Danny told Emma she couldn't open his gift until Christmas day.
"I wonder what Danny gave me" Emma said.
"Open it sweetie" Hermione said. Emma opened a long box that reveled a beautiful hand carved wooden white rose with a pink tint on the sides of the peddles.
"Oh my goodness, Emma, that is beautiful, sweetheart, I bet he made it himself" Hermione said.
"He must have taken a shine to you, Jellybean" Ron said.
"Told yea" Jack said.
"You should take good care of that, sweetie" Hermione said.
"I will" Emma said. She touched the fragile rose light with her fingers.
"What a nice boy Danny is, I guess all boys are different when it comes to showing a girl he likes her" Hermione said mostly to her husband who childishly stuck his tongue out her.
"Emmy, can I talk to you?" Jack asked. Emma followed her brother to his bedroom where he pulled a small phoenix he made out of clay.
"Oh wow Jack that's wicked!" Emma said.
"I made it for Lizzie; do you think she'll like it?" Jack asked.
"Aww, of course she will, Jack, I love that rose Danny made me, girls like simple things, we don't need flashy gifts" Emma said. The twins looked around the corner and saw Ron giving Hermione her Christmas present.
"See, look at the necklace daddy gave mum, it's very simple but look how much she loves it" Emma said as the kids saw their father put the necklace around their mother's neck.
"It's beautiful, angel, thank you" Hermione said.
"Every time you miss your babies you can look at their birthstones on your necklace" Ron said.
"I love you" Hermione said.
"I love you too" Ron said kissing his beautiful wife.
"Eww" the twins gagged while Annie covered her eyes with her paw.
"Ok Bonnie and Clyde go get cleaned up for the relatives" Ron said.
"Race to the shower" Emma said.
"Oh no, not that again, last time we did that Annie jumped on me so you get to the shower first" Jack said.
"She won't do that this time" Emma said.
"Ok, ready go! Ugg, Emma!" Jack said.
"You have to be quicker than that! It's good to small!" Emma said slamming the door behind him.
"Don't worry, Buddy, hogging the bathroom is what women do" Ron said.
"Oh good" Jack said. An hour later Emma emerged from the bathroom in an her bathrobe.
"All yours Jackie" Emma said.
"Ah! Cold water, women are mean!" Jack shouted.
"I'm sure you said something but being deaf sometimes has its advantages" Emma said.
Emma pulled on the same outfit she wore at the gala.
"There's my little girl, what did Danny say when he saw you in that outfit?" Hermione asked.
"He said I looked pretty" Emma said.
"Isn't he sweet, someone brought him up right" Hermione said.
"He said his grandfather told him that women needed to be treated with the greatest respect and men have no right to put their hands on a woman unless it's a loving matter" Emma said.
"His grandfather is absolutely right" Ron said.
"Happy Christmas!" Harry shouted as he Ginny and James came through the door.
"Happy Christmas, mate" Ron said shaking Harry's hand.
"Happy Christmas, Mistress that will never get old" Harry said kissing Hermione's cheek.
"Uncle Harry!" Emma said.
"Oh no not you, don't we see enough of you at school?" Harry said teasing his niece.
"Don't listen to your uncle, sweetheart" Ginny said giving her niece a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey cousin" James said.
"James, look what Danny gave me" Emma said.
"Wow, told yeah he fancies you" James said.
"Just because he gave me, this, this beautiful gift doesn't mean he fancies me" Emma said.
"He gave you a handmade rose, your middle name is Rose that must mean something" said James.
"Hey pal, how do you like being in the same house as your cousins?" Ron asked.
"Hey Uncle Ron, its good but dad never calls on us in class, he called on us once on the first day of class but then he stopped" James said.
"Mate, you aren't calling on my children or my nephew? Look at these faces" Ron said.
"Well I don't call on because the other kids would think I'm playing favorites but I give Emma points on her Triple H card when she does a good job on her homework, how many points do you have on that card, sweetie?" Harry asked.
"Two hundred and eight four" Emma said.
"What kind of things do you get with your points, love?" Hermione asked.
"I bought yours and daddy's Christmas presents with them. Christine said if I got an Outstanding or Excellent on three tests I could use my points to get one of the school blankets. I got that blanket with the Gryffindor lion on it" Emma said.
"Hey guys, we're gonna our presents now" Hermione said. Ron came out with two circle things covered by white sheets.
"Ready, one, two, three!" Ron lifted the sheets.
"Owls!" Emma said.
"Jack, this handsome guy is your, and Emma this pretty little girl is yours" Ron said. Jack's owl was a large handsome barn owl and Emma's was a small white one. Emma took her owl out and the tiny owl nipped her ear lovingly.
"Can I call you Marshmallow?" Emma said. Annie stuck out tongue and the owl bit her finger.
"Ok, ok, gezz, how about Snowbelle?" Emma said. Annie barked her approval and Snowbelle nuzzled Emma's cheek with her beak.
"This is Snowbelle, Jack" Emma said.
"This is Griff, Griff say hello to Snowbelle, don't kill her" Jack said. The owls hooted at each other.
"Thank you, mum, thank you daddy" Emma said stroking Snowbelle's feathers.
"What did you name her, sweetie?" Hermione asked.
"Snowbelle" Emma said.
"What a pretty name for this little owl" Hermione said.
"What did you name yours, Buddy?" Ron asked his son.
"Griff" Jack said.
