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Summary - The sequel to One Night Can Change Everything. Peyton and Maddy are now out of Hogwarts and fully fledged witches but how will they deal with living in the big bad world on their own and without mummy and daddy near them to run back to when they get scared. But more importantly how will Peyton deal with her identical twin sister getting everything that she has wanted since she was a young child?
Ok I got 45 hits for the last chapter but only 4 reviews. What happened to the other 41 people who read the last chapter? Even if you do it anomylously at least you've reviewed. I also thought of another fic the other day. I'm going to write that when this is finished but I have an idea of what's going to happen and the title of it. Has everybody else heard that the title of book 7 is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! I think it's a weird title but to be honest it's confused me and I'll have to wait and see what exactly the Deathly Hallows is. Oh and I thought I'd post today because it's Christmas! So this is your Christmas present from me to you! Enjoy! And I've had a great Christmas, I hope you have too. I got a new camera that's pink, a pink shoe shaeped mobile phone holder for my pink mobile, High School Musical on DVD and a hoodie. I'm getting more stuff on friday when my mum gets paid. And if you don't celebrate Christmas then Happy Holidays!
Reviews:
Tis Tyman-dude - Thanks for reading and reviewing. Ellie is definitely in this fic. She's coming back in quite soon.
frenchpiment - Thanks for reading and reviewing. Peyton's always been the princess so for her living in the real world is hard. I'm glad that you're no longer confused! I don't want my readers to be confused especially one that's as faithful as you! lol! I never noticed that before. To me it's always been my interpretation to what could happen after book 7! And as for Jazzy, well with her not everything is what it seems.
elana0012 - Thanks for reading and reviewing! You'll have to wait and see if she gives up or not.
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Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter Five. All I ask of you is to enjoy and to please leave a review at the end.
Chapter Five – Persuasion
Back at Grimmauld Place, Ginny was slowly coming to terms with her two eldest children moving out. Two days after the party in Oxford, Ginny was sat at the kitchen table eating lunch with Trinity and James when a tawny owl landed on the windowsill. The owl hooted and Ginny stopped helping Trinity with her spoon before looking up. She quickly walked over to the window and took the letter from the owl before sitting back down with her children. Once they had finished, Ginny quickly washed the crockery and cutlery up before taking James and Trinity into the front room. She sat down on the sofa as her children started to play with their toys on the floor and read the letter.
Mum,
I hate it here! It's awful! I have two new friends named Jazzy and Alex and they're great but there's this girl at Uni called Khadesia and she's absolutely horrid! She constantly picks at everything I do and calls me a "spoilt rich girl". Then there's this project that we're doing and I have to do it on my own because our teacher wouldn't let me, Jazzy and Alex work as a group of three.
And then today I got home and Maddy and our two roommates had decided to throw a party and I explained that I couldn't join in and asked Maddy to send Alex and Jazzy into my bedroom when they arrived. But then I had an argument with Ben and at the end I asked him to leave me alone so he did. Then only Jazzy came in and we both went out to get Alex but we found her talking to Maddy as though she had known her for years.
I'm miserable here! I don't know how much longer I can stay here! Please mum, do something! I think Ben and me are going to split up! Can you get dad to come and get me? I want to come home! And I'll get a job in Diagon Alley to pay my way!
Please mum I'm begging you!
Love,
Peyt.
XXX
Ginny finished reading the letter and looked at James and Trinity. She wiped the tears that were running down her cheeks and smiled at them as they were looking at her.
"Mummy, what's wrong? I'll go get daddy," James asked.
"Mummy misses Peyton and Maddy. I'll be okay in a minute Jamie. Don't floo daddy sweetheart; he's busy at work. He'll be home soon. Will you two be good and stay here while I go and check on Sirius?" Ginny replied.
James nodded while Trinity looked up at Ginny with her big brown eyes.
"Mummy, pick up," Trinity said whilst holding her arms out to Ginny.
"I'll pick you up when I come back Trinity, okay?"
"Otay. Trinnie stay and play."
Ginny laughed as she walked out of the front room and ran up the stairs. A few seconds later, Ginny was stood in the bedroom that Sirius shared with Jamie looking at her youngest son.
"Hey Sirius, do you want to come downstairs and play with your brother and sister?"
Sirius babbled in response as Ginny picked him up and walked out of the bedroom.
When Ginny entered the front room the first thing she saw was Harry kneeling on the floor, still in his work robes playing with his children. Ginny leant against the doorframe with Sirius in her arms and watched the scene for a few seconds.
"Baba!" Sirius said loudly.
Harry stopped what he was doing and looked up. As soon as he saw Sirius, Harry got up off the floor and walked to where Ginny was stood. He took Sirius from Ginny's arms then kissed her softly on the lips.
