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Awakening from the Past
Chapter Eight
Some say love it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.
-"The Rose" by Leanne Rimes
Harry's head spun as he downed his eighth drink of the night. It was Saturday night and he currently resided in The Hog's Head with Remus.'
'Had enough yet?' Remus asked, still halfway through his first.
'With me, there is no such thing as enough.' Harry said, slurring his words slighty.
'So this is how you've been spending your Saturdaynights for the past eleven years.'
'You seem surprised.'
'Shouldn't I be?' Remus asked.
'No. My life is a piece of shit and so I should be drowning my sorrows.' Harry stated.
'You're the one who chose to live like this.' Remus replied, taking another sip of his drink.
'Can we just change this subject please!' Harry said, irretably, 'How's married life been treating you?'
'Great. Tonks is the wife I've always wanted. Well, besides all the errands she's ben making me run to pick up some new things for our new flat.' Remus replied.
'God, you haven't even been married a year yet and already you're whipped by her.'
'I'm going to tell you this only because you're just going to get drunk and forget, but she's had me whipped for awhile.' Harry laughed and started on his ninth drink. 'So how's teaching coming along?' Remus asked.
'In all honesty, you professors made it look much easier than it is. Today, I had a first year class made up of Gryffindors and Slytherins. The majority of the class was made up of the kids of the people I went to school with. I'm teaching Malfoy's daughter, which is going to be such a joy.' Harry said, sarcastically. 'I also have Wood's and Katie Bell's son in my class, to state the interesting ones. But take a guess who I'm teaching.'
'Who?'
'Ginny's daughter. Elizabeth I believe her name is.'
'Yes. I've met her.' Remus stated.
'You've met her? When?' Harry asked, astonished that Remus had never shared this information before.
'Many times. I went and visited Ginny the day after she gave birth to her. And I drop in and visit every once and awhile with Tonks, when we can.'
'Why didn't you tell me this?'
'I didn't feel that it was really relivant considering the fact that you cut Ginny and anything that had to do with her, out of your life. So why would you care to hear about her?' Remus asked, finishing the last of his drink.
'Because I still love her.' was Harry's reply.
'Yeah. And so does someone else. Her husband. You have to understand Harry, she's not yours anymore.
'Well this is a big kick in the ass.' Ron stated to Ginny, as she unpacked her night bag in Ron and Hermione's spare bedroom. 'I can't believe you're pregnant with his kid.'
'Yeah, bet it came as a bigger shock for me though.' Ginny replied with a sigh.
'How far along are you again?'
'Nearly a month.'
'And who else knows besides me?'
'Mum and Clay.'
'Well isn't it just lovely that another love child is being brought into this world.' Ron stated.
'RON!' Ginny yelled.
'What!'
'That's a horrible thing to say! You love Elizabeth!'
'Yeah, I do love her. I'm just pissed that you keep having children in bad situations.'
'What are you saying?'
'I'm saying that you... had sex with Harry, he died and left you to raise his kid...'
'That wasn't his fault! It was a war, Ron. He had a good chance of not making it out of alive and who was he to know that I would end up pregnant!' Ginny snapped.
'Yeah well, you two shouldn't have been having sex on the battlefield! What the hell were you thinking? Oh, that's right... you weren't! And when it comes to Clay, what the fuck are you doing having a kid with a guy you don't love?'
'That guy is my husband.'
'Oh, so now you're defending him.' Ron said, throwing his hands up into the air in frustration.
'I'm not defending him But he is my husband whether I like it or not. And the way he always demands for sex, I'm surprised it took this long for me to get pregnant.' Ginny replied, sitting down on the edge of the bed, just as frustrated as Ron was. 'I don't understand what's happened to me.' She whispered.
'What are you on about?' Ron asked, sitting down next to her.
'I never use to be this beaten down before. I never use to be this weak. I never use to be pushed around this easily. Hell, I could kick Malfoy's ass back in school. But now look at me...' Ginny wiped a few tears from her cheeks.
