Right so I know the last chapter was pretty pathetic so I have written a longer one for you guys. Thanks also for the reviews they are really great!

Enjoy!

The sun was bright and golden and the air was fresh. A light breeze wafted among the large floral bouquets that lined the lawn of the Manor House and all was calm except for a bony lady with an extraordinarily long neck busing about frantically.

"The cake! Where's the cake! And be careful not to knock those flowers over!" She screeched at the men who were setting up the marquee where the wedding was being held and the poor team of caterers that were busily preparing platters of crudités to serve to the soon to be arriving guests.

"I want everything to be perfect for my dudley's special day!"

At that moment, Petunia Dursley spotted a mass of messy black hair appear from behind a perfectly manicured hedge accompanied by a blazing head of Crimson hair and a small baby adorned with a magenta mop of unruly locks. She sniffed disapprovingly at the baby before she could catch herself- the remembered the circumstances that Teddy Remus lupin now found himself in and immediately felt guilty.

"Pott-er Harry!" She called across the lawn and began to make her way over to the trio.

"I trust you have prepared a speech and have everything sorted?"

"Yes aunt Petunia"

She sighed. Weddings! Why did they have to be so stressful?

"Sorry Harry. I'm just desperate to make sure this is the best day of dudley's life - I know my wedding was. And I just have this nasty feeling that something is going to go wrong ..."

She trailed off, looking up at her nephew who she had treated badly for so many years and wondered whether things could have been different between the two of them. Maybe if Vernon hadn't convinced her that magic was such an abomination...

Petunia felt her throat go tight and began to turn away. Suddenly she said something very unexpected and something that Harry would never forget as long as he lived:

"You have Lily's eyes you know. I remember her helping me get ready before my wedding. Just the two of us. You are more like her than you know. "

And with that petunia turned on her heel and marched back to continue screeching commands at the frantic musicians and caterers.

If it hadn't been for the look of confusion on Ginnys face, Harry would have thought he had just dreamed up that would conversation.

Half an hour later the marquee that had been only a pile of canvas and poles previously, was teeming with guests who were fanning themselves vigorously to try and dispel some of the summer heat from the tent. Harry was glancing over his shoulder nervously to where ginny, teddy and 'grandma andy' were sitting on the front row, giving him reassuring smiles. Next to him was Dudley who seemed even more apprehensive, his thick blonde hair plastered to his bright red face with sweat. Harry chuckled. He may have lost a lot of weight but his cousin still had an uncanny resemblance of his father. Catching Harry's gaze, Dudley grinned nervously at him, a smile that Harry returned.

In the few months since Dudley had asked Harry to be his best man, the two had grown much closer. Not as close as Harry was to Ron, mind you, but close enough that Harry found the presence of his cousin strangely comforting as they stood at the front of the tent waiting for the ceremony to start.

And start it did. After the service there was dancing, laughter and lots of food that continued to flow untill well Into the night. It seemed that Dudley had completely forsaken his old crowd, with the exception of piers polkis, and Harry had to admit that his news friends were rather nice. There were a few occasional awkward moments when a few old family friends who had known Harry as the deranged criminal nephew asked ginny whether she had met Harry "inside" or questioned their suitability to look after "that poor child", but on occasions like this, Dudley seemed to timely interrupt the conversations and save Harry from thinking up a fantastical yarn to spin.

By the time Harry and ginny came to leave (Andromeda had taken teddy home earlier) he felt as if he had finally been accepted into the family that had raised him. It was a nice feeling, he concluded. Of course, they would never equal the weasleys, Sirius, Remus and all the others, but it felt nice to eventually be recognised by the only blood relatives he had left.

Smiling, Harry linked arms with ginny and the two ambled slowly away from the festivities, enjoying the quiet of the night until they found a secluded corner of the grounds from which to apparate home.

Ok so I hoped you enjoyed it. I hope that the story will pick up a bit now with a bit more humour and family mishaps now the gap between Harry and Dudley has been properly bridged. Feedback would be really appreciated and if you have any suggestions of ideas for family get togethers etc I would be more than happy to try and include them. I hope I will be able to post the next chapter soon as it is the holidays at the moment! Thanks for sticking with me though :)