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July 31st, 2001
Later That Night
"Why did you need me and Theo here with any books that had to do with pureblood laws?" Hermione asked as she entered the Potter house to find Daphne sitting on the floor with books spread around her. "What's going on?"
"Weaslette showed up with unsigned divorce papers." Daphne replied not looking up at the couple now standing in her boyfriend's living room. She had too much research to do to look up. "Meaning I am trying to find any law that gives all rights to the father. He's the Head of two houses and the Savior of our world. There has to be something we can come back on."
Taking a seat next to his best friend, Theo took the book that was in Daphne's hand. He had seen this before when they had a marriage contract. If the war hadn't happened or Voldemort and his Death Eaters won, Theo and Daphne would have gotten married. It was something they would have been able to live with, yet neither wanted too. And if Daphne couldn't find a loophole they would have been married. Luckily for them, the war did happen and Theo became the Head of the House of Nott, making it possible for him to get rid of the marriage contract. "Most of these laws are outdated or dissolved even."
"Not all of them." The blonde mumbled when she picked up another book. "Goblin's have regulations on vaults. We need to read them and make sure that Harry won't lose his fortune to that gold digging slutbag."
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked looking up from one of her own books. As much as she hated the pureblood laws, she knew just as much as Daphne that Ginny Weasley deserved nothing Harry had worked hard for. Or risked his life. "Shouldn't he be here discussing all of this with us?"
Sighing softly, Daphne closed her book. "He's with James. Told me he'll be down when James falls back asleep."
"How are they doing?" Examining her friend, she noticed Daphne's blue eyes become tearful while she began to explain how both Harry and James were feeling. Her hands tensed into fits, ready to pummel something or someone. Her breathing became more rugged.
"They are doing the best that they can be at this moment." Daphne finally replied. Harry had taken James upstairs after Ginny had left the three. She had heard the bath running and doors opening and closing. Those few noises gave her enough hope to know that they were going to be okay. At least that's what she wants to think. "Harry has only said one word to me and it was, thanks. James screamed at Weaslette and broke a lamp."
"Oh, that poor boy." Hermione shook her head in disbelief. "Harry has worked so hard for James to be able to control his magic. Not many four year olds have that kind of control."
"I know. It was the first time I have ever seen James use accidental magic."
"I found something!" Theo exclaimed, throwing the book in between the two talking women. "How did I end up being the only one who continued looking? I barely even know Potter." Realizing that they didn't care how he ended up being the only doing any research, Theo had finished his thought. "I know that Daphne just hates Weaslette, but what if Daphne was right and Harry was unknowingly taking love potions?"
"But if he has, it's been months since he would have taken one. It wouldn't turn up on any spells." Hermione shook her head, "The only way for this to work would be for Ginny to actually admit it."
"And she will once we give her veritaserum." Daphne gave Theo a knowing look, Theo was taught how to make veritasium at an early age by his father. Telling him that you never know when you are going to need someone tell you their deepest secrets without getting caught by using an Unforgivable. During potions, he was the only one to have known how to successfully make the potion.
"You want to give Ginny veritaserum?" Harry's voice asked when the three heard footsteps walking down the old staircase. "Why?"
"These two think that Ginny may have given you love potions." Hermione explained when Harry walked into the living room.
Raising an eyebrow at his girlfriend, Harry took a minute to think if it was a good idea. He could think of multiple times a potion may have been given to him. Now after being away from his relationship with Ginny and beginning his relationship with Daphne, he knew that true happiness felt like. "She can't know she's getting a truth serum though."
"Are you serious?" The bushy haired women asked, turning her full attention to the new body in the room. "You think this plan would actually work?"
"It might." The dark haired wizard shrugged, before throwing his famous Harry Potter boyish smile at Hermione. "Come on Mione, when was the last time we made a plan together. And this time it might actually work! We rode on a back of the dragon, giving Ginny Weasley a potion is a piece of cake."
"You've ridden on a dragon?"
"How many dragons have you faced Potter?"
Ignoring the two Slytherins, who had multiple questions that they needed answers to, "This is probably the stupidest plan I have ever heard." Taking a deep breath, she reached over and took his hand in her own. "But I helped you break into the most secure bank in the Wizarding Community, I will help you make sure Ginny doesn't receive anything she doesn't deserve."
"Thank you, Hermione." Squeezing her hand multiple times, the two Gryffindors looked over at their significant others who had their mouths wide open. Realizing that no one knew what the Golden Trio did during the war, Harry let out a long sigh. "So we should get started on that potion and tell some stories."
"As long as you don't let anyone what happened." Hermione added closing the book in front of her, giving Theo a light smile. "I told you there were things you still didn't know about me."
