⨳⨳⨳⨳SUMMER OF 1995 ⨳⨳⨳⨳

⫘⫘⫘FORGOTTEN ROADS⫘⫘⫘

It was the day of her date with Harry and she was a nervous wreck.

Yes, for the first time in her life Amelia Susan Bones was nervous, no she was sweating behind her knees cause she was anxious about what her evening was going to be like.

Before last Christmas, her life was split between her work and taking care of her niece. It was all she knew ever since she was 16 if she had described her life it was divided into two parts.

Now at 30, she was in contract with a 14-year-old and she was nervous. Because in terms of romantic relationships she was a complete rookie! She never had a date before with any boy in the school cause she was a late bloomer and by the time she was able to understand romantic concepts, responsibilities came upon her. She was not one to run away from them especially when that responsibility was a cute bundle of joy that was her baby niece.

But there was another reason for her nervousness that being the boy himself and the fact that he was a perfect gentleman in every sense. In three weeks she lived in Black Manor, he never leered at her and other ladies in the manor. She caught him once or twice admiring them but never in a lustful way.

Except for one time when she was fresh out of her shower and was wearing a towel. He came to her room calling breakfast only to be stunned for a second getting beet red and running back downstairs. That was one of the happiest days of her life knowing she had such an effect on him.

But that was all the good stuff and while it was in spades, behind all the kindness and warmth was the pain and sorrow of years that was locked away in some corner inside him. In her career, she had seen many cases of children who came from abused homes from muggle homes but none of them were as bad as Harry.

The case she saw had children who either ran from home the first opportunity they got to someone they trusted or someone who reported the abuse to Aurors. It was then that the Magical Child services would help to relocate the child and punish the abusers.

But Harry never had anyone until he rescued Sirius in his third year. 13 years of abuse of what kind she didn't know maybe it was just verbal or it was physical, but her mind didn't want to go any further than that! She knew there were 13 years of anger, sorrow, and anguish locked inside his heart which he didn't let control him, cause he was pure and just more than any man she had to see in her life.

Cause she didn't know any wizard who would let the man who betrayed his parents go cause it was the right thing to do instead of killing him the moment he had the opportunity.

She saw it reduce little by little after his date with Bella but it was just a chip of the iceberg that was as large as the manor she was living in.

She knew all of them had to be patient as it was only time until Harry tells all of them about his past and if what Bella told her about the date was true then she was not going to force him to reveal anything but instead tell him everything about her and then spend time knowing everything she could without pushing the topic of his life with his relative.

So in summary today she was shutting her brain off and opening her heart to the fullest. For this evening she was not a director of DMLE Madame Bones today, No!

She was Amelia Bones a witch on a date with her future husband, Harry James Potter.

With all these thoughts running through her mind she Straightened a nonexistent crease on her dress before applying a gentle amount of white iris perfume to her wrist and the nape of her neck. She smiled in front of the mirror seeing a reflection of her niece standing entering her room.

"So?" she asked turning around

Susan smiled saying "He won't know what hit him, Auntie, you are looking beautiful" cheerfully before she offered her hand saying "Let's go your date is waiting for you"

Taking a deep breath she took her niece's hand and led her out of her room to the living room where Harry was standing there talking with Sirius and Remus animatedly. He was wearing a simple crimson shirt and black pants. To her, he looked as sharp as a knife with his quidditch-toned body hidden underneath the heathen named fabric.

'He looks so… Delicious!' Amelia thought looking at the green-eyed wizard and was about to start fantasizing about things she would do with him before she applied brakes to those thoughts 'What! Behave, Amelia, he is a 14-year-old and you barely know him! So don't even think about jumping his Bones, Bones hehe that was pure coincidence! Okay calm yourself down and enjoys your time with him! No sex until he is ready!' she realized that Harry was looking at him and his expressions made her jump with joy while simultaneously blushing under his eye as she moved toward him.

'I am so aware of my dress and the fact that I am blushing from a teen looking at me! It's official Amelia Susan Bones you are going to fall and too hard & fast in love with this young man! No chance of survival whatsoever and you know you don't want to survive. You are at his mercy and don't forget he is at yours too' coyly smirking internally.

