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A/N: sorry for the long wait! I have been extremely busy and this is prob. my next update for a while! I am really sorry! I tried to make this chapter really long! And, again, thank you to all of those who reviewed. I really appreciate it. Here's chapter 4: AND THE TRUTH IS…………
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Sirius was silent. When they said all of their goodnights, he climbed into his bed and his brain began to process the information that he had witnessed that night. Who would have thought it, his parents, talking to people that walked in and out of a FIREPLACE, and talking to heads that were FLOATING in the fireplace? Weird, he thought. Before his brain could finish processing the information, he drifted into dreamland.
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The next day, after a restless sleep, there was so many questions hanging in the air, and so much tension, almost tearing them apart. It was about 7AM, when Hermione and Harry woke up, knowing full well that their kids will be going to school soon. They had to tell them not to tell any of their friends of what happened the night before, and that they will explain over dinner that night. So, dragging their butts out of bed, they got dressed (they decided that they were going to take the day off in order to think about how they were going to tell the kids) and went downstairs.
Meanwhile, the triplets, while getting dressed were thinking (kind of, I mean, they just woke up!) of what happened the night before. When they got downstairs, they were surprised to see their parents sitting together, drinking coffee, and reading the morning paper. Well, what LOOKED like a morning paper. Although, it had a picture on the front that MOVED!
Finally, Hermione looked up from the paper. "Oh!" she said, realizing the kids were there. "Hey guys, why don't you take a seat. We need to talk to you. Harry, it's time to put the PROPHET down."
Harry looked up from the paper. "Ah, yes. I do believe that we need to talk to the 3 of you," he said, noticing that the kids were downstairs, and gesturing that they sit.
The kids looked at each other, looked at the chairs, looked at their parents, looked back at each other, shrugged, and sat down.
Hermione glanced at Harry before clearing her throat and turning back to the kids. "Guys, we know that you want answers, but, well, your father and I have talked it over, and we decided, that we are going to tell you everything. But, not yet. After school-"
A burst of protest interrupted her. "MOM! That's not fair! You guys promised us that you would tell us in the morning!" Sirius jumped out of his chair, while his sister and brother nodded in agreement.
Harry sighed, and leaned forward in his seat. "Guys, listen. We know you want answers, and you want them now, but, we don't want to keep you from school. And, we will tell you tonight, at dinner. This way, you get your school work done, and tonight you will learn about what happened. Oh, and one more thing." Harry propped his head on his hands. "Don't say one word about it. To anyone." He added, seeing the look on Lily's face.
Although they weren't happy about it, the kids knew they couldn't argue with their parents. They really wanted their parents to tell them what happened. But, they didn't get their wish. At least, not yet.
Hermione sighed. "We're sorry guys, but school is really important, and I don't want you to miss anything, and neither does your father." She looked at the Grandfather clock in the corner. "Time to go!" she said to her kids. "We'll see you later, ok?" She asked.
Sirius sighed, and turned to his siblings, then back to his parents. "Yeah, we'll see you later, Mom, Dad," he answered. He then grabbed his book - bag and waited for his siblings to join him at the door to go outside to wait for the bus.
When they were gone, Hermione sat back down and leaned her head against Harry's shoulder. "Well," she sighed, "that went better than we would have planned it."
Harry looked down at her. "Yeah, I suppose so." He said.
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AT SCHOOL
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BBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!
James looked up from his work, and saw everyone else starting to pack up. He started to pack up as well, as quickly as he could. He had tuned out the whole class, which was so not like him, only to hear the bell at the end. Usually, that was Lily's and Sirius's job. But, because of last night, he was distracted from his work. And when his teacher had come around with the worksheets, he had no idea what was going on, or what they had even learned that day.
His next class was lunch, but he wasn't even hungry. Sirius and Lily was also in his lunch, so he guessed that they would look for him today, so that maybe they could talk about the possibilities of what happened last night. But, his plans were delayed, as he ran smack in the face with the school bully, Dylan.
"Hey, freak, watch where you're going!" Dylan said, as he grabbed James's shirt and brought him to his eye level.
"Leave him alone Dylan," said a voice. And not just any voice. It was the voice of Lily Potter, and next to her was Sirius. Dylan, having always had a crush on her, complied.
