What A Girl Wants

Chapter Four- A Plan Set in Motion

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Only a few characters I came up with :)

            It had been a week since the argument between Hermione and Lily at the bookshop. Hermione felt sorry for hiding the truth from her daughter, but she had her reasons as a mother not to tell her daughter. Lily understood where her mother was coming from, but she still wanted to find the man who her mother tried desperately to keep her from for many years.

             The day after the fight with Hermione, Lily took a deep breath before calling her grandparents, explaining to them her intentions for the summer. After about half an hour explaining the situation to Grandma and Grandpa Granger, Lily was shocked at what her grandmother had told her, "If this is what you want to do Sweetheart, your grandfather and I support you one hundred percent. Although we aren't so keen on lying to your mother, we understand your reasoning."

          "We always adored your father pumpkin, but when your mother came to us in tears explaining the whole situation we agreed to help her get away. It was what she wanted at the time and now it is your turn to do what you wish. You are eighteen after all and you deserve a little adventure before starting your program. Heaven knows your mum had enough of them while she was in school.", Her grandfather told her with a chuckle.

        "I suppose you both can't tell me why she left then?"

         "No sweetheart, we promised your mother we would never speak of it and we always keep our promises."

       "Well I guess that's only fair."

          "Just let us know how much it is going to cost for the flight and we will even throw in a little more for expenses. Think of this as your graduation present from us."

          "Thank you both so much." Lily told them as tears formed in her eyes.

         "You're welcome poppet. Just send us all the information as soon as you know, and we will plan a day to spend together before your big trip.", Grandma Granger told her before they said their goodbyes and hung up the phone.

         After the phone call, Lily did as her grandparents instructed and when she looked at the price her eyes bulged. "$645, that's actually not bad. And the flight is only six hours and forty-five minutes if I take American Airlines." Lily said as she wrote down all the information and sent it to her grandparents via text. A couple of hours later her grandparents let her know that they had reserved her flight and she would be picking up her tickets at the airport in a week when she was due to leave. Lily made a note on a piece of paper to make sure she went down to the nearest post office for her to obtain a passport. Lily began to feel a little guilty about what she was doing behind her mother's back, but she repeatedly told herself 'I'm doing this for us. I need answers.'

        Suddenly there was a knock on her bedroom door, "Lily can I come in please?", her mother asked her quietly.

      "Sure Mom." Lily said as she sat down on her bed.

    "Sweetheart, I wanted to apologize for what happened last night. I know you want answers and right now I'm still not ready to share them with you, but I do promise you that I will tell you. Just give me the time to gather up the courage to do it please? Give me a couple weeks and I will make the time to talk about everything you want to know.", Hermione told her as she laid her hand on top of her daughter's. 'I'm just afraid he won't want you' Hermione thought to herself as she fought back tears that were forming.

    "That's fair." Lily told her as she looked at her mother and gave her a sincere smile while on the inside she felt a pang of guilt knowing that next week she will be in London.