Albus Potter and the Foreign Hope: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Sequel

CHAPTER 20- Albus and Lena Potter

HERMIONE CLEARED HER THROAT AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH. Ron gave her a small wave from his seat and blew her a kiss. Hermione gave him a smile and a small, barely visible wave.

"As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted," said Hermione "When Albus asked me for a favor I have to admit I was a bit reluctant to agree because the last time he asked for a favor, my house nearly burnt down. But, as everyone here can see, the days of Albus being a reckless, stupid, teenager, like his father, are over, and we have Lena to thank for that."

Everyone chuckled at that except Harry who crossed his arms and pouted. Ginny patted his knee and he stopped pouting.

"I have had the glorious opportunity to watch their love blossom and how it has changed them for the better. Albus, Lena I believe you have prepared your vows."

"Well, I'll be embarrassed if Lena has them prepared because I don't," Albus said, "I tried, but I can't think of anything that I haven't already said before to Lena and I don't think there are words that have been invented that can express how much I love her and how much she means to me. So I suppose a simple 'I love you and I will cherish you until the day I die' will have to do." Albus slipped a golden ring through Lena's finger and she smiled.

"Albus Severus Potter," said Lena, "I knew from the moment that I met you that you were going to change my life. I just didn't know by how much. You've saved me more times than I can possibly imagine and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you." Albus smiled as the cold metal was now resting around his ring finger.

"With that I pronounce you husband and wife," said Hermione, "You may now kiss the bride."

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Albus took his seat next to Lena as Scorpius stood up to make a toast.

"As the best man I feel like I should be honest and I have to say, I didn't not think I'd see Albus marrying Lena," said Scorpius, "Lena is graceful, beautiful and poised. And Albus... Is not."

Albus scoffed and everyone else laughed.

"Despite of that, congratulations Albus on marrying a wonderful witch and Lena, good luck because as of now Albus is officially, and more importantly legally, your problem." Lena saw Albus pouting so she kissed his cheek and a goofy grin replaced his pout.

"But seriously, enough with the jokes," he continued, "I have known Albus for a long time and nothing or no one has ever made him happier than Lena has. Albus is the reason Lena is alive and Lena is the reason that Albus is living his life to the fullest. Congratulations, you two!"

Scorpius sat down at his seat and Rose stood up, with a glass of firewhisky in her hand.

"Lena is my best friend in the entire world," said Rose, "Almost like family. Truth is, ever since we were thirteen, I always hoped that someday she would marry Albus so she would officially be a part of the family. I could not have picked a better soulmate for either of you. So three cheers for Albus and Lena. I wish you luck and hope you have many adventures."

"NO!" Albus and Lena shouted, startling Rose. Everyone stared at them.

"I love the sentiment Rose," said Albus, "But, haven't we had enough?" Everyone laughed and Albus kissed the back of Lena's hand.

"Guess from now on we should be lucky enough to have a normal life." said Lena. Rose sat back down and everyone started eating and chattering amongst themselves.

After a delicious meal, some guests started dancing while others continued talking amongst themselves. Albus made rounds and made sure to at least greet every single guest while Lena played with Xavier and Lydia.

Albus slumped down on a chair next to Lena and put his arm around her.

"Why couldn't you have wanted a small wedding?" he complained.

"We did. We invited only close friends and family," Lena said, "The only family I have is Gabrielle and her boyfriend, Jean-Claude. You're the one who is related to half the planet."

"Well in that case, my family is now you're family," Albus said smiling, "Congratulations on being related to half the planet."

Xavier let out a big yawn his eyes had started drooping. Lena picked him up and rocked him.

"Lydia, sweetheart, could you go find James or Audrey, whoever you find first," Lena asked, "Xavier needs to take a nap, yes he does! Oh yes he does!"

"Okay," said Lydia, running into a crowd of people. She came back a few minutes later with Audrey, she took Xavier from Lena and continued to rock him.

"You have got to teach me how to do that," she said, "I've been trying to get him to sleep for hours."

"Oh it's nothing," said Lena, waving her hand, "I just let him tire himself out."

"He got tired so quickly?" Lydia asked, "He wasn't running or jumping... He was just sitting there, laughing."

"Well, babies need a lot of energy," Audrey answered, "They're bones are growing and so is their body, just like yours did when you were a baby."

"Where do babies come from anyway?" asked Lydia. Audrey and Albus both stuttered for an answer.

"I'm afraid you're going to have to ask your mum that question when you get older," said Lena. Lydia frowned but soon she her brother get ice-cream and her face lit up while she ran to him. James soon joined the three.

"How did you get him so fall asleep?" he asked. Lena, Albus and Audrey laughed.

"All right, we best get going now that he is finally asleep," said Audrey, "It was a wonderful wedding. Congratulations you two!"

"Thank you for coming," Lena said with a smile.

"Say hi to Katerina for me?" said Albus, trying to hid a smirk.

"Who's Katerina?" Audrey asked.

"No one love," James said quickly, nervously laughing  a little and kissing his wife. Albus laughed to himself while James and Audrey disapprated.

"What was that for?" Lena asked.

"No reason," said Albus.

"I was about to going to do the same," said Lena, "Except I was also going to add 'She misses you so much'"

"Great minds think alike," said Albus.

"It's why you married me, isn't it?"

"And I won't ever regret it one bit."

A/N: So I tried something new with the wedding chapter cause I was getting bored with the same cliche dialogues and procedure... Let me know what you guys think about it. I would also like to mention that I will be going through my old works and editing them a little bit, like just correct the grammatical mistakes and stuff. I won't change the dialogues or the plot so there's that. Thank you all for reading and I hoped you liked this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!!