Chapter Two -
'So I had agreed to sit there while Fred explained to his parents about our story, it was easier than I thought it would be. I thought for sure that, by the way she was staring Molly would have lectured me on pre-marital sex. It made it extremely easy when both they both congratulated me and accepted me with open arms, as well as the rest of his brothers and Ginny.'
'It was only two years since I left school when we found that out; about the pregnancy. Being married and pregnant to Fred made me very happy. He worked hard with George in their store and after a certain amount of time my parents made a visit. They were amazed by his creativity, tenacity and work ethic. My father apologised to us both and promised never again to judge him so harshly again.'
'I lived in the apartment above their store since Mum had a full time-job and since Dad worked at the Ministry. They thought it best that that I live with Fred, so that if anything happened concerning my pregnancy I would have the help I needed straight away. I helped out where I could; packing away their concoctions ready for sale, sometimes pricing the products or house work. Which very rarely the boys had a chance to do. I imagined sometimes taking advantage of me sometimes, I did not mind. It took my mind off the back pain and the kicking – it was cute to begin with but it gets a little tiresome after five months.'
'When the growing attacks by the Death eaters were happening on Diagon Alley had several muggle-borns die. Fred and George forced me out to live with my Mum, but instead of living with Dad she took me out of the country and I could only manage to see Fred once every few weeks and by that time I was pregnant woman and not to mention emotional. I couldn't move fast enough or apparate to Fred, which upset me greatly.'
'Fred sent me lots of letters, I replied to almost all of them and in his reply, especially if I were upset; he knew it was best to send me chocolate. I was becoming annoyed at being pregnant, not that I did not wish to be, I wanted to be with Fred and help Harry fight. I was now eight and a half months pregnant, to look at me any one would think I was having twins, I couldn't stand for long and my ankles were always swollen.'
'The next morning I woke early to feel cramping in my lower back, so I took it easy and rested for a while then eventually having a bath to try and relax the cramps. After I got out, and headed to my room to get dressed. I began to realise that this was not the usual cramping. It was then that I knew I was in labour.'
Mum sent an owl off to my father and one to Fred, after I returned to our home (only spending a week away). Fred had visited more often, sometimes with his brothers and sister. We sat with our son, both agreeing that we loved him more than anything in the world. We named him Septimus after Fred's grandfather. Arthur was extremely pleased.'
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Now that our son was born, I was able deal with the waiting more easily. Neville had us all agree that we would meet the night that Harry had come back. I think there wasn't a person that could wait; to rid Hogwarts of its horrible new staff.'
'I couldn't wait for my friends; Alicia, Oliver, Katie, Lee, George and of course, Fred. I had not seen the girls in so many months. I felt lucky in not seeing any reports with their names in the Deaths column in the Daily Prophet.'
Angelina was torn from her daydream as the kettle boiled. She poured the milk and then the hot water in to her coffee mug. Her ears pricked up the sound of Septimus not far up the hall making his little noises that he does when he is sleeping and the light snores of her mother from her bedroom.
She passed their rooms on the way to the lounge room and left her mug on the coffee table and going back ot both bedrooms to make them more comfortable by covering each with their blankets. She sighed after sitting in the arm chair by the fire, sipping her coffee she stared in to the flickering flames. Hoping she would hear from Fred soon.
A sudden scratching at her window made her pick up her wand. "Lumos." She saw an unrecogniseable owl with an envelope in it's beak. She opened the window and retrieved the letter, opening it quickly she found a galleon inside. She had remembered some of what Fred had told her and Neville's plan of action was for when Harry had returned to Hogwarts. Knowing what she had to do; she put a jacket on, checked on her son, left a note for her mother and apprated with her wand in hand to The Hog's head.
"Angelina!" Katie and Alicia greeted her, both instantly hugging and congratulating her on her son being born. Oliver also gave her a hug and Lee greeted her as affectionately as the others. Within moments of arriving the group was allowed through the passage, some of the other students had told them the Weasley's had already gone through, Angelina grinned at the thought of knowing Fred was at the other end of the passage. What started a a calm walk with her friends, it turned into an all out sprint toward the end due to Angelina's impatience.
She spotted him and his twin talking to some of the younger students about buying their creations.
"Fred!" Angelina shouted, he turned and she immediately jumped on him, her lips crushed his as she kissed him. Fred held her tightly against him, he steadied himself from almost falling on George.
"I was waiting for you to get here," Fred smirked, he kissed her again and she hugged him. He put her down and brushed the hair out of her eyes. "Are you sure you want to be here?"
"Yes, I couldn't wait to see you," Angelina replied. "I want this to be over so we can live together again."
Fred smirked and held her hand. "Try not to leave my side. I love you, y'know."
Angelina giggled. "I love you too."
They hugged and headed out with their family and friends. The youngest students were being evacuated and others were barracading the windows and entrances to stop Voldemort's followers from entering. Angelina lost touch with Fred as he and George went outside to help ward off intruders. She stayed inside with Alicia, George, Katie and Neville.
