The Untold Story Of Harry and Ginny

Part 34

Dear Mum and Dad,

Fifth years are so annoying! James included. They think they can boss us around and do whatever they want! Well I'm only a year behind them. OH! And James said that he wanted to know if Camden could stay with us again for Christmas break. Um…what else… Lily said that she has taken an interest in the harp…she's right next to me so she doesn't want me to tell you why and how she got interested….She just hit me.

Thanks!

-Al

P.S. James didn't want me to tell you this, but he had another date with Felicity…he wouldn't tell me where they were going. He calls her "Licy" or "Lic" now….No, I still don't have any idea how he got a sixth year…Anyways, see you soon.

Harry and Ginny read the P.S. of the note over and over again. Harry then stood up and started to pace.

"…You don't think he-" Ginny got cut off.

"No," Harry interjected, "he couldn't have-"

"But it says right here-"

"No. No he just…He just didn't want Al to know where they were going it wasn't anything like that…"

Ginny looked at the note again and then began to giggle. Harry stopped walking back and forth and looked at her.

"What do you find so amusing?" he crossed his arms, but Ginny could see that he was thinking the same thing.

"Harry, you know as well as I do that they didn't do anything like that…James gets in trouble, gets detention, gets hundreds of points taken off of the Gryffindor house each year (not that Al is too ashamed of that, seeing as though he got placed in another house), but he doesn't do that. He snogs immensely and ridiculously sometimes, but he doesn't do that, no matter that they've been seeing each other for a year. And we've met Felicity, we know her. She's the nicest girl – she wouldn't agree to it."

"I don't know, Gin," Harry returned. "I had those temptations…"

"Yes, but the fact that you didn't give in is all that matters," Ginny said and stood up and walked over to him.

"Oh, James I hope common sense has finally appealed to you," Harry wished.

"Come on," Ginny said after giggling at her husband, "we should finish up getting those last minute presents for Lily."

Harry agreed, walked over to get his coat (Ginny did the same), and stepped out of the Potter flat two days before Christmas.

*StarStarStar*

Albus was sitting next to his father, astounded at what he had unwrapped.

"How…how'd you get it?" Albus wondered to him in a soft tone.

"You know the answer to that better than anyone," Harry responded to his son. Al looked up at him and smiled.

"Well at least now you actually notice my age," Al muttered, but he meant for his mother and father to hear it.

"It's never been unnoticed," Ginny said to him. Al smiled up at her and then stood up and hugged her tight along with his father.

"Thank you so much," he thanked them.

"How come I don't get a dragon from Hagrid?" Lily wondered and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well first of all, it'll only stay here for Al to take care of while Hagrid's gone," Ginny began, "and secondly, he's old enough to take care of it. You can help if you ask him."

"Well," Lily stared, "thank you for the pigmy puff and the harp!"

"You're welcome," Ginny answered as Lily got up and wheeled her harp into her room.

"…She never did tell us why she wanted one of those," said Harry. Ginny nodded and then looked at Camden and James. They were both glowing at their new quidditch equipment. Then, they immediately jumped up and began to run outside.

"Hey, James?" Harry called after his son. James and his friend stopped in the doorway.

"May I have a word?" he wondered.

"Just wait outside, I'll be out in a minute," James instructed Camden. Camden nodded and walked outside, the door shutting behind him.

"We wanted to have a talk with you," Harry began. Ginny sighed, knowing what he was coming to.

"You and 'Lic' and been seeing each other for quite some time now," Harry began.

"…Al owled you didn't he?" James wondered and closed his eyes briefly, and opened them up again to see his parents nod their heads.

"Okay, look," James began. "We didn't do anything! We almost did but we stopped-"

"Hold on - almost?" Ginny wondered and placed her hands on her hips. Harry looked just as astounded as she did.

"Yeah…wait…no…wait, what did Al tell you?" James wondered.

"That you wouldn't tell him where you were going when you went on your date with Felicity, that's what," Harry responded. "Where did you go?"

"Well I think it's pretty obvious where he went now that we know he 'almost did it,'" Ginny replied for James.

"No, I didn't go there," James intervened.

"So you almost did it somewhere else?" Ginny asked.

"No! Ugh," James groaned. "We just went to Hogsmede…but it was after we were supposed to be in our houses so I didn't tell him. And then, we just decided to go back to the Gryffindor house because it was getting pretty late… Then, we stayed in the common room for a while."

"…You're not done yet, keep going," Harry said and crossed his arms.

"Ugh this is weird," James mumbled to himself.

"Well you wouldn't have to explain if you didn't spill that you almost did you know what to a girl," Ginny retorted.

"So you're saying I should've lied?"

"NO!" both parents projected.

"…But no, we didn't do it," James returned. "I have more common sense than that. If I did, that'd just be…stupid. And we didn't…unclothe or anything…"

Harry and Ginny grew wide-eyed at him.

"Than why'd you say you almost did it?" Ginny wondered.

