an: hello!! Ok so it has been a very stressful week and another one is coming up! After I graduate on June sixteenth I will probably make it more easier to get writing done.
So I usually try and get the following chapter done before I post the current one BUT this is my birthday present from me to you!! lol, my birthday was...well it was yesterday considering it is 12:05 right now. All I ask is that you guys return the favor and hit the review button on the bottom lettting me know what you think!!
OK, on with Brenna's chapter!!
Love,
Kylie
Life isn't about the number of breaths we take,but the moments that take our breath away.
Carpe diem - Seize the day.
Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. –Sarah Jessica Parker
Brenna Rose Weasley:
-When she was one…she was the luckiest one-year-old. She had a big sister AND two big brothers. What more could a little girl ask for? She had playmates that lived in her house.
Willa told her a lot of stories. She told her about all of the adventures that she'd already been on, even though she was only eleven. Nolan was her protector. He was always watching out for her but it was fun for her to run away when he was trying to keep her safe from even the littlest things. Ryen taught her about the interesting animals she found outside. He had a whole book with all their pictures and he let Bren borrow it to look at the pictures.
Even though she was only one, she knew she was lucky to have three older siblings to play with.
-One visit to the Burrow when she was two, she found her first pet. She and her best friend, Tabby, were roaming the yard while everyone else played around them. They found a hole in the garden and after some cautious inspecting, a white bunny popped out of the hole.
Bren brought the bunny with her back to the house and in all of the chaos with every Weasley, Potter, Lupin, Longbottom, and Parker there no one noticed when Bren slipped the bunny into her mother's large purse.
Only when they got home and the bunny had finally chewed its way out of the purse did the pet become known to the rest of the family. Instead of being angry, Ron and Hermione laughed that Bren had managed to sneak a bunny back from England.
They named the bunny Babs and got her a cage. It was Bren's first pet (aside from the lady bugs she caught and kept) and even though she was only two, she took good care of her bunny.
-When she was three, her two favorite places were the garden in the backyard and the beach.
In the garden she got to crawl around in the dirt with Babs and Midnight. Sometimes she even found some interesting bugs and once she spotted a small snake. The Garden was just her place. Once in a while Hermione would wave her wand and pour a potion over the newly planted seeds but everyone else avoided the garden. They knew it was Bren's spot to play.
The beach was a whole sand-filled play place. She could run around with Daddy while they flew a kite or she could build a sandcastle with Mummy or splash in the water with Ryen. The way she could spend so much time at the beach and always enjoy herself was how Ron and Hermione knew that Bren was a California girl.
The garden and the beach were the places where she learned how to care for animals. There were always horseshoe crabs on their backs or lizards stuck in the fence and Bren was there to help them.
-At four-years-old, Hermione discovered that Bren was not a "tea party girl". Bren wore the pretty dresses that Aunt Ginny made her but at the end of the day they needed to be cleaned with a very strong spell to completely remove the dirt stains. Bren had too much fun playing to worry about getting dirty.
She had a collection of animals that lived in her backyard. Mummy and Daddy wouldn't let her keep any of the injured animals but she put food out for Rocco Raccoon and she had a special birdfeeder that she and Daddy made for all of her bird friends.
Her best friend in California, Ruby Daniels (daughter of her parents friends Graye and Nick), was not a girly girl either. The two could spend hours outside in the California sun playing and laughing only to go home at dinner time, worn out and caked in dirt.
She wasn't a typical girl and her parents were grateful for that. She was a challenge – not as much as Nolan was – but definitely a challenge to raise a daughter who preferred the outdoors and dirt to dolls and tea parties. They enjoyed it, and enjoyed Bren's uniqueness.
-Her fifth Christmas, they followed through with their normal routine. They opened their gifts underneath the Christmas tree as usual and then with her new stuffed Fwooper under her arm, she traveled to the Burrow to see the Weasley side of her family.
