Author's Notes
Wow, I don't think I ever got a reaction that big of a reaction that fast thanks a lot all of you. I really appreciate it.
Here is the next chapter. For you pleasure Ron's reactions.
Chapter 8 Finding a Family
Sara quickly became the object of attention in the room. A woman in a chair stood holding her mouth. A man stood besides her holding her steady. Sara guessed them to be her parents.
"My baby girl." She said when her hand lowered. She moved slowly towards Sara, grasping her in a hug.
Sara blushed a bit. Over her shoulder Sara had then noticed how the others in the room were dressed, in robes. The way she pictured in the fantasy books that she read to Eric. Sara knew they were Percy's brothers.
Ron's mouth had hung open unable to turn around. Her voice. It was Hermione's voice that she had just heard. Slowly he turned and rose from the chair so he could be able to see her.
A man who had been sitting slumped low in a chair turned away from Sara had risen. She had not seen him yet despite his height. When he came into full view Sara looked at him. His hair and his nose and his ears she knew them. Sara just stared at him. She now knew who Eric's father was.
"Hermione," he said placing his hand gently on her face. "I missed you."
Ron was almost afraid to touch, like she would disappear from him again. She still looked just as beautiful. He had to touch her just to be sure she was real. But she did not react to him at all. He did not know why.
Sara relaxed a little with his touch. It was so gently. She moved closer towards him and gave him a slight hug. Everyone came up to hug and greet her right then. She was nervous, but tried to hide it. She did not recognize any of these people.
A boy with messy black hair was the last one to give her a hug. For some reason she thought he might be her brother. Her parents stayed right next to her as they all came by.
She watched her mother thank Percy several times through the welcoming.
"Where have you been?" A girl with red hair asked.
"She lost her memory." Percy answered. "She doesn't remember anything, Hogwarts, nothing."
"You do know that you are a witch?" Ron asked. Her memory was gone. He had to be careful around her. They had to see about getting her to Saint Mungos immediately.
"Percy said I was." Sara said.
"Hermione, we looked everywhere for you." The man with messy black hair asked. "This last year, where were you? How did Percy find you?"
"That library you and Harry gave me the address to, Ron." Percy answered. "She was working there."
"We should have stayed longer when we were there." Ron said. "I don't know why we didn't find you."
"I just can't believe all of you were looking for me." Sara said. "I wish I could remember you."
"Madam Pomphrey came already. She's going to try anything she can." Percy said to the group.
"Madam Pomphrey can fix anything. She will find a way." Ron gently said. He saw in her eyes that she was still sort of scared.
Sara looked around at the sea of faces looking at her. She saw the concern in there faces. She saw the love that they each had for her. But she was Sara, the girl that was found beaten in the alleyway by a bobbie who just happened to be coming by.
Right then Penny came in the room carrying Eric. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but someone just really wanted their Mum."
"Mummy's here." Sara said taking the baby. "You're alright." She started making soothing sounds with her voice. She tickled his side a little bit. It was always something that would make him laugh and stop crying.
Ron stared at the boy that Hermione was holding. He looked at his tuft of orange hair. His ears and his nose, they were his ears and his nose. He had to be almost two years old. Ron had seen enough pictures of himself as a baby. He had no idea she was pregnant. He turned and looked at Harry. "I'm a daddy." He whispered.
"Congratulations." Harry whispered back with a lopsided smile.
"Eric I want you to meet your Grandparents." Sara said passing the baby to the Grangers.
"Hello, baby." Mrs. Granger picked up Eric and held him close. "I am going to spoil you so bad. He's welcome anytime you need a babysitter." She said giving Eric kisses.
Eric did not struggle in the least when Mrs. Granger had taken him. He had instead hugged her back. Eric was then passed to all of the Weasleys who gave him hugs as well. She heard many promises of babysitters.
Sara then looked over at the man she had heard called Ron. He had not stopped staring at her. She meant his gaze and nodded a yes towards him. She wanted him to know that Eric was his son.
