Chapter 3: Meet the Parents
After dinner was consumed, two people came over to Blake and Lily. They recognized them as their mother, Hermione Granger, soon to be Hermione Potter, and their godfather, Ron Weasley. Hermione said,
"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger, this is Ron Weasley. We're prefects, and we'll show you around if you like." Lily smiled and said,
"Thanks, mu...Hermione." Lily blushed slightly at her near slip-up, and received a glare from her brother. They both got up and made way to leave the Great Hall. Blake and Lily's father-to-be, Harry, joined them, introducing himself. He said,
"Hi, I'm Harry Potter." He expected a reaction out of them, for he knew everyone did, and would be so excited to meet him. Though it didn't come, and he couldn't have been happier, already he liked these two. Blake thought that he needed to say something, because, hey, everyone in the wizarding world knew about his father, and he didn't want to look like he didn't belong here, especially when he didn't. He opened his mouth to say something, but got an elbow in the ribs from his sister, who gave him a look saying, 'don't mention anything about him being famous, you know he hates that'. Blake ignored her and said,
"The famous Harry Potter, really? Sweet." Harry slowly nodded, slight frustration evident on his face. Blake said,
"Sorry, mate, I won't say anything more, I bet you get that all the time."
"Yeah."
"Ok, I won't say anything more then."
"Thanks." The five of them went up to the Gryffindor Common Room, and Hermione and Ron showed them around it. After the tour, they all sat down in the chairs by the fire. Ron said,
"You know, have we all met each other somewhere before, cuz' I swear to God you two look really familiar." Lily shook her head and said,
"I don't remember. Do you Blake?" Blake shook his head, no. Ron said,
"Play Quidditch?" Hermione sighed and said,
"Honestly, Ron, is that all you think about?"
"No. I think about other things." "Ok, are Quidditch and Lavender all you think about?"
"Pretty much yes."
"Honestly, I'm surprised she can even stand you long enough to go out with you. Anyone with the emotional range of a teaspoon can't be good boyfriend material."
"Well, you're not Lavender, Hermione, so shush. And I'm sure that Ha..." Ron stopped himself, after realizing what he was about to say, and receiving the classic Hermione glare that Blake realized was the same one that he received when he got into trouble, or the same one that Lily had inherited from her. Ron said,
"Never mind." Blake, never knowing when not to push things, said,
"What were you going to say?"
"Nothing, believe me, people would kill if I told anyone." He looked at Hermione, who again was glaring at him. Sensing a possible fight, Harry said to his future son and daughter,
"So, seriously, play Quidditch at all?" Blake nodded, and Lily shook her head. Blake said,
"Yeah, I play on the team at Durmstrang, I'm a seeker. Lily always practices with me, so she knows how to play. Our dad loves Quidditch, and he's been teaching us since we were old enough to fly a broomstick."
"Much to the displeasure of our mother." Lily said, laughing. Hermione said,
"That's really dangerous, you could've gotten hurt." Harry said,
"I'm sure he's a good enough parent to look out for his kids' safety first, Hermione." Lily and Blake almost burst out laughing, their parents had this argument all the time. Hermione said,
"Well, Harry, there's more to life than flying."
"I know, but at least it's better than having your nose constantly in a book." He'd gone too far, and everyone realized it. Fury and hurt crossed Hermione's face, and Harry opened his mouth to apologize, but Hermione stood up fast and went up to her dorm room. Ron said,
"Harry, you prat."
"I shouldn't have said that."
"No shit you shouldn't have said that. I think I'm starting to rub off on you. I'm the one who usually says stuff like that." Lily and Blake knew that that wasn't true. They knew that comments like that came regularly out of Harry's mouth in the future, though some much worse, but then Hermione always knew how to come back from those comments. Brother and sister looked at each other knowingly, each reminding each other without saying that comments like that weren't unusual. Comments like that usually resulted in a huge fight, with lots of shouting, swearing, and damnations to hell. When those fights started, Lily and Blake would either leave to their neighbor's house, the Carters, or take out their broomsticks and go visit Ron or Remus. Harry said,
"Why are you giving me so much crap about pissing her off? You do it all the time."
"Trust me, Harry. You might not want to piss her off." Lily said,
"Where's her dorm?" Both Harry and Ron shrugged, and Lily said,
"You don't have any idea?"
