"Oh Emma sweetie, you have a gentlemen caller on your videophone" Hermione said. Emma ran into the former playroom and saw Danny's handsome face on her phone.
"Danny! Hi! How are you?" Emma said.
"Totally bored, has Lizzie called you yet?" Danny asked.
"No, why?" Emma asked.
"Well she is going to this thing called Relay for Life and she wants us to go" Danny said.
"Oh we do that every year, my family does, and we support my mum when she does the Survivor's lap, that would be fun if our families did together" Emma said.
"Emma, what are, hey Dan" Jack said.
"Hey mate, I'm coming down your way soon for the Relay for Life" Danny said.
"Oh yeah, I just got off the phone with Lizzie about that" Jack blushed.
"Jack fancies her" Emma teased.
"Shut up or I'll tell Danny who you fancy" Jack smirked.
"Oo, Emma who do you fancy?" Danny asked.
"Nobody, if my dear brother doesn't want his bum kicked by a certain service dog of mine, he'll keep his mouth shut" Emma warned.
"I'll be right back, Danny" Emma said.
"So, you fancy someone, mate?" Jack asked.
"Yeah" Danny said.
"Do I know her?" Jack asked, already knowing who it is.
"Very well I think" Danny said.
"Danny, my mum said that you could stay at our house before the relay if you'd like" Emma said.
"That would be cool, let me ask my dad" Danny said.
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"Hey dad, can I go Emma and Jack's house on Wednesday?" Danny asked.
"Sure pal, they're nice kids; I could tell you had your eyes on Emma when they stayed here" Mr. Flaherty teased.
"Dad, please don't" Danny said.
"Hey I was your age once too, Emma is a very nice girl and very pretty, you'd better keep an eye on her when you get older before another lad sweeps her off her feet" Mr. Flaherty said.
"Emma isn't like that, she's smart" Danny said leaving the room.
"Hey guys, yeah my dad said it was ok" Danny said.
"Ooo, yea, this will be so fun! That's dad" Emma said as she felt the door close.
"Bye Danny, I'll talk to you later" Emma said. When the twins went to greet their dad, they found him in their mum's arms sobbing.
"I saw her die, Mione, I watched on of my patients die! Her boyfriend was there, he was holding her and I had watch the poor boy lose his girlfriend. The worse part was, she reminded me of you" Ron sobbed. Hermione cradled Ron's head in her chest.
"Shhh, I know how hard this is, sweetie, but talked about this remember, would you be able to do this job if it meant some children could die" Hermione cried herself.
"No other patients in my care have died, her parents must hate me" Ron cried.
"No, no, don't you dare think that, Ronald Billus Weasely! God works in mysterious ways, none of this is your fault" Hermione cried.
Emma walked over to her parents and tapped her father's knee.
"Daddy?" Emma asked. Ron lifted Emma into his lap and cuddled her like a teddy bear.
"My baby girl, my sweet little girl" Ron said. Emma kissed his cheek and Ron gave his daughter a watery smile.
"What's wrong with dad, mum?" Jack asked. Hermione wiped her eyes.
"Something happened to one of his patients, sweetie, I'm going to call your aunt and uncle" Hermione said.
"Dad, it's Aunt Hermione" James said.
"Hey Herms, what? Oh God, how is he? Yeah of course we'll take them, no you stay, we'll come get them, Hermione, sweetie, calm down ok? James and I will be right there, tell the kids to get their stuff together and we'll come get them, you're welcome, Herms" Harry said.
"What's going on, dad?" James asked.
"Something happened to one of your Uncle Ron's patients so we're going to pick up your cousins" Harry said.
"Why are they coming here?" James asked.
"Aunt Hermione needs to take care of Uncle Ron, he's very upset" Harry said.
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"Ron, how are doing, buddy?" Harry asked giving Ron a brotherly hug.
"Hang in there, mate, alright, you're gonna be ok, Hermione is here for you, I'm here for you" Harry said.
"Daddy, you want Pierre? You need him more than I do" Emma said. Ron gave a watery smile again and kissed his sweet little Emma on the forehead.
"Thank you, sweetie, but I think he wants to stay with you" Ron said.
"I love you, daddy" Emma said hugging her father. Watching Ron and Emma's interaction made Harry sometimes wish he had a daughter too.
"Emma, come on, sweetheart, say bye to dad" Harry said.