Ron stared at Hermione he wanted to ask just to be sure, but didn't know how to do it without looking like a git. She then nodded at him and he knew he was a father. He almost didn't want to look at his Mum and Dad right then. He knew they would not be approving. He instead turned to Ginny. Ginny nodded of approval and congratulations.
Eric was passed to Harry and then Ginny. Ginny gave him a hug before passing him to a nervous Ron.
"Hi, Eric." Ron said unsure of what to say. Eric Weasley that sounded good. "I guess we got a lot of catching up. You don't mind if we spend some time together?"
Eric had laughed right then.
"You look just like a Weasley." Ron said looking at his son's hair. "Welcome to the family."
While Ron was holding Eric, Sara just stood there. She started to have trouble breathing. "Excuse me," she said stepping out.
Ron looked back at his family for a moment. He passed Eric to his Mum then went after Hermione.
Hermione was sitting on the porch swing. She had her face in her hands she looked like she was crying.
"Hey, mind if I sit?" Ron asked.
He took the seat next to her. "I just want you to know, what ever it is that you decide I will be there for Eric. No matter what. If he needs school supplies, a babysitter, someone to talk with. I won't deny him anything."
Sara listened to Ron. He was talking to her like a friend, not the father of her child. Didn't he want her as well? "What about me?" Sara asked.
"I have spent the past two years searching for you. I never stopped loving you. You are the most important thing to me. I will be there for you. What you went through was terrible, I know. I will help anyway I can." Ron said.
"How do I know that you are in love with me or just the memory of me? I have nothing that is of Hermione."
"She's inside you somewhere. Let me help you." Ron said moving closer to her.
Sara got up right then. "I have to get home."
"You are home." Ron stated.
"Then why don't I have any memory?" Sara asked her eyes were filled with tears.
"We'll work on it. We will find a way together." Ron said. "Come inside and speak with your parents. They have been so worried. Please Hermione, for them."
Sara nodded and allowed herself to be guided back in. At least William gave her the week off. She would only have to call to tell him that she was alright. She then got a funny feeling that they did not use phones here.
Inside the sitting room of the Burrow Sara sat in between her parents. They then started telling stories about her life. She was told about her younger years with her parents. Some of the odd occurrences that happened before they learned she had been accepted at Hogwarts.
Harry and Ron afterwards started to talk about the years at Hogwarts. Both Harry and Ron both silently agreed it would not be a good idea to tell her about Voldemort. They did not want to scare her so fast. Professor Dumbledore had once said. 'There are things that can wait, and there are things that should wait.'
After a while of listening about spells and enchantments Sara grew tired. She asked for a phone so she could call her work and let them know that she was alright.
Mrs. Weasley immediately invited her to stay the night along with the Grangers. The Grangers had accepted. Sara looked over at Eric. Harry was playing with him right then. Eric really seemed to like them, to like all of them. She decided to stay.
Like we would actually let her go, Ron had thought after the Grangers had convinced her to stay.
Ginny took Hermione down to where the public phone was. "You know that you are always welcome here." Ginny said on the way down.
"Thanks, I suppose I will. Eric seems to like it here."
"He will always have a babysitter. He has a big family after all." Ginny said. "He really is a sweet little boy. I know how proud Ron is."
"Everyone figured it out, I guess."
"I don't think anyone really cares that you had a baby out of wedlock. We are just glad that you are back." Ginny said.
Sara looked at the red haired girl for a moment. "We were best friends weren't we?"
"We told each other everything." Ginny admitted.
"I take it you know all of my secrets."
"Most of them." Ginny said. "You know pretty much all of mine. We kind of helped each other through school and other things."
"What other things?" Hermione asked.
"Later." Ginny said.
They had reached the phone just then so the conversation stopped. She called William and let him know that she would be staying and she would call tomorrow. Sara then called Annie and let her know that Eric would not need babysitting for the week.
Ginny and Hermione did not talk on the way back. She was tired by the time she got back into the house. Molly led her up to one of the rooms. She had already made up a bed for her and for Eric.
Sara went to sleep not sure of what would happen in the morning.
