Chapter Six; Family Get Together.
"Are you alright?" Hermione asked as she, Harry, and Ron exited the church together.
"Yeah, I just got to remember how to get to Bill and Fleur's." he said as he quickly hurried to the car. "Tobey Eve Teddy Heather time to go!" he called as three of the four children went running towards him. Harry stopped and removed his keys out of his pocket and unlocked the door once he got to the door before turning around and realizing that one child was missing. "Where's Tobey?" he asked them.
"He's in the bathroom." Eve began. "Harry, is Mum going to go to Heaven?" she asked him.
"I'm not sure. It's not up to me. Although I sure hope not. Not yet anyway." He told her hoping that he hadn't sounded incredibly selfish. A few seconds later Tobey came running over to them. "C'mon Tobey get in the car. First we're going out to lunch and then we're going over to see Bill, Fleur, and Johnny." He told him before grabbing ahold of the handle and climbing into the driver's seat and then slamming the door behind him.
Meanwhile Tobey climbed into the passenger's side and Eve, Teddy, and Heather climbed into the back. "Everyone get your seatbelts on." Harry told them while strapping himself in and then placing his keys inside the ignition turned on the engine while everyone else strapped themselves in.
"Where's Ginny?" Tobey wondered as Harry put his foot on the brake and pulled the car in reverse.
"She's apparating there since there wasn't enough room." He told him while looking over his shoulder and making sure there was nothing behind him before he moved his foot onto the accelerator and started backing out of the parking lot.
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As Harry pulled into the driveway all four members of The Dragons were there to meet him. He put his foot on the brake and put it in park before turning off the engine. Then everyone climbed out of the car to meet them. "Hey Harry." Justin began as they shut their doors behind them. "Aaron told us about your mother, we're really sorry." He told him.
"Thanks." Harry said.
"And I just wanted to let you know that we're holding the wedding back because of it." Aaron told him.
"Well I appreciate it but you don't have to do that." Harry said.
"Yes I do. It just wouldn't be fair to have a celebration as sick as she is." Aaron told him as Harry just simply looked at him as Derek decided to break the silence.
"Bill and Fleur are both inside. Johnny just woke up from his nap. Fleur's busy nursing him right now." He explained as they headed inside the house together. Sure enough Johnny was wide awake and sucking on his mother's breast while she placed a covering over his head. She was smiling down at her son while Ginny came out of the bathroom and sat down next to her.
"He's just finishing eating." She said when suddenly the baby stopped sucking and began to make crying noises. "Don't worry Johnny, Mummy's going to burp you." She told him removing his covering and placing him up to her shoulder while placing a small kiss on his forehead and starting to gently pat his back. It wasn't long before he let out a large belch and gave an extra large grunt. "Uh oh, I think somebody just made a messy." He said.
"Yuck! I hate the smell of dirty diapers!" Eve exclaimed as Harry laughed.
"Well then I guess you'll never be a mother." He told her as Fleur laid a blanket down on the floor and placed Johnny on top of it flat on his back.
"I'm sorry about this Harry." She told him.
"Don't be, that's what babies do. My mother can tell you that." He said as his thoughts instantly drifted to her while Fleur sat down on the floor in front of Johnny and started unbuttoning his onesie as he began to fuss again.
"I'm so sorry to hear about her being in the hospital. I sure hope she can find the proper match for her transplant." She said as Johnny began to cry harder. "Shush baby, Mummy's taking care of it." She reassured him soothingly while she tore into his diaper. "Hey Harry can you go get me a fresh nappy please along with some baby wipes and baby powder? Because if I know Johnny, once his nappy is off he'll try and turn me into a human target." She said as Harry laughed.
"Yeah most baby boys do. I'll be right back." He said before he stood up and turned to walk down the hallway and into the nursery. A few moments later he returned with all of the supplies that Fleur had asked for. "Here you go." He told her handing her a fresh diaper and setting the powder and wipes beside her before returning to his seat.
"Thanks a lot Harry." She said crumbling up the old diaper before wiping his bottom and then shaking some baby powder inside his fresh diaper and putting it back on him. Then once he was all dressed she gave Bill the old diaper to dispose of while gathering her baby up inside her arms again and turning back to the couch to sit down. As soon as Bill had returned from the kitchen from tossing the diaper into his trashcan he had an envelope to give Harry.
"Harry this just showed up for you, your owl just brought it." He explained before giving it to Harry who started tearing into it and then let it unfold inside his hands.
"Harry what is it?" Hermione asked him worriedly once seeing the look on Harry's face before he glanced up at her trying to hold back his tears.
"It's from my father. I have to go to the hospital. They couldn't find a match." He said as a moment of silence fell between them while they continued looking at each other. "She's going to Heaven." He told her.