"Hi beautiful," he said softly.
Ginny laughed as she walked away to fetch Sirius' baby walker. Once it had been assembled, Ginny took Sirius from Harry and put him into his blue and white, snitch patterned walker. As Sirius scooted away from them, Harry looked at his wife and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.
"Do you ever think about having another baby?" Harry replied.
"Harry, we've talked about this before. You know that I would like to but I don't feel it's right. Sirius is six months old and we said that he was our last."
"But we said that we wouldn't have anymore after the twins then James came along and suddenly he was the last. Then before we knew it Trinity had arrived and she was the last then we ended up having Sirius," Harry explained.
"Harry as much as I know that you would love to have your own Quidditch team, we can't have anymore children. The twins are twenty now and they'll be having their own babies soon. It's not right that Millie and Paige have an aunt and uncle who are younger than them and it's certainly not right for us to still be having babies when our own children are having babies. So, the answer, I'm afraid, is no. We're not having any more children. If you still feel the same in a few years then maybe we can adopt."
Harry nodded then sat down on the sofa and looked at his children. He had felt that ever since the twins had moved out that there was an empty space in his home life that he needed to fill. Ginny sat down next to him and fingered the letter from Peyton. Harry noticed and looked at his wife.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I got this today. It's from Peyton," Ginny replied whilst holding the letter out to him.
Harry took it and quickly read it through. Once he had finished, Harry looked at his wife.
"Harry, please bring her home. She's clearly not happy there and she needs to be somewhere that she is happy."
"No. She has to start learning from her mistakes. That's the reason why she went wasn't it?"
"Well yes but…"
"No buts Ginny. I'm not going to rescue her. She can wait until the end of the school year and then come home," Harry replied sternly.
"Please Harry I'm begging you! Bring her home!" Ginny begged.
"No she is not coming home and that's final," Harry responded.
"If you love me as much as you say you do Harry then you will bring her back where she belongs."
"Don't start with that. You know I love you. I always have done and always will do. Ever since sixth year!" Harry said whilst starting to get annoyed.
Ginny stood up and faced him with her hands upon her hips.
"Oh so you loved me in sixth year did you? Did you love me while you were sleeping with Brionna Culver? Did you even think of me while you did that?"
Harry paled and looked at his wife.
"How do you know?" he asked calmly.
"Oh she couldn't wait to tell everyone that she'd slept with the boy-who-lived. Can you imagine how that made me feel? And what made it worse was the fact that it happened less than a week after we had broken up!" Ginny said fiercely.
"Ginny, it was a mistake. I didn't mean to do it!"
"So your clothes fell off your body then you fell on her and it happened to slip in there did it? I don't think so Harry. You knew perfectly well what you were doing and who you were doing it with!"
Harry sighed and ran his hand through his hair. He had thought about telling Ginny that she had slept with one of her friends but he had always decided against it. After all it was just a rebound thing and it hadn't meant anything then and it certainly didn't mean anything now. Harry stood up and faced his wife. He sighed again then put his hands on either side of her face and made her look at him.
"Listen to me, it was a mistake. Yes I should have known better but I still did it. And that makes a git for doing it. It was a rebound thing it didn't mean anything. It meant nothing then and it means nothing now. Do you know she came onto me at the party after the battle?"
Ginny shook her head.
"Well she did and do you know what I did? I said no to her Ginny. I said no to her because I was in love with you and not once has that ever changed. I was in love with you then and I'm in love with you now. Nothing will ever change that. Especially not little tramps like Brionna Culver."
Ginny nodded and wiped her tears away with her left hand.
"Will you do one thing for me then?" she asked.
"Anything."
"Will you go and see Peyton. Please talk to her. Maybe you can make her see some sense. After all she is your little princess."
Harry nodded then said, "Tomorrow. I'll go and see her tomorrow. I would like to spend time with you and our children tonight."
Ginny nodded in reply before sitting in the floor with Harry and playing with James, Trinity and Sirius who was still zooming around in his baby walker.
The next day, Harry had found out Maddy and Peyton's address by phoning the apartment and asking whoever answered the phone what the address was. Once he had found out the address, Harry apparated to Oxford town centre and brought an A to Z map to help him find the apartment. After about three hours of walking aimlessly around Oxford, Harry finally found the apartment building. He looked up at it for a good ten minutes before he opened the front door and walked up the stairs. Once he had found the right door number, he knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer it. Britty Boo answered the door and looked at the strange man stood in front of her. He looked familiar but she didn't know where she had seen him before.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Oh is Peyton Potter there?" Harry replied.
"No she's at Uni. Who are you? I don't think her boyfriend would be too pleased with a guy asking for her. They're on the rocks as it is. If she's cheating on him then Ben deserves to know. Maybe I should tell him?" Britty Boo replied.
