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Anyway. I'm glad all u reviewers out there like my story so far…sorry it took me longer than usual to put the new chapter up but I've been busy with this school and overloaded with homework. Anyway here is the next chapter…enjoy!
Blaise returned to his room, it was, apart from the furniture, bare, except for a photo on his bedside table. He sat down on his bed and looked at the photo, it was the day after they had graduated from Hogwarts, he was sitting on the couch at Grimmuld place with Hermione. He looked at the phot as it moved, she kissed him on the cheek as he slid his arms around her waist, he couldn't remember but he think Ron took the picture and they both laughed at him.
I was going to leave Blaise he heard Hermione's voice say, suddenly he was struggling to hold back the tears.
He loved Hermione and hated himself for fifteen years after the night with Ginny. He had tried looking for her, but he never thought she had gone as far as New York. Blaise put the photo frame back on the table, feeling the sudden urge to have a strong drink. He stood up and grabbed his jacket, it was the end of summer and had just began to get cooler outside. He walked up into the great hall and began to make his way towards Hogsmeade.
Alex went back into the Hospital wing to find her mother and Ginny Weasley sitting on the bed, eating chocolate, giggling like school girls.
Hermione looked at her daughter with a look that said I forgave her, Alex smiled as she was properly introduced to the other woman.
"Gin, this is Alex, my daughter," Hermione said as Alex stuck out her hand out.
Ginny didn't take her hand, hugging her instead.
"She's beautiful," Ginny, said, "she looks just like, except for her hair." Hermione smiled but didn't say anything. As Alex sat down, Paul, Ron's son came in looking for her.
"Hey," he said, "are you feeling better?" he asked Hermione, she nodded and began to laugh.
"Um...ok" he said awkwardly, "We're going into Hogsmeade for tea, Dad told me to come ask Alex if she wanted to come with us." He looked at his almost cousin.
Alex looked at her mother, "you can go if you want," she told her daughter. Alex smiled and got up, she didn't really feel like hanging out with her mum tonight, besides she had her best friend back.
Alex didn't talk much as she went to Hogsmeade with her Aunt and Uncle, she barely ate or talked through the meal and every time Ron or Jessica asked her if she was ok she simply replied she was not hungry. In actual truth she was too distracted by the thoughts in her mind to concentrate on what was in front of her.
"Uncle Ron," she finally said. He looked up from his plate.
"Yeah?" he asked softly.
"Well, I was just wondering…why didn't my dad ever look for my mum?" she asked, looking back down at her own plate. Jessica stood up and motioned for Paul to follow her as she took him over to get more drinks. Ron put his fork down.
"He did look for her," He began as she looked back up, "only he never thought your mum would have moved to America. He looked in France, Russia, everywhere in Europe, he only came back with the hope that your mum had come back for my wedding. When she didn't he realised that it was no-use she wasn't going to come back."
"Did he love her?" Alex asked.
Surprised at the question, Ron nodded, "I don't think he ever stopped."
Alex didn't say anything as Jessica and Paul returned to the table. She didn't speak at all through the rest of the meal.
The next day all of the professors who had not stayed at Hogwarts during the holidays had returned, preparing for the students to arrive. The castle was so busy that Alex thought no one would notice if she disappeared in the dungeons.
It took Alex a while to find the room she was looking for and wondered how some one could live in a place where it was so dark and cold. She went to knock on the door but stopped. She went to knock again as the door was opened. There she stood facing her father.
Blaise opened the door, he was in a hurry, Dumbledore had wanted a meeting with him. As he opened the door, however, he came face to face with his daughter.
"Um, hi" she said nervously, biting her lip, just like her mother used to he thought to himself. He took a step back, allowing her to enter his room, she stepped in slowly, looking around.
"So, uh…Alex, is there something wrong?" he asked finally regaining his voice. Alex didn't reply and picked up the only photo frame in the room, off his bedside table. She looked at the bottle of whiskey nest to where the photo frame was, before picking up the ring off the table.
She read the inscription aloud "Hermione, we are the special two, Love forever, Blaise" she looked at the man who was supposed to be her father.
