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"And Wood makes the save!" the announcer called. I cheered for him, even though he couldn't hear me from the private box I was in. I had tried to insist on sitting down by the ground, for a better view, but Oliver hadn't wanted me out in the cold. It was drizzling and just icky outside, but nothing I couldn't handle. We usually tried to get the whole group together for the games, but today only Lila and Alicia could come. Angie was working overtime and George and Lee were busy with the shop. I was now nearly eight weeks along, and we had the appointment in a few days to meet with Adeline again.
"Katie, are you and Oliver going to find out the sex of the baby when you can, or wait until you have it?" Lila asked as her attention strayed from the game. I smiled; Quidditch never really had been her thing.
"I personally don't want to know, but Oliver hasn't said anything," I replied, thinking about it.
"I don't know what I would do," she said back, frowning slightly as she thought about it.
"Why? Are you not telling us something?" I teased.
Her expression made me laugh. "What? No! We aren't even married yet, Katie!" her tone was embarrassed, yet she still managed to sound scolding.
"I was joking, calm down sweetie," I tried to placate her. It worked, because she smiled at me and we directed our attention back to the game.
Before we knew it, the game was over, and Oliver's team had won by a landslide. Apparently the new seeker wasn't too shabby. Alicia and Lila left, and I walked to the changing rooms to wait for Oliver to emerge. The security knew me by now, and they chatted with me while I waited.
"Is there anything new with you, Mrs. Wood?" Tom asked. I smiled to myself, but shook my head. Oliver and I had agreed to keep the baby quiet until I started showing, just so it could be a private thing for us as long as possible.
"What about you?" I inquired politely.
"Not too much. My daughter just moved out of the house, though. It's going to be strange without her there," he informed me.
"I bet," I said, my mind already wandering. What would it be like when this baby left the house? I shook my head abruptly when I heard Oliver's voice.
"Congratulations," I exclaimed and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you, love," he said before kissing me, only to break up at the sound of wolf whistles. "Real mature, guys," he scoffed, glaring at them.
"Hi, guys," I called. I knew the team fairly well. We occasionally had parties for the team and their families. There was Todd and Luke, the beaters; Carrie, Jared, and Zoe, the chasers, and a new person I didn't recognize. The whole team was attractive, I have to admit. Carrie and Zoe were beautiful, but in complete different ways. Carrie was blonde and blue-eyed and extremely pale, while Zoe had black hair and dark brown eyes, with nicely tanned skin. They guys were not bad looking either, Luke had brown curly hair and blue eyes, Todd had blond hair and green eyes, and Jared had light red hair and brown eyes. The new guy had longer brown hair and grey eyes.
"Oh, Kates, this is Alex, our new seeker," Oliver introduced us.
"Katie," I said and offered my hand to shake his.
"Pleasure," he responded. "How long have you two been together? Oliver talks about you all the time."
"We've been together seven years," I told him. "Married one year."
"That is a long time," Alex said, looking impressed.
"Just wait until you see them together for a while, it becomes sickeningly obvious that they've been together forever," Carrie chimed in, grimacing at us.
"Just because you can't hold onto a man for longer than a few weeks does not mean you can take it out on Oliver and Katie," Zoe interrupted, shooting a look at Carrie. She rolled her eyes and laughed.
"They know I love them," was all she would say.
"Katie!" Luke exclaimed as he exited the changing room. "I've missed you so much." He pulled me into a giant bear hug. I made a sound of protest, and Oliver was breaking us apart.
"Be careful," he said, glaring at Luke.
"Calm down, sweetie. He didn't hurt me, I'm fine," I reassured him before turning back to Luke, my favorite player on the team. Besides Oliver, of course.
"I know, works been crazy lately. I promise I'll come to the next practice I can, okay?" I said, smiling. Luke nodded, but was still looking at Oliver warily. "Oh! Actually, do you guys have any plans?" I asked suddenly.
Everyone but Alex didn't. Oliver was looking at me, trying to figure out what I was doing. I sighed and pulled him aside.
"Now would be a good time to tell them," I said.
"Are you sure? We can wait a while longer before telling them," Oliver replied hesitantly.
"I think it needs to be done, so Luke understands why you look like you want to murder him," I said with a little laugh. "And you can tell Alex whenever, if you want." He nodded and when we reconvened, Alex was gone.
"He said sorry, but his plans couldn't wait," Luke explained.
"That's okay. Does everyone want to meet at The Tavern? We can eat and then we can share some news," I suggested. Everyone agreed and we apparated to the restaurant. It had a private back room that was usually open; we could get it to tell the team about the baby.
