A/N: well here is part two. I hope u like it, it is basically picking up from the end of last chap as this is the second part of that. It's not as long as the last one but all the same i hope u like it.
I'm really sorry this was late. see i just got back from holiday and i thought i'd posted it before i left, only i just realised i hadn't - sob - , but hey it's here now.
Dedication: for Ginny Rocks my socks, it does seem to appear that u r my only reviewer, i thank u but i do wish other people would take heed from ur example and follow on. This chap is also for my mate from St Richards Catholic Collge. to them i say "Yay we've finally left, graduated, done all our exams etc, plus got the results." I'm in a v. cheery mood as i didn't fail anything, k i got one C but other than that it was all B's and A's so i'm v.happy, as this means i can now go on to college and become a Doctor, author, illustrator actress etc(as u can tell i still haven't really made up my mind I'm going for doctor to b realistic but i still wanna do the other things sigh). right now I'm gonna shut up as that is one bloomin long dedication full of a lot of rambling, er inculdin this.Oh and lastly, cos she's here watching me ramble, this is for my best mate viki, who is putting up with my HP madness. sorry viki!
Right well i have to go pack , again, as I'm leavin 2moz and i need to make sure my mother doesn't find the hairstraighteners my sister and i r sneaking on holiday with us. so c u all soon, (you know wat i mean!)
Indie x
Disclaimer: I wish and pray every night that I will own Harry Potter but I still don't. Not fair!
Chapter Nine: Memories part two.
A one year old Claire stood gripping the edge of her playpen, she looked at her mother sitting in the arm chair. Sophie looked up. "Hey Claire, wanna come and sit on mummy's lap." The young Claire nodded enthusiastically clapping her hands. Sophie shut the book she was reading, Daddy Long Legs, put it on the coffee table next to an old large photo album and went and picked up Claire. She put Claire down on her lap and gently ruffled her hair. The young Claire slid of her mothers lap wobbled slightly on her feet before gaining her balance, Sophie let go of Claire's and Claire waddled, penguin like, slowly over to the coffee table. She bent don and picked up a fluffy tog dog, which was named 'Ronnie'. She held out the toy to her mother who tool it and looked some what sadly at it. Claire turned happily abd picked up the large old photo album. "Muma sho Caire." She said. Sophie laughed softly, Claire loved looking at the old photo album. She scoped the young Claire up in her arm and plonked her gently on her lap. She took the album from and Claire cuddled up to the mother and 'Ronnie'. "Wonnie dog wanna see." She said and plonked the toy carelessly on her lap. Sophie open the book.
There on the first page was an old copy her brother Harry had given her. "This is Mummy's real parents. Grandma Lily." Sophie pointed to the young and newly wed Lily Potter. "And Grandpa James." Sophie pointed to James. Claire smiled and then pointed to the photo beneath.
"Nana, Gupa." She said pointing at the people in the photo. Sophie smiled at Claire looking happily at the photo of her adoptive parent.
Time passed and Sophie showed Claire pictures of herself as a baby, her as a young girl at a long forgotten party, her at the age of fifteen wearing her Hogwarts robes for the very first time.
Then came the heart breaking moments, her with friends she had sworn never to see again, those besides Harry and Ginny. There was a picture of her and Ginny laughing together in the great hall over a some unknown joke.
A picture she knew poor old Colin Creevy had taken of her, Harry and Hermione. The three of them had been forced to sign it by the persistent fifth year and then he'd given them all a copy each. He may have been a bit much but all the same he shouldn't have been one of the many who had died in the second great war.
She showed Claire pictures of her and Ron. God how the thought of him killed her. A picture of them together, holding hands, laughing, even one of them kissing. She glanced down at Claire the product of them both, had it really been over a year, nearly two, since she had left him. She sighed. Claire noticed her mothers unease and pointed happily at a photo of her Ginny, Luna, Harry, Hermione, Ron and all their other friends in an attempt to cheer her mother up. It had been nice while it had lasted, still at least she still had Ginny and Harry and of course she had her parents. Next came the pictures of the years after Hogwarts. Pictures of the cute cottage she and Ron had owned in Devon, the apple tree in the garden. A picture of Christmas at the burrow. Her Ginny, Luna and Hermione Christmas shopping in Diagon Alley. A picture of Harry and Ginny's Wedding, Neville's and more recently Luna's. Attending the others had been no trouble, they had been before she'd left Ron, but Luna's had only been a few months ago, so she'd just attended the service. She'd said hello to Luna but had stayed out of the way, unseen. Sophie turned over the page. An old picture of Harry and Ginny's son James when he'd been born a few years ago. the photo was followed by a picture of Albus as a baby and a very recent picture of a new born Lily. Pictures of James and Albus getting a bit older. She noticed how the more recent pictures only ever included her, Harry, Ginny and occasionally Luna. There were pictures of her growing more pregnant. A newborn Claire, Claire at her first birthday party, even if had only been Harry and Ginny with James and Albus that had come. A picture taken from the Christmas just gone. It had only been a few weeks ago. It showed dinner here, the small kitchen table had been crowded, maybe not the way she'd once imagined but still it had been a joyful affair. Harry and Ginny were there with a four year old James, a one year old Albus and a new born Lily. Luna was there too with her husband she too was pregnant, but she wasn't showing yet. Also at the table had been two new but old friends. She'd known Seamus and Dean at Hogwarts but they hadn't kept in touch when she'd left, now however Seamus only lived down the road, so they had become rather close. Claire pointed to the picture of Seamus. "Dada?" she questioned, Sophie shut the Album and placed it back on the table, she got up and hoisted it back on the table, she got up and hoisted Claire onto her hips. She walked over to the fire place. "No Claire not Dada." Sophie picked up a photo off of the mantle piece. "This is daddy." She whispered. Sophie put the photo back and turn away from it. She and Claire left the room, so that Sophie could put Claire to bed. As she left and closed the door behind her she glanced at the old photo of her and Ron sitting happily under a tree by the Lake. In that photo she had not a care in the world. As the door shut softly behind Sophie and the young Claire, the scene in Claire's mind grew dark and faded becoming distant and the memory passed. Claire opened here eyes. She was in the hospital wing. She couldn't really remember how she'd got there, all she could remember was that memory. She frowned her mother had told her who her father was. Claire smiled slightly she supposed her mother never have in her dizziest daydreams have thought that Claire would have remembered that. Claire sighed and curled up in her bed. She was tired and her head hurt. She closed her eyes. She could talk to Rose about this when she woke up, then again maybe she should talk to Albus after there is no knowing how Rose may react to this kind of thing. Yes she'd talk to Albus. She yawned but first she'd have that sleep.
A/N: I know it was short I'll see if i can make the nxt one longer.k.
Indie x