She loved Christmas Day because it meant her entire family was under one roof. It even meant that Lex, Cilley, and Penny were there too. Bren got to help Grammy Molly make the Christmas cake. Grammy Molly showed Bren how to bake everything. She always ended up with flour on her nose but she loved baking with Grammy Molly. Her favorite part was decorating the cake with icing and sprinkles. Even if it came out a mess, Grammy Molly always told her she did a good job.
The day after the Burrow gathering, they visited her other grandparents. First they went to Granddad and Bonnie's house. Bonnie made strange sweets and Granddad gave them a stocking full of little presents. Bren, Willa, Nolan, and Ryen sat on the couch together and answered the questions they were asked. It wasn't like when they were at the Burrow. They didn't feel comfortable.
After Granddad's, they went to Nana and Louis' for dinner. Nana cooked in the kitchen while Ron and Hermione politely chatted with Louis. Willa, Nolan, Ryen, and Bren sat in front of the television watching muggle Christmas specials. Bren didn't like it there. She offered to help Nana bake the pie for dessert but Nana said that baking wasn't for children. Bren wished that she was at the Burrow instead of at Nana's.
-When she was six, Ryen left for Hogwarts. She was alone. Her big sister was gone and her big brothers were gone. They all went off, leaving her alone for another five years. Bren was very upset. She moped around the whole day until Ruby and Tabby came over to spend the night. They had fun and Bren almost forgot that Ryen was gone until the next day when Ruby and Tabby went home. She was alone again.
That was when Bren realized she needed to make her own fun. During the day she went to a muggle school like her sister and brothers before her where she learned her basic knowledge. School was something she didn't enjoy too much. She preferred to educate the other students on magical animals. The teacher told Ron and Hermione that Bren had an "overactive imagination".
"Maybe there are things that you don't know about." Bren said to the teacher with her arms folded across her chest. "If you opened your eyes you might notice all the wiz–" Bren was silenced by Hermione's hand covering her mouth and giving the teacher and innocent smile….she switched to another class the next week.
In the afternoon, Bren would go to Ruby's house so Graye could watch her until Hermione got out of work. Bren and Ruby usually searched the backyard for injured animals to care for. Normally they didn't find anything except dirt but sometimes there were little baby birds without mothers or butterflies with broken wings.
In the evening, Hermione or Ron would pick her up and they would run errands before going home to make dinner. Bren always got to help make the dessert. After dinner they walked to the beach and watched the sunset. Later on they would watch a movie until Bren would fall asleep and Ron would carry her upstairs.
On weekends she would sometimes go to Grammy and Grandpas or spend time at Tabby's. Either way, she had finally adapted to being the only child in the house.
-When she was seven she discovered a pixie in her backyard. It was very different from the usual muggle animals that were found but it was exciting until Bren discovered that something was wrong with the pixie. Hermione and Ron said that she couldn't keep a magical creature in the house so Bren said that it flew away. She hid it in the small room in the garage that no one went in because it was used for storage and read up on pixies. Within an hour she had fixed up the pixie and the pixie went on her way.
It was rare to discover magical creatures in her yard but that day Bren started Brenna Rose Weasley's Animal Hospital. It was based out of the small storage room. She started her collection of animal books along with healing herbs and once in a while she was really able to save an animal.
In her letters to Willa, Nolan, and Ryen she told them about her animal hospital. They were sworn to secrecy because Bren knew that Ron and Hermione would make her shut down her animal hospital and take the animals she found to a real animal hospital.
One day she would have her own animal hospital and she would take in all kinds of magical animals….and no one would tell her she couldn't.
-During her eighth summer, she made sure to spend as much time with Willa as possible. This was Willa's last summer home before she permanently left to move to London. Even Nolan was talking about moving to London when he left Hogwarts. Bren couldn't understand why they didn't want to stay in California. She loved the sun and the beach. If it weren't for Hogwarts, she would stay her entire life in California.
