Chapter 16
Bridget woke up to feel someone watching her sleep, which happened to be one of her biggest pet peeves. Bridget was awake looking at her eyelids, she didn't feel like opening her eyes yet to see the sun make her groan, yes it was yet another lousy day. Bridget was trying to figure out who in Merlin's name was watching her sleep, hopefully not one of her annoying roommates trying to bug her about her relationship with Oliver. And that's when it hit her, she'd slept with Oliver again. Even though she was kind of mad at herself for letting Oliver melt her heart, but the thought of making love to Oliver again made her smile.
"Ah ha you faker," Bridget heard Oliver say on the side of her. "I had a feeling you were awake."
Bridget's eyes fluttered open and she was surprised to see Oliver smiling at her, "Good morning sunshine." Oliver said running his hands through her raven colored hair.
"Good morning," Bridget smiled pulling the sheets closer to her body as she realized that she was still naked. Bridget pulled the sheet with her as she began to walk to the washroom.
"What are you doing?"
"Going to the bathroom."
"Yeah," Oliver nodded. "But why in Merlin's name are you taking the sheet with you? You do know that I keep toilet paper in my washroom, right?"
"Yes," Bridget blushed. "But I don't want you to see me naked.
Oliver began to laugh at her and Bridget started to blush even more, "It's not as if I haven't seen your bloody sexy body before. I've seen it twice now."
"Well," Bridget began to think and blushed again as she realized he was right. "I still have to act like a lady."
"Yeah but last night you were one randy lady."
Bridget ran to the washroom as she blushed harder than she had in a very long time and Oliver could only chuckle at how beautiful she looked when she blushed. Oliver felt so lucky that he could make Bridget blush that much. Soon Oliver heard the shower running and even though Oliver was a gentleman, the thought of taking a morning shower and maybe even a morning shag with the lovely Bridget Potter made a huge smile creep across his face.
After a nice steamy shower, Bridget threw herself back upon the bed.
"Ready again?"
Bridget laughed, "You wish!"
"You bet I do."
"So what's for breakfast?"
"Are you kidding?"
"No."
"Bridget, um it's almost noon."
Bridget blinked as she looked at her watch, "Oh wow you're right. So what's for lunch?"
"Do you want to go to the Great Hall or do you want lunch here?"
"Oooh!" Bridget smiled which made Oliver smile, "We could have lunch in here and ignore the outside world all day?"
"We could if you wanted, but don't you think your family will be looking for you soon?"
"Yeah," Bridget said wrinkling her nose. "Sometimes I wish we weren't as close net was we are, I'd like my own privacy every once in a while, you know?"
Oliver shook his head, "No not really. My father died when I was three and my mum has been sick for almost five years now and she doesn't have much time left."
"I never knew."
"I know I didn't want you to take sympathy on me like you just did."
"Sorry."
"Well it's not as if you've go the most perfect life neither," Oliver pointed out.
"True," Bridget nodded. "I never knew my mum or dad as they were killed the night I was born. Doctors had to take me out of my mum's dead body, never met my siblings hell I never even knew I had siblings until recently. I only ever knew my grandfather and anytime I brought up my family he'd avoid the subject. I knew my parents had been murdered by Lord Voldemort, but there were so many other orphans because of him."
"True," Oliver agreed.
"After I realized that Harry and Susan were right that I was a Potter and so was Grandfather, I was ecstatic to have a brother and a sister, an uncle, an aunt, and a baby cousin on the way."
"And now?"
"I still love them to death but sometimes I'd just like my privacy. I mean ever since everyone has found out that I'm 'Miracle Baby' Bridget Potter, it's like I'm always in the media."
"And you always will be."
Bridget nodded, "Because I'm a Potter. Sometimes I wish I was still just plain Jane, Bridget Dunn."
"But then you'd never know Harry, Sadie, Roselyn, Breeanna, Arabella, or Sirius."