"Oh, h-hi Lily. Umm, yea, ok, I'll let him go!" He stammered, and let James back on the ground, but not before whispering, "I'll get you next time, punk. Just you watch…"
James, once set free, fixed his shirt, and glared at Dylan, then turned and went around him and proceeded to the cafeteria. Sirius and Lily followed quickly.
Once James sat down at an empty table, slammed his books down and sighed. Lily and Sirius got on the opposite side of the table so they could talk.
When no one said anything, Lily decided to talk first. "O.K. I know this is weird for all of us, but we really have to talk about it. I mean, if we don't, we'll be tearing ourselves apart until dinner tonight."
Sirius sighed, and looked at his sister. "Yeah, I guess your right. As usual. But, what could have happened last night? I mean, Mom and Dad have always said that witches and wizards are not real, but after last nigh…" he trailed off, and glanced at James, who had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Maybe, Mom and Dad were just trying to hide something from us." At this, Lily and Sirius looked at James with interest. James looked up. "I mean, they seemed fine, like everything was just soooo normal to them last night. And they seemed like they didn't want to talk about it, and that's why they are putting it off so much. And this morning. How many people can actually say they have seen a newspaper with a MOVING picture on the front?" James said, looking if as though he had just solved an extremely difficult math problem and gotten it correct.
Sirius looked thoughtful. "You know, once you said that, it all kind of seemed to click." He said.
"Yeah, you're right, Sirius. For once…" She said, also looking thoughtful, but also trying to brighten up the fact that their parents have kept something from them. And if that is the case, why?
"Hey! I resent that!" Sirius said, laughing. "But, seriously, I guess we'll just have to find out tonight at dinner." He finished, seriously, and just as the bell rang.
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HARRY AND HERMIONE, AT HOME, RIGHT AFTER THE KIDS' LUNCH
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Hermione put the glasses on the table. "Harry!" She bellowed. "Lunch!"
Harry ran down the stairs. "Yes! I'm starving!"
Hermione laughed. When they were both seated, and Harry was shoveling his food down his throat, she said, "Harry, how are we going to tell the kids tonight? I mean, we kept it from them for so long, I just don't think they are going to be very happy, do you? You know, since we-" She was cut off by Harry's hand on her mouth.
"Hermione, yes they will be upset, no, they wont stop talking to us, and if I remove my hand, will you please stop talking, and not worry?" She nodded her head, and Harry took his hand away. Hermione sighed. It was a long way until dinner…
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After School
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Sirius, Lily, and James all stepped off of the bus, and were heading to their house. They didn't speak, just walk in silence and think about what was to come in about 3 hours, at dinner. They had decided at lunch that they would not talk about anything to their parents until that time they had to.
When they walked in the front door, they where greeted by their mother's cheerful voice.
"Hi guys. How was…" Hermione trailed off at the look on their faces. After glaring at her, all 3 kids went to their rooms, Sirius and James to theirs, and Lily to hers. Hermione looked at Harry, and crossed the room to his open arms.
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Lily
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Lily flopped down on her bed, and sighed. It had been a loooonnnngggg day. Especially since their parents hadn't told them of last night. They had put it off until dinner that night. Ugh, she thought, its soooo frustrating when they don't tell us something right away. I mean, we can't wait, but do they care, nooo. I can't believe it, and yet, I really want to forgive them for making us wait this long.
At that thought, she promptly fell asleep, only to be woken again by Sirius at dinner time.
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Dinner
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"Thank-you," Hermione said, handing the Chinese delivery person the money, and taking the bag, full of all of their favorite Chinese dishes.
"Harry," she called, "Will you come and get this from me? I can't hold it long!"
"Yeah, I'm coming!" Harry answered, just coming back downstairs from Sirius's room, telling them that dinner was almost here and to wake their sister. "Here," he said, while removing the bag from Hermione's arms, "why don't you make sure the triplets are coming down? I was just up there, and they did hear me, but I didn't get an answer."
Hermione sighed. "OK, Harry, I will. Just, don't burn yourself while taking that food out of the bag!" she said, thinking of the time he did burn himself on the Chinese food. At the time, it was serious, but now, it's hilarious!