Harry's POV

There seating on the couch in the lounge room was Harry, waiting for his date for tonight. He was fighting the nervousness bubbling up in his gut with the confidence he gained from his previous two dates.

In the past week, his bond with Bella started developing slowly but steadily. After their date, Bella started enjoying music and now there was always slow music playing in her room while she would be reading romance novels. It was the activity he joined her when he could. They would cuddle on the couch in her room along with some milkshakes during the day or hot chocolates at the night to fight night chills

He smiled at the memory which made him think 'Okay Potter be calm it's not something you haven't done before

But his nervous gut struck 'Yeah but you haven't done this with Amelia. She is so beautiful, smart, caring, and independent, she is just perfect that's when he heard steps so he stood up turning around expecting his date.

He was disappointed to see that it was just Sirius and Remus coming out of the library. Sirius just joined the Auror Corps again and he was Senior Auror. He was also a member of the Order of Phoenix. It was a resistant organization made by Dumbledore made to fight Voldemort.

Along with Sirius, Remus the elder Weasley's along with some Aurors, scholars, researchers, and people of many more different professions. They were mostly doing security detail for potential targets for the raids. Other than that it was only espionage and reconnaissance on the supporters. Sirius was under organizational oath not to reveal anything concrete but he still told him that there are no signs of any activity by Voldemort or his followers in the country.

Remus was supposed to leave for an indefinite time for a mission assigned by Dumbledore and so for a few days, Sirius was going to take over COMC. Till now they cover House Elves, Diriclaw, Bowtruckle, and a Crup which was a 2 tailed dog. He loved the creature it was just like a muggle dog.

"Huh expecting someone else were you Pup?" Sirius teased him seeing his disappointed expression.

Remus added saying "Oh Cub you got it as bad as if not worse than James!"

Sirius nodded saying "Yep and you have to do this multiple times! Darn having a Harem is both a blessing and a curse" he sighed shaking his head.

Remus nodded saying "Too true Mate Too true" patting Sirius's shoulder.

Harry simply groaned before saying "Haha Laugh it up bu.." He turned hearing footsteps coming closer from behind his godfather and honorary uncle. This time it was who he was waiting for.

Both Sirius and Remus cleared for his line of sight, Amelia walking towards him wearing a closed maroon-colored halter dress with a side slit that went up to the middle of her thigh. Her crimson red hair flow and is almost mixed with her dress. Her skin looks like it is glowing.

The only single thought came to his mind 'Yep Perfect!' as he watched her walk towards him he watched in awe trying to drink all beauty of the moment.

Amelia was standing in front of him now waiting for him to say something to her and she did it for a minute. She smirked thinking 'Woohoo! Rendered him speechless without even trying! Nicely done Bones!'

She leaned forward purring in his ears seductively "Harry?"

Her warm breath hitting his ear lobe did the trick. He broke out of his stupor as a shiver ran down his spine he was flushed with embarrassment. He sputtered like an idiot for a minute making Sirius and Remus have a laughing fit while Susan standing behind a smiling Amelia, giggled.

Collecting himself finally he looked Amelia in eyes saying "You look so Gorgeous Amy!" with a shy smile on his face.

Red Head women blushed a little finally hearing a compliment which was accompanied by a little giggle. It made Harry snicker a little, causing her to get slightly redder from the embarrassment before she smiled straightening a crease on his shirt saying "You look quite dashing yourself Green Eyes" with a hand on his chest.

He smiled at his new nickname. It was a kind of habit among his ladies to have another name for him. For Bella and Dora it was 'Harry Bear' the origin of that was unknown to him. For Rose, it was 'Aurthur' reason being his uncanny resemblance to King Arthur. 'Green eye' was the newest one given and used exclusively by Amelia. For Susan and Daphne, his name was enough. It was something he loved cause it gave somewhat of a personal connection with each lady of his.

Amelia took his hand into her's interlocking her fingers with his asking "So where are we going?"

"Anywhere you want, Amy" he answered smiling at the questioning look she gave him.

