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Epilogue

11th of December 2017

'Come on, just one, final push and we're done!' Hermione called out as she held her wand with one hand and the other helped the baby come out. Lavender Weasley screamed in pain once again and cursed loudly as she pushed down.

'There we go!' Hermione called out as the baby cry filled the place the moment the first sunrise illuminated the hospital room. Hermione smiled, cast a couple of spells on Lavender and then wrapped the baby quickly in a blanket.

'Tell me it's a girl finally!' Lavender called out exhausted. Hermione didn't speak but gave the baby to its mother who took it and opened the blanket in a motion. When she saw the baby's sex she threw her body against the pillows and groaned.

'I'm going to kill him!' she screamed in desperation as the rest of the healers took the baby and kept up with strengthening potions and spells. 'Tell him to forget our bloody bed until Easter!' Lavender commanded her old classmate and Hermione just rolled her eyes and moved close to the doors of the room, stopping a yawn as she had been summoned in the middle of the night and just now, in 7 am, Lavender had given birth to her fifth child. She opened the doors and was greeted by a bunch of people; the Weasleys, Luna and Parvati were there, all looking expectantly with Hermione's best friend, Ron right before her looking fearful.

'Congratulations,' Hermione started. 'You have a healthy baby boy, Ron.' She added and before she could move closer and hug her friend for the happy news of the healthy baby she saw him groaning in actual remorse.

'She's going to divorce me this time for sure! Bloody Hell!' Ron exclaimed and Hermione took out her wand in an instant and pointed it at Ron whose tongue grew half a meter in another instant, he bit on it and groaned as he looked furious at his best friend for twenty six years.

'No swearing in my wing unless it comes from someone who tries to take a child out of her, Ronald Weasley. It's a blessing you have five sons and other people would kill for your fortune, now, I will reverse the spell and you will go in there on your knees and beg for her mercy because she is seriously upset for this not being the time your daughter arrived…' Hermione said sternly as the rest patted his back or chuckled at his huge tongue that was actually moving out of his mouth. Hermione finished the spell and Ron didn't even have the time to retort something smart at Hermione as Lavender's commanding voice from the inside of the delivery room had him rushing inside with fear on his face.

Molly, Arthur, Lavender's mother and the rest of the Weasleys patted Hermione's shoulders and thanked her for getting to the hospital in the middle of the night for the delivery. Hermione waved it off gently, saying it's her duty but this time she didn't stop the yawn as she was up from last night and had been waiting for Lavender to get to labor's final stage for hours. She approached Fleur who was holding one of the most precious people in Hermione's life. Hermione smiled at the French woman who gave her youngest daughter back to her mother.

'Mummy,' the little girl muttered and Hermione nodded and kissed her forehead as the seven year old Jane Potter opened her eyes a bit and looked at Hermione. 'Aunt Lav has a girl?' Jane asked and Hermione shook her head.

'Not this time, pumpkin,' Hermione replied softly as Fleur and Ginny chuckled the moment the girl groaned.

'Oh she's gonna keep complaining then!' the girl said sleepily and exasperated, causing everyone to laugh and nod their heads. Hermione kissed her daughter again and rocked her in her arms as the girl's head was resting in the crook of Hermione's neck.

'Any news from Harry?' Molly asked and Hermione shrugged soberly.

'Not yet, but I hope I'll have news of his soon, I hope he'll be back by Arthur's birthday…' Hermione said and looked at the fourth son of Ron's who smiled at his Godmother and nodded his head. Harry was away for a mission with the Aurors of the British ministry and since he was the Head Auror he had to always be the first to go and the last to return for the sake of his team.

Molly patted Hermione's shoulder and kissed the side of her head like she would do when Hermione was a young student.

'Do not worry, my dear, I'm sure he'll be back very soon.' Molly said and Hermione nodded and focused back on her youngest child that had been brought here with Fleur's help who was the one to summon Hermione after Lavender's waters broke.

'I'll make the report later today, we should be going, say bye to everyone, pumpkin.' Hermione whispered close to her daughter's brown locks and the girl opened once again her emerald green eyes and looked at everyone tiredly.

'Bye everyone,' she said as she waved her hand before she could clutch at her mother's blouse once again like she used to do when she was younger. She was obviously too tired to say her goodbyes to everyone around her one by one so a general goodbye was enough for now. Hermione smiled at the rest and started moving down the corridor, she was exhausted and it was the start of a Thursday that meant a lot of traumas and wounds but apart the emergency with the labor, her watch wasn't starting up until the afternoon so she was going to return home, sleep as much as possible and then take Jane to her parents' house before she could return to the hospital.