She had been dueling; confunding, jinxing and cursing for a while before she noticed that Alicia, Katie and herself had moved far from the action in to one of the many corridors leading of the entrance hall. She thought of Fred and hoped liked mad he was alright.
The three girls stopped cursing one of the deatheaters. They took a deep breath and looked about the corridor. Hearing faint laughter, they waited to see where it was coming from. Five of Voldemort's followers rounded the corner and Alicia raised her wand to fight, Angelina stopped her. "There's only three of us, come on!"
Angelina dragged Alicia behind her as Katie barely managed to keep up. The woman that lead the Death Eaters began shouting her own spells as well the others that followed her. Angelina used a levitating spell to throw pieces of broken furniture back at them.
"Avada Kedavra!" the womans shrill voice shouted.
A sharp pull on her arm was felt and Angelina fell to the ground with her friends. She stood immediately grabbing for Alicia's hand and then tried helping Katie up. It was only when the dust had cleared that she noticed Katie's face stared past them up to the ceiling, as blank as she ever did look.
"Katie," Alicia nudged her friend, no response was shown. Angelina's tears fell, Voldemort's Death Eaters were getting closer and there was nothing she could do besides leaving her friend behind.
She led Alicia reluctantly out of the corridor and down the stairs, amongst their friends. Other followers of Voldemort's seemed to be unconscious about the floor. Alicia nudged Angelina, pointing inside the great hall they saw Professor Lupin, lying very still inside the doors with Tonks beside him.
I know I didn't mention it before but it wasn't my happiest news - even though I wouldv'e enjoyed being pregnant in the long run I just didn't like the fact that formula and nappies were going to run me poor again. I'll add more to this later...I have to interrupt this to give my kids some food.....
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Chapter One - Positive.
Fred was frantic for answers and needed to think about this situation in its entirety; he just gave the girl of his dreams an ultimatum. He needed to get it out of his system somehow, since George had gone into Hogsmeade. He took out some paper and started writing his thoughts down. He smiled remembering when he met his wife.
'It was in the summer before school started, when her parents had brought her into Diagon Alley. Angelina always said she can't remember that day. But I can, as if it were only yesterday. I chased her through Diagon Alley with some stink bombs into Flourish and Blotts. I'd already made her smell pretty badly, but I had to pay her back for what she had done. She caught me one week earlier, trying to make an unbreakable vow with Ron and she told my mum.'
He quickly wrote his thoughts down and stared at the paper for a moment. After a few minutes of thinking he put his quill to the paper again, letting his thoughts flow freely. 'I suppose my family was hers as well now. We were married after we turned eighteen, we decided to shortly after the Yule ball. We realised we loved each other and thats all that mattered. It was only us and and a couple of witnesses we hardly knew.'
'She had told me she was feeling guilty about being married in secret and as she explained it; her parents thought that she could have made better choices. Which was hard to hear at first but I still made an effort into having them believe like me for her sake. I never mentioned a word of knowing what they had said, like she made me agree too. I knew she would have gotten upset if I had done'.
'We have had our share of fights too, being married didn't make it any easier and we kept putting the announcement off because we didn't think anyone would take it nicely. Angelina tried to leave me a fair few times but I was always able to talk her into staying. We would always tell her parents that we were only friends but sometimes it would get difficult, for a time her mother would sneak around my shop and listen in to our conversations'.
'The last time we had a fight was this morning, it wasn't just the fact we were married that was an issue. She was all excited when she told me, I was surprised more than anything but happy all the same. After the realization struck her she stood in front of me crying, she knew we would now have to tell our families about what we had done. But she wanted to try keep it a secret, still, when it would have been perfectly noticeable what we had been up to these last few months'.
'I know anyone would have called me a 'git' for reacting the way I did, I yelled at her. So that's when I gave her the ultimatum; either tell our families our good news or that was the end of us. I knew I was only bluffing but she didn't lucky for me she believed it. I did feel my heart sink to see her cry so heavily, I had to resist the temptation to hug her and let her know that things wouldv'e gotten better over time.'
'So that's why I'm here alone in my store, Angelina's over at her parents place bearing her soul and our secrets to her parents; probably the most dreadful news ever to grace her parents precious ears, no doubt.'
'I was getting sick and tired of all the sneaking around and so was she, I could see it in her eyes. She would worry herself too much sometimes by thinking her parents would disown her, I knew that they disliked me but even I could tell her parents weren't those kind of people. They loved her just as much as I did.'
Fred sighed, he hated waiting. The news she had for him this morning still had him feeling uneasy, he wasn't sure how they would begin this next part of their life together. 'If the test was positive, I know that George would get saddled with a lot of their work, a new arrival would definitely make things a hell of a lot more hectic.'
He poured himself a glass of water when he spotted his beloved walking in a direct path to his store. He almost choked as the nerves settled in his stomach, immediately overloading with butterflies. He swallowed heavily, watching her approach. The saddened expression on her face said it all. He sat down behind the counter. Fred felt sure he would not have been able to handle her saying they were to break up.
"Fred, where are you?" she looked curiously around the room, after opening the door.
