Family Tradition

Family Tradition

Disclaimer: I own Susana, Emily, Grant and Rose. Nothing else.

Part 13


Hours later, Susana lay in a hospital bed with her husband sitting in a chair holding her hand.

\"This completely sucks.\" She sneezed then coughed.

Harry squeezed her hand. \"I know, sweetheart. But Madam Pomfrey said that she\'s unable to give you the potion to cure the flu because of your pregnancy. It contains herbs that can hurt the baby.\"

\"Muggle doctors give pregnant woman medicine all of the time. There\'s stuff in pharmacies that\'d I\'d be able to take. Isn\'t there like a Walgreen\'s around here somewhere?\"

\"A what?\"

She sat up and started to get out of bed. \"Where\'s the nearest Muggle town?\"

\"You\'re not going anywhere.\" He stopped her. \"I don\'t want you fainting again.\"

Susana sat back and began pouting. \"Then will you go? Please?\"

\"I, uh, I\'m not sure...\"

She sniffed. \"If you really loved me, you\'d go.\" She continued pouting.

\"There\'s no need for that, young lady.\" Dumbledore announced as he entered the room. \"I believe I have what you want in this paper bag.\"

She took the bag from him. \"Thank you, Albie.\" Removing the contents of the bag, she opened the medicine, poured it into the little plastic cup and took it. \"It\'s nice to know that someone around here loves me.\"

\"I love you very much Susana.\" Harry said quickly.

She sighed. \"I know you do. I\'m sorry. I really suck as a patient. Just ask my mom. I was a complete brat when I had the Chicken Pox.\"

Dumbledore laughed. \"Emily still refers to that as the dark period.\" He kissed his granddaughter\'s forehead. \"Rest well, my dear.\"

\"Thanks Albie.\" She smiled as she watched him leave.

Harry kissed her.

\"You\'re probably gonna get sick too. Of course you can take the potion.\"

\"I don\'t care. I just hate the fact that you\'re ill. I\'ll be sure to get all of your homework assignments so you don\'t fall behind.\"

She rolled her eyes. \"Jeez, thanks.\"

Madam Pomfrey approached. \"Now, I\'ll allow you to return to your chamber if you assure me that you will stay in bed. I don\'t want you overexerting yourself in any way.\" She looked at Harry. \"Do you understand me?\"

\"No sex.\" Susana smiled at her husband. \"We understand.\"

\"Yes, well...\" Madam Pomfrey was flustered at her bluntness. \"I expect to see you here again in two days time. I want to make sure that this Muggle medicine isn\'t harmful to you or your baby.\"

\"She\'ll be here.\" Harry promised. \"Even if I have to drag her here kicking and screaming.\"

Susana stuck her tongue out at him.

~~~

\"How\'s Susana?\" Snape asked Harry as they entered the Great Hall at the same time.

\"She\'s sleeping.\" Harry told him. \"The medicine Professor Dumbledore brought her is really helping.\"

Severus nodded. \"I\'m glad. I know I haven\'t been the best father in the world, but I don\'t like to see my daughter ill.\"

\"Me either.\" Harry agreed. \"If you\'ll excuse me, I have to tell Ron to go on with practice without me. I don\'t want to leave Susana alone for long.\"

Harry walked over to the Gryffindor table and explained the situation to Ron.

\"But this is our last practice before our match against Slytherin.\" Ron argued.

\"I realize that. But my wife\'s health is more important that Quidditch.\"

Ron looked shocked.

Hermione elbowed her boyfriend. \"You are so insensitive some times.\" She looked up at Harry. \"I\'ll stay with Susana if you like.\"

\"Thanks Hermione, but I think you\'d be bored. The Muggle medicine makes her drowsy and she\'s sleeping.\"

\"That\'s fine, really. I have loads of homework to keep me busy while she\'s asleep. Besides, if you don\'t go to practice, Ron will never let me hear the end of it.\"

Harry kissed the top of Hermione\'s head. \"Thanks Mione. You\'re the best. I\'ll grab some food for Su and I and bring it to our chamber. I\'ll meet you at the field in an hour, Ron.\"