Bridget's eyes began to fill up and she nodded, "Yes but I'd have never lost my grandfather…I would have never needed to know that heartbreak. I would have never know Sirius and I would have never had to," Bridget began to break down at this point. "Meet him. I would have never loved my dear uncle and I would have never had to grieve over the death of him."
Oliver pulled Bridget into a bone crushing hug, "But if you would have never become Bridget Potter, you would have never known the love that Sirius gave you. You'd have never met you dear, sweet Aunt Arabella. Or had met that cute little cousin of yours. You'd have never had the close connection you have with Adora or Harry or Susan. You were best friends with Ginny but you guys got so much closer ever since you found out that you two would be sister-in-laws."
"True," Bridget nodded in his arms but Oliver began to take a different approach to talk to her. "Maybe we should just have lunch in here, just the two of us. We'll go down to the Great Hall for lunch."
Bridget pulled back and Oliver's heart almost broke as he saw tears filled up in her eyes, "Are you sure I won't be a bother."
"I swear," Oliver said kissing her passionately.
"Okay," she nodded as she sat on his bed and waited for a house-elf to show up with their food. Oliver's plan was to get her to talk about Sirius death and to get her to grieve with him away from public eye, because everyone knew how much Bridget hated being in the public eye and for the public to see her cry…well let's just say Bridget wouldn't have been happy.
Ginny woke up also smiling, but she was smiling because she had her loving husbands arms wrapped around her. Even though Ginny and Harry are married, they didn't share the same quarters. Professor Dumbledore had told Ginny that if it was okay with Adora, it was okay with himself and the rest of the staff for her to stay with Harry, as they were husband and wife. Adora didn't mind, but Ginny just hadn't had time to move her stuff over.
First, they'd gotten back from Christmas holidays and there was so much going on. People looking at Harry and Ginny, now expecting Ginny to pop up pregnant any day now since they were married, as Ginny was expected to have the twins. But the twins wouldn't destroy Lord Voldemort, they'd destroy Autumn Lewis.
Second, they had all still been grieving over Anthony's death. And even though everyone assured Ginny that it wasn't her fault for Anthony's death, sometimes she still felt it was. If Ginny hadn't been outside with Harry, there would have never been the attempt to kill her by ol' Voldie himself. She knew Anthony was trying to protect and of course she thanked Merlin everyday for this.
Third, there had been the attack by Death Eaters from Hogsmede to Hogwarts. Again Ginny had been shunned from the fight, it was as if they didn't trust her to fight her own. Ginny knew that Harry had something Voldemort didn't and that was love. Harry would beat Voldemort off with the love from Ginny, but how was he suppose to feel the love when she was locked up in Gryffindor tower?
Last but defiantly not least, yesterday Sirius had been murdered in cold blood by a Death Eater. It had effected everyone and no one knew who would take over Sirius's place.
Anthony had been the Assistant Minister and after his death they had appointed a new guy, but they never released it in the paper in case something like this happened, and it had.
Ginny rolled over to see Harry still sleeping and she smiled, he actually looked peaceful. He'd been so upset last night and she had felt her heart breaking over and over for him. Harry had almost woken up every time last night screaming for Sirius to run to miss the light, just thinking about those screams of Harry's brought her to tears again. Ginny had to turn away as she felt more tears run down her face.
"What's wrong love?"
Ginny turned to see Harry staring at her with concern, he must have woken up as she looked away, "Just hate to see you upset."
"Oh," Harry nodded knowing what she was talking about without saying another word.
"Are you up for food?"
Harry nodded again, "Breakfast sounds good." Harry's stomach began to growl.
Ginny laughed and Harry blushed a little bit, "And I'd say your stomach is agreeing with your mouth."
"Guess you'd be right my love."
"So lunch?"
"Of course Ginny, my love. But we have to get dressed first."
"Okay."
"And a steamy shower?" Harry said winking at her.
Ginny giggled, "I guess a short one wouldn't be too awful."
"Alright!"
"Oh and Harry."