As Hermione neared the stairs, she could hear that the kids were in fact up, and already coming down. All of a sudden, she felt, scared, nervous, almost like the time she and Ron were entering Voldemort's cave…NO! she thought, don't think about that! You're gonna have to confess soon enough, why do it now? She sighed, and walked to the dinner table where Harry was setting the food down, carefully though, as not to burn himself.
When the triplets strolled in, Harry and Hermione were already sitting, and when they saw that the kids had walked in, they motioned for them to sit.
Hermione took a deep breath. "OK, guys, we know we promised you we will tell you, but first, we need to give you a background on who we are." She looked to Harry as support. So, nodding, he took over.
"Alright guys, you know me as Harry Potter, dad extraordinaire. You also know me as a policeman. But what you don't know about me, is something called, magic. You see, I am the boy-who-lived, and also a wizard-" he was cut off by laughter. He looked across the table to find Sirius laughing, Lily chuckling, and James trying to cover his laughter with his hand over his mouth. When the laughter died down, Sirius wiped his eyes and stared at his father.
"But, you always told us that that stuff wasn't real. You always said magic was a bunch of humbug. And now you say you're a wizard? That's rich!" he said.
"Sirius, if you'll let me finish, you will disregard the fact that that is what we taught you. Now, where was I? Oh, yes, I am a wizard. But, I didn't know I was a wizard until I was about your age. I didn't find out by my parents. Oh no, I found out the hard way…" Harry then went on to explain how he was told he was a wizard. When he was done, his kids were staring at him with wide eyes and gaping mouths. They didn't know that he had never grown up with his parents! And now, they also know where he got that scar from…When they saw him nod to their mother, they snapped their jaws shut.
"And now, you will hear my story…" Her story progressed, though stopped once when she explained the word muggles to her kids, and soon they were in extreme shock. So, their parents were a witch and wizard, they had both grown up with muggles, "just like you 3 did" as their dad said, and were both told on their 11th birthday that they were what they were, and they had gotten their "Hogwarts" letters also.
Wow, James thought, that was a lot to take in. but, little did he, or his siblings know, that wasn't the worst of it.
"And," continued their mother, "there's more to tell. Of course, there was the war, and the final war, to which your father had killed the most evil wizard of them all, Lord Voldemort." So, Harry and Hermione told their kids about the wars, and about the lives that were lost, and the lives that were saved.
"So, one day a reporter came into our home," Harry continued their tale, though stopping briefly to see how Hermione acted to hearing the word reporter. She only glared at the table, but nodded as a signal for him to go on. "When Ron answered the door. Of course, we thought he was on our side, you know, with the whole publicity thing, but when he opened the door, he started to answer questions. So, when I heard him, I came up behind him and slammed the door in his face. He wasn't too happy about that. So, we got into a fight, Hermione sided with me, and we left. Just the 2 of us. We fell in love, and got married. But, we decided to live in a muggle community and keep our identities secret so that no one could find us. Until last night, that is," Harry concluded, with a deep breath. When he looked at his kids, he saw them with their jaws opened, almost touching the floor, and their eyes as big as a deer's stuck in a headlight.
Hermione placed her hand on his arm, and gave him a comforting look. Then she turned to her kids. Look, I know that this was a lot to take in, but how about we eat, and then we talk more tomorrow?"
Lily was the first to recover. "But, how will we eat this? It's cold!"
Hermione smiled. "No problem!" she whipped out her wand, but to her kids it looked like a piece of slender wood. When Harry saw this, he smiled.
"Hey, guys, don't worry! Your mom was the smartest witch of her class, she'll make this food as warm as the second it got here!"
Hermione whispered a spell, and the food was giving off steam, indicating that it was indeed warm. They ate in silence, letting the kids digest what they just saw, and what they just heard. It was a lot to take in, they knew from experience, so they decided that they would keep them from school tomorrow and talk to them more, especially about the night before, and what was to expect when they went to Hogwarts. When they finished up, they told the kids just that, and sent them to bed, and within, 1hr, the house was silent. Everyone was asleep, and dreaming about the day's events.
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A/N: Wow, that was long! Another chapter down, many more to go! Thank you to all that reviewed, again, and I'm sorry that this took soooo long to update, I've been really busy, and my internet was down for a while. I hope you all liked it! Please review!