"Bye daddy, feel better" Emma said joining her uncle and brother and cousin.
"Bye dad, you'll be ok" Jack said hugging his dad.
"Thanks Buddy" Ron said.
"Bye mum, I love you" Emma said.
"I love you too, honey" Hermione whimpered. Harry gave his best friend a hug.
"He'll be alright, as long as he has you, he'll be alright, call if you need anything else" Harry said.
"Is daddy going to be ok?" Emma asked Jack.
"Sure he will, Emmy, he's dad" Jack said.
"How would you like to go out dinner guys? We'll swing by and pick up Aunt Ginny then go" Harry told the twins. The twins nodded.
"Uncle Harry what happened to daddy?" Emma asked.
"I'll tell you later, sweetheart ok?" Harry said.
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Hermione got Ron to sleep while she made him his favorite dinner. Kodiak heard his owner take out chicken and he sat behind her.
"Hi honey, you want some cheese?" Hermione asked.
"You spoil that dog like you spoil the kids" a male said from around the corner. Hermione hugged her husband and kissed his cheek.
"How are you feeling, Ronnie?" Hermione asked.
"A little better" Ron said. Hermione guided Ron to the couch and rubbed his back.
"You stay put, I'm making your favorite dinner right now" Hermione said.
"You don't have to that, sweetie" Ron said.
"Yes I do, can you even name all the things you did for me when I was in treatment? Kodiak, go have some man-to-man time with Ron" Hermione said. The large husky jumped on the couch and sat beside his other owner.
"Hey pal, where's Annie?" Ron asked. Kodiak jumped off the couch and went in search of the pretty yellow lab. When Kodiak couldn't find her he went back to Hermione and whimpered and put his large paw on her back. Hermione turned around and frowned at her big puppy.
"Aww, honey, Annie's with Emma" Hermione said. Kodiak went to his bed and whimpered some more. Ron sat beside the dog and patted his head.
"It's hard when your woman has such a demanding job isn't it, pal?" Ron asked.
"Ron, dinner, sweetie" Hermione said.
"Thank you, babe" Ron said kissing Hermione's cheek.
"Are you going to the funeral, angel?" Hermione asked.
"I don't think we're allowed to, I wouldn't be to bear it anyway" Ron said sadly.
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"Hi Auntie Ginny" Emma said hugging her godmother.
"What's wrong, honey?" Ginny said. Tears filled Emma's eyes and squeezed her penguin.
"Something's wrong with daddy, and no one will tell us what's wrong" Emma cried.
"What's going on, Harry?" Ginny asked.
"One of Ron's patients died" Harry whispered to his wife.
"Oh no, how is he taking it?" Ginny whispered back.
"When I showed up, he wasn't doing well, neither was Hermione" Harry said.
"They can take care of each other, they always have" Ginny said.
"I want to know what's wrong with our daddy!" Emma cried.
"Ok kids, go have a seat. You your dad is a healer right?" Harry said.
"He takes care of kids with cancer" Emma said.
"That's right, sweetie, he's very good at his job and the kids love him but something happened with one of the kids in his care today, she, um, she passed away" Harry said.
"She died?" Jack asked.
"Oh no, poor daddy, no wonder he was so sad" Emma said.
"That must made Uncle Ron more upset because he saw what Aunt Hermione went through" James said.
"That's right, Pal, and your cousins will stay here, alright?" Ginny said.
"Of course, mum, come on guys, put your stuff in my room" James said.
"Don't be long, we're going out to dinner" Harry said.
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Back the Weasely house, Ron was laying on stomach on the couch with Hermione giving him a back rub while dessert was baking.
"How's that, sweetie?" Hermione said.
"It's nice, love, thank you" Ron said. After awhile Hermione's hands got tired and she rolled off Ron and he brought into a loving embrace.
"I love you" Hermione said.
"I love you too" Ron said. The oven beeped and the lights in the house flashed.
"Is there a way to turn it off when our baby girl isn't here?" Ron asked.
"Yes, but I like it, it reminds of her and why do you think I keep Jack's old football on the shelf in my office?" Hermione said. Hermione took out the cake she made and cut two slices.
"It's a new recipe, I hope you like it" Hermione said. The cake had no frosting because when Ron bit into it he found a homemade chocolate frosting into the middle.
