Hey Lily! Great Posts! I am not happy about George though!
He needs to get his act together!
I hope Charlie comes back soon. I missed him
And I hope baby Patience is ok. That was so sad
PAMS!
Soph xx

Chapter Thirty Seven
“She’s all ready to go guys, slept through the night, everything looks great and she’s back on track crying for her mummy” The healer said with a smile,
Ginny picked her up smiling “She misses her Daddy and sister too” she cradled her carefully kissing her forehead,
“Do you know what might have caused it?” Harry asked taking him to one side watching Ginny with Patience as she stopped crying,
“It’s from something on your hands most likely scenario; did either of you do any gardening and then not wash your hands properly?”
“No – we’re really careful and we haven’t been near soil, we don’t have pets or anything like that near them, our owls have a coop outside but they fend for them selves”
“You left them in the care of someone that does?”
“Only – her mum, right, she was de- gnoming while we were there the day before yesterday, she changed there nappies and gave them a feed”
“There you go, but its ok and next time there’s something wrong just let us know and we’ll fix them right up for you” he smiled patting Harry’s shoulder “Can never be too careful”
“Hmm – thank you” he shook his hand, best not to tell Ginny the possible reason it would just make her angry at her mother.

***
“All good” Ginny said walking through the door with Patience to Sophia sitting on the floor with Faith watching her lying on the mat trying to reach for the mobile above her,
“Fantastic” she smiled sitting up properly,
Harry put the bag down and sat on the couch with a yawn, “How’s she been?”
“Perfect little angel as always, there’s not much they can do wrong yet Harry”
“Hmm” he smiled thinking about what it would be once they were walking and talking and drawing on walls,
“I got an owl from my mum” Sophia started “She wants to meet up this afternoon; she wants to see you as well”
“I can’t leave the-”
“- Yeah you can we’ll be fine” Ginny cut in “Go on”
“What is it about?”
“Dad” she rubbed her forehead and Harry saw the look in her eyes he saw so often in his Godfathers, worry trying to hide amongst the brown.
“Ok, where does she want to meet?”
“Her place, she has something’s to show us”
“Alright”
“Can I ask you something Ginny?” she turned round “About your family?”
“Go ahead”
“Why don’t other families like you – I get the whole pure blood thing, I’m supposed to be some special thing according to crazy Voldie theory and my blood lines but why did my mother say Weasley’s are not to be trusted the first time she met Charlie?”
“We’re blood traitors, the Whyte’s are and were pure blood and they don’t like us because although we’re just as much there equal when it comes to the red stuff we don’t want to roast muggles on spits and torture them to be our slaves” she gave Patience to Harry and sat down, “The Whyte’s and the Weasley’s have never gotten along – ever just the same as the Blacks, the Malfoy’s and any other pure blood families even if they don’t believe in the rubbish about being pure we’re also too poor for them, we don’t have the money and the connections but we have the blood”
“It’s medieval its – it’s like something out of a film – it’s just wrong” Sophia started “I mean so what about money, you guy’s love each other, I can guarantee non of them like each other if it’s just all about money and blood and breeding other little pureblood monsters”
“And every few generations there are people in their family that turn against the idea – Sirius – and they get kicked out of the family, it doesn’t matter if your mum has chosen the muggle life you need to ask the reason why she did it, then you’ll know if she believes in what she’s been told, but by the fact she didn’t like Charlie I’d say it’s been pretty much bred into her and she can’t change it now”
“Brilliant” she sighed “I’m the daughter of a traitor and a deserter”
“Sirius was a good man and I’m sure you mother was good woman too … once” Harry added with a grin, she punched his arm, “You can’t help who your family is but you can add whoever you want to it alright”
“Alright”
“Word’s of wisdom straight from the village idiot’s mouth” Ginny said with a grin,
“Oi – be nice” he said with a smile “You two are going to be such a bad influence on my girls”
Ginny coughed,
“On our girls” he rolled his eyes “Still a bad influence though”
“At least they won’t be all crazy about blood lines, they won’t hate what they are and they’ll have great parents for ever” Sophia said with a smile “I mean they might be a bit fierce with a Mum and Auntie like us but they’ll be brilliant” she said sticking out her tongue at him,
“Ugh, I’m so not looking forward to them being teenagers now” Harry added putting a happy Patience beside her sister on the mat, they looked at each, there little arms and hands reaching, then touching and then gurgling contentedly.

***
“Come on in”
They followed her inside and sat down,
“I’ve packed up the rest of your clothes and things if you want to take them with you”
“Thankyou” she sat on the couch opposite her, “I might have to come back another day, I’m staying with Harry and Ginny for a few days”
“I thought you lived together in that house”
“My friend brought my half so I could buy a home for my wife and kids” Harry replied,
She spared a shocked glance for Harry “Kids?”
“I told you they were twins mum”
She thought for a second “I vaguely remember you telling me, I was more concerned about the thirty year old in your bed”
Sophia blinked in shock before speaking, “Charlie is twenty five, as I’ve told you before, and that however, is not what we’re here to talk about”
“It is partly, as much as you’ve decided to join their family you should know our history with them, since you could do so much better and I’m looking out for you”
Harry spoke defensively, “That family happens to be a part of mine, I married into the Weasley’s and if Sophia chose’s to do the same there shouldn’t be a problem, they are a decent and loving family which is more then can be said of the Malfoy’s, the Blacks, the Whyte’s and every other pure blood family intent on destroying the muggle human race”
“Be that as it may, she can do better, but let me tell you about Sirius first”
“If you think you can turn me against my father you’ve got another thing coming”
“Your father – you didn’t even know him”
“And whose fault was that?” she muttered,
Wendy ignored the jibe, “I met your father first Harry, at school, first year – he was a Gryffindor as you know, and we’d both had no idea the other was magical up until I saw him on the train, we’d both been told to keep it secret living in the Hollow with other ‘normal’ children, I was a proud Ravenclaw, my first let down to my family of Slytherin’s”
She sat back in the seat, “They were hoping I could redeem myself by marrying up and that’s when I was first considered as a match for Sirius only they didn’t know I was seeing Jamie at the time, when they found out of course well they weren’t happy and that ended that in fourth year.
He had his eye on Lily anyway and we stayed good friends, I was introduced to Sirius officially at a party but we already knew each other pretty well, I was one who knew about all there transformations – Remus included, I forgot to ask Harry how is he?”
“He’s good, married with a little boy”
“Good - good, I always hoped he would find someone who could cope with his – his condition”
“Condition, what do you mean?” Sophia asked looking to Harry for an answer rather then her mother,
“He’s a werewolf”
“Oh – oh ok then…”
“I’ll introduce you sometime, you’ll like his wife, and she’s like you hilarious but without a concern for age when it comes to love” Wendy frowned, “She told him she didn’t care and it took a while of persuasion, he’s what – a good ten years older and there happy” Harry said staring at her as Sophia smiled smugly beside him,
“And Peter, little Peter Pettigrew, what happened to him?”
“He betrayed my parents to Voldemort, he’s dead, he’s the reason that Sirius went to prison, and he went after him only no one knew he was a rat. The vermin cut off his finger, killed thirteen muggles and Sirius got the blame while he escaped in the sewers”
“Oh, oh my god, but he was their friend, it was the four of them always, inseparable”
“Not so much a friend that he got them killed, Sirius thought he was protecting them by telling them to switch secret keeper to Peter at the last minute only non of them knew he’d been working for him for months – lets not talk about it now, I don’t want to remember and this is about you telling her the truth” She nodded and Sophia took his hand, squeezing it reassuringly,

“Anyway – it was expected that we would begin seeing each other, me and Sirius, and apart from being friends with him neither of us had any idea of what both our sets of parents were planning until the party that day. It was my birthday, my fifteenth birthday and out of them – the group of boys, he was the only one invited, the others weren’t good enough apparently, and he told me as his present to me he would give me a kiss, one kiss – and that’s how it started. Parents were thrilled of course, it had gone to plan perfectly only I didn’t know that he was doing because he was told to not because he wanted to” she looked out of the window,
“When he wasn’t seeing his friends he left his parents house in the morning, he’d come to see me and go home just before dinner and it was old fashioned, I even had a chaperone in my older sister – she was a Slytherin, already dating the popular Slytherin boy whereas me and him were the outcasts, the disappointments pushed together because of blood and nothing else, until one day when he left his parents home for good.
Sixteen and on his own he left in the school holidays and came to see me before anyone else, he told me what his parents had done, why he was seeing me and then as much as he didn’t like the idea of forced marriage for blood he did in fact like me, like me more then he expected he would. He left to stay with the Potters and I didn’t see him again until we went back to school. I was told not see him, not to speak to him and I followed the rules, the plan was over with, he was out of bounds I was to focus on a different more profitable target”

Wendy looked at Sophia “Your father used me and I used him, we were together at that time for nothing more then our own parent’s amusement, for the importance of blood purity, and the prospect of money and power”
Neither Harry nor Sophia had anything to say on the topic so she continued,
“Two years later we met again, I was working as a healer and he came in with a friend who’d been crucioed within an inch of his life, he came back the next day and asked me out for a drink. I’d moved out of my parent’s house, I’d decided to live without there influence and I spoke to James and Lily often via owl but never in person. We met up for a drink, it ended up I stayed the night and the next day we went to see James and Lily. Loved up and happy I saw what I wanted with Sirius but I then I saw the way there were talking about what was going on too, people going missing, people found dead, the dark mark and whispers about an evil in our world. Naively I joined the order with them” she moved to the draws, taking out one and then a false backing within it and lifting out the wooden locked box. She took out a picture and handed it to them,
“I think you might have seen this before Harry – that’s me” she pointed to the one member beside Sirius whom he’d never been able to place, only in his copy Sirius didn’t happily kiss her cheek and squeeze her to him as she smiled, she smiled at the camera and waved and Sirius did the same.
“You changed your hair, your face, that’s why I never recognised you”
“Subtle things to hide, I came back to the Hollow and settled as a muggle nurse with Michael, I didn’t have a muggle identity so I created one”
“Back to you and him” Sophia muttered staring at her father in the photo,
“So one thing let to another, we were engaged soon after and both attended your parents wedding, maid of honour and best man” she took out another photo, the four of them, Lily in white, the two men in suits and her in a dark blue dress standing half embraced with Sirius as his parents held each other happily smiling at the camera.
“I found out I was pregnant with you only I never got the chance to tell him – it was going to happen on our wedding day, my gift to him only we never got that far, he left to go on a mission two days before, he came back broken and we had an argument because I wanted to leave, he asked me why and I couldn’t tell him, I knew it wouldn’t change his mind so I left instead and I never spoke to him again – I hid you from everyone under spells, I introduced you as my niece to James and Lily and saw you for the first time” she looked to Harry “Just like your father of course, and the day I left for America I wiped all trace she existed from there memories, you wouldn’t remember anyway you were only both months old, so now if I had taken her there, it was just me and we’d all talked and drank tea instead”
“You could have told him, he would have left! For you and her he would have left, he knows when not to fight” Harry said angrily, “He wouldn’t have stayed”
“Yes he would have because he didn’t want to leave James, Lily and you behind, they wouldn’t leave either, they wouldn’t be scared from their home, and they wouldn’t apparate out of the country to save themselves and you”
“No they fought him face on and died they didn’t hide until it was there only option to do so, they didn’t stand a chance but you – you ran and hid as soon as you got the chance, you joined the order to fight and then you go into hiding” Harry finished still fuming as she turned her attention to her daughter,
“For Sophia, everything I’ve ever done has been for you Sophia”
“You could have told him, you could have given him a chance and you didn’t”
“I – I – I”
“You didn’t even try!” She stood up “Is there anything else you’d like to add before we go?” she said as Harry joined her,
“Only that I loved him, I still love him and I never meant to hurt him or you”
“You did” she walked to the door, “I’ll come round for the rest of my stuff in a few days” She went to the door, “Don’t mention your dislike of Charlie to me again, don’t talk to me about my father again and don’t try to make contact with me for a few weeks” she left and Harry took her hand apparating them to his house. She started to cry and he pulled her into a hug,
“It’s alright Soph”
“No, no it’s not” she sobbed “She had a chance to tell him, to save him and she didn’t use it – I can’t forgive her that”
“I know how you feel” he hugged her a little tighter “Don’t worry about it, don’t dwell on it, a special girl told me not to dwell on things I can’t change and I’m still here, you need to do the same – Ginny’s always right”
She laughed lightly holding on to him, “Ok”
“Sometimes parents do silly stuff and it changes everything and you wish that – that one decision was made so they were with you instead of gone but then you realise you wouldn’t be where you are – I wouldn’t have found Ginny, I might have ended up friends with a Malfoy and gone to Slytherin if I hadn’t met Ron by accident – if I hadn’t have had to find my own way to the train to Hogwarts – there are things I’ve missed and things I’ve gained instead, you may not have Sirius but you’ve got me, and your mum and our families – you’ve got Charlie and he loves you to bits”
“I know, I know – I just wanted to know him, to have my dad where Michael was just the awkward stand in”
“Did he even try?”
“No, he flaming tried it on with me though – mum doesn’t believe me of course thought I was making it up to get at her, but when she told him she was a witch and he was intent on finding how similar I was to my mother, he thought it would be a good idea to try and kiss me – that’s when it came out I was a witch too, she was angry with me or she never would have told me”
“You just wander around hypnotising guys then” he said jokingly and she punched his arm,
“Hey count yourself lucky you didn’t or Ginny would have killed you, like you kept saying sooo many times when I first met you”
“She would have killed me for even considering it” he let her inside to Ginny sitting on the couch, looking scared holding a twin and George pacing around holding the other, two wands in his hand and a wide eyed, crazy look on his face.
Ginny looked up, “Harry!”
“Shut up!” he pointed his wands at Harry and she went quiet starting to cry from her already red eyes,
“George – George what are you doing?” Harry said carefully,
“It hurts so much to be away from her” he mumbled “She’s in my head always in my head”
“But she’s here now so you can give me Faith and talk to us”
“No – Sophia has to come with me”
“That’s not going to happen unless you give me my daughter first” Harry replied as Faith started to cry,
“You’ll trick me; I can’t have that so I’m going to take her with me too”
“George don’t please, I’ll come with you, I promise, I’ll go anywhere just don’t hurt Faith”
“She’s my niece I’m not going to hurt her!”
“Then give her to Harry and I’ll come with you”
“Sophia I can’t trust you”
“Yes, yes you can” she took a step forward and Harry moved to Ginny,
“Don’t!” his wand moved to Ginny, Harry stepped back hands up, “Get back against the wall”
He did as he was told,
“George you’re not thinking straight – some ones been giving you a love potion” Harry started,
“No - that’s not right” he was pacing again,
“Yes, yes it is, think about it George” Sophia added “It’s not supposed to hurt is it, when you love someone it’s not supposed to hurt so much”
“If it didn’t hurt it wouldn’t be real”
“Yes, yes it would, you would be happy and smiling and with me and it wouldn’t hurt, love doesn’t hurt unless it’s not right”
“This is right” he started angrily,
“No it’s not George and you know that, you know deep down inside that this isn’t right”
“I’m right!” he yelled torturously “I love you, and you love me and we’re going to be together and if not, if you say no, no one else can have you, I won’t let anyone else have you”
“George” she said warningly,
“If I can’t have you no one else can” his hand raised the wands to her chest. There was a pop, a scream and a flash.

Hey Lily. I didn't even realise you had posted!
I'm very happy you did though! It was a great Chapter. Poor Sophia though
I don't like her mum
And George Weasly! Put that wand down and don't do anything stupid!
PAMS Lily! I can't wait for the next bit!
Soph xx

p.s do you write anything else like something on fanfiction.net or do you have a book or something. You are an amazing writer and I'd love to read more of your material if you do

Chapter Thirty Eight
Harry apparated to his side taking Faith from his arms and momentarily stunning him, Sophia dived out the way of Georges curse as he fell to the floor.
“No!” Ginny screamed, seeing Harry disappear from in front of her, turning around to see a green flash and leaning over to protect the baby in her arms. She looked up, tears pouring, “Harry - Faith!” he appeared beside her holding her and put her in the carrying cot, “Go” he said quickly, pointing his wand at George, zapping him, to keep on the floor as he tried to get up and reach for his wand, Sophia sitting in the corner in shock and pale. Ginny leapt up putting Patience in beside her sister and hurried up the stairs.
“Soph?” he said without looking at her,
“I’m ok” she scrambled over and took both Ginny’s and George’s wand from the floor to point them at them at him along with her own,
“I’m going to tie him up” he did so, “And I’m going to take him to Mungo’s, take Ginny and the girls to the Burrow, you go outside and sent up purple sparks and they’ll be an order member that can take you all – she’ll lose an arm or something in shock otherwise”
“Uh huh” she struggled to her feet gripping a nearby chair before walking up the stairs.

Harry pulled him to his feet and sealed his mouth magically before pulling him outside as they came down the stairs. He sent up the purple sparks for them before apparating and left as two Aurors appeared wands drawn at the ready.

“You need to take us to the Burrow” Soph said looking at Ginny holding the cot with her babies in, and back to the aurors.
“What happened?”
“We’ll explain once we’re there” each one reached out to place a hand on the young women’s shoulders and apparated them.
“Mrs Weasley” Soph called, leading Ginny and the two men to the door, “Mrs Weasley!”
“Yes – oh – what on earth – what’s happened?”
“George” Ginny said simply “Tried to kill – he’s gone mad – Harry – where’s Harry?” she said looking to Sophia,
“He’s taken him to Mungo’s Gin, its ok we’re ok, we’re all ok”
“Come in, come in” she tried to take the cot from Ginny’s hands but she refused to let go protectively,
Molly boiled the kettle as Ginny soothed the crying babies, “The shock has gotten to her” Sophia started,
“What the hell happened explain to that to me young lady?”
“George is under the influence of a ridiculously strong love potion, he just tried to kill me so no one else could have me but he was holding Ginny and the twin’s hostage”
“How did this happen?”
“We think Malfoy’s behind it” she said turning to the Aurors
“We’ll send guards here in case of anything”
She nodded and watched Molly put her head in her hands,
“I’m sorry”
“It’s not your fault” Ginny said speaking up “Someone’s doing this too you, you could have died”
“It’s not me I’m worried about - is Faith ok?”
“She’s ok”
Molly stared between them “What – why would Faith be hurt?”
“He was holding her – I thought – I thought – I didn’t know if Harry would get there to stop him, I didn’t know how he was going to do it without her getting hurt – and we’d just got Patience back, I couldn’t lose them again”
“Just got her back – Ginerva?!”
“She was in hospital over night, stomach bug from something, she’s ok now, there both ok” Ginny said not looking away from them,
“When were you going to tell me?”
“We didn’t want to worry you”
“This is his doing then, keeping secrets, making you keep secrets?”
“No, he wanted to tell you ; it was my decision not to, don’t blame Harry for anything unless you know he’s done something wrong, you’re going to have a long wait to find something real mother” Ginny replied sharply,
“You’re too protective of him to see anything that could possibly be wrong”
“I love him” she replied simply “He is my husband, my children’s father and my soul mate”

***
“He’s been given a love potion we think, needs the antidote but we don’t know what it is; is there anything you can do for him?”
“Is he aggressive?” she replied looking at the ropes,
“The fact I tied him up would suggest so don’t you think, plus the fact he tried to kill the object of the potion so no one else could have her”
“Are you family?”
“He’s my brother”
“Hmm” she looked him up and down, “Harry Potter is an only child”
“He’s my brother in law alright, just help him will you”
“We’ll sedate him for now”
“Thankyou – you might need to be armed around him though in case, the stuff is strong we’re trying to figure out what’s in it and who gave it too him – is there anyway you can tell us?”
“No I’m sorry, only the brewer will know”
“There anything you can do to lessen the effects?”
“As long as it’s in his system there is nothing we can do, a love potion stays and gets stronger over time, not weaker, it feeds off of emotion” she said pouring something green down Georges throat. His eyes drooped, he was knocked out.
“He was angry; soon the potion will be enough that not even the draught of the living dead will knock him unconscious, I would appreciate it if you find the antidote before then”
“I’ll try – what happens if I can’t?”
“Some end up killing the object, some them selves in pure frustration”
“So basically it ends in death – thanks”
“Look a love potion is not something to be taken lightly – the thing is if you get there true love to kiss them, well alls good and well, there brain will just go what the hell happened and they’ll be back to normal complete with memory loss”
“Right – but if that person has no true love to kiss them there screwed?”
“I’d say so - hold on this is a Weasley brother right?”
“Yes – George – a twin – the owner of the joke shop”
“Oh I thought it might be a married one or something” she shrugged,
“Would I have asked otherwise?” Harry said rolling his eyes “What if the object kisses them, what if they give in?”
“Nothing – still obsessive to the point of annoyance – unless well unless the object is there true love and they just don’t know it about themselves, highly unlikely but if you’re looking for impossibilities…”
It was possible to love two people, she could love Charlie but still be intent of having George as her friend a good friend – it just depended on when the potion was given to him – before or after he decided he liked her.
“Mr Potter” she repeated and he looked up from his thoughts, she must have carried on talking to him,
“I’ll be back, I’ll tell the family - watch him carefully”

***
He knocked on the door, Molly answered, “How is he?”
“He’s been sedated – Gin, Soph are you ok?”
“Uh huh” Ginny nodded and got up to hug him, he squeezed her gently and kissed the top of her head, she sat down and he hugged Sophia,
“And you?”
“Fine, don’t worry about me little brother”
“He did just try to-”
“-Don’t remind me” she shook her head “I can’t wait for Charlie to come home now more then ever”
“Can I talk to you – alone?” he asked,
“Sure – but you don’t want to wait, see them first, explain to them?”
“There’s nothing they can do, but I might go and see Hermione first”
“There on there way” Ginny said putting her wand down as a silvery doe ran through the closed door,
“I would like some explanation to why my son is sedated and in hospital please”
“He’s under a love potion, they said it will only get worse unless well unless we find the antidote or another option which I want to discuss with Soph”
“How can we find the antidote?”
“We’ve been looking to see – Hermione’s been brewing a basic antidote for us to add to”
“Right and the other option, is to do what?”
“Like I said to be discussed with Sophia, in private”
“I would very much like to hear what it possibly is about her that is doing this”
“It’s a love potion and nothing more Molly” Harry replied “Come into the living room Soph”
She followed him in “What do I have to do?”
“It’s if you want to, if you think it will work”
“Harry what do I have to do?”
“Kiss him”
She blinked “You what? – but I’m the object, if I give in nothing will happen, I know that from studying the potions so should you”
“Soph – it will work if you love him”
“I don’t, I love Charlie”
“It is possible to love more then one person no matter how selfish it might seem to others – we all thought you two would end up together the way you were with each other”
“But I knew, I always knew that we wouldn’t be more then friends, not when I see him as a brother”
“A brother – brotherly love, only it really is more isn’t it – you can admit it to me, that there are some feelings there for him, I won’t judge, you love George, you just love Charlie more right?”
She started to cry nodding her head,
“I didn’t want to see it; I don’t want to see it”
“This could end it all, just one kiss”
“It would be like I betrayed Charlie, he wouldn’t trust me around George, he wouldn’t want me if he knew – I love him, I want him there’s just a bit of me that loves George too, if I kiss him I’ll know and he’ll know and George will know…”
“George will have memory loss, he’ll like you but he won’t be able to see you as anything but Charlie’s girlfriend”
“But I’ll know”
“You’ll know you belong with Charlie more, you’ll know you love him more and that you’ve made your choice from the moment you looked back at him, you two just look right together, you fit like pieces of a jigsaw”
“Charlie will know, I couldn’t hide it from him”
“He’ll forgive you for something you can’t help, you say it all the time, he’s like a brother to you and Charlie understands that, he’s his brother, they’ll get along, they won’t fight over you and you and Charlie can be happy”
“Can’t we just get him the antidote or something?”
“This would be simply to bring George back and nothing else, more effective then a potion we don’t know the ingredients of and that might not work – the healer said soon his body will fight the sleeping draught and nothing will stop him from being awake and trying to find you”
“Is there no other girl, no one else in his life that loves him, that’s meant for him more then me – the girl he can’t have”
“I don’t know”
“Please let me help you try and find them before I have to do it, please Harry”
“We don’t have much time”
“Then let’s not waste anymore”
“We’ll start with Fred”
He heard the front door “I won’t tell Hermione, I’ll see where she is with the potion”
“Thankyou”
He left her sitting in there walked in and gabbed Hermione by the arm pulling her into the living room before either Molly or Ron could object.
“What have you got so far – is it Malfoy?”
“They had a break in, the stuff that was stolen was the ingredients for a love potion three months ago, they stole crates of things, they’ve been brewing but the owner reckons that with that amount of love potion in one person he could kill”
“He nearly did Hermione – we have to solve this now”
“We don’t know what of Sophia was added, we don’t know how much potion he was given, and we need the exact ingredients, a basic potion wouldn’t do this he has added other things to make it more potent, we could end up poisoning him - we’ve got a better chance of finding his true love then creating a potion that works”
“Then we do that – we’re going to diagon alley, Fred doesn’t know what’s happened yet”
“Ok” she shrugged “But I don’t know what you’ll expect to find -”
“- Hermione if George was seeing anyone that could possibly break the spell and the potion Fred would know”
“Then I’ll take Sophia, you need to stay here with Ginny, she looks pretty shaken up”
“She’s fine” Harry snapped back, “If you’re that worried stay here yourself” he took Sophia’s hand and led her out of the room, she hadn’t said anything, just nodded at Hermione’s words. He needed to keep her with him to protect her, Ginny and the twins would be fine here with her mother, and they had Auror protection, he wasn’t going to lose his sister now he found her.

