What A Girl Wants

Chapter Twenty-The Truth Comes To Light

        Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter :)

         Two days had passed since Hermione and Lily left Potter Hollow, and Harry was standing in the middle of Ron's old room at The Burrow, as he stood in front of the mirror and put on his dark green dress robes. 

         Harry sighed deeply as thoughts of Hermione and Lily occupied his mind. Yesterday, he and Ginny made their big announcement during the rehearsal dinner. Molly was thrilled and squealed with excitement as she threw her arms around them, giving them her famous bear hugs.

               Everyone gathered around the pair to congratulate them, except for Ron, Luna, and Seth. Seth hadn't taken Lily's departure too well, especially since she never told him good-bye. But today was his Uncle Harry's big day and he decided to put his feelings aside, so he can enjoy the day with his family. But as he glanced up at Harry, he could tell the older man wasn't too keen on getting married today. His expressions weren't what you'd expect a groom to be, happy and excited. Harry's expressions were full of sorrow and Seth knew there was nothing he nor his father could say to cheer him up.

       Seth and his father sat on Ron's old bed as they watched Harry get ready for the wedding. Ron watched Harry struggle with his bow tie and tossed it to the floor.

     "Screw it." Harry said as he decided to not wear the tie, he hated them anyway.

      "You alright, mate?" Ron asked as he stood up from the bed and walked over to his best friend and laid a hand on his shoulder.

     "Not really. I miss them, Ron." Harry told him as he turned away from him and sat next to Seth.

     "I know, mate. But the three of us know you'd never walk away from your child, even if the mother happens to be my pain in the arse sister."

      "I just don't understand how we could be so careless? Ginny and I were very careful each time we had sex."

     "Well maybe it's was like the time you and Hermione had forgotten, you know?"

     "No, it was different then. I had just returned from killing the most notorious wizard in the world and I didn't even care if Hermione and I forgot about the contraceptive charm. All I wanted was to hold her, kiss her, and show her just how much I missed her. With your sister, it's the opposite."

     "Then why did you get with Aunt Ginny, Harry?" Seth asked with a raised brow.

      "Because I believed then that she and I could pick up where we left off in our sixth year. Ginny was never the woman she is now. She was kind, sporty, and didn't give a damn about what people thought. She helped us out during our fifth year when we went into the Department of Mysteries even if it meant her dying. But after we got back together she changed, and I didn't realize just how much she had until Hermione showed up."

     "Well there is always time to call off the wedding, mate. You don't have to marry her just because of the baby. You can raise the child separate."

           "No, I can't do that. The child should have us both in one household, not apart." Harry told Ron as he turned his head and look out the window where he could see a lot of the Weasley family helping with the last of the set up. 

         Unbeknownst to the three men, Amelia, who was dressed in the blush pink, lace dress with her strawberry blonde hair done in an elegant knot, had been standing outside Harry's door and heard everything that was said. For the last couple of months, she had harbored the secret her Nana and mother had kept from Harry. But deep down inside, she knew she had to do the right thing, even if her mother wouldn't. She raised her hand to the door and knocked on it three times before she heard Harry's voice say, "Come in."

       She entered the room and closed the door shut behind her, while the three men gave her an inquisitive look.

      "Is everything alright, Amelia?" Seth asked his younger cousin.

     "Actually, no. There is something that Harry should hear." Amelia told him as she walked closer into the room and took the seat next to her cousin.

     "Amelia? What's going on?" Harry asked as he turned his head to the side, trying to figure out what Amelia had come to tell him.

    "It's about Nana and Mum."

    "What about them?" Ron asked.

    "Harry, you might want to take a seat before I tell you." Harry looked at Amelia curiously and could tell something was wrong. Amelia looked pale and nervous. He also noticed that she was fidgeting with her fingers, which was always an indicator that something was bothering the young girl.

     "Alright, now why don't you tell me what bothering you, okay?" Harry asked as he took a seat on the brown leather chair that rested across from Ron's bed. He scooted the chair up closer to the girl as he took her hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "Go on."

     Amelia took a deep breath as she closed her eyes. She her brown eyes fluttered open and then she looked Harry into his deep, emerald eyes and opened her mouth. "Two months ago, while everyone was out watching the quidditch match between you and Lily, Mum and Nana were in the kitchen finishing up cleaning when Nana had asked mum what had been bothering her since Nana could tell there was tension between the two of you."

      Amelia took another breathe and spoke, "Neither one had noticed that I was listening in when Nana had told Mum that she was the reason for causing Hermione to leave." Harry, Ron, and Seth's jaw dropped an inch. Harry jumped up out of his seat with his fists balled up.

     "Molly?! Molly is the reason why Hermione left?!" Harry asked pissed as his demeanor turned to stone.

     "Why would Mum tell Hermione to leave?" Ron asked stunned. He had never known his mother to be vile, ever. She had always saw Harry and Hermione as her own children, so why would she ever want to cause the pair to split up?

             "Nana said she told Hermione that it would be a bad idea to tell Harry about his unborn child. She also said that Harry and Hermione were far too young to have a child and that having a baby would ultimately affect Harry's career as an Auror. Nana wanted it to be my Mum and Harry to be the ones who ended up together and raise a family. The only way that would happen is if Hermione was out of the way." Amelia told her uncle and then turned her head to Harry who was standing next to him like a statue. 

          His eyes were cold as he clenched his jaw. His fists were balled up at his side and his nostrils flared as if he was about to spit fire. Amelia could tell all the pain he had felt these last nineteen years were replaced by anger towards her Nana and mother. How could she blame him? Nana had been the one to break up his family for personal reasons.

         "I'm so sorry, Harry. I wanted to tell you for the last two months, but I couldn't gather the courage to do it until today." Harry looked at Amelia and his expression softened. It wasn't her fault that Molly had broken up his family from the start and was betrayed by the one person in the world he thought of as a mother, whom he thought of as family. And to top it off when Ginny found out about it, she never once told him about it. How could someone who repeatedly told him that she loved him, keep something so important from him. He needed to talk to Molly and Ginny. Now.

       "Don't be sorry, Amelia. It wasn't your fault." Harry told her as he pulled the young witch into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I need to talk to Molly and Ginny." Harry walked towards the bedroom door with Ron, Harry, Seth and Amelia right behind him. Harry opened the door and was stunned to see the platinum blonde wizard with grey eyes, whom he hadn't seen in many years.

       "Potter, we need to talk."