"This is really good, love! Thank you, I feel much better" Ron said wiping his eyes think that the same thing might happen to his son or his daughter. Hermione seemed to read his thoughts because she took the plate from him and wrapped her arms around him.
"This won't happen to Emma or Jack, it won't" Hermione said.
"You don't know that! Cancer doesn't run in either of our families but you still got it! How the bloody hell do you know our handsome son or beautiful little girl won't die from cancer?!" Ron said angrily. Hermione was so frightened by Ron's expression that she ran upstairs for fear he might hurt her. When he saw how his anger caused fright in his wife was when Ron ran upstairs to apologize. When he entered their large bedroom Hermione was crawled up on the bed crying. Ron touch her shoulder and Hermione backed away hugging a pillow to protect herself.
"Mione, darling, please, I didn't mean to frighten you, I promise I would never hurt you" Ron said.
"You hurt me when you yelled at me, I'm the cancer survivor, Ron, and do you know I get flashbacks when I come to talk with your patients? I don't say anything because I don't want you to worry! I had a nightmare the other night from the spinal taps but, I didn't wake you up because of what you see at the hospital everyday! I don't worry about our children getting cancer because I know how rare it is especially when it doesn't run in the family" Hermione cried. Ron pulled Hermione into a warm embrace and cried her to their bed. Ron kissed her forehead and nuzzled her cheek.
"You can tell me when you have nightmares, my love" Ron said stroking her hair.
"I don't want to worry you" Hermione said.
"I'll be ok, sweetheart, I'm here ok?" Ron said. Ron and Hermione made love and fell asleep in each others arms.
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"What movie are we watching?" Jack asked.
"Happy Feet!" Emma said while her pigtail braids bounced on her head.
"No!" James and Jack said. Emma stuck her tongue out at her brother and cousin.
"Good luck with that one, sweetheart, you're out numbered by two boys" Ginny said.
"Spiderman?" James asked.
"I'd rather shoot myself" Emma said while Annie put her paw on her nose showing her distaste.
"Shrek 2" Jack said.
"Ok" James and Emma said.
"Emma, go ask my dad if we can make hot chocolate, he won't say no to you" James smirked.
"Yes he will" Emma said.
"Come on, Emmy, you've got cute little smile, and that sweet, innocent voice so you can get away with anything, it always works on dad" Jack said.
"Yeah Emma, you're our best weapon" James said.
"It's ok guys, you don't have to use Emma in your twisted ploy for food" Harry said bringing the kids hot chocolate and sweets.
"Thank you Uncle Harry" the twins said.
"You're very welcome, guys" Harry said.
"Thanks dad" James said.
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"I wonder how Ron and Hermione are doing" Ginny said.
"Or what they're doing" Harry said.
"Harry! Such a man response" Ginny said.
"Uncle Harry, Aunt Ginny, Emma is having an ear ache" Jack said. Harry and Ginny followed their nephew into the game room and to find their niece screaming her head off because her ears hurt. James was sitting by his cousin holding her hand trying to get her stop crying.
"My ears hurt so bad!" Emma cried. Ginny sat in front of Emma and tapped her shoulder so Emma could read her lips.
"Which ear hurts, honey?" Ginny asked.
'Both' Emma Signed.
"Ok, come with me" Ginny said. Ginny put two drops of a potion in Emma's ears.
"How do your ears feel now, sweetie?" Ginny asked.
"Better, thank you, Auntie Ginny" Emma said.
"Do have those often, honey?" Ginny said. Emma shook her head.
"We'll keep an eye on them ok?" Ginny said.
"Will mum and daddy be ok?" Emma asked.
"I'm sure they're fine, sweetie. How would you like to go out to Diagon Ally tomorrow, just us girls?" Ginny asked. Emma nodded again and went back to the living room.
"Here, Emma, you can lay on the couch" James said giving Emma a blanket and pillows.
"Thanks James" Emma said. After the movie ended the kids were sleeping and Harry woke Emma and the boys.
"Off to bed guys, come on" Harry said.
"Emma, come on, sweetie pie, that's a girl" Harry said helping Emma sit up and placing her on his shoulders.
"Goodnight guys" Harry said to the boys.
"Night dad" James said.
"Night Uncle Harry" Jack said. Harry put Emma into her bed next James.
"Goodnight sweetheart" Harry said kissing his goddaughter's forehead.
"Goodnight Uncle Harry" Emma said sleepily.