“Be back soon” he kissed Ginny and looked in on the twins, “Look after mummy for me” and pulled Sophia with him out the door, they apparated to the joke shop he burst inside calling for Fred.
“What’s going on – I don’t suppose you know where George has got to?” he grinned wading through the crowds,
“He’s in Mungo’s – we need to go in here” he gestured his head to the back room,
“Oh – erm – come on through” he led them inside, “Is he ok – what happened?”
“He’s been given a love potion, he tried to kill Sophia, and he’s sedated in Mungo’s so he doesn’t try again”
“But – but how – how’s that possible, he said he was going out to get some more fireworks from the warehouse”
“He didn’t, he held Ginny and the twin’s hostage and tried to curse Soph, now we need information”
“Right” he sat on a crate “I mean what – this isn’t right at all”
“There’s no time to explain properly, he’s going to wake up and come after her again unless you know who his true love is”
Fred blinked incredulously “You what?”
Harry rolled his eyes “Has there anyone he’s been seeing, before he got all obsessed with Soph was he dating anyone?”
“Erm – Yvonne, she used to work here, he dumped her and she left, about the time – about the time we got the first bottle of fire whiskey sent to us”
“What?”
“We’ve been getting fire whiskey sent every few weeks, he doesn’t let anyone else near his mind, and it comes with notes saying it’s from the company, complementary for selling some of there other products”
“You idiots – Mad eye moody only drinks from a flask exactly for this reason!” Harry fumed “That’s how Malfoy’s been poisoning him, he’s sent you an ordinary bottle and him one that’s contaminated”
“Oh – erm – whoops…”
“Whoops – he could have killed her; he could have hurt my daughter because you two are idiots!”
“Harry – Soph, look I’m sorry”
“Do you have one?”
“Erm no – he drank the last of his the other day, the bottles went in the bin, they’re long gone”
“Take me to Yvonne’s house”
“What why?”
“You manufacture the weaker stuff; you should know that it’s only true love that can break it now we can’t make an antidote”
Fred looked at him and then Sophia “Right – but Yvonne?”
“He broke up with her just after he started to take the potion?”
“So they could have been in love or something?”
“Exactly”
“Right – I’ll take you now, give me a second to tell the manager”

He did so and then came back in “Good to go” he took out his wand and put a hand on Harry shoulder, they appeared in a front garden of a muggle neighbourhood,
The muggle woman screamed and fell of the ladder as she pruned the fence “Wipe her memory” Harry said to Fred immediately and knocked on the door.
“Hello I’m looking for Yvonne”
“She doesn’t live here”
“You know where we can find her?”
Fred popped up beside them “Hi Yvonne”
The woman rolled her eyes and turned around, “Come in” she muttered,
“How’s things my favourite ex employee?”
“Don’t try to persuade me to come back Fred; it won’t work” she sat on the couch “Unless he’s changed his mind”
“You can help there – you see George only dumped you because someone was feeding him a love potion to make him like someone else”
“Yeah, a chick named Sophia who he wouldn’t shut up about, and told me he was madly in love with her and they were going to be together and all this other stuff after he only knew her a month – why don’t you tell me who she is so I can slap her silly”
“Erm – that would be me, and for the record I’m in love with his brother and have no intention – never had any intention of being with George, that would be the love potion Draco Malfoy has been sneaking to him talking to you”
“You love Fred, poor soul” she smiled, to him
“Not me – other brother, Charlie, you know there’s too many to keep track of Yvonne” he said grinning “Now if you kiss George well that could reverse the spell, all will be good and dandy”
“I’m not kissing him, he was horrible” she crossed her arms “He can suffer through it”
“The thing is if you don’t he’s going to kill me” Sophia replied “Only the person he really loves can break the effects of the potion and turn him back to normal”
“He met her twice and then the fire whiskey was delivered” Harry said trying to explain, “He only dumped you because of the potion not for any other reason, Sophia was already seeing Charlie by the first dose”
“How do I know this isn’t just something you’ve cooked up Fred – or something he’s done to make me jealous? He can’t just decide to like me now”
Harry groaned and put his head in his hands “Girls are stupid sometimes too” he muttered,
“Oi – you may be Harry Potter but I have no qualms about throwing you out of my house”
“You know what if your not going to come nicely because we ask you to, I might just kidnap you so you can see him for yourself – he just tried to kill my sister whilst holding my wife and baby daughters hostage, if that’s not a love potion making him sick I’m really worried I married into the family!”
“He what – George would never”
“He’s not George right now ok – he’s crazy and he’s out to kill her so no one else can have her because he’s been poisoned into thinking he loves her” Harry said trying not to shout at her,
“And what say’s that me kissing him will do anything, what says that I love him or he loves me?”
Fred looked at her nearly laughing “You’re mad about him or you wouldn’t be hiding and miserable”
“Erm…”
“Will you just kiss him so I can have my brother back and you can have him back?”
“OK” she got up, they all apparated to the reception to find him.

“Are you sure this will work?”
“Yes” the three people behind her answered, Fred pushing her forward to the door and she looked back,
“Go”
“Why is he tied up and still asleep?”
“Because he’s dangerous” Harry muttered,
“Then I’m not going in there” Harry grabbed her arm and pushed the door pulling her inside the room, “Hey!”
“Look at him ok, you haven’t seen him in months and I get that you’re worried but you’re his last hope alright”
“Hmm”
He watched as tears fell down her cheeks, “What if it doesn’t work, what if I’m not right for him?”
“Try and find out”
“What happens to him?”
“They said some of them kill themselves – Draco Malfoy is behind this, you can end it, just kiss him”
She nodded and stepped towards him, her hand reached to his cheek and she closed her eyes leaning in to press her lips against his.

Nothing happened.
“Harry?”
“I don’t know – I mean, maybe when he wakes up” He looked to the door to see Sophia staring in horror,
“I’m going to go – to go and get a healer to reawaken him or something” she replied wandering away,
“Ok”
She walked past Fred and Sophia wiping her eyes, pulling away from Fred as he tried to comfort her, he went after her and Sophia walked in –
“I’m the only option aren’t I?”
“We don’t know that”
“Don’t try and be nice about it, it’s my own fault”
“You can’t help it, George is a good guy”
“So is Charlie, I love Charlie” she walked forward leaning in as Fred appeared,
“What are you doing?”
“It’s me” she replied getting closer, “I’m so sorry Charlie”
Harry’s wand touched her shoulder as she moved in, she didn’t feel a thing.

Her lips reached his, she kissed him softly pulling away only to find his lips returning the kiss, holding her there. Her hand reached out to hold his cheek, breaking away to look into his eyes. He blinked, he stared he tried to move and started to panic. “What’s going on?” she stood away from him, Harry took her into his arms in a hug as she cried against his shoulder.
“Your in Mungo’s, you’ve been poisoned, you’re going to be fine now”

Chapter Thirty Nine

He led her out quickly and tapped her shoulder with his wand, watching her face and hair turn back to normal. Fred followed them ignoring George’s pleas for answers.
“What did you just do?”
“I made him think it was Yvonne for everyone’s sake alright – you modify his memory so it was if he woke up a few minutes after she kissed him, I’m going to talk to her and tell her the good news whilst Soph goes to the toilet to pull herself together.
He sent her off in the right direction as Yvonne appeared with a healer in tow
“No need, he woke up” he smiled “Soph just went to tell his parents, you’d better go in hey”
She rushed in to see him smiling looking at her, she leapt on him in a hug and Fred came out to leave them too it.
“But Harry” he started in whispers “Your playing with fire”
“I’m doing what I have to – Soph loves Charlie more, George will be crazy about Yvonne soon enough she’s pretty much mad enough for the two of them so far”
“It’s not right”
“Yes it is, he thinks she is the one, he doesn’t know any different and he doesn’t have to and neither does she, they’ll be happy and so will Charlie and Sophia”
“And what if you’re wrong?”
“I’m not, you saw the look on his face when he saw who it was when he though she was Yvonne, he likes her a lot, he’s missed her – he didn’t have the chance to love her because of the potion but he will”
“You’ve got me modifying memories, lying to them, to my brother”
“To protect them – we have to do what ever we can to save them from themselves”
“It’s not right”
“Give it time and it will be”
“I want no part in this” he replied shaking his head,
“Fine” Harry replied “Don’t say anything, don’t think about it, don’t do anything to change it – I’m not doing anything else now but helping her and them”
“This isn’t helping its interfering”
“You want to see Charlie hurt, or Sophia, or George or Yvonne – four people’s lives are better now they don’t know the truth, there in the couples they want to be in not in pain or in hiding. Sophia loves Charlie more, she did what she had to, to save George and she did it for no other reason, Yvonne’s kiss didn’t work because they never had the chance to be in love – Sophia was the next best option, not the real reason, I’m sure that if Charlie was under a love potion it would only be her kiss that cures it and the same goes for if she was”
“You should try it and see” he muttered,
“This is over – you want me to modify your memory of it or can you keep your mouth shut?” Harry asked taking out his wand,
“Do it” he sat on the chair putting his head in his hands, Harry touched his forehead muttering the spell, thinking the memory to replace it, to make the story fit – George had woken up after Yvonne’s kiss, everything was right.
Sophia walked up, “Me next Harry” she started sitting down,
“I can’t – not you, your memories are to entwined for me to change, you know every detail – I could miss something and it would drive you mad”
“Mad as is” she smiled watching Fred chuckle,
“Do you think she’s gotten off of him yet?” he asked of Harry “When I left the room she was pretty much eating his face”
“Probably – go and have a look, we’ll go back to the Burrow”
“Alright” he smiled and wandered back into the ward,
“Thankyou Harry”
“It’s ok; just make me believe I’ve done the right thing”
“You have – can I tell you a secret?”
“Go ahead”
“I brought something for Charlie the other day”
“Hmm”
“I got him an engagement ring” she smirked,
“You – you’re going to ask him?”
“We do things differently” she shrugged, “I want to see him laugh when I give it too him and get down on one knee”
“Shouldn’t that be you want to see him say yes?”
“That too” she smiled nudging his shoulder, “Think he will?”
“Of course I do, just let me be your best man hey”
“Better then that Harry – I want you to walk me down the aisle”
“Huh”
“We’re getting a ahead of ourselves, I’ve got to get up the nerve to ask him yet, lets forget about it for a while” she smiled,
“Whatever you want – I’m just glad this is sorted”
“You did more then you needed to, you took it upon yourself to sort this mess out and I’m so grateful”
“It’s ok”
“No it’s not, you’ve had so much other stuff, more important stuff going on in your life and you managed to balance it all whilst coming to my rescue – no ones ever done that for me, let alone someone I haven’t even known a year”
“We’re family, the first time we met me clicked, you’re just like your dad, I only knew him two years but it felt like I’d always known him, always had him in my life – with family it feels right, like Ginny, like Ron, Hermione – the rest of the Weasley’s, we don’t need the blood we’re just linked”
Her head rested on his shoulder, “The same way I see Charlie, the first night we talked to each other after the leaving party, it was just like we’d known each other forever, he told me what he wanted to do with his life, all about what he does – it was, it is easy being with him – if me and George, that wouldn’t work, yeah he can make me laugh but there’s no - there’s something missing – you know what I mean?”
“Yeah, I know what you mean, come on” he stood up holding out his hand for her and they apparated back to the burrow,
“I’ll do the talking alright” He replied and she nodded,
“What happened?” Hermione said as soon as they walked through the door,
“Everything’s back to normal again, we found his ex girlfriend – she broke whatever was making him nutty”
“Oh thank goodness” Molly breathed a sigh of relief, “I didn’t know he had a girlfriend?”
“He did, they just didn’t tell, Fred knew and he took us there, there back together now he’s not all obsessed – she knows the reason they broke up wasn’t his or her fault”
“Did you find out how the potion was got to him?”
“Sent in Fire whiskey – supposedly complements of the company”
“We need to get a hold of Malfoy before he does anymore damage”
“We will”
Ginny watched Sophia carefully and then got up to envelop her in a hug, “You look so lost” She whispered,
“I’m realising how much I miss Charlie” she whispered back “I want him back today already” she said with a smile,
“Just another week and a bit” Ginny said with a smile pulling back from her “Stay with us till then, we’re not in lovey dovey disgustingness when we’ve got these two”
“I think – I think I might stay at his place, he gave me his keys”
“Sure”
“The alone time would be nice after this mess”
“Uh huh” she grinned and gave her a quick squeeze before releasing her completely, “I’ll take you, Harry can – I don’t know put his feet up and stop trying to save the world”
“It’s just his nature” She smiled as Harry came up behind Ginny and wrapped his arms round her waist,
“What have I done wrong now?”
“Nothing, just saving peoples lives as usual”
“Second time for me, how many for you?” Sophia asked Ginny with a smirk,
“I’ve lost track” she tiptoed up to kiss his cheek, “Too many”
“I’d better not make a habit out of it then” Harry said with an arched eyebrow,
“Too late for that honey, plus who’s saying we don’t want you too come to the rescue, we just wish it wouldn’t have to be so often, just wish we weren’t always on the brink of impending doom” Ginny replied patting his hand lightly,
“I like that – ‘the brink of impending doom’ sounds like a fantastic holiday spot” Harry said with a grin “We should go there for our honeymoon when we get married again”
“What’s that Mr Potter, are you asking me to marry you for the third time?” Ginny said rolling her eyes and looking to Sophia who had sat down and was watching whilst laughing,
“Oh I don’t know, maybe, seeing lives in danger always make me impulsive” he said making her laugh,
“Ah well if your asking” she shrugged “I’m afraid I’m going have to say yes just to annoy you, so we do actually have to make plans this time round”
“Plan’s are good – let’s say in two weeks we do this properly?”
“Two weeks – you gotta be kidding me”
“If I pull off organising the wedding of the century in two weeks - just in time for your brother to be back in the country will you do it?”
“Harry”
“If I can do it will you?”
“Yes” she grinned “Yes!” and jumped on him in a hug,
“What’s going on?” Molly asked picking up a crying twin before Ginny was able to get to her after being released from his hold,
“We’re getting married” she laughed taking Patience from her arms,
“Properly this time” Harry said with a grin.

***
She unlocked the door and walked inside, it was strange being here without it but as soon as she put on pyjama’s and climbed into the big comfy bed she didn’t miss him so much. The sheets still carried his strong smelling cologne, and she wrapped herself up in them huddling amongst the warmth to sleep.

Hermione gave her a break for the tutoring for the time and she browsed her books passing the days until she got to meet him at the airport. It finally got there and she’d been practising her apparition and took the test, apparating distances to the point she was sure she could do it. She arrived in style, emerging from the female toilets as if she was a passenger and hurried to find his flight standing by the international arrivals gate.

Her head bobbed up over the crowds, and she squeezed through to try and see him but to no avail, the mass of people were too thick, there were three other flights that had landed at the same time. She gave up and moved to the chairs to sit down, twitching – her foot tapping on the floor as her eyes darted around to look for him. He wasn’t there, she couldn’t see him, and she looked down at her feet forlorn.

He walked out back pack on looking for her but she wasn’t there. He got through the crowds and spotted her, moving to try and get closer, she hadn’t seen him “Hey Gorgeous!” he called out weaving through people, she looked up, she grinned, she got up and ran squeezing through the mass of people before jumping into his waiting arms. His back pack fell to the floor behind him and he spun her around with ease as she held on to him, taking in her familiar warmth and smell before he pressed his lips to hers when they stopped.

The people around them turned to look, to stare and say “Aww” but she didn’t care; she just wanted to kiss him. “I’ve missed you so much” her hands at his neck, legs round his waist smiling at him,
“I can tell” he chuckled, his arms holding her securely in place without any sign of letting go soon, “I missed you too you know”
“I’d be worried if you hadn’t - I’ve stocked up your fridge on food and I don’t plan on leaving your apartment for the next few days”
“I’m good with that, quality time with my girl, make up on the month I’ve missed” he kissed her again, “In fact you know what, just don’t leave – ever – move in with me!”
She stared at him leaning back from his embrace “What – really, I mean you and me living together?”
“Yeah – no kidding move in with me” he grinned, “I’ve had a month to think about it, I want to be with you Sophia, I love you”
“I love you too” She giggled and kissed him again, pulling him as close a possible ignoring the stares and the people trying to get past,
“Ok -” she nodded bestowing one last kiss on him “- Take me home Charlie”

