Save The Last Dance For Me

Chapter 5 - Love In The First Degree

Weeks went by and they spent time getting to know one another, each learning everything they could about the other. Sharing more than either one of them had ever shared with anyone else. It was early one Saturday morning in late September that Harry woke up with her head on his chest, and he felt an overwhelming urge not to leave her behind.

Most days they spent the majority of their time apart, and got together around dinnertime. Alternating between spending the night at Grimmauld Place and the Manor. Harry worked during the week, and Cissa spent her days reconnecting with some of the charity groups and other volunteer programs that she had worked with before the war. Many of which were more than happy to take her, and her money, back into their good graces.

This particular morning though, as he watched her sleep so peacefully, he didn't want to spend the day apart. They had been together almost two months now, and aside from Draco knowing, their entire relationship was still a secret. He ran his hand over her golden waves as he smiled to himself. Maybe it was time to try telling a couple more people, and he knew just who was next on the list.

"What are you thinking about?" He looked back down as she shifted so that she could look in his eyes. "You're thinking about something. What is it?"

"I was just thinking about today. I want you to come with me."

She pushed up so that she was hovering above him, her hair tumbling down like a curtain around them both. "Come with you? To Andromeda's? Harry I haven't spoken to my sister in twenty years."

He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear, "I know. I think it's time. Besides it's Saturday, I'm going to see Teddy anyway. We aren't making a special trip, I'm just bringing my girlfriend with me to meet my godson."

She sat up properly so that he could sit as well. "Is that a good idea? What if she throws us both out and won't let you see Teddy? I don't want to be the reason you loose him."

"Hey," he took hold of her shoulders and made her look at him, "you are not going to be the reason I loose anything. You are the reason I have gained so much, and today I am going to give you your sister back."

"You can't know that she will take me back."

"Trust me, she misses you more than you think. I'm pretty sure she will be pissed at first, but by the time we leave she will be glad you came."

She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Alright. I'll go." She leaned over and gave him a kiss before climbing out of the bed and sashaying her hips to the bathroom. She threw a sly smile over her shoulder at him as he watched her go. "It's already seven-thirty. If we want to get there by nine you are more than welcome to share the shower with me." She laughed as he scrambled out of the bed after her.

Forty-five minutes later they finally made it downstairs to the kitchen to grab something for breakfast. Cissa was still having doubts about whether or not she should go with him to Andromeda's. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

He rolled his eyes behind her back, "Cissa..."

"Don't Cissa me." She pointed a spoon at him, and dressed only in his old Quiditch jersey, with a tiny grin playing on her lips, she was the opposite of threatening. "I'm serious. What if this ends badly?"

He stepped up and wrapped his arms around her. "And what if it ends with you reuniting with your sister and gaining a nephew in the process?"

"He's already my nephew. Well great-nephew anyway."

"And yet you've never met him. Come on. Trust me, it'll be great." He pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "I promise." She laid her head on his chest and for the second time that morning she took a deep breath. He felt her nod and he smiled. "Teddy is going to love you."