**Disclaimer** I do not claim to own anything that's not mine (J.K. Rowling wrote these amazing things before I could even dream of them). I do claim my main character, Dee.

I changed into proper clothes for the day, making George wait outside the door.

We walked downstairs together. I felt ready to have a panic attack. I halted before we entered the living room, where we could hear all the bustle of excitement.

"Come on Dee. It'll be alright!" George encouraged. "Already four of the people in there know who you are." He reminded. I had already told him about Da making me known to his parents, Sirius and Tonks. I dug my hands into my jeans pockets and shivered despite the oversized red sweater I wore. "Don't make me have to side along apparate you in there with me." George threatened. I gave him a warning look that told him if he did, he'd be in big trouble. He sighed and let go of me. "Fine. I'm going in without you then. I'm ready to open presents." I snatched his hand back before he could go on without me but it didn't stop him. He moved forward, dragging me through the doorway with him. I stared wide eyed at all the beautiful decorations. By the time I was done gaping at the decorations, the room was silent and everyone was staring at me. I panicked and disappeared. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all gasped.

"Great guys, just stare at her like gits and scare her away... Nice job." George chastised everyone, annoyed.

"Who the bloody hell is she anyways?" Ron exclaimed.

"Everyone just calm down now." Mrs. Weasley stated, stepping into the middle of the room. "The young lady you just witnessed is Professor Dumbledore's daughter. She is staying here as extra protection for us all."

"Professor Dumbledore has a daughter?" Harry mumbled, shocked.

"Extra protection? She's barely older than Fred and George!" Ron exclaimed. "How come we're the last ones to know about her?" He demanded, gesturing to himself, Harry, Hermione and Ginny.

"She will be excellent protection Ronald Weasley. She's been doing this for years, and as far as being the last to know… well, we weren't aware that Fred and George already knew about her…" Mrs. Weasley answered loudly. Everyone's eyes now looked to George and Fred. I felt so afraid of everyone's judgment but I decided I could face it, for George. I became visible.

"I'm still here." I said quietly. All eyes turned to me now. "George and Fred know about me because I've revealed myself to them before, even before Da revealed me to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Tonks and Sirius." I explained. George reached out and took my hand, squeezing it reassuringly. "Any questions you have, I'll be happy to answer… Well, I'll answer if I can… Anyways, the most important thing is that you guys know it is imperative that no one else know about me. So you can't be talking about me at school and to others. Only a large handful of people know about me."

"Who else knows about you?" Harry whispered.

"Well, the number is a little more than 15 people." I answered.

"Ya, but who?" He pushed.

"Everyone in this room, of course, and my Da and Unkie Aber. A couple of teachers at Hogwarts know and a family of 3 that I'm friends with, and Mad Eye and Tonks, and a few others that I don't need to mention." I chuckled softly at my list. "The group of people has grown significantly over the last year."

"So why are you just hiding from everyone instead of just changing your name and pretending to be someone else?" Hermione asked.

"My Da thought this would be best for me, especially with my unique abilities. Plus, I look so much like my mother, my Da was afraid someone might connect the fact that I look so much like her to the fact that she did have a baby that they told everyone died too. People were bound to get suspicious with how much I look like her." I explained.

"Your mum must have been beautiful." Ron said in quiet observation. I blushed and George pulled me closer to him.

"So, you two are a couple then?" Ginny piped up, indicating me and George. I blushed again but George pulled me even tighter into the protection of his arms.

"Yes. Deirdra is my girlfriend." He said proudly, almost defiantly, as if daring anyone else to question it or me in general. I hid my face in George's chest as they all gaped at us in shock.

"Well, now, quite an eventful Christmas morning if I do say so myself." Fred interjected cheerfully, trying to break the tension.