"She still loves you, you know..." she said, surprising herself. She watched him as he shook his head, Alex had wondered where she got her stubbornness from since her mother always gave in to her, know she knew.
"She does, I know she does, she wont admit it, but I know, I can tell" she said standing up.
"I...I never meant to hurt her,' Blaise said and Alex turned around and smiled at him.
"I know, …and I think she knows that too." She said walking toward the door.
"Alex," he said as she put her hand on the door knob, "I'm sorry I haven't been around to… you know…be a good dad. I only just find out about you when your mother came back."
"I know that too, it doesn't matter though, it's what mum though was best. For all of us." She said not turning around, opening the door.
"Hopefully I can make it up to you," he said as she shut the door behind her.
Alex began to head back towards her room, she had to pack her stuff, tonight she would be moving into what ever house she was sorted into. She was distracted by the paintings on the wall and ran into a very old man.
"Miss Granger," the man said, his piercing blue eyes sparkled.
"Professor Dumbledore, I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." She began, going red in the face.
"That's quite alright, many of us hardly see where our feet are taking us, can I assume that yours took you down into the dungeons this morning" he asked grinning slightly.
Alex nodded, she had always thought of Albus Dumbledore as a ruler, but right now he seemed to feel like more of her grandfather.
"I had to see…Professor Zabini, it was no big deal," she said
"Ah, yes but I think your first conversation with your father is a big deal Miss Granger, no matter what you were talking about," he replied, Alex smiled at him.
"Please don't tell my mum.." Alex said, she wasn't sure why but she didn't want her to know she had spoken to her father.
"If that's what you want, however, Miss Granger, I think your mother may want to know that he too still loves her," Dumbledore said, "but now I must be off, i have some meetings to attend to."
Hermione returned to her room just after lunch, only to find that her daughter's things had already been packed and the room empty. She sighed, just as there was a tap on her window. She opened the window and recognised her good friend Elizabeth's owl, from America. The letter was addressed to Alex and Hermione guessed it was from Liz's twins, Georgie and Logan. She put the letter in her pocket and sighed again, before exiting her room in search of her daughter.
She never found Alex, but rushed to Dumbledore's office, realizing she was late for a meeting with him. As she entered the office she found that it was empty, so she sat and waited in his waiting room.
After a bout five minutes of waiting Hermione heard footsteps travelling up the staircase to Dumbledore's office, she stood up, preparing herself to see the Headmaster, but instead found both the Headmaster and Blaise.
"Ahh, Professor Granger, sorry I am late," Dumbledore said as he entered the waiting room. Hermione looked at the headmaster, then realizing he had addressed her spoke.
"That's fine, Professor, I can wait until your finished." She said.
Dumbledore shook his head, "No, I called you both here, for the same meeting," he motioned for the two professors to follow him into the office. Neither Blaise nor Hermione spoke, and as they sat in Dumbledore's office, Hermione could feel Blaise' eyes on her, she glanced side ways at him, watching as he turned back to Dumbledore.
Both waited for Dumbledore to address them. The old wizard turned and sat in his chair facing the two.
"Well, I believe you are both wondering what you are doing gin my office." he began
Hermione nodded.
Dumbledore took a deep breath and began to explain again.
"Well, as you know Fascino Quas (to bewitch the fates) is quite a excellent school in the witchcraft and wizardry world. I am sure that you Hermione have been please with the education Alex has received there." Hermione nodded as he continued, "this year Hogwarts and Fascino Quas have decided to run an international program where, at turn one house from each school will be visiting the other for a week, to learn about the other. I wish to put both of you in charge of the school trips when a Hogwarts house is visiting the other school. This means that each trip you will accompany the house, along with the head of teachers. The first visit will be made to Fascino Quas in the week of Halloween, the house that will go first if Gryffindor, which means that Harry Potter and Jessica Weasley will accompany you there." He stopped and waited for either of the two react.
"Professor, I don't think I'm really the right teacher for this job," Blaise began before he was interrupted by Dumbledore.
"Professor Zabini, if I didn't think you were the right teacher, then I wouldn't have picked you in the first place," He said, "Professor Granger, do you have any complaints."