That summer she took care of a raccoon with a broken leg and a few injured insects. She did check-ups on Mimi, Chip, and Zeus in her hospital before giving them back to their owners. The summer was spent poolside or splashing around at the beach. Willa took her to London to shop a few times and Nolan took her out for ice cream once he got back from Paris. (She was never able to figure out why he went to Paris in the first place.) Ryen worked at the Gazette all summer but he still walked her to the library once a week.
She enjoyed her summer thoroughly but her favorite day was when Hermione sent them to local grocery store and they created a game. Willa and Bren were a team and Nolan and Ryen were a team. They each got half of the grocery list and had to race around the store to get everything. They got in trouble for running countless times but she had so much fun, just the four of them.
At the end of the summer, Willa went off for her last year of school, and Nolan and Ryen went back yet again. Bren was left with only the memory of her summer.
-The day after her ninth birthday, she was relaxing with a book in the backyard. It was quiet because Nolan was catching up on sleep, Ryen was at the Gazette with Ron, and Hermione was preparing for her classes after the winter break. It was so quiet that she heard it almost instantly.
Bren stood up to follow the noise. It was the unmistakable noise of a bird that was in pain.
"What are you doing?" questioned a voice from behind her. She turned sharply in surprise and almost fell over when she saw TJ Parker standing behind her. She was momentarily distracted from her bird search. TJ stood taller than her; he was two years older than her and the only son of her parents' close friends. She had forgotten that they were stopping over today.
She wasn't too open to the idea of letting someone who wasn't her sibling, Tabby or Ruby in on her animal hospital but this was a serious matter.
"There's a bird," she said. She got down on her hands and knees, creating grass stains on her jeans. She followed the sound until she came upon a small golden ball of feathers. Carefully she lifted it into her hands and gasped.
"What?" TJ asked. She rolled her eyes, annoyed with him already.
"It's a Snidget," she explained, petting the bird softly.
"A what?" TJ asked. Bren sighed, annoyed and carefully stood up.
"It's a Snidget, it's the origin of the Snitch. It's a very rare creature. That's why they've made it illegal to harm or capture one. I can't believe it." Bren smiled. This was more amazing than the time she caught the Salamander that ate fire.
"Oh cool. Let me see." TJ tried to reach for the bird but Bren wouldn't let him. She informed him that it was injured and she had to take care of it.
"If you tell anyone I will curse you so bad!" Bren threatened as she tried to carry the Snidget into the house.
"You don't have a wand." TJ pointed out. She shot him a look that mirrored one of Hermione's and he backed off.
He didn't tell anyone but it was soon discovered that there was an endangered magical specie in Bren's hospital. Hermione and Ron took her to bring Sammy to a Snidget reserve a few days after she nursed the bird back to health.
-The months after her tenth summer were very emotional for her parents. She was the baby of the family and there were only a few more months left until she was off to Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione took the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with Bren.
Hermione took Bren to the zoo at least three times in two months; they went shopping for clothing at least twice a month; they went out to lunch a lot; Bren got to take more than a few sick days from muggle school to spend with Hermione; and to top it all off she got Bren a Pygmy Puff.
Ron took Bren to several Cannons games; snuck in a few trips to the ice cream parlor; bought her new animal books and items to take care of her animals; he brought her to the Wiz theater a few times; and during that time Bren got a lot of new stuff that she didn't really need.
It was nice getting one hundred percent of her parents' attention but after the third trip to Disney Land she had to sit them down and promise that she would still write them every day, and they would talk on the phone.
After that they toned down the extravagant attention.
-When she was eleven, she happily stood on Platform 9 ¾, waiting for Tabby while she said goodbye to her parents. Hermione was all tears as she hugged Bren and quadruple checked that she had everything she needed.
"All set Mum." Bren nodded and smiled for her mother. She wasn't too happy that she had to leave California but her parents' old school was where she preferred to be as opposed to the Northern California School where Ruby was going. There were plenty of opportunities for fun at Hogwarts and plus the Care of Magical Creatures class was one of the best in the world.