"This one looks like Hedwig, only smaller" Harry said.
"Jack's owl looks like Errol, hopefully this one will be smarter" Ginny said. Emma put Snowbelle on Annie's head; the yellow lab wagged her tail and gave the small owl a ride around the house.
"Oh Ron, get the video camera" Hermione said. Ron reached for the video camera in the closet and started filming.
"Griff wants to be filmed too" Ron said as the large brown owl landed on Annie's back.
"That's so cute" Emma said.
"We might as well give James his gift now too" Harry whispered to Ginny.
"Here you go, son" Harry said.
"I got an owl too, guys!" James said.
"It's a girl" Ginny said.
"I'll name her Lilly, after grandma, here Lilly join Annie and your cousins" James said.
"Hey Lilly, you look like Pig, only bigger and not irritating" Ron said from the camera.
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After Christmas dinner and all their relatives went home Emma got her hair into pigtail braids and into her pajamas she crawled into Ron's lap with one of her new books.
"Daddy, will you read to me please?" Emma asked.
"You read yourself can't you, you have since you were three" Ron said.
"I want to read with my dad" Emma said. Ron smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Ok princess, let's see here, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this is a classic muggle book" Ron said. Emma loved reading with her daddy because he Signed the books to her.
"I made Christmas coca; oh you're reading, can Jack and I listen too?" Hermione asked. Emma was very grateful that her family and friends could not only listen with their ears but with their eyes too. As Ron Signed the book to everyone Emma cuddled up closer to her father and fell asleep.
"She's a little daddy's girl" Hermione said.
"Jack, you can stay up for a bit more if you want, I'm bringing your sister to bed" Ron said.
"Thanks dad" Jack said who continued playing with his muggle video games.
"Daddy?" Emma said.
"Time for bed, baby girl" Ron said kissing his daughter's forehead.
"Daddy, can I ask something of you?" Emma asked.
"Don't focus all your attention on me, give it to Jack too, besides, he's the boy, he'll need his father more" Emma said.
"You've been reading mum's psychology books haven't you?" Ron laughed.
"Only a little" Emma said.
"Goodnight Jellybean" Ron said.
"Goodnight daddy, keep in mind what I said" Emma said. Ron turned the nightlight beside her bed and turned the lights off.
"Do you know what your daughter just said to me?" Ron asked. Hermione shrugged.
"She told me to not focus all my attention on her, that Jack needs it too and that he's the boy and he'll need his father more" Ron said.
"Isn't she funny, she's been my books hasn't she?" Hermione asked.
"She said only a little" Ron said.
"You know, Danny's mother suggested to Emma that she get an IQ test" Hermione said.
"Really? I don't know" Ron said.
"Maybe we should, it would be interesting to see how smart they both are" Hermione said.
"They can do those at the hospital, I'll bring them in on Monday" Ron said.
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"Daddy what are we doing here?" Emma asked.
"Your mother thought it would be a good idea to get you two IQ tests" Ron said.
"I thought you said that didn't matter" Jack said.
"She just thought it would be interesting to see" Ron said.
"Hello Healer Weasely, oh are these your twins?" Wolfe asked.
"Yup, this is Emma and Jack. Guys this is my boss Healer Wolfe and she was mum's doctor when she was in treatment" Ron said.
"They're lovely, Ron, you and Hermione must be so proud" Wolfe said.
"We are" Ron said. Ron continued to take the twins to the testing area of the hospital.
"Hello Healer Weasely, are you kids ready?" the healer asked.
After two hours of testing, the twins rejoined their father.
"Healer Weasely, may I speak with you please?" the healer asked.
"These results are very impressive, your son's IQ is 112 which is "Superior Intelligence", he's just above normal intelligence. However your daughter is in the high IQ and genius range" the healer said.
"What?" Ron said taking the scores in his hand.
"Her IQ is 138, she's in the "Highly Gifted" range but she's two points away from being considered a genius" the healer said. Ron couldn't believe how intelligent his children actually were.
"Dad, what are our scores?" Jack asked.
"How smart are we, daddy?" Emma asked.
"Guys no matter what these scores are your mother and I still love very much. Jack your score is 112, you have Superior Intelligence" Ron said.
"Aww, wicked!" Jack said.
"Emma, baby girl, your IQ is 138, that means you're Highly Gifted" Ron said. Jack grabbed Emma's score.
"Emma you're almost a genius!" Jack said hugging his sister.
"Daddy, will I have to leave Hogwarts?" Emma asked.
"Why would you leave Hogwarts, sweetie?" Ron asked.
"Because of my score, would you send me to a school for gifted children?" Emma asked.
"Oh no, baby girl, not at all, we would let you make that decision" Ron said.
"I want to stay at Hogwarts" Emma said.
"Then you'll stay at Hogwarts" Ron said.
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"Hey Danny!" Emma shouted.
"Hey, how was your holiday?" Danny said.
"It was wonderful, um, thank you so much for the rose, Danny, it was very sweet. You must have put a lot of work into it" Emma said.
"Yeah but it was worth it" Danny said.
"I left it at home, I didn't want it get ruined, and the best thing about it is that it won't welt" Emma said.
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"This is for your, Lizzie" Jack said. Lizzie smiled and unwrapped the gift in front of her.
"Oh Jack, I love it, you made this yourself?" Lizzie asked. Jack nodded.
"It's beautiful, thank you" Lizzie said hugging Jack.