Beatrix
I had to smile as I laid in the king-sized bed in-between my two best friends in the world, Shannon Finnigan and Laken Zabini. We had met in potions class our first year at Hogwarts and had been inseparable ever since. As we sat there and stared up at the ceiling in silence, there was no place on Earth I'd rather be. Well besides with Teddy, but we were getting married tomorrow. Today was about spending time with them.
"So is your sexy brother gonna be here?" Shannon asked.
Laken huffed beside me. She hated the fact Shannon was so obsessed with her twin brother Luka. I had to admit Luka Zabini was a very handsome guy and as dangerous as his father. Shannon lusted after him since we were fifteen and he never gave her the time of day.
"What we can't all be the good little virgin you are Laken. Trying to stay in daddy's good graces," Shannon said as she sat up and looked at her.
"Boys just don't think of me like that," Laken said in her defense.
"Bullshit! You just seem to be obsessed with the one person you can't have," Shannon corrected her.
Shannon laid back down because she had made her point. I never knew who Laken was in love with they had never told me and to be honest I had never asked. I had my suspicions it was Teddy for a while now. I knew if it was she would never act on it because Teddy was in love with me.
I sat up and hugged my knees. I had something I needed to tell them and get it off my chest. I had a feeling my mother was going to be very mad when she found out what I had done, but I needed to know who my father was. I had more family out there somewhere and I wanted to meet them. I often wondered if I had brothers or sisters I didn't know about. If there were cousins I could have known growing up or aunts and uncles I could have called my own. It had always just been me and my mother. Although it had been a good life, the first elven years of my life had been lonely.
"I invited my dad to my wedding," I announced.
Laken and Shannon both sat up beside me and said "What?" at the same time.
I smiled at there reaction. We had once done a locator spell to see if we could find my dad back at Hogwarts. The only thing it had done was sent us on a wild goose chase around Hogwarts and given us clues we couldn't decipher. It had been a complete bust. I still had no idea who he was, and I hoped I'd know him when I saw him. If not, there was always a spell. I had bought all the ingredients to do the spell on my last trip to Diagon Alley and if they agreed I would know one way or the other.
"I thought you didn't know who he was?" Laken asked.
I got up off the bed and went to my dresser. I pulled out the journal I had found in the attic. I clutched it to my chest as I walked slowly back to the bed. I sat down in-between them again, and as we all sat on the edge of the bed I could feel their eyes on me. They were waiting for an explanation and I was about to share it with them.
I opened to the first page and read it aloud:
"~July tenth~
I went to a Quidditch game with Ginny and Viktor Krum was there. It had been a long time since I had seen him. I had seen him at Bill and Fleur's wedding but hadn't really talked to him. I was to obsessed with Ron Weasley at the time and trying to make George jealous by dancing with his brother. Later after the game I went to Viktor's tent and when I walked in without knocking found him nothing but a towel one thing leads to another and …."
I looked at my two friends beside me and their eyes were wide as they hung on my ever word. I sighed as I turned the page and continued:
"~July twenty-fifth~
I ran into George Weasley today at The Leaky Caldron. I was feeling guilty about sleeping with Viktor and seeing the regret in his eyes when it was over. I had run out without an explanation and I felt bad about that too. George was drinking again which was no surprise because he did that a lot since Fred died. We drank a few drinks together and talked. We ended up in George's room upstairs and …. George was gone the next morning when I got out of the shower. And again regret sat in. What is wrong with me? Why am I doing these things that are so out of character?"
"Wow she's lucky the Weasley men are all so hot!" Shannon said in a dreamy voice. I laughed and Laken rolled her eyes.
"But wait there's one more entry," I said.
"Oh tell us!" Shannon said excitedly.
"Read it already!" Laken exclaimed.
"~July thirtieth~
I went to see Harry today. He seemed like he was glad to see me. He was always my person. The one person who I knew would never judge me no matter what. He allowed me to stay at his house and I confided in him what I had done. I dint want to sleep alone so I asked if I could sleep with him and …. The next morning I told Harry I loved him. I realized I had loved him for a while now. we had never slept together before although we had done other things together. The Cho Chang came in and announced they were getting married. And again I bolted. I just ran. I had gotten good at it in the past few weeks…"
I closed the book and held it to my chest again. "So I have no idea which of these men are my father. I hope I'll just know when I see him."
"Well you look a lot like Viktor Krum but Harry Potter could be your father too as far as looks go. You played beater in Quidditch which was George Weasley's position. All of these men where great Quidditch players. Most of the Weasley's tend to have pale skin and red hair but you have neither of those." Laken tried to analyze the situation. It was what she did best.
"I have all the ingredients for a paternity potion so if they agree I'll know before the night is over," I said as I got up and put the journal back in the top drawer of my dresser.
A/N: The poll is closing tomorrow so if you haven't had the chance to vote please try to do so soon. If I understand correctly the results will be on display for you to see. As of right ow we have a tie between two of the characters. I won't reveal which two it is though. If some can vote and break the tie I'll close the poll sooner. If that doesn't happen before tomorrow I will pick the winner out of the tied votes.