Ron smiled at her, squinting in the dull sun. He looked like a wreck, saying goodbye to his last child.
"It's ok Daddy, I'll be back for Christmas." Bren said. She squeezed Hermione's hand and offered Ron a smile.
"Come on B, Ryen's saving us a compartment!" Fee hurried by with Tabby trailing after her. Tonks and Lupin waved in the distance. Bren looked back to her parents and hugged them both. She hurried away with her Pygmy Puff, Licorice, in a carrying case. She turned back once more, feeling unsure for the first time. Her parents were waving. Ron held onto Hermione because she looked unsteady.
She had been so sure that this was what she wanted, freedom and fun but she knew that in a way she would miss the past five years that she had alone with her parents. She smiled, and blew kisses before running after Tabby and Fee.
-At twelve, it had been decided by many teachers that Bren was follow in the footsteps of her older brother, Nolan. She had received countless detentions for mouthing off to a teacher or following through with dares that her classmates didn't really believe she would do. Bren loved the attention and being recognized by her classmates as someone other than the youngest sister of "the writer", "the joker", or "the smart one", all becoming Hogwarts legends like most of her family.
Once during second year flying lesson, Zach Creevy dared her to fly to the top of the school and back before the professor got back. Of course Bren did it. She couldn't back down and look like a wimp. She mounted her broom and imitated Harry as he flew into the pitch for a match. Unfortunately when she made it back to the ground, Madam Hooch was waiting for her with a stern look on her face and her arms crossed over her chest.
"Just like your brother." Hooch sighed as she escorted Bren to Professor McGonagall. Bren smiled.
"No, Nolan carefully planned and pulled pranks and told jokes. I prefer to do the unexpected." Bren turned to look at Hooch, to see her response. Hooch just sighed, there was no use arguing with Brenna Weasley.
-When she was thirteen, she was very serious about her Care of Magical Creatures class. This was the best year because Hagrid showed them plenty of new and interesting animals. Some, like the salamander, she had been lucky enough to come across before and others, like the hippogriff, she had only dreamed of ever seeing before.
That year, she put all her focus into that class. After all, if she was going to be an Animal Healer then this was all she really needed to know. Unfortunately she hadn't thought it through. She spent a lot of time doing some extra studying with Ryen at the end of that year to make it through finals.
-When she was fourteen, she sat in a circle on the dormitory floor with all the other girls in her year. It was a stormy afternoon and classes were over. Bren sat next to Tabby and across from Madison Lyle. She didn't like Madison at all but she was bored since there were no animals out because of the storm.
"Hmmm, let's see." Madison said. It was she who had suggested the game of truth or dare. She looked at Bren with a mischievous smile on her face. Bren sighed. She was already loosing interest in these people. "Bren, I dare you to go downstairs into the common room and kiss Patrick McCourt." Madison smiled, triumphantly waiting for her reaction.
Bren smiled to herself. Madison thought that she got her. For the past year all of the fourth year girls had been talking about boys…just not acting on it. Madison figured that Bren wouldn't go that far, she thought that she finally gotten Brenna Rose Weasley to back out of a dare.
Bren stood up. She smirked at Madison before starting for the stairs. The other girls stared at each other for a moment they were still in the talk-about-boys-and-giggle phase. Finally they gathered themselves and scrambled up to follow her. Bren started down the stairs and the second she saw Patrick she marched up to him, grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled his lips to hers. Everyone around them gasped. People turned their attentions from the large big screen WTV and stared. Bren's overprotective cousins were already preparing to pound Patrick into the ground.
When Bren pulled away, she smiled. She was the first girl in her year to kiss a boy and she showed Madison. You didn't dare Brenna Weasley and expect her to back down.
Patrick was her first relationship. It only lasted three weeks but the rest of the fourth year girls had followed her and began their own relationships.
-When she was fifteen, at the start of her fifth year, Bren was told that she was going to have to spend a great deal of time focusing on her O.W.L.s. Bren preferred to have fun. She would rather have hung out with her friends, worked with animals, and passed all of her classes by just going to them.
