over at Harry and handed James to him quickly. He was still crying.
She made it to the kitchen...
...and threw up in the middle of the floor.
Sorry it's taken so long to post. I had writer's block. I also did some stuff on An Unlikely Romance. It was originally on H.P.A.N.A., but I'm doing a little editing and making it longer on here.
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