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Chapter 11

The winter break ticked and the Weasley Clan had decided to go home for Christmas as well as the Woods.

Maggie Wood sat in her room staring out in the yard at the back. Her parents had decided to stay at the Granger house this year as her mum had a few shifts and couldn't get out of it. She watched as her younger siblings have a snow fight and she couldn't help but smile.

The question of the hour in Oliver's mind was "Why is Maggie missing out on the fun? Could it be….?"

His little Maggie had started to act strange ever since the end of November when Jeff and her had the accident. After that Maggie rarely talked during practices more so did she look at Jeff whenever they weren't playing on the pitch. He wasn't sure he wanted to think what he might be thinking, but he just dismissed it.

They grew up together as the Woods or the Weasleys were always invited to weekend dinners or parties and the children grew up seeing each other. He had decided to spy on his daughter one evening after practice as he hid himself in the coach's room. It was the practice right after their hogsmade trip that morning. Jeff had came in the locker room and started to get changed as he and Maggie were the last to get out of the game because it was their turn to pack up. Oliver fell on the floor and flattened himself as he spied on his god son. He could hear the 17 year old shuffle to change out of his clothes. Oliver saw the clothes drop to floor and heard a sound that sounded like a towel when the door slammed open and Jeff screamed bloody murder.

Oliver moved a bit to peep a bit more wondering who had walked into Jeff half naked and found that voice was his oldest.

"Maggie….what are you…OUT!" shouted Jeff as he slammed back into the locker holding his towel tighter. Oliver peeked a bit more and saw Maggie looking quite grave.

"Not until you explain…"

"I think I already did….." Jeff said coolly trying to push out an image of him kissing her then and there.

"Jeff…that is so unfair!" Maggie said.

"Life is unfair, how do you think I feel…." Jeff retored back as he stood up properly still clutching his towel. He looked at the fuming Maggie. Maggie then said that maybe he felt like maybe and asshole.

"…..Maggie…." breathed out

"No! I may only be 14 but I know!"

"I already told you its unhealthy. For crying out your father is my godfather!" exclaimed Jeff almost forgetting about the fact that the only thing clothing him was a towel around his lower half.

"…So? you have Black blood in you…" Maggie said crisply. Jeff looked at her oddly before it registered. He did have Black blood, his grams' side. "Are you saying I'm an inbred?" he laughed out but bit in the laughter before he angered Maggie even more.

"I don't understand why you cant just face it! I like you and you like me back…"

"And I'm 17, and your 14."

"Same age difference as my parents…even less actually"

"Maggie…"

"Merlin Jeff you piss me off…"

Oliver had to hold in his scream and he somehow saw his life flash by as he listened to the two argue on. He could feel his heart squeeze out blood with panic as he witnessed his own daughter making a move on a boy. Not just any boy but his godson!

"Maggie. I cant…we just cant…" Jeff said as he held at her at bay. He didn't dare look into her eyes as she looked like she was truly hurt maybe even more hurt than how she felt during that afternoon at Madam's Rosemerta's.

Oliver heard a sob and saw that Maggie's feet shuffled out of a room as Jeff stood there barefoot. "We…just…cant…." He heard Jeff say. He waited for Jeff to get into the showers as peeled himself off the floor and got home quickly as to pass on the news to his wife which somehow got to Percy and Cal who didn't know what to say at the whole incident.

Now he stood in the sunroom watching as his other 3 children hit each other with snow balls and the newly adopted family pet, a dog named Tumnus, went from one side to the other trying to fetch the snow balls. He smiled at how Maggie looked like when they brought her to the vet saying that they were just getting the cat checked but actually was there to pick out a dog. They vet was giving away her dog's puppies that's why.

He heard someone come down the stairwell and looked back to see Maggie walking towards him. "Hey there pumpkin" Oliver said

"Hi Daddy….who is winning?"

"No one, but I think Tumnus is…."

"I see…."

"Is there anything wrong dear?" he asked hoping that Maggie would tell him.

"I'm just tired…..you're cruel in the field" Maggie said as she tried to hold down her smile. Olivre saw this and felt his heart lift a bit. At least Maggie was still in better moods.

"Hey, we're going to a dinner with your Aunt Helen's" Oliver said as he peeped out to see Emma getting jumped by the new puppy. Emma just rolled on her back and let the puppy lick her face while the other two started to have a snow ball fight of their own. Wyatt was winning while Nick was getting ambushed by snow balls. Oliver wondered as to why Wyatt never tried out for the team.

"Really? No one told me" Maggie said.

"That is because you have been cooped up in your room for the past few days"

"Very funny!"

"go tell your brothers and sister"

"Sure dad…."

After telling her siblings to get ready for dinner at their aunt's house she headed towards her room and closed her door. It was bugging her a lot, stupid Jeff and his stupid principles, she hated him for that. Maggie went back up to her room and called Stella about dress shopping. She inwardly cursed when Jeff answered the phone. She stuttered a "Hi…Jeff…may I speak with Stella.."

