Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It is JK Rowling's. If it was mine, Ginny would be dead, Sirius would be alive, and Harry would be gay.
Chapter Four: At the Station"Harry, wake up." Ginny yelled as she banged on Harry's door.
"Uuunnagh! Why do I have to? It's my first day off in ages" Harry groaned back at her.
"It's Saturday. Remember; the train station. We're picking up Lily, Albus, and James."
As soon as she mentioned James' name, Harry jumped out of bed.
"Oh right, I'm nearly ready."
"Hurry up Harry."
"I'm going as fast as I can."
"Fine." Ginny screeched as she rubbed her forehead.
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"Hey Ron. You ready?" Hermione said as she knocked on the door.
"Yeah. Just give me a second. You can come in and sit down in the living room. Just be careful the cat doesn't get out."
Hermione walked in and shut the door quickly. She tried to scratch Ron's cats chin, but she ran away from her. Hermione went into the living room and looked around.
She found his DVD collection. Footloose, Blues Brothers, Breakfast Club, Secret of My Success. At least something from our marriage stuck with him.
"Hey. How do I look?" Ron said, startling Hermione.
"Wow. You look great."
"Thanks. Want to go now?"
"Definitely."
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"Harry, remember that
Lily is only 14. We shouldn't let her see if we're having any
problems."
"I know she's 14. Stop being patronizing if you
don't want them to realize."
"Sorry, just know you haven't seen her for a while. Thought you might have forgotten."
"Just be quiet. You morning people are so chipper it's sadistic."
"Good one, High-Lord Harry of the Night."
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"Ron, I know I hurt you a lot. I'm sorry."
"You have no idea. I couldn't see my children. I was actually accused of trying to molest my son. By you I might add."
"I know. I'm sorry. I won't pretend to know how much it hurt you. I don't know why, but I honestly believed you'd do something to Hug- I mean Fred. He changed his name. Named himself after his uncle."
"That's nice of him. Think they'll recognize me?"
"Fred will. Lily may not even know who you are."
"You know that Ginny won't be happy to see me?"
"I guessed. We stopped talking a few weeks ago. I realized how horrible she'd been to you. Then I realized I'd done the same thing to you."
"No one is as bad as her. You know her daughter spat on me when Harry brought the her and the boys over? He rushed her out of there and left me with his sons. But he came back after he told Ginny. They'd fought over it."
"Well, we're here at least Hermione said as she pulled up to the curb near Kings Cross."
"Good, the Hogwarts Express should be here soon."
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"Hurry up Harry. The trains probably here already."
"It is not. You are just being impatient and impossible."
" Look, just hurry up. You don't have to want to be here, just look the part."
"Fine. I'll have to see someonehere."
"Just be there for when the kids get off the train."
"Fine. Now why don't you go talk to someone. One of those idiotic Patals."
Just as Ginny was about to storm off, Hermione approached Harry.
"Har-" Hermione began, before Ginny cut in.
"Hermione. So great to see you again."
"Oh, Ginny. I was actually trying to talk to Harry."
"I see. Well I have some people to catch up with."
"Harry, I know you hate me for hurting Ron, but I'm here with him."
"He's straight again?"
"No. But I apologized to him last night. We've made our peace."
"That's great. Any idea where he is?"
"Yeah. I though I should tell you, incase Ginny was nearby and tried to curse him or something."
"So, how about an honest account of your kids' lives?"
"Well James is great. Hasn't dated in a long time though. Albus is yet another Griffendor slut, though apparently he's settled down with someone. And Lily. Lily is Ginny's daughter. Entirely her daughter. She spat on Ron once when I took the kids to visit him."
"I'm sorry to hear about Lily. Ron told me about the spitting. Also that he threatened to take the boys clubbing if you ever left him to take care of them for 6 hours."
"That was one threat he never went through with. Though it was kind of a funny one. Remember the time he hexed me because he thought I'd helped the twins to enchant his Christmas sweater?"
"That was funny. You couldn't open your mouth without singing Jingle Bells for weeks after that. And the sweater wouldn't come off, no matter how hard he tried."
"I still think it was one of the twins who told him I'd helped."
Then they heard the Hogwarts Express pull into the station.
"Well we'd better hurry. I'll need to go wait with Ginny. Unfortunate as it is. And you and Ron should be together. They might not remember him."