She made an effort on studying for her O.W.L.s because she knew there would be serious consequences with her mother if she didn't…but she also had fun. She spent her afternoons with the animals in the Forbidden Forest and her weekends with her friends.
When she was sixteen, at the end of the year when it came down to taking her O.W.L.s, she did decent for the lack of studying she did. She took for granted that most of the information about healing potions that she knew could apply to making regular potions, and the defensive spells that she and Tabby practiced for fun were really spells that were on the test. She had knowledge of magical plants that could be used to heal specific animals while she had helped Tabby study for Transfiguration and Charms she had retained some knowledge.
The only class that she hadn't done well in was Divination. She had expected it though, ever since that time in class when Bren asked Trelawney if she saw a hairbrush in her near future.
-When she was seventeen, she was going to spend her summer at the beach and by the pool, soaking up sun. She had even gotten a job at the nearest Animal Healer's office. The summer before her sixth year would be the best.
That summer she met Zeeke Knight who lived a few houses over from her. It was her fourth relationship and she had already decided from the beginning that it was just a summer fling. Willa and Nolan had shocked their parents enough with their relationships that Ryen and Bren were free to date whomever. It didn't mean that Ron didn't question her date before he would let Bren go…but at least she didn't have to wait until she was thirty…which was the original plan.
Zeeke had been under the impression that the relationship would last a while so things didn't end on very good terms when Bren ended it a week before she went back to school.
The day before she went back for her last year, she discovered a dog in her backyard, resting in the garden. It was an unfamiliar dog that she hadn't seen around before and it stared back at her, as if smiling and asking her to come rub his belly. Bren got closer. The dog's coat was white with black in random spots over the dog. It reminded Bren of a map of the world that she was supposed to study for History of Magic.
The dog didn't run away when Bren bent down to pet it. It jumped into her arms and licked her face. She discovered that Atlas was a Border Collie and by the look of his thin frame and dirty coat he was abandoned a while ago. Ryen came over for dinner and tried to persuade her to bring the dog to the pound but Bren had already named the dog and fell in love.
Somehow she convinced her parents (mostly Ron needed the convincing) to let Atlas come with her to school. Bren knew that Atlas had come to her for a reason. He knew that she would take care of him.
-When she was eighteen, her name was called up to receive her diploma.
"Brenna Rose Weasley!"
Bren hurried up to the front to receive her diploma…still in shock that this day was finally here. She wore a light yellow sundress under her graduation robes and her ginger hair was let down loose over her shoulders. She smiled happily, her chocolate brown eyes showed her joy. These had been the best seven years of her life, and now she was moving on to the adult world. It was a little scary but Bren was up for the challenge.
She had spent the last weekend with her mother, shopping for a graduation dress and she confessed her feelings on whether or not she was ready to be an adult.
"Mum, I don't know if I'm ready for this. Ruby and I are going to live on our own. Tabby is staying in England. All I know how to do is take care of animals; I can't take care of myself. I'm going to college and I don't think I'm ready. Mummy can't I just live with you and Daddy and you can just show me what to do?"
"I wish I could." Hermione said, smiling at her daughter. She put her arm through Bren's and kissed her forehead. "But I can't because you'll be fine. You are so grown up and you can handle this. You are incredible with taking care of animals. You have such a good heart and you will be the greatest animal healer. I know you'll be fine but I'm here for you too."
Bren smiled as she thought of her mother's words. She was almost ready to move in to her own apartment tomorrow…
-When she was nineteen, there was a big party at the Burrow for Grammy and Grandpa Weasley's sixty-first wedding anniversary. Everyone (Weasleys, Lupins, Longbottoms, Parkers…the whole family and honorary family members) was there. It was a big event that caused a lot of chaos. Bren stayed away from the confusion and played with Finley and Topher in the yard. Atlas loved being around children and Finley and Topher loved playing with Atlas. All the other great grandchildren were running around the area, playing tag.