"No, because we aren't allowed up there. She's allowed in our dormitory, but guys can't go to the girls' dormitories." Lily sighed and Ron said,
"Here, wait a second." He got up and went to talk to his girlfriend, Lavender Brown. He came back later and said,
"Lavender shares a room with Hermione. She said she's in the room at the end of the hall on the left. Go straight back when you reach the top of the stairs." Lily nodded and proceeded to go up to talk to her mother. Harry stopped her and said,
"Please, Lily, can you tell her I'm sorry." Never in all her life had she ever heard her father trying to apologize to her mother. And she didn't want to be the messenger. She said,
"Not trying to sound mean or anything, but to quote my mother, you got yourself into this, you get yourself out of it." She went up the stairs, and Ron said,
"Isn't that a Hermione saying too?" Both he and Harry looked thoughtful, and Blake made a mental note to himself to scold his sister for letting that one slip.
Lily knocked on the door, and Hermione answered it. She said,
"Lily. I wasn't expecting you, come on in." Lily came in and sat on Lavender's bed. Hermione sat on her own bed and Lily said,
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. It's just...it's the first time I've ever heard something like that come out of Harry's mouth directed at me." 'It won't be the last if we fail.' Lily thought to herself. She found it odd that Hermione would get so worked up about that comment; it wasn't really that mean. She said,
"No offense or anything, Hermione, but it wasn't that mean. It'd be more of a comment that would get under your skin, and bother you for a moment, but nothing to run off in a fit over."
"I know, but he's a person I wish wouldn't insult me like that."
"Why?"
"Can I trust you with a secret? Promise you won't tell anyone?"
"Of course."
"Well, over the years, I've sort of fell in love with Harry." 'Mom loved Dad? That's a shocker,' Lily thought. She said,
"Well, do something about it."
"Like what?"
"Well, for starters, tell him."
"Uh-huh, and get my heart broken when he turns me down."
"You never know, he might feel the same way about you."
"I doubt it."
"You won't know until you find out. I can have Blake find out for ya. Or I can do it."
"No, no, please don't, don't tell anyone."
"But don't you want to find out whether he likes you or not?" 'He had to like you a little bit, otherwise he wouldn't have slept with you.' Lily thought. Hermione said,
"It'll never happen. I'm just his friend, always have, always will be." 'Yeah right, there's the biggest misconception of the world. Saying that you'll never end up with your future husband when your daughter is sitting right in front of you.' Lily thought. She said,
"Well, if you won't tell him, I will." She got up to leave, but Hermione pulled out her wand. She said in the dangerous voice she only used when threatening Harry,
"You tell him I swear, I'll curse you to kingdom come. I trusted you, and you promised not to tell anyone." Lily calmly put her hands up; looking at the wand, knowing the kind of things her mother could do with a wand when she was pissed off. She said,
"Dude, Hermione, I was joking, just calm down." Hermione put down her wand, and sighed. She said,
"I'm so sorry Lily, I'm just not having the best of day. I'm getting stressed out, my tolerance level is really low, and I'm just about to break down. I feel it." Lily sat down next to Hermione and patted her on the shoulder. She said,
"I feel that way sometimes, with studying all the time, and everyone else around you turn into complete assholes." Hermione smiled, and nodded her head. Lily said,
"I study a lot too and get stressed. My father says it's the part of me that's like my mom. But my mom says that I'm totally my father's child, both my brother and I are 100% his, that there's none of her in us. But..." Lily sighed, "Mum doesn't know her children very well, and neither does dad. If they knew us, they'd realize we're just like them, only without the constant fighting and yelling."
"I take it your parents are divorced."
"No, they're not. They're still married; they just have the worst relationship in the world. They never really loved each other, but they had to have loved each other to sleep with each other, don't you think?" Hermione nodded and she said,
"At least your parents are alive. Mine died just this last summer."
"They may as well be dead, they're not much of parents." Hermione joked,
"Well, you, Blake, Harry and I will all be orphans together." Lily laughed and said,
"Yeah." It was the first time Lily had truly bonded with her mother. The only bond that Lily Potter really shared with her mother was their DNA. The same with her father. Blake was the same way too. Lily had never really realized it before, but she was almost like an orphan. The Hermione and Harry of the future were so wrapped up in their anger with each other, that to their children, they had died; they weren't real parents. Just people who were married and just happened to bring them into this world.
A/N: What do you think of this chapter?? Any good?? In case your wondering, my dates and stuff aren't really right, so I'll set the records straight. Ok, Blake and Lily are sixteen. Harry and Hermione have been married fifteen years. They were seventeen when Blake and Lily were born. So, their one night stand happens in their sixth year, at the end of the year, and voila, we have Lily and Blake Potter nine months later. And that one night stand is only about a month off, so yeah. READ AND REVIEW!!!!!
