"Amare." She heard her father say, hands on her arm, shaking her gently. "Amare." She opened her eyes against their will, her neck stiff from sleeping on the couch. She looked at him, a confused look on her face and he smiled. She noted that the window was still dark.
"I'm a dad."
Her heart twisted in knots. He was her dad.
"Cool." She said. "Congratulations."
"You've got a little sister." He said.
She smiled. "What's she look like?" Amare asked.
"She's got red hair, green eyes, utterly gorgeous." Her father glowed. Amare smiled, happy for him.
"Cool." She said. "Have you seen Teddy?"
"No." He said. "Sirius told me what happened, though." He looked disappointed and Amare sighed.
"Sorry." She said.
"Just be careful, alright?" he said.
Amare nodded. "Yeah."
"Wanna go visit Lily?" He asked. Amare shrugged, she was thankful Ginny had just had the baby so her father couldn't punish her. Sure she wanted to see her, but she also didn't want to that much. "She's healthy."
"That's good." Amare said, sitting up. "I'm going to go find Teddy and I'll be there later."
"Alright." Harry muttered. He gave Amare a hug and watched her Floo to Grimmauld place and then she walked through the empty kitchen and up the noisy steps. She knocked on his bedroom door and his smiling face answered it.
"Hi." He said. He took her hand into the room and kissed her. She pulled away and looked him in the eyes.
"Don't tell my parent's you're here. They'll kill me." He said quietly.
Amare smirked at him.
"Wanna go visit my baby sister?" She asked.
Teddy shrugged.
"I don't wanna go alone. I just… I don't want her to be here." She admitted. "I mean, I didn't know until this week, she was supposed to be born next month, but it's this month, and I just don't know how I feel about it."
"You were this way with Al too." Teddy said. "He's your best friend now."
"No he's not." Amare muttered.
"Yeah he is, Mar. You love him."
"Who doesn't? He totally knows how to win the hearts of everyone. He's going to be trouble when he goes to Hogwarts." Amare smiled.
"You're gonna love your new sister."
Amare took a deep breath. "Will you please go with me?" Amare asked. Teddy nodded. Amare hugged him and stood up.
"OH TEDDY BEAR!" Sirius shouted from outside the door. Amare gave Teddy a look as he blushed. Amare giggled and the door opened. "Gasp!" Sirius said loudly. He quieted his voice. "You have a girl in your room. You know that's against the rules."
"Sirius, we're going to St. Mungo's."
"Let me join you." Sirius said. "I was just going to ask if you wanted to head over there and visit the littlest pot head."
"Sirius!" Amare exclaimed. "That's not nice."
"You didn't see Harry right after the war." Sirius said. Amare wasn't sure how she felt about that. Did her father smoke pot? He always seemed like someone who got through his struggle sober. Amare took a deep breath and Teddy led her down stairs and to the fireplace. She flooed and Teddy and Sirius apparated. She met them in the lobby and held Teddy's hand as they followed Sirius down the hallways and to the hospital room. Teddy let go of Amare's hand right before they entered and she walked over to see her baby sister. She looked down at the tiny thing. It was very small. It had a bit of red hair on her tiny head and bright, big green eyes. Amare watched as it looked up at her. Amare smiled and waved.
"Wanna hold her?" Her father asked. Amare nodded and held her arms out for the young child. She looked down into her eyes and her heart melted. This was her sister. That moment she vowed to protect her, as she had done with Al and James. She vowed to never let anything happen to the young kid in her arms.
Time passes too quickly, she decided a year later when she was watching the kid crawl around, climbing on the furniture during Christmas break. Teddy had his arm around her and Amare was babysitting Al and Lily, her two youngest siblings. She went to get up when Teddy pulled her back into his lap and she hit him.
"Let me go."
"No." He said, resting his chin on her shoulder. "I only get to see you so often." He said.
"Later, hon." She said, patting his leg.
"AMARE!" Candy screamed from upstairs. "GET YOUR BUTT UP HERE!"
"YOU GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!"
"NO! I NEED YOU!"
Amare sighed and gave Teddy a kiss on the cheek. "Make sure they're good, alright?"
"Yes, Ma'am." He said, patting her butt as she left. She giggled and made her way upstairs after winking at him. She walked into her bedroom and stared at her sister.
"What's up, Cands?" Amare asked.
"You didn't tell me you were having Teddy over."
"I didn't think you would care. And he invited himself over." Amare said. "He's been with me all week whenever he's had the chance."
"Doesn't he have a job?"
"Yeah." Amare said. "He's in Auror Training. It hasn't been that much that we've seen each other. He's only been able to make one of the Hogsmade trips this year. He's my boyfriend and I care about him."
"But while you're babysitting." Candy asked. "That's just…"
"Shut up, Candy, alright?" Amare snapped. "I love him. And you know that. I want to see him, at least I didn't bum the kids off on you."
"Yeah, like you didn't think of it."
"No. I didn't actually." Amare said. "And why've you been so bitchy lately?"
"I dunno. Maybe because you've been ignoring me all damn week!"
"Why don't you just go to your own house." Amare said.
"Fine." Candy said, apparating away. Amare felt a pang in her heart, but ignored it as she went downstairs and sat beside her Teddy Bear. He slung an arm around her as Al and Lily started playing. Amare turned to Teddy and kissed him. She could never take her hands off of him. He layed her down on the couch and kissed her, running her hand down her side. She giggled, kissing him back.
"I love you Ted."
"Love you too, Love." He said, licking her cheek. She giggled. She wanted to tell him but she couldn't. Not yet. He pushed for more and she gave it to him. He seemed a bit hesitant and she wiped it off as nothing, not worrying about the minor details.