~~~

Harry brought his wife a glass of orange juice. \"Here you go.\"

She lazily smiled at him \"Thank you. You should get going.\"

He shook his head. \"I\'m going to wait until Hermione gets here. I don\'t want you here on your own.\"

Susana cupped his cheek. \"Baby, nothing\'s gonna happen to me. I\'m just lying here in bed.\"

He shook his head again. \"I\'m afraid you\'ll get up to go to the bathroom and pass out or something.\"

She rolled her eyes. \"Well, I didn\'t have to go until you said something. Help me up.\"

Harry scooped her up into his arms and carried her from the bedroom.

\"Um, Harry, my legs ain\'t broke.\"

\"Indulge me.\" He kissed her as he stood her on the floor. Then he just stood there.

\"I can pee by myself, ya know. I don\'t need a body guard.\"

He laughed. \"Fine. I\'ll just wait outside the door.\"

As he was waiting, a knock came from the door leading to Hermione and Ron\'s common room. He opened it and revealed Hermione with her arms full of stuff.

\"What\'s that lot?\" He asked his best friend.

\"Just getting a jump start on the N.E.W.T.\'s.\" She turned to face him. \"And don\'t look at me like that. If you and Susana were smart, you\'d start as well. The baby\'s due about that time and you\'ll have enough distraction as it is without having to study. Now, where is she?\"

\"In the bathroom.\" He shut the door. \"I\'m going to change for practice.\" He went into his bedroom and shut the door.

At the same time, Susana came out of the bathroom. \"Has he gone?\"

Hermione shook her head. \"No, he\'s just gone to change. Do you need any help?\"

\"I\'m fine. I think I\'m gonna lay on the couch for a while though. I never thought I\'d say this, but the bedroom can get boring.\"

Both girls laughed.

\"I\'m glad to see you\'re feeling better. You had us all worried. Lavender went completely mental when you fainted.\"

Susana laughed. \"Yes, well, Lavender Brown has a tendency to freak at the littlest thing.\"

Harry exited the bedroom. \"What are you doing out here? You should be resting.\"

\"Kind of like someone else I know.\" She winked at Hermione. \"I\'m gonna rest on the couch.\" Then she took the sight of Harry in his Quidditch uniform. \"My God you look sexy in those robes.\"

He shook his head. \"You are incorrigible.\" He kissed her forehead. \"I\'ll be back in a couple of hours. Behave.\"

She stuck her tongue out at him and watched him leave. \"Free at last!\"

~~~

The next day

\"Yes I am!\"

\"No you\'re not!\"

\"Yes I am! This is the first Quidditch match of the season and I\'m not going to miss seeing you play!\"

Harry was at his wit\'s end. \"Dammit Susana! I will not having you risk your life or the life of our daughter just to watch a stupid game!\"

Tears filled her eyes. \"You honestly think I would do that? Our baby means everything to me. If the weather was bad, I wouldn\'t even consider it, but there\'s just a cool breeze today. I\'ll be fine.\"

\"Madam Pomfrey told you to stay in bed. Walking across the school grounds out to the Quidditch pitch, then climbing up into the stands is not resting.\"

He made a good point.

\"Well, this sucks! The whole school\'s gonna be there, everyone but me.\"

Harry slightly laughed to himself. \"I could always go get a crystal ball from Trelawney and you could...\"

Susana kissed him. \"You are so brilliant!\"

\"Thank you, but I was kidding.\"

\"I know. Her crystal balls are useless, but my powers aren\'t. I could do a little spell and it\'ll be like I have ESPN of the widarding world.\"

Harry looked at her. \"You\'re serious?\"

She nodded. \"Go get one and I\'ll show you.\"

~~~

Harry made his way up to Sybill Trelawney\'s observatory to retrieve the orb.

\"Mr. Potter. To what to I owe the pleasure?\" She asked in an ethereal voice.

