They opened the door with a female face on it. "Don't forget to close me on your way out!" she called. They all gasped.
"It's amazing!" Lavender breathed. They walked into an obviously magical room. It was as big as a whole world, as if it was, in and of itself. There was grass everywhere and the ceiling was like the one in the Great Hall – they could all see the sky. There was a double-story house a little ways in, a swing-set in front, a forest behind and a little pond in the front yard.
The house was made of dark wood paneling and black shingles, window frames and doorframes. The door was a dark red mahogany with a brass doorknob with a balcony sticking out in front of it. They didn't hesitate to head for the door.
"Whose house is this, Professor?" Hermione asked, blocking the doorway.
"It's yours, Miss Granger. And of course Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss Brown and Miss Corner will live here. All your things are here and each room can be changed to your personal liking. The nursery for your baby – yes, you will get a baby Mr. Weasley – is set up, as are all the other rooms. The baby is sleeping and will awake at 8:00 tomorrow morning."
Ron groaned. He didn't like the idea of having a baby and Amari. "Can we go in now, Hermione?"
"No, Ron we'll just look at it from the outside." Hermione said sarcastically, rolling her eyes and opening the door. They stepped into the living room.
The carpet was scarlet and the couch was red leather. There was a black metal fireplace and the walls were lined with several bookcases full of books. Hermione immediately checked the books out.
"There's everything here!" she exclaimed. "Do you like reading, too, Amari?"
Amari had followed Hermione to the bookcases and was looking at the spell books. She did still have Ron's wand with her. Ron hadn't realized. "I think magic is cool. I want to do magic, too."
"Speaking of magic, you would need a wand to perform it!" Ron said angrily, finally realizing. "Do you still have my wand?"
"Oh, yea…" she sighed, "I put it away – I'll give it to you later." She didn't want to give it back.
"Shall we continue the tour?" Professor McGonagall interrupted Ron, who was going to say something. They all eagerly peeked into the kitchen. Lavender was the most amazed this time.
The kitchen had stainless steel everything! The fridge, stove, pots, pans and taps were shining. The counters were black marble and the cupboards and drawers were made of an almost black wood with silver knobs and handles.
"I can cook here for you guys! I love cooking!" Lavender said, going through the drawers and cupboards, looking in the fridge and testing out the water.
"I can cook, too…" Harry muttered.
"Who else can cook?" Ron asked. He couldn't. Parvati, Lavender, Harry and Neville raised their hands. Nobody expected Neville to. "You can cook, Neville?"
"Well, I can bake…" Neville turned bright red.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of, Neville! I think it's wonderful!" Parvati comforted him. She just really wanted him to make her treats.
"Where's the bathroom?" Amari asked.
"There are two bathrooms. One is down the hall, the first door to the right, and the other is upstairs." Professor McGonagall informed them. Amari went into the bathroom and squealed. It was pink! The toilet seat was pink with little white flower patterns on it that matched the shower curtains. She pulled them back and saw a lot of bath toys. They were probably for the baby.
She looked in the cupboards for a couple seconds before closing them again, not finding anything interesting. She finished her business and washed her hands twice as long as usual with the raspberry foam there was for soap.
"Oi! Are you drowning or something in there?" Ron banged on the door.
"I'm coming!" Amari dried her hands on a fluffy pink towel and exited the bathroom, hitting Ron's nose on her way out. She sniggered.
"Ouch! Oh, no! Pink?!" Ron gasped.
Everyone looked in the bathroom quickly and headed upstairs. The first room they entered was labeled Ron and Hermione.
"We're sharing a room?" Hermione gaped before entering.
"At least it's not pink." Ron said.
The room was all red and gold. There were two large beds in the room – if they slept together, two more people could sleep in there too. Their trunks were at the end of their beds and they each had a kind of blocked off cubicle in the corners to change behind. There was also an end table for each of them with clocks. There was one big desk against the wall with two chairs.
"Does that mean Harry and I are sharing rooms?" Lavender asked.
"What about us? Who do I have to share with?" Parvati asked, worried.
"You will see when we get there, Miss Patil. I did not choose – it was a random decision." Professor McGonagall told her. Parvati sighed, looking at her group.
"What's your room like, Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"Let's go see!" Lavender said. They went into their room and it was identical to Hermione and Ron's.
