We think you should tone down the snogging a bit." Neville said.
"I'm sure you two snog."
Neville and I blushed. Neville recovered first and said "We do but not as much as you and Lavender."
"Maybe that's real love." He said.
"It's not, I've seen real love between my "Aunt" Becky and "Uncle" Jesse, my parents and even D.J and Steve."
"What do you know your mum left when you were little and didn't return until you were fifteen."
"You know nothing, Ronald!" I exclaimed. We had never told him why my mum didn't come back until I was fifteen we only told Harry Hermione and Susan. In hindsight we should've.
"You crossed the line, I better take her away before she either hexes you or slaps you." Neville said reaching for my hand.
The next thing I knew I had cast a wandless Avis and Uppugno spell.
"What's going on here?" My grandma asked walking over swiftly.
"This was an accident, I swear."
"Bloody hell it was!"
"Language Mr. Weasley."
Ron grumbled.
"Please follow me to my office, we can discuss it there."
We followed her to her office.
"So, who wants to start?"
"Well, they were complaining about how much I snog my girlfriend."
"Mr. Weasley I'd rather not hear about your exploits with Miss Brown. All I want to know is why my granddaughter cast a wandless Avis and Uppugno at you seeing that she's been with Mr. Longbottom for almost two years. Which I might add is quite impressive." My grandma said proudly commenting on my spell use.
I shrugged I picked it up from Hermione.
"Then I told them they probably snog too."
My grandma shot us a smirk causing us to blush as red as a Weasley's hair.
"I said maybe snogging a lot is what real love is."
I recovered from the embarrassment first and said "Then I told him that I've seen real love between my Aunt and Uncle and my parents."
"I told her that she doesn't know real love since her mum didn't come back until she was fifteen."
She glared at Ron as Neville continued "I tried to lead her away before she slapped him or hexed him but that's why we we're here."
"As impressive as those two wandless spells were, I'll take 15 points away from Hufflepuff and 20 from Gryffindor."
"Why do I get points taken away I didn't do anything." Ron complained.
"On the contrary Mr. Weasley, you insulted a family member reasons for leaving."
"Can someone tell me the story?" He asked.
"Well my daughter did leave us but only to keep everyone safe."
"Safe?"
"She left because she was being recruited by death eaters and she had to change her name and cut off all connections to us. They found her anyway and tortured her into insanity." My grandma finished.
Ron just nodded.
"You three may go."
We left her office.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I'm a git."
"You can say that again."
"I'm a git."
"You're forgiven, Ron."
Before he could respond Lavender threw herself at him.
"Hey Won Won."
"Hey Lav."
"Remember what we talked about." Neville said.
Ron nodded and walked away with Lavender.
"Promise me one thing." Neville said.
"What's that?"
"We'll never have those embarrassing nicknames for each other."
"Whatever you say, Nev Nev." I teased.
"What did I just say?" He laughed.
"Alright." I smiled at him.
The day continued. We both went home for Christmas. It was just a few days after Christmas. Neville and I were channel surfing. There was a knock on the door. I opened the door to face my grandpa, my dad's father.
"Hello, grandpa." I said through a fake smile.
"Delaney, you've grown."
"That tends to happen." I said bitterly.
"Is your dad home?"
"Not at the moment."
"I'll come in and wait for him."
I stepped aside and he walked in.
"Who is this young man?" He asked.
"Neville, sir Delaney's boyfriend."
"It's Colonel and Delaney aren't you a little young to have a boyfriend?"
"I'm sixteen!"
"You are?"
"That's what happens when you don't visit for three years."
Before he could respond my grandma walked in. This shall be interesting.
"Colonel Gladstone, at your service miss." He said holding out his hand. Was he flirting with her?
"Professor Minerva McGonagall, so you must be Joseph's father."
"Yes, how do you know my son?"
"He married my daughter earlier this year." She said proudly.
"Joey, married I find that rather hard to believe." He said.
"You better believe it." I exclaimed.
"Did I talk to you?" He asked me.
"Don't you dare talk to my granddaughter like that!" McGonagall exclaimed her temper flaring.
"Granddaughter?"
"Yes, she's been more of a grandmother to me in the almost five years I've known than you've been in sixteen years!" I exclaimed.
Before he could respond my parents walked in.
"Dad?" my dad asked.
"Hello."
"What are you doing here?"
"Can't I visit my son and new daughter-in-law. I didn't even know you were engaged."
"Actually, we've been engaged since Delaney was born."
"And you're barely married now?"
"It's a long story you won't understand."
"Try me."
We all shared a look. We knew it was against the law to tell muggles that we were wizards/witches.
"So.."
"Shirley left because she was on the run and want to keep us safe."
"On the run like a criminal?"
"Quite the opposite, Colonel. My daughter was on the run because a horrible group was trying to recruit her because she was the daughter of a powerful family."
"You're just a Professor, how is that powerful?"
My grandma glared at him.
"Then she had amnesia for eight years and she came back." I said getting up and walking over to my grandma and parents.
"You had amnesia?"
"Yes, I didn't remember who I was or anything like that."
My grandpa nodded and said "See that wasn't so hard."
"That's what you think." I thought.
He soon left. The day continued. Over the holidays Dumbledore retired. So my grandma was promoted to Headmistress and my mum was rehired as the Transfiguration professor, Deputy Headmistress and Head of Gryffindor. Snape was sacked. So Remus took his spot. We were all in McGonagall's office.