"Emma, look sweetie, we got you a TTY" Hermione said.
"Is that a telephone for Deaf people?" an eight-year-old Emma asked. Emma was looking more like Hermione everyday, and Jack was looking like Ron.
"That's right, love, daddy and I are going to set it for you this weekend" Hermione said.
"Aren't they expensive?" Emma asked.
"Don't worry about, that, baby, daddy's work is paying for half of it" Hermione said. It was Friday and Emma was waiting for her hug and kiss and bag of jellybeans. Jack was at a soccer practice so he would have to wait for his chocolate frogs.
"Daddy!" Emma squealed.
"There's my little princess, how was school, today? Did anyone bully you today?" Ron asked.
"They're all afraid of Jack" Emma said. Ron laughed at this.
"That's my boy" Ron said. Ron kissed Emma's forehead and the little Weasely girl looked around for her jellybeans.
"What are you looking for, sweetie?" Ron asked.
"My jellybeans" Emma said.
"What are you talking about, baby girl? I don't have any jellybeans" Ron said.
"Yes, they're behind your back!" Emma said. Kodiak came up behind Ron snatched the candy from Ron and gave it Emma.
"Thank you, Kodiak" Emma said.
"You little suck-up, and ladies' man" Ron said scratching the dog's head.
"Hey, doesn't mum get a kiss?" Hermione pouted. Ron smiled and kissed his wife's lips.
"I always have kisses for mummy" Ron said.
"Eww" Emma said covering her eyes. Ron took his daughter's hands away from her eyes so she could read his lips.
"Hey one day you might not mind it so much" Ron said. Jack got dropped off an hour later.
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"Wait right there young man" Hermione said cleaning Jack's clothes with her wand.
"Now got have a bath, bud" Hermione said.
"Aw, mum, come on" Jack said.
"Right now please, and I'll get dinner started" Hermione said.
"Don't argue with your mum, son" Ron said.
"I'm going to pick up something for dessert" Ron said to Hermione. Hermione kissed his cheek.
"Thank you" Hermione said.
"Emma, honey, I'm going bring down laundry down ok? I'll be right back" Hermione said. Emma nodded and into playroom to watch the Disney Channel. A few minutes later Emma felt a big thump from the stairs.
"Mummy! Mummy get up! Mummy please get up!" Emma cried. Hermione fell down the stairs and hit her head. Emma, being only eight, knew all about CPR from the medical books her dad had. Emma put her hand on Hermione's neck and found a pulse. Emma picked up the "normal" phone and dialed 911.
"Hello, my name is Emma Weasely, I'm eight years old, my mother fell down the stairs and hit her head and she is unconscious. I live at 341 Pine Road, Surry, I'm deaf I can't hear you, just please hurry" Emma said. She hung up the phone and went upstairs to get her bother.
"Jack, Jack get dressed mummy hit her head going down the stairs!" Emma said with tears in her eyes. Jack got his clothes on and ran downstairs.
"Did you call dad?" Jack asked. Emma shook her head.
"Ok, you stay with mum, I'll call dad" Jack said. Emma lay loyally beside her mother. When Ron got home there was an ambulance outside their home and he rushed inside.
"Hermione! Kids, what happened!" Ron asked.
"Are you the husband, sir?" a E.M.T asked.
"Yes, what the bloody hell happened?!" Ron asked.
"Your daughter, who is very clever little girl by the way, called us and side your wife fell down the stairs and hit her head. We think her metal leg probably caused the fall" the E.M.T. said.
"I want to go with mummy" Emma cried.
"Ok baby girl, ok, you with mummy and Jack and I will meet you at the hospital" Ron said kissing his daughter's cheek.
"Emma is very smart, dad, felt mum's neck for a pulse and everything.
"Come on, sweetie, we'll get you into the ambulance with your mum" a female EMT said. Emma took the EMT's hand and led the little girl to the ambulance.
"Accio, Pierre" Emma whispered and her stuffed penguin came to her.
"You are a very brave little girl, and clever too" the E.M.T said. The EMT didn't know Emma was deaf when she talking to the little girl, she just assumed Emma was too frightened to respond.
"Here you go, sweetheart, your dad and brother are going to follow us" the EMT said.
'Thank you' Emma Signed.
"I'm sorry, honey, I don't understand Sign Language" the EMT said. Emma nodded and held Hermione's hand.
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"Please wake up, mummy" Emma cried. Hermione woke right as they got the hospital.
"Emma?" Hermione groaned.