Wow, I don't think I ever got a reaction that big of a reaction that fast thanks a lot all of you. I really appreciate it.
Here is the next chapter. For you pleasure Ron's reactions.
Chapter 8 Finding a Family
Sara quickly became the object of attention in the room. A woman in a chair stood holding her mouth. A man stood besides her holding her steady. Sara guessed them to be her parents.
"My baby girl." She said when her hand lowered. She moved slowly towards Sara, grasping her in a hug.
Sara blushed a bit. Over her shoulder Sara had then noticed how the others in the room were dressed, in robes. The way she pictured in the fantasy books that she read to Eric. Sara knew they were Percy's brothers.
Ron's mouth had hung open unable to turn around. Her voice. It was Hermione's voice that she had just heard. Slowly he turned and rose from the chair so he could be able to see her.
A man who had been sitting slumped low in a chair turned away from Sara had risen. She had not seen him yet despite his height. When he came into full view Sara looked at him. His hair and his nose and his ears she knew them. Sara just stared at him. She now knew who Eric's father was.
"Hermione," he said placing his hand gently on her face. "I missed you."
Ron was almost afraid to touch, like she would disappear from him again. She still looked just as beautiful. He had to touch her just to be sure she was real. But she did not react to him at all. He did not know why.
Sara relaxed a little with his touch. It was so gently. She moved closer towards him and gave him a slight hug. Everyone came up to hug and greet her right then. She was nervous, but tried to hide it. She did not recognize any of these people.
A boy with messy black hair was the last one to give her a hug. For some reason she thought he might be her brother. Her parents stayed right next to her as they all came by.
She watched her mother thank Percy several times through the welcoming.
"Where have you been?" A girl with red hair asked.
"She lost her memory." Percy answered. "She doesn't remember anything, Hogwarts, nothing."
"You do know that you are a witch?" Ron asked. Her memory was gone. He had to be careful around her. They had to see about getting her to Saint Mungos immediately.
"Percy said I was." Sara said.
"Hermione, we looked everywhere for you." The man with messy black hair asked. "This last year, where were you? How did Percy find you?"
"That library you and Harry gave me the address to, Ron." Percy answered. "She was working there."
"We should have stayed longer when we were there." Ron said. "I don't know why we didn't find you."
"I just can't believe all of you were looking for me." Sara said. "I wish I could remember you."
"Madam Pomphrey came already. She's going to try anything she can." Percy said to the group.
"Madam Pomphrey can fix anything. She will find a way." Ron gently said. He saw in her eyes that she was still sort of scared.
Sara looked around at the sea of faces looking at her. She saw the concern in there faces. She saw the love that they each had for her. But she was Sara, the girl that was found beaten in the alleyway by a bobbie who just happened to be coming by.
Right then Penny came in the room carrying Eric. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but someone just really wanted their Mum."
"Mummy's here." Sara said taking the baby. "You're alright." She started making soothing sounds with her voice. She tickled his side a little bit. It was always something that would make him laugh and stop crying.
Ron stared at the boy that Hermione was holding. He looked at his tuft of orange hair. His ears and his nose, they were his ears and his nose. He had to be almost two years old. Ron had seen enough pictures of himself as a baby. He had no idea she was pregnant. He turned and looked at Harry. "I'm a daddy." He whispered.
"Congratulations." Harry whispered back with a lopsided smile.
"Eric I want you to meet your Grandparents." Sara said passing the baby to the Grangers.
"Hello, baby." Mrs. Granger picked up Eric and held him close. "I am going to spoil you so bad. He's welcome anytime you need a babysitter." She said giving Eric kisses.
Eric did not struggle in the least when Mrs. Granger had taken him. He had instead hugged her back. Eric was then passed to all of the Weasleys who gave him hugs as well. She heard many promises of babysitters.
Sara then looked over at the man she had heard called Ron. He had not stopped staring at her. She meant his gaze and nodded a yes towards him. She wanted him to know that Eric was his son.