"Well I meant it lightly that we were just…snogging…a lot…I guess…and it got provocative…" James finished.

Harry rolled his eyes and then said after taking a deep breath in, "What were we talking about? Oh yes. I'll just get to the point: no sex until thirty."

"Dad!" James exclaimed and stood up. After a few moments, Harry chuckled.

"You gave us a right good scare," Ginny said and stood up as well, glaring at Harry.

"What? I'm just remembering something…" he said, replying to her gaze. Ginny knew what he was thinking about. They almost did it plenty of times, and they were only three years older than James was. But that was literally almost doing it. According to James, that wasn't his case.

"Shut it," Ginny whispered to him. "James, next time don't be so secretive. You made all of us suspicious. And cut back on the snogging. Relationships are about love, not making it."

James sighed and scratched his head, wishing that this conversation just come to a close already.

"…All right," he whispered back to them. Then, he looked down at his father. He winked at his son. This made James have to hide a smile. Then, he immediately ran out to Camden and resumed playing quidditch.

"We're going to have to punish him for that," Ginny said. "Plus he snuck out after dark."

"Ginny, we did that a thousand times," Harry protested.

"You, not me," she disagreed.

"It's Christmas," Harry said, "a time for forgiveness. And plus, he didn't do anything. It's okay."

Ginny sighed; not wanting to let James off the hook, but eventually nodded her head before placing it on her husband's shoulder.

*StarStarStar*

"What?" Hermione asked again softly to Harry and Ginny as George sat next to her, stunned.

"He's officially gone," Harry replied for the third time to his sister-in-law.

"But…how? What was he doing at Diagon Alley?" she wondered.

"He was turning more people," Harry answered about Greyback. "We chased him for three straight days and finally, we caught him. He was sentenced to death. It surprised me it wasn't right away…I guess the people at the Ministry were trying to figure out how to get something more powerful that wasn't wolfsbane…Kingsley didn't approve, but he was outnumbered and he had to pass that they keep him alive…for another eight year."

"That's horrible!" Hermione cried out.

"Something was different about Greyback," Ginny began, "or so they thought. It was all an act just to try to be released. They poured some of that truth syrup in his mouth and they asked him questions…apparently he answered untruthfully even though they gave him that…they still don't know how he did it."

"How come I wasn't informed of this?" Hermione wondered and crossed her arms, looking at Harry. He noticed.

"…Hermione they didn't want me to tell you anything because they know you can win a case like this within…two hours. They thought you might even defend him because of your career in the Ministry."

"Just because I defend some magical creatures when their past isn't all too good doesn't mean that I'd defend Greyback!"

"I know, I tried to convince them but…well they're stubborn," he responded.

"Well it's better now than never," George said, finally saying something. "Anyways, what's been going on with you guys? How are James, Al, and Lily doing in school?"

Harry and Ginny looked at each other, seeing in each other's eyes that they wouldn't spill the incident with James at Christmas a few months ago.

"James is still seeing Felicity," Ginny said and took a bite of her uneaten toast.

"Wow…when did they start seeing each other?" Hermione wondered.

"They've been seeing each other for a very long time, Mione," George teased prior to Hermione bumped him in his side.

"This is almost a year and a half," Ginny said before an owl flew into their home through the open window on the crispy late march day.

Ginny picked up the letter and opened it, then read it silently to herself. After she had finished, she placed her hand over her mouth and handed it to Harry.

"Well, not anymore, I guess," Ginny said and plopped down beside him.

"Oh," Hermione pouted. "Poor Jamesie."

"Al said that James didn't want us to know what happened," Harry said, "at least not yet. But he did say that he ended it with her."

"Wow…" Ginny drawled. "I really thought Felicity was different. She wasn't like any of the other girls he dated."

"Well it's because he didn't go out with another player," George murmured. Hermione rolled her eyes, but Harry almost unnoticeably nodded with him, a slight grimace on his face.

"I bet he's just devastated," Hermione mumbled and looked down at her lap.

"Well lets move on," Ginny suggested. "How's Fred doing with all of his girls?"

"One's sticking with him…I don't know if he's really my son-" Hermione nudged George as he said this. George laughed.

"They've been best friends ever since first year," Hermione continued for him, "and I thought they'd be just that. Cressida is really different. But honestly now that I think about it…I couldn't really see Fred with anyone else."

Ginny smiled. At least one person in the family who was dating was happy.

"Well what about Al?" George wondered.

"He doesn't tell us anything!" Ginny replied right after the question. "It's maddening."

Harry chuckled.

Ginny heard and then continued, "Well, at least he doesn't tell me anything."

"He tells you plenty," Harry reassured his wife. "And I don't get that relationship stuff from Lily, you do."

"She's twelve," Ginny laughed. "What 'relationship stuff'?"

A/N: ahAHA! Well I just thought there should be a chapter on James, Al, and Lily kinda sorta growing up a bit dealing with "relationship stuff" and such. Next chapter soon to come! (This was the second to last chapter!) Hope you liked it!