Hermione shook her head, "No Professor, Fascino Quas is an excellent school, with excellent teachers…and students," she said remembering Georgie and Logan 'I will be looking forward to these visits."
"Excellent," Dumbledore said, "now, if you two don't mind, I have another meeting with one of our new teachers." He stood up and led them to the door.
As they entered the waiting room, the new teacher stood.
"Ah, Professor Walker…you're here.." Dumbledore said. Hermione looked at the man, he was around her and Blaise's age and he had dirty blonde hair that was messy but still looked good. He's bright blue yes seemed to be smiling. Hermione was speechless, "meet some of your new colleagues, Professor Zabini is our potions teacher, along with Professor Snape, and Professor Granger, who is new also and is teaching charms. " the man nodded and shook both of their hands as Dumbledore introduced them.
"Well, I guess we should begin the meeting," he said to Dumbledore and followed back past Hermione and Blaise into his office. Once the door was shut, they both began to make their way down the stairs, back into the great hall.
Hermione turned and began to head back toward her room, in the hope that Alex had finally gone back there.
"Hermione," Blaise said as he watched her turn. She turned back around and looked at the man. She noticed that while he had gotten older, he still looked very much the same as he had the last time they had been alone together.
"I'm sorry," he mumbled looking back at her. Hermione nodded.
"I'm sorry too." She said "but I didn't come back here for myself Blaise, I came back for Alex, because she has the right to know who her family are, who her father is."
Blaise nodded and Hermione turned to leave again, before stopping.
"Blaise, I think it would be good if we…were friends…" she said quietly, "for Alex's sake." Blaise nodded before turning to leave and Hermione watched him as he made his way back toward the dungeons, before leaving herself.
Alex was sitting at the window of the astronomy tower, it was open and there was a slight breeze coming through. She sighed and watched as teachers came in and out of the castle, she knew she should be heading back to her mothers room, so they could spend some time together before she was only spending time with her friends. That was if she made any. She closed the window and made her way back to her mother's room; careful not to be noticed by anyone that needed help.
"Hey," some one said angrily as Alex walked into them.
"Oh, sorry…Riley?" Alex asked looking at who she had walked into.
"Who the hell else would be?" ha said nastily.
Um...ok… Alex thought to herself.
"So are you excited about school starting back?" she asked him
"Yeah I'm hell excited to get back to work." He replied sarcastically, before walking off.
Alex walked slowly the rest of the way back to her mothers room, suddenly she felt very anxious about the big feast tonight, she knew was going to be sorted in a similar way they had sorted the students at her old school, but there she had her best friend and there was only three houses, with none of them being the home of dark magic.
"Alex," her mother said, she was down the hallway and was heading back into her room. "I have a letter for you, I've been looking of you every where."
"Oh, sorry mum, I guess I just wanted some time by myself, she pushed all her worries out of her mind.
"so, who's this letter from?" she asked
"Georgie..or Logan, I can never tell their writing apart," she said handing the letter over, as they entered their room.
Alex sat onher mothers bed and ripped open the letter.
Hey Alex,
How are you? Do you like it there? Do you miss us yet? Everything here's fine, but it's not the same without you, I'm already missing you like crazy (and I know Logan is, he just wont admit it).
Alex smiled at this.
Any way this letter is really about us wishing you good luck for tonight and tomorrow, everyone will love you and if they don't I know some charms that will make them love you). ... It's not going to be the same at school without you either, I mean who is going to tease Logan with me now?
Anyway…good luck good luck good luck with everything.
Missing you heaps already,
Luv Georgie and Logan.
She re-read the letter again smiling, before realizing her mother had been talking to her.
"Um, yeah…what?" she asked as her mother sighed.
"I said we should probably be hading down to the great hall as the students will be arriving soon." Hermione said.
Alex nodded and followed her mother back down to the great hall and watched as teachers gradually entered the hall, until students filled the hall.
She sighed and watched as Dumbledore began to speak and as the sorting of the first years began she tuned out and only paid attention to her thoughts.
A/N: so I had a little trouble writing and ending this chapter so if any of you have some ideas about where you'd like this story to go please include them and review again!
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