***
She stared “What – really?” Ginny grinned from the couch holding a twin,
Sophia nodded “Really!” grinning equally happily back and holding the other, “That’s why no ones kind of seen us for a few days, we’ve been celebrating – he asked me at the airport”
“That’s brilliant – but what are you doing about Grimmald place?”
“Renting it out, I’ll ask Hermione if she knows anyone” she shrugged “If not I’ll sell it too her, that house maybe all that’s left of my dad but its not his home, there’s no real connection to it from him to me – Harry said he’s more in me then the house he hated and I believe him”
Ginny nodded “Sirius would be so happy for you, I don’t think he’d have any problems with the house being sold – or torn down for that matter”
“I can’t wait to officially be living there” she grinned “It’s like when you can’t see them you lose the plot – you know what I mean?”
“I know – drives me crazy” she laughed “I mean being in that hospital combined with the hormones, I was a psycho – literally a psycho, he told me I pounced!”
“Exactly – I mean not seeing Charlie for that month…You just want to leap on them and rip there clothes off!”
“I know right!”
Harry stoped in the doorway “I think I’m going to leave and come back when the conversations changed”
“Harry your home” she smiled,
“Yeah – but I think I’m going out again, and I might take the twins away from your bad influence”
“I can’t help it if I find you so damn attractive I want to jump you every time I see you”
He laughed and wandered into the kitchen “Give it ten years and you might change your mind”
“You’ll be twenty eight honey and I don’t think you’ll have let yourself go – not if you still want me to sleep with you that is” she smirked,
His head peeked up from the fridge “Right well I’d better take up the ministries offer then”
“What offer?” she turned to face him properly,
“They’ve offered me a traineeship on the program – mainly running around – fieldwork, keep me fit and healthy, I’ll be the student teacher”
“That’s awesome” Ginny grinned, getting up, placing the baby down on the mat and walking over to hug him, her kiss lingering on his lips, tempting him –
“Celebrate later” she whispered in his ear,
“Hmm” he replied as she let the small satisfied smile appear on her lips and walked back happily to the couch, “Sophia’s moving in with Charlie”
“Wow, big step – I take it you’re going to sell your half of Grimmald place then?”
“Maybe – up to if Hermione can afford it, I don’t think she can”
“She might sell up too; I think Ron wants to go back to the Burrow you know”
“He only wants to go back because he misses the food and she’s still refusing to sleep with him” She replied rolling her eyes,
“I thought the jabs at her character were over now?” Sophia asked “I mean you forgave her, she said sorry…”
“She has her own jabs at me – she may like us again but she’s frigid and mean and I’m young, stupid and impulsive”
“Love to hate” Sophia said with a grin,
“Exactly, we get on, it’s just – it’s not – there’s the friendly banter, she’s still my friend, she’s just more - it’s more like it used to be, not my bestie but my brothers best friend – or now should I say girlfriend – the only difference is the name”
“Gin, you have to be mean?” Harry asked,
“Yeah” she shrugged “When she stops, I’ll stop”
Patience started to cry in Sophia’s arms as she spoke “Hmm - phew she’s a bit stinky”, Harry took her,
“Yep – due a nappy change I think”
“I’ll do it” Ginny got up reaching for her,
“Talk to Soph, it’s my turn” he sorted out the other mat and fished around for a nappy,
“You got him trained nicely” Soph said with a grin,
“Course, he actually does too much though – not that it’s a bad thing when he’s willing to stay up with them, he knows I love him for it”
“Yeah, yeah” he stuck his tongue out at her, before touching the baby’s belly saying ‘All done’ and smiling at her, Patience smiled back with a gurgle,
“Whoa – I think that was a smile” Harry said looking up,
“Really – you’re not joking, she’s smiled!” Ginny said kneeling down, Harry tickled her again smiling and baby talking her, and she smiled again, “Aww!” Ginny grinned lifting her up to hug her, “Clever girl, and my happy little girl”
“Don’t forget your other one” Harry said watching and holding Faith to him,
“I’m not this is just a special moment for my littlest one” she kissed her touching the jet black on her head, “Could you get there book?”
He went and got it, writing it in “Now it’s just for her first smile” he said looking to Faith, they copy each other so it won’t be long”
Sophia watched beaming “There how old now?”
“Nearly two months” Harry said lying Faith in the cot, Gin put Patience beside her and yawned moving to curl into Harry’s embrace,
“How’s the wedding going, you only having - what a less then a week left?”
“All on track” he said knowingly “I just have one thing for you girls to do – I know that Ginny won’t let me do this – she needs a dress”
Sophia held back a laugh with a smiled and an “Ahh”
“And so do the brides maids – your mum’s coming tomorrow to take you all out” he added looking down at Ginny,
“You what – dress shopping with her – no”
“Yeah, you’re going, it’s arranged, me and Ron are babysitting”
“I love you Harry but I’m not going dress shopping with her, she’ll make me look like a – a candy floss cake or something!”
“You’re going honey”
“You can’t make me” her arms crossed and she huffed,
“Well you’ll be getting married in your Hogwarts uniform then – that’s the only thing that hasn’t been baby stained” he grinned,
“Fine” she replied stiffly,
“You know we could just lead her into a shop and apparate somewhere else” Sophia suggested,
“Don’t give her ideas please” Harry grinned, “This is supposed to be mother daughter bonding time”
“I don’t want bonding time and I don’t want to get married looking like a white, ruffled, silky, lacy, fluffy monster!”
“I’ve told her your picking the dress, I’ve told her you’ll have the money, I’ve told her it will be your decision and she agreed that if she crosses the line you’d get to punish her in what ever way you like alright”
“She would never agree to that”
“For you she has, so Ginny, your mum will be here at nine to take you shopping”
“You know how much I hate you right now”
“Less then how much you love me” he said with a grin and leaned down to kiss her to keep her quiet,
She muttered something indecipherable and let him kiss her again,
She realised what he was doing when Sophia started to laugh, watching him play with her hair and kiss her neck. She lightly slapped his hand and arm away giggling “Stop it Harry, I’m not going to give in”
“You already have” he chuckled quite pleased with himself before getting up and taking the twins up the stairs in the carry cot,
“There due a nap” she rolled her eyes “And he can walk away from torturing me and not get hurt – I hate it when he does that”
“He makes up for it I bet” Sophia said with a grin,
“Oh he does, he just knows it makes me want him more which is irrational and irritating
“I know - Charlie does the same, you can just forget what you were mad at them for – for some reason we’re going to the Burrow again, and your dad is awesome but your mum…”
“There’s no excuse she’s just a nesting Dragon”
“I said that too him, I said that’s why he’s scared of girls, he’s only had his mother for most of his life - I wanted to know why they couldn’t come to us, I could cook and it got onto how he’s – well all the boys in your family are attached to their mother’s apron strings still! Yeah he’s moved out but going back there for meal more then once a week when you have your own kitchen is nuts! – and what you said about Ron wanting to move back”
“I know, I know, but Charlies her first born – he got the full blown mummying until Bill came along – when Bill told her he was engaged, not a good thing to do if they’ve only met the girl once, he didn’t really hang around me there’s nearly ten years between us so he had already gone off to Romania and Europe so he has only known mum”
“Why is she just so – so… I don’t know – mothering”
“It’s where ‘smothering’ comes from Soph” Ginny said with a smile “Just you wait until Charlie tells her he’s moving on from the dragons, she’ll want a reason and if not she’ll blame you even though it’s not something anyone can possibly be a fault from”
“You think so?”
“She blamed Harry for everything during the pregnancy – so the actual pregnancy bit was him, but it does takes two, I mean I’m not running away from the fact I started it, I kissed him, I told him to say goodbye” her eyes glazing over as they lost focus in the present and went back to every single moment she’d attacked him “She told him off for looking after me, for sitting next to me, for me making the decision to keep them, for me not wanting her near me, for me actually wanting to sleep with him and for ‘forcing’ me into marriage”
“She’s just so – so – but I guess I’m just going to have to live with it, I mean until me and Charlie become anything else, then once she doesn’t have a hold on him as much we might get along”
“She’s softened up on Harry because she’s known him years, Hermione had no trouble, forgiven instantly for every bad word against me and Harry in a heartbeat because she can trust a girl who’s just like her”
“Hermione’s like her?”
“In everyway but the cooking skills – Ron’s stomach thinks for him more then his actual brain”
“She’s better get some lessons or they’re going to be moving back there and never leaving”
“I know – Fleur only keeps Bill away so much because she’s French and cooks him basically rare meat”
She looked confused “Rare meat?”
“You’ve met Bill – the scars, there from a werewolf attack”
“Oh – right – but he’s not a werewolf right, not like – what’s his name – my dad’s friend?”
“Not like Lupin – oh my god I’ve just realised, you’ve never met him!”
She shrugged “I never thought about it”
“You have to, he’s your dad’s best friend, just like James was, he’d need to see you to believe you were real – we’ll go now – no wait, Harry should take you or – or they can come here” she sent out a patronus, “They’ve met the twins, we’ve seen them in diagon alley only you never came up in conversation and I always thought it was odd, but its because no one told them – it’s been months and your still virtually a secret” Ginny said with a unhappy expression on her face, “He’s your second link to him after Harry and we’ve been so stupid and kept you to ourselves that he doesn’t know you exist either”
“Don’t worry about it, I didn’t think about it either”
“I’m so sorry Soph, he could tell you so much about him and we’ve been so slack in helping you”
“You had other things to think about then helping a newbie” she smiled reassuringly “Please don’t beat yourself up about it”
A patronus in the form of a wolf strolled in the room “We’d love to, see you at six” said the voice of Tonks,
“Right – that’s sorted, you can help me cook” she grinned getting up “And then go and get changed and get Charlie and met us here at six and we’ll have dinner and you can meet them” she smiled happily rolling up her sleeves and taking out her wand.
“Oh – all right – I mean that was quick”
“Magic” she shrugged “Now what do we have I can cook” she looked in the fridge “Alright – roast it is”
“Roast what?”
She looked up “Beef or chicken?”
“What do they like?”
“Hmm – probably chicken, the wolf thing”

Hey Soph,
I don't post on any other sites but I do write other stuff - i'm going to uni for a creative writing degree and i've finished one novel nearly finished two others - i like your fic too so thanks for asking about me do you write others stuff too? - it seems to be romance writing for me, but teenagers and young adults being nearly 21 and all :-)
xLillyx

Hey Lilly. I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I've been busy and stuffs, so I've barely been on.
I really enjoyed the posts!
I love Charlie and Sophia! They are so sweet together.
Molly sometimes frustrates me. The babies are so cute. I absolutly love Harry and Ginny!
They are my favourite in cas you couldn't already tell.
PAMS Dearest!
Soph xx
p.s no I don't write. I don't thnk writing was my calling But I do have another idea for a fan fiction. But its a very short one... But I don't know where I'd go with it.
If you ever get published, please tell me. I'd love to read your novels! xx

Chapter Forty

“Charlie – Charlie?” she said wandering in through the front door, “Are you back?”
“Upstairs” he called out, “Come here a minute”
“Oh – erm ok” she took off her jacket and shoes to walk up the spiral staircase to the mezzanine top floor, “Wow”
He was sitting cross legged on the end of the bed smiling, there were candles and rose petals – he must have brought them just for this she smiled to herself -
“I wanted to give you something – figured I’d make it a bit special you know” he opened his hand to show a little black velveteen box,
“Not a big deal ok”
“Ok” she walked to the draw containing some of the little she’d left there each time she’d stayed, she took out the black leather box as he watched and sat on the bed behind him, he turned round still smiling,
She smiled “Will you?”
He added, “Marry me?”
“Yes” They said together, as each opened the box to the other, they looked at the rings for split second and then back to each other, they both grinned, the rings were forgotten as he leaned forward to kiss her, his hands held her strongly but lovingly pulling her into him,
“I love you” he smiled,
“Love you too” she kissed him nearly forgetting, “We can’t do this now though” she sighed as he smothered her neck,
“Can I ask why not?”
“Because we have to go to dinner”
He stopped and shuffled so he was kneeling over her, “We are?”
“Ginny organised it, she invited Lupin since I haven’t met him yet” she replied sitting up to face him, “If I had known…”
“It wouldn’t have been a surprise now would it?”
“Hmm” she mused to herself,
“How long have you had that ring?” he kept kissing her neck as they spoke, distracting her just a little from the meeting ahead of her,
“Erm… a little while – you?”
“A little while” he shrugged, “We’re right though, I mean both at the same time thinking the same thing”
“We’re right” she kissed him before checking her watch, “We’ve got – hmm more time then I thought – we’ve got an hour, I could cancel but – but Ginny’s doing a roast and everything, they were bathing the twins as I left”
He rolled his eyes, “Don’t cancel, this is important, we can celebrate properly after” he moved forward forcing her to lie down holding her cheek with a smile,
“But for now…” she giggled as his other hand whispered along her belly under her t-shirt and round her waist to lift her up to meet him in a kiss,
“I really love you” she said with a sincere smile,
“And I you”
She kissed him lovingly, lingering “So much – so very much” she added against his lips with a smile,
He reached for the box taking out the ring and placing it on her finger, she smiled taking out his simple silver band with a jet black dragon scales inlay, “You like your engagement ring then?” she asked,
“It should be me asking you that” he said with a smile, letting her put it on his finger,
“I love it” she wiggled the fingers of the hand with platinum band and black diamond on it, “We have similar taste’s don’t we?” she grinned,
“The black” he smirked “Like our souls”
She laughed “We’re just different, and our souls are the same” her hand reached, her fingers in his hair, as she sat up on his legs and hugged him snugly, “We’re also pretty crazy too right – I mean four months together and we’re engaged ?”
“I got your ring the first day in Romania, leaving you here even though it wasn’t for long - I knew I didn’t want to be away from you like that again and I didn’t want to let you get away”
“Two days later for me – I saw it and I wanted to see your face”
“I’m surprised – I promise you I am” he grinned “Since when do guys get engagement rings too?”
“We’re equal in this and I don’t want any other girls getting idea’s about you – you are mine” she smirked seductively leaning in closer “- All mine”
“I’m not complaining” he placed a soft kiss on her lips “Not looking for trouble either, I’ve got enough with you”
“Trouble?” she placed her hands on his chest undoing his shirt, “I’m not trouble” she pulled it down his arms kissing his neck and cheek and up to his face and lips,
“Not trouble at all” he smirked pulling her t-shirt up over her head,
“They won’t mind if we’re a little late” She grinned reaching for his belt, “I mean if we tell them why they won’t mind”
“We’ve got to tell our parents first”
Her eyes closed, her head leant to rest on his collarbone, as she spoke “You could have said that afterwards”
He looked down “You what?”
“I’m not in the mood anymore” she shuffled off the bed “I’m gonna get a shower”
“Soph” he got up following her into the bathroom,
“I thought we’d do this following our own rules, not having to have permission, being able to tell who we want when we want” she took off her jeans,
“You don’t think its right to let them know first – them being our parents and all?”
“Not for me it isn’t, my mum isn’t going to have a kind word to say about this at all and neither is yours” she reached in to turn the shower on but he took her arm, to turn her around, “Can’t we just send them an invite and leave it at that?”
“That’s not - I mean - we need to tell them face to face or it will only make it worse”
She sighed, “Make it worse, just run away with me please”
“Sophia, I love you, I want you to be happy – it doesn’t matter what they think, it’s not your mum I want it’s you”
She smiled little fighting tears, “I know it doesn’t matter but I want this to be us not them”
“It will be” he pulled her into a hug “I promise”
“Can we come to compromise?” she mumbled into his chest,
“What do you suggest?”
“Can we have everyone round and tell them all at once –after Harry and Ginny get back from there honeymoon – mum will behave if there are other people here”
“Mine should do to – ok we’ll do that” he kissed the top of her head, “All at once”
“There not going to get on you know, my mum and your mum”
“They don’t have to ever see each other except on rare occasions – this party, the wedding, and the odd birthday”
“Hmm… I guess so” she mentally added on the birth of grandchildren – they both wanted two boys, which they both really found strange when it had popped up in conversation once.
“Don’t worry about it, we can just leave them to attack each other and once they’ve finished each other off we’ll have a nice peaceful wedding – somewhere away – somewhere far away”
“Where is far enough? – ugh they’ll be pushing for a date soon you know”
“We’re in no hurry; we go at our own pace, relaxed but spontaneous right?”
“Right” she nodded and kissed him before he let her go, she took off her watch and undid her hair he turned the water on –
“Care to join” she grinned pulling him in at the waist of his jeans laughing and kissing under the steaming water.

***
They walked through the garden hand in hand, “You nervous about meeting him, you’re fidgeting?”
She managed a “Hmm”, her hand fiddling with the chain holding the new ring around her neck,
“Are you thinking how much of a wolf he looks like?” the thumb with his ring was stroking the top of her hand reassuringly as they stopped halfway down the path to the front door,
She frowned and nodded in embarrassment, he chuckled,
“He looks like a normal guy, he is a normal guy – the werewolf is only the full moon and he takes a potion to suppress it – he’s not scary, he’s nice and you’ll get on with him and Tonk’s I guarantee it”
“Harry said that to me and my mum when she was complaining about the age gap”
“They’re happy, we’re happy, age has nothing to do with it” He said looking down to her “We’re two halves of a whole”
She nodded and hugged him, he squeezed her gently, “Come on they’re waiting for us”
“Uh huh” she let go and held his hand again as they knocked on the door,
“Door’s open” Harry called out, there was crying filling the room but when they walked in it wasn’t what they had thought –
Each had a twin walking up and down the length of the room trying to stop there crying as Tonks was sitting at the table rocking a cry turquoise haired, year old Teddy as he bawled,
“Hi Charlie – erm”
“Sophia” Ginny reminded her,
“Charlie and Sophia – Remus will be back in a minute, he’s trying to find Teddy’s favourite toy” she grinned rolling her eyes,
“Oh – ok” Sophia said smiling,
Faith gave in to sleep first, then Patience after another minute as Teddy settled down and stopped crying,
“I’m sorry guys, should have known I couldn’t trust him to sleep in there with them”
“Its fine” Ginny smiled “He was just curious”
Sophia and Charlie had sat down and watched them control the babies,
“What happened?” she asked as Remus stepped out of the fireplace successful in his quest in finding the small green dragon,
“He woke up and poked them” she handed over Teddy to Remus and stretched in her seat, “He’s figured out he can levitate out of the cot, crawl to them and annoy them”
“Little mischief-maker” Lupin said watching him fall back to sleep, worn out,
“More like marauder in the making” Harry grinned,
“I think your right” Remus grinned “How are you Charlie, and your friend?”
“Sophia” Tonks put in,
“Erm Sophia Black or Whyte depending on my mother” She put in with a smile, “Nice to meet you”
“Black” Remus said looking closely “- Gwen Whyte?”
“Yes”
“How – I mean – when – they broke up, she left, she didn’t make contact we couldn’t find her – Sirius thought she’d been killed!”
“She was hiding me”
“That’s an understatement, she wanted to leave, he refused thought they were going to be ok and she left him at the alter – he didn’t hear from her for months until she appeared at James’ visiting them for a few weeks and then disappeared – she wouldn’t talk to him, she wouldn’t meet him and then he went to her house and it was leased to someone else – her family wouldn’t say anything to him”
“She – she only told me this year who he was – Harry met me by accident, she told him he told me, she recognised Harry”
“This is wrong, so – so wrong, he should have been told”
“She tried to explain, but she’s done to much to ruin things between us for good, I can’t forgive her of robbing me of a father when she could have told him – she knew before they were getting married, she had chances to tell him but she said she left because he would never change his mind and go with her – she didn’t give him a reason to”
Remus shook his head, “You would have been reason enough”
“My mother didn’t seem to think so”
Charlies arm reached round her waist and she rested her head on his shoulder wiping her eyes “Sorry” she mumbled
“Its fine” Remus replied looking at her, “You can see the resemblance can’t you Harry?”
“Yeah” he smiled “A lot about them is the same – the most obvious thing is the eyes”
She looked up to him “Really?”
“They’re his alright” Remus smiled and pulled out his wallet taking out a picture – it was the three of them, arms over each others shoulders laughing at the camera – captured on muggle colour film “This is before Peter” he handed it over
“So young” she stared, his eyes were big, brown and happy and he was grinning,
“Fourteen – beginning of fourth year”
“So happy”
“We were, always – even through the bad times we could count on each other to put a smile on our faces no matter what”
“How – how – I mean how would he have felt about me?”
“I’m sure he would have loved you, he just would have wanted to have been told – even when things didn’t work out he loved Gwen”
“She goes by Wendy now, Wendy Davis living the muggle life - she said she didn’t tell him because he wouldn’t have listened, him knowing wouldn’t have made a difference and I don’t know who to believe – I don’t trust her because she lied, she bound my powers and kept me away from a life I could have – I wanted to have, but she’s my mother and - and he’s not here – he’s not here” she got up and ran out the front door in tears.

Chapter Forty One

She tripped over and ended up lying on the grass; she didn’t move to get up her whole body racked with sobs, the strong arms lifted her up into his embrace,
“It’s alright” he stroked her long brown hair as she cried into his chest, “It’s alright”
“It’s not”
“He would have loved you”
“You don’t know that Charlie”
“I knew him too; he would have loved you, just like everyone does, just like I do – maybe not as much” he lifted up her head at the chin to smile at her and she smiled back weakly, his thumb brushed under her eyes gently wiping the tears away, “But he would have no matter what went on with your mum, you should believe he wasn’t a bad person, he made a choice to stay and fight – he didn’t know and you can’t hold that against him, your mother didn’t tell you but she did it because she thought she was protecting you, she was trying to do right by you”
She hugged him tightly, “It’s strange you’re defending her”
“She’s your mum, she’s going to be my mother in law – I can’t be horrible to you about her, you might not like me so much for it”
“I don’t just like you, I love you”
“Love you too” His hand in her hair the other one rubbed her back comforting her,
“I’m just – I’ve never done that before – not been in control of myself emotionally”
“You’re upset, it’s ok, and it’s normal”
“Not for me it isn’t”
“There are something’s that can do that to a person”
“I don’t want to feel like this, like I don’t know who I am”
“You are Sophia Morgan Black, you are about 6ft tall, your best subject is potions, your mum is Gwendolyn Whyte, your dad is Sirius Black, your brother is Harry Potter, your fiancé is Charles Weasley” he cringed at that bit “And you are special, and beautiful, and loved by so many people that want to see you happy no matter what it takes to get you there”
“You’re too good to me”
“Your just not used to it yet” he smiled “Let’s go back in hey”
“Ok”
He helped her up,
“Do I look ok?” she brushed off her dress,
He gave her a quick kiss “Gorgeous” she smiled but he noticed something “Your arm” he took it concerned at the cut down it covered in gravel,
“Didn’t notice” she shrugged,
“I’ll clean it up once we get inside” he gently persuaded her hair behind her ear with a smile, “Alright?”
“I’m alright”
“Good”
He led her in; she looked at her shoes bashfully, and sat down at the table, as Charlie wandered over to Ginny and Tonk’s in the kitchen.
“Dinner will be up in a minute” Ginny called,
“Soph” Harry started, “Are you…”
“Don’t worry about me little brother” she looked up and smiled at him as Charlie came back armed with a bowl of watered down antiseptic and cotton wool,
He reached for her arm from her lap and turned it to get to the cut, ‘No dittany this will have to do - do I have to tell you it will sting?” he smirked,
She shook her head with a frown,
“Do I have to remind you to hold still?”
“Get on with it Charlie”
He dabbed at it softly, her nose crinkled up,
“Ouch”
“Baby” he grinned, gently kissed the skin beside the cut with a smile and conjured a bandage for it.
“So you guys - ?” Tonks asked “- Together how long?”
“Just a little over four months” Charlie said with a smile,
“A real whirl wind romance” Ginny added with a large grin placing a roast on the table, Harry levitating the side dishes over from behind her.
Sophia’s hand absentmindedly moved to the ring at her neck as she ate, they talked and laughed with the rest of them but she was aching to tell them what had happened just over an hour before they had arrived.
She wandered up to the toilet but after found her self going into the twin’s room and looking in at them sleeping,
“You have it easy you know, with your Mummy and Daddy, they’re here and they’re not going anywhere without you two” she spoke quietly, “They love you so much and I know they feel so glad to have you and so lucky your not giving in no matter what happens – when you get sick they worry so much, you’d better not do it again or your favourite aunties not going to be happy with you. And neither will your uncle Charlie, I want you well enough to come to our wedding you know, so I can help your mummy put you in pretty dresses and have you with us on our big day, cause I love you guys too”
“And they love you”
“Oh – erm – oops” she looked down at the floor,
“You asked him then?” Harry said with a smile “You’re lucky the monitors off you know – that is if you were planning to keep it a secret” gestured his head to the small white device on the table “Ginny thought I’d turned it on, I’d thought she’d turned it on so I came to do it now”
“We kind of asked each other at the same time – I went home and he had a ring and candles and rose petals waiting to ambush me, I got out his ring and we just asked each other” she lifted it out from the front of her dress top to show him “He’s wearing his on his thumb – you can’t tell though, I mean we’ve got to tell everyone at once so our mums don’t misbehave”
“I won’t say a word” he smiled “Are you ready to do it though?”
“I can’t see myself with anyone else; it’s him I’m made for not George”
“That’s not what I asked – are you ready after four months to marry him?”
“Yes - four months, eighteen years, twenty five years, seven years difference, my mother thinking he was thirty – there just numbers, I love Charlie, I can’t even think of my life now without him in it and time or age can’t change that for me or him”
“Then congrats” he grinned “Maybe you should look at dresses tomorrow as well – are you going to be able to keep it quiet around Molly though, she can sniff these things from a mile off”
“I have to try, Charlie and I came to a compromise for this to work, he wanted to tell them first, I wanted to tell you and Gin, we’ve decided to get it over with and do everyone at once in a few days – maybe weeks – wait until your back from your honeymoon”
“Don’t wait for us, you do it when you want to, you can tell us when we get back – you can tell us whenever you want”
“I can’t – we have to do it together or it will look funny and like you know already - I wanted to tell you first, and I’ve kind of done that by accident, you’re the person I’m going to tell everything to apart from Charlie – you’re the person I want to walk me down the aisle, to give me to Charlie – you’re my brother, and I love you”
“Love you too sis” he put his arm round her shoulder and squeezed gently,
“Harry?” Ginny said walking up the stairs, “Harry?”
“We’re in here Gin”
She appeared at the open door, “I couldn’t hear them on the monitor”
“They’re fine; Soph and I were just talking”
“Are you ok?” She asked looking to her,
“I’m good” she smiled, “Let’s go before they get worried I’m hiding up here crying” she grinned,
Ginny linked arm’s with her as Harry turned on the monitor, and stayed behind in the room,
“None of us think that” she led her to the stairs “They really like you”
“Sure, I ran away in tears, I don’t know what to say and I have loads of questions about dad I don’t know if I can ask”
“Ask away” Ginny laughed “Just go ahead, they won’t mind”
“Yeah I think they might – I wouldn’t mind asking what her mum thinks of the age difference though”
Ginny paused at the bottom of the stairs
“It’s only your mum that’s thinks that right?”
“I don’t know what everybody else thinks but she isn’t happy”
“You know it doesn’t matter right?”
“I – I know – with me and Charlie though – George brought that up as well, your mum did, soon as she found out it was an issue to her”
“You and Charlie are happy, nothing else matters”
“Nothing else matter to us, it’s what everyone else thinks that gets to me”
“Peoples opinions aren’t what actually goes on it’s what they think they see, it’s gets to me and Harry too – you don’t think we get stigmatized as teenage parents – people will pick at anything they can you have to learn to ignore it”
Harry wandered down the stairs as Ginny looked up them, Sophia looked at them both – it was like she was reading his thoughts by looking at his face,
“Harry” she started,
“Yes Honey” Harry smiled putting an arm round her shoulder,
“What are you not telling me?”
“I’m not, not telling you anything Gin” He said with a grin and kissed the side of her forehead “Come on” he led her inside as Ginny reached back for Sophia’s hand, pulling her along gently behind them.