Ron wrapped a comforting arm around his little sister's shoulders. 'You don't have to put up with his shit, you know. If you're too scared to leave him, we can help. Me, Hermione, Lavender, Blaise, Bernardo. We all know what is going on. And we can help you get out.'
Ginny looked at her brother. What did she do to ever deserve such a wonderful older brother like him? She smiled weakly at him. 'I know you guys want to help. But this is my problem. I have to deal with it on my own.'
'You don't have to. We don't want you to.' Ron said, getting up off the bed.
'I know. But I should. And I must.'
Ron made his way towards the door but then stopped. 'Just out of curiosity, why are you staying the night again?'
'Clay has Quidditch tonight. He wanted me to stay with Bernardo but I said I wanted to spend some time with you and Hermione.'
'Ah. Well, I'll be downstairs if you need me.' Ron said, leaving Ginny to unpack her things. From the bottom of her bag, Ginny pulled out her recent letter from Elizabeth. She had read it a good ten times and was still confused by it. Either her memories had either been zapped from her mind or she just couldn't think. She never remembered going to school with a Noah Weasnger. She exited her room and made her way down the stairs, calling out Ron's name as she did so.
'I'm in the sitting room.' he called back.
Ginny walked in to see Ron sitting on the couch watching the "television". Hermione had bought him it not long after they moved into this house. 'What are you watching?' Ginny asked.
'Football. I'm going for the team Manchester United.' Ron said, sounding quite excited.
'Oh. Well pause it or something.'
'It's television! You can't pause it!'
'Fine!' Ginny said, turning the t.v off herself.
'What the hell!'
'Look. I need to talk to you about something. Something important.'
'What is it?' Ron asked.
'I'm home!' came Hermione's voice from the front door.
'Evening, love.' Ron said and Ginny huffed. 'What!'
'Hermione hurry up and come in here. I need to talk to you and Ron about something.' Ginny stated.
'Alright, I'll be right there.'
They waited about a minute before Hermione joined them. She kissed Ron gently on the lips as she sat down next to him, rubbing her sore feet.
'Tough day?' Ron asked.
'A lot of running around to do. Remind me never to wear heels to work again.' Hermione replied.
'Can I talk now?' Ginny asked.
'Oh sorry Giny. Yeah, of course. Go ahead.' Hermione said, smiling.
'Okay. Do you guys remember going to school with a guy named Noah Weasnger?' Ginny asked.
'Nope.' Ron said.
'The name doesn't ring a bell. Why?'
'Elizabeth's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's name is Noah Weasnger and-'
'What's your point?' Ron asked.
'Let me finish! Her teacher's name is Noah Weasnger and according to Elizabeth, he told her whole class that he use to go to school with most of their parents and that he was good friends with me, you guys, Harry, the whole lot of us.'
'Which house was he in?' Hermione asked.
'I dunno. He didn't tell them. But I mean it still doesn't matter. If he was in my year or your year, we would have known him. We knew everyone in our years.'
'He might not have been in our year.' Ron suggested.
'Ron has a point. He could have been in one of the other years.' Hermione said, playing with a strand of her hair.
'True but we knew people higher and lower than us.' Ginny stated.
'And that is true as well.'
'Look write her back asking questions about him. Maybe that will give us more clues as to who the hell this guy is.' Ron said.
Sunday morning for Elizabeth consisted of lazing around with Aidan in the Gryffindor common room.
'So what are your plans for today?' Elizabeth asked.
'I dunno. Maybe head to the Quidditch Pitch after the Slytherin Quidditch tryouts and get some flying in.' Aidan replied, keeping his eyes shut to block out the sun.
'Quidditch tryouts? Do you know when ours are?'
'End of the month. Why? You wanna tryout?'
'Maybe. You?'
'Damn straight, I am. I was happy when I found out that they changed the rules to let first years try out.'
