"Harry? Harry Potter?" a voice came up from behind him,

Harry paused midway from drinking his coffee and groaned softly. 'Another fan?' he mouthed to his Sirius in aggravation. His green eyes met his godfather's who was sparkling with mirth. He then swiveled his eyes to Remus who was grinning at him in sympathy. Pasting a fake friendly smile on his face, he turned to look at his 'fan' who had called out his name. His friendly look turned to a look of shock.

"Miss Donovan? Is that you?" he asked incredulously.

"Oh my… It really IS you, Harry!" she cried back as a response.

"Harry? You know her?" Sirius asked cautiously. Even though Harry had defeated Voldemort, there were still many of his supporters out loose.

"Yeah. Sirius, Remus, this was my mugg- primary school teacher, Ms Donovan." Said Harry stumbling over the word muggle.

"Ms D, these are my godfathers, Sirius and Remus…"

"Call me Jane, Harry. I have not been your teacher for a long time already…"

Harry smiled wistfully thinking of his past lessons with her. She had always been his favourite teacher. Remembering his manners, he drew the chair at their table and invited her to sit. As she sank into the plush chair gratefully, she suddenly turned to Harry with an odd look on her face.

"Harry… If Remus and Sirius were your godfathers, why did you live with the…?" Jane Donovan asked.

"They… There were certain circumstances that made them unfit to be my guardians and therefore they were unable to care for me…" Harry said smoothly opting not to tell her that Sirius had been in jail and Remus is a werewolf.

"So, Jane… You taught Harry when he was a kid?" Remus jumped in before she could ask anymore uncomfortable questions.

Jane smiled. "Yes… He was such a bright kid! So willing to please and eager to learn. Speaking of which, what are you doing now, Harry?"

"Well, I dabbled in police work before and now I am handling my late father's companies. He owns shares in a couple of companies here too." Harry said.

"Oh? Like what company?"

"Well, Robert and co for one… And not to mention Grunnings."

"Grunnings? Isn't that where your uncle works at?" Jane asked quietly.

"I… Well, yes." Harry said uncomfortably knowing where his past teacher's mind was going now.

Sensing the tense atmosphere, Remus and Sirius who had been keeping quiet to allow Harry to catch up with his past teacher exchanged looks. Just as Remus was about to jump in to diffuse the tenseness, Jane spoke up candidly.

"I have not been able to forgive myself up to this day…" She said.

"Ms Donovan… Jane… Please, it wasn't in any way a fault of yours." Harry protested.

"No, Harry. I was an adult. I should have handled it better. I should have spotted it earlier too. All your bruises, your large ugly clothes, your malnourishment. I'm a trained teacher, Harry. I should have seen the signs…"

"Jane. Please. Humans make mistakes. It isn't your fault. Let us leave it at that. That was in the past. I'm happy now." Harry said, panicking slightly. His godfathers who were clueless about the Dursleys need not be inform about the past.

"I was a fool, Harry. Humans may make mistakes. But this time my mistake cost you. I should not have been so rash and… and young!" she said spitting out the word 'young'

"I don't blame you, you must know that, Jane. " Harry said quietly.

"Harry… You may not think that it was my fault but I felt and still feel that I could have handled the situation better. I could have gotten you out of there, Harry. But because of my inexperience in dealing with these situations, I made a mistake that ended up in prolonging your abuse. And for that, I will never forgive myself. Harry, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?" she asked her eyes shining with unshed tears.

"I… Of course… There is after all, nothing to forgive." Harry said whispering.

"And will you forgive me, Remus and Sirius? As his godfathers, you must be furious at me. For being unable to get him out of the Dursley's abusive house…" Jane said turning to them.

Harry sucked in his breath sharply and looked out at the window. He could not bear to see his godfathers' faces right now.

"Of course Jane. We do not hold it against you." Remus said calmly.

If not for the tense situation, Harry would have grinned at Remus's ability to lie glibly.

Jane closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you god. I finally get your apology, Harry. Ever since that day, I have been trying to contact you. But it felt like as if you dropped off the Earth's surface…"

Harry laughed uncomfortably. "Well…" he trailed off not sure how he could explain that he had been in an old castle in Scotland that looked like a pile of ruins to muggles.

"That matters not now. All that matters was that I got your apology. And now, I must bid you farewell, Harry. I will always treasure your forgiveness, my dear boy. Goodbye, Harry. You have always been my favourite student…"

Harry smiled wistfully at that. "Bye Ms Donovan. You have always been my favourite teacher too."

With a wave of goodbye, Jane walked out of the internet café. Harry looked anywhere but at his two godfathers. The silence grew larger as seconds pass by.

"What was that?" Sirius spoke up in a strangled voice.

Harry cursed fluently. He had two options. He could be brave, stay here and explain or he could take the cowardly way out and run off. Well, he WAS a Gryffindor so… Harry opened his mouth to speak before standing up and walking out of the café. Well, the hat did say he should have been in Slytherin… Oh, he knew that running away from the café now would not help matters. This was an unavoidable topic. But he wanted to prolong it for as long as he could. He was definitely not looking forward to the conversation they were going to have. Walking to the nearby park, Harry did not look back to check if his godfathers were behind him. He hoped not. Hopefully, they would apparate back home from the café and wait for him there.

"Harry!"

Ah, his dastardly hopes were dashed by the call from Sirius.

Sirius grabbed his godson's arm and forced him to turn facing Remus and him. His heart was hammering against his ribcage fiercely after what he had heard from Harry's teacher. A single glance at Remus told him that he wasn't any better too.

"It's true then?" he asked simply.

Harry stood there for a long time before giving a simple nod. His eyes were focused on a tree behind Sirius as he refused to look as his godfather's eyes. That simple nod crashed Sirius's world as his hold on his temper disappeared.

"IT'S TRUE? WHY IN MERLIN'S NAME DID YOU NOT TELL ANYONE, HARRY?" Sirius roared in frustration at the world's unfair treatment to his godson.

Harry's face blanched as he heard Sirius's angry tone. He knew Sirius meant him no harm but it was now a natural reaction for him to wince or blanch at shouting tones. Sirius caught a glimpse of the terrified look on Harry's face before it was covered up with a blank face. However, a quick look was enough to make him feel a thousand times worse.

"Oh Harry…" he whispered.

Slowly, he wrapped his arms around Harry. A second later, Remus too wrapped his arms around them. Harry stood stiffly at first but slowly he gave in and hugged them. His body trembled with suppressed emotion although no tears came out.

The three stood in the path hugging each other, giving each other comfort as the sun's rays warmed them with its sunlight. All was not well, but it would be, with each other's support.