Loyalty
Part 4- 16th Birthday
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Draco- "Kaitlyn I want you to have my babies."
Me- "I don't want your babies. I just want your character."
Draco- "Well fine. If you don't want my babies, then you can't have me."
Me- "Fine, be that way."
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Last time on Loyalty… (hehe..i feel like a soap opera…)
"Impedima!" Harry, Hermione, Jack, and Cindy flew against the wall and went crashing into the wall. The man left just as a letter floated down on top of Hermione.
Dear Miss Granger,
We have received intelligence that you preformed a stupefy spell a few minuets ago. Seeing as how you have never had a warning. This will be it.
Hope you are well,
Improper use of magic.
Ministry of Magic.
Harry was sitting at the dining room table watching Cindy clean a slight cut on Hermione's forehead.
"Harry do you think that someone doesn't want you staying here?" she wondered.
"What do you mean?"
"Well whoever that was held back. Lots of people want you dead and you had no wand. He could have hurt you or any of us pretty badly."
"Your right. But what are we going to do about it?"
"I don't know….Oh! Ron sent a letter, you might want to write back, he found out about what happened and wants to know if were ok."
"I already did."
"Oh ok. Ow mum! Could you be a little more gentle?"
"Sorry homey, I'm done anyways."
"Ok. Thanks."
"Uh huh."
Hermione stepped off her stool and jumped when Dumbledore apparated in with a loud 'pop'.
"Professor!" she screamed. "You scared me!"
"I'm sorry Miss Granger."
"Dumbledore do you know who attacked us?"
"Sorry Harry I don't, but I insist that you come stay at Hogwarts were it is safer."
"No. I don't want to leave Hermione, what if something like this were to happen again?"
"I assure you, it won't."
"You don't know that!"
Hermione was about to say something when Lupin apparated in.
"Harry stay here. So not go back to Hogwarts."
"I wasn't planning on it."
"Good, now Dumbledore lets go."
"No, I'm not leaving without Harry."
"Both of you out!" someone yelled and Cindy stepped in front of the two children. "if you would be so kind as to get out of my house and not bother my family or house guest, that would be great."
"I'm not leaving without Harry." Dumbledore said.
"Well sir, I don't really care what you want. I just want you out of my house."
"Yes ma'am." Lupin said grabbing Dumbledore's shoulder. "We were just leaving." And they disappeared with a 'pop'.
"That was strange." Hermione said bluntly.
"Yeah, but why did Dumbledore want me to stay with him at school? I could protect you if I stayed here, and obviously Lupin has been 'spying' on me, so we are perfectly safe."
"Yeah, but Harry I can take care of myself."
"Well…I…Uh…" Harry studdard, the prophecy running through his mind. "Never mind."
"No Harry, what were you going to say?"
"Oh nothing important."
"Ok."
Months passed by and there was no sign of Dumbledore or any bad dreams. For the first time in Harry's life he felt normal. Going to the mall, swimming, and his new favorite thing, movies. He sat up in bed and grabbed his glasses. The sun peaked through his window and he just lay there, thinking. He was in love with his best friend and didn't know what to do about it. He couldn't tell her because he didn't want to take a chance at loosing their friendship. A quick knock interrupted his thoughts and Hermione ran in, jumping on his bed.
"Happy 16th birthday Harry!"
"It's my birthday? Whoa! It is!"
"Get dressed because Mrs. Weasley is throwing you a party."
"Really?"
"Yes! Hurry up, my dad is driving us in an hour."
"Ok Ok." He ran into the bathroom and took a quick shower. After changing into some new clothes he walked downstairs.
"Harry birthday." Cindy said pulling Harry into a hug. "So your 16?"
"Yeah."
"Well I can't wait to meet all these people throwing your party and the Ron character whom Hermione has mentioned."
"There like my 2nd family." Harry laughed. "If you can call the Dursley's my first family."
"Are we ready to go?" jacks voice called as he entered the kitchen. " Hermione is already in the car."
The Grangers, and Harry, loaded into the car and drove off to the Burrow, which was surprisingly only a 20-minuet drive. Everyone got out of the car and walked into the house.
"Harry!" Mrs. Weasley called rushing into the room and grabbing him into a death hug. "Happy 16th birthday!"
"C-can't :gasp: breath."
"Uh yes, sorry dear."
"It's alright Molly."
"Oh and Hermione, how are you darling?"
"I'm great thank you. Mrs. Weasley this is my mom, Cindy, and my dad, Jack. I know you have met but it wasn't very long."
"Why hello! It's great to finally meet Hermione's family."
"It's great to properly meet you to."
"Harry, Ron and Ginny are in the kitchen."