Finley giggled as Atlas jumped up to lick her face while Topher tried to pet the dog. Bren laughed at them. Bren threw the stick again and Atlas darted after it. Bren winced and almost laughed as she realized she threw it at someone. He turned around and then nearly got pummeled by Atlas who wanted the stick. TJ Parker handed the stick over to Atlas and followed the dog back to Bren. Finley and Topher laughed some more as Atlas returned but Bren smiled guiltily at TJ.
"Sorry." Bren said. "Finley has really bad aim." Finley spun around with a frown on her face, looking exactly like Willa when she's insulted.
"No it was not me!" the four-year-old shouted. "You threw it!"
"Shhhhhhh, Auntie Bren doesn't want to get in trouble for hitting him." Bren said.
"Me neither!" Finley exclaimed. Bren laughed and turned back to TJ.
"Sorry." Bren said. "I have really bad aim."
"And now I have a lump on the back of my head." TJ said, rubbing his head.
"Sorry." Bren said again. She shrugged helplessly. TJ laughed. He started to ask her about school and she asked him about how student teaching (advanced charms) was going. Finally he left Bren to go talk to Molly and Arthur. When he left Willa came up to Bren with a smile on her face.
"What was that?" Willa asked.
"What was what?" Bren asked.
"That." Willa said. "I think there was something there."
"That was nothing." Bren said rolling her eyes. "And besides I'm already seeing this guy in my Advance Potions class."
"Right…" Willa said. She held a knowing smile on her face as she let Bren tell her about this guy.
-When she was twenty, she got her first "real" job at an Animal Healer's office. (The other one didn't count, she was just the secretary.) She was now a real Animal Healer…white coat and all.
There was Electra the turtle, Tristan and Isolde: a pair of rats, Cheri the armadillo, Freya the phoenix, Zabrina the blimpy…there were so many pets to take care of and Bren gave each pet individual attention and care. She worked hard at caring for animals; she had ever since she was little.
Healer Bailey told her that she got too attached to the animals and their owners. He said that she would never make it as a successful animal healer unless she just fixed up animals and sent them on their way. He also suggested that she take down the pictures that patients' owners had sent her of their healed animals.
That afternoon she carefully removed the pictures…and then packed up all her things. She yelled "I QUIT!" and stormed out of the office. This wasn't what she had signed up for when she decided that she wanted to be an animal healer.
Over the course of a month, Ron and Hermione helped her prepare to open her own practice. This time it wasn't based out of the storage area in the garage. It was in an actual building where she got actual patients.
-When she was twenty-one, she received a call at three in the morning that Fee was in labor. She jumped out of bed and hurried to get dressed and gather the presents that she bought for her godson.
She arrived at the hospital just in time to meet Holden Nikolas, the new addition to their family. She held him once before Ryen took him back. He loved his son (Bren could tell by the way he held Holden Nikolas and didn't want to let him go). She smiled when she watched Ryen, Fee, and Holden. They were very happy. It was the same when she looked at Willa, Eli, and Finley, or Nolan, Gemma, Topher, and the soon-to-be baby that would be there in six months.
They were all happy and here she was; all she had was her practice, her condo, and another failed relationship to mourn over. She wondered whether or not she was going about everything the wrong way…
….and then she realized that she was only twenty-one and in a good place in her career. She wanted what her brothers and sister had and eventually she would get there…she just hadn't met that person in Hogwarts. For now she wanted to have fun and maybe in the process she would find the father of her children and the love of her life.
-When she was twenty-two, she was very happy with her life. Her practice was doing very well (people appreciated affection…unlike Healer Bailey), she had just moved to an area farther away from her parents but closer to her practice, and she was two days shy of a sixth month anniversary with Tony, the owner of one of her patients. Things were looking good for Bren.
Tabby came to visit on a Friday night so the two girls invited Ruby along and went out to party for a girls' night out…somehow ending up on their way to Las Vegas. They gambled and partied and woke the next morning with things to do and headaches.
