Chapter 31
Elle run. When she got to the destination where she had been trying to get there so fast legs were aching.
As she was let in to the building she felt a bit nervous. The last time she had seen this lot she had been so ill she couldn't see past her fears.
Pushed in to the room by her aunt Ellouise met her uncle's eyes for the first time since they had said good bye in the hospital. Sending him a wink he gave her a smile and she went to her cousin.
"Happy birthday Dudley," she said and kissed him.
Acknowledging the other six figures in the room she gave them a smile.
Marge, Joyce, David, Ella, Piers and Lauren all were thrilled to see her looking so like her self after Christmas. Joyce smiled. She was back.
"My darling," she said as Ellouise took the seat next to her.
"Hello Nan!" she said giving her a kiss.
"How are you!" she asked.
"Much better," she smiled with a wink. "So what you got today then Dudley!" she as asked changing the subject from her tot him. It was his birthday after all.
After they had talked for a bit Elle was much more relaxed, every one was getting used to her, and she them, again.
Lauren and her sat on a sofa alone as the four men in the room turned to the conversation of foot ball and the four women went on about what ever came in to conversation.
"So you ok at the high?" Elle asked referring to the school Lauren went to now.
"I guess so, I've made a few new friends," Lauren shrugged as thee drunk there tea.
"Doesn't match us to us though?"
"There isn't ever going to be a friendship that can," she said. "I wish you told me you were going," said Lauren. She had been so mad at Ellouise when she had found out that she had taken her friendship away with out so much as telling her.
"So do I but I can't change the past."
"I know you can't," said Lauren.
"So how long are you guys staying!" she asked turning the talk away from what she had done.
"Four weeks," she grinned.
"You're joking," asked Elle.
"Nope." Lauren grinned
"Yes," said Ellouise and they embraced. For a while there friendship was going to be like old times.
"Oy, you two?" called Dudley.
"What's up?" asked Ellouise.
"You up for a swim today, I want to go down the pool for a bit." he said.
"You're the birthday boy, what ever you want," she grinned.
So the four kids and two dads got there bits together, Elle ran home to tell Lily what was going on and to get her custom bringing Harry back with her also.
When the five kids had been together they h ad always had fun but that day had been fun like no other. Harry for the first time since the third task that day… while he didn't acknowledge his uncle very well he was fine with his cousin, Lauren and Piers.
The pool, was great, they did a lot of games they used too, little shoulder battles, where Lauren and Elle would go up on one of the lads shoulders and try and push each other off, water it, and lots of other things.
After that they went back to thee house and had a special tea, Harry ignored Marge, wishing he could blow her up again, but spoke to his aunt, tried to talk to his uncle so that there was a nice atmosphere for Dudley and spoke to Joyce a lot. She was one of those nana's you had to love.
The marauders were there and whatever the Polkiss's had been told worked because when Lauren heard Ellouise call lily mum she didn't bat an eyelid.
The next week passed in a hurry. Ellouise spent a lot of time with Lauren and brought her up to the house a few times, once to sleep the night.
She had been so jealous when she had seen Ellouise's room. It was a lot different from the ones they had both had when they lived at home.
"Fit for a princess," she had said.
On Sunday Ellouise and Harry had had a talk with there mum and dad. Things were going to change round the den.
It was going to be the head quarters for the group called the order of the phoenix, so they would have a lot of house guest that summer. Who, lily and James didn't know yet but it'd be a few and they would be arriving in a fortnight.
That meant the wedding h ad to be brought forward.
For a time it had been doubted whether they should go through with it but lily had in the end put her foot down. Voldemort had already cheated Sirius and Mel out of one wedding, they weren't going to let in happen again.
So Tuesday night came, bringing with it the hen night.
It was a small affair; Mel didn't want to go big like they had when it had been Lily's.
So they went in to one of the bigger rooms of the den, talked about men, drank and remembered what had gone on through out there lives.
The guest list was Ellouise, Beth, Lily, and Petunia.
"So come in you two?" the ride to be said. "Who you like?" They went ton tensing the two young ones a lot.
Thee married women went on moaning but the love they felt for then in the lives was only to clear deep in there soft voices.
The next day was a day to relax because of the stag night. It has been James, Sirius, Remus a few of the lads from work, Dudley and Harry.
They had of course homemade, drinking, eventually even letting Harry and Dudley having too much the only one arriving back tot thee den sober was as ever Remus.
Then it came, the big day.
"Something old." lily asked
"Mum's necklace" said Mel.
"Something blue,"
"My earrings."
"Some thing new."
"The dress."