"Yes, eventful…" Mrs. Weasley said quietly. "Well, now, let's just relax and get to know each other better. There is no need for all this hostility towards Dumbledore's own daughter. I'll be shamed, I will… There's no excuse for our harsh reactions and we should all be ashamed." She said looking pointedly around the room. "Now, Deirdra, come, let's enjoy this Christmas morning. Look there! A pile of presents just showed up. I'll bet anything they're for you." She addressed me and motioned toward a new pile of gifts by the tree. Everyone seemed to relax and sank back into what they were doing. I still caught curious and apologetic looks from everyone as I moved across the room. George followed, refusing to let go of me.

I had only received a few presents for Christmas, like usual. The only hitch with them though is that I received one from Cedric. I tried to hide the tag quickly but George saw before I could hide it. His eyes widened and he looked at me with the question in his eyes but he didn't speak it. I knew I'd have to explain it to him later.

Da got me a new book called; Hexes and Curses Handy for a Deserving Boyfriend or Husband. When George first saw it, he laughed but then it hit him and his smile disappeared as he tried to steal it away from me. I was laughing so hard.

"Give it to me Dee! No way am I letting you read that." He said as he was practically attacking me. We got several raised eyebrows shot in our direction but we ignored them. Finally he gave up so I could move on to the next present.

Unkie Aber got me an invisibility cloak and a bunch of chocolate frogs. George looked at the invisibility cloak with confusion.

"Um… Does your Uncle not know about…?" He asked. I laughed.

"Yes, he knows. I think he meant it to counter Da's gift." I said with a smile. George still didn't get it. I laughed again. "You know, instead of cursing my boyfriend, hide my boyfriend..." I said with a wink. A slow grin spread across his face.

"I think I like this Uncle of yours."

Next, I had a present from Mr. & Mrs. Diggory. Again, George raised his eyebrows in question but didn't ask. They gave me a box of homemade cookies and a book mark that screams at you if you try to fold the pages of a book. That was the last of my presents. George grabbed a book from nearby and was messing around with my bookmark, making it scream.

"Wait! I got you something too." Fred said from next to Ron. He disapparated away. He reappeared a moment later holding out a neatly wrapped box. I took it from him nervously. Opening it slowly, I was prepared for any kind of shock he may have in store for me. I sighed in relief once I got it open. It was a box of dung bombs.

"No throwing them at George and me though. Much better than water bombs though." Fred said grinning. I laughed.

"That was you?" Mrs. Weasley screeched from across the room. The room stilled as I nervously smiled at her, but she smiled and laughed. "Figures… you did catch George's eye…" George beamed at his mother.

"I have something for you too." George said softly in my ear.

"George… I didn't get you anything." I argued, hoping he didn't get me anything too expensive. He smiled lovingly at me.

"It's okay. Having you here where I can see you and touch you is present enough for me." He said sweetly. He handed me a small box, neatly wrapped in paper that was covered with stars. They twinkled and shined brightly. I stared at the wrapping for a long moment, touched by his thoughtfulness with the wrappings. My heart thrummed happily.

"Go on and open it. I promise it's not dung bombs." George encouraged. I slowly peeled the wrappings off, so as not to tear the paper. I opened the brown jewelry box to see a silver heart locket necklace. It had the initials, D.D. engraved on it. "Open it." George said softly with excitement in his voice. I pried it open carefully and tears stung in my eyes as I saw a picture of George beaming out at me.

"It's so you'll never be sad while you're away from me." He whispered close to my ear. "Let me put it on you." He took the necklace from me and I lifted my hair so he could hook it. I turned and smiled back at him. Before I could turn away though, he took my face in his hands and leaned down. We kissed deeply. An uncomfortable silence settled around us. As the kiss ended, Fred started hooting and jeering in fun at our PDA and soon everyone joined in on the teasing. Well, almost everyone; Mrs. Weasley was looking at us reproachfully. This had to be the best Christmas ever.

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We sat on the floor in my room. Cedric's gift lay between us. George looked to me and waited patiently for my explanation.

"He's alive." I said simply. George looked unsure. "I was there, after it happened. I was able to save him."

"Dee… that's not possible…" He argued.