Bren was young and that was her excuse for being able to party by night and fulfill the responsibilities she had by day. Ryen warned her that it wouldn't last long but Bren was determined to enjoy her youth while it lasted. Sooner or later she would probably be spouting the same information to Finley.
A month later her practice was still doing well, her new condo was still in good shape, but her relationship was over.
She was still searching for her true love.
-The morning of her twenty-third birthday, she awoke smiling. She had a full day on her plate but the sun was shinning in through her window and Atlas was happily licking her feet. She got up and dressed for the day in a white sundress with black embroidered flowers, a gift from Aunt Ginny, and then hurried to her parent's house where her mother made her birthday special, chocolate cake.
After breakfast with her parents she hurried to Ryen's house for brunch. She played with Holden, ate breakfast with her brother and Fee, told Fee's stomach that she would see it in six months, and then hurried to Apparate to London where she went to Willa's house for her third meal of the day…dinner if she was going by London time. She played with Finley and then ate the takeout that Willa had ordered. She double-checked that Eli was taking good care of her sister and niece and was off again, this time to Nolan's house for dessert. At Nolan's she played with Topher and Xavier and ate ice cream with Nolan and Gemma.
Finally she went to Tabby's house which thankfully was the last stop she had to make. She changed into another dress and then people began arriving for her birthday party. Tabby's house was full of just about everyone Bren knew (well the ones who were under twenty-five and didn't have kids). With a drink in her hands, she made her rounds through the party.
The music beat loudly in her ears as she fell on the couch, falling nearly on top of someone she hadn't seen at first. She turned to see that it was TJ Parker. Her cheeks flushed pink.
"Sorry," she said. She slid off his lap and next to him. He laughed.
"Happy Birthday!" he yelled over the music.
"Thanks!" she shouted back. He questioned her about her practice and she asked about his classes. They took their conversation to the kitchen so they could speak without yelling.
The next morning Bren awoke in an unfamiliar place. She smiled, recalling the evening. They had stayed at the party and talked until everyone left and then spent the rest of the night wandering around London streets talking and laughing about life until finally falling into each other's arms at TJ's apartment.
He entered the room with two cups of coffee in his hands.
Getting involved with someone who lived in another country could get complicated…but Bren really didn't care. She wanted to live in the moment, not worrying about the fact that she lived eight hours behind him.
-Three months after their night together, Bren knew that she was falling for TJ and she was falling hard.
It had never been like this with previous relationships. There was something about the other ones that seemed too perfect from the start. Girl meets guy, they date, things seem fairytale-esque and then it's over when something goes wrong.
Her relationship with TJ was anything but perfect. Sometimes they fought, sometimes they were ridiculously goofy and lovey. It was girl know guy entire life, girl dislike guys through her teen years, girl nearly knocks guy out while playing fetch, and then girl falls onto guy at her birthday party.
Most people found it amazing that they managed to make a relationship based out of two different countries with an eight hour time difference work…Bren and TJ found it difficult at times but when they were in the same place at the same time, it never really mattered.
One Saturday morning (for Bren and afternoon for TJ) they sat on the balcony outside of Bren's condo.
TJ said it first.
"I love you." TJ announced suddenly. It took Bren off guard. TJ seemed a little surprised himself but he went with it. "I know it's only been three months but I love you."
She responded with a kiss and then murmured the same words into his ear.
-Three months later, he stood in her living room holding a box of his things – one of many boxes. After serious discussion and Bren's refusal to move away from California, TJ transferred to a school in California to teach charms and now he was moving his things into Bren's condo.
"B, could you grab my lapwiz in that box over there?" he questioned, setting down his box to watch her open a very large box.
"Sure." She opened the box to discover a smaller box and opened the smaller box to discover a smaller box. It went on until there was a tiny square box and she let out a gasp of surprise. TJ knelt down in front of her and took the box from her hand, revealing a ring.