"Something borrowed."
"Your bra."
"Right, we are ready, are you two," she asked there daughters.
"Yup," she said.
The two girls came out and they just looked so gorgeous when you put them together. They were both in blue and there hair had been styled for the first time ever in the same ways. The girls were so different butt top every ones shock they had come up with a compromise for the day.
Lily was in a sleek satin blue dress like the girls.
Walking down too the gardens of the den the four of them were pleased it was going to be held at home, so they couldn't be late.
When they got there they were met by the bride's father and slowly the music begun and the five of them went down the isle together.
Sirius was handsome even lily had to admit it.
His usual messy hair was in a pony tale and he was all in black. Very devilish thought his bride.
The two men by his side his god son and best friend were also looking good as they had even managed to tame there hair for the day.
It was a wonderful day for the wedding by all accounts on everyone's watch; the sky was blue and the sun shining.
The section that had cornered off for the wedding had been decorated with lily's flowers from her garden, it was easy to k now because they were vibrate and well cared for.
It was a small but moving ceremony, just the family's presence for it. That was how both bride and groom had wanted it so it was even more special.
However when it came to the reception things couldn't have been more different as the kids had been allowed friends over to help celebrate and the entire Weasley clan, Emily, and Hermione had been able to make it. The three Dursleys and there six guests also came.
Ditty the house elf had done them proud the feast she had put on for them along with her friends, they would all be having the next week off to recover.
The down point of the day for Ellouise had been her Neville hadn't been there. He had had to go on vacation to the sea side with his grandmother and hadn't been there but she had ha a lot of fun.
"Hey can I have the first dance," ask Fred. He had to admit it she looked good in her dress and she had awoken old feelings, and so had he.
"Sure," she said and they headed for the floor.
Mel and Sirius hadn't sat down and Harry and Ginny were dancing to. Em and Ron headed that way as the old lovers got there and begun there dance.
Vernon lead petunia there and Dave and Ella followed. Lauren and Dudley danced for a while too.
"It's nice us all happy, isn't it?" Fred asked.
"Yeah" she nodded but as she said that she saw her god father. He was alone. It was so unfair that they were all so together and he had no one so she made a decision. He would have her.
Bowing out from her dancing gracefully she went over to him.
For a long time he had been in bedded in his thoughts of ruby when he had seen her.
"Hello sweet heart," he said to her and he watched as the little love of his life sat buy his side.
"Hey moony," she said to him.
"You ok?"
"Fine" she said and hugged him. "I loved you."
"Oh darling I love you too." he said as he held her tight. They had always been close since she had known he had been her god father but it was moments like this he treasured.
She was so open with him about her feelings and even though her friends were watching her she still showed her feelings unconditionally for him and he always knew that'd never change. They were a team that would always win just because they were together.
Not long after that the dancing was given a rest. They sat in the gardens, that were now lit by the setting sun and fairy lit drinking and listening for the speeches had begun.
Well she wished she had been at the wedding of her parents because whatever Sirius had said in his speech must have been awful because her father wrote a speech that embarrassed Sirius all the way to the beginning of term and back again, she wanted to know if he had deserved it though what her god father told her suggested that.
A few of the great pranks of the marauders were mentioned and Ellouise found each one she was told got funnier sand funnier, they seemed never ending.
That night went on for a long time in to the morning but every one knew it was a day to remember. It hade shown the marauders were still as one and always would be. There was going to be no split up for the lot of them. Not this time, they were staying as a group, ass they belonged.
However by the end of the night the attention Elle had shown her god father no longer seemed needed as he had taken an interests in the young cousin of Sirius who was attending, Tonks.
Just as she thought of the word cousin Dudley came up to her.
"Come on my girl, you know you want to dance," he said to her and lead her to the dance floor.
They danced all night long, and forgot they're worries, that went for every one at the wedding.
It had been a long year of tears, joy, and love.
They didn't know what was coming next, but who cared? They had something very special.
A strong loving family that no Dark force would ever take apart.
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Ruby sat in her room heart broken she hadn't gone to the wedding, but how could she, she had had to give them today before dropping the bomb shell she was alive.
She just hoped she wasn't to late to put things right.
TO BE CONTINUED…
a/n: yes, time to grow is over, the long wait for number three begins. I am expecting to start posting it late January/early February. I had no idea it was going to end here till I wrote it, however if I had gone nmo I wouldn't be able to stop till the end of OoTP and I need a break from this fic!
The title has been decided. It is going to be called, The Long and Winding Road
I had trouble deciding but the lyrics fit it I think and I just like that title now.
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