Chapter twenty five

Elana had convinced all the kids to head to their rooms, she could see how shocked they were just like she had been. Money never interested her, it still doesn't, but children were different. Harry and her had spoken and had decided on an allowance for all of them and the amount depended on their age. They weren't going to give them a lot, but enough and that money was just for them to spend on stuff they wanted, not needed.

Elana stepped into the bedroom and saw Harry standing there waiting for her, he held out his hand, she walked over to him than they were wrapped around each other kissing passionately. Their kisses were hot and wet, their bodies against each other and for both of them they were heating up with desire.

Elana couldn't get enough of Harry, she loved him so, she loved his touch, his kisses, his love making. Harry could never get enough of Elana, he was madly in love with her, she had an innocence around her, a shyness and her inexperience with sex was something Harry loved. He was slowly showing her the wonders of making love properly, how to please him just like he pleased her. After her initial tentativeness, her awkwardness and her shyness, she finally started to use her hands, her mouth, her tongue and her body when she made love, which they did all the time, neither of them could get enough of each other.

The following morning after another enjoyable meal that was full on excited talk about the party coming up and their shopping trip, the older kids, James, Albus, Sarah and Oscar all helped clean the dishes, again surprising Harry and Elana, but it also pleased them. Then Elana first, James after her, then one by one they all flooed to the Leaky Cauldron with Harry and Lily going last, and just like other times, everyone stared at Harry, but now they not only stared at him, but the woman he was now with and all their children. The people in the Leaky Cauldron all smiled at the large Potter family and they received smiles back as they made their way through the pub and into the back where Harry tapped the wall and they headed up the cobble street to the large white building at the end. Harry had all the kids stay with Elana while he organised vaults for Sarah, Oscar, Kevin and Sally, then because there were so many of them, just Harry and James headed down to the vault to get some money.

Harry and James stepped out of the cart, Harry looked at the goblin then handed him his key.

'When you see inside, you will be surprised,' Harry gave his son a small smile then watched as his son stared inside the family vault.

'Blimey, this vault is as big as the great hall and it's full, so much stuff.'

'Yes it is, I have the inventory of what's in here, but I've never taken a lot of notice. Let me get some money and we can go shopping. Harry pulled out a bag, then started to fill it, then stepped back, waited until the goblin sealed the vault again and handed him his key, then they got back into the cart and headed up to join the rest of their family.

The nine of them headed into lots of different shops, buying clothes, shoes, some normal running type shoes, others to wear out or for the party. Elana knew Sarah was a little hesitant, but finally got her daughter to buy herself something really nice to wear to the party, also shoes to match but some other every day clothes as well. Lily was helping Sally with a few things to make her room her own, so they were picking out different curtains, cushions and pictures to hang on the wall. The boys, Oscar and Kevin didn't know what they wanted, so between Harry, James and Albus, they got their clothes, their shoes but also things for their rooms. James bought himself some nice clothes, Albus did after a bit of pushing from his father because all he wanted was more books. After a few hours of shopping and they were laden down with bags, they all headed back to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch. Tom came straight over to Harry, even with being quite old now, he still moved fairly quickly. After shaking Harry's hands, he put three tables together so the whole family would fit, then took their food and drinks order.

Like always, Lily sat beside her father who was sitting next to Elana, then it was James next to Lily with Sally on his other side. The opposite side of the sat Sarah, Albus, Oscar and Kevin, Albus and Sarah talking to each other, the two boys talking excitedly about some of the things they bought, but the whole family were having a great time with people smiling watching the very large Potter family. After thanking Tom, Harry got his family to the fireplace and one by one they flooed home.

'Okay, go put your things away,' Harry called then laughed as the younger ones ran up the stairs, Sarah giving Harry a smile as she took her bags up the stairs and naturally Albus was with her.

'So even though you donate a lot, you still have all that dad. Blimey that's hard to digest,' James said.

'It is and I try not to think about it.'

'So mum heard that, before you were married?'

'Yes, she did.'

'Can I ask you something about mum?'

'Anything James, just because I'm angry with her doesn't mean I won't tell you things, she is your mother.'

'I'm angry with her. You said you were together, you resumed your relationship, this was before you asked her to marry you, right?'

'Right.'

'Did she say how she felt about you at the time, before that day at Gringotts?'

'No, Ginny knew I wasn't really one for saying how I felt or showing my feelings. It was the way I was raised. So I'll explain this,' Harry ran his fingers through his hair but sat beside Elana, 'We sort of had this silent agreement not to say anything about how we felt, but we also said we'd take it slow, we got together during a war basically, a very tense and dangerous time. So we agreed to just go day to day. It was a couple of days after Gringotts, if memory serves three days after that Ginny told me she loved me. Even though I still thought we should take it slow, I did love her and for the first time in my life I felt like I was going to have my own family, something I wasn't sure I'd ever have. It never dawned on me that she didn't really love me at all. But after what she did, I sat down with Hermione and Ron, as you know the three of us were always together and after the war, with Ginny as well. We discussed what we saw, the way Ginny acted, everything we could remember. As an auror we're trained to remember, even things from long ago. So Ron and I remembered a lot of things you're mother used to do or say. That was when we realised she never loved me, but wanted the life my money could bring her. I know the Weasley's never had a lot growing up, I saw it, that's why it never dawned on any of us that Ginny's excitement was really about what she could get out of me.'

'I'm sorry she did that to you dad,' James got up, then bent down and hugged his father before heading upstairs.

Harry and Elana stared at each other, 'He deserves to know the truth, he's old enough to handle it. But explaining this will also make him cautious about telling anyone he has money. I would hate for him to go through what I did, have some girl after him just for his money.'

'Yes, after you explained to me, I do get why you kept it private. I'm glad I never knew, now you know I love you for you, well,' Elana gave a very sexy smile, 'love you for your body and what it does to me.'

'Is that an invitation…baby,' Harry gave his own seductive look before they were in each other's arm, showing exactly how much they loved each other.