She sat down beside Charlie again,
“I think Soph has some questions for you – the answers you’d know better then I would” Harry said looking to Lupin,
“Ask away” he said turning to Sophia with a friendly smile,
“Erm… well… I mean… what was his favourite colour?”
“He had two, black and the Gryffindor red of course”
“Food?” she asked gaining a little more confidence,
“It was a toss up between the pepper flavoured Bertie Bott’s beans and ham and pickle sandwiches until he tasted Gwen’s roast chicken”
“Her chicken is still good – my favourite food too” she said with a small smile, “What about – what about family – does he have any left that aren’t – well mad?”
“Non that I’m aware of, he broke away from them all at sixteen and from what he said non of them are worth knowing”
“Right – do you think they should know about me?”
“From what Harry’s said they already do, if a Malfoy’s involved the Blacks will already know”
“After the whole love potion mess he was responsible for…” Charlie said with a sigh, “He’s still on the run”
“But you’re all safe; he can’t get to any of you?”
“We hope” Ginny muttered “Harry was supposed to be safe in an undisclosed location with the ministry”
“But the protection has been bumped up since then hasn’t it?”
“Course” Harry said, “Not just going to leave my family unprotected” He added with a grin, “We’re fine, Ginny just doesn’t like to believe it sometimes, a sucker for punishment right?” he said turning to her as she pouted and crossed her arms,
“She’s also annoyed because she’s going dress shopping with her mother tomorrow” he smirked and she punched his arm with her angry fist.
“And she doesn’t have the chance to be a Bridezilla thanks to you”
She punched Charlie’s arm this time,
“Stop being mean to her” Sophia spoke up “Or she’s not going to marry you again”
“Oh I’m going to marry him, I’m just going to make his married life hell” she smirked,
Tonks started to laugh, Soph joining in as Harry looked between Charlie and Lupin, “Why do we need them again?”
Ginny threw teddies and dolls at him from a near by toy box “To push out your babies-” she threw one “- to make roast dinners like our mothers -” she threw another “- to clean up after you -” and another “- To sleep with you when no one else in there right mind will”
“OK – OK” he laughed dodging the toy’s flying at him, he managed to get up and pick her up off the chair,
“Harry – get off – Harry!” she struggled and then gave in with a sigh as he whispered in her ear,
“I need you to survive”
“I hate it when you do that” she rolled her eyes and kissed him as the room smiled,
He put her on her feet to whisper quietly to her, “I’ll make up for it – promise”
She giggled and pushed him away “Harry Potter behave yourself in front of our guests”
“They don’t mind, they’re just as madly in love as I am – right?” he said sitting down and placing her on his lap,
“Just not so – flamboyant though hey” Tonks said grinning and swinging Remus’ hand in her own, she yawned “Ok we’d better take Teddy home”
“Aww stay – Harry hasn’t put you off has he?” Ginny said,
“No – no” Remus replied “We’ve just got a lot to do tomorrow – we’re both at work early and everything else”
“Ok, but you’re coming to the wedding?”
“Course, we wouldn’t miss it for the world” Tonks smiled “Have fun tomorrow” she stood up going to the living room for Teddy sleeping on the couch.
“Alright” Ginny got up and hugged her and Remus – the guys shook hands, the girls hugged and kissed cheeks and Remus, Teddy and Tonks left. Charlie and Sophia leaving soon after to go back to there place.

“How am I going to keep it from your mother when I wanted to tell them, when I wanted to shout it from the rooftops!” she grinned and flopped onto the bed,
“Because you don’t want her to know...”
“Oh yeah – that would be true” she rolled over to her stomach her head on her hands, elbows on the bed looking at him, “Sooo what about… what about we do it in a few days I mean get it over and done with, get them here together and tell them?”
“Just a few hours ago that wouldn’t have been a possibility…”
“I’ve changed my mind, speaking to Harry, to Gin; I figure we do it outright, I won’t listen to what they say if they have issues”
He knelt down in front of the bed head resting on his arms on the quilt “You sure?”
“Hmm”
“Sophia Black, are you sure?”
“I’m sure” she turned her head to the side smiling at him and shuffled forward to land a soft kiss on his lips, “So sure… I want to tell everyone” she moved closer arms round his neck to kiss him even more, “I’m so in love with you I want everyone to know”
“I think you just want me to know” he laughed pulling her off the bed to land on the floor with him,
“Hmm but im not going to tell you again for a while, think I might just show you”

Aww I'm so happy for them Lilly!
I can't wait to see what Molly will say though!
And I love reading Charlie and Sophia so keep on writing!
PAMS Lills
Soph x

Chapter Forty Two

“I’m not wearing anything that looks like a cake”
“That’s fine” Molly said “Simple and sophisticated”
“We’re dressing Luna, Hermione, Sophia and Cara as well”
“What colour?”
“Harry said what ever colour I want – I’m going to go with a green maybe”
“What colour is he doing the flowers?”
“White orchids and roses and ivy… he’s shown me pictures though, they’re beautiful and he’s not stupid about asking me what I want as well”
The young women stepped out of the fire place
“Luna it’s been so long” Ginny jumped on her in a hug,
“It doesn’t seem like it to me” she smiled dreamily, “School takes up my time – the importance of learning new things rather then thinking of dates and clocks”
“I’ve missed you” Ginny grinned at Luna’s remark, “Erm… now there’s been some changes to things – I want Sophia to be my maid of honour”
“Sorry isn’t ever going to be enough is it?” Hermione asked,
“Not for what you said”
“Ginny” Harry replied coming in from the kitchen “We talked about this you said-”
“- I know what I said – you also had something you wanted to ask her?” Ginny said crossing her arms,
“Hermione – forgive Ginny’s remarks and anger, I however asked her to let you go as her maid of honour so I could steal you to be one of my best men” he grinned,
“You did?” Both Ginny and Hermione asked together and Harry rolled his eyes,
“I want you and Ron beside me up there, you’re my best mates, she’s going to have Cara and Luna as Bridesmaids and Sophia playing for both teams as maid of Honour”
“Right this is going to be one weird wedding” Hermione grinned and hugged Harry,
“If you don’t want to come…” Ginny muttered to herself annoyed,
“Gin” Harry gave her a look as she glared at Hermione,
She tapped her foot impatiently, “You hated her too”
Hermione let him go and looked between them “Don’t just give me a job because you think it will make me happy and not feeling left out”
“I’m not” Harry said “I don’t hate you, I’ve grown out of that – you’re my friend, my best friend just like Ron is and your family and we both want you there – Ginny is just…”
“- Just walking away before she curses her husband” She walked out of the room and up the stairs, Harry followed after her,
“Gin”
“Don’t even think you can change my mind” she walked into the nursery so they couldn’t argue and watched them in the cot,
“Ginny” he followed her inside “Can’t you just for today try and get along with her, I’ve known her longer then you, I’ve managed to forgive what she said because of that – I know she was-”
“- was what Harry?” she butted in but was quiet enough not to wake them,
“Was wrong, and horrible and so many other things that hurt you and hurt me but I’ve forgiven her, you did once”
“Because I thought I was going to die”
“She wants to be your friend, to be there for you again give her a chance”
“Me trying and her trying isn’t going to get us anywhere, I still look at her and hear her telling me my babies should be dead”
“I do to but then I remember everything she’s done to help me, how she was my friend through thick and thin and helped me save our world just like Ron did”
“And me?”
“You more then anything, I love you, I’m in love with you so much that there’s no chance of me ever leaving or ever wanting to leave but she’s my friend and I love her too”
“I think it’s different for me then it is for you, I’m their mother – not saying that you being there dad is any less it’s just different”
“I can understand that”
“So understand because of it, I can’t let it go”
A door closed downstairs and Harry saw the green light on the white monitor by the cot, he walked over and turned it off,
He sighed “She’s gone are you happy now?”
“Ecstatic” she muttered,
“Great” he walked to the door, “While you sulk and hid I’m going to tell your mum you’ll be getting married in your uniform then”
“Don’t” she stood up “I’ll go after her ok?”
“Do what you want”
“I’m doing this for you, just don’t expect a wedding present alright – or a wedding night either” she walked past him, and out the door, he reached and took her arm and she looked back at him
“Thank you” he said meaningfully,
“Whatever Harry”
He let go and she walked down the stairs, he turned the monitor back on and followed her down,
“She’s in the front garden pacing” Sophia added as Ginny took down a cloak from beside the door,
“Hmm”
Harry came down as the door closed,
“You all heard?” The room nodded, “These things are a pain in the butt when there not being useful” he poked the monitor on the table with a finger,
“They’ll work it out” Sophia said confidently,
“Yeah right” he smirked and sat down,
“She’ll see sense” she added,
“We are talking about the same person aren’t we?” Harry replied head in his hands “I mean we are talking about Ginny Weasley one of the most stubborn people in existence?”
“Harry” Molly cut in
“Molly you know she’s just like you”
“A – Uh – yes so she is”
“Right so we know that she will not change her mind, she will not forgive Hermione and I’m going to have to live with it”
“Have you tried to see things from her point of view – her babies?”
“Excuse me but you were willing to see them dead and also had no problem with letting her know that”
“And she forgave me eventually”
“Hermione is different, you’re her mother”
“She still forgave”
“Ginny does whatever she wants to do, I’m ok with that, she’s a free spirit – it’s just when it concerns my friends, the other people I care about in my life and she has something against them that I have a problem – when she can’t, when she won’t do something to that will make everything right, then I have a bigger problem”
Molly led Luna and Cara upstairs to the twins crying on the monitor, Sophia sat down beside him “Harry – she is trying”
“I know that”
“She just needs more time to get over it”
“I know”
“So are you going to let her decide?”
“She is already”
“What if I said something?”
“Don’t – you’ll be uninvited, just don’t do anything, just leave it”
She walked in the door, took off the cloak and sat down, Sophia took it as a cue to leave and she joined the others upstairs.
“I tried”
“Hmm”
“I really did, promise – but, but – look – I mean – I tried but I can’t do it”
“Ok” he shrugged,
Ginny looked at him “You – you what?”
“I said ok Gin”
“Don’t do that” she sighed and leant back in the chair,
“Don’t do what?”
“Just give in to me, you’re not fighting – you need to fight”
“Nope”
She stared “What?!”
“Nope – I’m not fighting, not with you, not for her, I’m going to leave you to do it all by yourself because I’ve had enough”
“Had enough – enough of me?”
“Don’t be stupid – I just can’t be bothered to try and deal with you and her anymore, you can pull each other to pieces or work things out” he got up and wandered over to look out the window,
“Harry” she murmured coming up behind him and wrapping her arms round his middle –
“Yeah that’s not going to work” he moved her arms from around him,
“What more do you want from me, I’m giving you everything I can and I don’t know what else to do!”
He leant forward, palms on the bench top, his head down “Keep trying – keep trying with her”
“Why?”
“Because I need you, I need her; I need my family not this – not this mess”
“What about me, our daughters what about us - what about what she has done to us?”
“Listen to yourself Gin – what has she actually done besides say something that she begged forgiveness for?”
“You wouldn’t forgive her; you told her you would never forgive her”
“I changed my mind, being mad at her wasn’t making things easier, it didn’t make what she said go away, it didn’t just disappear and we’re happy families, it made it bearable that we could all get along, it made it so that I didn’t hate her so much I wanted to punish her for what said about my flesh and blood, my family”
“What if I don’t want to forgive her?”
“THEN DON’T” he walked away “But you know what, if she’s not up there with me, I’m not marrying you”
“WAIT A MINUTE – DON’T JUST SHOUT AT ME AND WALK AWAY”
“I’M ASKING YOU TO DO ONE THING FOR ME, JUST ONE THING”
“AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING SMALL IS IT, JUST LIKE HAVING THE TWINS, JUST LIKE LETTING YOU GO - JUST LIKE LEAVING YOU TO WANDER OFF TO DEATH BY YOURSELF!”
“THE TWINS – WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE TWINS, I NEVER FORCED YOU TO – I SAID WE’D DO WHAT EVER YOU WANTED, I WENT ALONG WITH WHAT YOU WANTED!”
“YOU MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT I MEANT”
“AND THEN YOU DRAG UP THAT I LET YOU GO TO SAVE YOU THAT I GAVE YOU UP WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING I WANTED TO DO MORE THEN TO HAVE YOU!”
“SO WHAT MAKE YOURSELF THE MARTYR AND ME THE BAD GUY, I’VE SUFFERED WITH YOU TOO, I KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR HEAD HARRY, I KNOW WHEN YOU LIE TO ME”
“I LIE TO PROTECT YOU FROM YOURSELF”
“WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING HEY, WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LYING TO ME ABOUT – I KNOW ABOUT SOPHIA AND GEORGE, I KNOW THAT ONCE YOU FELT YOU DIDN’T TRUST ME ENOUGH TO LOOK AFTER MYSELF AND THE BABIES I WAS CARRYING, I KNOW YOU HARRY AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I’M MISSING”
“NOTHING”
“THAT’S THE BIGGEST LIE YET!”
“NOTHING!” he repeated, Ron stepped out of the fireplace,
“Hey guys – erm…” he got as far as that as he saw the anger on both there faces,
“Everyone else is upstairs hiding I’d suggest you do the same while I finish letting my wife abuse me” Ginny picked up a plate and threw at the wall behind him,
“Gin” Ron said stepping forward; she drew her wand this time and he backed off,
“Just leave us to it hey” Harry replied
“No if one of you is going to kill the other I’m not”
“It’s not like that” Harry continued “She’s just angry; it will fade in a minute once she’s thrown a few more things at me”
“Bloody won’t” she muttered aiming a teddy bear that bounced off of his shoulder and onto the floor,
“Harry” Ron said,
“Go alright, go and tell them that the smash was nothing, that we’ll be sorted soon ok”
“Fine” he gave in reluctantly
“Hold on take these” he said handing him two bottles of milk out of the fridge, “Molly will know what to do” and let him trudge up the stairs,
“Sit down” Harry said firmly taking a seat at the table,
“No”
“Sit down Ginny” She yanked at a chair and crossed her arms sitting down, “What do you think I’m lying to you about?”
“I don’t know your feelings for Hermione maybe?”
“She’s my best friend nothing more”
“Right and I’m supposed to believe that”
“I’m starting to think you might be paranoid, Gin I’m not going to leave you, I couldn’t leave you it would kill me, it nearly has before”
She seemed to consider and believe “And what about the girls?”
“I’m not going to leave any of you, you have to believe me, I’m married to you, I’m marrying you again for gods sake trust me when I say I love you and I’m not going anywhere will take me from you or our daughters”
“Tell me what your lying about to protect me from”
“The whole point of not telling you would become void and you would be in pain and angry”
“I CAN’T GET ANYMORE ANGRY THEN I AM RIGHT NOW HONEY”
He replied calmly “Then it can wait until you’re rational”
“Rational, I find out lies and you want me to be rational – not cursing you senseless is rational enough for me”
“But throwing plates is?”
“That was a reflex reaction”
“Yeah you’re calm enough that I want to tell you everything”
“Everything - we’re not supposed to have secrets!”
“These aren’t secrets, these are things that help keep me sane and you sedated”
“SEDATED”
“Like the outbursts you seem to be having and your brain looks ready to explode at any given moment”
“Don’t think I won’t hurt you”
“What worse then what your already doing to me, your making me feel guilty for trying to do what’s right by you”
“What did you expect me to say to Hermione Harry – that I’m sorry you felt you had to tell me I should have killed my daughters because you didn’t think we could raise them without killing them anyway – perhaps?”
“To say that you could get on for the sake of keeping our family together – to keep the peace Ginny, to stop my husband’s heart being torn out, stomped on and cut in half”
“I’m not making you chose between us” she said pausing “There shouldn’t be a choice, there shouldn’t be a thought in your head that says you chose your friendship with her over your wife and your daughters”
“It’s not like that, it’s that you won’t let me have her as my friend because you don’t like her anymore, there is no choice between you and her don’t even consider it, you’d win without even thinking about it”
“Have her as your friend, I don’t care but you can’t force her to be mine”
“I’m not; I’m asking you just to get on, to make things easier without the snide remarks”
“Why don’t you go and shout at her for a bit then hey?”
“Because I know you’ll listen to me eventually, because I know out of the two of you, you’ll make the bigger effort to try”
“You’re trying to make me see that I’m not mad at you anymore it’s not going to work”
“Just go pick a dress and leave me to pick my sanity off the floor”
“No” she replied and moved to open his arms so she could sit on his lap curling them around her securely, “We’re not finished here”
“What’s left – are you going to attempt to change my mind?”
“No” her hand reached to his cheek, “Tell me”
“Tell you?”
“Uh huh”
“Promise not to be angry with her”
“WITH HER!” she said moving from his embrace but he pulled her back in,
“With your mum”
“Why?”
“Because – because the doctors said it might have been her that made Patience sick – her hands, she was de gnoming the garden and might have got distracted not washing them before she held the girls or something”
“Right”
“Gin”
“I’m not mad at her”
“Ok”
“I’m too mad at you and Hermione to direct it anywhere else”
“Ok”
“What else?”
“What do you mean?” his hand ran through her hair lightly,
“Other secrets”
“There is nothing else that immediately comes to mind”
“So I’m left to presume there are something’s?”
“Yeah but I can’t remember them so they don’t count” he kissed the part of her head he could reach,
“Hmm”
“Will you try?”
She took a deep breath,
“Will you try?”
“Yeah” she mumbled. He kissed her before she could say anything else.

Chapter Forty Three

“Why?”
“Because I’m inviting you for dinner mother” she stood at the door refusing to go inside, “I’ve moved in with Charlie and this will be like a housewarming”
“You’ve moved in with him!”
“Mother, my life, my choice”
“You’re too young!”
“I have been living there for about a week and a half” She had nothing to reply with, “Are you coming? His parents are coming too”
“Why is he not here with you?”
“Charlies asking his parents on his way to work – are you coming or not?”
“What time?”
“Seven O’clock”
“I’ll be there”
“Bringing Michael?”
“I suppose”
“Are you ever going to be willing to give me a straight answer again?”
“Possibly, try being more reasonable to me, your springing shock after shock upon me, next you’ll be telling me your pregnant”
Sophia’s expression hardened “I’m informing you of my decisions because no matter what you’ve done to me I still manage to love you and I hate myself for it”
She walked away from the door into the village and down to the café sitting inside and ordering a drink.
“Sophia, it’s been a long time” Maria grinning as she walked over “Months – your mum says you’ve gone to school far away are you visiting?”
“I moved out, she’s been lying to me and everyone else for years” she mumbled sipping on her orange juice,
“What do you mean?”
“Do you remember Harry?”
She raised an eyebrow questioningly “That boy with the fiancée?”
“That’s him – it turned out he knew who my real father was, I moved in with them, things are going well I’m living with my boyfriend now… I’m just back to talk to her and now that’s done, well I don’t think I’ll be back here for a while”
“You’re sure”
“Certain, this isn’t my world anymore, I’m happier away from Godric’s Hollow, I feel lost just being here – apart from you Maria”
“Hmm – Happy…”
“I am, really – my guy’s called Charlie and he’s amazing, I’m learning loads of new stuff tutored by my friends, I’m helping Harry with his twins” she laughed watching her face “They do things quick where he comes from – and I’m not missing out on anything as well as learning about my dad – meeting his old friends”
“What happened to him?”
“He died two years ago, killed by his cousin”
“Oh”
“Hmm, it’s ok though, just wish he’d been told, Mum never got that far with him – she left him at the alter and ignored him for years”
“She had her reasons?”
“Course she did, but I can’t forgive her – I could have had my dad, I could have had a whole different life as good as the one I have now but she took that from me, she didn’t think to tell him I existed for eighteen years and by then it was too late”
“Ok”
She looked at her watch “I’d better go – I’m meeting Charlie for lunch, he wants’ to know how things went with mum”
“Where are you living now?”
“Place just outside London, he’s meeting me in the next village” she lied and paid for the orange juice, before wandering out to the alleyway.
She apparated to the coffee shop to see him already sitting there waiting,
“Charlie?”
“Hey” he smiled and leaned over to kiss her before she sat down next to him,
“What’s wrong?”
“You’re not going to like me, but I did it for you ok – it was in your defence”
“What?”
“I – I told mum”
“You did – huh – what happened?”
“She did a lot of shouting, it was abuse on you for being ‘bad blood’ – then it was why are you living with me when we haven’t known each other so long – then it was the whole thing with the love potion and George, then it just came out – I told her I loved you and we were getting married and nothing would stop us then it was ‘Oh my god she’s pregnant’”
“Yeah my mum said the same thing only I didn’t mention the marriage bit and she wanted to know why you weren’t with me to invite her”
“Ahh”
“Look it doesn’t matter, I’m not mad I’m actually quite relieved”
“Ok”
“Really Charlie, I’m good” she grinned “I promise”
“So, tonight… what do we do when your mum finds out my mother was told first?”
“Nothing, they can get over themselves, this is our thing, our intended marriage and nothing to do with them”
“You weren’t so – so relaxed about it, what’s changed?”
“I have, I’ve changed my mind because I know they won’t for a while, and because I love you more then any thing and I want to be with you no matter what they say or think – it’s us no one else in this marriage just us”
“But how did you come to this?”
“Seeing my mother was enough”
He looked at her even more concerned about what she was thinking “You alright after it?”
“I stood on the doorstep while she told me what I was doing wrong and I couldn’t care less”
He shuffled closer and undid the chain around her neck taking off the ring; he slid it gently on her finger,
“Hmm…” she smiled “To tell the world I’m yours”
“Yes and no”
“And that means?”
“It’s the world but it’s also our mothers” he grinned and she kissed him happily taking his cheeks in her hands and refusing to let go in the kiss, her arms went round his neck and he persuaded her over to sit on his lap before breaking off the kiss.
“You could consider controlling yourselves in public” a disdainful voice said from a table near them,
“We’ll consider it” Sophia muttered turning to the cloaked woman “Might not follow it though”
“It’s to be expected with his sister that the Weasley boy’s are just as bad”
Charlie lifted Sophia up to stand angrily at the table “You don’t know what you are talking about”
“Oh I’d say I do” She took down her hood, “You don’t think I’ve haven’t been keeping tab’s on you Charlie”
“Jade…”
“Charlie – Charlie who is she?”
“Yeah Charlie, who am I?”
He didn’t say anything but grabbed Sophia’s arm left a galleon on the table and apparated them to the apartment,
“Who is she?” she pulled her arm away from his grip at the same time he released it, he was still finding it difficult to speak and started to pace twisting his ring round his finger.
“WHO IS SHE?!”
“My – my ex wife”
Her heart stopped in her chest, she gripped the chair as her knees buckled and everything went dark.

