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It Started With a Project
Chapter 24: the press get involved
"I can't believe it Hermione" Harry smiled
"Yeah I know" she aid sitting beside him
"So when should we tell the children?" Harry asked impatiently
"Soon not yet" she smiled
Harry couldn't believe his luck, finding Hermione and his children was one thing, but this was something else
"I love you" Harry said leaning in to kiss Hermione
"I love you" she smiled
They continued the who loves whom more argument until Harry said he was going to bed and that she should come too in her condition.
Harry was disappointed he had to go back to work today but he knew that he was needed for the big game in two days time, so they needed some training.
Harry walked in to the dressing room already in his robes for quidditch; he just wanted to talk to wood
"Harry, how's the girlfriend" Wood asked
"Well Ollie, she's not my girlfriend as of yet" Harry smiled
"Harry, everybody here knows you like her so just get with her" Wood said while putting his robes on
"I respect her" Harry said picking up a spare broom, he had forgotten his
"Since when has Harry Potter ever respected a girl" Wood questioned Harry
"Since I met Hermione again and when I knew her in Hogwarts, fifth year onwards"
"Right so not long then" Wood laughed
"Look I'm not gonna listen to that" Harry said walking outside
Harry knew that Wood's attitude towards women would always be the same so he decided not to bother reasoning so he just got on with his training session and went home
"Hey I'm home" Harry called out
"Hey Harry, I'm in the kitchen" Hermione said
Harry walked into the kitchen to find Hermione surrounded by strangers
"Hi I'm Harry" he said not too sure what to say
"Harry these are reporters from the Daily News wizard section" Hermione smiled
"And why are they here" Harry asked
"They want to do an interview with you" Hermione said
"Fine whatever" Harry sighed
Harry sat down waiting to be bombarded with questions he did not want to answer
He knew he should have gotten his house apparation proof, a normal family in the wizarding world wouldn't have to worry about it but he did, he knew that he should have gotten it. Stupid! Stupid!
A reporter dressed in a flamboyant orange and green outfit stepped forward "Harry, I am Yolanda Greenly a reporter for the daily news wizard section, if I could just have a few moments of my time" she asked politely
"I said go ahead so go ahead" Harry said agitatedly
"Ok Harry we have heard rumours that you and this lovely lady here are together, can you tell us, yes or no" she asked, her quick quills scribbling away
"No comment" Harry told them, he was sick of all the press following his every move
"Now Mr Potter" the reporter started again
"Yes" Harry answered impatiently
"Can you silence the rumours of you and Oliver Wood picking up the same girl on two different nights last week?"
"What" Harry asked outraged
"Can you answer please Mr Potter, our loyal readers love your scandal" Yolanda said
Harry heard the children coming down the stairs and knew he would be for it
"Can you go now?" Hermione asked
"That's up to Mr Potter" the photographer said
Hermione scowled
"Yes I would like you to leave" Harry asked
"We want to ask just one more question and then we'll go" Yolanda asked again
Harry frowned, this was an invasion of privacy like no other, he was sick and tired of it all, he just wanted to be alone with his girlfriend and his children, he knew though with his high 'scandal' profile that it wasn't going to happen
"Make it quick" Harry told them
"We hear this rumour that you ha-"
"Daddy, who are all vese people" Ella asked, leaning into her mother
"Daddy" the reporter asked
"Go home" Harry told the reporters
"Just one picture" the photographer asked
"No, go away now" Harry told them, trying to make them apparate, which was not easy to make people do
"Just one picture of you, and the children" the reporter asked
"Would you leave us alone?" Hermione asked
The reporter nodded, she had her scoop now
"Can you tell us what the names of the children are?" the reporter asked
Harry sighed, Defeated "Harry" he began
"Excuse me we know your name, we were looking for the children's names" the reporter rudely told them
"Harry Is one of my son's names, James, Ella, Lily and my friends name is"
"Hermione Granger" she scowled at the camera as they asked invasive questions and smiled for the camera when they told her to
Hermione knew that the children would be asking many questions, some of which there weren't answers for, well ones that would be suitable for their age, maybe perhaps when they were older
The reporter and photographer eventually left, leaving Harry and Hermione to answer their children's questions
"Daddy" Lily, who normally referred to her mother for all the answers, or books, wanted to know what they were doing
"Lily darling, daddy is famous so he has to get his picture taken by strange people, they wanted yours too"
"Why daddy" Lily asked sitting on his lap, her pigtails bouncing up and down
"Well, you see they thought you were so pretty that they wanted to"
"Take my pisure, daddy I'm not stupid" Lily said shaking her head and biting her chubby bottom lip
Harry was surprised "well darling, they didn't know about you so they wanted to show everybody who reads that paper that, Harry Potter has children"
Lily nodded understandingly, hopped off Harry's lap, and went to join the others in discussion of the strange people who were in the house
Hermione had explained to the others, pretty much the same way Harry had, she knew Lily would be more inquisitive so she told her to ask Harry
Harry sighed he knew that this was going to be all over the press tomorrow. He decided to call the ministry of magic and make the house apparation proof, of course with Hermione's approval