'Are you going to hang out with Maykala today?' Elizabeth asked, as she sat up on the couch.
'Uh, that was random.' Aidan replied.
'Just asking.'
'No! Why would I?'
'Uhh because she's our friend.'
Aidan opened his eyes. 'Right. Well um, I just... thought she would want to hang out with her Slytherin friends.'
'That is so not the reason!' She gasped. 'Oh my god! You like her, don't you!'
Aidan sat up quickly. 'I do not! How could you... I can't even believe you suggested that.'
'Aidan and Maykala sitting in a tree.' Elizabeth sang.
'Stop it!'
'K-I-S-S-I-N-G'
'Knock it off, Izzy!' Aidan replied, throwing a pillow at her head. 'I don't like her.'
'No need to get violent about it.' Elizabeth stated.
'So when are you seeing that Slytherin guy?'
'Now who's the one who's random. But if it's Noah you're talking about, I have no idea. I guess maybe next weekend. He just said sometime soon. He didn't really set a certain date.'
'Oh. Well, Slytherin should be done their practise by now. I'm going to head down to the pitch. I'll see you later.'
'Good job today, Malfoy.' Cyprus Warrington said. 'You definately made Chaser. Surprised, though, that you didn't try out for seeker. Your dad's old position.'
'Yeah well, even though he's my dad, I prefer not to make an ass out of myself in a position I can't play.' Maykala replied, throwing herNimbusAX-3000over her shoulder.
Warrington laughed. 'So remember, practise Tuesday night at 8.'
'Right. I'll see you there.' Maykala said, turning to walk away but knocked into someone. 'Watch where the fuck you're going!' Maykala yelled but noticed it was Aidan. 'Oh. Hey. Sorry. How's it going?'
'Uh not bad. Just came down to get some flying done. How was tryouts?' Aidan replied.
'Good. I got Chaser.'
'Congrats.'
'Thanks. Are you going out for yours?'
'Of course.'
'Position?'
'Chaser, as well. Inherited my mum's skills.' Aidan stated.
'Good luck then.' Maykala replied, heading back towards the castle.
'Hold up!' Aidan said.
'What?'
'Do you...uh... wanna go flying with me for awhile?'
'Sure. I have nothing else to do.' Maykala replied, smiling.
Dear Izzy-Bee,
I'm very sorry that I haven't written to you. Things have been busy at work and at home. It is nice to know that you have made so many friends already and it is good to head that all your classes have been going well. I would like to hear more about your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I can't quite remember going to school with a Noah Weasnger. Maybe when you have your chat with him today, you can find out exactly how he knew me, your uncle and aunt and our friends. I'm sorry this letter is short. I will write more next time. I promise.
Love you for eternity,
Mumღ
Elizabeth read the letter over a couple of times as she got dressed for her "little chat" with Professor Weasnger. She wondered why her mum couldn't remember him. He clearly remembered her. Oh well. She wore a pair faded jeans and a comfortable t-shirt. As she headed down to the common room, Aidan was just coming in.
'Wow, you were out flying for... four hours! You must have had a lot to think about.' Elizabeth stated.
'Yeah. I bumped into Maykala on the way so she came with me and I have no idea why I just told you that.'
'Because you can't lie to this face.' Elizabeth replied, smirking.
'Yeah okay. Shouldn't you be heading of to the pervert's office now?' Aidan asked.
'Shut up. When I get back, you're getting the harassment of a life time for your little outting with Maykala.' Elizabeth said, as she headed out the portrait hole.
As she made her way to his office, she couldn't help but wonder what they would talk about. That thought made her get a little nervous. She knocked lightly on the door before entering. She spotted him sitting at his desk, marking papers. 'Professor?'
Harry looked up to see the young girl standing at the door. 'Elizabeth. Come in. Take a seat.' Harry said. 'How's your weekend been?'
'Boring really.' She replied, sitting down in a chair, infront of his desk. 'How's yours, Professor?'
