All I Want For Christmas (Fred/open)

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

Lisa hummed a Christmas carol or two as she sat by herself and watched the rest of the party. For whatever reason, Fred wasn't there yet, and Tonks had go to dance with Remus, leaving Lisa sitting off by herself. She didn't really mind; it was sort of fun to watch everyone, especially Stefan and Camelia. They were such a funny duo, and she was impressed that Stef wasn't drunk yet.

She winced a little when she felt the baby kick. Lisette didn't often kick, but it was usually pretty hard when she did. The doctors had all been worried that she might crack one of Lisa's ribs, but she hadn't thus far. Lisa thought that the doctors were being melodramatic, personally.

She switched the song that she was humming and glanced up when she noticed Pyre pointing above her head. Mistletoe...she should probably move, she mused.

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred had been trying to think about what he was going to say. It was the perfect time. However, for the first time he would admit, he was extremely nervous. He had the others go ahead of him, making the excuse he was still getting ready. After a few moments, he had decided he would just wing it, as everything he thought of sounded extremely cheesy. Tucking a small box in his blazer pocket, Fred made his way out of his room before apparating away to the Burrow.

He entered, keeping his hands in his pocket, grasping the little box for just a moment before taking his hands out and looking for Lisa. It didn't take long at all to find her, and in a second, he pulled out his wand and enchanted some mistletoe to grow over her head. Pyre seemed to notice it, pointing it out to her, making her look up before he quickly swooped in, planting a kiss on her lips before kissing her belly and little Lisette.

"How are you and little Tepecca?" Fred asked with a smile before sitting next to her, having come up with another name to joke with, instead of Elvendork which was getting old.

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

Lisa noticed Fred's red hair when he stepped inside but not until he was standing right in front of her. She laughed softly when he leaned down and kissed her and then her belly. Lisette kicked again, which was probably the most that the baby had ever kicked in one day. She worried about what would happen when Lisette was born, whether or not she'd be on the run at the time. She probably would, and she knew that, but...

She couldn't help but hope that her daughter would get to spend some time in the nursery that Lisa and Fred had set up for her.

"Tepecca is almost as charming a name as Elvendork," she teased with a smile. "We're fine. What had you running late? Issues with your hair again?"

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred couldn't contain his excitement and smiled widely nearly seeming to jump out of his seat. However, he didn't, and managed to remain sitting, mostly still, while he was quite nervous. But it was fairly obvious that he was excited by his movements, and tone in his voice. He needed to calm down, and just go with the flow. And hey, he'd beat George to getting married.

Fred couldn't help but wonder how things would change when they had Lisette, and how good of a father he would be. Sure, he knew that he would be a good one, but wanted to know if he would be the fun father, the embarrassing father, etc. and how he and Lisa would change in their relationship. He was sure it would change, and have a good change. But with the atmosphere of world now made it unclear how long they would survive and whether Lisette would have her parents.

"Why thank you! That means it's a great name!" Fred laughed before placing an arm around her and pulling himself close, "George fed me one of his hairstyle changing candies... It wouldn't be good if I came here with my hair looking like a 70's rock band member's hair." He smiled and sighed happily, calming a bit more down.

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

She smiled bemusedly at his attempts to stop excitedly bouncing. She briefly wondered what it was that Fred had up his sleeve and decided that it was probably a prank, and that she didn't want to be involved with it when Molly inevitably scolded him. Lisa's self-appointed mother-in-law was already absolutely convinced that the young Frenchwoman should be in bed resting; Lisa didn't want to give Molly any ammunition for her argument.

She hoped that she and Fred would both still be alive when everything was said and done; she wanted to raise Lisette. She hoped that she would be a better mother than her own had been. She was sure that she and Fred wouldn't wind up like her parents, but she wasn't sure that she'd be a good mother. She'd had no example when she was growing up; she only knew anything about raising a child because of Jaq, who was a very odd girl.

"No, that means that we're sticking with Lisette," she retorted with a laugh as he pulled her close to himself. "I think I remember George and Lina working on those; you got the seventies one? That's horrible." She laughed again and shook her head.

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred already felt that the two were family already (given his mother's reaction to her and how she had been welcomed so well already), but he felt that there was something missing in their relationship, and he knew that it was that they weren't officially family, even if officially it didn't matter that much, except it did somewhat, to him. That was why he wanted to get married to her. Oh, he loved her, and he knew it was the right choice. Now it was time to wait for the perfect moment.

Fred knew that everyone would congratulate him, at least of those here, if she said yes. What if she said no? Oh dear Lord would he be crushed. But he couldn't be afraid of rejection, or he would choke and sound like an idiot. And of course, he would make things a bit awkward. Fred did not want that.