'Mommy?' Jane asked as Hermione reached the closest floo and looked at her little girl.

'Yes, sweetheart?' Hermione asked as she took the powder in her hand and held her child firmer in her arms.

'You really think daddy will return soon?' Jane asked and Hermione smiled and kissed her baby girl's nose.

'I'm positive, I'm sure he'll be back before we know it.' Hermione said with a smile and Jane smiled this time and nodded as she held her mother tightly while they flood back home.

Grimmauld Place had proven itself the best place for them, after a five-months renovation that had taken place. Hermione moved out of the floo of the Potter Manor as not the place was called by the Prophet and the people in the ministry and Hermione's eyes fell on a big painting of Luna's above the fireplace, Hermione's family.

Herself, Harry, Jane in Hermione's lap at the age of three, her brother James, at age of seven, Hermione and Harry's eldest, Lily Hermione at age of nine and Teddy Lupin, Harry's Godson and Hermione's second son as she seen him as her own, were her family.

Harry and Hermione had gotten married just a few months after the start of their relationship, the marriage was still called the "Union of the Age" as the Hero of the community and his best friend and one of the most promising Healers in the community had gotten married after years of friendship and love.

Hermione had found out about her pregnancy soon after but before they could welcome their daughter into the world, they first welcomed a son. Andromeda Tonks had been worn out from the war and after a bad cold her already tired body couldn't put up a fight and soon she was losing her life by the "fallens' flu" a decease new to the community that usually hit the families of war fighters, the ones who fought with the dark side and suffered by spells still unknown and unbroken to many…

Teddy at age of five became instantly a part of Harry and Hermione as the orphan boy had only his Godfather left and of course Harry wouldn't leave the boy alone, he adored his little Godson. Hermione was there too, to open her arms for the young boy that meant so much to her too as Lupin and Tonks had been her friends and co-fighters.

Teddy had decided to be the guardian of the Potter kids and many times, he was referred as the "eldest Potter", he was a Lupin, like his father but even if the Potters had taken his custody they hadn't adopted him so he could keep his father's name, nevertheless, the boy always saw Harry and Hermione with the love he would have seen his parents.

Teddy and Lily had became best friends literally from the crib as Teddy had spent a lot of nights entertaining Lily by changing his hair color for her to be interested in something than her attempts to drive her parents nuts with her crying. When James arrived, just two years later, in 2006, Teddy had found a male best friend as well and the team had been complete with the addition of little Jane in 2010 who was the "baby" of the family, always protected by the boys and taken care of by her sister. Now with Teddy at twenty one and in the Healer program with his internship being in Hogwarts, just like Hermione's had been, and Lily and James in Hogwarts too, in their third and first year respectively, Jane had been left alone in the house but Hermione and Harry did their best for their youngest child to have as much fun as possible even without the rest of the gang.

'Mommy can I sleep with you? Since daddy is not here?' Jane asked innocently as Hermione kept carrying her daughter in her arms while she started climbing the stairs. She chuckled and looked at her bushy haired little version.

'Aren't you supposed to be a grown girl?' she asked, slightly out of breath as she finally reached the second floor, where her and Harry's bedroom were, she started towards that direction.

'I am, of course I am! But, since daddy's not here and I was a good a girl, can I sleep in your hug?' Jane asked, even more innocently and Hermione would love to tease more her baby girl but all the exhaustion of the night caught up with her and she finally bowed her body and set her daughter on her feet at the bedroom's doorstep.

'Climb on the bed, I'm going to take off of me the sterilization serum with a shower so we can sleep.' Hermione finally said as she straightened her body again and stretched the best she could with a small groan of exhaustion, she was only thirty eight but sometimes, a war, four kids and the job of the healer were taking their toll on her.

She moved inside the bathroom and stripped quickly, needing the hot water on her poor muscles as she felt heavier by the moment. She put her hair up in a bun as not to get it wet and got under the hot shower. She closed her eyes in alleviation and without looking, she gripped the first bottle of shower potion for relaxation, she spread some of it on her sponge and started running it up and down her skin, moaning quietly as the magical product started working instantly on her tired body.

And as her eyes closed while the water ran down her body, she thought of her husband's warm lips and where they would plant kisses on her shoulder, where the sponge was now rubbing gently. She missed Harry greatly, he had been away for the past three weeks and only her crazy hours at the hospital and Jane had kept her mind off the disturbing fact of the lack of news from him for over a week now.