'Uh, good. I hung out with a good friend of mine, Remus Lupin.'
'I know im. He's a friend of my mum's.' Elizabeth stated. 'He's a werewolf, you know.'
'Yes, I know.'
'So what did you want to talk about, Professor?'
'Um, its hard to categorize it into one topic. There is a bunch of things I would like to talk about.'
'Well, there are actually a couple things I would like to talk to you about.' Elizabeth piped up, remembering what her mother had asked her to do.
'Alright. You can go first.' Harry said.
'Were you close friends with my mum?' She asked.
Harry smiled. 'It's good to know that we are wanting to talk about the same topic. But uh, we were alright friends. I mean, we were close enough, we talked and all but we weren't bed friends or anything.'
'So then you liked my mum?'
Harry grinned. 'I don't think there was one person who didn't like your mum. She was smart, popular, beautiful, a good friend. She never let it all go to her head though, which is why she was different from most of the girls I went to school with. She had all of the guys falling for her.'
'Even you?' Elizabeth giggled.
'Even me. I remember having the biggest crush on her when I met her.'
'Are you the same age as her?'
'No. I'm older than her.' Harry replied, making sure not to reveal to much information that his cover could be blown. 'So that was one way I could keep my crush on her a secret.'
'Were you scared about being turned down or something?'
'No, I just didn't know if your uncle would be okay with it. He was very protective of your mum.'
'He still is.' Elizabeth stated.
'I'll bet.' Harry replied. 'How's Bill and Charlie and the others?' He mentally slapped himself.
'You know my other uncles?'
'They came to Hogwarts once when I was in school. Visiting your brother and sister. I don't personally know them or anything.'
'Oh, well. They're good. They all have good jobs, married, kids. Well no kids for my Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione.'
'Really? Well, that's good. Is, uh, your mum planning on having more kids?'
'No. She always says that one is enough for her. So I guess it's a good thing.' Elizabeth replied, smiling.
'So now that I know about the baby, tell me everything. Are you excited?' Hermione asked, as she walked into her sitting room carrying two cups of lemon tea.
'In a way, I guess. I mean, growing up I wanted two or three kids but I don't know. I don't want a family, like this.' Ginny replied, taking one of the cups from Hermione.
'I understand what you mean.' Hermione said, as she sat in an armchair across from where Ginny was lying down on the couch.
'At least someone does. But even though this whole situation sucks, it will be okay.'
'What are you going to say to Elizabeth, Gin?'
Ginny removed the hot facecloth from her forehead and sat up. She looked over at Hermione. 'I never even thought about that. Oh god 'Mione. She's going to be so angry when I tell her. But-'
'But what?' Hermione asked, eyeing her suspisiously.
'But I could always wait to tell her.' Ginny said.
'You have to be kidding me! You're worried about her getting angry yet you're willing to hide this from her which will make her even more upset. What are you going to tell her when she comes home at Christmas and you are beginning to show?'
'Well that's when I was planning on telling her. Writing that I'm pregnant in a letter to her doesn't really seem fair, don't you think!' Ginny snapped.
'There's no need to snap on me Gin.'
'I know. I'm sorry. But my mind is set. I'll tell her over Christmas.'
'Look at the time! Dinner should be ready anytime now. We should head to the Great Hall.' Harry stated, looking at his watch, 'Why don't you head off without me. I have a few things I need to do before I head down.'
'Okay.' Elizabeth replied getting up from her seat. As she walked towards the door, she smiled. This was a pretty good day. Better than she thought it was going to be. However, she stopped as soon as she opened the door halfway. 'Professor?'
'Yes?' Harry asked, looking up from his desk.
'You really loved my mum, didn't you?' She asked.
Harry sighed and felt his heart slightly break. 'Yeah and to this day, I still do.' was his reply.
She smiled at him and exited the classroom. She couldn't wait to write to her mum.
A/N- Holy shit! I believe that this is my longest chapter so far! Just for that, you all better give me some good reviews :-P