We got there, and Oliver spoke to someone about the back room, and it was free. We waited for everyone to be there. Once everyone was present, we ordered and they were all clamoring for the news. I looked at Oliver and he nodded.
"Oliver and I are going to have a baby," I announced, looking for their reactions. Carrie and Zoe were grinning broadly before getting up to hug me. Todd and Luke were congratulating Oliver and Jared looked mad.
"You okay Jared?" I asked after the hugging was done.
"Thanks a lot, guys," he groaned before handing over some money to Todd and Luke.
I raised an eyebrow. "What's going on?"
"The guys had a bet about when you'd get pregnant. Jared thought it'd be in the first year you were married, but Todd and Luke thought it would be in the second," Zoe explained. I rolled my eyes.
"If you were dumb enough to bet on that, you deserve to lose," I huffed, but smiled anyway. "Now where's my hug, Jared?" He complied and gave Oliver a pat on the back. Our food came, and I told them about how far along I am and such as we ate.
"I'm so excited! I'm going to be an aunt. We can teach the baby to fly!" Zoe was thinking out loud.
"Why don't we let the baby be born first," I suggested playfully.
"I know that! But this baby is going to know how to fly before they can walk," she pointed out. "With you two as the parents? Yeah, they baby is going to live on the pitch." I nodded, recognizing that she was right. We finished eating and just talked for a while after, until I started yawning. I managed to hide the first few, but then Oliver noticed and insisted that we leave.
"I promise I'll come to the next practice that I can," I promised the team. I used to stop by a lot more, but now my job was a lot busier.
"You should make cookies and bring them," Luke suggested. Everyone agreed, and I told them I'd think about it. I might not be able to cook, but I could bake. We said goodbye and headed home.
When we were at home, I glanced at our calendar and realized that our next appointment was the coming Saturday.
"That was a fast month," I mused.
"What was that, Kates?" Oliver asked.
"I just realized that our appointment is Saturday, and it came fast," I replied.
"Is it this Saturday?" Oliver said, surprised. I nodded. "Hmm, I need to tell the team I won't be there, then."
"Are they going to be mad?"
"No, I barely ever take time off. They understand," Oliver assured me.
"Alright. Let's go to bed," I said with a yawn.
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"Kates, wake up. We need to get ready for the appointment," Oliver tried to wake me up.
"Hmm, but I'm tired," I whined as I sat up and stretched. Oliver chuckled.
"I know. At least this appointment is later than last time," he offered as a plus.
"That's true," I agreed before I stood up, kissed him, and went to get ready. This time, the appointment was for ten, not eight, which I was grateful for. I was hoping that today she could give me a due date; we had forgotten to ask the last time. We ate a quick breakfast and left. This time the door to the exam room was closed, so we took a seat in the sitting area. After a few minutes she walked out with another pregnant woman. She said her goodbyes and then ushered us into the room.
"First of all, I would like to tell you two the due date. It is June tenth," she announced before we said anything.
June tenth, a summer baby I thought happily. We continued with the checkup and she gave me some more of the vitamin potions.
"Everything looks good. If you don't have any questions, we can schedule the next appointment," she said.
"I don't think so, do you? I asked Oliver. He shook his head, so we set up the next appointment and left for home. There was a message in the voicemail machine from Dan, saying he had found more houses, if we were free that afternoon. Oliver called him back and told him that we were. Dan said he'd pick us up at noon, which left us just enough time to eat a quick lunch. We did so, and then met Dan downstairs.
"This first house I think you two will love," he said as we drove. "It has five bedrooms, three baths, and has a huge backyard." I thought it sounded great, but we needed to see it. It was the perfect distance from town, and there was nobody around. The house was beautiful from the outside. It looked a bit like a huge cottage, with pretty stone as the walls. I loved it even more on the inside, there were a lot of windows that let in light, and the rooms were big and pretty. Then we saw the backyard, it was definitely big enough for a Quidditch pitch, and towards the end of the land, there was a little creek and someone had already started a garden that I could take care of.
"This is it," I breathed to Oliver.
"I agree," he said before calling Dan over and telling him that this was it. There was talk of paperwork and such, but I let Oliver deal with it. I just loved looking at the house, our house. After a while, we got to return home and I called my parents to tell them about the house. We were going to wait until later to tell Oliver's parents, because they didn't have a phone. I spent the rest of the afternoon writing my next article and Oliver was reading something. It was a good way to spend the rest of the day.
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