Harry's POV

Ch. 3

"Harry wake up."

"Ron, come on I'm still trying to sleep." Harry said groggily.

"Your mum told me to wake you up, breakfast is ready."

I sigh and get out of bed, put my glasses on and go to breakfast. Ron left me to use the bathroom. I get down stairs and see Rosie is already sitting there digging into her eggs.

"Good morning honey, how did you sleep?"

"I slept really well mum, thanks."

"Did you and Ron get to talk?" asks my dad.

"Yea, dad we talked."

"Talked about what?" asks my mum suspiciously.

"About the girl Harry likes.''

"Oh well that's good.''

Ron comes into the kitchen and sits down.

"Thank you Mrs. Potter for letting me stay the night."

"Anytime dear, and haven't I told you to call me Lily?''

"Oh sorry, I meant thank you… Lily."

Mum puts breakfast down in front of us. In the middle of eating a Hogwarts owl comes to the window.

"Why would a Hogwarts owl becoming now, we got Harry's and Rosie's book list. Harry will you go get the mail.''

I get up and get the letter from the owl and give him some bread. I go and sit back down and look at the letter.

"Who is it to Harry?" asks dad.

"It's addressed to me.''

"Well open it." Says mum excitedly.

I open the letter and I read it out loud.

Dear Mr. Harry Potter

I am pleased to tell you that you have been chosen to be Captain for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. If you have any questions you may go see Professor McGonagall at the beginning of term. See you at Hogwarts.

Sincerely Professor Dumbledore

"Congratulations Harry!" yells Ron.

Rosie looks up and says, "Good job Harry.''

"Way to go son.'' Dad exclaims proudly.

"Harry that is a great honor.'' says mum smiling.

"Yeah, it is.''

"What's wrong Harry?" mum wonders.

"Nothing, I just wasn't expecting to be made Captain. I thought only prefects could be made captain.''

"No Harry, they choose who the best player is.''

"I'm not the best.''

"Harry you take after me, you got on the team in your first year. Don't worry, you will do fine as captain." my dad encourages me.

"You think so?''

"Harry, this is awesome. You almost have all the same privileges us prefects do! You just can't take away points from our house, but you can use our bathroom," Ron says leaning over the dining table.

I shake my head and realize that I am being silly and that they wouldn't make me captain if they didn't think I can't handle it. I smile to myself, wow I got captain. Ron leaves shortly after breakfast because he hasn't gotten his books yet for school.

"So Harry, you talked to Ron about this girl.'' asks dad.

"Dad, you can stop calling her this girl. Yes, I did and he is completely fine with it."

"What am I not allowed to know who this girl is?" asks mum.

"I know who it is!" yells Rosie.

I look at my dad and start laughing.

"How do you know Rosie?" asks Dad.

"I saw them last night.''

"Will someone tell me who the bloody hell this girl is.''

"Mum, I thought you would have figured it out. Since dad asked me how Ron is with it. Oh and she is no longer this girl. She is my girlfriend.''

Mum is trying to think of whom this girl is, her mouth drops and then she starts to smile.

"Ginny Weasley, that's the girl.''

"YES! Mummy, Harry and Ginny walk out onto the patio last night, I saw them walk out but I didn't dare follow them.'' she says and smiles.

"Yeah, she my girlfriend.''

"Harry, when did this happen?"

"Last night."

"When you guys went out on the patio?"

"Oh mummy I just said that!" says Rosie with a frustrated sigh.

"Yeah.''

"Why didn't I see that? I mean all the signs were there. You helping her sit at the table, smiling every time she is around. You also said she was your friend's little sister, how could I not have put it together?" She laughs at herself, "The Potter curse has hit you too."

"Yeah, it has."

"You know of the Potter curse?"

"Yeah, dad told me last night after he found out who the girl was.''

She turns to look at dad with her "oh-no-you-didn't" look.

"James Potter, you knew our son has a girlfriend and you didn't tell me!"

"Well honey we were busy with stuff last night and Harry asked me not to tell anyone. Rosie knew too."

"That's not the point, it's not Rosie's job to tell me things about our children, it's yours."

Then she looks at me

"You told your father but you couldn't tell me?"

"Lily, Harry actually didn't tell me himself. You had me go get them from the patio and I saw them snogging."

Mum starts to laugh.

"Then I told him about the Potter curse. You know, how every Potter male has fallen for a girl with fire red hair? He asked me not to tell anyone because he wanted to tell Ron, so that's why I didn't tell you.''

"So is there really a Potter curse or are you guys' just saying that." asks Rosie.

"No there isn't a Potter curse, it just ever since my great-grandfather every Potter male has fallen for and married a woman with fire red hair."

"You mean Grandma Potter had red hair?" Rosie and I ask together.

"Yes, she did. Everyone always joked that's were her temper came from. She was a lovely woman Harry, I wish you two and your mum could have meet her.'' dad says softly.

"How did she die? I'm sorry for all the questions but you guys never talk about Grandma or Grandpa Potter.'' I ask.

"That's alright son. Well Grandpa Potter got very ill and he died, while Grandma was taking care of him and everything. She loved him so much, after he died, she just shut down. She had to go to St. Mungo's Hospital. She got better, so over my holiday, I stayed home to take care of her." Dad says starting to get teary.

"She died before we started our seventh year." Mum finished.

"How did she die?''

"The doctors say it was just her time, but I believe it was from a broken heart. She died on the anniversary of their engagement." Dad lets a few tears fall.

"They really loved each other, but before she died, she gave me her engagement and wedding ring and looked at me and said 'Gives these to that Lily girl son, don't be stupid, you love her and she loves you. She just doesn't know it yet.' I put those rings on a chain and wore them until I could give them to your mum.''

Mum walks over and shows me her hand.

"He proposed on our one year anniversary, he told me that this ring was his mothers. After I said yes, he said you will get this ring, he showed me it when it was on the chain at the wedding. On the inside it says of the engagement ring it says 'I'll love you until death' then on the inside of the wedding ring it says 'Death doesn't stop love.' I look at them all the time, and think about how lucky I am.'' Mum smiles looking down at her rings.

"These rings have been passed down, in our family for generations. When you are ready to propose to someone weather it's Ginny or someone else, you will get these rings and give them to her."

"I don't want to take mum's rings away from her.''

"Harry, your father and I already discussed it. It is a tradition that every Potter male gives the woman they marry these rings. You will give her these rings. You have time to think about that."

"Yes, you do. I have a feeling though that Ginny will be the girl for you." Dad laughs.

"Because of the Potter curse?"

"No because of the way you are when you are around her and how you talk about her. Harry you're in love."

"Yes, I am dad.''

"Hey does that mean the Potter curse will hit me? Will I fall for a guy with fire red hair?" says Rosie

We all laugh "Who knows dear maybe you will.'' says Mum

We sit there for a while and just smile. My parents give each other a kiss and I smile and wonder if one day Ginny and I will be like that.

Ok so I remember that is my MASH class in high school, when we were talking about grief and death. That my teacher says sometimes, when a husband and a wife are together for a very long time and one of them dies, the other one will sometimes die, on a day that was special to them. Like an anniversary, on another special day. So I thought, about that when they were talking about James parents. I also want to give a special shout out to accio-food for helping me, with my writing and making this story even better!