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Chapter Four: Who's My Daddy?
"Hey little smarty-witch! Look over here!" Some one called across the table. Drea immediately glanced up at the sound her childhood nick name, unfortunately for her it was Brad - with a camera that magically drenches you in water right before the picture is taken.
"Wha-?" She said her mouth full of food, right before getting soaked from the magical water. "Ahg! Bradley Brett Weasley! I swear I'm going to steal that camera from you one of these days and spell it to do horrible things to you when you use it!" Drea said, her grey eyes flashing silver in anger, causing everyone at the table to laugh hysterically, including Matthew who was unlucky enough be sitting closest to her. He received a face full of pumpkin pie.
"It's not funny! These are new robes!" Drea exclaimed looking down at her soaked clothes, but she laughed a little as Matthew wiped the pie from his eyes.
"Temper." He muttered, causing Drea, Lilly and Anna all to laugh and nod their head. It was not the first time in her life she had been told she had a temper.
"Oi Matt! There you are! I thought you'd bailed on Hogwarts, I haven't heard from you sense last year, then you never owled me back." A tall boy with blue hair said, slapping Matt on the back. Matt looked up and grinned.
"Hey! No, I didn't bail, I just can't exactly send owls back and forth from my house, too many people would notice in the states. Not to mention I live in a duplex with people who have no idea I'm a wizard. My mom and Dad won't let me owl any one for fear some one would, like, call the animal shelter or something. You've got to use muggle form of communication or I can't talk to you in the summer." He explained, sliding over to make more room.
"Hey Andrea! Congrats on making Gryffindor." The boy said, grabbing her shoulder. Drea laughed a little then looked down, unsure of what to say.
"Thanks Teddy." She managed.
"You know her?"
"Yup, her mum and my parents used to be close, from what I hear. – Lilly! You made Gryf! Congrats little tiger, you too Anna and Hannah… not that I'm surprised. Victoire says she wants to talk to you guys for a second, she's at the end of the table with her friends if you want to see her." Teddy finished. Matthew looked at him for a second.
"And you know them too?"
"Uh huh. More parent closeness from when I was young… Their parents were…" Teddy started off on one his stories as Lilly, Anna, and Hannah got up.
"You coming Drai?" Lilly asked when she didn't move.
"Me, why would I go?" She asked.
"Victoire wanted to talk to us?" She replied, looking confused.
"She wants to talk to you and the twins, not me. She doesn't care for me." Drea finished, pushing a piece of bread into her mouth. It was true; Victoire definitely had a problem with her, her sister and her mom for some unimaginable reason. So did her mother, for some reason. It was completely beyond her as to why, but she didn't let it bother her.
"Oh, whatever, Drai, I'll be right back then. Try not to eat everything in sight while I'm away please."
"Go talk to your cousin, Lil." Drea said, pushing her best friend who turned and stuck out her tongue, but hurried off toward the general direction Teddy had pointed.
"You know, it's not you she really hates." Teddy said, obviously listening in on their conversation.
"What?" She asked confused.
"She doesn't necessarily hate you… its the circumstances from which you originated she hates." Teddy explained scrunching his eyebrows together, as if trying to figure out the best way to say what he meant. That, Drai decided, was probably the worst way he could have worded it.
"Huh?" She asked, tilting her head. What on earth did he mean?
"Look, I can't say much more, she basically banned me from it, but her mom doesn't like your mom because of a decision your mom made that involved someone she partly blames for her husbands accident. Then, with the fact that that person she partly blames is now the reason you exist, she doesn't like you or Malory, therefore Victoire, ever her mother's child, doesn't like you, Malory, or your mother. Get it?"
"Not at all." Drea replied, looking at Teddy Lupin, confusion lighting her eyes.
"Look, I can't say anything else; I'll probably get beheaded by not only your mother, but the rest of the Weasleys. But basically she doesn't like the fact that your mother 'interacted' with some one who played a part in Bill's accident. Then because that 'interaction' she had you and Mal. Okay?"
"So, just so I get this straight, they hate me because my father, who I not only don't know, but have no idea who he is, because he played a role in what happened to Bill?" Drea asked incredulously.
Teddy nodded, then stopped, scrunched his eyebrows up, thought about it a second, then shook his head no.
"No, that's not it. That can't be it." He said quietly, mulling it over.
"Wait a second." Drea said all of a sudden, her face worried. "Are you saying my father is Greyback?!" She exclaimed horrified.
"No! No, of course he's not! It's just some one who played a role in that incident – he was barely even related to the whole thing, more so by association than anything, I guess you could say."
"Okay, so he's not a werewolf. Good." Drea said, sighing.
"What's wrong with being related to a werewolf?" Teddy exclaimed, offended.
"Well, not Remus, obviously, he was a good werewolf, I meant some one evil, like Greyback. That would have been bad." Drea said matter-of-factly. Teddy nodded a little, still trying to decide whether he should be offended. Before he could finish deciding, Drea spun to face him quickly, staring at Teddy in wide-eyed astonishment.
"Teddy Lupin, you know who my father is?!" she accused.