"But I thought you loved Elvendork!" Fred exclaimed with a laugh, "Oh yes, it took awhile to fix it. I'm going to get Georgie back at some point."

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

Lisa had been very worried that Molly would be mad at her (though for what reason, she wasn't sure; there were many reasons that Molly could find to be angry with her), but Fred's mother had been very nice. After her initial shock of Lisa being pregnant, that Lisa was pretty sure was more linked to it taking them so long to tell her, she'd been very accepting of her other French "daughter-in-law." No matter how much Fred and Lisa told her that they weren't engaged, she continued to refer to Lisa as her daughter-in-law.

"Yes, yes, I loved Elvendork," she scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Especially in comparison to Tepecca. I think that the 70's hairstyle is pretty hard to top, by the way; that's just funny."

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred had a few ideas on new pranks, but at the moment he wasn't even thinking about them. He was much more preoccupied with figuring out what he was going to say and when he would begin his proposal. It was probably pre-engagement jitters. Maybe he could ask Remus, or his Dad how to go about it, and get rid of the jitters. That could ruin the surprise for them though. Fred couldn't think of a good prank to pretend to get George back with. George hadn't actually done that, yet, and Fred knew about them, as he and George shared most of their pranking experiments.

"How about Teeka?" Fred suggested with a chuckle, having thought of these beforehand, "I am a master prankster, I will come up with something."

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

Something was seriously wrong with him, she decided. Fred Weasley, not rambling about pranks? The only thing that he was more excited for was Lisette being born! She wondered if he was going to leave her, and that made her panic a little. She had raised Jaq on her own, so she knew that she would be able to raise Lisette by herself, but she didn't want to. She'd wanted to give her child something better than the broken family that she'd grown up in. Granted, almost anything was better than her family, but still! She didn't want that for Lisette!

"Fred? Is something wrong?" she asked, frowning. "You're not yourself."

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred smiled softly at Lisa before biting his lower lip for just a split second before deciding that it was time, at least good enough. He did want it to be special, but just being here would make it special. Fred stood up from his sitting position before standing right in front of her.

"Actually, everything is good... More than good in fact," Fred began before taking a deep breath, and getting down onto one knee, "Lisa, we've been together for awhile now and I love you very much. We're having a little Elvendork of our own together. I am so excited to have her, especially with you... I cannot bare the thought of living in a world without you. So, I wanted to ask you, erm..." he pulled out the little black box out of his pocket, fumbling with the box slightly, pulling it open, revealing ring with a few small diamonds and a center larger diamond on a silver band, "Will you marry me, Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette?"

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

When Fred went down on one knee, Lisa's eyes got wide. She was keenly aware of the eyes that were on her from across the room (Pyre, the nosey little person) as he started speaking, and heat rushed to her face when he finished what he had to say.

Unable to really say anything, she nodded yes.

"O-oui," she squeeked. "Oui!"

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

"Really?" Fred exclaimed almost not believing what she said, jumping up to his feet. He wasn't even paying attention to the eyes looking his way. He kissed her softly for about a second before looking at her face and smiling. "I love you!" And then looked down at their little baby girl. "I love you too!"

Fred turned around upon feeling that there were eyes looking upon him. "I'm getting married!" He shouted happily into the party. "We're getting married!" Fred exclaimed looking towards Anelisa.

[Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette]

She smiled and stood up, with slight difficulty, to shoot a dirty look at Pyre who was jumping up and down, clapping. She didn't mean it, so the teenager continued bouncing up and down. Lisa couldn't help but smile, seeing Pyre so happy. It seemed like the kid found something to be happy about constantly.

"I'm a little worried," she whispered to Fred. "Your mother isn't smiling, but she isn't frowning either...what's going on there?"

She looked at Molly in concern, wondering if something had been done wrong. She liked her future mother-in-law and didn't want her to be angry with Lisa and Fred.

[Fred Fabian Weasley]

Fred felt extremely happy, needless to say. He wanted to jump just like Angelina was right then. But, he was going to be a married man, he couldn't act like a little kid. Plus, he was going to be a father.

"Oh she's just being mum. She's probably stunned at my proposal to you. And since I told no one beforehand, besides asking Dad and Remus how to know when the time is right to propose like this, she probably is a bit upset I didn't ask her about it," Fred explained, "Either that, or she just found George and my 'present' in the kitchen, and so the happiness for us, mixed with her anger and she has just entered a state that will destroy the world if we don't change it."