Aftermath • Drarry

044

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer -William R. Alger

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Family day seemed to arrive quicker then I liked. Knowing that I would see my beloved mother again made me feel slightly happier. However, there was this small fear that my father might attend todays activities as well. Every time I asked Dr. Dolan if there might have been a chance she had accidentally invited him as well, she shrugged, showing me that either she did not want to talk about it or that she might have done it but did not want to tell me.

The raven-haired boy had been a little grumpy the entire morning, something none of us could blame him for. He believed no one would come to represent him on this rather special day. Even though I had asked Dr. Dolan to at least try to arrange company for him during this day, I was not sure if he would be alone or not. I really hoped he would not be on his own, I really hoped she had done something with my proposal.

'Harry? Draco? You are not making out or having sexual contact with each other, right?' a voice asked from behind our room door, making the both of us look up. We were lying on my bed, Harry was lying in my arms while I tried to assure him that everything would be okay. Something in which I failed miserably.

'No, we are not!' I cried out, something that caused Cecilia to open the door. She carefully peaked through the dooropening and stepped in the room once she saw us. 'Alright, I am happy that I did not disturb anything, that would have been horrible for all of us,' she pointed out, causing a small laugh to escape my lips. Harry did not even seem to hear her. 'You family is here Draco,' she said, patiently waiting for me to follow her. 'You should come as well, Harry. Family day is about to start and you have to be there as well as you might already know.'

A deep sign escaped the raven-haired boy's full, pink lips. He did not protest, he did not speak at all. We both followed the nurse in complete silence. I wanted to ask Cecilia if someone had showed up for Harry, but since the Boy Who Lived was walking besides me, I could not ask her anything. It would break him to hear that no one had come, even though they were invited.

Even though it might have been impossible to upset him even more, I did not want to try it.

We entered the room where our family was waiting for us. I did not notice my own family first. The first thing that caught my eye was a certain red-haired women, who was standing next to hear husband who was also red haired.

'Harry, your family showed up as well,' Cecilia spoke, winking subtlety at me. The look in the raven-haired boy's face was priceless. His lips got separated, his eyes widened. Not only had Mrs. and Mr. Weasley showed up, almost the entire Weasley family had. This sudden move of affection and love towards Harry made me want to cry out of happiness. It was priceless to see how touched he was, how happy this seemed to make him.

'Go ahead,' I whispered, letting go of his hand. 'Go and hug your family.'

And he did. Once Mrs. Weasley had hugged him they all started to cry. They turned it into a group hug when Mr. Weasley, Ginny, Ron, George and Hermione joined the hug. 'He is lucky to have someone watching over his shoulder like you,' Cecilia whispered into my ear, also touched by the sight in front of her. 'Not as lucky as I am to have him,' I whispered back, feeling genuinely touched by the love they all felt for each other. Even though they might not have been his biological family, I knew this was his real family. One that loved him for whom he was.

On the other side of the room Lucia had met her brother again. We had discussed it and she had told me how frightened she was to see him again. I had told her that I would be there for her and if something ever happened she would just have to call out my name and I would be there for her. But she seemed to be doing fine, everybody seemed to be doing just fine. Except for me.