Teddy didn't say anything, he didn't even move. This was exactly why he wasn't supposed to say anything. As Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Harry, Ron, every one had told him, over and over again,
'It was not your place to tell, Teddy, so don't even so much as hint that you know who her father is, okay? She may be young, but she's quick.' Ms. Weasley's stern voice echoed in his head.
'Bloody hell, I am so busted' Teddy thought to himself.
"Well, I might. I mean, I don't know. I mean… Drea, calm down. Please, sweetheart, sit down." He coaxed, his hair all of sudden turning a darker blue in his panic.
"No, I won't calm down, Theodore! I've known you my whole life, I've talked to you about my dad before, I trusted you to talk about him more than any one else, even Lilly, and the whole time – even the time I said I that I wish I knew who my father was so that when I got married I wouldn't walk down the isle alone, and you said I wouldn't have to because you would walk me down! - you knew who my father was?!" Her voice was rising in her panic, her breathing erratic, sparks flying from her eyes.
"I did know who at that time, but I meant that Drai. Your dad left, he was a dead beat, coward who ran away from his fears, have you got that? He doesn't deserve to walk you down the isle, you too good for him! It doesn't matter who he is, Drai, you better than he can ever hope to be. You know that I can't tell you who in the first place, but even if could tell you who, even if you did know who he was, that wouldn't make him any more a part of your life than he is now."
"Just because he left us, doesn't mean he'll never be a part of our family. My dad is gone, Teddy, not dead." Drea said coldly, her face falling into a mask of cool indifference.
Teddy stared shocked at the girl, the perfect image of her father's classic nonchalance.
"I know you can deal with never seeing your father, but at least you know who he was, what he did, how much he loved you – he died making your life better! – My dad… he ran from me; that's how much he hates me! He's alive and he chose to leave me behind! So, I know that you think he's not good enough for me, but it's the other way around, isn't it? I was never good enough for him; forgive me for wanting to find out why!" Drea was yelling now, and her eyes were cold; luckily the feast was too loud for any one to notice.
Before Teddy could find the words to respond, Drea spun on her heal and left, not a clue where she was going, the doors closed with a slam behind her. Teddy didn't know whether he should have followed or not, but he didn't, or rather, couldn't move. Lilly came running up to him,
"What happened?!" She exclaimed her green eyes wide.
"She found out that I knew who her Dad was and got all mad, and upset, then she left." He replied, looking at his feet with shame. Lilly looked at him astounded for a second.
"You know who her father is?"
"I was almost six when he left, of course I do." He muttered, Lilly stared in shock for a second longer before shaking her head,
"Well, which way did she go? I should go find her before she gets into trouble." Lilly said, Teddy pointed towards the doors and Lilly immediately took off running. Just as she left the hall, Professor McGonagall stepped forward.
"May I have every one attention please? Students! Please, pay attention." She said, her voice magically projected its way across the room. The noise immediately ceased as she continued. "As most of you probably know, we have a few new Professors this year. So, let me introduce them. For our new potions master we have Professor Quill. Our new Muggle Studies professor is Professor Pippin and for our new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher we have Professor Malfoy." Everyone gave the new teachers a big hand as she continued on, however Teddy stopped listening after the last name.
"Oh for Merlin's sake! You've got to be kidding me!" He muttered, rubbing his temples. Matthew looked up at his older friend confused,
"What's wrong?" He asked, however, before Teddy could answer a very, very angry Victoire came storming up to him.
"He's a teacher?!" She fumed as she sat down next to Teddy with a huff. "That git is a teacher?!"
Victoire slumped into the extra seat, elegantly even though she was steaming mad. Her small pixie features and wide blue eyes were cold in anger, and her light blonde hair seemed to ripple like a waterfall down her back.
"Apparently…" He muttered, staring at the tall, blonde man sitting at the main table looking up respectfully at the headmistress. He had just sat down, coming in late for the feast.
"I wonder if he knows that his daughter is going to be one of his pupils." Victoire muttered, rolling her eyes.
"I doubt it. He missed the sorting ceremony, but I'm fairly certain this isn't going to end well. Drea stormed out of her fuming just talking about the man, I wonder what's going to happen when she find's out Professor Malfoy is her father?" Teddy mumbled even quieter.
"My guess is hell at Hogwarts will break loose." She said angrily, her voice musical even in its rage.
"I think your girlfriend is pissed." Matthew whispered, Teddy almost laughed out loud at how much of understatement that was.
"Thanks Matt, I hadn't noticed." He said sarcastically. The kid shrugged his shoulders, but turned back to listen to the headmistress.
With Lilly and Drea
"Drea?! Drea, where are you?" Lilly called, walking into the fifth girl's lavatory.
"Lil?" Someone called back with a quick sniff. The girl was looking hard into a mirror, her face stone. Lilly closed her eyes in sympathy. The girl, though only eleven, never let any vulnerable emotion show in here face. Even her anger didn't make her vulnerable; she was too good at retaliating and insulting the person back. This, staring into a mirror all alone holding back her cold tears, was as close to crying as the girl would probably ever get.
"Drai! There you are, Merlin there are ton of bathrooms in this school." Lilly said, rushing to the side of her best friend. Drea smiled.
