| | |Disclaimer: I don't own this. Most of the characters belong to J.K. | |Rowling. | | | |"What's going on?" Harry asked obviously confused. | | | |"Cho died giving birth to Annabelle and Cho put you down as the father,"| |Hermione told him. "Annabelle is your daughter Harry." | | | |"My daughter? But?" Harry stammered. Harry fell down into the nearest | |chair. He didn't know what to make of the situation. Since he had gotten| |back only a few hours ago his life had already become a whirlwind with | |Ron and Hermione being married, Cho being dead, and now him having a | |daughter. | | | |"What should we do about her?" Harry asked. | | | |"Her?" questioned Hermione. | | | |"Annabelle!" Harry shot. | | | |"You don't need to be so short," Hermione shot at him. | | | |"Sorry," Harry apologized. | | | |"It's fine," Hermione told him. "Well, Annabelle knows she's adopted and| |she knows who her mother was, but she doesn't know you're her father." | | | |"I- We- She-" Harry couldn't seem to get a whole sentence out. | | | |"Harry I shouldn't have thrown this all at you at once," Hermione | |apologized. | | | |"Harry?" Ron questioned after ten minutes of uncomfortable silence. | | | |"Yes Ron?" Harry responded. | | | |"Have you decided what you're going to do?" Ron asked. | | | |"Well, I want to tell her but how would she react? You both raised her. | |How would she react to someone knew coming into her life?" Harry | |questioned. | | | |"Well we told her that her father might be alive when she questioned us,| |but I don't know," Ron said truthfully. | | | |"I think she could handle it," Hermione said in a matter of fact tone. | | | |"You really think?" Harry asked. | | | |"Yes," Hermione responded. | | | |"I don't know," Harry grumbled. | | | |"I know this is a big shock Harry," Ron said, "but you really need to | |think about all the angles. You can live with us as long as you want. | |Annabelle can get to know you and then you can tell her, but of course | |she might resent you for not telling you. Then again you could tell her | |now and then get to know her, but she might be uncomfortable around you | |and you might not be able to get to now her very well." | | | |"Thanks Ron," Harry said sarcastically. "You're loads of help." | | | |"Well Harry?" Hermione questioned. | | | |"I don't know yet," Harry answered. "How were you guys preparing to tell| |me about all of this if I did come back?" | | | |"Well kind of like this," Ron answered. "But we weren't expecting you to| |take it this well." | | | |"Maybe it hasn't all sank in yet," Harry said truthfully. | | | |"Well dinner should be ready soon," Hermione said. | | | |"Great I'm starving," Ron said. They both left Harry alone. Harry sat in| |silence for awhile. After about fifteen minutes someone walked into the | |room. It was Annabelle. | | | |"Hi," she said. | | | |"Hi," Harry replied. | | | |"I'm Annabelle," she said. | | | |"I know your parents told me," Harry said. "My name is Harry." | | | |"Hi Harry. I'm seven. How old are you?" Annabelle asked. | | | |"I'm twenty-five." Harry answered. | | | |"I have to go eat dinner." She said and as an after thought added "Do | |you want to come?" | | | |"Sure," Harry answered. They walked into the dining room together. | | | |"Hi Harry. Hi Annabelle." Hermione greeted. "Oh Harry, Ron's family, my | |family, and a few other people are coming to dinner." | | | |"Okay," Harry responded. "Do you need help setting the places?" | | | |"Sure," Hermione answered. The doorbell rang and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley | |walked in. When they saw Harry Mr. Weasley's mouth dropped open and Mrs.| |Weasley dropped what she was carrying and ran and embraced Harry in a | |bone-crushing hug. | | | |"Harry," she kept saying. The reactions were pretty much the same. | |Percy's mouth dropped, Fred and George "accidentally" dropped their | |poppers, which exploded when they hit the ground, and Ginny did the same| |thing as her mother. Harry and Ginny became good friends during Harry's | |last year. Hermione's parents really didn't notice. Dumbledore didn't | |have a reaction because is all likeliness he already knew. Then there | |was Lupin. He dropped what he was carrying and did the same thing as | |Mrs. Weasley but afterwards hit Harry upside the head. | | | |"Where have you been?" he asked angrily. | | | |"Fighting Voldemort," Harry replied with a hint of sarcasm. | | | |"You could have stayed in contact," Lupin said. | | | |"No, I couldn't because I couldn't the people I cared about in danger | |anymore," Harry said. The room fell silent. | | | |"Sorry Harry, I didn't mean to react like that," Lupin said. "I should | |have listened to you first." | | | |"It's fine," Harry said. "Let's eat." The conversation stayed on the | |topic of work and what was going on. They all stayed away from what they| |really wanted to know. What exactly had Harry been doing all this whole | |time. | | | | | |Author's note: This is shorter than the last chapter because I just | |wanted Harry's stressful day to be over. The next part is Harry getting | |to know Annabelle. If you have suggestions about what you would like to | |see happen then send me a review. It's really simple to send one and I | |accept anonymous reviews. Please send one and be kind this is only my | |first story. | | | |Awen: Very good prediction. | | | |TheSecretCharector: I luv u too and I miss u! I' comin for Spring Break | |Yeah!!!!!!!! | | | |Jules Felton: I am tryin to update asap but my computer doesn't load the| |document onto fanfiction.net so i have to email to my friend 2 put it up| |and she can be slow at gettin to it. | | | |Thanks for the reviews and I'll try to get the next one up asap. |