She opened her mouth but before she could ask anything he cut her off by saying "I didn't plan anything for today cause today you are deciding where we go for dinner, what we do after dinner, and everything else. I know you are busy as a bee at your job and so don't have much time to do things you love. So today we do what you wanted to do but couldn't cause of your work"

Amelia simply blinked at him in surprise and shock at him. She didn't know how to respond so she simply smiled saying "Thank you Green Eyes" and kissing him on the cheek.

A little red appeared on his cheek as he asked "So what do you want tonight Amy?"

"I…I don't know there are so many things I want to do but I don't know what to do first?" she exclaimed

"Okay then let's start small, it's our first date and we can move to bigger things on our future dates" Harry suggested.

She smiled at his answer before thinking about what she wanted to do before blushing and saying in a small voice which was characteristic of her "Um it will sound silly" before she continued "I have not had Fortescue ice cream in like 4 years, last time I had ate ice cream was just before I dropped Susan for her First year at the platform"

He flashed a smile saying "Then, I think we should hurry before it closes for the day"

Once again she blinked at her in shock asking "You want to go to eat ice cream on our first date but we can go to a nice hotel and have dinner"

He cut her off saying "But isn't the purpose of data is to get to know each other so what does it matter if it's over dinner or doing something you always wanted to do"

Not having anything to retort and excitement of eating the frozen dessert after such a long time was bubbling inside her. In the end, her excitement was too much for her to resist and with sparkling eyes, she smiled saying "Let's go then or it will be closed! But you are not going like that neither am I so Glamour On green-eyes!" taking her wand and tapping it on her head before tapping on Harry's. Both were now covered in glamor which others could see but both of them.

"Okay let's go!" as he said an excited Amelia apparated both of them to the Diagon alley without warning him which made him 'yelp!'

As they appeared in the alley Amelia landed perfectly but Harry stumbled back falling backward on his bum. She looked back at him chuckling and offering him a hand which he took standing up on his feet before swaying a little saying "Please warn me next time you do that, Amy"

"Sorry I forgot in excitement," she said sheepishly biting her lip while tucking a stray strand of her crimson lock behind her ear.

Looking at her Harry thought 'So cute', after a few seconds when he was stable he looked at her saying "It's okay, now Shall we?"

Arriving at the shop both were practically jumping with excitement. Amelia looked at the menu over and over again whining childishly "I can't decide on one!" in defeat leaning back in the chair.

"Then let's order a scoop of all of them!" he announced with excitement.

She once again only blinked in surprise saying "Har…" she stopped herself remembering he was the prime target of the sympathizers of the Dark Lord which was about 85% of the wizarding world population. She continued "…. We can't do that we won't be able to finish them there are 30 options"

"Than we will share all the scoops and try to complete them in… let's say an….. hour!" he announced enthusiastically with an excited grin etched on his face.

His enthusiasm infected her as she turned off her brain and agreed by saying"Let's do it" before she went to the owner of the shop saying "Mr. Florean we would like to scoop all 30 of your frozen delicacies please"

"Aye Ma'am!" the jolly shop owner answered "I will be back with your order just in a minute you can enjoy your date while I prepare your order"

She simply blushed with a nod before returning to her table beaming at Harry thinking 'I am on a date! It feels so good hearing it from others'

As she back sat back down in her chair Florean who was right behind her floated a large tray with 30 cups of ice creams to their table.

"Ready?" she asked him casting a tempus charm

"Yeas let's do it" he nodded in determination before suggesting "Let's start with your least favorite one, so which one is it?" looking at the large tray on the table in front of him.

She grimaced her face whining "But why would I want to start with Vanilla?"

"Cause you can enjoy it at last and savor it" he explained

"Oh! That's a good idea Green Eyes!" she exclaimed before continuing to warn him saying "But I will not share Chocolate orange Sundae! I am telling you in advance" with a pout on her face.

He chuckled nodding as he thought 'Witches love their sweets' seeing Amelia take a scoop and place it in between them.

He took a bite of what was according to Amelia's least favorite ice cream which was vanilla. He agreed as it was nothing special about it but still moaned as it was indeed his first ice cream, ever.

Watching his expression Amelia felt a mixed pang of sympathy and happiness. It broke her heart to see Harry have the first ice cream of his life at 14 years old. That fact alone made it clear to her what kind of life he had before Sirius came along.

