Nightmares Interrupted
A/N: Hey guys! I'm so sorry that this update took so long to get put up! I have had a lot going on the last few months from finals to holidays with family, and everything in between! My little sister (who moved to Arizona in August from Missouri where I live) had her first baby in December, and I got to meet my beautiful niece. I am leaving for school again in a few days where I will have constant wifi access, so the updates should be rather frequent after that. A few things: For some reason, no matter how much I edit and update the documents, I cannot get my documents to says N.E. fully. It keeps cutting the word in half so I am going to be using NEWTs from now on. Also I noticed in the second chapter towards the end I said "Ron and Hermione" instead of "Herman and Rhonda" that has been fixed as well and I am sorry for the typos. Anyways, on to the next chapter!
Chapter 3
The next week flew by quickly for Harri, and before she knew it she was taking her NEWTs. She flew through them with no doubt in her mind that she had passed. She had studied so hard the last few weeks that the tests were not much of a challenge at all. Now, she just had to wait the few weeks for her scores to come back. The bigger challenge, she quickly realized, was making herself clean the twins' shop. The first time she tried to do it the day after receiving the letter, she had found herself frozen in front of the door, not able to make herself go inside. Now, as she headed through Diagon Alley with Teddy strapped to her chest in the baby carrier Mrs. Weasley had given her, she desperately wished she had never been given the letter from Fred. It reminded her of the reason she had holed up at Grimmauld in the first place. The whispers and the stares were almost too much for her, and the job she was going to do was not helping her piece of mind. Teddy was the only thing keeping her grounded enough to keep her from running and hiding like she desperately wanted to.
She kept her head down and made a beeline for Weasley's Wizard Wheezes almost wishing someone would have the guts to stop her and delay the task on hand, but that didn't happen. This time, Harry didn't let herself stop and panic, she just unlocked the door and stepped in, all the while holding her breath and clenching her eyes shut. She didn't allow them to open until she heard the door shut quietly behind her, and the sight of the shop broke her heart. The shelves were pushed over and products were thrown everywhere. It hadn't been like this the first time she had tried to come, which meant that George had been the one to do the damage in the last few days, most likely out of grief. This was almost too much for Harriet, but she took a deep breath and got to work, putting a silencing charm towards the stairs so George would not hear her stomping around.
Harri had decided that she wanted to do most of the work the muggle way as it kept her busy enough to not be lost in her memories, but she knew she would have to use magic to clean up the potions and fix a lot of the shelving units, so she decided to get that done first. With a wave of her wand, the broken glass from the potion bottles flew into the huge trashcan she had brought. Another wave and the potions disappeared, leaving the rest to be done by hand. Teddy was content and sleeping, and Harriet got to work. For hours she sorted through the products and fixed what she could, while throwing out the products that were damaged beyond repair. It was tiring work, but it took all of her attention, which left little room for her thoughts. She called it a day after Teddy began to get restless being strapped to her chest for so long. Overall, the shop was left looking much neater than it had been, and Harriet was pleased with all that she had accomplished. She would try and come back once a month or so to dust, but otherwise the shop was in good condition.
The floo travel back to the Burrow was uneventful. Teddy was happy to get out of the carrier, and even happier when he saw the Weasley matriarch, his hair turning red to match hers. Molly loved taking care of Teddy just as much as Teddy loved her and it gave Harriet a much needed break every once in a while. Molly had insisted that Teddy call her "Grandma Molly", saying that Harri was just as much a part of her family as any of her brood, and therefore any child of hers was a grandchild. Though Harriet still felt bad about even considering Teddy her child when Moony and Tonks could not be here, it still made her feel warmth in her stomach. She liked being able to be considered a part of a family, though part of her felt guilty for taking George's family from him in the time that he needed them the most. She pushed that guilt down a little, at least, as she knew that Mrs. Weasley would not hear one word of her going back to Grimmauld. She also knew that Teddy was helping both Molly and Arthur in their grieving, and for that she was thankful that she could do something, even if it wasn't her doing anything. Teddy was just doing for the Weasley's what he did for her, healing them by being himself.
A/N: Okay guys, I'm going to end it here because I want to get this update out since it has been so long. I promise the next chapter will be longer, and it will be updated sooner than this one was! Let me know what you Think!