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After dinner was consumed, two people came over to Blake and Lily. They recognized them as their mother, Hermione Granger, soon to be Hermione Potter, and their godfather, Ron Weasley. Hermione said,
"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger, this is Ron Weasley. We're prefects, and we'll show you around if you like." Lily smiled and said,
"Thanks, mu...Hermione." Lily blushed slightly at her near slip-up, and received a glare from her brother. They both got up and made way to leave the Great Hall. Blake and Lily's father-to-be, Harry, joined them, introducing himself. He said,
"Hi, I'm Harry Potter." He expected a reaction out of them, for he knew everyone did, and would be so excited to meet him. Though it didn't come, and he couldn't have been happier, already he liked these two. Blake thought that he needed to say something, because, hey, everyone in the wizarding world knew about his father, and he didn't want to look like he didn't belong here, especially when he didn't. He opened his mouth to say something, but got an elbow in the ribs from his sister, who gave him a look saying, 'don't mention anything about him being famous, you know he hates that'. Blake ignored her and said,
"The famous Harry Potter, really? Sweet." Harry slowly nodded, slight frustration evident on his face. Blake said,
"Sorry, mate, I won't say anything more, I bet you get that all the time."
"Yeah."
"Ok, I won't say anything more then."
"Thanks." The five of them went up to the Gryffindor Common Room, and Hermione and Ron showed them around it. After the tour, they all sat down in the chairs by the fire. Ron said,
"You know, have we all met each other somewhere before, cuz' I swear to God you two look really familiar." Lily shook her head and said,
"I don't remember. Do you Blake?" Blake shook his head, no. Ron said,
"Play Quidditch?" Hermione sighed and said,
"Honestly, Ron, is that all you think about?"
"No. I think about other things." "Ok, are Quidditch and Lavender all you think about?"
"Pretty much yes."
"Honestly, I'm surprised she can even stand you long enough to go out with you. Anyone with the emotional range of a teaspoon can't be good boyfriend material."
"Well, you're not Lavender, Hermione, so shush. And I'm sure that Ha..." Ron stopped himself, after realizing what he was about to say, and receiving the classic Hermione glare that Blake realized was the same one that he received when he got into trouble, or the same one that Lily had inherited from her. Ron said,
"Never mind." Blake, never knowing when not to push things, said,
"What were you going to say?"
"Nothing, believe me, people would kill if I told anyone." He looked at Hermione, who again was glaring at him. Sensing a possible fight, Harry said to his future son and daughter,
"So, seriously, play Quidditch at all?" Blake nodded, and Lily shook her head. Blake said,
"Yeah, I play on the team at Durmstrang, I'm a seeker. Lily always practices with me, so she knows how to play. Our dad loves Quidditch, and he's been teaching us since we were old enough to fly a broomstick."
"Much to the displeasure of our mother." Lily said, laughing. Hermione said,
"That's really dangerous, you could've gotten hurt." Harry said,
"I'm sure he's a good enough parent to look out for his kids' safety first, Hermione." Lily and Blake almost burst out laughing, their parents had this argument all the time. Hermione said,
"Well, Harry, there's more to life than flying."
"I know, but at least it's better than having your nose constantly in a book." He'd gone too far, and everyone realized it. Fury and hurt crossed Hermione's face, and Harry opened his mouth to apologize, but Hermione stood up fast and went up to her dorm room. Ron said,
"Harry, you prat."
"I shouldn't have said that."
"No shit you shouldn't have said that. I think I'm starting to rub off on you. I'm the one who usually says stuff like that." Lily and Blake knew that that wasn't true. They knew that comments like that came regularly out of Harry's mouth in the future, though some much worse, but then Hermione always knew how to come back from those comments. Brother and sister looked at each other knowingly, each reminding each other without saying that comments like that weren't unusual. Comments like that usually resulted in a huge fight, with lots of shouting, swearing, and damnations to hell. When those fights started, Lily and Blake would either leave to their neighbor's house, the Carters, or take out their broomsticks and go visit Ron or Remus. Harry said,
"Why are you giving me so much crap about pissing her off? You do it all the time."
"Trust me, Harry. You might not want to piss her off." Lily said,
"Where's her dorm?" Both Harry and Ron shrugged, and Lily said,
"You don't have any idea?"
