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Disclaimer: I'm going to tell JK Rowling that you think her books could have been written by a 2 year old, since that's how old I was when the first one came out.
Dudley Dursley sat at a small, square table in a café not far from his work.
The sun was beating down, making him slightly uncomfortable in his black suit.
He ordered his drink and sandwich and settled in to wait.
A young couple was sitting by the storefront windows, hands clasped as they spoke. Two older women were gossiping at a table in the back, delicately sipping at their iced teas.
The waiter came with his order, blocking his view of the door as it opened, bells ringing. When he left Dudley saw that a small family of four had entered the establishment.
The woman was extremely pregnant with vibrant red hair and creamy, freckled skin. Her brown eyes were smiling easily.
Clutching her hand was a small boy of about 3 with messy black hair jutting from his head in every possible direction. He was currently turned away, fighting with a slightly larger boy who happened to be facing Dudley.
The older child had the same warm brown eyes as his mother and they were sparkling wickedly as he teased his little brother.
A tall man with ebony locks to match his sons' spoke, "James stop being mean to your little brother."
The older boy's response was lost to Dudley as he stared at the man. He had turned towards Dudley when scolding his son and his bright green eyes were clearly visible.
"Harry?" Dudley whispered, astonished.
He was taller, more muscled, and obviously much more well fed but his facial features, emerald eyes, and raven black hair were the same as they'd been the last time Dudley saw him; the day they went into hiding.
With this realization he stared with a renewed vigor at the small family before him.
Now that they were seated Dudley could see the youngest son more clearly and he almost gasped at the resemblance.
While the other boy, James, had some features of his mother this little boy was all Harry. Besides the lack of scar on his forehead and the fact that he seemed well cared for, loved, he was identical to Harry at that age.
Gathering his courage Dudley stood and began to make his way toward them, chuckling as he heard the Harry look alike ask, "Mummy, can you have a girl baby? I don't need another brother."
The woman laughed beautifully and said, "I can try Al, just for you." She gave him a light poke on the belly, which prompted him to release a small giggle.
Dudley saw Harry's crooked grin make an appearance before he stopped at their table.
"Harry?"
He questioned, looking directly at him, hoping Harry recognized him.
Harry's emerald eyes x-rayed him, trying to place him, before he gasped.
"Dudley?"
Dudley smiled, inwardly sighing with relief.
"Yeah. How have you been?"
Harry smiled lightly. "Great, really great."
He started suddenly and Dudley suspected that his wife had kicked him under the table.
Seems she was as fiery as her hair.
"Oh, I'm sorry. This is my amazing wife, Ginny, and my sons, James and Albus. He said, pointing to each the woman, oldest and youngest boy in turn.
Dudley offered his hand to Ginny and she took it, her expression had a slight coldness to it that made Dudley sure she'd heard stories about Harry's childhood.
He winced; she looked fierce.
"Nice to meet you. How long have you and Harry been married?"
Her expression softened a little. "11 years." She said, fingering her glittering ring.
"Wow!" He exclaimed, genuinely happy for them. "I just got engaged two months ago, he name's Emma. I'd invite you to the wedding but you know…" He trailed off, looking distinctly uncomfortable.
Harry gave him a small smile, as though Dudley's thought made up for the fact that it wasn't a real invitation.
"Yeah. I know, you're parents will be there."
Dudley rolled his eyes. "Mum's been going crazy with the planning. Even though she and Emma don't always see I to eye, Emma can be very opinionated… She's a reporter too, Ginny."
Harry grinned. "Opinionated, that's not what I would use to describe reporters. More like a pack of bloodhounds."
Ginny glared at him.
"Except, you dear of course." He hastily added, holding his hands up in surrender.
At that moment James, who was obviously bored with the conversation, dumped five sugar packets on the table and began eating their contents.
Harry, sitting next to him, shook his head exasperatedly. "James." And began to clean up both the counter and the boy.
Ginny calmly watched him and stated, "That's all you."
Looking up from his task Harry pointed at the sugar. "Hey, that's food. That means its from your side." He looked back at James. "Someone's obviously been spending to much time with Uncle Ron."
The meaning of this was lost on Dudley but he smiled anyway, it seemed like Harry finally had a real family.
He looked at his watch: his lunchtime was almost up.
"Well, I better head back. It was great seeing you again."
He stopped there, letting Harry decide if he wanted to keep in contact.
Finished cleaning the remnants of the sugar, Harry looked at him, pausing for a moment, before grabbing a napkin from the table and pen from his pocket.
He scribbled something down and then handed it to Dudley. "Here's my address, keep in touch. Also, make sure you don't show it to any wizards, I wasn't kidding about the bloodhound thing." He said with a grin.
Dudley grinned back. "Sure, thing. I would go tell all the wizards I know, but you're pretty much the only one."
Waving to the small family, he exited the café.
He walked down the street, heading to his perfectly normal job, whistling happily as he tucked the napkin in his jacket pocket.
Well, fourth chapter down. I'm not positive who to do next so tell me if you have someone in mind. Also, this should be a given, PLEASE REVIEW!