"I'm sure that Ben would be okay with me asking for Peyton. She is my daughter after all."
Britty Boo turned very red and muttered an almost inaudible sorry.
"So you're her dad. Do you want to come in and wait for her? She should be home soon."
"If you don't mind. Thanks…" Harry said before realising that he didn't know this girl's name.
"Oh Britty Boo," Britty Boo said as she held out her hand for Harry to shake.
Harry shook her hand then laughed.
"Is that your real name?" Harry asked whilst smiling.
"No. My real names Brittney Anglin but everyone calls me Britty Boo," she replied as she walked away from the front door.
Harry followed her inside and saw that the apartment was kept very clean. It was nothing like he had been expecting. He had expected to see a pigsty. He was impressed that it was clean but he couldn't help but wonder how they kept it clean. Britty Boo showed Harry into the front room and motioned for him to sit down.
"Would you like a drink Mr Potter? We've got tea, coffee, hot chocolate and alcohol."
"No, no I'm fine. This is just a flying visit so I could see Peyton about something she said to her mother."
Britty Boo nodded before she ran into her bedroom to finish getting ready. Half an hour later Britty Boo came out of her bedroom and sat down on the sofa and kept looking at her watch.
"Is there a problem?" Harry asked.
"Oh I'm just waiting for my boyfriend to get here. We're supposed to be going out. Would you like me to call Peyton for you?" she replied.
Harry thought for a few minutes and remembered the mobile phone that Peyton had pestered him and Ginny for.
"If you could."
Britty Boo nodded and picked up the cordless phone. Se quickly dialled Peyton's phone number then waited for her to answer her phone. Within a few seconds she did.
"Peyton its Britty Boo. Listen your dad's here and he wants to talk to you so how long are you going to be?"
Britty Boo stopped talking and listen to Peyton's reply before hanging up. Once she had put the phone back onto it's cradle Britty Boo looked at Harry.
"She said that she was at the bottom. She should be here any minute."
Harry nodded and looked at the front door. Within a few seconds someone was knocking on the door and Britty Boo jumped out of her seat and bounded to the front door. She opened it and came face to face with a tall, skinny guy with spiky, brown hair. He was wearing a pair of black jeans and a white t-shirt. Britty Boo looked at him up and down before she cuddled him.
"So will I do?" the guy asked.
"Yeah I suppose so Travis. Did you see Peyton on your way up?"
"Yes. She was walking slowly up the stairs laughing with a girl and Jess about something. She said something about telling her dad she wouldn't be a minute," Travis replied.
Britty Boo nodded and repeated the message to Harry before saying goodbye and dragging Travis out of the door.
A few minutes later, Peyton came bursting through the front door giggling about something. Peyton walked into the kitchen still laughing and Jazzy and Jess followed her into the flat but stopped laughing when they saw Harry sat on the sofa. They both smiled sheepishly at Harry.
"Um Peyton!" Jess yelled in the direction of the kitchen.
"I know! As if one of your teachers would actually want to sleep with you! And to make matters worse she was naked in his classroom! From what I heard he kind of looked at her all sprawled out on the desk and stuttered that he couldn't sleep with her because she was a student and he had no condoms! I know she wants a top grade and all but I don't think that shagging your teacher is the way to do it!" Peyton said as she walked into the front room.
Peyton saw her father sat on the sofa and smiled sheepishly.
"Dad! I thought Britty Boo had said that you were coming later! Jess, Jazzy, this is my dad Harry Potter. Dad this is Jazzy and Jess."
Jess waved at Harry but Jazzy just stood there and gawped at Harry. Peyton noticed and beckoned Jazzy into the kitchen. Once they were away from Jess and Harry, Peyton looked at her friend.
"What's up? You look like you have just seen a ghost," Peyton said.
"Nothing. Honestly it's nothing. I'll tell you later. Take your dad into your bedroom and me and Jess will wait in the front room for you," Jazzy replied.
Peyton nodded and they both walked back into the front room.
"Dad, do you want to go and talk in mine and Maddy's room? It must be important if you've come here to see me. Is nana okay?" Peyton asked.
"Relax Princess, nana's fine. It's about your letter that you sent to mum."
Peyton nodded as she and Harry walked into her bedroom and he looked around it. He seemed to be inspecting it for some strange reason.
"So you and Maddy share this room?" he asked suspiciously.
"Yeah. We decided to push the beds together so that one of us wouldn't wake up with an unexpected guest in their bed every morning," Peyton replied.
"So you still do that then? You still sleep in each other's beds?"
"Well yeah. We did share a womb for nine months. We've done it since we had our first big beds. I blame mum though because she made us share a cot when we were babies."
