-Chapter 2: There is Something You Should Know-

"Your…son?" Harry finally said. "Hermione…you…you're a mother? When? How?"

"Well one day I was feeling like hell so I went out to a bar after work and all I remember after that was waking up to the sound of my door shutting and some bloke had left behind a necktie. I...I don't even know his name or really remember what he looked like. After I found out I was pregnant I moved back home with my parents for a little while until I found a job and a flat suitable enough for the both of us."

"Hermione…I'm not quite sure what to say. This is definitely unexpected."

"I know what you are thinking and yes, I did consider all of my options with him. I don't regret it though. I didn't think after everything that happened...I didn't think I would ever let myself love anyone ever again. Having Lennox has completely changed that."

"Hermione, is there anything I can do? Anything at all?"

"No, thank you Harry. I am doing just fine by myself. Lennox is a handful but what two-year old isn't? As far as finances go I don't know if I ever told you but my family…we are um…we have money. If I didn't want to I wouldn't even have to work but I choose to because I want to raise my son knowing that I worked hard for him."

"Yeah, I knew that…about your family. Why didn't you tell anyone you were back?"

"I told you, I've left the Wizarding world behind me," Hermione said, "I did use a few charms to help me get jobs, Hogwarts isn't exactly an acceptable answer when they ask where you went to school. Other than that my wand has pretty much stayed in a box."

"So you never kept up with professional Quidditch or anything like that?"

"No, why would I?"

"Just wondering," Harry said. He sipped his tea.

"Why, did someone…" Hermione stopped and looked down at Lennox. "So Ginny is doing well?"

"She is. She's pretty much a celebrity. Last year she was made captain of the Holyhead Harpies. She was a reserve Chaser for England in the World Cup in 2002, they lost but she did get to play for about thirty minutes in the final game until a Bludger broke a few of her ribs."

"That's good, I hope she's happy. I'm sure she's found someone by now," Hermione said with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

"She seems to be all right. She's dated a little but nothing ever lasted. She's been helping Luna get the nursery ready lately."

"Wonderful," Hermione said digging through the bag again. Lennox was getting irritable, Hermione gave him a pacifier and he calmed down a little. "I should get going. I didn't expect for Lennox to be going anywhere otherwise I would've put a lunch in his bag. I'm sorry I couldn't stay for very long, I really intended to have the whole afternoon."

"It's all right Hermione, I understand. Listen, Luna and I would love for you to come to dinner at Grimmauld Place Friday night at seven, please. Just the four of us. Luna is quite a good cook and I am sure she would love to meet Lennox."

"I will try my best. Good to see you, Harry." Hermione walked out of the café. Harry watched out the window as Hermione got the young boy situated in his car seat and then she drove away.

When Harry got back to Grimmauld Place Luna was napping on the large blue plush couch in the sitting room. Harry covered his wife with a blanket then went down to the kitchen to have a cup of tea and tried to comprehend what had just happened. After half an hour of replaying it all his daze was broken by Luna putting her hands on his shoulders.

"How did it go?" Luna asked as she massaged Harry's shoulders a bit.

"I…I don't even know. We were sitting there and then she got this phone call and this woman came in with a kid so I assumed that maybe she was a nanny…Luna, Hermione has a two year old son."

Luna sat down next to Harry.

"What?" Luna's eyes widened. Even a witch as open minded as Luna was shocked at the news.

"It was just a drunken one night stand and I am guessing she never saw the guy again because she doesn't even know his name. She was living in Paris but when she found out she was pregnant she came back to London."

"How is she doing?"

"She's fine financially of course. She's still working but not anything to do with magic. She said she's basically left the Wizarding world behind."

"Is the boy like us, magical?"

"I don't know. What I do know is that his name is Lennox and he has her eyes. "

"Did you invite them to dinner?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, she said she would try her best. I really feel as though I need to talk to Ginny about this. She needs to know before they just run into each other someday. On top of that you know as well as I do that she still hasn't moved on."

"It is quite obvious that she won't let her heart open to anyone else," Luna said as she took Harry's teacup to the sink.

"I'll ask her to come to dinner tomorrow night."

Harry sent an owl with a letter to Ginny and heard back almost immediately saying that of course she would come to dinner.