Getting up from his spot on the floor, Theo gave his girlfriend a bright smile. "Good, I thought you were running out of stories to entertain me."
"Go work on that potion, Theodore." Giving Theo a look Harry thought she only had reserved for Ron. But instead of a groan or insult that Ron would give her, Theo gave her a loving kiss on top of her head. "I love you."
"I love you too, Granger." Giving her one last kiss on the lips, he turned his direction to Harry. "Do you have any potion supplies?"
"I do, I'll show you where it is." Harry showed Theo where the potions lab was. He never thought about having a lab in his own home, seeing that potions wasn't his favorite subject. He didn't even know this room existed before he officially and revenorated the old Black residence. Thinking that eventually, this room would come in handy, the room stayed the way it was. Leaning against the metal table, Harry watched Theo look for the ingredients that he needed for veritaserum. "Everything there you need?"
"Yes, I got everything I need." Theo responded turning towards the dark haired wizard. This was the first time in his relationship with Hermione Granger, that he had been in a room alone with Harry Potter. Even though Harry's wife didn't want to be in the same room as Hermione, didn't mean Harry stayed away. Theo could count on one hand how many conversations he has had with the Savior of the Wizarding World. "Did Weaslette know about this lab?"
"Is there ingredients for love potions?" Harry asked curiously looking over at the shelf that held all the ingredients. "I never bought anything. Ginny had every once in awhile. But I couldn't tell you what she bought."
"And how did you beat Hermione in potions during our sixth year? Can't you recognize amortentia ingredients? You were the only one to successfully make that potion."
"I had help with an old potions book. Someone, who I later found out was Snape, wrote how to successfully make the potions. Hermione had never been so pissed at me. Out of all the things I did over our years at Hogwarts, I think cheating during potions was the worst thing in her eyes."
Snorting quite loudly, Theo nodded his head in agreement. "That sounds like her alright. She always keeps me on my toes."
"That's what so great about her." Harry said looking at the Slytherin, "I know this is coming a couple years too late but, if you hurt her, I will kill you."
Taking his eyes off the potion, Theo gave Harry the same look he was giving him. Overprotective along with a mix of determination. "Same goes with you, Potter. Daphne has been my best friend since we were children. She's what Hermione is to you. And she has been waiting for you to notice her in this way for 5 years. Don't hurt her, because Savior or not I will kill you."
"I'm glad we're on the same page." Harry said holding out his hand towards his best friend's boyfriend. "Friends? Hermione and Daphne would want us to be friends."
"Friends." Theo grasped Harry's hand in his own, neither knowing that their girlfriends were standing outside the door with identical smiles resting on their faces.
August 1st, 2001
The Next Day
"Alright, Theo and Hermione have James upstairs occupying him. Hermione threw up a silencing charm just in case. I may hate your soon to be ex wife, but I don't want James to start." Daphne said as she began to heat a tea kettle on the stove, Harry had been sitting in the same spot at the dining room table, dressed in nice suit pants and a crisp white shirt. That was all he could do today. That and get divorced.
"Thank you, Daph. You don't have to do any of this." Harry said watching his girlfriend move around the kitchen. "Are you sure you want to be here for this?"
Taking a deep breath, Daphne turned to face Harry. "Of course I have to do this. I need to keep moving so I don't kill Weaslette the second she walks into this house. Or accidentally say that I love you."
"You love me?" He asked softly, getting out of his spot from the dining room chair. Something like this would make anyone get out of their spot. Even when they decided earlier that they weren't going to move. Harry saw Daphne tense up when she realized what she just said.
Feeling Harry's strong arms wrap around her middle, she relaxed slightly at the touch. Only just slightly. "I do. I have for a really long time." Turning her head slightly towards him. "But I don't need you to tell me just because I said it. Especially today, you have too much on your plate. The last thing you needed to hear was that your girlfriend loves you."
Turning the women in his arms towards him, Harry captured her lips with his. Pulling away, just slightly, after giving her a mind blowing kiss. "You're wrong. That is exactly what I needed to hear today. You being here is what's getting me through this day."
"And I'll stay, right next to you."
"Good."
"That was so cute I think I'm going to hurl." Hearing the voice of his soon to be ex wife, Harry turned his attention to the redhead standing in the doorway with the lawyer standing behind her. Luckily the lawyer was his, Benedict Colt a pureblood wizard who was friends with his father during their Hogwarts years. Benedict Colt was one of the few wizard lawyers. Lawyers are hard to come by in the wizarding community, most worked at a muggle firm or had their own firm were they took on both muggles and wizards. Colt was the first lawyer who stood in front of the Wizagmont to prove his client's innocence.
Pulling away from Daphne's grasp, Harry nodded his head towards Colt. "Let's get started."