"Yeah?" He asked looking at her with question as to what was going to come out of that gorgeous mouth of hers.
"I think I will move in here with you, that is if it's still okay with the teachers and Adora."
"Really?" Harry asked as she saw this simple little thing just brightened up his world, "I'm sure it's still okay and the house-elves will even move you in!"
"Okay," Ginny nodded and placed a kiss atop her husband's button nose.
Arabella's eyes blinked open and she was surprised to see that she was lying in the Hospital Wing. Beside Arabella's bed was Susan with baby Roselyn.
"Sadie?"
Sadie Potter-Malfoy looked up from her beautiful little cousin to see her beloved aunt finally awake, "You're awake."
"Yeah, but why am I here."
Susan blinked a few times, "You don't remember?"
"Remember what?" Arabella asked but as soon as she saw how sad Susan's eyes were, it all came back to her.
"Oh Sirius!" Arabella sobbed into her hands and then reached out for her baby, "Roselyn, my baby girl come here." Susan handed her little cousin over to her aunt willingly, she knew that they were going to have to grieve and grow from this together.
Arabella tried to keep her sobs to a minimum and she cried silently, she didn't want to upset the baby or her niece. "Oh Rose, baby doll…you're Daddy has left us." Arabella let out a big sob, "Daddy has gone to a b…b…better place. But Daddy will always b…be here for you and will a…always look d…down and out for us. You're Daddy is now your g…guardian a…an…angel." Arabella just kept stroking the beautiful black hair that Roselyn had shared with her father. It was amazing how much the beautiful little girl looked just like her daddy but she shared mummy's eyes. Kind of like the deal with Harry.
Arabella had been so happy when she found out that Roselyn's eyes were the Evans brilliant green eyes, she knew that Roselyn would share the powers that her mum, auntie, and cousins all shared.
But now Mummy and baby were all alone without Daddy and without the baby brother they were so looking forward to giving Roselyn.
Arabella dried her eyes and looked at her niece who also had tears streaming down, "Come here." Arabella said patting the bed and as soon as Susan sat up there with Aunt and baby cousin, Bella pulled her into a bear hug. "How are you doing?"
"As expected," Susan sniffled.
"We will all get through this, we lost your grandfather and now your uncle. I promise you we will get through this. After all we are Evans women."
Susan looked up at her aunt with pride, "Why are you being so strong? If I were you I'd be so angry right now."
"I am," Arabella nodded. "But I have to think of my family first before my feelings. Of course I'll grieve Sirius, I'll grieve for him until my dying day but I still have to look after you kids and Roselyn. You all come first."
"You aren't stuffing your feelings down though right?"
"Of course not," Arabella said wiping another tear away. "Trust me, inside my heart is breaking and I will be totally upset for days but if I get too upset the baby will know something's wrong. I have to be especially strong for her. After all she has lost her only father and will never know him." Arabella began to cry again, "She'll never know what a wonderful man he was. Roselyn will never be able to have horsie-rides from her daddy, or have him dance with her on her Sweet Sixteenth, and he won't be able to walk her down the aisle when she gets married."
"I at least got to know him and I love him and I will always grieve for my husband, but my daughter is my top priority. Trust me inside I'm screaming and I want to know why, but I have to be strong for her." Arabella then blinked and realized something, "Where's Breeanna?"
"Draco has her."
"Oh."
"He said he's always gone on Order business and he needed to spend time with her and I wanted to be here with Roselyn when you woke up."
"Thank you," Arabella said hugging her niece. "You amaze me sometimes."
"How?" Susan asked pulling back from the hug.
"You act like Lily so much sometimes it makes me want to cry."
"Sorry."
"No," Arabella said shaking her head with tears filled up in her eyes. "Both Lily and James would be proud to see the woman you've turned out to be. You are as generous and loving as your mother and sometimes when you are around I feel her. I always feel Lily but it's different."
Susan shook her head, "I totally understand. When you start telling me old stories of Mum and Dad, I get goose bumps all over and it's as if I feel their right there laughing with us."
