Hermione and Ron had bought a house; all of the Order members had got some money, in the same town as the Burrow, like Percy and Penny did as well. Their home was closer to Luna's, and though not as big, was a bit more of a traditional home, with five bedrooms, and three bathrooms. Hermione loved the home and garden, and since she was not set to start law school till the fall, she had been busy making it their own. Molly kept asking about kids, but she reminded the woman she had two years of law school, for as much as she wanted to be a mom, she would not be a stay at home. Molly understood, all the girls had careers, and promised to be patient.
She and Ron were officially not living together, for Molly's sake, not sharing a bedroom. The woman was not a fool, she knew her children had sex before marriage, but she liked to have her little fantasies, and they let her have them. Molly and the others were coming for dinner, Hermione having wanted to cook for some time, and with only weeks before law school, it was now. Even Fleur and Viktor were coming; Ron invited them, though Hermione was not quite happy.
Hermione was looking around the house to make sure it was clean and looked into the bedroom off theirs. "You know she will say this would be a good nursery."
Ron shook his head. "You know mom understands about you and school. Besides she is a guest in the house, she will wait till we are back in hers."
George's voice cut through the silence. "Perhaps she will have a grandchild on the way soon to think about? I wonder if it would have red hair?"
Hermione completely missed the tone, she was in such a good mood about dinner , she seemed unaware of the obvious tension between her fiancé and George, Fred, and to her surprise Bill arrived, not aware Bill was in the country, or she would have invited him of course. She seemed one of the few who remember it was he, and not Fleur, who was a member of the family, and she was well aware of when Fleur and Viktor began.
Fred agreed with his brother. "You know the two of you have never spoken of the time you were on the hunt. It must have been lonely when Hermione left."
Ron stuttered for he knew they were going to tell."We were on a hunt; there was no time for such things. Besides I had my best friend."
Hermione could tell something was wrong, and turned back from the food, hearing the tone she had missed first time around. She had wondered herself, Ron refused to speak about the last month, and Harry had vanished, but she always assumed it was about her. Ron always said he wouldn't talk, for he was protecting her.
Bill moved into the kitchen."Your best friend? You mean Harry, who had never had a boyfriend, and was innocent enough to believe he could trust you."
Ron headed for the door. "I will not listen to any more accusations. You can get the hell out of my house."
They were not going any where and Ron soon found himself suspended, on what he later would realize was a spider web, which now filled the doorway. Ron looked to his fiancé for help, but Hermione was in shock, and some how their words had brought up so many questions she had of her own.
Bill turned some of the spices into spiders."Would you like to tell your fiancé how you cheated on her with her best friend, or should I?"
Ron looked at Hermione. "They're lying; you know Harry and I would never hurt you like that. You know us both."
She thought back, she knew Harry never would have knowingly betrayed her, but they had staged that whole fight. There had been times when the two came back from the hunt when she caught them in close moments, and Ron and she had never got back publically then. She could remember Harry's pain when Ron proposed, and she knew even if e was still hurt she left him, deep down she should have known Harry would have been happy for her.
None of them had noticed the rest of them arrive as Bill had an army of spiders crawling all over Ron."Tell your fiancé, tell her."
Ron refused but as the spiders were on his face he screamed."Fine, fine, I fucked him. Harry forced us apart, I needed a body. So I fucked the boy wonder."
The web disappeared and Ron took a very painful face plant into the wood floor, and from the blood and the crunch, he knew he had broken his nose. He was about to make a comment about Hermione finally releasing him, but he saw all eyes were behind him. He turned to se his entire family was behind him now.
Ron looked to his mother who looked ready to be sick. "Mum, I can explain. It isn't as bad as it sounds. Mum, please listen."
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Harry had been missing Bill, he would admit it to himself, even if he would never to the others. Harry had missed having the red heads near, and though Bill was new for him, he was still a part of the family. It killed him to be away from them, he loved them as his own, but he had sworn he would not come between the family. Bill knew about him and Ron, and about the baby, against his will, so it could not hurt having him here.
Draco came over to where he was reading on a lounge chair on the patio. "Should I be worried you are pining for a red head?"
Harry looked up. "I can't deny it was nice to have him here, but he has a job and a life. Besides I believe he went home."
Both he and Severus had not been sure, they wanted Harry to be happy, but Bill worried them. Harry was adamant on not telling the others, not at least until after the baby came, and they were worried he could not hold his tongue. But he had been able to bring some smiles to Harry, and when he was on near bed rest, it was needed.
Severus came out the door and he had a package in his hands. "This came with Kreacher a few moments ago."
Harry was expecting something from Bill if anyone but he was shocked. "It's from the twins."
They had sent some letters, and some offers of his store shares, but never package, and he wondered if it was some new products to try out. Instead he found two onesies, and a stuffed stag, wolf and dog. The note simply said they would come see him when the three months were up, meaning his danger zone.
Harry looked up from the gift, with shock and tears. "Bill told the twins, he swore he wouldn't. Oh Merlin, what about the others?"
Severus put a calm hand on him. "Even Bill has never been to the home before. You're not going any where. You know Bill likely only told them."
They reminded Harry how close he was to the twins, and Bill knew that, and those two had likely dragged it out of him. Harry could not deny part of him was happy, he missed the twins so bad, and he did not have feel guilt, as he was not the one who told them. He just prayed the others, like Hermione, did not know.