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Chapter 5: 1st of March 2004
That night, William got himself ready for bed. He put on his pyjamas and paused in front of Harry's bed. He hesitated, wondering whether he should sleep in it (he slept on the sofa yesterday). This was his father's bed after all…
"Maybe I should sleep elsewhere…" said William finally. The thought of sleeping in his decreased father's bed was unthinkable.
Suddenly William could hear urgent knocking on the door. Quickly, William turned around and went downstairs.
"I'm coming!" said William and he opened the front door.
Immediately, Mary rushed in. Her hair was in a mess and her cheek was red. "William, help me, please!"
"What the…"
Mary ran behind William as her fiancé marched into the house. Now that he was standing right in front of William, William could see that he had a pointed face and his eyes were icy blue. "Mary, come back with me." he said in a loud voice.
"No way!" said Mary angrily.
Her fiancé took a step forward and instantly, William shielded Mary from him. "Hey, what's going on?" he demanded.
The fiancé looked at William. "Who are you?"
"The owner of this house." said William. "Now what's going on?"
The man raised his eyebrow and looked at William from head to toe. He then smiled. "Ah, I know you, you are that guy that Mary and I saw this morning."
"Yes." said William calmly.
"My name is Aidoneus Malfoy." said the man, continuing to smile.
William blinked. Ginny talked about the Malfoys ever since he was a kid and warned him not to go anywhere near one. "Malfoy? Are you related to Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes, he's my father. And you are William Potter, am I right?"
"How do you know?"
"Our fathers are archenemies. I could see your resemblance to your father Harry Potter. Father talked about him so much."
"How come I never see you in Hogwarts?"
"My father sent me to Durmstrang." explained Aidoneus, shrugging. "Not a bad school through… but never mind about that, would you mind giving Mary back to me? We had a misunderstanding…"
"You called slapping me a misunderstanding!" demanded Mary.
"Mary, there's no need to let your friend to know what has happened." said Aidoneus lazily.
"Well, he slapped me, and that's the truth!" said Mary hysterically to William.
"Fine, I admitted that I slapped you, now will you come back?" asked Aidoneus impatiently.
"No way."
Aidoneus sighed in frustration and moved forward. William, again, stepped in Aidoneus's way.
"Get out of the way, Potter." snapped Aidoneus.
"Look Malfoy," said William coldly. "This is my house and I won't allow you to make trouble here."
"Trouble?" Aidoneus snorted. "Who's making trouble? I'm only here to take my fiancée back."
"And she's clearly doesn't want to go with you. Now would you mind?" asked William, indicating the door.
Aidoneus glared at William. "Looks like we are going to be enemies just like our fathers."
William stared back coolly.
Mary looked from William to Aidoneus, wondering what would happen next.
Aidoneus smirked. "Like father, like son. Well then, be careful, don't be a murderer like your father, William."
Mary went pale.
William looked confused. "Murderer?"
"God, didn't you know? Didn't that guardian of yours tell you?" asked Aidoneus.
"Tell me what?" demanded William.
"Tsk tsk. You better ask her then, Potter." said Aidoneus. "I'm going off. See you soon, Mary."
Mary scowled but William grabbed Aidoneus's shoulder. "Malfoy, what has my father done?"
"Go and find out yourself." said Aidoneus and he pushed William's hand off his shoulder before he Disapparated.
"Murderer?" said William to himself in disbelief.
"William? Are you all right?" asked Mary gently.
"Who did he…" William then turned and stared at Mary, who took a step back.
"Please don't ask me." begged Mary.
"Please." said William darkly.
"Actually, it's better if you don't know whom your father killed…" said Mary.
"So it's true then! My father did kill someone!" said William in horror and he sat down on the sofa. "So that's why he was hanged…"
"William, your father didn't kill the person deliberately, it's manslaughter…" said Mary quietly.
William looked up and Mary sat down beside him. "Your father insisted that he killed the person by accident in the hearing."
"You believe him?" asked William.
Mary nodded. "If he's good enough to keep you, that means he still has a heart."
"Really?" asked William doubtfully.
Silence.
"Wait, didn't you say you have your father's diary?" asked Mary.
"Yeah… the diary!" said William and he grabbed it from the coffee table, where he had left it.
Diary,
I did it, Diary. I cheated on Ginny.
I kissed Hermione, and on her husband's birthday too!
But the weird thing is, Hermione doesn't mind. It turns out that she loves me too!
I think I better start from the beginning…
Okay, so today is Ron's birthday. All of us gathered in The Burrow to celebrate it. Ron was kind of moody, despite that it's his birthday.
Hermione, who is as beautiful and gentle as always, cut the birthday cake and gave a piece of it to everyone.
Fred and George had brought a brand new radio for Ron, so they turned the volume way up and the backyard was filled with The Weird Sisters' music.
Mr and Mrs Weasley, who couldn't stand the noise, retired upstairs. We youngsters stayed behind to enjoy the fun.
Ginny dragged me to dance. And as we danced, Ginny invited me to go and stay in The Burrow, to keep Ron's company. Thinking that I would have the chance to see Hermione everyday that way, I accepted her offer.
