Chapter 3:
Disclaimer: I write FANfiction, that tells us what?
Sorry for the long wait, I didn't really know where to continue and to be honest even if I had known I hadn't time to write...
This chapter is dedicated to RainbowDeathEater, for the kind review.
Enjoy!
For the moment Vernon just kept his little boy on his lap while feeding him. In front of the high-chair Petunia tried to feet little Harry, but Harry wouldn't eat.
While Dudley seemed quite content with the arrangement, chattering happily in baby talk.
That was the moment when Petunia noticed that her sisters little boy hadn't made a single noise since he got there.
For the first time she realised what her little nephew must be through right now.
Feeling a pang of affection towards him, she picked his little form up, humming soothingly to him, stroking his little shock of black hair. When she sat down on the kitchen chair she began rocking back and forth, back and forth, all the while keeping the toddler near her chest, until finally the little body began to shake with sobs. The boy was crying desperately for several minutes, until he fell asleep exhausted.
When Petunia looked up again she caught Vernon staring at her, an unreadable expression on his face. When he caught her gaze he looked away. Only Dudley seemed completely oblivious to the on goings, he was to engrossed in lubricating his fathers clothes with his pulp.
For a lack of other options Petunia went upstairs to put the boy in Dudley's crib, laying the baby monitor out besides him.
By the time she got back down her husband was tickling her little son, scolding him laughing for ruining his clothes. For a moment she just stood there, smiling at the scene before her, leaving her worries behind for a brief moment. Still she couldn't help, but wonder how many more of this moments she would see in the future. She already cared for her young nephew, but she feared that having him here might destroy her little families happiness, like discovering Lily's "gift" had.
She gathered her courage and entered the kitchen. Wordlessly Vernon handed her their son before he went to change his clothes. Soon after, he entered the kitchen again, saying his goodbyes to his family and left to go to work.
"Vernon", Petunia stopped him in the doorway, she just had to know that he still wanted to be with her, that he accepted her even now, that she brought this unwelcome new responsibility over them. She couldn't afford to lose anyone else because of magic.
"I understand, Tuni", he answered her unspoken question softly. "I do not like it, but I understand."
With that he left.
Okay, I realise this wasn't exactly what you wanted, I mean it was really really short and I am sorry for this (please don't throw rotten fruit). This just seemed to be a good moment to stop.. However I hope to update more in the next days, to make up for this short one...
In the mean time I would love some reviews, especially I'm not really happy with this myself! Was it good, was it bad, was it awful, was it okay, what did I get wrong, what did you like, what horrible grammar mistakes did I make, what would you like to read in future chapters,...? And so on.