She wanted to know everything about his life but she held herself back knowing that asking him as she knew how he would react. To others, it was like he was a jolly happy but sometimes a moody child. And it was true in the bounds of the Black Manor but outside it was a facade. She observed him in both situations and it was disturbing how big the difference was.

At home, he was relaxed around all of them. While he never talked about anything before he arrived at Hogwarts he was a normal teen. But outside he was always tensed and on alert. Entering any place he looked around to see ways to exit out of there. If any stranger especially an adult came in about 5 feet radius around him he would stiffen like a statue.

He was ready to make a run for it. If anyone he was not comfortable with tried to come closer or touch him, he flinched away. With his abuse and pressure from a dark lord after his life, she feared he would crack under it.

She is not going to let it happen not to her Harry.

After an hour they were finally on the last cup but by now both were sweet sick of ice cream. They called the Chippy and sent her home with a pint of Chocolate Orange Sundae ice cream after Harry paid Florean for everything.

"So what next Amy?" he asked Amy

"Let's just take a walk to our next destination" she smiled taking his hand and was relieved to see he was comfortable with her. She knew it already but it still made her happy that he trusted her.

Harry nodded and both went to the muggle side of London walking to a destination unknown to him but seeing a huge smile on Amelia's face he knew it was important to her. After about 10 minutes of walking, they stopped in front of a Royal Opera House.

They stood there in silence as Amelia looked at the building a tear dropped down her eye on her right cheek as she smiled wistfully. Harry didn't say anything he knew this was important for her. He just kept a firm hold of her hand but the street was overcrowded which was making him uncomfortable and he wanted to get out of there.

It was after 10 minutes that she turned only to see Harry squirming uncomfortably. She was confused for a second before she looked around and saw the reason for his condition. It was a street crowded and he hated crowds.

She cursed herself for forgetting about him. Not wanting to see him squirm for another second she squeezed his hand to his attention before saying "Let's go, Harry, I am hungry there is a small coffee house just a little further" and took a lead directing both of them to their destination. It was a coffee house named 'BUTTERCUP'

It was in a back alley that was deserted. It looked run down from the outside. He threw her a skeptical look to which she simply smiled saying "Trust me, it's better from inside"

He nodded with smiled and followed her into the coffee house. Just like a tent at the world cup, he was surprised once again. The interior was white walls with gold accents on them with floral designs. It was a high-end coffee house but small enough to be managed by 2 or 3 people.

Entering the room she took off her Glamor which confused Harry.

"What can I offer y… Amelia?!" an older woman exclaimed in surprise as she came out the back of the room. She was about somewhere 60 to 65 with her hair graying and she was wearing specs with strings attached to them that went around her neck. She was dressed in the posh maid gown. As she greeted Amelia he guessed she knew her.

Amelia beamed looking at the woman saying "Hey Aunt Freida"

"Oh! I can't believe my old eyes! My Melia is in front of me a grown lady and with a man no less! Come here hug me" as she opened her arms. Amelia flew to hug the woman while Harry looked at the scene with a smile on his face.

As they broke the hug Amelia sasaidI am sorry Auntie Freida I was just busy with taking care of Susan and with my job I never had time to visit you, I am so sorry"

"Oh don't worry dear I understand you have your life too and I can see you found someone special to share it with", Freida said looking at Harry.

Amelia blushed nodding to her before glancing back to Harry as she threw him a smile before, saying "Yes, I did and he is very very special"

"Ohhhh! I am so happy for you Melia! Oh, he looks so handsome and sweet, introduce me, dear!" Thea admonished to which Amelia chuckled and turned to Harry beckoning him to come to her.

As he came beside she introduced him "Auntie Freida please meet my fiancee Harry Potter Harry this is my mother's closest friend Freida Kent"

He smiled greeting "Hello it's a pleasure to meet you Ma'am" taking her hand and brushing his lips against her knuckles

"Oh, a proper gentleman! Hello Harry" with a kind and warm smile on her face before continuing and saying "Now you two love birds take a seat I will send someone to take your order"

With a nod, both took a seat on the table near the window, as they did Amelia got a far-gone look in her eyes as she looked out at the street through the winds before she chuckled saying "My parents used to bring me and Edgar, my brother to Opera house when there was a show in there. I loved those and so did my brother Edgar but he pretended to hate it cause he didn't want to look 'girly' in front of other boys at school" with air quotes.