“Soph – Sophia – look at me - Soph, please listen to me – I love you – I’ve only ever loved you”
She opened her eyes blinded by tears and tried to crawl away from him,
“Listen to me please”
“No – let go of me please – let go” she pulled away and tugged off the ring “You lied to me” she huddled into the corner “Just like her you lied to me”
“Jade tricked me – me when I’ve had a few drinks – you know that me doesn’t know what is going on, I’ve been trying to get a divorce but she’s had everyone tricked, she ran – I thought she was long gone, run away and it’s being annulled she just wants to torment us”
“You kept it from me, I can’t marry you if your going to keep stuff like that from me” she pushed the ring towards him and curled up into a ball,
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to it just happened, it was over with before I met you but the love potion – it wasn’t Malfoy it was her”
“It was her that nearly killed me” she cried into her knees, “Her that’s ruining this”
“Please Sophia, forgive me, please” he stroked her head trying to move her hair away to see her face, “I never loved her, I couldn’t ever love her, what I said about you being the only person I’ve told I loved them was true, there is only you – for me there is only you”
“I wish I could believe you” she sobbed,
“You can” he tried to hold her, to attempt a hug. It felt so good to be comforted by him but she pushed him away,
“Don’t – please – just leave me be”
“Not like this, let me explain – she tricked me with a potion, they’re her specialty and I should have seen the signs before I left but I was so into you and not wanting to leave you there wasn’t much else in my brain until I left the country and it just got worse – worse is the wrong word – I mean, I mean it was you in my thoughts but in a good way, how much I missed you, missed your laugh, your smile, your eyes, the smell of your hair, the way we’d just talk for hours and hours and then you would fall asleep in my arms and I’d never want to let you go – all the good things, not that there was anything bad or wrong until now, until the fact I messed up and I’m so sorry Sophia, I’m so, so sorry”
“How can I trust you?”
“Because I love you”
“How did you meet her?”
“Dragons” he sat down besides her giving up on trying to sooth her, her head was still on her knees that were banked up firmly to her chest. “In one of the programs in Denmark five years ago, we dated for a few weeks but there was something strange I couldn’t peg with her, I broke it off but she said to go out for a drink with some friends – we’d just be friends it was fine she was fine with being friends”
“Did you – did you sleep with her?”
“Once – only once long before she poisoned me, which was why I could get it annulled”
“Just because the piece of paper says it never happened…”
“Jade is mad at me because as soon as I knew what she’d done I went and tried to get it cancelled, only she ran off – one of the many reasons I had , had enough of girls until I met you”
“Then what” she mumbled,
“She’d left a note, her broom and back pack were left on a cliff top there was no body, no nothing and so I tried to forget about the crazy girl and tried to get it annulled it’s going through now they’ve found her”
“So how did you find out the potion was her?”
“I got a hint in the post”
“What?” she looked up at him this time,
“She sent me a label for fire whiskey and a girls engagement ring – I threw them away before you ask, but I knew it was her – back again, she wasn’t dead just like all those other times she’d send me things on my birthday, Christmas and Valentines day, then it stopped for two years it stopped and then I met you”
“Has there been anything else?”
“No – I promise nothing while I’ve been with you until that label and ring came about a week ago”
“You had a week to tell me”
“I thought she was gone for good, I’m not linked to her anymore”
“You’ve been married to her for nearly five years, you asked me to marry you while you still have a wife!”
“Not a wife a stalker, not someone I love someone mad who would not give up”
“Why didn’t you say something before, why don’t your parents know, why doesn’t anyone know?!”
“I thought she would go away, I didn’t know she was going to just turn up, I didn’t want to ruin what we’ve got”
“What we had”
“What we’ve got, you can’t just stop loving me Sophia”
She went quiet looking at him; his face was pleading with her, looking into her brown eyes and begging to be forgiven,
“I can’t” she said and shuffled over to him “I can’t stop” she cried into his chest,
“I never wanted to hurt you”
“I know”
“I’m sorry”
“So am I” She wiped her eyes, “What do we do now?” she tried again as the tears kept falling,
“Will you – will you put your ring on first?”
He opened his hand to show her it in his palm,
She nodded “She’s not going to stop me loving you she tries again and I’ll make sure she regrets it”
He put it on her finger breathing a sigh of relief, “She won’t come near us again; I’ll make sure”
“What are you going to do?”
“The ministry already know about her, it’s just a waiting game until they catch up with her”
“Then how was she so close?”
“She can easily read what will happen next with people, she’ll know I’ve told she’ll be on the run as she has been for years – I know her better, she took the Galleon off the table so I’ll pay Fortescue again but the galleon is a tracking node”
“How’d you know?”
“I thought she’d try and get me alone at some point not with you, I didn’t even notice anyone else in the café”
“Right”
“You’re not going to be ok for when our parents come round, I’ll cancel it”
“No don’t – I’ll be fine” she got up shakily,
“You should lie down, you don’t look well”
“I’m – I’m ok-”she touched her head “Ouch”
“You must have hit it”
“What - you didn’t catch me?” she smiled weakly,
“You went down like a sack of potatoes, I wasn’t expecting that” he brushed her hair behind her ear “Where does it hurt?”
“Here” she touched the area to the side and back of her head,
He kissed it gently, and then her cheek, she pulled him into a hug “Don’t leave me out in the dark again Charlie or I’ll walk away from this”
“Never again” he squeezed her to him “Never ever again, I promise – I don’t want to lose you”
“I think I will lie down” she wobbled a little and he steadied her,
“Come here” he lead her to the couch and sat down placing her down beside him, he plopped a cushion on his lap and gently lay her across the couch, her head on the cushion as he ran a hand through her hair.
“Feeling any better?”
“I guess” she mumbled rolling to her side, so she could look up at him, “It’s funny how both our mothers thought I was pregnant isn’t it” she smirked “I mean if I was they’d have gone bonkers”
“I know – but your not – are you?”
She chuckled “I’m not, don’t worry” she moved her hair from her eyes, “I’m not ready for that kind of responsibility so soon after finding you – I love you but kids so soon would just be nuts”
“You still want boys?”
“Hmm – I don’t know, I just could never see myself with little girls, Harry and Gins’ are gorgeous and I love them but for me it was boys – I think its so they look like their dad, I mean so I could see that in them where I couldn’t see my dad in me – you can see Arthur in you and Harry and James are exactly alike from what everyone says”
“If we get boys, when we decide the time is right for kids I bet they’ll look like you”
“I want them to look like you”
“You can’t always get what you want”
“Don’t I know it” she sighed
“Please don’t think so negatively you’re making me nervous”
“Charlie… Are you ready to settle down or to keep living your life in the same way?”
“Settle down – me – I’ve asked you to marry me, I love you, you’ve moved in with me, is that settled to you?”
“I think so, but it’s not the same to what my mother was saying”
“She’s thinking pipe, slippers and kids – I’m thinking you with me doing what we both love and when we’re ready having a family life as well, marriage doesn’t have to mean we’re tied up and living under a rock for the next sixty years, you know I want to travel still and I know you do so we’ll just go adventuring together”
“And giving up the dragons?”
“My choice to change my prospects, yeah I love Dragons, I’ll miss working with them but it was time to move on from that part of my life and you gave me the kick up the backside to do it”
“I would have moved to Romania with you if you’d asked”
“I wouldn’t have asked, being with you is about staying with you where it’s reasonable to do so – Romania is not reasonable and it’s freezing there in the winter”
“I’d have had you to keep me warm”
“Romania was never a long term option it was a short term escape from life here – away from my mother – until I met you, and it was then a means to an end, it gave me the money I needed to stay here with you for the long term and find a better option”
“You think your making the right choice with me?”
“Of course I do Soph, I love you, I can’t see myself with anyone else, I can’t think about my life now without you in it”
“And Jade?”
“History, we’re not telling about that are we?”
“Easier not to drag up the past when our mothers are involved, lets not and save the hassle, you’re marrying me now that’s what matters”

This was great! So true as well. I can sympathize with her. I don't understand how Harry could forgive Hermione so quickly!
And who on earth is Jade!!! I really don't like her! But I have a feeling she'll be sticking around.
Great Posts Lilly.
PAMS!
Soph xx

Chapter Forty Four

“Mum, dad this is Wendy and Michael Davis, Sophia’s mum and Step dad”
“Mum, Michael, this is Molly and Arthur Weasley, Charlie’s parents”
“Molly”
“Wendy” the two women shook hands and sized each other up with their eyes,
“Arthur”
“Michael - how has the move been Charlie?” Smiled Arthur as they sat at the table,
“Easy dad, only took a day, she doesn’t have much stuff considering she’s a girl” he grinned to her and she wrinkled up her nose nudging his shoulder with her own,
“Still have more clothes and shoes then anything else” she shrugged “Not much need for things like my bed, TV and shelves so there on EBay”
Arthur asked curiously, “EBay?”
“Oh right – erm muggle thing people using computers to sell things to other people, my beds going to Hertfordshire my TV to Devon and my shelves are going to Hermione and there new flat once the house is sold”
“You’re selling Grimmald place?” Molly asked,
“Yes, thought it would be best, Ron and Hermione are moving to somewhere smaller and the house is up for auction, the money will come in useful for all the travelling we’re going to do” She said smiling to Charlie as he grinned back. They’d mapped out places to go that afternoon as they waited for there parents to arrive,
“Travelling?” Wendy asked “When- where – why?”
“In a few months” Charlie said “Around the world and because we want to” he added with a shrug, “See the world, live a little and come back”
“Are you sure?” Molly asked, “You’ve travelled enough, going away for so long, I’m certain that you’ve seen enough for a life time”
“We’re going to enjoy ourselves mum, I went for work it’s different”
“But -” Sophia got up as the timer went off in the kitchen,
“You want a hand?” Charlie said hoping she would say yes as a way to escape,
“All under control” she said with a smirk disappearing behind the bench top to open the oven.
“Are you using magic?” Molly asked
“I’m not that good with magic and food” she smiled “My muggle skills are there though” she lifted out the tray holding the pork chops leaving them to rest as she went for plates,
“This travelling is this you’re idea or hers?” Wendy asked disdainfully,
“Joint decision”
Molly frowned “And the wedding, when will that be?”
Sophia dropped a glass on the floor; Charlie ignored the look of shock on Wendy and Michaels face and went to help,
Wendy started immediately “Wedding!” she sounded dangerous “What wedding?!”
Sophia was sitting on the kitchenette floor hiding, “Soph” he whispered “Come on” She nodded and he helped her up, he repaired the glass and picked it up levitating the six of them over to the table,
“Answer me young man”
“The wedding will be before we go, while we’re gone or when we come back” he put a glass in front of all the places and poured out wine into them with his wand as he made his way back to a silent Sophia,
“Soph?”
“Fine, I’m fine, just didn’t think your mum would be so quick in telling about it, and thought we might have a chance to actually prepare something, get some words out” she whispered trying to smile,
“My mother is a pain” he replied and hugged her “What do you want me to do?” he said looking at the plates of food,
“Take them out to them so they can eat and be distracted” she grinned in reply both speaking so quietly the parents sitting silently and angrily at the table couldn’t hear them. He levitated the plates out to them and they took there places,
“When did it get decided you were to marry this – this man?”
“Charlie and I asked each other two day’s ago”
“Asked each other?”
“At the same time, both had rings, both said yes and here we are telling you” Sophia said holding the diamond hand for her to see,
“Right”
“We were going to tell you together only it slipped out to Molly first”
“And you’re marrying him because?”
“Because I love him” she replied simply,
Wendy scoffed incredulously, “Love him, he’s too old for you, he may dress like a boy but he thinks like a grown man you’re not old enough to make decisions like this plus you’ve been together what four months that’s hardly long enough to start a life together on”
“Age has nothing to do with this mother” Sophia said coldly, “Neither does how long we’ve been together, we know we’re right for each other”
“I have to agree with Wendy on this, this is not a sensible idea – it’s like I said when he told me, the first thought that came into my head was she’s pregnant”
“Excuse me but my daughter is not that stupid”
“I hope you are not hinting at my daughter”
“Why not, married at sixteen hardly romantic – whilst pregnant not the most suitable relationship to bring children into”
“Don’t you ever compare my daughter to yours, mine is happy so is her husband, this – they’ll be lucky the marriage lasts longer then the honey moon!”
‘Now that I can agree on, for both there sakes let’s just hope it doesn’t!’
“Shut up!” Charlie said loudly, holding a crying Sophia in his arms, “Both of you just stop it and grow up”
“Don’t you dare talk to me like that Weasley” Wendy said standing up angrily,
Michaels hand went to her wrist “Don’t make this worse”
“Let her try” Molly replied standing up facing her just as angrily,
“Get out” Charlie lifted up Sophia into his arms, “Get out and don’t come back until you can behave” he carried her up the stairs, “Soph” he said, she couldn’t get a sentence out, “Don’t cry honey, its going to be ok” He could here them shouting again down stairs, “I’ll be right back - - - I said get out!” he shouted pointing at the door, from the stairwell,
“Let me talk to her” Wendy started,
“You’ve upset her enough she wants you to leave”
“She’s my daughter”
“I’m her fiancé and this is my house leave now while you still can without a curse following you out”
“Don’t you dare threaten me Weasley, I’m capable of magic you’ve never seen before”
“Don’t talk to my son like that”
“Dad, take her home, Mr Davis I’d say the same to you if you didn’t look so scared of her”
Molly frowned as Arthur attempted to take her arm; Michael smirked and walked to the dor opening it,
“I’m not going until you’ve spoken to me properly about this; I’m trying to protect you from making a mistake”
“Marrying Sophia is not a mistake, I love her, she loves me, we’re getting married whether you like it or not – you can either come to the wedding or don’t, I don’t care and frankly I don’t think she does either - she didn’t want to tell you both and she was right I had know idea how horrible and crazy you both are so I’m asking you one last time – get out of my house!”
“But-” Molly started again but Charlie gave her a look, Arthur led her out, Wendy stomped off angrily as well Michael following on and closing the door behind them.
He went back upstairs to see her sitting up wiping her eyes and wrapped in the quilt,
“I need a hug” she mumbled,
“Aww, I’m coming” he sighed walking over and wrapping her in his embrace,
“I love you so much you know, how could you deal with that and I couldn’t”
“Trust me if I wasn’t thinking about you the whole time I’d be a wet mess too” he smiled and kissed her forehead before laying them down on the bed,
“What do we do about them?” she asked meekly,
“Leave them to it, my dad’s good, Michaels good, it’s just them and we knew it would be”
“But-”
“Soph there’s nothing we can do, just leave them to decide, I’ve had enough from just one visit to last me a lifetime”
“Ok” she nodded against his chest, “Kiss me will you” she smiled looking up to him,
He leant his head down obligingly and she shuffled up to meet him,
“I feel much better now” she smiled snuggling into his arms as he held on tighter,
“Good, can’t have you upset now can I, you want another one just to make things even better?”
“Please” she chuckled and let him kiss her again, “Hmm, much, much better” she kissed him this time, “Doing this on the bed though does only leave one thought in my mind”
“We’ve got more restraint then that - haven’t we?”
“Oh I don’t know, I think I could do with some love right now”
“What the lady wants” he grinned rolling over to pin her down on the cushions,
“I always get what I want and right now I want you” she wrapped her legs around his waist and rolled them over again to sit on top of him “I’ll always just want you, no matter what they say about us, no matter about seven measly years, that are significantly less then the twenty years between some couples, no matter what happens I’ll always love you so much it hurts to be away from you”
“And I you” he smiled his hand reached for hers “Always, I’m not letting you go, they can say what they want about us but this is right, this is right and you are mine to love forever” She bent down and kissed him lovingly, he returned the embrace as she held on. Consumed by each other as the sky darkened outside and the night passed slowly in their world.
***
“I’m trying for Harry”
“Hmm” Hermione said, “Be nicer if you actually wanted to apologise but I can see why not”
“Too right you can so let’s just be civil so he won’t dump me for you”
“Still on that sinking ship are you, Harry’s my best friend, he’s married to you, he’s marrying you again – he has two children with you oh and he loves you I’d say that’s pretty reasonable grounds to believe he won’t leave you”
“He said if you’re not up there he won’t marry me again”
“I’ll be there, for him I’ll be there but unless you plan on growing up in one night I can’t be there for you”
“That’s fine I don’t particularly want you” Ginny replied standing up,
“Why can’t you see that this is hurting you as well?”
“I’d rather that then hear your apology, knowing your in pain is good enough for me, to see you feel for what you said, I need that so I don’t do you serious harm and lose Harry in the process”
“Get it out of your system” Hermione stood up putting her wand on the table, “Take a free shot, and hurt me like I hurt you”
“Wait until you decide my brother is good enough for you and once you get pregnant let me tell you, you shouldn’t be allowed to have children, let me say that you’ll be a terrible mother, let me say that they’ll be better off dead then in your care and that will hurt you just like you hurt me Hermione” she said not bothering to draw her wand “Let it be that when your child is born there are no complications, that you don’t have to fight to keep them alive like I did, let it be so easy for you that when they die unexpectedly you feel the pain I do when I almost lost my babies several times”
“Don’t wish that kind of horror on me because you don’t like me anymore”
“It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I hate you”
“I made one mistake – one”
“One that changed everything between us, your not my friend not like you used to be”
“I just want to be able to get along”
“Fine – like I said for Harry I’ll try, I’m not guaranteeing anything though” she shrugged and left the room walking out the front door of Grimmald place, she glanced at the ‘for sale’ sign and apparated back to the cottage.
“How did it go?”
“Fine” she muttered “She’ll be there”
“Thankyou”
“Hmm” she took the twin from his arms and sat down, “You think they’ll be ok with mum and dad?”
“It’s for two days honey”
“But after what happened, she might get sick again, worse then last time”
“It was a one off, she raised seven of you and you all turned out fine”
“Yeah, yeah” she muttered, “Apart from Ronald”
“We’re getting married tomorrow, you need to decide if you actually want to go on the honeymoon or you want to stay here and I’ll give the tickets to Charlie and Sophia as an engagement gift”
She looked up figuring out his sentence “You what – engagement?”
“Whoops” Harry said “They were going to wait until we came back…”
“You knew – you knew for how long?!”
“Just a few days – he asked her just before they came to dinner with Lupin and Tonks”
“That’s why she wanted to know what Tonk’s mum thought of the age gap” she sighed “Do mum and dad know?”
“She said they told them about it and they weren’t happy, or to put it more precisely her mum and Molly weren’t happy”
“Well she wouldn’t be, she just needs an excuse not to be and as for her mother, the way she’s treated Soph over the years I can’t say I’m to surprised”
“They immediately jumped to the conclusion she was pregnant and that’s why they were doing it… it got … it got angry and me and you were used as a comparison”
“What - when did all this happen and when did she tell you?!”
“It happened two days ago and she came round this morning while you were sleeping and I was up with the girls”
“Right”
“It slipped out because I was thinking about it, the conversation wasn’t so long ago I could forget it”
“Hmm”
“Sorry, I found out by accident – I went to check the twins because of the monitor thing and she was in there talking to them about it and she made me promise not to tell yet since they hadn’t told Molly or Gwen”
“It’s alright, it’s good news though – I mean Charlie and Sophia are made for each other, four months is quick but when you know something’s right why not jump straight in. You can see she loves him can’t you?”
“Yes, she’s never going to let him go” Harry said with a grin “Just like me and you, there nuts about each other”
“Good cause if she hurts my brother…”
“You’ll go on a crazy vendetta just like you are with Hermione?”
“Possibly, I might be kinder to her though”
“Sure you would” he frowned,
“I like Sophia, I would so be nicer to her, and she’s your sister”
“So is Hermione”
“Sophia more so then her, anyway we’re being civil you can’t be mean to me about her anymore”
“Whatever you like honey” he stood up, stretched and leant over to kiss her forehead as he went to the fridge, “What you feel like for lunch?”
“Fish and chips, I have a huge craving for fish and chips”
“I thought you only get cravings while your pregnant not after?” he rifled in the freezer “No fish no chips, I’ll go to that place you like”
“What - all the way to London for fish and chips?”
“They’re your favourite, It ‘all only take about ten minutes”
“Ok, but help me feed them first, it’s easier with two people”
“Have you decided about the twins yet?” he asked as she handed him a happily fed one, and placed the crying one in her arms,
“Yep, they should be ok shouldn’t they?”
“They’ll be fine, promise, if not you can curse the living daylights out of me once they are”
“Just covering yourself for everything aren’t you”
“Its two days, and it will be two days without unbroken sleep, nappies, sick, crying-”
“- two day’s without our babies”
“Two days without them so when we come back we can be better at looking after them without passing out on the couch once they dose off, they have there sleep pattern sorted, Molly and Arthur are staying here so they don’t have to take everything to there house, Arthurs took two days off especially to do this for us, they’re your parents we can trust they’ll be fine to look after their grandchildren”
“Hmm”
“You don’t want to leave tell me now”
“We’ll go but I’m holding you to the curse thing”
“Sure” he put Patience down for her nap and took Faith when she handed her over, he sat down next to her, “Is Mrs Potter annoyed with me?”
“Not annoyed, just worried about leaving them”
“You’ll forget once I tell you where I’m taking you”
She looked up eagerly “Where?”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow”
“It can’t be far with two days – I bet it’s somewhere weird like Blackpool”
“Better then Blackpool” he said rolling his eyes, “It’s called the Brink of Impending doom, right next to hell and we share the pool with Satan and the four horsemen of the apocalypse”
“So funny aren’t you” she muttered, “Definitely no wedding night for you”
“I think you’ll change your mind” he smirked “You won’t be able to resist leaping on me once we get there”
“Why do you always manage to pop up during Sophia’s and I’s strange conversations about you?”
“It’s a gift of knowing when you’re talking about me to my sister and telling her things you shouldn’t”
“Like?”
“Like you get urges to jump on me and rip my clothes off, not exactly what I want my sister to hear”
“She was saying the same about Charlie” she waved her hand dismissively “What do you expect us to talk about – the price of nappies? He’s my brother and I don’t find it disturbing – now if it was Ron then yes, but me and Charlie – Sophia understands exactly what it’s like with you and I get what it’s like for her and Charlie – Hermione and Ron on the other hand, I don’t understand that”
“Possibly because she’s not a sex crazed maniac like you and Soph seem to be?”
“Possibly but there is no denying that, the kind of relationship with someone, where you get the physical highs and the emotion balance, is brilliant and you want to talk about it with someone who understands not someone who hasn’t gotten that far with there other half yet – otherwise it’s just awkward”
“Right…”
“I wonder what Ron see’s in her and what she sees in him that they can be content the way they are”
“Ron’s not content” Harry muttered in thought to himself, forgetting she could hear,
“He’s not?” she questioned looking up at him,
“He – he let it slip that he’s not, don’t say anything ok”
“But – but why doesn’t he say something to her?”
“Because it would be like it was when he wanted to kiss her in public, she won’t speak to him for days”
“If he’s not happy he should get out while he can” she said angrily folding her arms at her chest,
“He’s – he’s in love with her he just wants more, he wants her ‘properly’ and he thought they might have - might have got that far by now”
“She’s a frigid ice queen; he’s not going to get anywhere”
“Ginny”
“Sorry” she muttered, “But if she’s making my brother unhappy…”
“Sex isn’t everything”
“I know that”
“Let’s not discuss them ok” he rubbed his eyes and yawned,
“You need sleep or you’re not going to make it down the aisle”
“I’ll be fine”
“You haven’t done that muggle thing you know”
“What?”
“What’s it called – stag night – strangely appropriate considering your patronus”
“Hmm, oh well, I can’t be bothered getting drunk and going to strip clubs”
“You what – what’s a strip club?”
“I’m not going to explain it; I don’t want to get slapped” She hit his arm anyway, “I’m not going to even go there after the conversation we just had”
“Now I’m guessing at what it might be and that is disturbing”
“Just trust that even if I was having a stag night I wouldn’t be going in one because I have you waiting for me”
“Hmm” she murmured disapprovingly, “I really don’t like the sound of stag nights”
“You’re not supposed to; it’s supposed to be a night of freedom”
“Freedom my backside, it sounds more like leave to cheat for a night”
“See so be happy I forgot all about it”
“Do girls get to do anything on this night?”
“Hens nights – I don’t know what girls do so don’t ask”
“I think I’m better off not knowing”
“I think so to” he grinned and looked at his watch, you have me for four more hours before I have to go and stay with Ron and the girls come here, what do you want to do?”
“Sit right here and talk to you”
“You want fish and chips with that?”
“Please”
“I’ll be back in ten” he smiled kissing her “Warm up some plates” He wandered outside to apparate and she stoked the fire replacing the guard around it and checking on the sleeping twins. She took out a bottle of pumpkin juice for her and a beer for him from the fridge before sorting out plates and sitting back on the couch waiting, “Here we are honey” he grinned walking in the door, “Cod and chips times two, mushy peas for me, salt and vinegar for you” he put them on the plates, “You want some peas?”
“Nope” - He chuckled and put some on her plate anyway, smiling as he handed her one, “Thankyou” she automatically dunked a chip in the peas on his plate and popped it in her mouth as he sat down beside her,
“You always do that”
“What?”
“Say no to peas” he rolled his eyes, “And then steal mine, so I gave you some this time round” he nodded his head at her plate,
“Oh” She shrugged “Yours taste better and you should know me well enough then to believe me when I say no” she grinned.
“You want some chocolate Ginny?” he smirked and she laughed hitting his arm playfully,
“I was a baby, give me a little let up”