"Brenna Rose Weasley, will you marry me." She nodded, smiling. He stood up to help her with the ring and she jumped into his arms.
Things moved fast with them but that was what worked for their relationship. They were in love, happy, and engaged after only six months.
-A month later, Bren found herself at the Healer's office, gripping on to her mother's hand tightly as the healer informed her that she was two months pregnant.
She didn't cry but she didn't smile. Hermione took all the information the Healer gave them because Bren couldn't retain anything besides the fact that she was pregnant.
Hermione took her home – to the home Bren grew up in. Hermione worked on fixing Bren something to eat while Bren sat outside on the ground and in the garden, not caring if her pants were getting dirty. She wondered how one little mistake two months ago could change the rest of her life so drastically.
She and TJ were having a baby and getting married. She went from a carefree twenty-three-year-old to a soon-to-be-parent/wife so fast that she felt as if she had missed the whole transition.
She went home later that night to tell TJ. He didn't jump for joy (she never expected that) and he didn't get upset and leave (she had expected that). He pulled her close to him, kissed her forehead and promised her that they would figure it out.
The next day they moved the wedding up.
-When she was twenty-four, Ron escorted her down a sandy aisle covered in white flower petals (put there by Finley). TJ waited at the end of the aisle beaming joy. She wore a white Ginny Potter dress that extended over her six month bump. Her Weasley ginger hair was pulled into a series of complicated twists and she wore a smile on her freckled face that matched the man, waiting at the end of the aisle. This was the same place that her parents had been married.
Ron brought her to the altar set up on the beach. He kissed her forehead and gave her away to TJ. All she could do was smile and look into the eyes of the man that she loved.
"You may kiss the bride."
Bren wrapped her arms around his neck and his rested on her waist. The kiss said it all to everyone who had doubts about their short relationship. They were in love…and now they were Mr. and Mrs. In Love.
-Three months later, Bren lay in a hospital bed exhausted and holding a little blue bundle. TJ, Ron, Hermione, Sasha, and Trey Sr. looked on, smiling at the new born baby.
Hermione was still not used to composed behavior when her grandchildren were born. She had tear streaks running down her face.
Ron loved this. Being a grandfather was different then being a father. There was more opportunity to spoil the children.
Trey was smiling goofily. This was his third grandson and after having only one son, it was nice to have grandsons to teach Quidditch too.
Sasha was crying. She was a grandmother four times already but the fifth time was just as excellent as the previous four.
"What's his name?" Hermione asked, tears poured down her cheeks. She held her grandson in her arms and kissed his forehead delicately.
"Well," Bren said, looking at TJ. "We decided on Aden." TJ gave her a look. "Ok, I decided on Aden but TJ got to pick the middle name."
"Yes, and I've decided on…" he hesitated for a moment to hold Bren's suspense. She was worried that he'd pick a strange name. "Jakob," he declared. "With a K." Bren smiled.
"Perfect!" she declared. "Aden Jakob Parker."
"And we can call him A.J." TJ declared.
"We'll see." Bren said. She yawned and smiled as she watched Ron make funny faces at Aden Jakob. Her eyes fluttered shut and she began dreaming of the life that lie ahead of her.
Later that evening, Bren awoke to the sound of TJ's voice. "I'm not very good at Quidditch but your mum's the best. And we have a dog. His name is Atlas. Your mum has had him for almost ten years. He's a good dog though." Bren smiled and opened her arms. TJ gently placed their son into Bren's arms.
"Hey AJ." Bren said. TJ smiled and kissed her forehead. Tears slowly began falling down her cheeks. "I'm a little bit scared." Bren admitted. TJ wrapped an arm around her and sat on the end of the bed.
"Me too," he said. "But we've got to be brave for him. He's counting on us." Bren nodded. She kissed the cheek of her newborn baby and leaned back into TJ's arms.
Things wouldn't be easy but she knew that loving TJ, and Aden would be enough to get started.