"It's so plain! I'm redecorating later!" Lavender said. Harry rolled his eyes then jokily mouthed 'help me' to Ron. Ron snorted and Lavender smacked Harry upside the head.
Amari screamed. They all ran into her room, panicking. "It's PINK!"
They all laughed, even McGonagall.
Amari's room theme was Barbie. She had a whole corner of Barbie things and all her room had pink things. There was a pink bedspread, canopy, walls, carpeting, mini bookcase, dresser and end table. "I love it!"
"Have you noticed something? Amari's room is beside ours and the baby's is beside Harry's!" Ron said from the hallway. He had to step out of that room.
"The baby's our priority, then?" Lavender asked cheerfully.
"Of course. Ginny did ask Ron to take care of Amari, so it only makes sense!" Hermione said. Harry groaned.
"What about us?" Dean asked.
"You have the Niffler, remember?"
"Come look at this nursery!" Ron called from the baby's room. He seemed to want to keep as much distance as possible between himself and the pink room.
"It's blue… I'm guessing we got a male baby…" Lavender muttered sadly.
"The door's not labeled… Do we name him?" Harry inquired. McGonagall nodded.
"EEEEEEEE! Can we name him Caleb? Please, Harry?" Lavender asked. The two reminded everyone else of a couple naming their own baby.
"Sure, I can't think of anything else," Harry said.
"He's so cute! He looks so real! We should go shopping for him, Harry!" Lavender fawned.
"If you say so," Harry sighed.
The nursery had blue colored everything. There was a blue crib, changing table, curtains, blankets and even blue diapers! There were different toys – blocks, stuffed animals, little musical instruments, everything!
"At least babies can't cause trouble… I'll trade you!" Ron asked Harry.
"Sure, Amari hasn't done anything to me, yet…" they both got a smack in the head from their respectful partners.
They took a quick look in the bathroom. It was the same as the one downstairs, except it was yellow with green leaf patterns.
"About birthdays," McGonagall took out a piece of paper from her pocket and checked it, "Mr. Potter and Miss Brown's baby's birthday is the 24th of each month and Miss Patil's is on the 3rd." Their teacher headed out the door, waiting for the 75 male group to come to their property.
"Do you want to come see our house?" Parvati asked as they were leaving.
"We'll come see it later – we are neighbors!" Lavender answered, hugging her friend. "Good luck" she added, looking at Neville, Seamus and Dean. Hermione and Amari we're looking through books together and Harry and Ron were setting up a chess set.
"Anyone hungry? I feel like cooking…" Lavender said.
"We just had dinner!" Hermione retorted.
"Well I'll bake cookies then. We'll have dessert."
"I'm in!" Ron said.
"Are there any easy spells in the books?" Amari asked.
"Well, this is the first of the Standard Book of Spells, it's the easiest." Hermione said, "I'm going to read this one." She picked out a potions book and sat with Amari on the huge couch.
"Cookies are ready!" Lavender cried out a while later. Harry and Ron had already played two games of chess – Ron won two – and Hermione was on her second book. Amari had fallen asleep again. Ron got up the fastest.
"What kind did you make?" Ron asked, already in the kitchen.
"Don't take any yet – they're too hot! We're going to each have an equal share!" Lavender slapped Ron's outstretched hand with her spatula. "Harry could you help me? Ron is bothering me!"
Harry jumped up, bored already. "Come on, Ron!" he grabbed Ron's arm.
They ended up fighting each other on the floor, Ron having tackled Harry right away. They weren't doing serious damage, but they woke Amari up and she was laughing.
"The cookies are cool enough now if you two want any!" Lavender practically yelled.
"Gerroff, Harry! Cookies!" Ron said, kicking Harry off. Amari was laughing so hard she couldn't eat her cookie properly.
"You two are lucky the baby won't wake up today," Hermione warned.
"Hermione's right, boys! We'll have to be quiet when the baby sleeps from now on. Oh my god! What are we going to do about the baby? We can't leave Caleb alone while we're at school!" Lavender fretted.
"We're still at school…" Harry said. Lavender glared at him.
"That's not the point!" she sighed, "At least tomorrow's Saturday. We can organize things tomorrow."
"Ron! That was my cookie!" Hermione said as Ron took a cookie from her plate. Ron smiled a cookie-filled smile and everyone laughed. Ron knew now that it wasn't going to be as bad as he thought.