A/N: Hey, look, it's done. You can read it now.
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Fred was in the flat above the twins' shop, watching his now two-month-old twins. They were laying on their backs on a Hogwarts blanket, and Fred got down on his belly next to them.
"Hey, Jax, Isaiah," he said softly. They looked at him, and he stuck his tongue out and crossed his eyes. Isaiah started laughing, but Jax just smiled widely. In an attempt to get the younger of his sons to laugh, Fred started tickling Jax everywhere, causing him to start laughing louder than Isaiah.
"What is going on up there?" a customer asked from downstairs. Fred chuckled.
"Just Fred watching his twins while his wife gets some more stuff for them," answered George. "Funny thing, they look like me, only without a missing ear."
"Hey, Isaiah," said Fred, grinning. "Do you want to see Uncle George?"
Both twins let out a small squeak, so Fred picked both Isaiah and Jax up, taking them to the main part of the shop. Luckily, the twins were being silent, so Fred snuck up on George, breathing on the back of his neck a little. He jumped, and the customer he'd been assisting laughed, as well as Isaiah, Fred, and Jax.
"Is this them?" she asked George. George nodded.
"The louder and seemingly happier of the two is Isaiah, his brother's name is Jax," said Fred. Isaiah laughed as he caught sight of George, and George walked over to Fred, then started tickling Isaiah. "Their mother should be here soon."
"FRED WEASLEY!"
"That'd be my beautiful wife," said Fred, smiling. "Yes, Hermione?" he added as Hermione made her way down the stairs.
"Didn't I tell you to keep the twins on the blanket unless they needed something off the blanket?" asked Hermione.
"They wanted to see their uncle, don't deny your only kids the chance to see him," said Fred. Hermione took Jax, which freed up his right arm, so he rested it on George's shoulder.
"Yep," said George. "Isaiah loves me, and don't forget I got Jax to laugh only a few days after he was born."
Jax started crying, so Hermione went upstairs, and a few seconds later the cries died away. Isaiah stayed with Fred, eventually falling asleep, giving Fred no choice but to go upstairs. He put his older son in the crib he'd bought, then went to take a nap himself.
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A while after he'd gone to bed, Fred heard Isaiah and Jax crying, but Hermione was in a deep sleep, so Fred went to the twins' crib and tried to get them to go back to sleep. George walked out of his room and looked at Fred.
"So this is what it's going to be like when Luna and I have kids," he said, making Fred jump.
"You two woke up your uncle," said Fred. "We might have to wake up Hermione. Isaiah's hungry and Jax has the hiccups," he added as Jax let out a small squeak that sounded like a baby-fied version of hiccups. There was a crack of thunder and Hermione fell out of bed, now awake.
"Hey," she said, looking at Fred and George and smiling. "Hello, you two," she added to the twins in Fred's arms. "Did the thunder wake you guys up?"
"I'm guessing so," said Fred. Jax was still hiccuping. "I woke up for some reason, probably thunder, and heard these two crying, so my first thought as a dad was 'Better check on the twins!'"
"Oh, hey, Venus," said George, reaching down and picking up his pit bull that had obviously been afraid of the thunder as well. George ran his hand down her head to comfort her. Asher was trying to climb up Hermione's leg, so she picked him up, petting him in the same way George was to Venus. Asher caught sight of Isaiah and Jax, then tilted his head to the side. Isaiah copied him. Asher sniffed both twins, then rubbed his head against them.
"Looks like the cat likes the kids," joked Fred, smiling. Jax continued to hiccup, so Fred gave Isaiah to Hermione and went to find a way to get rid of hiccups. "Okay, Jax, how do we get rid of your hiccups?"
There was another crack of thunder, loud enough to let off a few fireworks downstairs (which it did) and Jax's hiccups were gone.
"If I'd known it was that easy—" Fred started, but jumped when a flash of lightning lit up the room. "Whoa."
"Hey, Fred, can you see if you can get Isaiah to sleep?" shouted Hermione over more thunder.
"He's not hungry?"
"No," answered Hermione. "I think he might actually want attention from his uncle. Do you want him or would you rather George take him?"
"Let's see if George can get him to sleep," said Fred, walking back to the room Hermione was in. "I got rid of Jax's hiccups, the thunder scared them out."
"Hey, Isaiah," said George as Hermione handed Isaiah to him. "Hermione, I'm Isaiah's favorite uncle, can I see if sleeping with him will help?"
"I guess," said Hermione. "Just make sure he won't fall off your bed. You know, put a blanket by the edge of his side of the bed. Pillows would work, too."
"Thanks, Hermione," said George, taking Isaiah to the room they were sharing for the night. He put Isaiah down on the bed, then started making a barrier so he wouldn't fall off in the middle of the night. George eventually got everything ready so he laid down, but he rolled and fell off a few seconds later, and Isaiah laughed. Jax was laughing in the other room.
"Ouch," whispered George, getting back on his bed. Isaiah hit his uncle's head. "Isaiah, don't hit."
After George said this, Isaiah started hitting himself.
"You're not a house-elf, mate!" George quickly grabbed his nephew, trying to restrain him from hitting himself as lightning lit up the room. "Isaiah— Hermione! Fred!"
"What, George? Is Isaiah pushing you off the bed?" said Fred, smirking and rubbing his eyes as he entered the room.
"No, he's punishing himself like a house-elf would because he smacked me," answered George. Fred's eyes widened, and he looked at Isaiah, who'd managed to get his hand loose from George's grip and was continuing to hit himself.
"Isaiah!" whisper-shouted Fred, running over to his older son. "Don't hit yourself! You. Are. Not. A. House-elf! Hermione!"