I'm personally with Ginny with the whole Hermione thing.
Poor Soph and Charlie
The two mums are so frustrating!
PAMS
Soph xx

Chapter Forty Five


“Are you ready?” Charlie called up the stairs “We should have been there five minutes ago”
“I know, I know, it’s just the dress – Green really isn’t my colour” she laughed,
“You helped pick it” he chuckled as she wandered down, “I think you look stunning”
“You would say that if I was wearing a bin bag” she grinned taking his hand and picking up her purse,
“Too right I would, I love my fiancée no matter what she wears”
Sophia rolled her eyes as they apparated to the decorated front garden of the hotel, “You’re going to look forward to tonight then” she smirked “I’ve got an early birthday present for you under this green thing”
“Hmm, lucky, lucky me” he smirked kissing her cheek and leading them inside,
She wandered up to the desk and they were pointed in the direction of the large room decked out in rows of white chairs, flowers and smiling guests,
“Whoa, Harry did well” she grinned,
“Really did” Charlie said with a matching smile,
“Picture” Colin said with a grin “All the guests are to have one taken, Ginny and Harry’s orders” he smiled raising his camera,
“Alright” Charlie muttered reluctantly,
“You don’t like photos hey” she smiled as he squeezed her to his side,
“Hate them” he smiled and spoke through his teeth, “A lot”
She giggled and he released her to make a move away from Colin, she took his hand and they were led to the front by Ron,
“He’s just out back, dad wanted a word with him” he shrugged when Charlie gave him a ‘what for?’ look,
The room started to fill up.
Harry came out smiling and hugged Sophia before shaking Charlie’s hand, “Not nervous at all before you ask” he smirked watching Soph’s face frown,
“Done this before remember” he grinned,
“I forgot” she smiled and then hugged him again,
“I’m just going to spend today getting squeezed to death aren’t I?”
“Yes brother, yes you are” she laughed releasing him, “Where are the twins?”
“Coming with Molly in a minute, and the bridesmaids and then Gin”
“What did dad want with you, to scare you?” Charlie asked,
Harry laughed “To tell me that I’m pretty much doing everything the wrong way round but I’m doing it right, told me that I just need to keep going and don’t think about anyone else but my family”
“Good advice” Sophia smiled “I think your dad would have said the same don’t you?” she asked him, this time he hugged her,
“Now you’ve made me nervous”
She laughed as he let her go, “Come and stand with me then while we wait”
“Course”
Charlie smiled and walked to sit with his brothers as Molly came down the side of the room pushing a pram.
Hermione and Ron joined him up there and Sophia hurried down to the back of the room to greet Ginny, the music started.
He took a deep breath and Ron nudged his arm with his elbow reassuringly, “Just look at her and you’ll be fine” he whispered, a smile spread on his face and he turned a little more to face the opening of the room,
Luna came first, then Cara and then Sophia finally Ginny, his breath caught in his throat, he smiled staring into her eyes as she stared back,
She came in smiling holding her dads arm just like the first time only she was even more beautiful.

“I am personally thrilled to have the honour of welcoming you to the marriage of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. Marriage is a solemn vow taken by those who wish to show there commitment to each other and their families and friends of whom they have invited on this special occasion”

*
“Well congratulations, I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now kiss your bride”
He did so softly with a smile, “Love you”
“Love you too” she smiled holding his hand as he led the way down the aisle, Molly hugged them both firmly and tightly,
Harry first and then Ginny “Owww – mum – let go – can’t breathe”
“Shhh” she held on and kissed her cheek,
Ginny struggled with her until she got the idea to let go,
“Finally” she huffed rolling her eyes, taking the chance to accept a hug from Sophia and Luna and Cara and then Hermione came forward, she turned before Hermione could get near her but Harry caught her eye.

She ignored his look and smiled talking to the guests before going to the babies in the pram.
“Gin” she heard in her ear “You promised” he was behind her and she smiled in pretence and whispered back,
“I lied”
He took a breath,
“I lied about that too” she kissed his cheek handed him the baby in her arms, and walked over to Hermione,
“Congratulations” Hermione smiled meekly,
“Thankyou”
“I’d wish you luck but you guys don’t need it”
“Hmm – you missed the big argument over you then”
“I heard about it”
“The joys of baby monitors, nothing stay’s secret”
“They kind of heard you without them” her hand went to her neck nervously “I don’t mean to get in the way of you two”
“Your not in the way, you’re a dent in the road, I want to keep going but he’s stuck in the hole”
“I’ll stay away if you want me too”
“He’ll hate me for it”
“Then what then – what do you want me to do?”
“Be his friend, just leave me out of it, this is me being civil to you as a wedding present to him”
“Alright – can I hug you just so we look good then?”
“Hmm – alright”
Hermione wrapped her arms round her, Ginny held her back stiffly “Ok that’s enough” she stepped back, she pasted on the smile before walking back to Harry.
“Thank-”
“-What’s next for the wedding of the century?”
She spoke cutting in so she didn’t feel as guilty and then staff arrived at the door inviting them to stand to the side of the room, they raised there wands and the chairs transformed to fit around two tables, one long front one for the main family and several circle shaped ones for everyone else.
“Whoa…”
“Yeah, yeah” he grinned
“No really you pulled it off Harry” she jiggled the baby in her arms as he pushed the pram back and forth, he took Faith and placed her beside her sister,
“First dance Mrs Potter?” he asked as Sophia volunteered her services to take the pram with Charlie,
“Why not” she looked up at him, with a grin and he took her into the middle of the floor as the music started.

She stared, she giggled hearing the song that was playing, the same when they danced and kissed the night after the Gryffindor game when everyone else had gone to bed and they had the common room to their selves. – The same that they hummed during their dance under the oak tree, by the lake when he held her in his arms and she didn’t want him ever to let her go, “You – you big softy”
“You know that already” he smiled lifting her up and twirling her around before setting her on her feet again,
She held on dancing with him, “I love you so much”
“I know you do and you know I love you more right” he smirked, she laughed resting her head against his shoulder,
“You couldn’t possibly” she smiled, her hand at his neck playing with his hair at her fingertips, “I love you so much – that if you ever left me – if something happened to you – if he – if he came back – if he found a way to come back and take you – or if Malfoy came for you” she was suddenly serious as she thought more about it and they stopped dancing, he looked at her,
“Gin your worrying about something that’s not going to happen” he wiped a tear from her cheek, “You’ll mess your makeup up” he kissed her and she smiled a little, “I’m not going anywhere, ever again, you’re my everything Gin, I love you and you and Faith and Patience are my whole world”
“I’m being over emotional and messed up on our wedding day this isn’t right”
He hugged her “Don’t worry about a thing” they danced the last minute of the song in silence.

There was cheering and clapping, but they went to the pram. Sophia and Charlie were sitting with them at a table each holding one “How are they – you don’t think it’s too noisy for them Harry?”
“The prams got a noise proof shield round it so they can sleep but if they cry we can hear them”
“They’re fine” Sophia smiled
“Happy as clams, you worry about them to much sis” Charlie said grinning as he stroked Patience’s cheek, “They’re going to be fine when you go tonight you know that don’t you”
“Hmm” Ginny was looking nervously at Charlie – or more Patience then Charlie,
“Charlie, give her Patience will you” Harry said his hands on Ginny’s shoulders to make her sit down,
“Huh” Charlie glanced at Ginny and then smiled placing the baby in her arms, “There you go silly” she smiled looking down at her,
“Can I steal you for a dance brother” Sophia said looking at him and then the guests filling the dance floor,
“Sure” He smiled,
Sophia gave Faith to Charlie and took his hand leading him to the dance floor,
“Congrats brother”
“Congrats sister – you’ll be here soon enough”
“Hmm”
He raised an eyebrow “Hmm?”
“It will be a while before me and Charlie decide on anything” she added “I think we’ll travel first – or do it quickly somewhere quiet only it would be just before we go or something” she shrugged “Not a big fuss, but a way you know a way to just let people know…”
“Just to let your mother know you actually went through with it” he grinned spinning her round,
“Yeah – that would be the main reason” she smirked, “I’ll marry him even if she get’s up and does the whole I object thing”
“Good, because if you changed your mind now you’d make her really happy and we can’t have that happening” he joked,
“Ugh – I’m marrying him no matter what, I’m thinking of just sending her an invite with the wrong date”
“You’ll make things worse – Do it before you go, travel the world for a while, use it as your honeymoon”
She grinned “It would be a long time Harry, you might miss me”
“As long as you’re happy” he smiled “Where’s your first stop?”
“India – the Taj mahal”
“Going for romance spots, you going to Paris too?”
“Maybe” she shrugged “Definitely Italy, Spain, Brazil and Japan”
“Exciting, so how long you reckon?”
“About – about a year and a half maybe – not sure maybe longer, maybe less”
“That is a long time – longer then you’ve been together”
“You’re not saying we should wait - are you?”
“No – I - I mean four months and marriage is on the cards as well as a year long trip when you haven’t known him – his character long at all”
“I know I love him and he loves me Harry” She said firmly “Your not going to tell me this is a bad idea are you cause I’d have to disown you like mummy dearest”
“Course not; I’m happy you’ve found each other, that you’re so certain you can plan things like this with him I’m just saying it hasn’t been that long” he shrugged,
“Watch yourself Harry”
“Really Soph, I think you two getting married is a brilliant idea if it’s what you both want; since it clearly is…”
She laughed “Ok, ok, stop trying to dig your self out of the hole little brother”
He spun her round again, “I’m going to stop talking now”
“Good – save your energy for your honeymoon”
“Is there nothing sacred when it comes to our sex life and you and Gin discussing it?”
“Nope” she smirked “She tells me everything – we’re friends as well as sisters”
“Ugh – how can she not find it weird – I mean you must – you and Charlie – you talk about that?”
She blushed, “Hmm – not so weird with her, she understands – I mean we’re in love and other people that are, well there the easiest to talk to” she shrugged,
“She said something similar yesterday, talking about Hermione and Ron with it… I saw the way she is with her, what does she tell you about me and Hermione?”
“Harry”
“What does she say Soph, she’s too worried for her own good and her worrying means problems for me”
“She’s with you isn’t she, talk to her”
“It never works like that with her”
“Oh Harry”
“Seriously Soph – I either give in or we have a fight and almost always it’s over nothing – I love her to bits but if she won’t tell me what’s wrong there’s nothing I can do to help”
“She’s – she” the song ended and dinner was announced, he stopped and looked at her as if telling her to continue, “She still thinks that you will – that something will happen because everything is going right now”
“But nothing will - right -”
“Harry?” Ginny called walking towards them, “Something wrong?”
“Huh – no” he smiled,
“Come on” she smiled back a little gesturing her head to the main table as the dance floor cleared,
“Imma coming” he took her hand, and let her lead him away, he turned back as Sophia followed them, she smiled reassuringly before taking her place beside him. Molly, Arthur and the rest of the Weasley’s sat around them smiling but Sophia moved to sit on Charlie’s lap as soon as dinner was over. Molly gave her a look and Charlie asked her to dance before she could get a word in.
“I take it we’re not allowed displays of affection around her?”
“That might be a good idea”
“Screw that” she held on tighter and closer, he did the same with a smile,
They danced for a while happily and then he spoke “You’re going to make a beautiful bride you know that don’t you” he moved the fringe from her eye as she blushed, “Really Soph, I think your hot now in that hideous green dress, thinking about you in a white one…”
“You’re not thinking that, your thinking about what’s underneath - aren’t you?” she tugged the bottom of his ponytail gently and playfully with a smirk,
He moved his head so his lips were level with her ear as he whispered “So jinx me”
“Hmm” she brushed her cheek against his, moving to kiss him, “Love you” she lingered on his lips “Lots and lots and lots”
He kissed her again and lifted her up to spin her round before setting her on her feet and starting to dance again.
“See she didn’t curse you honey” Charlie said with a grin “Your safe”
“For now…”
“Until we set a date – she’s not talking to me or you, don’t tell me you haven’t noticed that”
“I noticed – I don’t particularly care but I noticed, it may have something to do with the ‘Get out of my house’ routine you did on her and my mother – which I am grateful for, I just don’t think it helped”
“Oh I know it didn’t help, it was fun though and they know – really know that I’m madly love with you and have no intention of letting you go”
She giggled “Alright, but Harry had an idea I want to talk to you about later”
“Sure” the song merged into a different one as dessert was announced, they sat down again but Ginny pulled Sophia to sit beside her and inturn Charlie as well. The speeches came and went then it was time to party for a while up until Harry whispered to his wife “It’s time to go Mrs Potter”
She looked up “Really?”
“Yes, you wanna know where?”
“Hmm – ok”
“We are going to the…”
“The…”
“The little cottage in the south of France I organised”
“That sounds wonderful”
“Better then Blackpool hey” he grinned,
She kissed him happily, “A lot better, is this to take my mind from them?”
“Yes, I promise they’ll be fine”
She held his arms round her waist from behind her walking them to the pram where they slept peacefully,
“I can’t hug them it will wake them” she mumbled,
He reached in –
“Harry!” she said but sighed when he gave Faith to her,
“Better?”
“Hmm” she kissed the baby’s forehead held her for a moment and gave her to Harry before reaching for Patience, “I’ll miss the way they smell and how soft there skin is…”
“Just two days honey” he kissed Faith and put her sleeping body back into the pram, she opened her eyes and yawned but fell back to sleep. Molly appeared,
“We’ll look after them, don’t worry and enjoy your selves”
“Hmm” she mumbled “I’ll try”

Chapter Forty Six

Charlie yawned, stretched and woke up to the smell of pancakes. He blinked and sniffed again before looking for boxers. He wandered down the stairs and crept up behind her sliding his arms around her middle whispering in her ear.
“I hope some of those are for me”
“Happy Birthday” she giggled as he kissed her neck, “Strawberry?” she held the ripe fruit to his lips smiling as he took a bite and then finished it with a sultry smile before discarding the stalk. He squeezed her waist and she sprayed whipped cream on his nose.
“Oi” he laughed, she kissed his nose taking the cream on her lips before kissing him again,
“Yummy” she licked her lips turning to him properly,
“Very” he smiled kissing her again before she turned to flip the pancakes and serve them up. He held her and moved with her round the kitchen,
“You have to let me go or you can’t eat them”
“Alright” he sighed liberating her from his arms, and sitting down as she did to,
“We can go back to bed after” she crossed her legs “I need my sustenance to keep up with you” she grinned sipping on a coffee,
“And I’m the old one” he chuckled squirting syrup on the pancakes before digging in.
“I’m just weak” she started on her own pancakes, “So weak when it comes to you old man”
“I’m thinking – I’m thinking -”
She smiled “-You thinking?”
“I think while I’ve got you so weak we should set a date”
“Huh?”
“You don’t remember do you?”
“Erm…”
“Harry suggested something before they left… we agreed on it – we said we’d get married and use the world travelling as a long, long honeymoon…”
“-Ah- oh yeah” she vaguely remembered it, she had a lot to drink last night, mainly so she could ignore her soon to be mother in laws comments behind her back.
“You had a lot to drink – I’m surprised you’re up”
“I can handle my drink; I just can’t handle your mother”
“I’m sorry about her, I’ll talk to her”
“Why bother babe, she’s not talking to either of us she’s just talking about us”
“I’ll talk to her”
“Is this going to be the same as George – I mean are you going to wait until the last minute?”
“Soph”
“You know what I mean”
“Of course I do, look I’ll go today”
“Hmm”
“Soph, I’ll go today”
“It won’t do anything even if it is your birthday”
“You come with me then, we’re in this together – you said it, we’re equal right”
“Right” she sipped her coffee again pushing the half eaten plate away and sitting back in the chair.
“Soph if you hate her now what’s it going to be when we’re married?”
“I don’t hate her, she doesn’t like me and in turn I don’t particularly like her”
He got up taking the plates to the kitchen side,
“She’ll grow up”
“And if she doesn’t?”
“I promise she’ll see sense” he lent down and kissed her forehead gently as she clutched the nearly empty coffee cup, “We’ll make her see sense” he perched on the edge of the table in front of her, as an owl flew to the window and pecked eagerly, he turned to see – “That’s a ministry owl” he wandered over and there was a knock at the door, she reached for the throw from the couch to wrapped round her before answering it,
“Soph don’t – get back from the door quick” he said looking up from the letter as her arm extended to the handle,
“What is it?”
He rushed over taking her hand leading her away before looking for his wand,
“It’s upstairs” She answered realising what he was looking for and getting her own from the kitchen side, “What does the letter say?”
There was knocking again,
“It says she got away”
“What – you said they’d get her!”
“I thought they would it’s been days!” he walked them to the stairs “Go up and stay there”
“No”
“Soph for your own protection I’m asking you to-”
The knocking turned into thumping, “Who is it?” she called,
There was no reply, she took his hand and pulled him up the stairs, “We stay together, so let’s get your wand”
They made it up there as the door was blown to pieces,
“Oh my god” Soph hissed as they ducked behind the bed, Charlie grabbed his wand and apparated them out of the house and to the Burrow.
“There’s no one here – there at Harry’s” he started searching for the spare key under the eaves, he found it and turned the key in the lock whilst muttering a spell, the door opened and they went inside, “Ginny left some clothes here in her room, I’ll go borrow some of Dads stuff, she doesn’t know where Harry and Gin live so the twins and mum and dad are safe”
“So we get dressed and do what?” she pulled the throw around her tighter as he led her up the stairs,
“Go to the ministry, they’ll send Aurors after her”
“Right” they went into Ginny’s old room and found the clothes in the wardrobe adjusting a summer dress and cardigan to fit her, she did turned for him to zip up the dress and he kissed her neck, she giggled, “Don’t”
“Sorry alright, I’m just dressed for the occasion already” he kissed her again moving to her shoulder,
“You don’t have to do it to reassure me Charlie” she touched his cheek with her fingertips “I know already, let’s get you some clothes”
“I’m doing it because I want to” he mumbled against her skin, “Because I want you”
“And I know, but right now isn’t a good time is it” she chuckled moving round to kiss him face to face,
He sighed, “Ok, ok” she took his hand
“What size shoe does your mum have?”
“We’ll look K” he led them up to his parent’s room, opening the door, “The last time I was in here…” he looked around,
She put her hands over her ears humming, he laughed “So you understood that quickly” he opened the wardrobe as she sat on the bed,
“How old were you when you were traumatised like that?”
“About nine – Ginny wasn’t born – in fact I think – ugh – suppressing that memory”
“Ewww... I don’t want to think about your parents – Ewww!” she jumped off the bed as if it were contaminated and wrinkled her nose standing by the wall as he looked for jeans and a t-shirt.
“Soph – don’t think about it”
“Ugh – can’t not now”
He wandered over in jeans and kissed her delicately taking her in his arms, “Are you now?” he murmured against her lips, she chuckled against his before letting him kiss her again. They ended up on the bed,
“I said no Charlie” but she contradicted herself by holding him closer her arms round his neck as he lay above her,
“I don’t care Sophia” he whispered “Don’t care one bit” they kissed again passionately,
“CHARLIE WEASLEY!” He leapt up, she did the same and they came face to face with a furious Molly, “WHAT IN MERLINS NAME DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?”
“We – we were attacked at our place, we’d just woken up and I apparated us here and we’re borrowing some clothes”
“OUT!” they looked at the ground wandering embarrassed out of the room; Molly picked out a shirt and threw it at him,
“Who attacked you?”
“We – we think it was -”
“- I didn’t ask you young lady I asked my son”
“It was my ex, the ministries after her she blew down our door and tried to come after us”
“Ex, what ex – and that – that on my bed Charlie – you know how disrespectful and disgusting it is - that you would think that was ok Charlie – do you know?!”
“Sorry mum, wasn’t thinking”
“Damn right you weren’t, and I bet she wasn’t either”
“Don’t blame Soph”’
“You used to be such a good boy”
“Mum don’t – please”
“But can’t you see, you would never ever have done something like that”
“We were kissing, it wasn’t what you think”
“It doesn’t matter what you were doing you were still doing it and it’s because of her” she pointed at Sophia angrily,
“It’s because of me, because I love her and can’t keep my hands off her ok, if it wasn’t in there it would have been somewhere else, I’m not so good alright and my ex that was after us is my ex wife”
“What – no what say that again…”
“Jade Templeton is my ex wife, she’s been my wife for five years and I didn’t tell you she was a crazy stalker because you wouldn’t understand”
“When did you marry her?”
“Five years ago in Denmark, she tricked me it’s a long story” he put on the shirt and took Sophia’s hand “We need shoes”
“Don’t walk away Charlie”
“I’m protecting my fiancée” he replied “You have some shoes we can borrow mum?”
“Um – ugh – yes” she shook her head holding out her hand as he stepped forward, “Stay there”
She went into the bedroom and closed the door behind her. She sat on the bed and took a deep breath before going to the wardrobe and picking out two pairs of shoes.

“I thought you weren’t going to tell Charlie?” Sophia sighed,
“Changed my mind honey”
“She hates me more right” she smirked,
“She hates me too” he grinned and kissed the top of her head,
She smiled lightly “I like your protection you know”
“I like yours too” he smiled and felt her arms wrap round his waist in a hug.

Molly came back out with the two pairs of shoes, “Go to the ministry and then come to Potter Cottage and explain” she walked back into her bedroom and closed the door moving around to pack up the cloaks she had forgotten.

They went through the fireplace downstairs to the ministry and up to the office to explain the situation.
“We’ve got reason to believe that she’s working with Draco Malfoy now”
“That would have been helpful in the letter you sent just before they blew down our door” Sophia replied “Great both of them are trying to kill me now” she grinned “I want to know why”
“Money, to get at you because of me, because of Harry or Sirius…”
“Oh ok then” she sighed letting him hug her, “Really good reasons you know”
“You’re special enough that someone wants you dead” he sighed,
“I’d suggest you find somewhere safe to go whilst we track her down”
“We’ll find somewhere” he led her to the fireplaces again
“We shouldn’t go to Harry’s and put the twins in danger from her” Sophia started,
“But the house has Auror protection and she doesn’t know where it is”
“Is there anywhere else?”
“Shell cottage or the leaky cauldron, we don’t have money or anything though – erm…”
“We just need one night so the house has the all clear and we can go back and put better protection on it”
“We’re not going back there unless it’s to clear out Soph”
“It’s your home”
“It’s not safe for you to go back to our home, you should go to Potter Cottage lay low, and I’ll find us somewhere”
“We stay together, please let’s stay together”
“Sure” he kissed her forehead, “Sure” he thought about it for a moment “We go to the cottage just to talk to them then we can go to Bills, I’m pretty sure him and Fleur won’t mind”
“Ok”
“The idea of staying in the same house as mum isn’t that appealing”
“Not in the least bit, I’m not going to speak to her at all ok”
“That might be a good idea…” they walked away from the fireplaces to apparate to the front garden of the cottage.
“Hey, Happy Birthday Charlie” Bill came out the front door to meet them “Mum said you were attacked she called me and everyone else though said you had something to tell us?”
He cringed “This is my punishment then”
“What did you do insult her cooking or something?”
He laughed hollowly “Kind of worse then that bro” Sophia watched him rub his forehead “She kind of found me and Soph in her room when we escaped from the girl that’s after us”
“Aww Charlie – I don’t want that in my head”
“She found us kissing is all – Merlin – so I’ve got to tell you my big secret as punishment alright”
“You – a big secret you got to be kidding me”
“No joke – come on let’s get it over with” he said pushing Bill forward and inside with one hand and pulling Sophia gently along with him, with the other.

