Wednesday December 23rd
Weasley house, front room
5:46 pm
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"Ahahahahaha!"
A small figure streaked down the stairs and ran to Teddy. "Save me! Save me!" demanded Lily as she cowered behind Teddy's legs. Teddy looked up to see his god brother standing at the top of the stairs, a mischievous smirk on his face.
"James," said Teddy sternly. "Are you pickin' on your little sister?"
"No," came the wide eyed, innocent response.
"Liar!" said Lily as she peeked between Teddy's legs and looked at her brother. "You said if I didn't help you find your Christmas presents you were gonna put frogs in my bed. Dirty, ugly slimy frogs."
"No, I didn't," insisted James as he started to come down the stairs, a devilish look in his eyes, "I said bugs. Big, dirty, disgu-"
James didn't even have a chance to finish his whole sentence before Lily shrieked and dashed out of the room, leaving her brother laughing after her.
"James," said Teddy frowning as he started to walk towards the kitchen, "Leave your sister alone. Or you'll be the one with bugs in your bed."
James said nothing in response, only huffed and walked back up the stairs, muttering the whole time about how Teddy 'used' to be fun.
Teddy entered the kitchen, only to be bombarded by a worried looking Hugo. "Stop Teddy!" yelled Hugo from his place on top a kitchen chair, his hands splayed out in front of him, "You're going to kill him!!"
For the fifth time that evening, Teddy re-thought his agreement to watch the three Potter kids along with Rose and Hugo. When Harry asked him over the weekend if he wouldn't mind watching the kids for a evening while he and Ron took their wives out for a holiday dinner, Teddy jumped at the chance. Despite his pleas to the contrary, he missed the little tykes while he was at school and it wasn't like he had never babysat them before. But for some reason (Teddy blamed it on a equal combination of sugar and Christmas cheer) the kids were extra hyper this evening. Already Teddy had broken up a pillow fight, stopped a vase from being demolished and convinced James that throwing Rose's book down the toilet just because Rose threw it at his head was not a good idea.
Teddy sighed as he stared at his latest trouble. "Who am I going to kill now?" he asked Hugo as he ran his fingers through his color changing hair.
"My spider," replied Hugo as his eyes searched the floor. "I set 'im over there," Hugo pointed to the corner across the room. "But I went to get him some food and when I came back Choco was gone!"
"A spider? Are you even allowed to have one?" asked Teddy, for Ron's fear of spiders was well known in the family.
"Um...." said Hugo as he bit down on his lower lip, "Well, no one told me I couldn't have a spider. And Choco seemed so nice when I found behind the sofa just now.
"You found the spider here?!?!" asked Teddy in surprise. "Bollocks, Ginny is going to kill me. If Ron doesn't get to me first that is," he added.
Before Hugo could respond, a sudden shriek and bang sounded from upstairs followed by a loud, drawn out "Jaam-es!!"
Drat, thought Teddy as he turned around, "Don't move, I'll be back in a second," he shouts over his shoulder to Hugo, "And for the love of Merlin, no more spiders!"
As Teddy dashed through the front room he passed by the fireplace and was struck by a sudden hit of inspiration. Grabbing a handful of powder, he muttered 'Shell Cottage!" and stuck his head into the flames. Ignoring the fight that was currently going on upstairs -from the sound of things Teddy would have to say that Albus and Rose were currently winning- Teddy poked his head into Bill's and Fleur's parlour room and asked for Victoire.
"Hey Vic," Teddy said with his most dashing smile as Victoire came into the room a few moments later. "Got any plans for tonight?"