Arabella nodded, "They are sweetheart, I promise you they are. It'll be the same when Breeanna asks about her biological mother to you or when Roselyn asks me about her father."
"I'm glad we had this talk."
Bella nodded, "Me too."
"Do you want me to take her so you can grieve some more?"
"No," Bella said shaking her head and kissing Roselyn's baby head. "I'll have plenty of time to grieve, right now I need to take care of my baby."
"Okay," Susan said getting ready to leave.
"One more thing Sadie…."
Susan nodded and turned around, "Anything."
"Do you know where Ginny is?"
"I believe she stayed with Harry last night to help him…"
Arabella nodded her head, "Well when you see her or Ron today could you congratulate them for me?"
"Sure, but what for?"
"For their father being the new Minister of Magic."
"What!" Susan asked surprised.
"Yeah," Arabella laughed. "He took Anthony's place after Anthony died and we thought it would be best to keep his identity a secret. But with Sirius…g…gone now, Arthur is the new Minister of Magic."
"That is great, I bet ol' Lucius Malfoy is rolling in his grave."
Arabella nodded, "And he should be, scum of the earth."
Draco had snuck out of Hogwarts Castle with Breeanna to the graveyard in Hogsmede, after the sudden death of Sirius, Draco wanted to bring the little baby to her biological mother's grave. Draco knew that one day they'd have to tell her the truth about her Mum, but Draco didn't want her to know what had been their horrible father. But once she was old enough they had to tell her or she'd hear it at Hogwarts anyways.
Draco stopped right in front of the grave, "This is your Mummy." Draco said dropping to his knees.
Baby Breeanna looked confused as she began to cry out for her Mummy Susan, "Mummie! Mummie! Da, I want Mummie!"
Draco fought back tears, "I guess you're too young for this."
"Muuummmie! Muuummie!"
"Okay, okay."
Adora woke up in her bed alone and wondered how in Merlin's name did she get here on her own, last thing she remembered was running in here after being so distraught over hearing that they'd lost Sirius now too.
It was then Adora heard a snoring and looked over to the right side of her bed to see that Ron had made a pallet on the floor, he was too much of a gentlemen to share a bed with her.
Adora crawled out of her bed and crawled on the little pallet that Ron had made for himself as she cuddled up to him. Ron muttered something about Quidditch fouls in his sleep and Adora couldn't help but laugh at how cute he was.
"Shh," Ron muttered. "It's sleepy time."
"Okay," Adora whispered as she cuddled up next to Ron for some 'sleepy time'."
There was a scream and a pretty redhead was thrown into a wall as blood slowly trickled down from her head.
"You liar!" Voldemort screamed.
"No," the pretty redhead cried as she tried to hold on to the baby in her arms.
"You tell me where he is!"
"I don't know," the redhead cried as she held the baby closer to her. She was afraid of what would happen, obviously the he'd keep the baby but he'd probably murder her here in front of the little one year old.
"You are a disgrace to the Slytherin name!" Voldemort yelled at his daughter and went to pull his granddaughter away from the filth that was his only child.
"No! You can't have her!"
"I'll have whomever I want!" Voldemort yelled and he snatched the baby away. Desdemona was scared, this was the man who'd killed her daddy and he was making mummy so upset. Mummy began to cry and Desi got upset and began to cry too.
"Over my dead body!"
"You know that can be arranged," Voldemort cackled as he tried to handle the one year old in his arms. "That way I'd know she'd never be put around that Malfoy and Potter rubbish."
Autumn began to sob, "I never let her around the Potters! I hate the Potters as much as you do! But Draco is her father! He has a bloody right to see her!"
"Not when he's a blood traitor! Not when he turns his back on his master and on the mother of his child for a filthy halfblood!"
"You're a halfblood yourself! I'm a quarter blood!"
"Silence!" Voldemort screamed as he threw his only child into the wall again with his wand and she passed out cold.