“Charlie” Molly said coldly with one of the twins seated on her lap, the other with Arthur.
“Mum look-”
“- No Charlie, no more secrets you tell your dad and your brothers exactly why there is someone attacking you and – and her”
“You mean my fiancée and she doesn’t want me she wants Sophia dead” he snapped back, She glared at him, “The girl that’s after Sophia is my ex wife and they think she’s working with Malfoy”
“And why exactly is she after her if she is your ex?”
“She tricked me into marrying her 5 years ago, she gave me a potion I got the thing annulled a few weeks ago when they finally found her – I didn’t know she was back until a week ago”

“You – got married?” Bill said incredulously “I don’t believe it”
“What I don’t believe is that she is in this house when there’s some crazy person after her” Ron muttered,
“Shut it Ronald, Sophia goes where I go whether you like it or not”
“And what about the twins or mum and dad – if they find this place”
“They have auror protection, no one knows we’re here and there after her to get at me and because she is the Black family heir, she got everything in Bellatrix’s vault, she got the Black fortune and his name and the bonus that she’s part of Harry’s family now”
“Well she is not apart of this family” Molly replied,
“I’m marrying her whether you like it or not mum, I love her – and you know what I might just take her name to save her the hassle of becoming a Weasley if you don’t change the record, you don’t seem to like any of the people we chose to love and I’m sick of having to defend my relationship to you – come on Soph, we’ll go home, pack a bag and find somewhere to stay where we are wanted”

He led her out to the garden, Bill followed them –
“Charlie”
“What?”
“Grab some stuff and go to my place, there’s plenty of room”
“Thanks”
“Thankyou Bill” Sophia let him go to hug Bill gratefully,
“Its ok, anyone mum hates so much must be brilliant really” he smiled “I’ll send Fleur a patronus and be back there later – I’ve got to go back to work”
“Sure – thanks again Bill” Charlie sighed and apparated them back to there ruined apartment.

“Wow” she sighed looking round,
“Ah well” he grinned “At least it wasn’t you or me exploding hey” he kicked the shreds of a couch cushion and looked at the mess of feathers and down on the floor and furniture,
“You would really take my name?” she suddenly said looking up at him,
“Why not” he shrugged “Charlie Black doesn’t sound too bad, and you know maybe we could improve that names reputation with our own kids”
“You wouldn’t find it strange?”
“It’s not like there aren’t enough Weasley’s in the world already, I want my family to be with you so why not be a Black”
“You’re serious?”
“I wouldn’t say it if I wasn’t” he smiled “Come on let’s pack”

That was so funny at the end. Poor Soph just isn't going to win Molly over, is she?
I can't wait till they go away. Its going to be fun but I have a feeling someone might end up following them...
PAMS Dear!
Soph xx

Chapter Forty Seven
“You’re still thinking about them, Gin they’re fine I promise”
“I can’t help it”
“We’re here to relax and you’re just worrying”
“They’re my babies”
“They’re mine too; I know they’re safe, you know they’re safe”
“We know what made them sick what if she does it again”
“It was nothing to worry about” – now he was thinking about if Molly de-gnomed the garden again and Patience got sick again and they didn’t take her to Mungo’s and – and then…“I’ll send a patronus to check alright”
“Please” she snuggled up closer to him on the bench,
“We’ve just got tomorrow and then we’ll be home alright”
“Uh huh”
He waved his wand sending the patronus and hugged her to him, “I miss them too, but honey we needed a break”
“And it is nice and quiet and it doesn’t smell like baby poo”
“A few bonuses”
“But there are good things”
“I promise you all the holiday’s after this one we’ll take them – and any other children you might be willing to have”
“How many are you planning there Harry?”
“Is five too many for you?”
“A big family, ok we’ll see, see if my body can take it after the trouble of these two – you are aware that I’m going to get fat and ugly and you won’t love me as much after three more”
“I’ll just have to take that risk” he chuckled leaning to kiss her,
“Yeah well we’re not starting on number three just yet” but she kissed him back anyway, “And you better be at the hospital at least an hour before they’re born this time”
“I didn’t mean to get kidnapped” he grinned,
“Well unless you promise there aren’t going to be anymore birth’s for you to be late for”
“I promise I won’t be late ever again for the birth of any of my future children”
“Good” she said satisfied “Now you can kiss me”

***
“I’m so glad you’re alright but why didn’t you tell us sooner, we would have come back”
“Don’t be silly Harry, it was your honeymoon, and there was nothing you could or can do”
“I could have helped”
“You were gone for two days; you needed that break it wouldn’t have made a difference for you to come back”
“Surely there was something -”
“- Harry’ she cut in “There was nothing, we’re fine there just still looking for them”
“They should have found them by now, she doesn’t sound conspicuous’
“She can hide when she wants”
“So you’ve been here since the attack?”
“Bill was the only one remotely fine about this all and Fleur’s been so nice – I do think it’s because she’s pregnant and broody though” she whispered with a smile
“Yeah that probably helped” he grinned “though Ginny was the opposite”
‘I heard that’ she muttered waking up from sleeping against his arm on the couch,
‘Ah so your back with us then?’
‘You tired me out in those two days more then the twins have in three months’
‘Excuse me but you were the one who spent the first half a day in bed sleeping and missed the road trip I had planned’
‘The first morning was because of the first night’ she smirked yawning and stretching ‘I’m sorry Soph, we’ll stop talking about it now’
‘That’s ok’
‘What have I missed?’
‘Harry’s feeling guilty that he didn’t come back and help even though there’s nothing he could have possibly have done’
‘That hero complex of his, it always kicks in and one day he’s not going to come back from saving the world’
‘Gin’ he started looking at her,
‘What – you know you do the most dangerous things you possibly can when the circumstances call for it, your brave and courageous but there’s going to be a time when it beats you’
‘Is that what you’re scared of – that one day I won’t come back from work?’
‘Course it is’ she held onto his arm a little tighter ‘I can’t ask you to give it up, that would be horrible, you’d hate me for it and plus I get to be so proud of you now, you’re my hero too’ she smiled a little,
‘I didn’t know you were that worried about it’
‘Maybe it’s just cause you guys have had a rough start’ Sophia put in ‘I mean him not being there for the twins until the last minute because of Malfoy hasn’t helped, and then with George and plus it’s not like the whole Voldemort thing helped in the slightest – I mean you gave her up and died and she was left wondering if you were going to make it for a week’
‘Mmm’ he mumbled and kissed her forehead,
‘Don’t think like that Harry and don’t you dare consider quitting the traineeship’
‘What – but’
‘No’ she said looking up at him ‘I might not like that you throw yourself into dangerous situations or that you risk your life to save everyone else – even when its their own fault – but it’s what makes you, you and I can’t make you give that up – I’m your wife, I’ll support you in what ever you want to do unless its something stupid like giving up your job that you’ve been destined to do since birth’
‘Alright then’ he sighed,
‘Just don’t take unnecessary risks please – like throwing yourself in front of people when there are curses flying about’
‘I promise’ he smiled a little ‘Promise that no matter what I’ll always be home to kiss you goodnight and good morning ok?’
‘Ok’
‘Aww’ Sophia grinned ‘You make me miss Charlie this sucks’ she stuck her tongue out at them,
‘He’s at work?’
‘Till tonight’ she pouted ‘Oh but I never showed you my ring did I’ she held out her hand,
‘Oh my god it’s huge’ Ginny grinned ‘And Black… is this some kind of symbolism I’m missing here?’
‘We both somehow picked out black rings for each other’ she shrugged
‘You got him a ring?’
‘Harry didn’t tell you?’
‘You did tell me not to’
‘I thought you would anyway’ she shrugged ‘Well we asked each other and we both got black rings and well it was – it was perfect’ she grinned remembering ‘Candles and rose petals and we said it together at the same time’
‘I knew he was a sap but that is just – I’m now officially satisfied he’s mad about you’ Ginny said with a grin ‘you are ok with the Jade stuff though, I mean it can’t have been easy for you to find it out like that’
‘We’re ok, once he’d explained it, once we’d talked about it we moved on from it – I could forgive him anything as long as he doesn’t keep it a secret’
‘I don’t think there are any more secret wives – you’ll be ok’
‘She better be Gin’ he said looking to Sophia ‘Or I’m going to be one peed off little brother, who might curse the living daylights out of your big brother’
‘Don’t be so protective of me Harry, I’m a big girl’ she grinned ‘I trust him, there aren’t going to be anymore surprises’
‘Good’ he frowned,
‘Harry’ she said crossing her arms,
‘What – you’re my sister; I’m looking out for you’
‘You know I’m happy and you know there’s nothing for you to worry about or to do so go take the twins for a walk or something and give me and Gin a chance to gossip about you and him’
‘Urgh – I’m going now I know what the next topic of conversation is – it better be over by the time I get back’
‘It might not – I mean I could just talk about you forever and she could be describing to me in every detail about Charlie - ’
He put his hands over his ears ‘La, la, la, la, la, la, la’
‘Just go honey’ Ginny said grinning and pushing him towards the pram as he stood up.

Aww It's so nicehow they are all so close. I wonder if there will be anymore surprises:O Could be interesting!
And bless Harry, I just love how you write him!
Great Post Lily!
PAMS!
Soph xx

Chapter Forty Eight

‘When will you be ready then Hermione, I love you it’s just – you’re going to take this the wrong way no matter how I put it but I want you properly, like Harry and Ginny, like Sophie and Charlie, Bill and Fleur and even Luna and Dean’
‘Luna and Dean…’
‘They’re together – didn’t you see them at Harry and Gin’s wedding?’
‘No, I didn’t’
‘And you’re avoiding it again’
‘Don’t be so angry with me about it’ she mumbled hands at his chest ‘I want it to be perfect, special’
‘Then tell me what you want’
‘It has to feel right’
‘Maybe it won’t ever be for me and you, maybe you won’t ever be happy enough with me’
‘I am happy with you’
‘Well maybe I’m just not happy with you’ he muttered and went to the fireplace,
‘Ron’
He threw in the powder,
‘Ron!’
‘Bye Hermione – the burrow’

She sat on the couch and but didn’t cry, she looked into the flames and didn’t seem to feel anything. He’s left her, he’d walked out on her and she was – she was ok about it. She looked at it logically; if he wouldn’t wait for her then he obviously wasn’t right for her, and him going, him making the choice to leave proved that. If he was willing to just walk away after so long then maybe they weren’t right.

Ron stepped out of the fireplace,
‘Ronald! Oh my baby it’s so good to see you’ she embraced him in a bone crushing hug,
‘Mum it’s only been a few days’
‘But it feels like so much longer’
‘Mum can I – can I move back home?’
‘Of course you can sweetheart, is Hermione coming too?’
‘No’
‘Now what’s happened?’
‘I – I think I just broke up with her’
‘You did what – you silly boy – why on earth would you do that!’
‘I don’t – I can’t see us working, she’s so – I love her but – its not right for us to be together when she doesn’t trust me’
‘Alright’ she got up and went to the fridge ‘Now you just sit here and tell me all about it and I’ll make you something to eat – bacon sandwiches ok?’
‘My favourite’ he mumbled,
‘And some treacle tart – I made it this morning’
‘I think I might go for a fly instead’ he got up,
‘Ah no you don’t – sit down have something to eat and then you can go, you’re much to thin, and you’ll just get blown right off that broom without something in your stomach’
‘Mum’
‘No Ronald, you sit down’ she pointed her wand frowning at him,
‘Alright’ he smiled half-heartedly and munched on a sandwich.

She made to send a patronus to Ginny and then thought better of it, she thought about one to Harry but then where ever he was she would be and she wouldn’t like the fact she was sending him messages. She was alone in the house and went to the bank instead; she sorted out her money arranged the selling of her half of the house to the bank, went back to Grimmald place and packed up everything into boxes before sending them to her old room at her parent’s house. She packed a suitcase, apparated to the ministry and resigned her post. She apparated to the airport and looked down the list before buying a single one way ticket to India.

***
‘You know when we get back we’ll need a home’
‘Hmm’ she snuggled in his arms ‘but we can think about it then – it’s a long, long time’
‘You don’t want to go back to the Burrow as a married couple Soph and there probably won’t be anywhere else – Bill and Fleur will be surrounded by kids here by the time we come back, Harry and Gin will probably be a crazy baby making machine, Ron and Hermione – well I’m guessing they’ll be together in there tiny flat, Fred and George are – well there just not an option, and Percy lives so far away in a house that’s basically built of books and probably won’t enjoy the company’
‘We could stay at the Leaky Cauldron until we find somewhere’
‘Or we could buy Grimmald place from Hermione’
‘It’s the Blacks house’
‘You’re a Black, I’m going to be a Black – it’s a family home, it’s your family home like the Burrow is to the Weasley’s’
‘Without the crazy overbearing mother, home cooked meals and comfy furniture along with decent decoration and comes complete with a demented House elf and a screeching portrait of Granny Black on the wall that can’t ever be removed’
‘Mum and Dad have a ghoul in the attic’
‘They do – right’
‘It was just an idea’
‘How will we afford it?’
‘I’ve got some money put by apart from what I’ll have to go travelling with you – it seems Fred and George were a solid investment, I could sell them my part of the business’
‘You invested in them’
‘As did Hermione they couldn’t start it up on there own – they own half thanks to money Harry donated to them, and me and Hermione have a quarter each’
‘Huh’
‘If I sell it would be more then enough to buy the house for us, and while we travel I could do some freelance Dragon work if need be to get by’
‘You’re sure?’
He chuckled, ‘The Burrow, The leaky Cauldron or Grimmald place babe?’
‘Let’s talk to Hermione’
He looked down her ‘Now?’
‘No in the morning, let me sleep on it’

***
‘Hermione, Ron?’ she called ‘It’s Soph’ she wandered up and then saw the empty room before Charlie called her downstairs.
‘Ron – where is Hermione?’ he was in the living room
‘I don’t know’ he was packing boxes,
‘Where are you going?’
‘Home’
‘You’re going back to the Burrow?’ Charlie asked ‘What about the house?’
‘It’s Hermione’s half, she’s done what ever with it before she went where ever she’s gone’
‘You broke up with her then’ Sophie asked ‘or you would at least be a little worried for her wellbeing if it was another way round’
‘I don’t like you, you don’t know me; don’t make any judgements about me and her because you made a lucky guess that I had dumped her and not the other way round’
‘Don’t talk to her like that’
‘Why not – it’s not like she’s blood’
Charlie grabbed his collar and pushed him against the wall, ‘She’s going to be my wife, you don’t talk to her like that or you deal with me’
‘I’m so scared big brother’ he muttered ‘Are you going to set your crazy ex wife on me?’
‘No but I could just tell Harry what’s going on and I’m sure he’ll be angry about his best friend being rude to his sister – I wonder who he’ll choose to defend?’
‘I’ve known him seven years, she’s known him five minutes, she’s not his sister, she’s just someone he’s picked up to be a hero for’
‘You really are a horrible creature Ronald’ Sophia said walking out wiping her eyes, Charlie let him go
‘This is still half her house, hurry up and get out’ he left the room and went out to her in the hall way,
‘Are you ok?’
‘Your family really don’t like me do they?’
‘Ron is like my mother, everyone that matters loves you’
‘What do you mean?’
‘I love you and that’s the most important thing, it doesn’t matter about those two’
‘But your mother – she raised you; she’s the head of your family, without her approval – without her blessing how can you feel that this is right?’
‘Because I know it’s right, in here’ he touched his heart ‘It feels right that I want to be with you all the time, that I want to protect you, that I want to marry you – you don’t think just because your mother doesn’t approve of me you’d think of calling off the wedding, of changing your mind, do you?’
‘I – I don’t know, I mean maybe it would be better to wait until they’re more comfortable about the idea’
‘I really hate Ron right now you know’
‘Don’t – look it’s not his fault I’m thinking this’
‘But he’s helping you to decide’
‘We’ve set a date, I’m going to marry you then no matter what happens, I just think I’ve changed my mind about not having my mum there or your mum’
‘They’d come just to see we went through with it, they may threaten not to come but they’d want to witness what they believe we’d never go through with’
‘God’ she mumbled and let him envelop her in a hug. ‘Just marry me and take me far, far away will you please’
‘It’s a deal’ he kissed her forehead.

Chapter Forty Nine

‘What do you mean she resigned?’
‘She quit, she’s gone’
Harry stared ‘what – why?’
‘She said due to personal circumstances she can’t keep working here’
‘And did she say anything else, like where she’s gone because her house is abandoned’
‘Nope’
‘Has Ron been in to look for her or has he quit too?’
‘Nope, he’s still on the records’ the receptionist replied ‘He did change his home address back to the Burrow if that helps’
‘Yeah – thanks’ he replied and went to the fireplaces; he went to the Burrow to confront Ron only not to like what he saw when he stepped out of the fireplace.

‘So you dumped her for someone else then?’
He swore and got up from the couch, she pulled on the t-shirt,
‘No’ he replied ‘I broke it off with her because I realised we weren’t right for each other anymore’
‘And you started this with her when?’
‘None of your business’ he crossed his arms as she hurried up the stairs,
‘It is if you hurt Hermione in the process -’
‘- What would you care about her for anyway, you picked Ginny, you hardly speak to either of us anymore – you see Sophia more then you do your real family’
‘Soph is part of my real family Ron, she’s my sister, just like Hermione is, I used to believe you were my brother now I’m not so sure’ he stepped back to the fireplace,
‘I haven’t been your brother since you impregnated my little sister Potter’
‘As I recall Ronnykins she came to me willingly – probably as a welcome escape from you and your mother’ he stepped over the grate taking a handful of powder ‘but then why do I remember you giving your permission for us to get married?’ he threw the powder in the grate and disappeared before Ron could say anymore. He walked up the stairs,
‘Is he angry Ron?’
‘Don’t worry about it Pavarti’ he leant to kiss her forehead ‘He just doesn’t understand’

***
‘She didn’t leave a message, she didn’t send a patronus she’s just gone, her parents went to her room and found all her stuff was there in boxes but she didn’t even tell them where she’s gone’
‘Well maybe she’s just gone on holiday’
‘She’s not the kind to do that Gin and you know it’
‘I’m sure she’s fine’ she muttered rubbing Faiths back ‘Come on Princess go to sleep like your sister will you’ she yawned,
‘You want me to -’
‘- I can do it’
‘Get some sleep’
‘When she sleeps I will’ she didn’t let her go,
‘Alright’
‘Don’t look at me like that’
‘Like what?’
‘Here then super dad’ she muttered moving to hand her to him ‘See if you can do it’
He took her cradling her form in his arm and rocking gently,
She gurgled and yawned and closed her eyes,
‘That’s not fair’
‘Gin – she was going anyway, she would have gone to sleep for you too’
‘She wouldn’t and you know it Harry, they don’t like me as much as you’
‘Don’t be daft, you’re their mum’
‘And I’m here all day with them and then you come back from work and she falls straight asleep in your arms whereas I’ve been trying for a good half hour’
‘What if she was just waiting to see me the same as you do?’
‘Don’t try to make this sound sweet and cute’
‘What if she is just like you and can only fall asleep in my arms’
She pouted at him; he put Faith in the pram and wrapped her in a hug. ‘Now it’s your turn sweetheart’ he laid her across his lap stroking her hair, ‘You deserve all the naps you can get’
‘Stop trying to ply me up for what ever it is your going to ask for or do to find Hermione, just say that you’re going to look for her’
‘Gin’
‘No Harry, you know she never sent a message because it would have annoyed me’
‘But what I saw with Ron and Pavarti might have more to do with her going then you and her’
‘I know, but I still class my brother’s happiness higher then hers’
‘Even when he’s the one at fault’
‘She never does anything to help the situation; she either tries to avoid it or runs away completely’
He sighed ‘I’m going to find her ok?’
‘Fine’
He kissed the side of her head ‘I won’t go yet – give her a chance to be alone for a while in case she decides to come back on her own’
‘Ok’
‘Although if something’s happened to her the trail might go cold in a few hours’
She pulled herself up from his arms watching him think, his brain was still on the job and until he found Hermione he’d be there not with her.
‘Go on then – get lost’ she gestured to the door with her head and turned to lie against the other side of the couch,
‘Gin’
‘Go on – now before I divorce you’
He smiled and went for a kiss ‘Love you Gin’
‘Love you too, just come back when you’ve convinced her to follow you’
‘I don’t want to break the promise’
‘This isn’t work, this is you being Harry – I’m sure she’s fine and you won’t be in danger by going after her’
‘Thank you’ he kissed her again, ‘I’ll send patronus’s if it takes long’ he grabbed his cloak and wand, ‘It shouldn’t be more then a few days at most’
‘Just hurry, the quicker you go the quicker your back’ she yawned and lay back down,
‘Bye’ he kissed her one last time and then went to the twins,
‘You wake them’ she mumbled drifting, ‘and I’ll kill you before you get the chance to find her’
He sighed and then touched there heads with a fingertip, ‘Be back soon girls’ he smiled and then left.

He went to Grimmald place, got a trace to the airport and then something happened there wasn’t anything. He paid no mind to them staring at his cloak; this wasn’t his world anymore, so there was no reason for him to fit in. He stopped and stared - the Dursley’s.

‘Aunt Petunia’
She could hear her name from a mile away even with the sounds of planes taking off from regular intervals.
‘You’ she muttered looking him up and down,
Then it was Vernon’s turn, ‘Boy what are you doing here?’
‘I’m here for work, I’m tracking someone’
‘Dudley laughed ‘Work – you’
‘I’m an Auror’ he rolled his eyes ‘It’s the police for the Wizarding community, I have to do something to look after our world and my family’
‘Family’
‘I’m married with kids – I did send you the birth announcement and the wedding invite but maybe you misplaced them’ he smirked,
‘No I saw dad throwing them in the fireplace’ he earned himself a kick from his father, but Petunia looked at him as if she’d had no idea about the letters.
Harry watched her ‘I’ve got two little girls in case you’re interested’
She spoke before Vernon could ‘How old?’
‘Few months, born the end of August’
She gulped ‘and your wife?’
‘You’ve met her father and brothers before – her name was Ginny Weasley’
‘One of those red heads?’ Vernon smirked,
‘So like you father, a fool for the red hair and a nice smile’ she clasped her hand over her mouth,
‘What – what do you mean?’
‘We’re going to be late’ she said sharply and walked off the men following with the luggage,
‘Petunia what do you mean?!’ he shouted,
She stopped and came to meet him alone in the crowd,
‘Aunt Petunia to you Harry’
‘Sorry’
‘She was my sister after all Harry’
‘Yes but -’
‘I knew your father until I married Vernon’
‘You did?’
‘I was quite a good sister to her, sister in law to him; we would speak often until I was shown how to think differently of your kind’
‘He made you hate her’
‘I chose that my self, she made it easy with her perfect little life’
‘It wasn’t so perfect she was murdered!’ he shouted and walked away. He went out side for fresh air, his head was spinning, then it was his stomach, it had been weeks, and it wasn’t gone and now it was on fire. He collapsed on hands and knees in the crowed drop off zone.
‘Sir – sir are you ok?’
He heaved and pulled out his wand, there was no other choice, he had to expose himself, he might get fired but this was his life, his and Ginny’s life together, it couldn’t end so soon.
He gathered up all the energy he hand left to apparate to the floor of Mungo’s and blacked out when he landed.