\"Susana was wondering if she could borrow one of your crystal balls.\"

Sybill looked at him questioningly. \"Might I ask what for?\"

\'Shouldn\'t you be able to tell me?\' He thought. \"You see, my wife is still very ill and can\'t make it to the Quidditch match. She knows a spell that can make it so that she can watch through the crystal ball.\"

\"How fascinating! I\'m mean of course. That, however, is a very complicated spell and takes someone with an extraordinary gift of second sight.\"

Harry nodded. \"Well, in case you haven\'t noticed, my wife happens to have an extraordinary true gift of second sight.\"

She carefully pulled a glass orb from an old wooden trunk. \"She may keep this one. I hope she feels better.\" She turned and went into her office without another word.

~~~

\"Yes! Yes! Yes!\" Susana shouted as she watched Ron make yet another save. She had not only made it to where she could watch the match, but the crystal ball was now transfigured into what looked like a wide screen TV. \"Now, where\'s that husband of mine?\" She searched the field. \"Ah, there you are.\"

Harry was hovering over the Professor\'s Box on his brand new Firebolt, a present from of all people his father-in-law. Malfoy, being the dolt he was, was watching Harry for when he made a move for the Snitch. It was a lot easier than looking for it himself. And this day, Draco needed the Snitch. Ron was having the best match of his life and Slytherin was trailing Gryffindor 140 to 0.

Suddenly, Harry was off like a shot with Draco quickly on his tail. Zooming around the arena, Malfoy\'s outdated Nimbus 2001 was no match for Harry\'s brand new broom.

Susana\'s heart was pounding as she watched her husband flying straight for the ground. \"Pull up, pull up, pull up!\" She winced preparing himself for the worst when Harry pulled his broom as hard as he could, continuing his pursuit.

Malfoy wasn\'t as lucky. He was so busy watching Harry, a bludger knocked him off his broom sending him plummeting to the ground.

Minutes later, Harry snagged the Snitch and the match ended Gryffindor 290, Slytherin 0.

~~~

While all of Gryffindor House was celebrating in the common room, Harry hurried up to be with his wife. By the time he got there, she was sound asleep.

He grabbed the blanket that lay on the back of the couch and covered her with it. Kissing her forehead, he noticed the note she\'d written him.

~~If you want to see today\'s match, point your wand at the screen and say REPLAY. You were incredible. I love you!
Su~~

Taking his wand from his sleeve, Harry pointed it at the large screen. \"Replay!\" He commanded. He\'d never seen himself play Quidditch. He was quite impressed with his skills. The match had been on for about an hour when he saw Malfoy fall to the ground. He couldn\'t help but laugh out loud.

This woke Susana.

She coughed.

\"I\'m sorry. I didn\'t mean to disturb you.\"

She smiled drowsily. \"That\'s okay. When did you get back?\"

\"About an hour ago.\" He pointed to the screen. \"This is brilliant.\"

\"Thanks. Know what the best part is?\"

He shrugged.

\"I can make it to be where we can actually watch real TV.\"

Harry raised his eyebrow. \"How is that possible?\"

She sneezed. \"You\'re kidding, right?\" She blew her stuffy nose. \"Look at everyone I\'m related to and the ask me that again.\" She sat up. \"Just don\'t tell anyone about that.\" She pointed at the screen. \"Everyone in the castle will want one and I could get into trouble.\"

He grinned. \"And we can\'t have the wife of the Head Boy breaking rules, can we?\"

She patted her flat tummy and shook her head. She sneezed again. Looking at her watch, she grabbed her medicine. \"I wish this stuff worked faster.\"

He brushed her hair from her eyes. \"Be patient, my love.\"

\"Patience is overrated.... Let\'s test out our new telly.\"

\"How?\" He asked.

\"HBO!\" She snapped her fingers. \"Ooh, Shrek\'s on. I love this movie.\"

Harry looked strangely at the screen. \"What\'s it about?\"

\"You\'ve never seen it?\"

He shook his head. \"I was never allowed to watch television or go to the cinema.\"

Susana moved over so her husband could sit next to her. \"Well, that\'s all different now. I\'m going to show you things and take you places you\'ve only dreamed of.\" With that, she rested her head on his shoulder and she watched the movie with her husband.