"Of course." Benedict nodded his head and pulled out the divorce papers from his briefcase, setting down three copies on the table "Everyone take a seat."
"Can I get anyone anything to drink?" Daphne asked from her spot in the kitchen. She knew she couldn't be in here during the divorce proceedings but that didn't mean she couldn't be helpful and get her boyfriend all to herself. "Tea? Water?"
"I'll have some tea, you homewrecker." Ginny replied taking a seat across from Harry.
Mumbling to herself, she poured the cup of tea. "Be a bigger person, Daph. Bigger person." Setting the tea in front of the redhead, Daphne gave Ginny a big smile. "I really hope you enjoy it."
"You didn't poison it did you? Make sure you get everything you want?"
"I'm pretty the papers in front of you are going to do that for me. So why try?" Daphne replied with a shrug of her shoulders before walking out of the dining room, she stopped and turned around. "And I'm pretty sure you're the homewrecker."
Letting out a soft laugh, Harry looked over at Ginny. "She's right you know. You are the one who left. This could be a lot easier if you just sign the papers."
"I'm not signing them until I get what I deserve." Ginny replied taking a sip of her tea, not noticing the cunning smirk resting on Harry's lips.
"Alright then, if you take a look everything here is split 70, 30. Mr. Potter gets 70, since most of everything was from his parents, his Godfather and winnings from the war." Benedict Colt instructed to the soon to be ex-couple. "Anything you personally brought into the marriage will be returned back to you. James Sirius Potter, will be staying with Mr. Potter with full custody and Ms. Weasley you will have visitation rights, scheduled weekends if Mr. Potter says it will be okay. Now, do you have any questions?"
"Why don't I get custody of my own son?" Ginny angrily yelled, standing up from the spot making the chair she was sitting in slam down to the ground. "I made sure that he was born."
"What does that even mean?" Harry calmly asked, even though in the inside his blood was beginning to boil. "You made sure that James was born, what does that mean?"
Chuckling darkly to herself, Ginny leaned closer to Harry. "What it means is, I gave you love potions to make you stay with me."
Colt's eyes became wide as saucers and began writing down everything he was hearing. "Was James Sirius Potter conceived using a love potion?"
"No, I'm not an idiot. I know babies conceived under a love potion are more likely to become a dark wizard." Ginny replied rolling her eyes. "It would look horrible if the Savior's son became a dark wizard. I gave you a potion and then put the idea in your head. How you would want to start a family after everything that has happened to you."
"You gave me a love potion in order for us to have a child." Shaking his head in disbelief, Harry held the pen in his hand over the papers. "Did you even love me? Or did you just love the idea of me?"
"I did love you all during school. When we had James, I was madly in love with you. But I knew that you didn't love me. Not the way you thought you did. That's why I started giving you love potions, small doses. And when I thought you were starting to actually be in love me, I stopped giving you potions. But it backfired, you stopped caring about me and only gave your attention to James when you were home. Dean was there when you weren't." Ginny explained with tears running down her face, this wasn't her. She hadn't been herself since she married Harry. Grabbing a pen, she signed her name on the papers. "I did leave to figure out who I am. And clearly you did as well."
"Why didn't Molly tell me what was going on?" Harry asked before he signed his own name. "If she knew, why would she string me along?"
"Because she didn't want to lose you and James."
"Even though now I don't trust her at all."
Nodding her head, she grabbed her purse and threw it over her shoulder. "I told you everything backfired didn't I? Can I see James before I leave? I want to say goodbye. I'm sure it will be awhile until you trust me again to see him."
"You're not wrong." Harry said standing up from his own spot. "I'll go ask." Taking one last look at Ginny, Harry walked up the stairs to find everyone sitting on the top of the stairs. "What are you doing out here?"
"Oh just eavesdropping." Hermione responded with a sad smile on her face. "Everything okay?"
Nodding his head, he kneeled in front of James. "Hey buddy, do you want to say goodbye to mummy?"
"Do I have too?" James asked in a small voice. He was clinging on Daphne's arm, not looking at Harry.
"No you don't, but I think mum would really like it." Seeing James shake his head, Harry stood up from his spot. "Okay, I'll let her know." Walking down the stairs, Harry found Ginny leaning against the couch. "Sorry James doesn't want to see you."
"Okay." Taking in a deep breath, Ginny walked to the fireplace. "Send me an owl when he's ready."
"I will." Harry watched Ginny disappear within the green flames, smiling softly to himself, he turned to find Daphne standing behind him. "So I'm not married anymore."
"Always a good quality to have in a boyfriend." Daphne laughed wrapping her arms around Harry's neck. "So about what I said before the meeting. I don't need to hear you say it back. I want you to mean it."
"I do too."