"I was wondering how long it would before you showed up."
"Too long. I seriously checked four bathrooms before I found this one!" Lilly exclaimed, pretending to be out of breath. Drea laughed a little. "You okay?" Lilly asked as she noticed the smile Drea was giving was more forced than her natural one.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was being stupid… I should probably apologize to Teddy. I think I offended him a few times." Drea muttered.
"A few times?" Lilly asked with a wondering look.
"I said something about how it would be bad to have a werewolf for a father. Then reminded him his parents were dead. The first one was an accident, I reminded him of his parents to get a point across, but it was still mean."
"Drai!" Lilly shot, looking stunned. Was this the girl who had had a huge crush on the boy sense she was four?
"Well he wouldn't tell me." She defended crossing her arms over her chest.
"Tell you what?" Lilly was hoping Drea would just out right tell her what had happened, that way she wouldn't have to say that she had asked Teddy, it didn't work.
"It was over something stupid, it's nothing Lil." Drea smiled again, it wasn't hard to see it was forced though.
"Andrea, it couldn't have been over something stupid. You don't get upset over stupid things."
"Apparently I do." She muttered back, looking at her feet. "And he was right about the whole thing."
"Drea, tell me."
"He brought up my father – he knows who he is by the way." Lilly feigned a shocked look, "Lillian, you knew that he knew?!" Drea gasped as Lilly made a mental note to becoming a better actress.
"No, he just told me himself before I went to find you." She admitted. "If it helps, he feels bad he brought it up." She tried, but Drea rolled her eyes.
"That's why Victoire hates me. Because of my father – not that I know who he is or anything - she hates me because I'm related to him. Least, that's what Teddy said. Or, I think he did. It was a bit confusing really."
"That can't be it!" Lilly gasped, horrified that her cousin could be that shallow.
"Yeah, not that I blame her I guess, he apparently had something to do with Bill getting hurt. Not that I'm shocked, the hat said something about my father being a death eater."
"So that's what took the hat so long! I was wondering what was with him just talking to you!" Lilly gasped, causing Drea to laugh. "What?"
"I just said my father was death eater and had something to do with your uncle Bill getting mauled by a werewolf, and you bring up the stupid hat!" She laughed, Lilly smiled.
"I was trying to guess what the hat was talking to about the whole time you were up there; I was worried it had died on your head or something. I've been curious about it ever sense. What else did it say?"
"A lot. It tried to put me in Slytherin! Can you believe it, me in Slytherin? That would have never of worked out." Drea said, making a disgusted face.
"Merlin, no! why'd it want you in there?!"
"Because everyone on my father's side of family had been there. Tradition I guess, sort of like every Weasley in Gryffindor." She supplied.
"Well, he was a death eater. No normal Gryffindor would be one of those, Ravenclaws were to smart and Hufflepuffs are too nice. Of course he was Slytherin." Lilly said shrugging.
"The hat said he was brave." Drea added under her breath. It really had nothing to do with the conversation other than the fact that they were speaking of her father, but for some reason she put it out there any way.
Lilly looked up shocked, "He was?"
"Apparently. I said he wasn't, but I suppose there is no use in arguing with the thing. He was the one who saw into the man's mind, not me. And he was string willed, and had a tempter. Like me. And, no surprise, the hat said he was proud. Guess that's why he left us - his mudblood wife and her muddled lowlife daughter would never be good enough for him."
"Andrea Madison Granger! Don't you ever dare say that about your mom – or yourself – to anyone ever again! You guys are so much better than any one could ever hope to be! Your father is just a selfish, horrible, prideful git!"
"Yeah, and my mother loved him." Lilly didn't say anything. It was common knowledge that, even though he left, Hermione only loved exceptional men. She was, after all, best friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley sense childhood. Her tastes were exceptional, why was this man any different? It wasn't that Hermione had made a mistake – she never messed up – no, it was that this man, he was perfection, except for his pride and cowardice.
"Come on, lets get back to the feast before we get into trouble, okay?" Lilly finally said, breaking the silence. Drea nodded then looked up, Pushed her hair back, then quickly and proudly walked out of the room, pretending that nothing in the world was wrong, her chin high and her silver eyes hard as she walked out the door.
Lilly followed sadly in her wake, knowing full well that her best friend was holding what probably felt like the weight of the world on her shoulders – the knowledge that her father was ashamed of her.
"Hey, Drea?" Lilly called, catching up to her friend.
"Yeah, Lilly?" She asked, closing her eyes. No more talk of her father, please!
"I just wanted to tell you that you're all wet." Lilly smiled, pulling out her wand.
"Yeah, remind me to get Brad back later." Dreacouldn't help but let a half grin slip pasther To-Cool-To-Show-Emotionfacadeas Lilly twitched her wand delicately and said, "Confestim Siccus!" Both the girls laughed as almost all of the water evaporated immediately,
"I've gotten good with that spell." Lilly noted as they walked through the doors, "Brad has had that camera sense I was eight." She smiled knowingly at Drea, who wrapped her arm around her best friend.
"Thanks." Drea muttered as they headed toward their table. "For everything."
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