"Sure…" he said uncertainly as he handed the phone to his twin who was bugging her early Christmas present to herself, a black kitten named Le Fay.

"Hello…" Maggie said as she herself pulled her own cat near her. Her cat thought nipped her and trotted away.

"I need a dress" Stella said as she poked Le Fay's side making it meow loudly. Maggie told her friend to stop bothering the poor kitten.

"So do I…..I'll have to talk to mum about it though! The reserve team and the house team! Yesssssss I finally get to go to a ball before my graduation ball in 3 years!" Maggie said.

"You see now I have to get another dress….sigh. Jeff is lucky he only needs one set of formal robes…"

Maggie felt her heart tighten. She just disliked Jeff as of that moment.

"Oh sorry….forgot….i told you he's stupid.." Stella commented in which she got a Shut up from Maggie on the other end.

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Christmas at the Burrow:

Everyone was sitting around the hug tree in the living room. There was a long u shaped sofa and a bunch of odd love seats all over the place just for the occasion. After all there was 6 Weasley couples (Potter included) and the hoard of grandchildren. The mix of dark hair, red hair and blonde were all sitting on the floors cross legged or stretched out as they waited for someone to hand out the gifts. The older ones were prying stories off of the Hogwarts bound children as the parents were trying to decide who would play Santa that year round. Last year was Percy and Charlie, meaning this year should be Bill and George.

When the handing out ended everyone sat in their spots looking at the piles of gifts they had and when the youngest of the grandchildren dove into his pile everyone else started. Parker was happy that she got another pair of pointe shoes which were of a nice color of black unlike the pink ones she got from her grandmamma a few months ago. Jeff, James and Stella were wondering as to why they got frames from their Aunt Jackie. Apparently it was for when they graduate that year. When the three looked closer at the bottom they found that they had in scripted fancy names and blank # of NEWTS. Although this gift made the three feel queasy of their upcoming exams they thanked their Aunt for believing in them.

What really surprised them was the fact that there were 4 boxes addressed to Stella, James, Jeff and Patrick. Percy was the one who handed it to them after all the gifts were opened. "Last but not least" Percy said as each got their parcels.

"Not really a gift, but since we thought it would be nice to do this on Christmas here you go….. well what are you waiting for? Open it!"

The four looked at each other and all 4 shook the boxes first which made everyone laugh at their action. After they heard some jiggling from the inside and probably swishing they looked at each other before ripping the cover apart. The four sat there gaping at what was in front of them.

"What is it James?" asked Ginny as she peeked at the box. "Its-its" James stuttered out trying to form the words as the slowly touched the gift in the box.

"Our team uniforms!" Patrick exclaimed as he took his out hastily forgetting that the box still had the new arm gaurds and other padding in it. He looked at the front and was smiling from widely. He noticed that at the side he had a removable armband that said "reserve" but the uniform it self just made him happy.

"WWHAAAAAT!" Stella screamed as she dropped her box. "No no...I cant. Cant possibly!" she said shaking her head. Parker was near the dropped box and leaned in to see what her sister was screaming about. "tain…Cap….captain?" she said wide eyed.

James looked at his cousin and smiled wildly. "OH MY GOD YOUR CAPTAIN!" before he lunged and gave the fear stricken Stella . Jeff had abandoned his box and went on to squish the life out of his twin sister.

"I cant possibly…..no way!" Stella said quietly after she finally gotten away from the cheering cousins. She took out the uniform and held it out. It was all black. To the left sleeve was their position then the right sleeve was their nick name. Stella had been nicknamed little tornado by the coaches so that was written in hers. She flipped it to the back and smiled as she saw her name written at the back in bold letters.

S. WEASLEY.

And bellow it was the bigger school crest. She looked at Jeff's and it had J. WEASLEY on it she smiled at her twin and then at her parents.

Patrick hadn't cared that if everyone was still fawning over their uniforms when he took off his jumper and put on the new body pads then after the uniform. He then strutted to the middle and grinned. Everyone whooped when he did muscle man actions like contracting his biceps showing off the P. WEASLEY at the back. He almost tripped over one of the pet cats when he walked over to his parents. "I don't care if I'm reserve I have a cool uniform" he laughed out as his father pointed at the reserve arm band.

Molly then said "Oh come on kids…try yours on too! We want to see all of you four!"

Stella looked over at James who was already stripping off his jumper and then to Jeff who was half way into putting on the uniform. She picked up her box and turned to walk away up the stairs. Her father called after her and asked why she wasn't trying it on now.

"You all maybe my uncles and cousins….but I rather changed not in front of all of you!"

Everyone laughed and dismissed it. They were still amused at how Harry and Gillian were poking fun at James. Stella walked up to the nearest room, which was her parent's, and closed the door. She changed into the gear then into the uniform. She looked at herself in the mirror and forced a smile. She knew that by taking on this Captain job only meant that she had to choose between being the Gryffindor captain or being the Captain of the Hogwarts team. Deciding that she had to go back downstairs she ran back and then put on a face. She was still trying to decide which one she was going to choose.

