Chapter 37: Setting it straight

It was now a few days later Bill and Charlie apparated with Delaney to Hermione's parents house.

"Oh, hello Delaney." Jane greeted her niece.

"Hi Aunt Jane." Delaney smiled cheerfully.

"Come in." She invited her niece and her surrogate elder brothers in.

The three some walked in.

"Would you like any tea or something?" She asked.

"That would be nice Mrs. Granger but this really isn't a social call." Charlie said gently but bluntly.

The color out of her face drained as she asked. "Is something wrong with Hermione?"

"No, Hermione is fine Aunt Jane."

Before she could respond her Uncle Jacob walked in.

"Oh, hello Delaney," He greeted her cheerfully.

"Hi Uncle Jacob."

He saw the look on his wife's face and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Hermione is fine," Delaney repeated.

"What else is wrong?"

"Did you ever know I had godparents?" Delaney asked her aunt and uncle.

They froze for a second. Delaney took that as a yes.

"Are you upset that we never told you about your godparents?" Jane asked recovering first as the five of them sat down.

"Far from it."

"How did you find out?" Jane asked.

"Their daughter Audrey is dating Percy." Bill said speaking for the first time.

"That's good, Audrey was such a sweetheart." Jane gushed.

"So, you know them?"

"Unfortunately," Jacob groaned.

"So, you don't like them?" Delaney asked.

Jacob and Jane shook their heads.

"Why don't you like them?" Charlie asked.

"We never agreed with your mum about making them your godparents. Amanda is much too controlling and Alan has quite the violent temper."

"He does, he seemed almost harmless," Delaney commented.

"He's not. Your mum was friendly with them at school and they got her into some bad things."

"Like what?"

"Illegal stuff that's all I remember. Growing up she was a sweetheart but once she met Alan and Amanda everything changed," Jacob said.

"Where does Remus come in to this?"

"They met the year she turned seventeen at the library. I remember her calling us and bragging about him. She really hit it off with him. As she got to know him she started to become her old self again. She was ecstatic when he asked her to go steady. We were shocked when she told us she broke up with him and she was pregnant with his child. She told us she didn't tell him because she was afraid that he would dump her," Jacob said.

"So, you knew Remus was my father?"

Jane nodded and said. "Yes, we did. We were suspicious why he was always around and on your fifth birthday while Charlie was reading to you. Uncle Jake took Remus outside and Remus told him that he was your father. We knew that you discovered the truth when you were eleven and he didn't confirm it until you were thirteen but he was always there when you won those awards and Jacob taught him how to drive so he could take and pick you up from school whenever you needed."

"I always wondered how he knew how to drive." Delaney said thoughtfully.

"Did Alan and Amanda tell you something different?"

Delaney nodded and said, "They told me the polar opposite of what you just told me. I came home practically sobbing a few days ago after all the insults."

"Typical," Jacob scoffed.

"Does Audrey know this?"

"I think so. She enjoyed being at Hogwarts because she was away from her parents. She would write us every now and then. I still have the first letter she wrote us, let me go find it," Jane said getting up and walking away.

"I guess her and Percy aren't so different," Charlie said.

Before anyone could respond Jane came back with the letter. It read:

Dear 'Aunt' Jane, 'Uncle' Jake and 'Cousin' Hermione,

I'm really enjoying school. I was sorted into Hufflepuff House. My friends are nice. I noticed this cute ginger boy he's a year ahead of me and in Gryffindor. I really like school.

From,

Audrey

"Do you want to keep this?" Jane asked her niece.

"I would like to but it seems like it means a lot to you." Delaney said.

"I'll make a copy," Jacob suggested.

Everyone nodded.

It was now finally time to board the train.

"Hey love," Neville greeted kissing Delaney's cheek.

"Hey Nev."

"Delaney!" A familiar voice yelled.

Delaney turned to see Audrey rushing towards her pulling Percy by the hand.

"Hey Audrey," Delaney greeted her god-sister.

"I need to apologize for what my parents said to you about your father."

Neville eyed his girlfriend worriedly.

"I'll tell you later, Nev," She assured her worried boyfriend.

Neville nodded.

"Thanks for the apology, but I know the truth Jane and Jacob Granger set it straight."

"How do you know them?"

"Jacob was my mum's cousin so their daughter Hermione is my second cousin."

"Oh, I forgot they were related. My parents didn't really like them," Audrey sighed.

"Yeah and the feeling is mutual sadly."

Before Audrey could respond Ernie walked over and said. "Alright, Lupin you can continue snogging Longbottom later. Let's do our rounds."

"Watch it, McMillan!" Delaney snapped annoyed.

"Alright, stop giving my sister a hard time McMillan." Luke said, joining the group.

"Jane told me you used to write them every now and then and she gave me the first letter you wrote them," Delaney smirked at her older god-sister.

Audrey blushed vaguely remembering that she had described Percy in the letter

"What does it say?" Percy asked confused why his girlfriend was blushing as red as his hair.

Delaney didn't reply she just took the letter out of her bag and handed it to Percy.

"Were you talking about me in this letter?" Percy asked.

"Yes, I was," Audrey blushed.

Percy smiled and said. "I think it's kind of cute."

They shared a quick kiss as the train whistle sounded.

Delaney said goodbye to her god-sister and her third eldest surrogate brother. She boarded the train with her Neville who was holding her waist and her step brother and sister. She parted ways with them to do her rounds with Ernie. After her rounds she went back to the compartment and sat down next to Neville who returned his arm to its' former position.

"So, what was that all about love?" Neville asked.

"Audrey is my god-sister." Delaney said.

"She is?" Neville, Luke and Sarah asked.

Delaney nodded and said, "I found out when I met her and her parents at a muggle tea shop."

"When was this?" Neville asked.

"A few days after she and Percy came over the Weasleys. I was having a nice time until my god-mother started spewing out lies about my father." Delaney said tearing up and Neville went into the comforting boyfriend mode.

"What did she say?" Neville asked gently.

"She called my dad a coward and told me he abandoned my mum when she told him she was pregnant with me. The only reason he helped raise me was because he felt guilty for leaving me." Delaney listed off the lies her god-mother had told her.

"Did they ever meet Remus?" Luke asked.

"No."

"Who are they to judge him!" Luke exclaimed.

Delaney smirked at her older brother.

"What are you smirking at?"

"That's the same exact way Bill reacted when I told him," Delaney said still in Neville's arms.

Luke blushed.

"Did anyone set it straight?" Neville asked.

"A few days later Bill, Charlie and I went to Hermione's parents to set it straight. It turns out that Audrey's parents were are not what they seem."

"How so?"

"Aunt Jane said that they got my mum into a lot of trouble when they were in school. She did lots of illegal things to fit in with them but when she met my dad she started to become he old self again. She was ecstatic when he asked her to go steady. They were really great for each other. She broke up with him when she got pregnant because she thought he would dump her first." Delaney finished.

Neville nodded. They continued talking until they reached Hogsmeade. They rode to Hogwarts in the carriages. The four some separated once they reached the Great Hall. Only Luke, Sarah and Neville knew about the drama between Delaney and her god parents or even that she had godparents.