He always contacted with her, almost daily, with an owl, with a small floo call from the headquarters, somehow. The last time she had news of him was eight days ago, last Wednesday, and only then she allowed the fear and the worry to wrap around her heart and surge through her veins. They say bad news are always first to be known but where was he? She knew the mission in Portugal was going to be difficult but she hoped for him to be back sooner than that and now she had no news of him.

With a sigh that seemed as if coming from her very soul, she turned off the water and gripped a towel to dry her body. She wrapped it around herself and moved out of the bathroom that was joined with the master bedroom; she smiled as she looked at the bed.

Jane had fallen asleep on her dad's side, clutching at the pillow Harry used just like Hermione always did in her sleep the times Harry was away like now, the little girl's face was peaceful and almost a small smile was formed on her lips as her little perky nose was buried in the pillow with her dad's smell.

Hermione put on her gown and a pair of underwear and got close to the bed and under the covers like her daughter had done first. She laid on her side, facing her sleeping baby girl and Hermione's hand touched little Jane's cheek in a feather-like caress. When the emerald eyes were covered by her little eyelids, she was exactly like Hermione in a younger, pre-Hogwarts time. Hermione smiled slightly as she snuggled closer to her baby and put her arm around the girl's shoulder the moment the little child moved closer in her sleep too.

Soon, mother and daughter where in the middle of the bed, laid on their sides and in a hug, little Jane's head under Hermione's chin, both of them inhaling each other's familiar scent and Harry's pillow, both gaining strength until their favorite person could be back home.

'Mommy, I miss daddy,' Jane said the moment Hermione was about to dose off, she opened her eyes again and kissed the top of Jane's head.

'I miss him too, sweetheart.' Hermione said quietly and looked down at her baby girl. 'But I trust him, and I know he will come back soon.' Hermione added as she felt her child's first tear. 'Don't cry, honey, daddy wouldn't want you to be sad.' Hermione added as she caressed the rest of the tears with her hand. Jane nodded and sniffed before she could smile bravely at her mom.

Harry Potter flood back in his house with a big sigh and a frown. His body hurt all over and he could feel his head spinning. He looked around him and he was surprised to be greeted by silence, usually the very hyper and over joyous daughter of his would greet him with a big hug and a kiss but now only silence greeted him.

'Hermione? Jane?' he called out like he usually did but there was no answer, usually he would smile internally at calling these two names was like calling Hermione with her full name but right now his mind was racing.

He went to overdrive, it was ten in the morning, Jane and Hermione should be home since he knew Hermione's schedule, had something happened while he was away with no means of communication? His trained as-auror brain thought about all the possible scenarios. His body moved on its own accord and broke to a sprint as he moved up the stairs, the silence there too, made his stomach clutch. He rushed close to his bedroom, withdrawing his wand in the meanwhile but he froze when he looked inside.

One of the most beautiful sights came in his view. Hermione was on her back, her body relaxed as she lay peacefully there, Jane was on her mom's side, arm and leg draped over Hermione's chest and legs respectively as her little head was resting on Hermione's side. Both girls breathed in and out in unison in their slumber.

Harry smiled and exhaled soundlessly in relief as he took his wand back in its holster and approached two of the three girls of his life. He was still in his uniform, he desperately needed a shower and some kind of meal, any kind of meal, but first of all, he wanted to greet her back, wanted to kiss her sweetly on the lips and wake her up slowly as his hand would run in her curls, he wanted to see Hermione's eyes opening slowly and that familiar smile back on her face.

'DADDY!' Jane's scream of joy made Harry actually gasp as his eyes were trained on Hermione while his thoughts had been focused on her. Hermione's eyes opened widely both at the scream of her child's and her frantic standing up, almost stepping on her mother as to throwing herself in her dad's hug.

'Princess,' Harry called out as he hugged his child and kissed her cheek many times, all the while smiling at Hermione who was seating up on the bed that he sat on. 'Why you're sleeping? It's almost midday.' Harry questioned as he put Jane on his lap and hugged his wife with one arm before their lips could meet in a long needed kiss with Hermione wrapping her arms around her husband the best she could.

'Welcome back,' she whispered in his ear and felt his own lips kissing her earlobe in response.

'Daddy, we had to go to the hospital, that's why we were sleeping until now,' Jane said and Harry looked alarmed at Hermione who just smiled.

'Lav gave birth…' she said and Harry was ready to ask but she caught him. 'To another boy…' she added and Harry groaned playfully.

'Poor Ron… he will never feel the joy of getting to be the dad of a princess as this…' Harry said playfully as he nuzzled his nose on Jane's neck who squealed and laughed with her legs and arms trying to stop him.