Ron stared at Hermione he wanted to ask just to be sure, but didn't know how to do it without looking like a git. She then nodded at him and he knew he was a father. He almost didn't want to look at his Mum and Dad right then. He knew they would not be approving. He instead turned to Ginny. Ginny nodded of approval and congratulations.
Eric was passed to Harry and then Ginny. Ginny gave him a hug before passing him to a nervous Ron.
"Hi, Eric." Ron said unsure of what to say. Eric Weasley that sounded good. "I guess we got a lot of catching up. You don't mind if we spend some time together?"
Eric had laughed right then.
"You look just like a Weasley." Ron said looking at his son's hair. "Welcome to the family."
While Ron was holding Eric, Sara just stood there. She started to have trouble breathing. "Excuse me," she said stepping out.
Ron looked back at his family for a moment. He passed Eric to his Mum then went after Hermione.
Hermione was sitting on the porch swing. She had her face in her hands she looked like she was crying.
"Hey, mind if I sit?" Ron asked.
He took the seat next to her. "I just want you to know, what ever it is that you decide I will be there for Eric. No matter what. If he needs school supplies, a babysitter, someone to talk with. I won't deny him anything."
Sara listened to Ron. He was talking to her like a friend, not the father of her child. Didn't he want her as well? "What about me?" Sara asked.
"I have spent the past two years searching for you. I never stopped loving you. You are the most important thing to me. I will be there for you. What you went through was terrible, I know. I will help anyway I can." Ron said.
"How do I know that you are in love with me or just the memory of me? I have nothing that is of Hermione."
"She's inside you somewhere. Let me help you." Ron said moving closer to her.
Sara got up right then. "I have to get home."
"You are home." Ron stated.
"Then why don't I have any memory?" Sara asked her eyes were filled with tears.
"We'll work on it. We will find a way together." Ron said. "Come inside and speak with your parents. They have been so worried. Please Hermione, for them."
Sara nodded and allowed herself to be guided back in. At least William gave her the week off. She would only have to call to tell him that she was alright. She then got a funny feeling that they did not use phones here.
Inside the sitting room of the Burrow Sara sat in between her parents. They then started telling stories about her life. She was told about her younger years with her parents. Some of the odd occurrences that happened before they learned she had been accepted at Hogwarts.
Harry and Ron afterwards started to talk about the years at Hogwarts. Both Harry and Ron both silently agreed it would not be a good idea to tell her about Voldemort. They did not want to scare her so fast. Professor Dumbledore had once said. 'There are things that can wait, and there are things that should wait.'
After a while of listening about spells and enchantments Sara grew tired. She asked for a phone so she could call her work and let them know that she was alright.
Mrs. Weasley immediately invited her to stay the night along with the Grangers. The Grangers had accepted. Sara looked over at Eric. Harry was playing with him right then. Eric really seemed to like them, to like all of them. She decided to stay.
Like we would actually let her go, Ron had thought after the Grangers had convinced her to stay.
Ginny took Hermione down to where the public phone was. "You know that you are always welcome here." Ginny said on the way down.
"Thanks, I suppose I will. Eric seems to like it here."
"He will always have a babysitter. He has a big family after all." Ginny said. "He really is a sweet little boy. I know how proud Ron is."
"Everyone figured it out, I guess."
"I don't think anyone really cares that you had a baby out of wedlock. We are just glad that you are back." Ginny said.
Sara looked at the red haired girl for a moment. "We were best friends weren't we?"
"We told each other everything." Ginny admitted.
"I take it you know all of my secrets."
"Most of them." Ginny said. "You know pretty much all of mine. We kind of helped each other through school and other things."
"What other things?" Hermione asked.
"Later." Ginny said.
They had reached the phone just then so the conversation stopped. She called William and let him know that she would be staying and she would call tomorrow. Sara then called Annie and let her know that Eric would not need babysitting for the week.
Ginny and Hermione did not talk on the way back. She was tired by the time she got back into the house. Molly led her up to one of the rooms. She had already made up a bed for her and for Eric.
Sara went to sleep not sure of what would happen in the morning.