The parents went into the living room and Harry and Hermione made there way into the kitchen. Just as they walked in Ginny had lunged herself and Ron and was crying on his shoulder. Ron was awkwardly trying to comfort you. The instant he saw Hermione he threw her a helpful look.
"Ginny what's wrong?" Hermione asked prying her off Ron and going to another room.
"Sorry about that Harry. Happy birthday."
"Thanks Ron. Is Ginny ok?"
"No. Seamus broke up with her and I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Ron have you ever thought that maybe Ginny likes being around you?"
"What's that supposed to mean? She loves Fred and George."
"Are you sure? Maybe they like her better but you're her favorite brother."
"That's crazy. I'm just the boring middle child who happens to have a famous best friend."
"Ron your family loves you, and Ginny looks up to you."
"Really? I never thought of that."
"Come on." Harry laughed and the two boys walked into the next room. Hermione was talking to Ginny, who had stopped crying, and she looked up relieved.
"Hey Ron." Hermione said pulling him into a hug.
"Hey. Did you fix my sister?"
"Ron she wasn't broken." She laughed. "But yes, I 'fixed' her."
"Ok good."
"Happy birthday Harry." Ginny said giving him a friendly peck on the cheek. "Lets go find mum, I think people are here."
"Ok let's go."
The four kids (I mean teenagers, with raging hormones…hehe) made there way into the living room. Harry was greeted by a bunch of people. Lupin, Mad-eye, Tonks, George, Fred, Luna, Neville, and many more.
"Wow." Harry said. "That's a lot of people."
"Oh Harry dear, nothing less for someone's birthday." Molly said as she brought out a huge chocolate cake. "Blow out the candles and make a wish."
'I wish I had the balls to tell Hermione how I really feel.' Harry laughed and quickly blew out all 16 candles.
A loud chorus of happy birthday was sung and then Lupin stood up and calmed everyone down.
"Alright everyone I am very excited to give me present, so Harry if you'll grab that box right there."
Harry looked around and saw a box that normally people would propose with. He opened it and a silver key shined back at him. He looked up at Lupin with questioning eyes and saw a small tear roll down his cheek.
"It's the key to your godfathers house."
"W-what?"
"Sirius' house is yours Harry."
"No, I-I can't."
"But you must."
"No. I don't want it." Harry quickly shut the box and set it down running up to Ron's room.
"Don't worry Lupin, we'll go talk to him." Ron assured and he and Hermione headed upstairs after him.
"Wait." Hermione said just outside the door. "We can't force him to do anything, and we don't want to start any fights."
"We'll be careful."
Ron quietly knocked on the door and walked into his room.
"Hey Harry." Hermione said sitting next to him on the bed. "Penny for your thoughts?"
"Sirius."
"Why don't you want to live on your own?" Ron asked.
"It's to painful, and I would be lonely."
"The house isn't going anywhere Harry. You have as much time as you want." Hermione said. "And you wouldn't be lonely. Me and Ron would practically live there with you."
"Yeah, and you could ask Lupin to live there with you, I'm sure he would love that."
"I guess your right, thanks you guys."
"No problem, and now that were all alone we can give you our present. Ron and I made it over the summer."
"How did you do that? I was with you the whole time?"
"We have our ways." Ron smirked.
"Come on just open it already."
Harry quickly opened the box and stared at the front of a photo album.
"Sirius, Lupin, James, Lilly
And
Harry, Ron, Hermione." Harry read out loud.
"Lupin found a bunch of pictures of them, and Colin Creevy gave us the ones of us."
"Wow you guys. This is great."
"No problem." Hermione said. "Oh I think Molly just called me, I'll see you guys downstairs."
"So Harry."
"Ron why are you looking at me like that? It's scaring me."
"Have you told her yet?"
"Told who what?"
"Hermione how you feel."
"What…how did you…"
"It's not that hard to see mate."
"Really? It's that bad?"
"Yeah, you need to do something about it."
"Your ok with it? I mean I always thought you liked her."
"I did, but I love her like a sister, not as a girlfriend, but you have to promise me something Harry."
"Ok, what's that?"
"Nothing can change between us. You and Hermione are still my best friends no matter what happens. We still must do what we normally do together."
"Deal, now I just need to tell her."
"Well mate you better hurry up because I don't know if you've noticed but Hermione all of a sudden hit puberty and got very attractive. She'll get a lot of attention this year."
"I'm on it Ron."
"Ok good. Now lets go eat some cake."
A/N-WOW! THAT WAS A LONG ONE! OK….NOW AGAIN I ONLY GOT LIKE 3 REVIEWS! HOW PATHETIC! AND BUBBLEISHNESS….THANKS YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW! LUV YA!