A.N: As normal I don't own Harry Potter, J.K Rowling does
Chapter 3
As Harry drove down Privet drive a rush of emotion came over him. In a moment he was going to return to the place where he had spent so many unhappy years. "Shit" Harry yelled "Harry" Ginny snapped. "Sorry" Harry sighed as he pulled over in front of Number 4 Privet Drive, which was still standing with the Dursely's car in the driveway. Harry stopped the car and took a deep breath. "It's going to be ok love" Ginny said placing her hand on his shoulder, he reached his own hand up and placed it on hers. "Ron, wake up, Ron" Hermione said trying to wake Ron who had fallen asleep. "Err…." He sighed and opened his eyes. By this time Harry and Ginny had gotten out of the car and Ginny was unbuckling James from his car seat. "Ron come on" Hermione said shaking his shoulder "Ok, ok" Ron said hitting his head as he got out of the car. They all walked up to the front door and they could hear the booming laughter of Uncle Vernon. "Man I'm so nervous" Hermione said, Ron put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to his said as the all laughed quietly. Harry knocked twice and then they waited and waited and waited some more till finally they herd the door unclick and Aunt Petunia, looking quite old since the last time Harry had seen her was standing in the door frame.
"Vernon, come quickly" Aunt Petunia shrieked. A moment or two later Uncle Vernon showed up in the door frame. He was still very large but had aged a bit. "Come crawling back have ya" Uncle Vernon spat at Harry. "No…..no sir" Harry stuttered like he was eleven year old again. "It's been eight years since we last saw you, thought you were dead, you didn't sent a letter or anything" Vernon spat again. Harry was about to ague that they never liked him so why would they care but Ginny gave him a look that said this wasn't the time. "I've just come in ask you what you did with the stuff I left here" Harry said politely. "We should have burnt it but no, Dudley made us keep it, hoping that one day you would return to claim it. I guess that day has finally come and you've brought a bunch of freaks alone with you" Uncle Vernon yelled. "Don't you dare insult my family" Harry said finally having enough. "Family, you don't have a family potter, they're dead and that's where they belong" Uncle Vernon roared "Well not all of them" Harry said staying cool. He knew Uncle Vernon couldn't do anything. He was scared of him when he was a child and he would be even more scared now he's an adult. Not to mention Ron, Hermione, Ginny and himself all had their wands on them. "Why don't you all come inside and you can collect you things" Aunt Petunia said with anxiety all over her face. They all walked through the door and followed Uncle Vernon, who was following his wife down the hall to the kitchen. Harry walked as far as his old cupboard and then stopped. He placed his hand on the latch and just stood there. "Is that where…….." Ginny said but couldn't finish the sentence. "Yeah it is" Harry said knowing what she was going to say. He turned around and Ron, Hermione and Ginny gave his a soft smile then they proceeded into the kitchen. "Sit down, sit down" Aunt Petunia said nervously, they all did what she said. They sat there for awhile, as Aunt Petunia offered them tea and biscuits.
"So Harry, what has happen since we last saw you" Aunt Petunia said trying to make conversation. "Ummm………well you know why you were sent away, well we fought the Dark Lord and brought him and his lot down and then I went to work for the ministry. I also got married to Ginny" He said smiling to Ginny, who smiled back at him "And we had James" He said lightly brushing the top of James' head, as he lay in Ginny's arms fast asleep. They sat in silence for awhile until Uncle Vernon got up and said they have ten minutes to get his stuff and get out.
They walked upstairs and to the door of Harry's old bedroom. It was locked with a padlock and the keys where hanging up next to the door. Harry picked up the keys and tried to open the lock, but his hand was too shaky so he ended up using his wand. Once inside the room had looked exactly the same as it did when he had left. The waste paper basket hadn't been emptied and there was a bunch of old Daily Prophets in it. Nothing had been touched and the only thing that was new was the layer of dust. "Looks like nobody's been here for years" Harry said walking over to the wardrobe. "You could've cleaned up a bit before you left, mate" Ron said in a jokingly tone. "Have you ever seen me clean" Harry said laughing softly. It only took five minutes to pack up all of his belongings into his trunk. They walked down stairs and Ron took Harry's trunk to the car. "I should go say goodbye" Harry said as they stood in the entrance "Do you want us to come with you" Ginny asked "I'll be fine, meet you out in the car" Harry said and turned away from the door. He again walked down the small hallway, which seemed even smaller now that he was an adult.
"We're going to go" Harry said as he entered the kitchen. "Oh do you have to, don't you want another cup of tea" Aunt Petunia said. Harry had never seen her this way. It was like an alien had come and replaced her. "Sorry but he have to get back, we're expected at Ginny's parents tonight and if we're late trust me you will be able to here her yelling from here" Harry said "Oh well then dear you better be off, I wish Dudley had been here to see you" Aunt Petunia said placing her hand on Harry's shoulder. "Where is Dudley" Harry said just noticing that Dudley had not yet mad an appearance. "Oh he's in America" Aunt Petunia said a little sad "Oh really I've done business over there, what's he doing over there" Harry said "He works for me" Uncle Vernon said coming back into the kitchen. "Sounds impressive" Harry said hoping that wouldn't get him start him off. "Yeah well I bet it's better than what you do for a living that is if you do anything for a living" Uncle Vernon said with a small smirk. "Well as I was saying just before we went upstairs, I work at the Ministry as an Auror" Harry said "Oh yeah how long have you been at that" Uncle Vernon snapped. "Well after Voldemort was defeated, Ron, a few others and I joined the Ministry, I was around seventeen so about eight years" Harry said. "What do you do there" Aunt Petunia said sounding surprisingly interested. "We fight the dark arts" Harry said "Well I guess you had some success" Uncle Vernon said. "Well I better get going" Harry said "Would you like me to tell Dudley you dropped by" Aunt Petunia said. "Yeah" Harry said thinking that there was some unfinished business they had to sort out. "Get him to give me a call" Harry said writing down his number on a piece of paper he found in his pocket. With that he left the room, walked out of the house and down to the car. They were halfway home before anyone spoke." Well that turned out better than I expected" Harry said as they drove home in the late after noon sun.