As It Was *Complete*

32. You Want To Me My Brother Too?

She wasn't going to lie though. She was nervous too. What if he hated her? What if he blamed her? What if he blamed Snape? Or didn't want to know her any more. There were so many things that could go wrong with this. She was terrified.

"Stop it," Draco said quietly as Snape, Remus and Lupin discussed how they were going to actually tell Harry. "You are shaking and terrified. Potter adores you and already sees you as family. He will be happy to have a sibling."

"You don't know that," Astra said.

"I see how he looks at you. I have been... watching." He blushed.

"Watching?" Astra smirked.

"I mean I have noticed." Draco rolled his eyes. "While you were ignoring me for being an ass, I was noticing you. And I know that Harry cares for you. Even if he is mad. Even if he shouts and doesn't believe any of this....he will come around. It's Harry he always does the right thing."

"Not always," Astra said quietly again as she looked at the scar on Draco's chest, the one from when Harry shot that curse at him.

"Well, most of the time. Just let him talk, he will have questions and may even need time. But trust me that he will be delighted to have you in his life. Anyone would."

"You want to me my brother too?" She asked smiling.

"Not exactly," Draco muttered as footsteps echoed outside. Draco put his arm around her and squeezed her to him. "This is it, don't be scared."

She leaned in close to him, as if he offered protection. In any case it calmed her. But also made her heart beat faster. "Don't let go," she said looking up at him.

"Of you? No chance," he smirked.

The doors to the hospital wing opened, and Professor McGonagall walked in with Harry, still fully clothed behind her. "Just as you said, he was in the common room, studying the map," she smirked.

"Is everything OK?" Harry asked his voice filled with concern. "What's the latest?"

"Everything is...well it will be fine," Astra assured him and watched as his shoulders dropped and he calmed down slightly. "I just...I mean..." She looked to Sirius.

"Harry, we need to tell you something. Something that we found out a few months back. We didn't want to tell you before we spoke to Astra about it and....well..."

"I needed time to wrap me head around it all," she added.

"OK?" Harry said sounding very confused.

Remus smiled. "Harry, you know we have found Astra's father."

"Yeah," Harry looked to Astra who smiled and nodded. "And it is wonderful. You finally have a father. So who is your mother?"

Astra froze.

"That's where you come in," Sirius said.

Harry's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Astra spoke. "My mother was someone my father loved very much. She was in his year at school. It's a little complicated and...well it's -"

"Hang on a second....wait a minute!" He said shaking his head. "I am confused."

"Already?" Astra asked and then blushed when he rolled his eyes.

"So...a few months ago, you found out that Snape was your father. While you were living with Remus?" He asked.

It wasn't the question that Astra was expecting. "Uhh yeah I was."

"And Sirius...he came to visit?"

"I did," Sirius nodded not really sure where they were going.

"Was this before or after you saw me for the first time since you came back from the dead?"