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"Hermione is that you?" Harry had asked in a calming voice.
"No Harry my name is Lily and I am Hermione's daughter." Lily said as she spoke to her father trying to keep her nerves at bay.
"Seth, how about you and I go wait outside while they chat?" Ron had asked his son as he started walking towards the kitchen.
"Sounds great." Seth told his father as he began to follow him.
"Oh no. You two are staying right here!" Harry said in a tone that meant business and shot them both a death glare." So, you are Hermione's daughter?", Harry had asked her as he turned back and faced her not taking his eyes off her.
"Yes, and just so you know, Harry, you're my father." Lily told him truthfully. Harry stood there silent for a few moments just gazing at Lily. He didn't know what to say or how to react. He felt like his mind was running a marathon as thoughts ran wildly in his mind. 'I'm a father? How? When?' Harry rummaged through his memories trying to find an answer. 'Hermione and I were so careful. I don't understand how- 'Suddenly Harry remembered. His jaw dropped as he thought back on the night he returned from the defeat of Voldemort.
**** Flashback*****
The dark sky was shimmering like diamonds and the moon was full. The town of Ottery St. Catchpole was celebrating the demise of Lord Voldemort for the second week now. Their joyous shouts and loud fireworks booming high in the air was a reminder that they no longer had to live in fear. No longer would they have to go into hiding for months with fear lurking over them as they kept an eye out for Death Eaters ready to strike. But even with the celebration, there was one question on everyone's mind. Where was Harry Potter and was he alive?
Harry Potter apparated onto the cut green grass of The Burrow. He thought he would hear a celebration happening inside the home where he had spent six summers of his life, but instead there was silence. He reckoned that everyone was asleep seeing how it was about one in the morning. He walked up the pathway leading up to the front door where he noticed on the second floor, there was a figure standing in the window of a dimly lit room. He couldn't quite make out the figure since it had moved away before he had the chance. Not even fifteen seconds later did he see a blur of bushy brown hair fly into his arms.
"Harry!", Hermione cried out as she clung to her boyfriend. He had been gone for two weeks. Two weeks without a word from him as he had left her behind to seek out Voldemort so he could put an end to the prophecy that haunted his life for eighteen years.
"Hello, love.", Harry told her as he hugged her tightly. Merlin, he missed her so much. He missed her sweet vanilla scent that lingered on him each time they embraced. He missed the sweet sound of her voice that he had woken up to prior to him leaving. But what he missed most of all was the feel of her in his arms. It was then that he realized he never wanted to be without his girlfriend again.
He broke from their embrace and kissed her so passionately, causing her knees to buckle. Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened their kiss as she used her tongue to brush against his lips, seeking permission to enter. Harry pulled her closer to him as their kiss became heated. They snogged for about ten minutes before they broke apart, their lips slightly swollen.
"You did it, Harry. You defeated him and came back to me like you promised.", Hermione said as she leaned her head on his shoulder and shut her eyes.
"I told you I would, 'Mione. Thinking about coming home to you kept me alive, which is when I realized what the prophecy meant about 'He has the power the Dark Lord knows not'.", he told her as he wrapped an arm around her waist and look down at her beautiful face.
"What was that?", she asked him as she opened her eyes to meet his gaze.
"Love. I realized my love for you would bring me back. So I went deep into the Forest of Dean, and faced him. Once Voldemort has a clear shot of me, he shouted the killing curse at me just as I shot the disarming spell at him. Our wands connected like they had once done in the cemetery during the Triwizard Tournament. He kept thrusting his want more and more at me, but it wasn't working."
"What happened?"
"I was thinking of the memories I had of you. The first time I met you on the Hogwarts Express, the day you ran into my arms after you were unpetrified, how beautiful you looked in your blue dress robes as you ascended down the steps leading to the Great Hall for the Yule Ball, and my most favorite memory, the day you told me you loved me. I thrusted with all my might and his curse rebounded on him. He fell to the ground and began to turn to ash. I passed out from the amount of magic and the next thing I knew I woke up in St. mungo's. I made the doctor swear that he wouldn't tell anyone I was there. I didn't want anyone to know I was alive until I saw you first.", Harry explained as he kissed her forehead.
"I love you, Harry Potter."
"I love you, Hermione Granger." They walked inside the house hand in hand, careful not to wake anyone up and showed each other how much they truly loved one another.
******End of Flashback*********
As the memory of that night faded, Harry stared at Lily. He examined her features and noticed everything about her was Hermione. Except for her eyes…they were his.
"You have my eyes.", He said in a whisper.
"Yes.", she said not knowing what to say next. She noticed his face held a mixture of emotions, but the main one was sadness.
"I don't understand. Why would she leave me a note telling me she was getting back together with Viktor Krum if she was pregnant with you?", Harry asked in confusion. He was deeply hurt that Hermione didn't tell him of the pregnancy. Was having a baby with him that bad, that she wanted to run away? Did she not want a family with him?