***
‘He’s my husband you can’t keep me out here, you’ve told me he’s unconscious and that’s it!’
Bill started, ‘Gin calm down’
‘Don’t tell me to calm down; I want to know what’s going on!’
A baby started to cry and she went to the pram, Molly got there first,
‘Give her to me’
‘Maybe I should take them to the Burrow, and then you don’t have to worry about them too’
‘Give her to me now’
She frowned and handed her over,
‘There now’ she eased off crying ‘Good girl’ she kissed her forehead ‘Daddy’s going to be ok’ she cradled her ‘They’re staying with me’
‘You don’t think they’d be better off away from all this’
‘I want them with me, they’re not staying out of my reach until I know he’s ok, whoever’s done this to him will be after them and me next so we’re all going to stay together’
‘Gin’ Soph apparated, ‘Is he ok?’
‘Don’t know, they won’t tell me’
‘I’ll go and see Cara, see if she knows anything’
‘Thanks – I’ve been so mad I completely forgot she’s here’
‘It’s ok’ she kissed her sister in laws cheek ‘He’ll be ok – he’s Harry, we know he’ll be ok’
Ginny nodded and sat down with the smiling Faith giving her a teddy from the pram.
‘See Aunty Soph says Daddy’s going to be ok too’
‘Where was he before he got here Gin?’
‘Looking for Hermione, she left after Ron dumped her for Pavarti’
‘I did not’ he started walking down the corridor with his new girlfriend, ‘I didn’t start seeing Pavarti until after’
‘Sure’
‘I didn’t, Hermione leaving is cause she wanted to run away for a bit, to see if anyone noticed she was gone, she’ll be back’
‘Harry didn’t seem to think so and he went after her and now he’s in there unconscious and barely alive!’
‘Don’t get angry with me, I didn’t tell him to go after her, he did that by himself, you know he likes her more then he lets on or he wouldn’t have gone, don’t you see it little sister – if you hadn’t gotten knocked up he would have gone after her instead’
She handed Faith to Molly, Bill tried to stop her, and Charlie tried to calm her down standing in front of Ron as she took out her wand.
‘Get out of the way so I can kill him’
‘Ginny’
She raised it higher, ‘NOW!’
‘No, just calm down, we’ll get rid of him for you’ Bill attempted to take his brothers arm but Ron pulled away,
‘She needed to hear it’
‘Not now she flaming well didn’t’
‘Is that what you all think?’ she stepped back taking in the faces of her three brothers and her parents ‘Tell me is that what you all believe?’
‘No Ginerva’ Arthur lowered her wand wielding arm with a hand ‘He’s just angry’
‘Gin’ Cara said rushing towards them ‘Gin – it’s the bruise, the one Malfoy left, he’s invoked the curse on it’
‘Why couldn’t they tell me that?’
‘You didn’t hear it from me ok’ she hugged her tightly ‘There keeping people away because there trying to establish what it does, they can’t do the tests while he’s surrounded by you guys’
‘Why couldn’t they just tell me?’
‘There not supposed to until it’s completely clear what it is, all bureaucratic nonsense’
‘Merlin – do they know anything about it?’
‘No – he can’t exactly tell them can he’
‘I can’ Soph said,
‘What?’
‘You never asked him about it erm but I did, I was curious about curses and he told me what happened that time’
‘You know what colour the light was?’
‘Purple’
‘Does he remember the incantation?’
‘No – he only remember that it began with T’
‘Anything else’
‘Erm he thought it could only be used with violence that would leave a lasting mark – like if he was stabbed or bruised not just poked with a wand or something’
‘Makes sense’
‘He’s also in a lot of pain with it when he’s angry, only he doesn’t tell Ginny because he doesn’t want her to worry about it’
‘So he tells you, I’m the only one left out of the loop for everything in this marriage when it’s only supposed to be him and me not her and you and my family and all the other random strays he’s picked up along the way! Why don’t I know these things, why won’t he tell me what’s important?’
‘Ginny he just didn’t want you to worry’
‘I’m supposed to worry I’m his wife, I’m meant to worry about him when there’s something wrong with him – I’m the one that’s supposed to know what’s the matter with him because he’s confided in me and not some stranger he’s decided to call sister!’
‘I know you only said that because you’re upset and angry’
‘DON’T YOU DARE TRY TO TELL ME WHAT I’M FEELING; I’VE ALREADY LET MY BROTHERS CHASE AFTER YOU NOW YOU’RE TRYING TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TOO!’
‘Ginny’ Molly said, but noted her lack of interest as she continued on her tirade,
‘YOU’RE NOT HIS SISTER YOU NEVER WILL BE, YOU’RE JUST A GIRL HE FANCIED FOR A WHILE AND NOW KEEPS YOU AROUND FOR SOME SICK SENSE OF OBLIGATION HE FEELS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER GIRL IN HIS LIFE INCLUDING ME APPARENTLY!’
‘GINNY!’ Charlie said angrily ‘I don’t care if it was you in that hospital bed, your not allowed to get away with abusing people just because your suffering from a lot of paranoia’
‘I’m not apologising’
‘Let’s go Soph’
‘He’s my brother’ she said calmly, ‘Ginny is allowed to get mad at me, its fine, its Harry that I’m worried about, not some things she’s saying in the heat of the moment because she’s worried for him too, more worried then I am and she’s supposed to be, she’s his wife and she loves him’ she reached for Ginny’s hand and she let her take it, ‘I understand why she’s upset, I’ve kept something from her and so has Harry, she has every right to be so’ she pulled Ginny into a hug and she gave in to it willingly,
‘I’m sorry’
‘Ginny really, it’s fine’
‘No it’s not’
‘I promise you it is, forget about it, I have already’
‘But I was so mean’
‘Gin, right now you’re allowed to be’

‘Mrs Potter’
‘Yes’ she let go and looked around for the source of the voice urgently,
The little man shuffled towards her weeping slightly,
‘Mrs Potter – we regret to inform you that Harry Potter has just passed away’
‘What?’ she said looking at him ‘Say that again please’
‘Mrs Potter’
‘SAY IT AGAIN!’
‘Harry’s dead mam’
‘No – that’s impossible – you’re lying to me!’
‘I’m so very sorry’
She held onto Sophie ‘If anything happens to me I want you and Charlie to have the girls’
‘Ginny’ she was crying into her arms just as much, ‘nothing will’
‘If it does’
‘We promise to’,
She let go ‘I want to see him – alone’ she added when her mother stepped forward,
‘I’ll take you in’

OMG! No way! Omg, Ginny is goig to go mad! I can see it. Why else would she have said that to Sophia?

And Ron and Hermioe both just frustrate me... But, Harrys dead so...

Great Posts!
PAMS!
sOPH XX

Chapter Fifty

She walked in head held high, tears falling but concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other to get to him lying in the bed.

‘Mrs Potter’
‘Leave us alone’
‘Take as long as you need’

She heard the door close and then opened the curtain to his bed.
‘You promised me you wouldn’t go’ she took his hand, he was still warm, ‘Harry you promised me’
She sunk to her knees holding on to his hand and his arm, ‘We’ve been married officially days – just over a week and – and now you’re – you – I didn’t leave you when I thought I was going to die and now you’ve gone – I hate you – I hate you so much’ she hung on pulling herself up in tears to lie next to him, ‘You’re not supposed to leave me until we’re old’ she kissed his cheek, his lips, ‘You’re Harry Potter your not supposed to die now after everything, after facing death so many times this is not how you leave me’
‘Oh he’s not dead’ she smirked walking from a swirl of grey smoke ‘I’ve just got his soul’ she waved a glass bottle in her hand and through tear stained eyes she could she Harry’s face in white mist screaming at her, ‘I’m surprised it was so easy’
‘Give me him back’ she took out her wand, ‘Now’
‘Ginny, Ginny, Ginny don’t be so silly’ she held her own wand pointing it at the bottle ‘You try anything and well this bottle gets smashed and Harry’s gone for ever’ she feigned dropping the bottle with a giggle, ‘Oops nearly’ she smiled,
‘You’re Jade then’
‘That’s me’ she bit her lip ‘Now lets see’ she flicked her wand and Ginny fell to the floor screaming as her soul was dragged from her body by an invisible rope at its white misty waist,
It was clawing the floor trying to make its way back to her body when Charlie, Bill and Mr Weasley came in,
Jade looked up, released Ginny from the spell and disappeared still holding onto Harry in the bottle.
The screaming form was sucked, as if via vacuum, between Ginny’s lips and back into her body ‘What the hell’ Charlie said lifting the unconscious Ginny up onto the bed beside Harry,
‘She’s taken his soul’ Ginny said croaking as she woke, ‘He’s not dead’
‘What do they need his soul for Gin?’
‘It could only be for one thing’ she mumbled,

‘Voldemort’ the three men said together,
Ginny closed her eyes rolling to hold his body to her, ‘I’m going to get him back’

AHHHHH!!!
Sorry I've only got round to reading this!
Ooo..I have words to describe Jade!
PAMS PAMS PAMS!!!
Great Post Lilly!
S xx

Chapter Fifty
‘Ginny don’t be so silly, you can’t leave Faith and Hope now, we’ll get him back’ Charlie said waving his wand to return the baby items back to the room, ‘Take them to mums for now, she’ll look after you all’
‘I don’t need looking after I’m going to find my husband and return him to his body’
‘Soph looked it up, you have three days of waiting, me and Bill and Ron – we’ll get him back just don’t put yourself at risk like this, don’t leave your daughters like Harry’s parents left him’
‘They died protecting him; if I die it will be to save them’
‘Let them at least grow up with one parent’
‘You can’t change my mind’
‘Fine’ he conjured ropes to wrap around her forcing her to sit on the kitchen chair,
‘Charlie’ she struggled ‘Let me go now!’
‘Charlie?’ Sophie said coming down the stairs, floating the carry cribs in front of her gently as they slept, ‘Charlie what are you – oh’
‘It’s for her own good’ he frowned,
‘Well I’m coming if you won’t let her’
‘What – no the whole point is to keep you guys safe’
‘You won’t take his wife, take his sister so she has piece of mind’
‘I’m not risking you – you want me to tie you up too?’
‘Fine let’s take them to Molly’
‘Thank you’
She winked at Ginny who smiled at her thankful at her deceit.

***
‘You ready Charlie?’
‘Yeah’ he took out his wand, ‘Malfoy manor right’
‘First try’ Ron smirked ‘I doubt they’ll be there’
‘Malfoy’s not exactly clever Ron’ Bill muttered, ‘Though he sure beats you in the brain department’
‘Take care Bill’ Fleur hugged and kissed him, he patted her bulging belly,
‘Be back soon’
‘Don’t do anything stupid Charlie’ Sophie said biting her lip, reluctant to kiss him in case it would be the last time, but then with what she planned she’d be lucky to get another one, ‘Love you’ she kissed him delicately,
‘Love you too’
‘Urgh – lets go already’
Charlie looked over ‘No, Pavarti then Ron eh?’
‘She’s my girlfriend not my Siamese twin, let’s go’
Sophie stepped back from him reluctantly,
‘Take care of Gin hey’ he smiled and she nodded, they disappeared.

She hurried up the stairs to her in her old room with the twins,
‘Thank you Sophie’
‘Its fine, I just hope Charlie will forgive me’ she wiped her eyes hurriedly,
‘He will, I promise’ she handed over the cloak, ‘Good Luck sister’
She squeezed her hand gently, ‘I’ll send you a message when we find him’ she threw the cloak on vanishing from sight before disappearing with a soft crack.

She looked around seeing them walking cloaked to the front door.
‘Oh my god there so stupid’ she hurried after them trying to avoid telling them to recognise the signs of a trap – you never go through the front door, she got that from the expanse of muggle films she’d watched over the years,
‘This doesn’t look like they’re home Charlie’
‘Shut it Ron’
She tried to find a way to tell him, ‘Charlie it’s not right’ she whispered softly ‘Use the cellar’
‘Let’s go this way’ he gestured his head to the cellar doors round the side, ‘They’ll be keeping tabs on the main entrances but this one might be closer to where there keeping him’
‘Why the sudden change of mind?’ Bill asked following,
‘Erm... just a little hint’ he broke the lock with a flick of his wand and they walked through into darkness lighting there wands,
‘Hint’ Ron hissed ‘What kind of hint?’
‘Hmm – oh just Soph’
His eyes glanced over there surrounding picking out the only door as there way out, ‘Keep quiet will you’
‘We’re being led to our deaths by the voice of your girlfriend in your head and you want me to be quiet’
He turned around to him ‘I trust her, she’s knows when something’s wrong, she has a knack for it’ he turned back ‘Keep quiet or we’re going to get caught’
‘Yeah so she already knew you were married’ he hissed,
He was poised to turn the door handle ‘Ron shut your mouth right now or I’ll shut it for you, your putting us in danger’
‘I-’ Bill slapped him round the top of the head and put a finger on his lips gesturing,
Ron scowled and followed them into the hallway.
Sophia smiled following on after them,
There were voices above them,
‘They’re here’
Suddenly the whole house shifted and thumped back on the ground,
‘What the hell was that?’
‘They just apparated us all, house included’ Bill said ‘A trick used by the Egyptians for guarding there tombs, you shift the entire place when some breaks in, the guard wakes up, chucks you out in the middle of the desert and then the tomb is replaced back where it was’
Charlie muttered, ‘They know we’re here’
Bill cut in ‘There not going to chuck us out’
Ron swore then spoke ‘-They’re going to kill us’
‘No there not’ Sophie said with a grin
‘They don’t know you’re here, they know that somebody’s here and they went through the front door’
‘Sophia?’
She took down the hood ‘Thought you could do with a helping hand – I sent in a decoy upstairs to distract them, come on’ she put the hood back up before he could get angry at her and left a trail of purple sparks for them to follow as she took them up stairs. She’d seen the floor plan in Sirius’s vault and remembered where the main room was, the room that centred the entire magical energy of the household creating enough of a build up to summon something.
‘Sophia’ he said sharply,
‘Be ready’ she replied, it filtered through the air and she could feel it on her fingertips smiling as she stopped ‘Disillusionment charms boys’
They did as she said and they slowed down, wands out and hands on shoulders to guide each other,
They walked pass guards and death eaters and into the atrium where Draco stood cloaked in black and stirring a large cauldron. Jade grinned sitting in a huge armchair with a bottle in her lap,
‘Hi guys, come to join the party?’
Draco looked up,
Ron hissed ‘How can she see us?’
‘I have terrific eye sight’ she stroked the bottle gently with a finger as Harry’s face was pressed up against it in a silent scream, ‘I see things others don’t, or aren’t willing to, I see the dead, the living and those in between – I see those trying to hide’ she waved her wand and they appeared before her, ‘And I see exactly what I need to bring my master back’
Sophia realised she was still under the protection of the cloak and moved away from them to Draco, Jade didn’t seem to notice.

‘Now to bring him back I need three strong souls, which of you would like to volunteer to be one?’
‘Give us back Harry’
‘Now now, that is not negotiable, he is vital, I need him, and mind you I need a strong female too’
‘Why don’t you kill yourself there’s one down’
‘No I was thinking more Miss Black – I’ve sent some nice people to get her, where will she be … the ministry telling them all about me again or back at your love nest?’
‘Leave her alone’
‘How about no’ she grinned ‘You’ll do nicely Charlie, I’ll have you both hey’ she grinned and flicked her wand tying Bill and Ron up, she lassoed Charlie dragging him over about to cast the spell,
‘No – don’t do it’ she pulled off the cloak,
‘Soph’
‘Take me instead – leave him out of it just take me’
‘Hmm’ she grinned and handed Draco the bottle, ‘No’
‘Fine’ Sophia had her wand out and sent Jade flying across the room, Draco made the bottle vanish before taking her by the throat, wrist at her neck and wand pointed at her heart,
‘You try one thing and I’ll kill her’
‘Don’t do it’
Jade got up wiping blood from her face with a sleeve, ‘Mmm, it’s nice to feel something even if it is pain’ she sent out a bolt of electricity and Sophia jerked and screamed and twisted in torment,
‘Stop it – stop it Jade, please’
Draco let her go for him to watch her lie on the floor in agony,
‘You try to touch her you’re dead’
‘Just stop the curse ok, you can have me – I’m coming willingly so let her go’
Jade laughed ‘Nope, I’m just going to use you both – pleading won’t work on me Charlie you should know that’
‘Fine, you know what just do it’
His brothers shuffled in protest to stop them trying to get out of there bindings, Malfoy tightened the ropes, but Jade released Soph from the spell to pick her up by her hair,
‘Up now’ she spat ‘How on earth could he love such a pathetic little creature like you?’
‘Cause I’m not like you’ she said just as angrily, she pushed her off and went for the cloak. Jade sent curse after curse but they bounced back around the room, one hitting a guard in the face and leaving him dead on the floor.
‘Draco – Potter’s soul please’ she turned to him ‘Draco’
Soph poked him in the back with her wand and he conjured it up, she stunned Jade and took the bottle from his grasp to curse him. She undid the ropes to release them but went to the cauldron,
‘Unicorn blood, dragon blood, phoenix feathers – Ewww someone’s arm’ it bobbed in the thick brown mixture with marbles of gold and silver ‘And eye’s and oh my god – they sacrificed a person’
‘Course they did they’re bonkers – let’s get out of here’ Charlie said trying to pull her away,
‘We have to take this to the ministry so they can identify him’
The head floated to the surface and Charlie looked away ‘He’s the – the minister for magic – Rufus Scrimgeour’
‘But he’s famous how does know one know?’
‘Polyjuice can make anyone the same’ he pointed to the shaved head ‘They’ll be him for a long time’
‘Not if we can help it’ She replied ‘But Harry first’ they apparated just as the guards became aware of the situation and ran into the room.

She hurried up the staircase ‘Gin – Gin – we’ve got him’ she ran into the bedroom to see her asleep beside the body on the bed and the twins asleep in there pram on the other side
‘Gin honey’ she shuck her gently ‘I’ve got Harry’
She leant in and made to undo the bottle,
‘Let me’ she said reaching out ‘Please – just to be alone with him when he comes back’
‘Sure’

She left the room and closed the door.

He lay there cold and dead, she uncorked the bottle and the mist knew its rightful place. It was sucked back into his lifeless corpse and he breathed in deeply.
‘Harry’
‘Gin – my Gin’ he grabbed her in his arms ‘I thought I’d never see you again’ he kissed where ever he could,
‘You – you died’
He stopped just to hold her tightly, ‘I don’t know what happened, I just passed out when I reached Mungo’s’
‘I love you so, so much please don’t ever leave me like that again, please’
‘I’ll try’ he kissed her lovingly ‘I promise I’ll try’ and again and again,
‘Harry’ she mumbled as he continued his attentions to her,
‘This is celebrating not being dead’
‘As much as I want to right now, we can’t – not with the twins in here, not with Sophia waiting outside the door’
‘Oh’ he frowned and then went for another last lingering kiss ‘Ok, but as soon as this is over I’m ravishing you’
‘I’m in sheer delight at the very thought of it honey’ she hugged him once more ‘Go make sure your babies and your sister can see you’re ok’
‘Ok’ he went to the crib, ‘Hello my girls’ he grinned ‘Hmm they smell so nice and so warm’ he hugged them ‘I’m sorry daddy left you for a little bit – how long was it?’
‘A day, a whole day – you were in the hospital passed out for a good while before Jade decided to steal your soul’
‘Steal my – but that means – surely she’s not that stupid’
‘Bill, Charlie, Soph and Ron got you from her at Malfoy Manor’
He replaced them in the crib, ‘Right – but what about Hermione?’
She stiffened at his words and tried to contain herself remembering what Ron had said’
‘Gin – what’s wrong?’
‘Nothing’
‘Gin’
‘Nothing’
‘This is because I went after Hermione and I got hurt’
‘Not hurt – killed – soul sucked right out as you slept like a dementors kiss – worse then death’
‘But a dementor – your soul doesn’t go back in’
‘Jade was keeping you in a jar; your body would have lasted three days under the spell’
‘Right- ok – and now Hermione has anyone found her?’
‘Don’t know or care’
‘Gin’
‘Don’t talk to me about her’
‘We sorted this out didn’t we?’
‘Go say hi to your sister’ she muttered ‘Before I decide I like you better screaming at me from inside a bottle’
He closed his eyes in annoyance, took a deep breath and then left the room.

‘Harry!’ she grinned and jumped on him in a hug,
‘Hey sis – I do have one question though, erm why does Gin hate Hermione again – apart from me going after her and the soul sucking – which was not Hermione’s fault’
‘Ron – you’d better ask Ron’
‘RONALD!’ He shouted,
‘Mate’ he grinned coming up the stairs ‘-You’re alive’
‘You’re dead’ he pushed him up against the wall arm against his throat ‘What did you tell my wife?’
‘The truth’
‘Which you think is what?’
‘That you would have gone after Hermione if Gin hadn’t gotten pregnant’
‘I love Ginny, I can’t leave Ginny, she’s my wife – Hermione is my best friend and that’s all she is, she’s a sister not – not anything else, I don’t see her as anything else I never have!’
‘Yeah right – because you haven’t noticed she’s madly in love with you’
‘She’s my friend! She was your girlfriend until you dumped her – what was it for hey? Because you couldn’t take that she wouldn’t sleep with you – because she wasn’t ready to but you were so you jump on Pavarti after you dumped her’
‘That’s not it’
‘You’re not a very good liar Ron’
‘What would you know?’
‘I’ve known you years, I know you were just more concerned to catch up with me in that department rather then be the best friend who’s in love with his other best friend and wants to wait and be sensible’
‘My little sister Harry – my little sister, how as a best friend is it ok to sleep with her – ever – to be with her, to have kids with her – you nearly killed her, then you keep leaving her and let her hang on to whatever’s left before waiting for her to come back because she can’t do anything else with her life now you’ve ruined it – now you’ve landed her with kids and she hasn’t even finished school yet!’
Harry punched him in the face and it turned into a brawl until Charlie and Bill jumped in to grab one each.

‘There are bigger things then you two going on right now’ Soph said standing in the middle of the fray ‘The minister for magic is dead and floating in Malfoy’s cauldron, he has the ashes of Voldemort and is trying to raise him from the dead and to do that he needs Harry and a strong magical couple – Jade having me and Charlie set in her sights – and she tried to take Ginny before, so for now put your differences aside, fight with us to stop him and then I give you free reign to tear each other to shreds’
‘Fine’ Harry muttered wiping a cut lip,
‘Fine’ Ron replied glaring at his adversary and wiping a bloody nose on his sleeve.