"No, because we aren't allowed up there. She's allowed in our dormitory, but guys can't go to the girls' dormitories." Lily sighed and Ron said,
"Here, wait a second." He got up and went to talk to his girlfriend, Lavender Brown. He came back later and said,
"Lavender shares a room with Hermione. She said she's in the room at the end of the hall on the left. Go straight back when you reach the top of the stairs." Lily nodded and proceeded to go up to talk to her mother. Harry stopped her and said,
"Please, Lily, can you tell her I'm sorry." Never in all her life had she ever heard her father trying to apologize to her mother. And she didn't want to be the messenger. She said,
"Not trying to sound mean or anything, but to quote my mother, you got yourself into this, you get yourself out of it." She went up the stairs, and Ron said,
"Isn't that a Hermione saying too?" Both he and Harry looked thoughtful, and Blake made a mental note to himself to scold his sister for letting that one slip.
Lily knocked on the door, and Hermione answered it. She said,
"Lily. I wasn't expecting you, come on in." Lily came in and sat on Lavender's bed. Hermione sat on her own bed and Lily said,
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. It's just...it's the first time I've ever heard something like that come out of Harry's mouth directed at me." 'It won't be the last if we fail.' Lily thought to herself. She found it odd that Hermione would get so worked up about that comment; it wasn't really that mean. She said,
"No offense or anything, Hermione, but it wasn't that mean. It'd be more of a comment that would get under your skin, and bother you for a moment, but nothing to run off in a fit over."
"I know, but he's a person I wish wouldn't insult me like that."
"Why?"
"Can I trust you with a secret? Promise you won't tell anyone?"
"Of course."
"Well, over the years, I've sort of fell in love with Harry." 'Mom loved Dad? That's a shocker,' Lily thought. She said,
"Well, do something about it."
"Like what?"
"Well, for starters, tell him."
"Uh-huh, and get my heart broken when he turns me down."
"You never know, he might feel the same way about you."
"I doubt it."
"You won't know until you find out. I can have Blake find out for ya. Or I can do it."
"No, no, please don't, don't tell anyone."
"But don't you want to find out whether he likes you or not?" 'He had to like you a little bit, otherwise he wouldn't have slept with you.' Lily thought. Hermione said,
"It'll never happen. I'm just his friend, always have, always will be." 'Yeah right, there's the biggest misconception of the world. Saying that you'll never end up with your future husband when your daughter is sitting right in front of you.' Lily thought. She said,
"Well, if you won't tell him, I will." She got up to leave, but Hermione pulled out her wand. She said in the dangerous voice she only used when threatening Harry,
"You tell him I swear, I'll curse you to kingdom come. I trusted you, and you promised not to tell anyone." Lily calmly put her hands up; looking at the wand, knowing the kind of things her mother could do with a wand when she was pissed off. She said,
"Dude, Hermione, I was joking, just calm down." Hermione put down her wand, and sighed. She said,
"I'm so sorry Lily, I'm just not having the best of day. I'm getting stressed out, my tolerance level is really low, and I'm just about to break down. I feel it." Lily sat down next to Hermione and patted her on the shoulder. She said,
"I feel that way sometimes, with studying all the time, and everyone else around you turn into complete assholes." Hermione smiled, and nodded her head. Lily said,
"I study a lot too and get stressed. My father says it's the part of me that's like my mom. But my mom says that I'm totally my father's child, both my brother and I are 100% his, that there's none of her in us. But..." Lily sighed, "Mum doesn't know her children very well, and neither does dad. If they knew us, they'd realize we're just like them, only without the constant fighting and yelling."
"I take it your parents are divorced."
"No, they're not. They're still married; they just have the worst relationship in the world. They never really loved each other, but they had to have loved each other to sleep with each other, don't you think?" Hermione nodded and she said,
"At least your parents are alive. Mine died just this last summer."
"They may as well be dead, they're not much of parents." Hermione joked,
"Well, you, Blake, Harry and I will all be orphans together." Lily laughed and said,
"Yeah." It was the first time Lily had truly bonded with her mother. The only bond that Lily Potter really shared with her mother was their DNA. The same with her father. Blake was the same way too. Lily had never really realized it before, but she was almost like an orphan. The Hermione and Harry of the future were so wrapped up in their anger with each other, that to their children, they had died; they weren't real parents. Just people who were married and just happened to bring them into this world.
A/N: What do you think of this chapter?? Any good?? In case your wondering, my dates and stuff aren't really right, so I'll set the records straight. Ok, Blake and Lily are sixteen. Harry and Hermione have been married fifteen years. They were seventeen when Blake and Lily were born. So, their one night stand happens in their sixth year, at the end of the year, and voila, we have Lily and Blake Potter nine months later. And that one night stand is only about a month off, so yeah. READ AND REVIEW!!!!!
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