She walked past the rows of items in Fred's store up to the counter and leaned over. "What are you doing?"
She sighed, pushed her hair behind her ear, sat beside him and crossed her legs.
"Just waiting for you," he smiled awkwardly and rubbed his neck. "What did they say? Were they angry?"
"Of course they were, I got married without telling them." Angelina said. "Dad's angry that I chose poorly but please give them sometime - they'll get used to us sooner or later."
Fred gritted his teeth and simply nodded. "Alright."
He shook his head at the thought of her parents, 'Chose poorly, who in the hell do they think they are? They aren't exactly rolling in galleons.'
"I am pregnant though, Fred," Angelina spoke up. Fred could only stare at her at first. "Are you serious?"
"No, I'm joking - of course I'm being serious, " Angelina replied, "How do you feel about that?"
Fred thought for a moment about his reply. He looked into her eyes and held on to her hand. "Love, you know I'm happy about it, scared and worried but I think I'll get over it."
He wrapped his arms around her as she did the same, and he continued. "Now we just have to tell my parents."
So, as I said previously - I have gotten rid of the other list and just kept my favourite sites because could no longer keep up with it. These are the sites that I look up frequently for a read and to have fun with:
Lusty Library (R rated stories)
Quizilla (G - rated site for user made quizzes, fan-fics, journal entries, etc.)
Gather.com An article writing site about lots of different topics but hardly any fan-fiction is listed.
Storywrite.com An original story site, good to use. Lots of stories from different genres.
Shvoong Get paid to write free book summaries, product reviews, abstracts, reports and notes. Make money online by writing about what you know.
Fan-Fiction sites -
Coloured Grey - A Draco/Hermione FanFiction archive.
RestrictedSecion.org Harry P Fanfiction for mature readers.
A Kind Of Magic A FanFiction Site/Archive written by Laura.
Ashwinder Severus/Hermione Archive.
FanFiction.net Stories from movies, games. television, books - all fan fiction.
more to come.......
I keep telling myself that I have to sit and write in this thing more often but it never works out because i never know what to say - either that or I think that some things are stupid to mention. Which ever way; I think I'm going to force myself not to care. I removed the lists I had here because I didn't have time to update them and my interests have changed and I no longer have time to look around for games worth playing on the internet. I'll just stick with the sites I do know and list them instead, which I won't do tonight because it's almost four in the morning......I'm surprised with myself I'm usually falling asleep in front of the television around this time.
4:20 a.m. - I swear someone uses my pegs and puts them back later on. Sometimes when I hang out my washing I have less than I do other times....I watched a few new movies this week on foxtel; The best two that were worth the time I sat there to watch were 'Good Luck Chuck' and 'The Lookout'.
The Brave One was alright and A Mighty Heart but I'm not interested in sad movies any more - I prefer films that make me laugh even though 'The Lookout' was drama/mystery.
Til next time...
Jeff Healey - my favourite guitarist since I was about sixteen died in March, on the second and I only just found out today! He was only 41. I didn't know the guy personally but he was a fabulous guitar player and singer.
Here's a link to my favourite song: Angel Eyes - The Jeff Healey Band
A couple of young stars have been in the media of late - Australian actress Jessica Jacobs (17 yrs) died after being hit by a train, (there are a couple of theories being told - one is; that she tripped and fell on to the tracks. The other is that her brother's birthday present fell on to the tracks and she didn't get off the tracks in time) apparently on her way to her older brother's birthday.
Another person I heard about, just today is Robert Knox, who was stabbed after defending his sixteen year old brother. Robert died not long after the fight, he stars in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - it said that this movie would make his career.
I'll edit this with links later.....
I just finished watching the 3rd season of Stargate: Atlantis and it made me cry twice. Once for David Mckay and another for Dr. Beckett, don't watch the video if you don't enjoy spoilers (it is Atlantis).....
Well, I don't have much else going on but I'm excited about the newest cast of Harry, you can follow the links to them here - >here<. It says that Freddie Stroma is cast to play Cormac, but he is too preppy for my liking, the picture of Cormac I get is more a meat-head type of guy; much like this >here<.
That's about all I have for the moment, except I know it's a bit late but.....
Not only did I not get a cake, a present to open and someone other than than my boyfriend and the one person (on the net) that I speak to every day to wish me a happy birthday; that I don't hear a word from my parents or any family member. This is depressing, this day has turned in to absolute shite!
It said that I should say something about myself so.... My name is natalie and I like to read, about any topic really but I have to say my favourites are murder, mystery, romance and suspense, also cookbooks; I love recipes, especially savoury dishes.
And movies, my all-time favourite would have to I Love You To Death (starring River Pheonix, Tracey Ullman & Kevin Kline) I`m usually watching sci-fi, drama, comedy, of course
and fantasy. I don`t normally watch television but if I do it`s mainly re-runs of Drew Carey, Whos'e Line Is It Anyway?, Friends, and Most Haunted.
Music....I have too many favourite groups to even list here, I wouldn`t have specific genre, all styles are pretty good.