"What?" she asked, exhausted, walking into the room.
"Can you see if Isaiah needs something? He's acting like a house-elf," said Fred. Hermione took Isaiah from George and took him into the other room. "Why's your hair so messed up, George?"
"Fell off the bed," said George, rubbing his head.
"Is your nephew causing problems?" teased Fred, talking in a voice he would to Isaiah and Jax.
"Come on, you know very well that my balance has been off since my ear was blasted off," said George, covering the hole in the side of his head.
"You know I'm just teasing you," said Fred as Hermione walked back in with Isaiah.
"Please tell me he wasn't trying to be a bad kid," said George.
"He's fine," said Hermione. "Maybe you can get him to sleep now, George."
"Thanks," said George as Hermione laid Isaiah down on the bordered part of the bed. He curled up and was relaxing with his eyes still opened, looking from Hermione to Fred, then to George, then back again. Within a few minutes of Fred and Hermione going back to bed, both George and Isaiah were asleep.
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The next morning George woke up to two voices coming from downstairs, and Isaiah and Jax crying. He grabbed Isaiah and laid him down next to Jax, and immediately they both calmed down. Then he went downstairs, still in his pajamas. He thought he'd locked the door the previous night, but somehow (Apparition, George figured) Angelina Johnson and Luna Lovegood were now in the shop. Angelina was in tears, and Luna was trying to comfort her.
"Angelina?" George asked, pausing halfway down the stairs. "What's wrong?"
"I'm fine," said Angelina, wiping her eyes.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I am," replied Angelina sarcastically. "Of course I'm not, you idiot!"
"Whoa, no need for name-calling, Angelina," said George, kneeling down next to her. "Please tell me what's wrong?"
"Don't ask how, but I found this," said Angelina, holding out what looked like a letter as she broke down sobbing. George took it. It was a letter from Lee to Angelina, and George's eyes watered just from seeing his friend's name.
Angelina,
I want you to know that I love you. I always will. You know that's a fact, you were always at the Quidditch matches. You had to be, Chasers are one of the most important parts of the game. Remember? "I've been saying it for years but she still won't go out with me—" Que the McGonagall interruption. "What a player that girl is, and rather attractive, too—" Que another interruption by Professor McGonagall. I saw you trying not to laugh when I got interrupted by her. I would've asked you to the Yule Ball, but of course Fred beat me to it. Thanks for ruining what could've been the best night of my life, Freddie. Just joking, I don't mean that.
Lee Jordan
George looked up at Angelina, who was now hiding her face in Luna's shoulder. George was crying too, but he'd chuckled a little when he'd read the last part of the letter. Angelina took the letter back when George offered it to her.
"How'd you two get in here, anyway?" said George, wiping his eyes and tilting his head. This time he didn't tilt the side that was missing its ear so he didn't lose balance.
"Apparition," answered Luna. "Angelina wanted it to be here, she said it reminds her of Lee."
"George?" asked Fred, who was now coming down the stairs. "Oh, hey, Luna. Hey Angelin—"
Fred quickly ran down the rest of the stairs, going to comfort his old teammate and friend.
"Fred, can you grab Jax?" shouted Hermione.
"Hang on," said Fred.
"Fred, please, now, take him down there!"
"Fine," shouted Fred, going upstairs and grabbing Jax. Asher and Venus followed him back downstairs. Venus sniffed Angelina, causing her to look up. She smiled slightly at the sight of the ginger pit bull, and, after slight hesitation, Venus started giving Angelina doggy kisses.
"Okay, okay!" she said through giggles.
"Venus!" said George, grinning. Asher started playing with Angelina's hair.
"Come on, you two, cut it out," said Fred, sitting on the checkout counter with Jax, putting him on his leg, and bouncing him a little. He started making noise, and laughed when he heard it.
"Silly kid you have, Fred," said Angelina, giggling more as Jax laughed. Asher and Venus had decided to leave her alone, and were now chasing each other around, only stopping to examine the Pygmy Puffs.
"Get away from th—" started George, but the Pygmy Puff cage had already tipped over. The door broke open, allowing the pink and purple fluffballs to run around freely. Asher started chasing them, and when George started chasing them, Venus and Asher helped round them back up like a pair of herding dogs.
"Thank you, you two," said George, grinning as he closed the cage door. Venus and Asher continued to explore.
"What's his name?" asked Angelina, looking at Fred.
"Jax," said Fred. "His twin's name is Isaiah. Their middle names are my dad's first name and Bill's full name."
"You're the father to twins?" asked Angelina, smiling.
"Yep," said Fred. Isaiah started crying. "That'd be this lovely kid's duplicate."
"Does that mean before George lost his ear he was your duplicate? And you were his?" asked Luna.
"Basically, yeah," said Fred.
"Well, I need to go," said Angelina. "I guess I'll see you later." She walked over to Jax and tickled him, causing him to crack up laughing.
"What was wrong?" asked Fred, looking at George and Luna.
"She found a letter Lee had sent her," answered George, looking down at his hands and examining them. "Well, you were mentioned in it." He smirked, looking at Fred.
"What did he say?" asked Fred nervously.
"That you ruined what could've possibly been the best night of his life by asking Angelina out." George's smirk turned into a smile.
"Ah, no, I'm sorry, Lee," said Fred, looking up.
"Don't worry, he was only joking," said George, grinning.
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A/N: Hey guys! Sorry this took so long to update, I've been getting ready for school. Please don't hate me. Anyway, I had the idea of Isaiah and Jax being woke up by a thunderstorm in my mind, then I had to add Angelina finding a letter from Lee. Anyway, this isn't the last chapter, I'll do one or two more. Bye!
