Title: This Thing We Call Life

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Summery: PG-13, 11 years of secrets are about to come back and bite Hermione in the $$, but what she's worried about most is how Harry will react when he finds out the secret she's been hiding from him the last 11 years; a daughter.

Rating: PG-13 Spoilers:
Books 1-5 There is slight OotP spoilers in this chappy, nothing huge, and nothing about the death, yet, but it may come up in later chapters. Disclaimers: I do not own anything and I am not making any money off this fic.
A/N: I know, I know it took my forever to get this up! And I know it's smaller than my other chapters, but I got it up. There probably won't be any up-dates of about 2-3 weeks, because I'm going to be in Italy, sorry!
Chapter 4: Daddy's Little Girl
Lily went to the Great Hall the next morning for breakfast, she met Xander and Ally in the Common Room.
"Hey, Ally, how come you didn't wake me up?" Lily asked her newfound dorm-mate and friend.
"I tried, but you sleep harder than Uncle Ron!" Ally said.
"Okay lets head out to the Great Hall," Xander said, wondering how anyone could sleep harder than Uncle Ron.
"When do we get our timetables?" Lily asked.
"After breakfast," A voice said behind them.
"Hey, Nicki," Ally said.
"Hiya, cuz," Xander greeted.
"So," Nicki said, "Are you like your mother when it comes to school? The you learn the better?"
"How do you know her mother?" Xander asked.
"She asked me," Lily answered for Nicki.
"Yeah, her mum is THE HERMIONE GRANGER!" Nicki said, as they continued walking to the great hall.
"WHAT?!" Ally and Xander screamed at the same time.
"What's the big deal with my mom being Hermione Granger?" Lily asked, though she was pretty sure she already knew.
"Because your mum, who loved school and thought very few things were more important then it, disappeared in the middle of her seventh and final year, never to be seen again!" Nicki said.
"Yes," Xander continued, "and in the time she went missing her best friend and boyfriend have spent the entire time looking for her, and now, eleven and a half years later, her daughter shows up, it's a fairly big deal... wait a second, you're here eleven and a half years after she disappeared. Hermione Granger disappeared while she was dating Harry Potter... Merlin! YOUR Hatheptayter" Xander never got to finish his sentence because Lily covered his mouth with her hand.
"Keep it down, Xand!" Lily hissed Nicki and Ally stood there, gaping at her, "I can't believe it," Nicki said, "does Harry know he has a child?"
"No," Lily answered, "you wouldn't believe how bad I felt about being angry at whoever the hell my father was, only to find out he didn't even know I existed." They had been talking so long that they finally reached the Great Hall, "Can we talk about this later?" Lily asked, glad that she had found away to get off the unwanted subject.
"Okay," Nicki said, getting the hint, "I'll see you three later." Then she left her cousins and their new friend and joined hers.
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After they had finished eating their breakfast (Lily had the feeling that her father had been staring at her the whole time) Professor McGonagall passed out their timetables.
"Yes!" Xander said, "We have Defense Against the Dark Arts first!"
"Why is that a good thing?" Lily asked, wondering what the odds of this were.
"It's good because our Uncle Ron is his best friend and we've known Harry all of our lives, but we haven't seen him all summer. He's been looking for...oh" Ally said, before catching on.
"So, Lily Flower, I guess having Defense Against the Dark Arts first isn't such a good thing for you, huh?" Xander said.
"No, not really. You don't think he'll ask me a bunch of stuff, do you?"
"Do you want THE truth or the friend truth?" Xander asked.
"Friend?"
"No way!" Ally answered "Why would he bug you with stuff lie that?"
"Let's try THE truth," Lily said.
"Yeah," Ally replied truthfully, "he's been searching for your mum for over a decade and now suddenly and eleven year old girl with the same last name shows up, I think he may have some questions."
"Fun," Lily said sarcastically.
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Class was going to start in five minutes and Harry was waiting for his students to arrive. How is it that I can face Voldemort, but I get nervous when I'm about to tech first years?
"You'll do fine Harry, remember the DA?" Remus said from the doorway.
Harry cringed at the out come of it, "Why are you here Remus, aren't you supposed to be working on something for The Order? See if Voldemort will actually come out of hiding; ten years, you think we could find him."
"If there's a pattern he'll show up soon, but that's not what I came here for. I came to remind you."
"Remind me what?"
"Don't do anything stupid about the Granger girl."
"What makes you think I would do anything stupid about that?" Remus just looked at him. "Shut up Remus." Remus just looked at him again, "I'll try," was all Harry could say before 11 year olds started to flood his classroom, forcing him old professor to leave.
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During the 45 minute lesson Harry kept his promise to Remus, but after the lesson he couldn't help himself, "Miss. Granger, can I talk to you?" he called, just as she was about to leave the classroom. Lily turned from the door and walked over to the parent that didn't know how close they truly were.
"Miss. Granger, if you don't mind me asking, who are your parents?"
"My mom is Hermione Granger," Lily answered truthfully.
"And your father?" Harry asked, slightly worried.
"Never really knew him," she answered, "mom doesn't talk about him much. All I know is that he was never around."
Harry took a deep breath, "When were you born?" Lily knew that if she answered that question he would know that she was his and if she didn't he would know she was his.
"January 12." Lily said, before leaving the classroom to get to her History of Magic class.
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Harry sat at his desk, letting the knowledge that he had just received sink in. He had a daughter with Hermione.
"What did you do?" Remus shouted, interrupting Harry's pondering, "That Granger girl was running out of here crying!"
"Remus..."
"WHAT?!"
"I have a daughter with Hermione." He whispered. "Well, is that any excuse to make a first year cry... wait, WHAT?!
A/N: plz R&R