"Yes it is, for me anyways. It's hard to explain. Just trust me please." George accepted what I said, nodding his head. "I spent most of the summer with him and his parents so that I could teach Cedric about secrecy and staying hidden. Da doesn't think it's safe for him to reveal that he's alive yet. It would be hard to explain how he is alive without revealing me and we'd have to do that to make sure people didn't think Harry had been lying. Anyways, Cedric and I became close friends." I ended my explanation. George nodded again. I flashed him a smile and ripped open the gift. It was a copy of the book, The Giver. There was a little note on top of it.

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Deirdra,

The truth must come out eventually, even it if causes pain. It's not fair for everyone to rest their burdens upon the shoulders of one.

Merry Christmas. I miss you.

Cedric

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I smiled grimly. Cedric was such a great friend.

"Interesting…" George said close to my ear. I shivered a little as his breath moved my hair, tickling me. I turned to him and gave him a soft kiss.

"So you wanna explain to me more about how you saved Cedric from death?" He asked cautiously. I sighed. I recounted to him the story about saving the bird when I was a child, then I told him about how I saved Cedric.

"Wow. That's amazing Dee. So, wow…" He trailed off, numb with amazement. A light clicked on in his eyes. "Oh… This explains your nightmares…" I nodded my head. "So there's no drawback besides being unconscious for a while? No wonder you think death is after you." He said quietly.

"Actually, there is another drawback…" I piped up, inwardly groaning at myself for saying anything.

"What's that?" I bit my lip while debating on whether or not to show him.

"It leaves scars."

"Scars?" I nodded and stood up slowly. I unbuttoned and unzipped my jeans. George sat up alert. "What are you doing?" He asked slowly.

"Showing you…" I grabbed the bottom of my sweater and pulled it up and over my head, letting it fall to the floor. Then quickly pushed the tops of my jeans down, revealing my hips. I straightened up and prepared myself for the look of horror and disgust that I would see on George's face.

Looking at George; he gaped at me, shock and horror registered on his face but not disgust. In its place I saw sadness and sympathy. My heart hammered as I accepted his judgment. Long moments passed. Finally he dragged his eyes away from the scars and found my eyes. Tears streamed silently down my face and I saw unshed tears glitter in his eyes.

"Oh Dee… Don't cry." He moved forward and pulled me into his loving arms. "You are beautiful, even with the scars. They're only proof of what great acts of kindness and sacrifice you have done. You gave life!" He comforted, assuring me he didn't think I was hideous. He turned my face to him and kissed me soundly. His kisses moved away from my lips and trailed down my neck, continuing down further. He pushed my bra straps aside and trailed kisses down my chest, over my breasts. His mouth nipped and teased there before he continued trailing kisses along the entire length of my scar. I moaned softly in pleasure. My pulse raced as his lips played and hands caressed. When he reached the end of my scar he abruptly moved back up and smiled at me. I laughed.

"You tease." I said playfully. He grinned.

"You love it." He reminded.

"I love you." I said softly and we started kissing again. We somehow ended up on the bed and the night ran away with us, taking us to a place of ecstasy and happiness. As we gave ourselves to each other, slightly clumsily, our hearts shown with amazing happiness as we shared in our love.

*** Major blushin... lol. So I hope you like the second part to the last chapter I uploaded. I didn't get as many reviews on it as I thought I would. You guys confuse me sometimes...lol. Trying to figure out what parts you guys like the most in the story. Do you like the drama of just Dee and her life w/ her father and such or do you guys really like to see the Dee/George romance scenes? OR both? I've now written through the end of Ootp time period. Only a few more chapters til the end of the period for you guys to read then I'm on to half blood prince. Anything you'd like to see specifically happen to anyone or w/ the plot? I love to get suggestions because so many times I hit a road block and I'm like, how am I gonna get over or through this wall and on to the next chapter? lol. Anyways, thanks for Reading everyone. Please Review!

p.s. Be very happy I didn't make you guys wait for this chapter til Christmas. LOL. I considered it. but I couldn't wait to share it.