Chapter Fourteen; The First Day of School
Good question, I have a feeling that you're pretty young which is why you're asking me this, (I'm really sorry if you're older) but anyway a lot of the times an organ donor has to be deceased (dead) before they can help the other person out who needs the transplant. Some organs like the kidney, liver, and pancreas can be given while you're still alive, but since the heart is the most important muscle in your body and it keeps you alive, it can only be donated after you die. Then your new heart will be put in place and they'll shock it to cause it to start beating again. Hope that clears everything up!
Amber and Ginny burst through the hospital doors where Rickie and April were there to greet them. "Amber? Ginny? What are you two doing here?" Rickie asked them.
"Derek sent us an owl." Ginny told him.
"Really? I'll kill him!" Rickie exclaimed.
"No need, you're a Christian and you don't need a black mark on your enteral record." Amber began. "I'll do it for you, just tell me where Aaron is." She finished.
"Amber I can't let you do that, he just went into surgery and you shouldn't even be here." Rickie told her. That's when she furiously withdrew her wand.
"I don't care! Tell me where he is!" she hollered on the top of her lungs as she lunged towards him but Ginny quickly grabbed ahold of her arm and pulled her back.
"Amber don't!" she cried.
"Let go of me Ginny!" she snapped as she desperately tried to pull away from her.
"It's alright Amber, Aaron's going to be alright. He's getting a heart transplant." April assured her when suddenly Amber stopped fighting.
"Really? From who?" she questioned as her eyes grew wide with astonishment. That's when she suddenly turned her head and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione coming from the opposite direction.
"From Harry and April's mother, she was an organ donor." Hermione explained.
"That's right Amber, he's going to be okay thanks to her." Harry told her.
"Well how long is the surgery going to take? I mean when can I see him?" she asked.
"Probably in a couple of days, right now you should probably take some time to yourself to calm down." Rickie said.
"Alright, I'm sorry for going off on you like that." She apologized.
"It's alright, I know how much you love him but he's going to be just fine. I promise you that. I'll make sure to let him know that you stopped by. I'm sure once he finds out he won't be able to wait until he is able to talk to you."
"But I thought you told me that he didn't want to see me."
"Well that's only because he wanted to protect you and the rest of his family and friends. But I have a feeling that will change once he finds out that you already know. Now you five should probably be on your way. If Luna and or Casey drops by, I'll let them know what happened." Rickie said.
"Thanks Rickie, for everything." Hermione told him before they headed back towards the door together.
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Alvin, Simon, and Theodore were snugly tucked inside their beds when suddenly Ginny entered the room and flicked on the lights with her wand. "Alright boys time to get up." She told them but Alvin simply just rolled back over inside his bed and pulled his covers back over him and continued to snore. "Come on Alvin, you have your first day of school today." She told him.
"Alright! That's it!" he snapped as he immediately shot up out of bed and raced over to her. "Look Ginny, I'm not sure whether or not you've noticed that I'm covered in fur, but I'm a chipmunk! Sure I also happen to talk and sing, but I'm still a chipmunk so I don't have to go to school!" he told her.
"You do when you're under my roof." Ginny began. "Besides, you want to be smart don't you?" she questioned him.
"No! Don't be ridiculous that's Simon!" he shouted when suddenly he heard his older brother groan and slowly roll over to peek his eyes open at him.
"What?" he asked groggily with a yawn.
"Look just because you're superstars now doesn't mean that I'm going to let you back out of your education." Ginny told him.
"That's easy for you to say! You're not six inches tall and you've spent most of your life learning how to wave a wand!" Alvin shot back at her when suddenly Harry appeared beside her. "Come on Harry, tell your wife that she's due for her mental examination!" he cried.
"Actually Alvin, it just so happens that I agree with her." Harry told him.
"You can't be serious!" Alvin cried when all of a sudden silence fell over them and Harry and Ginny just continued staring down at him. "Alright, fine! I'll go! But don't expect me to be happy about it!" he snapped before he scurried out into the hallway.
Later on that morning Harry drove all three chipmunks up to their school and parked at the curb. "Well this is it, Franklin Elementary School." He told them.
"I think I changed my mind, I don't want to go to school." Theodore began as he sunk back and pulled away from the windowsill. "I have a tummy ache." He said.
"Come on Theo, if I have to go then we all have got to suffer through it." Alvin told him.
"But we won't be in the same class." He pointed out.
"Listen guys, everything's going to be alright I promise." Harry began. "I mean you're Alvin and The Chipmunks, you'll be the most popular kids in school." He assured them.
"Are you sure?" Theodore asked him.
"Positive." Harry told them as he watched them hop out of their seat and dash out the window. "Have a good day at school, I'll pick you up around four!" he called out to them before he drove away. The school bell rang as the chipmunks dashed inside the building.
"Come on Alvin, the fourth and five grade classes are this way, Theodore, your kindergarten class is down the hall." Simon said before he grabbed ahold of Alvin's paw and pulled him away.
Meanwhile Ginny was back at home working on the songs that The Chipmunks were going to sing at their next concert while the nursery magically painted itself. Ginny smiled to herself as she heard Harry come in through the door. "Ginny!?" he cried. "I'm home!" he told her.
"I'm back in the nursery!" she exclaimed as Harry followed the sound of her voice down the hallway and stopped when he caught sight of the nursery. A paintbrush was magically levitating into the air while painting the wall a bright pink color. Ginny grinned up at him while she sat down on the rocking chair while he looked inside the two cribs that had two purple quilts inside either of them along with a spinning mobile of fairies on top of them both.
"Congratulations Dad, you're going to be the father of two identical twin witches." She told him before she stood up and walked over to him.
"Oh Ginny," Harry began with a gasp of astonishment feeling like he suddenly lost his ability to breathe.
"It's a girl!" she squealed excitedly. "Either way you look at it's a girl!" she cried before she flung her arms around him and embraced him tightly.