A/N: One shot for my Arithimancy Class. I don't own it and none of the Harry Potter things are mine, only the plot. (Blessed Be J.K Rowling). Prompts used: New Beginnings/ Fresh Starts and New Union.
New Beginnings
She didn't laugh anymore, since he went away. He left her, with this brat.
"Stop Lukea please!" she begged as he hit her once again. It had become all too common these days.
"NO!" he yelled, as his tiny fist hit her again in the stomach.
"Stop it, look, I will make you some breakfast and we and talk about this okay?" she said breathlessly, watching the red fade from his face. He had always liked her cooking.
"Eggs?" he said sulkily. She smiled slightly with relief, she was happy he had stopped yelling.
She was stupid to have thought he would be coming back; his heart was black and cold. The only reason he had married her was because he knock her up. Did he ever love her or was it just he liked the sex? But he hated the screaming through the night, sticky fingers, fighting and smelly nappies. He left for long periods of time. Only coming home to eat and slept with her. He didn't even care about his kid. He had smashed the glass in the photo frame, which held the memories of the past; a time when she was happy, a time with her friends in it. She pushed them all away, after she married him. She knew that they didn't like him and never had. She wished she had listened to them though, when they told her not to get involved with him. She didn't even know why she liked him; she never had before and after all the horrid things, he had done in the past. He just thought; she was a 'good shag'.
Today she got a letter from an old friend, so she decided to contact him. She missed them greatly. Her school friends. It would be the first time; in almost three years, she had spoken to one of them. Even after all the letters begging her to write back, she had never replied until now. She was sick, tired and needed help. He wasn't coming back. Not this time, he had never been gone for this long before and he had taken all his things. And not said goodbye. His son missed him, she didn't really understand why. His father had never loved him or paid much attention to him. Nothing is right, when he goes away, but nothing is right when he is with them either. She missed her friends and the way they made her feel. She missed laughing and spending time with them. But most she missed being young, not having to worry about anything like men and children
As much as she loved Lukea, he was hard work, and would send her gray before her years. If she just had someone to care for her once in a while maybe it wouldn't be so hard. Her parents wouldn't talk to her anymore and anyway she wouldn't burden them with her problems. As they said, it was her fault, she didn't choose the lawyer's son that her father had hoped. She had arranged for a babysitter for Lukea, but she didn't know if he would behave. So she gave him a sleeping potion and put him into bed. She didn't want to have to come home, because he had burnt the babysitter with the iron, like the last time. She was going to see Harry and she needed to be without her son for once. He hadn't been away from his mother since he was born. She had; even taken him to work, when she had to work, while his fatherwas gone.
She approached the front door to Mr. Harry Potter's house; it was such a large and beautiful house, breath-taking. A change from the small, smelly flat she was used to. He opened the door and embraced her the moment he saw her. She cringed she hadn't be hugged in a very long time. She had changed; she looked much older than she was. With a worn face and hands, and gray hairs mixed with the red-brown locks tied in a loose ponytail. Harry lead her into the house, it was warm and inviting. She breathed a huge sigh of relief. It felt good to be back with her friend. She got her a glass of wine and they sat talking about the past and all the good times they had, had. Then she started to talk about how her life had been lately. She told him how Lukea had ADHD and played up all the time, that he was hard work. She told him about her stupid husband and how he is hardly ever there and when he was he would ignore the boy anyway. Silent tears began to run down her slightly wrinkled face. Harry put his arm around her shoulders. She leant into him and continued.
"He's le-left us Harry, he's not coming b-back this t-time, I know it" she sobbed and Harry hugged her tighter. "I'm so lost…what, am I going to d-do Harry?" she looked up at him tears running from her drunken eyes. Harry looked into her eyes and watched a tear run down her cheek, into the corner of her beautiful lips. He didn't notice himself do it but he followed that tear, kissing her lip lightly. A sob escaped her, as she kissed him back, thinking they had had a bit too much to drink. They broke away; she looked over at the empty bottle. They hadn't noticed while they were talking they'd drunk the whole bottle and then some. Another bottle was sitting half empty beside Harry glass. But the next thing she knew she was being guided gently into Harry room, kisses were being planted on her neck and collarbone. Her shirt was being pushed up. She flopped onto a soft bed and melted with pleasure.
It had been a long time since she had 'made love', rather than just had sex. He made her feel warm and understood how to make her tick, for a change. At this moment she didn't care about anything. neither Draco nor their son. Nothing mattered but Harry and herself. She woke up in a warm bed and rolled over, she could smell toast, and sat up quickly. Has Lukea burnt the house down? Then she looked around and remembered the night before and where she was. He head throbbed, but she smiled as Harry walked into the room carrying a tray, with toast, jam and much needed coffee. He kissed her on the head and placed the breakfast down in front of her. Later that day, Hermione contacted the babysitter and ask her to bring Lukea, to meet Harry. They arrived about three in the afternoon. Hermione answered the door; Lukea threw his little arms around his mother's legs the moment he saw him, clinging to her, while she paid the very frazzled looking babysitter.
"I had to try and explain to him this morning that you had not "gone" away like daddy!" The young babysitter informed her clearly upset.
"I'm so sorry Anna; I didn't think I would be out all night. Anna nodded and with sigh left them at the doorstep. Hermione looked anxiously down at her son and got down to his height. "I'm so sorry Lulu; I will never leave you again. I promise" The small blonde boy looked at her with large unsure eyes. "Do you want to meet my friend?" he looked at her questioningly. "Lukea, this is Mr. Harry Potter" introducing them once they joined him inside "Say, hello Lulu" she prompted the three year old.
"Hello Lulu!" The boy replied gleefully and then grinned at him. Harry chuckled when Hermione chaste her son.
"Don't be cheeky, Lukea" she frowned at him. He made a face at her and she laughed for the first time in a very long time.
She felt like she could live again, it was all going to be better now. She felt youth spread through her once more. She would be strong enough. It was a new beginning.
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