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It's the last chapter! Sad face…. hope you enjoyed it!

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A couple of weeks later, Serena was feeling much more confident and settled in her own skin, all things concerned. She got herself back on a regular sleeping and eating schedule. Not to mention that she spent every day with George and Lee, whether she was at their store or apartment, or if they were at Andi's.

It was still a surprise when, one night after Freddy was in bed, they sat down together and they invited her and Freddie to come live with them.

"Really? Are you sure?" she asked in surprise. "I wouldn't want to, you know, intrude or anything."

"'Rena, we spend every day together. You're our best friend. If we thought you would intrude, we wouldn't have asked you," Lee said, in such a way that said 'isn't it obvious?'

Serena smiled a watery smile, and leaned over to hug them both.

"I would love that. Really. I love Andromeda and appreciate everything she's done, but I would really like to move in with you guys. Get a little semblance of normalcy back."

"Oh, yeah," George agreed. "And we'll be around 24/7 to help with Fredd."

"Though," Serena said, pulling away, "Ideally, I really wanted to maybe see if Andy would let me take in Teddy. She's getting older, and I thought… Remus raised me. He was essentially my father, you know? And I just feel like I need to do this."

"That's completely understandable. And, you know, George and I can't exactly have our own kids, so if you moved in with Freddy and Teddy, that would be really cool," Lee said.

"Thanks," she smiled, then, "Oh my gosh! I totally forgot about Fred and I's apartment! I haven't even been there in over a month!"

"Don't worry, we took it upon ourselves to take care of it for you. We didn't want to add any more stress, so we packed up Fred's stuff; Mum has it all now, and we brought most of your stuff to our apartment. We told your landlord that you were having some personal issues and wouldn't be coming back," George explained.

"Ah, I see. So, I was going to move in with you guys no matter what, eh?" she said.

"Well, we just figured…" George and Lee looked at each other.

"It's okay, guys," she laughed, "I wouldn't have even thought about saying no to moving in with you."

George and Lee smiled.

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Serena, Lee and George had been together exclusively for a little less than ten years now. Serena had tried her hand at dating, but her feelings for any of the guys she went out with never compared to her feelings for George and Lee. Eventually, there was a revelation of mutual feelings between them and they got together. Not everyone approved of their relationship, but they figured it was no one else's business besides their own. They all loved each other, and were still best friends.

Serena had offered to be George and Lee's surrogate mother in order for them to have children, and in the ten years they had been together so far she had given birth to two girls. One, the oldest at seven Rowan, was technically the daughter of Lee and Serena, and the youngest at four, Willow, was the daughter of Serena and George, though they, Freddy and Teddy were all raised equally by the three of them.

Serena was expecting again, and was a little disgruntled that both Lee and George had to stay at the store today while she shepherded Freddy, Rowan, Willow, and her six month pregnant self down to Kings' Cross to pick up Teddy. But, other than the initial bout of Postpartum Depression after she had had Freddy, she was much more confident in her abilities as a mother, especially after raising four kids.

Once on the platform, she waited with the other parents, though they gave her a wide berth. She could hear a few whispering and shooting her disapproving glances, but she either ignored them or glared back at them briefly before corralling her children away from the drop-off of the platform to the tracks.

"Mama," the two little girls chorused at her. She looked down catching even more looks from the general populous of the platform.

"When is Teddy gonna get here?" Rowan asked.

"Yeah, when is he gonna get here?" Willow parroted. It always amazed her how alike they were sometimes.

"Soon, Baby. He's going to be here soon and then we can meet Daddy and Papa for some dinner, ok?" Serena answered. She knew that the mention of 'daddy and papa' was going to deepen the tension on the platform- which it did- but she didn't bother to lower her voice. As far as she was concerned, she was happy with Lee and George, she had four- soon to be five- beautiful children, and she couldn't help but to think that after the war, she deserved some of this happiness.

Finally, the Hogwarts Express came into view, and she breathed a sigh. Her ankles were killing her, as was her back, and the young couple on the closest bench had ignored her pointedly since she and her children had arrived.

The train rolled to a stop and students began spilling out. Teddy found them quickly- Serena couldn't help but notice that his hair was a rather subdued shade of blue.

