Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I also don't own this song, which is by Nickelback.
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Harry Potter had just done the one hardest thing he had to do. He had just attended his wife, of nearly 15 years, funeral.
Ginny had just gone shopping, while he comforted Lily, who was sad that her brothers were gone.
Now, he was in his room looking through all his photos.
Look at this photograph
Everytime it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head
He picked up a picture of Ginny, Ron, Harry, and Hermione, that was taken when the Trio was taking their 7th year, after the battle. Ron had a ridiculous Chudley Cannons hate on.
And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out
He next picked up a picture of the Burrow, how it used to be. The Death Eater's had destroyed it. Molly and Arthur, had rebuilt and remodelled, but it wasn't what it used to be.
And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times
The next picture was of Hogwarts. He remembered all the good times he had with Ginny. Like their first kiss. And the way he convinced McGonagall to let him get married there, by Dumbledore's tomb.
I wonder if it's too late
Should I go back and try to graduate
Life's better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, God, I
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Harry starting flipping through the photo album looking for a certain picture. One he desperately needed.
Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down
He flipped past a picture of Hagrid's old hut, which the Death Eater's had also destroyed.
We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel
Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when
He flipped past a picture of the DA, pausing momentarily on Cho's face. He attended her wedding to Roger Davies.
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, God, I
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it
He found the photo he was looking for. It was of Ginny and Harry, out by the lake, 7th year. Ginny's head was lying in his lap, looking up his profile, with love in her eyes, while he gazed down at her. Every so often, his picture self, would bend down and kiss her.
If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change
He gazed at it for a while just remembering for a while. Before they were married, before he was an auror, before they had kids, before she was a Quidditch superstar. He missed it. But one thing didn't change. He loved her.
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
"Daddy?" Came a voice from the door. Looking up he saw that it was his 9 year old daughter. Lily. God, she looked just like her. She was all he had left right now. The boys had gone back to Hogwarts.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Harry asked.
Sobbing she launched herself into him. Cuddling him to her, he began flipping through the photo albums, pointing out pictures of Ginny. He knew the pictures would bring comfort.
Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me...
19 years later, a 28 year old Lily Luna Malfoy, nee Potter, went through the same photographs with her daughter, Ginerva Autumn Malfoy, showing her all about the grandmother that she would never meet.
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A/N Lily married Scorpius, btw. Anyway, I was in the car today with my mom driving home from the store, listening to this song, and this idea came to me. Really sad, I know. I might write a multi-chapter about Harry coping with raising 3 children on his own, you know, building of this story. Who knows.
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