"Mom never left a note for you, Harry.", Lily told him assuredly. 'Not once had mom mentioned a note. She told me she left him without a word, let alone a note.'
"Well that's funny seeing as how I still have it sitting in my trunk from nineteen years ago." Harry retorted.
"Did you ever think that maybe someone forged a note and made it seem like it was my mom who left it for you?", Lily pointed out.
"No." Harry told her. But he pushed the thought aside since he was aggravated more that Hermione would keep Lily a secret from him.
"Did she ever mention me, Ron or anyone to you?"
"She told me of all the adventures you three had in Hogwarts. And she told me about the time you and she got together."
"Why didn't she ever tell me about you?" Harry asked her lividly. Harry was getting so livid you could practically see the steam come from his ears.
"She said that it was to protect me." Lily told him while she looked down at the ground not wanting to look at him.
"To protect you from what exactly?" Harry had asked her with a dark look on his face.
"From you." Lily had said this and then ran out the door crying with Seth running after her. Harry stood speechless at what Lily had just told him.
"Mate I am so sorry." Ron had told him as he came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"How long have you known about Lily?" Harry asked in a quiet calming tone as he looked out the window.
"I just found out last night. Seth brought her over for her to have dinner with us and then they had asked me if I could bring Lily over to meet you." Ron told him.
"I just want to know why Hermione would keep this for me for nineteen years." Harry had told him as he turned to face his best friend. Ron could see the pain and betrayal lurking in Harry's eyes. He imagined he would feel the same if he had a long-lost child show up after many years.
"Call Hermione later and ask her. I am sure she will explain this to you. Just do yourself a favor, mate and don't let the past effect the relationship you and Lily can have. She's as much of a victim as you are. If I had just found out that I had a long-lost daughter who traveled half way across the world to find me, I wouldn't take it for granted." Ron said as he began to walk out the door but stopped when Harry began to speak to him once more.
"You're right Ron. All I have ever wanted was a family of my own and now I finally have that. There is no way I am going to let Lily get away. I already lost her mother, I can't lose her." Harry said as he turned back around and looked out the window again." I think I should go talk to Lily and make sure she is okay." Harry said to Ron as he began to walk out the door to go check on his daughter.
After the confrontation with Harry, Lily ran out of the house and headed straight for the willow tree that sat on Harry's front yard. Once she reached the tree, she bent down and put her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath.
"Lily!" Seth had called after her and then came running towards her." Lily I am so sorry about what happened in there." He told her as hetook Lily into his arms and the two of them sat on the grass as he let her cry on his shoulder.
"All I have ever wanted since I was a little girl was to have an opportunity to meet my father. And now that I have, it doesn't feel like I had imagined it would go. He hates me." Lily said as she kept crying on Seth's shoulder.
"Lily, listen to me okay? Harry does not hate you. He's hurt that after all these years your mum never once gave him the chance to get to know you. I have known him all my life and I know for a fact that all he has ever wanted in his life was to have a family of his own since he didn't quite have a great childhood. He was raised by people who didn't give a crap about him and he swore to himself that he would never treat his family the way he was. He just needs time to let all of this sink in." Seth said as he rubbed her back trying to sooth her.
"You are such an amazing friend and person Seth." Lily told him as she lifted her head and stared into his eyes. Both the young adults stared at each other for a few moments and they were slowly moving their heads towards each other. Their lips were almost touching each other until they heard a voice.
"Lily can I talk to you for a few minutes?" Harry had asked as he was coming towards them.
"Of course Harry" Lily responded has her and Seth stood up and cleaned the dirt and grass off of them.
"I am going to give the two of you some privacy and go find my dad. I'll see you both in a bit." Seth told them as he gave them both a wave and headed towards his father who was standing in the doorway of Harry's house.
"Lily I wanted to apologize for the way I acted. I wasn't trying to hurt you by any means. I was in shock."
"It's okay, really. I am sorry for coming up to your home unexpectedly though. I just wanted to finally meet you and see what you were like." Lily told him as she turned her head and looked at Harry.
"I am glad that you did. I wish your mum would have told me sooner that way we could have had more time to get to know one another when you were a child." Harry said as he took Lily into his arms for the first time and gave her a hug.
"Me too Harry, Me too." Lily said as she returned the hug. They stayed like this until they saw two red headed women apparate in the front yard. Lily noticed the younger red head looked to be about her age and she guessed the older woman was her mother.
"Oh no." Harry had said in a whisper as he stared at the Older woman and the teenager, his eyes widening.
"Who's that Harry?" Lily had asked him as they broke apart from their hug.
"Harry we're home!", the older red head exclaimed as she waved at him.
'Now I am in big trouble. How am I going to explain all this to Ginny?' Harry thought to himself.