"How was your first semester at school, Teddy?" she asked as Rowan and Willow happily shouted his name and hugged him tight.

"Fine. Can we go now?" he responded dully.

"Well, I hope you have more to say about it than 'fine'," Serena said, ignoring his question.

"It was great. I had lots of fun and Professor McGonagall is as amazing as you said. Please, can we just go now?" he said very quickly, grabbing one end of his trunk and starting to haul it away.

"All right, all right. We're going to meet Daddy and Papa at the store. Freddy can you grab the other end of Teddy's trunk?" They five of them began heading towards the exit. Serena took note of the angry and scornful eyes that followed them, and how Teddy forced himself not to look at them.

They met George and Lee at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and then headed to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Teddy sulked throughout the entire thing, and by the time they got home, Serena had had enough.

"Teddy, what's the matter? You've been quiet and sulking since you got off the train," she asked.

"It's nothing. I'm going to bed," Teddy responded, heading up the stairs.

Serena motioned for Lee and George to take the girls into the other room, "Teddy, don't walk away. If there's something bothering you, I can't help if I don't know what's going on."

"I told you, it's nothing," he muttered.

"Teddy, come on. Just tell me what's up," Serena said, getting frustrated.

Teddy was quiet for a moment, then, "The other kids make fun of me because I have three parents that aren't even mine!"

Serena was shocked into silence, and Teddy took the opportunity to run upstairs and into his bedroom.

Serena sighed heavily and followed him up. She didn't even bother to knock on his door when she reached it.

"Teddy," he was sitting on his bed hugging a pillow, he looked up at her voice, expecting words of comfort and reassurance.

"Is this how we raised you to deal with things like this? You're going to sulk in your room? What's next; you're going to throw a tantrum now?" Serena was done with his foul mood.

"What? No…" Teddy responded quietly.

"Look, Teddy. You can't let people get to you like that," Serena sighed, sitting on the bed beside him.

"Well, it's not just that they make fun of me. They say awful things about you that they get from their parents," Teddy admitted.

"Teddy, I'm going to tell you something. We have a strange family. I'd be the first to admit it, but I couldn't imagine it any other way," she said.

"But-."

"Well, I guess I shouldn't say that: Ideally, Fred would be alive, your parents would be alive and we'd all have our own families, but they're not. I love Fred. I truly believe that he was my soulmate and no one in this world can compare to him. I struggled for a long time over my feelings for Fred and my feelings for George and Lee. But, eventually, the three of us would rather be together and happy than not and be miserable.

"I have two guys who would do anything for me, a happy relationship and four beautiful children. I wouldn't give this up for the world. And if anyone gives you a hard time, you can always go to any of the teachers, especially Professor McGonagall.

"But Teddy, you know that I'm not going to force you to stay here if you're unhappy. If you really want to, you can go and live with your grandmother, you know that. All you have to do is tell me. The girls would be disappointed, but no one would hold it against you."

Teddy was fiddling with the edges of his pillow case. "I don't want to go and live with Grandma, you're my mum. And George is Papa and Lee is Daddy, and I love you all," he said.

"And we love you Teddy. You know we think of you as our own. And really, if you have any troubles with other students, whatsoever, go to Professor McGonagall. She's been around forever, and she loves me. She can get those students and their parents in and we can have a nice chat together, ok?" she said, pulling him into a hug.

"Ok," he said, snuggling in close. They stayed like that for a moment before Teddy jumped back.

"Whoa! Did the baby just kick?"

"Yeah, seems like she's glad everything has been worked out," Serena smiled, rubbing her stomach.

"Hey, Teddy!" George called from the hallway, "Uncle Harry, Aunt Ginny and the boys are here and want to know if you want to go ice skating with them."

"Can I Mum?" Teddy asked excitedly.

"Of course, but don't forget your hat, scarf and mittens," she said. Teddy rummaged around in his closet for the necessities of ice skating before bolting from the room.

George came in and joined Serena on the bed.

"So, how'd it go? Everything's going to be ok?" he asked.

"Yeah," Serena said, pulling his hand to rest on her stomach and feel the baby's kicking, "Everything's going to be just fine."

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