The Marauders And The Rose

I Don't Want To Let Go

Rosabella's Point of View:
   
"My name isn't Aquila, it's Rosabella Black. I'm your daughter." I said barely keeping my voice from shaking.

Sirius and Rosalie were shocked but I could tell they were thrilled. Dad stared at me in disbelief but a smile making his way onto his face. Rosalie reached out and put one of her hands on the side of my face. I avoided eye contact and then Rosalie put her other hand and the other side of my face. I had no choice but to look at her then. I hesitantly looked at her. She smiled brightly at me.
   
"Your so beautiful." She said and pulled me into a tight hug.

She wasn't a mom yet and already she seemed to have the mom hug down. The feeling of her hugging me was distantly familiar, as if I was remembering a long forgotten dream. I wrapped my arms loosely around my mother.

'Don't get attached! Don't get attached! Don't get attached!"

I chanted in my head over and over again.
Dad seemed to have decided mom had had me long enough and I was soon engulfed into a familiar bear hug. I hugged Dad tightly back. Out of the corner of my eye I saw James approach Harry. They stared at each for a moment before James laughed and pulled Harry into a hug patting him on the back.
   
"Padfoot, I have a clone!" James shouted eagerly.

Harry laughed.
   
"All I ever hear is that I look just like you except my eyes. I have my mother's eyes." Harry told James.
   
"Who's your mother?" Sirius asked interested but he kept me close to his side and my mom was on my other side.

James looked eagerly at Harry waiting for the answer. Harry pointed at Lily. Everyone but Harry and I all gasped. Lily looked horror struck.
   
"What?" Lily demanded.
   
"That explains why his eyes were so familiar!" Remus said, grinning.
   
"Let me see!" Marlene said eagerly as she dragged a shell shocked Lily over to James and Harry.

Marlene moved Lily to stand next to Harry. Mary bounded over and motioned Harry to crouch down so he was eye level with Lily. James joined in and they all studied and compared Harry and Lily's eyes.

"They're identical! The exact same shape and shade of green!" James said excitedly and roared with laughter.

Lily was now snapped out of her shocked state and she glared at James before she turned to Harry and stared intently at his eyes. After a few moments she sighed in defeat when there was no denying they were the same. Lily gave Harry a soft smile and pulled him into a hug which Harry didn't hesitate to return.
  
"Tell us more about yourselves!" Mary insisted eagerly with a smile.
   
"Well . . . I'm the youngest of five and I'm a Chaser on Gryffindor quiditch team, same as my two older twin brothers Jason and Jacob but we call them Jay and Jake." I said.
   
"You knocked up my sister five times?!?!" Remus exclaimed.
   
"Padfoot you couldn't push for two more? You'd have your own quiditch team!" James yelled enthusiastically.
   
"Shut up both of you! Tell us about your siblings." Rosalie said and looked at me.

I avoided meeting her gaze.
 
"Well Lucas is the oldest, he turning 19 soon and he actually has a daughter on the way and he's engaged. Then there's the twins, they'll be 18 in January, then there's Michael and he turned 17 in October. I'm the youngest and only girl." I said.
   
"We're about to be grandparents?" Sirius said excitedly.
   
"He's so young!" Rosalie said apprehensively.

Harry and I looked at each other and started laughing.
   
"What?" Everyone demanded.
   
"You both were younger when you had Lucas." I said to Sirius and Rosalie, mainly looking at Sirius.
   
"You had Lucas in your seventh year at Hogwarts." Harry explained.
   
"What?" They all exclaimed shocked and Remus gave Sirius an accusing look.
   
"So, Harry, what about you? Any siblings?" Alice said quickly, glancing at Remus uneasily.
   
"No, just me. But I consider Ro's brothers as my own especially when Ro and I . . ." Harry trailed on as he looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.