Oliver shook with a deep nervous tension as he and his lover stood at the door way to the Weasley burrow. There were bangs and screams erupting from inside, the door shook on it's hinges and Oliver could only imagine what the troublesome twins were up to this time. It was a while before the pleas and whimpers from his red haired lover reached his brain and it even more time for him to realize that in his nervousness, he was crushing Percy's hand.
Percy had wanted to apparate but Oliver had insisted that they flew and, like proper guests (in the muggle world), knocked at the front door. The backdoor was always open but Oliver insisted that they not go in through the back door as it was "the tradesman's entrance". Percy merely shook his head and let Oliver have his way. He wanted this to be over and done with so he could go home and play with his precious puppy, Piper.
Percy knocked on the door and the two men were instantly pulled into the house and enfolded in the arms of one Molly Weasley. She kissed her son on the cheek then turned to the other man and looked him up and down once before giving him another hug and kissing him on the cheek, also. "Oh, Fred and George didn't do you justice!" She shrieked, ecstatic that her son had found such a good looking young man. "You're a Greek Adonis!.. Well Scottish.. But still! You get my point" Molly pulled the two inside and a group of small ginger haired children ran up and threw themselves onto Percy, knocking him clean over. He landed with a thud and the trio of children began to giggle. The three consisted of Amelia and Eevee, five year old twin daughters of Bill and Fleur, and little Jack, Charlie's son of two who constantly followed his older cousins around. Percy introduced them to Oliver and the two girls instantly recognized "Uncle Oliver" especially seems as daddy was always shouting at him on the muggle tv.
"Uncle Percy.." Eevee started in a tone that reminded both men of George.
"What's a bloody bastard?" Amelia finished off as Fred would. The two men looked at each other surprised and quickly, Percy covered the girl's mouth.
"Never say that, darling, at least not in front of the adults" Percy smiled and the two girls nodded. He removed his hand and sat himself down in front of them. Oliver crouching behind him.
"Who taught you that word sweetie?" Percy smiled, knowing that for them to give him a proper answer he'd need to be eyelevel with them. They looked at each other for a moment in consideration before Eevee piped up.
"It's one of the things daddy called Uncle Oliver" Oliver looked rather angered at that, Percy just laughed and the two girls were confused. Percy could faintly hear a mutter of 'Yer daddy's a bloody..' In his ear and shushed the Scot.
Percy laughed, sending the girls on their way after making them promise not to say those words ever again before Oliver noticed a little tuft of red hair poking out from behind his legs. He quirked a brow and looked down at the small boy. Jack stared up at him, large blue eyes that he shared with his father, uncle Percy and 'grammy Molly'. He held his arms up to the tall rusty quidditch player. He grasped at the air with his hands, arms held up towards Oliver and the man quirked a brow. He was nudged in the ribs by Percy who then made a cradle like gesture with his arms, hinting that the small boy wanted picking up. Oliver looked worried but Percy merely patted him on the shoulder and gave him another nudge. Oliver bent down, unsure on how to hold the child but the child did all the work, wrapping his pudgy arms around Oliver's thick neck. Oliver wrapped his own muscular arm around the child's back and the boy brought his legs to rest at Oliver's hip. Percy made a slight adjustment with Oliver's arms to help him
Support the child. Jack laid his head on the athlete's shoulder and it wasn't long before the two year old was asleep. Percy smiled at the sight of it, Jack was usually very shy with strangers and it took a lot of coaxing and bribery to get him to even wave so for him to take to Oliver so well… Oliver must have been special.
An hour later, Oliver's arm was aching from the weight of the chubby little person cradled in his grip. He was snoring slightly and Oliver was pretty sure that he'd need to find some inventive way to cover up the warmth seeping onto his shoulder which he was sure was the child's drool that had seeped around the dummy in his mouth. He wondered if he could convince Percy to walk around with his head on his shoulder to cover it. Charlie, a single parent, was glad to have an hour or two knowing that his child was in safe hands and nearby without having to actually fuss over him so after a while took the child from Oliver. Little Jack stirred as he was given from one man to the other but soon fell back into a deep sleep on his father's shoulder. The fun didn't stop there though. Amelia and Eevee decided that they wanted 'Uncle Ollie' to pick them both up so the athlete bent, tensing his arms and let the girls grasp their own small arms around his. Once they both held on he stood up, the two five year olds clinging in childish glee. Fleur pretended to be a busy body mother, fussing over her children but like the other three women in the room, Ginny, Molly and Hermione, took a few moments to ogle the Quidditch player's large muscles and feeling just a little jealous of Percy for his relationship with that oh so gorgeous man.