Before she continued "And this is the cafe we would come to eat after the show. Aunt Freida and my mother became friends very quickly. It was our escape during the war but during one such visit after Edgar & Emily's wedding we were ambushed by Death Eaters" her throat closed up along with tears in her eyes.

Seating beside her Harry took her hand in his saying "you don't have to tell me all this Am…."

But she cut him off saying "No don't Harry I want to, Magic knows it has been coming for years I finally want to accept it all" before she took a deep shuddering breath saying "Mother and Father were killed as they fought to buy three of us time to escape" she recounted tears flowing on her cheeks freely. He took hold of her with a one-arm hug and laid her head on his shoulder.

After a few minutes, she raised her head smiling at him and saying "After that we went into hiding and soon Emily was pregnant with Susan who as you guessed is named after her grandmother. I was at Hogwarts when I heard our house was attacked and Susan's parents were killed" once again tears threatened to escape her eyes as she continued

"She was in the nursery when the wards failed Edgar ordered our house elves to bring her to me at Hogwarts in the middle of the night and just like that I lost everything," she said tears rolling down her cheeks as she laid her head on his shoulder with his arm around his her shoulder.

Finally, she wiped her cheeks before taking a deep breath she smiled at him saying "Since then I couldn't come here, not even when I was free cause I couldn't muster the courage, this place reminds me of all those things" she said wiping her cheeks before looking up and straight into his eyes saying "But you gave me that courage today come to these …" paused before completing "…. Forgotten roads of my heart, So Thank you"

Confused at this he couldn't help but ask "I gave you courage? I just made you eat 20 ice creams which I think was wrong cause my throat hurts now" as he caressed his throat.

She chuckled at him before saying "No silly! You encouraged me to do what I needed and wanted to do but for so long have been procrastinating. So thank you I needed this for a long time and I didn't even know how much until you showed me today. Thank you so much for returning part of my life I missed for so long" kissing him near his mouth.

He smiled saying "I am glad to help you Amy I know these important these memories are" kissing her cheek

A waiter came by to pick up their order. Amelia order some pasta with garlic bread while feeling his throat hurting so he went for a burnt garlic soup to soothe his throat,

And he didn't regret it cause he loved the pasta. Both left the Coffee house only after Amelia promised Freida that she will come by often along with Harry which was the specification.

As they walked out of the back alley to the main street and were tracing their steps back only for Harry to stop right in front of the Opera house and smile her hand saying "Amelia Susan Bones, you are one of the most beautiful women whom I have the honor to share my life with" looking in her eyes before looking down and saying "I…I….I am not perfect, I have my secrets and demons to fight before I share them with all you, so I hope all you can be patient with me" with a small smile.

Amelia was about to interrupt but Harry continued before she could "I Promise you Amy I will try to be my best for all of you and one day in the future maybe we can all come here for a show as husband & wives, as a family"

Amelia choked up a little before she caressed his face with both of her hands saying "You are Silly Green eyes, you think you are not the best for us? Oh you don't know how wrong you are cause you are the best in the world can offer and I too hope that we can come here as a family" just as she was about to kiss him, he turned around and sneezed hard.

Harry looked back at her with an embarrassed look on his face as sniffed saying "I am *sniff* sorry *sniff* Amy I think I….I… I… aaaaaahhhhhhHHHHHHHCCCCCCHUUUUUUU!" sneezing again.

Looking at him Amelia couldn't help but chuckle before saying "Okay Mr. Potter looks like you are suffering from flu & cold so no ice cream for you until you get better. Now let's get you home you need some rest" offering her hand to him.

Sniffing once again Harry nodded saying "Yeah I like that plan" taking his hand.

"Ready?" getting a nod from him she apparated him to a black manor and tucked him into his before going back to her bed for night's sleep. For the next 5 days, he had to rest as Andromeda ordered him to which was more of a threat and during those days Amelia spent most of her free time taking care of him along with his sister wives.

Hello, People so that was Harry's Date with Amelia!

A date of revisiting the past, sharing the pain, and overcoming it all someday to become a real family to each other!

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