We danced for a while before we stopped to see the Weasley twins' break-dancing to the song Do the Hippogriff. We guys hooted and cheered as we watched while the girls laughed.
Then when the song was over, the next song came on and it was Magic Works.
"Oh I love this song!" said Hermione happily and turned to Ron. "Would you dance with me?"
"Don't be ridiculous, I don't want to embarrassed myself in front of Fred and George, they will tease me for it." said Ron.
Hermione's smile faded and looked away.
Couldn't bear to see Hermione like this, I went to her. "I can dance with you, if you want." I offered.
Hermione smiled. "Thanks." Then she placed her delicate hand into mine. I then led her to the empty space of the backyard. Ron looked at us for a moment before he went back into the house.
As it was a slow song, the twins had to stop breakdancing and start waltzing around with their wives (to be honest, I rather watch them breakdancing). At first I was guilty to leave Ginny alone, but then I saw Neville Longbottom asking her to dance, so I relaxed.
"Did Ginny ask you about moving into The Burrow?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah, she did."
"And you say yes?" asked Hermione.
"Yup."
"Because you can get to see Ginny anytime you want?" asked Hermione.
"… No. That's not what I have in mind."
"Then what?"
At that time, I felt a mixture of feelings. I was afraid how Hermione would react if I told her the truth, but then I was a little eager to see her reaction. So finally, I gathered all my courage…
"Can we talk somewhere?" I asked finally. "In private."
Hermione nodded so we made sure that no one noticed us before we headed to the shed. It was dark, no one would ever dream to go there at this time.
Closing the shed's door, Hermione asked, "So why…"
Not wanting to waste any time, I grabbed her and kissed her on the lips. I was expecting to Hermione to struggle, a lot. But to my surprise, she didn't. She just let me kissed her.
I immediately released her and asked her why didn't she push me away and she replied softly, "Because I'm in love with you."
I stared at her for a while before I pulled her towards me to kiss her again, and she kissed me back. I could just feel our bodies heated up with our passion. If it wasn't for Hermione who still had enough sense to push me away gently, I would have taken her right there.
Resting our foreheads against each other, I whispered, "I love you too."
With her eyes close, Hermione breathed quickly and steadily, as if she had finished a long run. "We can't do this, Harry… we just can't… Ron and Ginny…" she said weakly.
"They don't deserve us. I'm a rotten boyfriend anyway and you have an uncaring husband." I said quietly.
Hermione looked up at me, then she wrapped her arms around me tightly. "Oh Harry, what are we going to do?" she moaned.
"We will find a way out." I said in comfort and kissed her on the forehead.
We didn't get back to the party until 15 minutes later and oddly enough, everyone didn't seem to notice that we were even gone. A fast song was back on and everyone was dancing wildly. Hermione and I looked at each other before we starting dancing as well.
The party didn't end until midnight and all of us went home.
"You can move in anytime you want, Harry." said Ginny happily to me at the door.
"Okay, is tomorrow okay?" I asked.
"Excellent, see you then." said Ginny and she kissed me on the cheek.
I looked at Hermione and Ginny. "Well, bye then." I said.
Hermione smiled back slightly. I didn't take my eyes off her until I closed the front door behind me.
I'm the worst boyfriend in the world. And I'm not the best friend in the world either.
Hermione and I love each other. We know it's wrong, but we can't control ourselves. I mean, who can? I bet even Dumbledore can't control his feelings.
Okay, I know it's wrong to cheat on Ginny. I think it is better that I break up with her before she finds out about everything, it's… well, less damaging this way. She won't be so upset if she discovers that her ex-boyfriend is in love with her sister-in-law, she will still be upset, but not very… what the hell am I writing?
Anyway, I must break up with her as soon as possible. It's not that I'm a heartless cad who just dump someone because I'm tired of her, but to tell you the truth, I feel that Ginny and I can't get along, different interests, I guess. All she talks about is romance and I prefer talking about different topics. A relationship like that just won't last.
Moreover, it's not good to have as her as my girlfriend when I'm in love with Hermione, it's just not fair to her.
Update you about me next time.
Harry
William was now convinced that Hermione was truly his mother. If his father broke up with Ginny, it was possible that his mother committed adultery with him and gave birth to him in July 2004…
Suddenly William felt a huge amount of respect towards Ginny. Ginny knew that he was the son of her ex-boyfriend and her sister-in-law, but yet she didn't hate him. She just brought him up as her own. And she even brought him to visit his parents' grave every year.
William put down his father's diary. Suddenly his desire of finding out about his father's crime decreased. If Mary said he was innocent, he believed her. Reading the diary made William realized that his father wasn't a bad guy…
Speaking of Mary… William turned his head and found Mary asleep on the armchair. Feeling rather guilty of ignoring her throughout his reading, William conjured a blanket out of thin air. Then he carried her to the sofa and covered her with the blanket.
William made his way to the armchair and sat on it, his legs over the armrest. Then he made a mental note of visiting Ginny the next day. Maybe she knew whom his father had killed. He's also going to ask her about Julia. Perhaps she knew who she was.