Harry laughed and sat down on the bed.
"Now about this letter," he said.
Peyton groaned and then said, "I knew mum would make you come here because of that but you're not here to take me home are you?"
"No I'm not. I got home from work yesterday to find your mother very upset. I'm surprised that Jamie didn't Floo me. I've read the letter myself and to be honest Peyton it sounds like a cry for attention."
"But…"
"No buts. Now this girl Khadesia, what's she like?"
"She's horrid! She just bullies me all of the time!" Peyton exclaimed.
"Maybe she's jealous of you. Peyton you are not the most ugly person on this earth and you have a pretty good personality. Take no notice of her. She just sounds like another Matilda Malfoy to me. Maybe they're related?" Harry said honestly.
"They're not related. Khadesia's a Muggle. Everyone's a Muggle."
"And if you and Ben are going to split up then so be it. It obviously wasn't meant to be. It's not the end of the world if you and him split up. There are plenty more fish in the sea."
"But you and mum knew you were meant to be together."
"Just because me and your mother stayed together it doesn't mean that the first person you have a relationship with is going to be the one for you."
Peyton nodded to show that she understood and sighed before looking at Harry.
"Dad, do you think I'm stupid?" she asked.
"Of course not. Why on earth would you think that you're stupid?"
"Because I'm over reacting. This is all a little over the top even for me and I was always dramatic at school. I just feel that I don't understand anything of what is spoken about in my classes. I don't think University is for me. I'm not smart enough."
Harry looked at his daughter then stood up and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Listen to me. You are not stupid. You are not dumb. You are a very intelligent and talented witch. You got out standings in all of your N.E.W.Ts. If you were dumb then you wouldn't have got those marks. I never want to hear you say anything like that again, do you hear me?"
Peyton nodded.
"So are you going to stay?" Harry asked.
"I suppose so. You've already said that you're not going to take me home," Peyton replied.
"Peyton, just stay until the end of this year. If you are still unhappy then I will come and get you myself."
"Okay dad. Does mum know you're here?"
"She does. But she's expecting me home at any time so I had best be going. I'll go out the front door so I don't alarm your friends."
Peyton nodded as she and Harry walked out of the bedroom and back into the front room. While they stood by the front door saying their goodbyes, Peyton noticed that Jazzy was still gawping at Harry. She only knew one reason why people would gawp at her father like that and that reason was that they were magical and knew Harry's story. But Jazzy couldn't be could she?
"Oh and Peyton, next time you see mum tell her you want her to have a baby," Harry said as he walked out of the front door.
"Dad! I'm not going to say that to her. Aren't five children enough for you? Please don't have any more babies; it's hard to think of my parents as sexually active. I'll see you later."
Harry waved as Peyton shut the door. Once it was shut she leant against it and sighed again.
"Peyt, what was that all about?" Jess asked.
"Oh something I wrote in a letter. Basically I said to my mum that I wanted to go home and she sent my dad to persuade me to stay for the rest of the year," Peyton replied.
Jess nodded and Peyton looked at Jazzy who was now gawping at Peyton.
"Jazzy, can I talk to you in my bedroom for a second?" Peyton asked.
Jazzy nodded her head and followed Peyton into her bedroom. Once they were inside, Peyton shut the door and looked at her friend.
"Jazzy, I'm going to say this once and once only. Are you a witch?" Peyton said calmly.
Jazzy looked at Peyton then said, "No. Witches don't exist silly."
Peyton shrugged her shoulders then walked over to her underwear drawer and pulled out her wand. She walked calmly back to the bed and opened her bedside cabinet and pulled something out. She set whatever it was onto her bed and looked at Jazzy.
"Engorgio!" Peyton said quietly as she pointed her wand at the object.
Jazzy's eyes got wider and wider as she watched the item on the bed return to its normal size.
"Jazzy, I'm going to ask you again. Are you a witch?" Peyton asked.
Jazzy slowly nodded her head.
"So that would be why you recognised my father."
"Yes. But I thought you were Muggle. I didn't think you were part of the Potter's."
"So when you saw my dad you realised what I was?"
"Yes. I've only ever read about Harry Potter before. I never even thought that I would be in the same room as him. I never thought that I would be best friend's with one of his daughters."
"What school did you go to Jazzy?"
"Beauxbatons. I bet you went to Hogwarts didn't you?"
"Yup, that would explain why I have never met you before and vice versa. Listen no one knows about Maddy and me except for Matt, Ben and now you."
"No one apart from you knows about me. I guess it'll be fun with another witch around but we have to keep it quiet."
Peyton nodded her head in agreement and together they went back into the living room where they spent the rest of the evening talking to Jess.
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