regret, harry potter (rewriting)

twenty nine

Andromeda and Teddy came during the night to eat a Christmas dinner feast with them. Aurelia was completely smitten by the sight of the cute blue-haired baby.

When Teddy arrived, Harry automatically put him in his embrace. Harry was walking around the house with Teddy on his arm the whole night.

"Didn't expect you to be into fatherhood at such a young age," said Aurelia as she entered the living room while Harry was sitting on the sofa with Teddy.

"Me neither," he replied, chuckling.

Aurelia sat next to him and studied Teddy.

"It still amazes me that he's a metamorphmagus, do you know how rare that is?" she informed him in an amazed tone.

"Yeah, Hermione told me that," he replied while stroking Teddy's cheek. "I'm his godfather you know."

"You're what?" Her eyes widened.

"Yeah. . . Remus made me his godfather," he stated proudly.

"Is that why you're all fatherly with him?"

"Guess so. . . I feel like I owe it to him, you know? After all the things his parents did to me," confessed Harry sadly. "And I feel like we relate a lot, in so many ways."

"Well except you grew up in a cupboard," she joked. "Sorry. . ." she quickly apologized.

Stupid mouth.

"S'alright, I think it's funny," he made sure, chuckling as he did. "Yeah. . . I wouldn't wish that on anyone."

"Why didn't you run away Harry? I'm sure The Weasleys wouldn't mind you living with them or you could stay with Hermione, her parents are muggles."

"I couldn't even if I wanted to," Harry told her. He then explained to her how Sacrificial Protection works.

"I'm sorry. . . I didn't know."

"S'alright. Not a lot of people did." Harry smiled at her.

"He's sleeping now, look at how peaceful he looks. . ." whispered Aurelia.

"He does, isn't he," he breathed out.

Not long after that, Andromeda and Teddy went back home. All of the kids were hanging out in the living room until Ron said he was hungry again.

"Oh my God," Aurelia gasped.

"What?" asked Ron.

"I have a gingerbread house kit. I bought it for us, I forgot!"

"Well, what are you waiting for? BRING IT HERE!" Ron beamed

"Ronald," Hermione hissed and Ginny laughed.

"I'll get it." Aurelia stood up.

"I'll help." Harry followed Aurelia.

Once Harry and Aurelia brought all of the gingerbread house kit boxes down, the five teenagers decorated their gingerbread houses.

"Ron! Stop eating the candies! You're supposed to decorate the house with the candies!" Hermione scolded him.

Not long after that, George came back to the house.

"What are you lot doing?" asked George, looking at everyone and the messy table.

"Decorating gingerbread houses," answered Ron, shrugging.

George was planning to stay at his flat however he decided at the last minute to stay at The Burrow. Aurelia noticed he has been distant from everyone.