It had been five long lonely years since Maggie's death. Their girls had been his saving grace. He had poured himself in to raising them. He did his best to be both mother and father to them.
He had not dated. He felt any other woman would always be second best to his Maggie.
Rose and Scorpios had become an important part of their lives. Rose just naturally took over when the girls needed a woman's touch.
The team was doing well too. They would never be the harpies but they were putting up respectable statistics now.
Mary played for Gryffindor, along with Hap. They were the beaters. Both of them were very good and dreamed of a professional career.
Cassy was still his quiet studious one. She and Trey led the school in academics. Not so Mary! She and Hap had gotten in to so many scrapes! Poor Uncle Neville was going grey trying to keep those two from getting killed or expelled.
Al could not explain how a son of his was such an imp. James figured it was genetics.
Harry and Ginny just smiled when he complained of receiving owls about the latest mis-adventure. James knew he was getting his comeuppance for all the hell he and Freddy had raised.
Uncle George didn't help! He loved and encouraged the willful streak in any of his great nieces and nephews, just as he had with James and Freddy.
Two years ago the whole family had been rocked when Molly had died at 101. She had just slipped silently away in her sleep.
Today James would meet his girls at platform 9 ¾ and another wonderful, crazy busy summer would begin.
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Cassy had a problem, she was in love. Now normally being in love wasn't a problem, but she was in love with her best friend and second cousin. Trey didn't have a clue her feelings toward him had changed. She really missed her mum at times like this. Rose did the best she could but Cassy longed to talk to her mum.
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James was smiling as he watched his younger daughter on the practice pitch. Rose and she were weaving in and out of the practice dummies floating between the two goals.
Mary was working for the cannons as a general gofer and team assistant this summer. Lunch time almost always found her on the pitch with Rose or one of the team members learning new moves.
Tonight he was taking his youngest out on a date to muggle London. He tried to get one-on-one time with both of his girls as often as possible.
Rose was going to pick up Cassy for a girls night out. He hoped Rose would have some helpful insight to help his oldest with her love problem.
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Scorpios was too tired. He had to find a way to stay alert, his life depended on it. He had infiltrated a group of wizards using magic to create terror in unstable countries.
He was so deep under cover he had not seen his wife in four months. Nights were the worst. He missed Rose so much he dreamed of her. The dreams lately had been of the terrorists kidnapping her and killing her before his eyes..
Today he was being introduced to the mysterious leader of the operation. He hoped that he'd be home soon.