Harry then rushed off; wanting to make sure he could greet James and Albus.
"You and her have fun gossiping about me?" was Ginny's greeting for Harry.
"You, unsurprisingly, are not the centre of our conversations."
Ginny's only response to this was to shoot a horrible look at Harry.
Harry ignored this look and waited for the kids to appear at the doors of the train.
He quickly saw James emerge from the crowd, and suddenly he was enveloped in a bone-crushing hug.
"Hey Dad." James said as he broke the hug.
"Hey James. How's life?" Harry responded as he ruffled James' hair.
"It's great. What about you?"
"It's alright. I can probably take you to the gallery this weekend. So, got a girlfriend this year?"
"Nah."
"Boyfriend?"
"Funny, but no. Albus has some news for you though."
"Really, I heard a rumor that the Griffendor slut had settled down. Who is it? What gender are they?"
"That's probably something he should tell you. I'm going to go see some friends."
"Go see if Ron and Hermione are still here. I'm sure they'd love to see you."
"Hermione let him in Kings Cross today?"
"Yeah. I was surprised, but they've made their peace."
With this, Harry waked over to greet Albus and Lily, while James went see if he could find Ron and Hermione.
"Hey Kiddo; Hey Lily." Harry said as he approached them.
"Hey Dad." They chorused as they hugged Harry.
"So how is everyone?"
"I'm great. We're both doing well at school."
"Really? That's great Lil! Why don't you go tell Mum all about it?"
"Sure thing Dad."
After Lily walked off, Harry put his arm over Albus' shoulder and kind of made sure he knew this was one of the important talks.
"Dad, what's this about?"
"Who is it?"
"What?"
"Who snagged this generations Griffendor slut?"
"Oh. That. Well, you may not be too happy about this, but it's, uh…"
"I'll be fine with whoever it is Al."
"Scorpius Malfoy."
"Draco's son?"
"Yes. We've been together for a few months now. And what do you mean the Griffendor slut of this generation?"
"Well, I've never told you, or anyone else, about this, but after Sirius died in my 5th year, I found this wall at Hogwarts. It had lots of names written on it. In black ink. The list was called The Griffendor Slut Registrar. Next to it, in bright red ink, it had names written in red. This list was titled, Mates of the Sluts. Sirius and Remus were on this list. From what I've been told, you should write your name on the list. And hopefully, Scorpius will be next to you."
"Great. Only thing is, I have no idea where it is."
"When I found it, it was in a stall in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom."
"Moaning Myrtle? The ghost in the 2nd floor girls bathroom?"
"Yeah, just one thing. Stay far away from the last sink."
"Sure thing."
"Alright. You go see Scorpius. Ask if he wants to come along with us tomorrow. I was planning to take you and James out. He should tag along. And meet me and the rest of us at the car in a few minutes."
"Cheers Dad."
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"Hey Ron. Hey Hermione."
"James! Have you seen Lily or Fred?" Hermione said when she saw James.
"No. But I'm sure they'll be along soon. So how're you two?"
"We're fine. So, we hear Albus has settled down. Who's the lucky little- what gender are they?"
"Male. It's Scorpius."
"Scorpius? Scorpius Malfoy?!" was Ron's response to this.
"Yeah. Why?" James asked when he heard the shock in Ron's voice.
"Ron and Harry were enemies with Draco for most of school. There was a slight peace after 7th year." Hermione explained.
"Oh look, it's Fred and Rose. I'll leave you guys alone to get acquainted." James said as he stepped off to find his family.
"Hey Mum. Who's the new guy?" Lily asked as she rushed forward to hug Hermione.
"He's your Dad." Hermione responded.
Fred turned around when Hermione mentioned Ron.
"Dad? Why is Mum letting you see us? Did you get custody or something?"
"No. Ron and I made our peace Fred. I realized how horrible I had been to him."
"That's great you guys! But when did this happen?"
"Last night. I walked over to Ron's and asked for him to come tto the station with me today."
"Cool. So are we heading home now?"
"Sure."
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The ride home with the Potters was deathly silent, a complete contrast to the happy reconciliation taking place with the Weasly-Grangers.
A/N: I'd have written the car scenes, but the chapter was running long and the scene kept coming out crappy.)
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