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Chapter 37

Last Time:

"It's your party, mom. You are a fighter. Dad and I planned it." Alex explains.

Alex freezing as she goes back and realizes what she said.

"I… uhhh…" Alex turns to Dumbledore, who is walking over to her.

"Legally, you are not my daughter. But why need a piece of paper tell us what our hearts say? I look at you like a daughter, Alex. You, Minerva and I are a family." Dumbledore laces his hand through McGonagall's and wraps his left arm around Alex's shoulders, both smiling.

As the cheering continues, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Alex watch on, happy that they are just what Alex has always wished for since she was five, a family.

Now:

Over the summer, Alex has visited Hermione, Ron and Harry, and has already got her school supplies.

Alex is currently walking over to Harry, as Harry is asleep at the window. Dumbledore and McGonagall are downstairs talking to the Dursley's. Smirking, Alex crosses her arms and leans down to her boyfriend.

"You know, a bomb could go off and you wouldn't be able to save yourself." Alex whispers earning a jump from him.

"Alex?" Harry yawns and looks at her confused, "What are you doing here?"

"Well, dad wants to take you somewhere and he is dropping me and mom at Ron's." Alex shrugs her shoulders, "Hagrid says hi, by the way."

Harry smiles as he gets up and packs his trunk.

"I guess you got dad's letter?"

"Yes I did."

"Good. It was last minute when mom and I decided to join."

"What did you do over the month you last came here?" Harry questions amused.

"Well, Snape and I got into an argument over which Quidditch team will win this year. Filch and I got into a fight because I tripped over Mrs. Norris and teased her with a mouse. Hagrid and I visited Aragon and Buckbeak. Flitwick and I turned the Great Hall into a giant Wizard's Chess chessboard and made the pieces enormous. The professors joined in and we all made two teams, and lets just say… Snape and mom got into a fight over where the next move would go. The game lasted hours." Alex fills in laughing.

Harry chuckles wishing he could have seen it. Once he finishes packing, Harry walks over to his girlfriend and places his hands on her waist.

"I never gave you a proper greeting." Harry whispers before leaning down and places his lips on her's.

As the couple kisses, banging on the door interrupts them.

"Alex, Harry, you have to go and I never got my hug from your girlfriend!" Dudley's voice is heard behind the closed door.

When Alex was over for a week at Harry's, she and Dudley hit it off and became fast friends. Shockingly, Petunia and Vernon also like Alex.

Breaking the kiss, Alex laughs.

"I'll say hi to him and stall as you let Hedwig out so she can fly to Ron's." Harry nods and quickly kisses Alex once more before letting her go.

Alex opens the door and immediately tackles Dudley with a hug before waving at Harry and dragging Dudley downstairs.

Downstairs, Alex waves at Petunia and Vernon.

"Alex, can you tell me about what you were telling Harry?" Dudley asks Alex excited.

"Which topic was that?" Alex teases.

"The chess thing."

"Wizard's Chess? Oh, our Charms teacher, Professor Flitwick and I sort of changed the Great Hall into a giant chessboard-" Alex tells Dudley about it and surprisingly Vernon and Petunia listens closely.

McGonagall turns to Dumbledore with a smile.

"Alex got the Dursley family to get over their grudge against magic." Dumbledore chuckles softly.

"She changes the world for the better. She even got Snape to smile for the first time since Lily passed." McGonagall agrees.

"She's the glue."

~A&H~

After a lot of bugging, McGonagall caved and turned Alex invisible.

Alex sneaks up behind her best friends, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George, who are having dinner. McGonagall watches from behind them as Alex dumps water all over them.

Each person screams like there is a murderer in the house. Chuckling McGonagall makes Alex visible again, who is laughing hysterically.

Molly shakes her head fighting a laugh.

"MOM! You knew Alex was here?" Ron asks shocked.

"Yes. Plus Minerva is here so that means Alex would be too." Molly explains smiling.

"YUM! Chicken!" Alex takes the chicken leg off of Fred's plate and takes a bite.

"Alex has her mood swings." McGonagall warns.

"Minerva, may we talk?" Molly asks.

"Of course."

"Fred, George, please go to your room. Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Alex, please go upstairs."

Alex looks at McGonagall with a worried look.

"Go on honey. Nothing is wrong." McGonagall promises.

"Is this about the idiot?" Alex questions.

"How am I to know? I am not a mind reader."

"Good point. Do you promise if it ever has to do with me, you will tell me?"

"I promise. Now go hang out with your best friends."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too."

Alex follows her best friends upstairs where they all end up in Ron's room.

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