AN. DH spoilers, ten years later. What will life be like without Harry? R&R!

"Harry! Won't your wife be back soon? Surely we should…"

"Don't worry, she said she'd be back a lot later than this, now just slip that off…"

"Oh, Harry! Hee, hee, hee! That tickles! Oooh, no, stop Harry, stop now…"

"No, we can, and I know you want to…"

What an interesting conversation, I thought. I wonder what happens next…

"Harry! Really!"

Ahh…I don't think you want details of what I saw when I decided to walk into my living room. Basically a pink bra on the sofa and a horrific thong. The girl was staring at me, but Harry was busy kissing her neck. Finally he turned to see what she was looking at.

"Ginny! I…erm…I was just…I was…"

"Making out with your secretary?" I finished.

He blushed. "Yes."

"This is the last straw, do you hear me? The last straw. I knew you got tempted and I even stayed with you last time this happened! But not now! I loved when no-one else did, not even your friends, I stuck with you, I risked my life for you, I married-" I spat out the word, "I married you, I bore your children – three of them - and this is the third time you have cheated on me. Yes," I noticed Harry's shocked face, I knew about the other girl too. "I do know about the other one. I forgave you once, and I forgave you again. But I can't this time. If you really loved me, you would have left me years ago, before we had children. If you had any compassion, you would have told me and broken up with me. But you knew I would forgive you and so you bottled out. You lazy, stupid, cowardly freak!" I reached out and slapped his cheek. "I am leaving you Harry, and I'm taking the kids with me." The girl was getting dressed looking rather embarrassed. Harry looked at me pleadingly and then at her.

"I'm sorry, Gin, I do love you! Things just got…out of hand."

"But they always do! Now, help the kids and I pack our overnight bags, we're going to the Weasley's." I stormed to James and Albus' room.

"Kids, we're going away."

"On holiday?" they squealed.

"No honey, to Uncle Ron's. And we won't be seeing Daddy again." Their small, innocent faces paused as they took in the information.

"No daddy?"

"No, sweetie, we are finally escaping him." They nodded seriously. They were only small, but neither loved their dad. He never treated them right. "Pack some of your things, enough for a week or so." James nodded and took charge. He was only seven, but he was the oldest. I turned and hurried to Lily's room.

"Lily darling, we're going away. Can you get dressed?"

"Is daddy coming?"

"No. We're going to live away from him." She nodded. Such I serious child, I thought. I remember hoping she didn't turn out like her father.

When I had packed all the kids things I hustled them out of the door. "I'll call you about the divorce Harry. And don't even try coming after me. I know I have legal custody over the kids, and you don't want them anyway. Don't bother calling if you want me back, I'm not coming." And we slammed out. I got the kids to the garage and got them onto our large travelling mat (a very useful invention for carrying large families around). "To the Weasley's." I called and dropped some travel powder in the air. "Hold on kids." I yelled as we zoomed out and to the Weasley's house. We stopped abruptly by their front gate. "Lily dear, go ring the doorbell. James and Albus grab our stuff and follow Lily. I'll roll up the carpet." At that moment I was so incredibly grateful for my well behaved kids. Lily skipped down the path and hit the bell, closely followed by her brother and I. the door was flung open by a flustered-looking Hermione.

"Hermione, can we stay at yours tonight?" I gasped.

"Sure, where's Harry?" she smiled and ushered the kids upstairs.

"He's not here." I grimaced at the memory and shook my head. "And we won't be seeing him again, thank goodness." Hermione gulped and we got the kids upstairs and fit them into her own children's rooms. After we had got them to bed, Ron came down.

"What's the dilemma? Why are you and your kids here?" he didn't mean it in a nasty way, just abrupt, but I broke down and started to cry.

"I…I just found H-Harry w-with…with a…another woman," I sobbed. "Again. I…I l-left him, tomorrow I'm g-going t-to file a…a d-divorce." I bawled and collapsed on the settee.

"Ron, honey, can you go back to bed? We'll talk in the morning, but Ginny really needs some TLC." Ron nodded and trudged back to bed. "Now shall we have some ice-cream and chocolate?" I nodded feebly. Hermione hurried to the kitchen and whipped us up some strawberry ice-cream and chocolate-covered strawberries – my favourite. "Tell me every thing honey, just let it out." I heaved myself up and munched on a strawberry.

"Well…I was at a m-meeting b-but it finished earlier than w-we thought and I came in to hear disgusting noises and the voice of a girl." I shook, thinking back on that horrid moment. "Then I walked in to see him making out with her and pulling his clothes off! I waited until he noticed me and the-then I shouted at him! I screamed and yelled and ranted and listed what I'd done for him. But he just looked sheepish and so I s-s-slapped him. I c-can't believe he did that to me, but the kids! They won't have a dad! How can they have a stable life if he's not there? Oh…what have I done?" I wailed. The only thing that was racing through my mind was that I should have forgiven him and gone back. My kids needed a dad! I cried harder.

"Ginervra!" Hermione snapped in her sternest voice, sounding like my mother. "Get a grip! Harry cheated on you! Not the other way round!" she stood opposite me and held my shoulders. Then she spoke in a softer voice. "It's not your fault; he was the one who ruined it, you mustn't feel bad. You can stay here as long as you like. Even better, there is a house down the road for sale. You could live there and your kids would still have their life, just away from Harry! We know you have custody so you have nothing to worry about. Come here." She pulled me into a bear hug. "Time for bed. You can share with me, we are best mates and Ron won't mind." I nodded feebly and let myself be pulled up the stairs. I shuffled into bed and was asleep in two seconds flat.