"Mummy! You're awake! Jack and daddy are coming" Emma said.
"What, happened, sweetie?" Hermione asked.
"We'll tell you later, mummy" Emma said. Hermione got wheeled into a hospital room where she got her head bandaged and x-rayed.
"The doctors would like to keep you here overnight for observation, Mrs. Weasely" a nurse said.
"That's fine" Hermione said. Ron and Jack rushed into the room and Ron kissed Hermione deeply.
"Thank God, you're alright, my love" Ron said.
"Who called for the ambulance?" Hermione asked.
"Emma did, mum" Jack said. Hermione smiled at her daughter.
'Thank you, my clever sweetie' Hermione Signed to Emma. Little Emma hugged her mum and snuggled up to her.
"Hermione, you need to get a new leg, babe, that's why you fell" Ron said stroking Hermione's hair. Hermione looked down at her metal leg. It was rusted a bit and Hermione had been having trouble using it. She had that leg for 13 years and she would find hard to see it go.
"What you want for dinner, love? Are you hungry?" Ron said.
"No, thank you, love, not right now, just get the kids something" Hermione said. Ron got Emma fish and chips and Jack a burger and chips and juice for both of them.
"Want some, mummy?" Emma asked offering some French fries to her mum.
"No thank you, sweetie, I have ginger ale, I'm fine" Hermione said.
"Are you going to stay with mum, dad?" Jack asked.
"Yeah Buddy, you and Emma are going to stay over Rory's house, is that ok with you, Jellybean?" Ron asked. Emma nodded.
"You are very brave, Emma" Jack said as Emma sipped her juice with a straw.
'Thank you, Jack' Emma Signed. Rory and his dad came to the hospital to pick up Jack and Emma.
"Hey guys, ready to go?" Mr. Shaw said. Emma was afraid to leave her mummy but Ron reassured her mum would alright. Jack took Emma's hand and led her out of the hospital room.
"Are you sure you don't mind taking them with a new baby, Frank?" Hermione asked.
"No problem at all, Hermione" Mr. Shaw said.
"My baby sister just sleeps all the time, she's quite boring actually" Rory said.
"I can't believe Emma figured out how to use a regular telephone all by herself" Hermione said.
"She got your brains, lovie" Ron said as she lay beside his wife.
"I love you so much" Hermione said.
"I love you too, darling" Ron nuzzling her cheek.
"Our children are the best, Emma could do magic by age 3 and Jack could do it at age six, and they're so clever" Hermione said.
"Jack was very jealous that Emma could use magic before him. I told him I couldn't use magic until I was seven and Ginny used it at age four" Ron said.
"I wonder how Emma will manage at Hogwarts" Hermione said.
"She'll do fine, my love, they both will" Ron said.
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Emma sat between the
two boys in the back seat of the car as Mr. Shaw drove them home.
"I'll make popcorn for guys when we get home and watch a movie
and then go to bed, how would that be?" Mr. Shaw asked.
"Dad, does our telly have Closed Captioning because Emma needs it to watch TV and movies" Rory said.
"I can sit it up for her, sport, don't worry" Mr. Shaw said.
"Hi mum, Jack and Emma are here" Rory said.
"Hello Jack, hello Emma, would you like to see the baby?" Mrs. Shaw asked.
"What is her name?" Emma asked.
"Her name is Nicole; would you like to hold her, honey?" Mrs. Shaw asked Emma. Emma nodded. She sat on the couch and held the little baby in her arms.
"Hi Nicole, I'm your brother's friend. I talk differently because I'm deaf" Emma said. The little baby reached out and put a hand on Emma's ear as though the baby understood.
Rory tapped Emma's shoulder so she could read his lips.
"She likes you" Rory said.
"She is so cute, I want one someday" Emma said.
"You'd be a good mum, Emma, you can teach your baby Sign Language" Rory said.
"Ok guys, you want to get into your pajamas now?" Mr. Shaw asked. The kids got into their pajamas and when they came back the living Mr. Shaw was setting up the Closed Captioning.
"Here you go, Emma, how is that, sweetie?" Mr. Shaw asked.
"Thank you, Mr. Shaw" Emma said. Emma looked through the DVDs they had and looked to see if they all had Closed Captioning.
"They all have it" Emma told the boys. While watching the movie, Emma fell asleep on her brother's shoulder.
"She is a lot smaller than you, Jack" Rory said.
"Yeah, she might be small, but she has a huge brain, and heart" Jack said.