Mia and Tonks sat side-by-side watching in amusement.
Tonks flung up a Muffliato to prevent eavesdropping. "Can I tell you a secret?"
Mia's eyes widened expectantly, and a grin broke out across her face. "You're... ?"
Tonks smiled, bobbed her head, and then winced anxiously. "How do you think
he'll take it?"
Mia looked over at Remus, who finally had given up the struggle, dancing with Sirius
in earnest. Both men seemed to be confused as to who was leading.
"I think that even if he freaks out, he'll have us all to fall back on and remind him
of how great family is."
October 31st, 1999Harry and Ginny had a surprise wedding at Potter Manor one weekend in late
August. They told their family and friends that neither wanted the publicity of a large
wedding—especially so soon after the first anniversary of the end of the war—but they did
not want to leave everyone out of their special day by eloping.
Molly had been a bit put out that she was not allowed to plan a great big celebration,
but she was thrilled to officially welcome Harry into the family. Everyone was happy that
Ginny was able to enjoy the small celebration that they did have because, up until days
before the wedding, she apparently had caught Tonks's bout of "stomach flu."
It turned out that Harry, like his father before him, could not only be consistent in
forgetting Silencing Charms when in the heat of the moment but other important spells as
well. That and, despite Harry's brief status as a Potions prodigy during sixth year, neither
he nor Ginny were adequate enough at brewing to make a Contraceptive Potion.
Mia teased Ginny and Harry relentlessly for months until she woke up Halloween
morning with a new reason to dislike the thirty-first of October: morning sickness.
Sirius brought her ginger tea for her stomach and peppered her face with kisses,
speaking endlessly of her brilliance before he sent a hasty Patronus off to Remus and Harry,
allowing the two to duel over the title of godfather.