Author's Note: So I've made a little change to Chapter 4 (Heart). I mentioned Arthur's older brother's name was Charis, but I just had another look at the Black Family Tree and realized that was the name of Cedrella's younger sister, making Charis Arthur's aunt. His brother has therefore been renamed Charlton.
Obsession
"We should plan a date for the baby shower."
"Yes, and day for us all to go shopping."
"Oh, a little boutique just opened up in Hogsmeade! Have you been there yet?"
"I've passed by. Don't they have the most darling little dresses?"
"Yes, we'll need to get them all, of course."
Molly groaned from her position at the other end of the table, as far away from her mother and mother-in-law as she could get without leaving the room.
"Really, Molly, you think you'd be happier about this," Isadora told her. "It's all for your little one, after all."
"I'm happy about the baby, Mum, but this-" she waved her hand at the shopping catalogues and baby shower invitations the older witches were going over, "it's all too much."
"We're just trying to help, dear," Cedrella try to sooth her, "to take some of the burden from your shoulders. No doubt you'd be left to plan it all by yourself without your mother and I around. Trust me on this. Men are clueless. Septimus was an absolute wreck for all three of my pregnancies."
"Oh, Inias was the same way when I was pregnant with Molly. He was much better the second time around, until we discovered we were having twins. You can imagine that threw him off a bit."
"Naturally. Oh, Molly, do you know yet if you're having twins?"
"That would be just lovely, wouldn't it, Molly? A boy and girl right from the start!" Isadora enthused.
Molly laid her head down on her folded arms. "You two are obsessed!"
"This is our first grandchild, dear, I believe it's a requirement," Cedrella informed her calmly before flipping through another catalogue.