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This chapter will be in Ron's POV

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Ron had no idea why he was suddenly so embarrassed; it was only Lavender. He hadn't seen her in years. Her hair was shorter than it had been sixth year, but other than that she looked exactly the same. He couldn't help but remember at that moment, when they had broken up. Ron hadn't really cared at the time but now he was older and more mature he realized that he had only dated Lavender to get to Hermione. He knew that he had really hurt Lavender when they broke up. Now here she was, healing his son for him. Ron could only think of one word: Irony. Why didn't Ron just get punished for his own mistakes? Why did they have to bring poor little Hugo into the mess?

"It's been awhile, Ron."

Ron was snapped out of his thoughts. Lavender was smiling up at him like she'd seen an old friend. Ron felt his ears burn at the sound of her voice. Opening his mouth to speak he felt his throat dry up, resulting in a crackly unpleasant sound. Why was he so nervous?!

Dr. Grey looked from Ron to Lavender. His eyebrows arched curiously. "I take it you know each other?"

Lavender nodded and smiled "We dated during our sixth year."

Dr. Grey looked from Ron to Lavender in total astonishment. He cleared his throat uncomfortably. "R-Really?" Ron noticed that the doctor's voice had changed from confident and self-assured to unsure and jealous, like a young teenage boy. The three adults stood in silence. Ron shifted uncomfortably from side to side. He saw Dr. Grey do the same. The air around them was suddenly dense and awkward as they stared at each other almost in a trancelike state.

"Dr. Grey?" Both men snapped out of their trance and looked at Lavender, who looked almost a little uncomfortable with the men staring at each other. "I'd like to get on with the examination, if you don't mind."

Dr. Grey turned extremely red in the face. "Of course." He motioned for Lavender to follow him. As he did his pocket began to beep. Reaching into the pocket he pulled out to Ron's astonishment a small black box. He assumed there were words on the box because Dr. Grey looked like he was reading something on the box.

"I have an emergency." He muttered, as he read whatever it said. Turning around, he quickly began to walk away. Over his shoulder he yelled "I'll be right back, wait for me."

Ron watched as Dr. Grey walked down the white hallway. That was odd. He thought. Ron hadn't known the doctor for very long but something was different about him. As soon as Dr. Grey had learned that Ron was Lavender's ex boyfriend he had become curt and quiet. What could have caused that?

"So…" Ron's thoughts were once again interrupted by Lavender. He turned back toward her. She was looking through the glass at Hugo. "How have you been?"

Ron shrugged, his words still unavailable to him. Lavender smiled as she turned to face him again. "I haven't seen you since the end of seventh year—well I didn't exactly see you did I? You were off with Harry and Hermione stopping Voldemort all year weren't you?"

He still didn't say anything so Lavender continued. "I wanted to talk to you after the battle…but you were with Hermione…that was when you got together wasn't it? That night I mean?"

Ron felt his ears burn hot and red as he smiled from the memory of he and Hermione's first kiss. It had felt so right; not at all like when he and Lavender had kissed. When they had kissed it had only been wet. Ron watched as Lavender looked back toward Hugo.

"How's he doing?" She nodded toward the helpless baby.

For the first time since she had arrived Ron found his words. "I'm not sure. Dr. Grey says he has Traumatic Brain Injury. He can't do anything about it but wait to see what happens. He thinks that you might be able to help."

Lavender nodded. "I would trust Edmund—I mean Dr. Grey—He might not be able to do magic but he's extremely smart in muggle medicine and is aware of it's limits. I've known him for years and he only asks for a favor if he feels it will benefit his patient. He's cunning to."

"What do you mean?"

"Well if he has a patient he knows he can't help, he'll ask St. Mungos to lend a hand."

"So you've done this before? On muggle families?"

Lavender nodded. "It's only happened twice in the last ten years. We're always careful. The Minister doesn't really like the idea, but we have been able to persuade him with the promise that we never tell the families what we're doing, if they are to ever find out I have to use a memory charm on them."

"Have you ever had to?"

"The first time. The child's mother refused to leave her baby. You're the first Wizarding family that we've had to do this with. Edmund was very excited, you could tell by how fast he was talking. I had just gotten home and was putting Avery to bed."

"Avery?"

"My daughter."

Ron looked at Hugo. His head was turned toward them. Ron put his hand on the glass as he watched his son's unresponsive face stare blankly toward them. His heart sank as the baby continued to blink.

"How old is your daughter, Lavender?" Ron asked without looking at her. His guilt about using her to get to Hermione was bubbling inside him. He knew that if he could continue talking with her he would eventually be able to pluck up the courage and apologize.

"She's about your son's age. I'm getting married to her father in the spring."

"I'm glad." Ron turned to face Lavender again. She looked confused by what he meant, so he continued. "I'm glad that you're happy. I didn't care during sixth year but now feel really bad about how I used you."

Lavender smiled. "It's all forgiven, Ron. No hard feelings."

Ron breathed a sigh of relief. He had expected Lavender to start crying and go on a rampage saying that he had been a stupid boy who had crushed her emotionally, that it had taken her years to get over their breakup and even though she had a new life, she had never been the same.

"Besides." Lavender's smile broadened "If I had remained sour at you all these years I would have never met Edmun—I mean Dr. Gre—I mean my fiancé." Ron felt his eyebrows arch and he smiled, as Lavender's face grew red with embarrassment.

Ron was about to speak when he heard two pairs of footsteps behind him. Both Ron and Lavender turned around to see Dr. Grey and Bill walking toward them.

"Sorry for the wait." The doctor stopped in front of them. "I found Mr. Weasley in the waiting room and assumed that he had come back so I told him to follow me." He motioned toward the door. "Shall we?"

Lavender smiled and nodded. Turning toward Ron once more she gave him a quick hug, which surprised Ron. It wasn't a romantic hug or an awkward hug. It was a type of hug that you would give an old friend. "It was nice to see you again, Ron. Thank you for the apology. I'll take good care of your son. He'll be ready to go home by this afternoon I promise." She then turned toward Dr. Grey and followed him though the door into Hugo's room. Ron stood beside the window and watched as Lavender pulled out her wand and Dr. Grey began to pull curtains around Hugo's bed so no one on the outside including Ron would be able to see what was going on inside the room.

Ron felt a strong hand on his shoulder. He looked away from the window over at his older brother and smiled. Bill was wearing new clothes and had brought some muggle clothes for Ron. He took them and walked down the hall toward a sign that said bathrooms. Ron knew that he had to trust Lavender and Dr. Grey and all he could do was wait.

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There you go! Chapter 11 is all done-like! I'm sorry to report but I only have one more chapter to write before Scraping Metal is done! It will be the longest chapter and in Hermione's POV

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Jenny