The meal went by quickly and table had been magically extended, emergency chairs brought in to fit all the guests around it. Everyone was quick to accept Oliver into the family save Ron who was somewhat weary of the older lad and the twins who, despite being happy for their older brother, were now feeling a little resentful as they couldn't tease him playfully anymore. For starters Oliver would trample the pair of them at the same time if they did, and secondly they never saw Percy enough to do so anyways. He was always occupied with his boyfriend and puppy.
At the table, everyone noticed that Percy was still somewhat nervous, despite it being obvious that Oliver had been accepted into the family with such amiability. Desert was to be served outside as it was a hot summer's afternoon so the children and more youthful adults could play in the lake (Molly called it a large pond) that a joined to the back garden. Percy lead the twin girls towards the pond, having rolled up his trousers and dipped his feet in. He shrieked gaily and ran a few paces away from the waters edge, screeching "It's cold! It's cold!". The troublesome twins, Fred and George noted in their twin telepathy that they'd never seen their older brother look so happy as he did now. The rest of the family shared similar thoughts. Molly pulled Oliver to a side, scaring the Scot a little at the possibility that she may have some fault with him that she did not want Percy to know, or that she was going to threaten his life like every one of Percy's siblings had done at some point in the course of the evening.
"Oliver, dear. Do you know what's bothering Percy? He seems somewhat uptight. I know he was probably nervous about introducing you to us, I mean, he's never introduced anyone to us before, he's always been a little… embarrassed by us. But what's wrong with he should see by now that you're a part of the family now" Oliver chuckled, shaking his head.
"It has nothin' ta do wi' tha' ma'am" Oliver corrected himself, at Molly's stern look "Mom. He
Just misses 'is wee pooch, is all" Molly looked in surprise at Oliver who quickly retold the story of acquiring Dash and the two puppies before molly gave a squeal of delight.
"Oh, Oliver, you must bring them down at once! We all love dogs. Percy should have told you. Any time you need a puppy sitter just let me know! I could set up a little pen! Arthur and the twins, no Ron and Ginny could build a little house for them all to play in. Oh it would be marvelous. I could knit them all little jackets and booties and collars and… Oh dear.. I'm over thinking it, aren't I? I'm sorry, Oliver. I get a little carried away at times" Oliver simply laughed at Molly\s outbursts and at her request, went to fetch all five dogs from their apartments. He was beginning to think that it would be so much easier for him to ask Percy to live with him but life as a professional quidditch player was difficult and it was too soon to be asking Percy such a thing.
Whilst the Scot was gone, Percy had coaxed both sets of twins into the pond and was looking for Oliver. No one had seen him and Charlie told him he'd last seen him on the deck outside the kitchen with their mother. He was just about to talk to her when a series of excited barks and a "Down Boy! Down" was heard. Moments later a heard of dogs ran out into the garden, Oliver limping behind them. Molly was quick to sit the disheveled man in a deck chair before running to the kitchen to get him a drink and get some food and water for the dogs. Percy was greeted by a small golden blonde puppy and instantly lifted the small creature to his chest, cuddling it before moving to sit at Oliver's feet. Dash and Max settle themselves under a large tree near Oliver and Percy, whilst Jason took towards attacking an innocent rose bush. The puppy barked and yelped, stung by the thorns but quickly jumped back in, ravaging red petals from the green stems. Molly thought it was adorable. Jake had decided to play with the twins and was in the process of stealing Fred's swimming trunks, causing the young man to blush as red as his hair whilst George rushed the twin girls out of the water so he could chase the dog. Dash soon joined in and stole George's shorts, leaving the twins running stark naked around the garden, the whole family laughed whilst Bill and Fleur covered their daughters' eyes.
It went needless to say that upon returning to Oliver's flat, Percy there to help Oliver get all four of his dogs home, the pair decided it was too much fuss for Percy to go back to his own apartment and he merely curled up in Oliver's bed. Piper and Jason sharing dog bowls. The pair were exhausted from having played with the dogs and children all day. Jack had eventually woken up and taken to following Oliver rather then Amelia and Eevee, constantly wanted the brute Scot to lift him up.
Author's Notes: Woo chapter five finally
Well, exams are over and lessons are coming to an end on thursday. I'm skiving wedneday to go to a fair with the boyfriend :D Got a little bit of coursework to work on but other then that, writing should hopefully pick up soon.
To be a geek and swoon, my boyfriend bought me chocolates for the first time ever the other day - he doesn't earn much usually so he can't afford to buy me things but it was the first time he's actually bought me something that hasn't been a gift of somesort.. save a drink.
So yeah.. happy meggy!!