After all 4 were dressed properly, they were goofing around when Molly had said that they needed a picture of this. Aunt Jackie of course told them to smile as she clicked her camera. Stella was being carried around by Jeff and James pointing at the CAPTAIN badge. Patrick was striking a pose in front as Stella was squirming at her cousin and brother.

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Somewhere in Scotland Hermione and Oliver were sitting at a sofa watching their oldest gawk at herself on a mirror. Helen had been laughing saying that Maggie had just turned vain but she too had to admit that Maggie looked quite happy getting her uniform for the Hogwarts team. Victoria sat at one corner smiling as she watched her younger cousin fawn over the uniform. At least Maggie wasn't sulking about the mystery boy. Some way Victoria was out to find out who the boy was and was ready to pounce on him for being the idiot Maggie had told her he was. Or that was at least her impression of him. Maybe he had good reasons as to why he wont let himself like Maggie but Victoria just hated seeing Maggie sad.

When Maggie asked as to who the captain was her father said think hard and she'll know who. She at least deducted that it was either James, Jamie Pucey or Stella. But she was betting all her gifts that it was either James or Stella.

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It was already noon the next day and the grandchildren had all decided to sleep over at the Burrow. Neither one of the lot wanted to go back to their homes so the parents just shook it off and camped out in their own rooms at the burrow. Jeff was being hounded by all of his male cousins after James had shot his mouth and told them about Maggie. Now he couldn't get peace at all. It was brunch and every single one of them was poking him to go call Maggie and ask her to meet him for date. Armand even said that 3 years wasn't that long "Hey look at me, the girl im dating is around 5 years younger than me"

Jeff was trying to hide from the older guy cousins in his gramp's office. Trying to get his book done. He was supposed to have already read it for the next assignment but hadn't had the time due to his rigid schedule at school. Not to mention him randomly blanking out at some lessons, it was good that he always read ahead or else he'd get spotted and get embarrassed. He heard the door open and he rolled over the chair and ducked behind the desk. He heard light footsteps and a small voice calling him out. "Jeffy?" the girl said. Jeff peeked over the desk and when he saw it was only Parker he suddenly stood up which made the 12 year old jump.

"DON'T DO THAT" screamed Parker at him. Jeff lunged for his sister and placed a hand over her mouth muttering "Do not…shout…they'll find me…."

Parker got out of his grasp and said that the guys already knew where he was "They are just waiting for the proper time to jump you again. After all getting mauled by I don't know 11 guys at once is slightly just…well I saw how they jumped you earlier"

Jeff groaned and flopped on the carpet in front of the sofa chair. He reached for a throw pillow and hugged it. Parker collapsed on the sofa looking up the ceiling. Her gramps had a great idea of charming it like the Hogwarts ceiling, its just that it always skipped high noon.

"You know you cold just tell them that you do like Maggie and you are going to eventually ask her out" Parker suggested but got whining from the 17 year old on the floor. Jeff rarely whined, he only whined infront of his sibling at their own home.

"That's the thing….if you liked Wyatt….just imagine it…okay. Would you really tell the world that you like your god father's daughter?"

"A) Lets pretend that I am you and Uncle Ollie is my godfather….B) lets pretend that I do like Wyatt that way, which I really don't. I would accept it myself and stop trying to deny it. I would tell him and see how he feels about it. If he is okay with it and likes me back as much as Maggie dearest likes you I'd take it on…but I would be careful as not to anger Uncle Ollie" Parker answered thoughtfuly. She blushed at the thought of her even liking Wyatt that way. Wyatt and her knew each other since they were. Hell they were even more a month apart and had shared the same crib more than once.

"I swear you should've been a guy-... you just gave me a great idea…." Jeff said. Parker watched him as he stood up and threw the throw pillow at her.

"What?"

"Nothing…where are the Woods again?"

"Err Scotland…the Wood manor?"

"Okay then….."

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Oliver was having a great after noon lounging about on the sofa with Hermione who had fallen asleep from reading her thick book. Helen and Thomas had said that they were going to Thomas' side that afternoon, so it was only his mother and his children at the manor. He didn't expect any calls or what so ever but Hermione's cell phone rang wildly and he carefully reached for the phone and opened it. "Hello" Oliver said. He was surprised to her his god son's voice on the other side.

"Hi Merry Christmas Uncle Ollie"

"Hello Jeff hows your parents? Are we still on for the usual pre-new years dinner?"

"Err I don't know…..ask my parents later"

"So what do I owe this phone call?"

"Errr…something that has to be talked about in person"

"Oh….why don't you apparate over here"

"Cant…."

"I see…Why don't you apparate to where ever I tell you to. I think it would be Maggie free" Oliver chuckled as he heard Jeff gulped audibly while he heard laughter he was sure was Parker.

"How did you…eerrrrr…okay fine….where?"

Oliver gave him the coordinates and Jeff apparated to Oliver's own study. Oliver was sitting in his chair drinking tea when Jeff stumbled into the room. He was met by his godfather's all knowing gaze. Somehow he knew he was in for it for good.

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Thanks for reading. A bit of typos there. Some one wants to edit for me ?

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