'Sweetheart, why don't you go and owl your brother and sister of daddy's arrival, they will be delighted and you can show them how much better you got at spelling and grammar through the letter…' Hermione offered cleverly for Jane to give them just a bit of space and time but Jane Potter wasn't a fool.

'But daddy just arrived and I missed him…' Jane pouted and Harry this time decided to try, he adored his youngest hell raiser but he really wanted to wrap his arms around his wife and kiss her lips properly.

'When mommy will go at the hospital you'll have me all to yourself, we have three weeks to catch up and I'm sure you've learnt so many new things, so go and owl Lily and Jamie, they deserve to know I'm back so they can be calmed and tell them to inform Teddy too… When mommy will be at the hospital, you and I will make our favorite pumpkin pie for dessert tonight… daddy's back and we're going to celebrate!' Harry exclaimed over excitedly for his little girl to buy it this time and Jane did so as dessert and hours with daddy were the catch. She kissed Harry on the cheek a few more times, smiled at her mom and ran out of the room, Hermione with a wave of her chin closed the door behind her daughter and almost squealed as Harry took her with his own body down on the mattress, his lips claiming hers instantly.

'I missed you so much,' he whispered the moment he broke the kiss and nipped on her neck until he reached the crook of it and nuzzled his nose there, making his wife shiver and moan in pleasure.

'Hmmm, oh Harry, I missed you too…' Hermione said breathlessly as she felt his teeth grazing her skin as his hands caressed her sides and her fuller breasts. 'Don't you dare leave a mark, I can't wear a scarf in the hospital…' Hermione added sternly and heard her husband and friend of so many years chuckling.

'I will bite you…'

'No you won't…'

'I will…'

'No you wo-OUH!' she cried out as the shiver ran down her spine, coaxed by what he had just done. 'Did you just bite me?' she asked in disbelief. Harry moved his face away from her neck as to look at her, his emerald green eyes full of mirth and joy for being back with his family back with her, she knew.

'Yes… yes I did, what you're gonna do about that?' he provoked and Hermione grinned and turned the game in her favor by pushing him and straddling his lap. She attacked and soon he was the one groaning and moaning as the thin fabric of her gown allowed all the heat and the soft texture of hers to rub against his body even if his uniform was more of a burrier.

'I really missed you…' Hermione whispered close to her husband's ear as she caressed his hair with one hand and his neck with the other, moving it down across his body to his belt. Harry gasped and took her face in both hands as to kiss her. They had missed each other, the proximity, the tension, the safety and the care.

Harry wrapped his hands around her waist and was ready to take off her gown by its hem but the footsteps of their daughter were returning so Hermione had only the time to slap her husband's hands away and jump off him, stand up awkwardly and wait for the door to burst open like it always did when Jane was to get inside the bedroom. Harry had only the time to sat up, grip a pillow and place it on his lap as to hide certain things while he blushed deeply, both he and Hermione were out of breath but Jane didn't seem to notice as she was out of breath too.

'I was making the letter for Lily and Jamie but Teddy flood and told me to tell you to go there, something happened with Lily and James…' Jane exclaimed and both Harry and Hermione tensed up and frowned upon the news, all the tension and lust forgotten as they were both taken into the parent mode in an instant.

Hermione rushed close to her wardrobe while Harry took his wand and cast a couple of cleaning charms on himself, the shower he hoped for in the company of his wife would have to wait. Jane watched as her parents got ready within seconds and Harry approached and took her hand.

'You'll come with us, but you won't leave mommy's or my sight ok?' Harry asked as he knelt before his child and Jane nodded frantically as just few underage children had the opportunity to visit Hogwarts.

The three Potters were leaving their house via apparition within the next moments, Jane being side-along apparated by her mom right out of the Hogwarts grounds. They got inside and started moving towards the castle. Hermione in new black robes while Harry was still in his uniform, Jane was still in the jean and Gryffindor blouse of her sister's that Fleur had changed her quickly into when Hermione had been summoned to go the hospital. Soon the trio was getting inside the Entrance Hall, there was silence for now as there were classes in process as it seemed.

'Teddy said we should go to the hospital wing,' Jane said and her parents took the well known root for the infirmary with their daughter between them.

Sometimes, Lily was way too much like her father; Hermione had once said and now was confirmed. Perfect in classes, good at Quidditch and the one with the greatest burden on her shoulders as she was the "Eldest Potter child", Lily sometimes struggled with all the fame and recognition of her family's. The genes of wanting to break rules and being hot tempered like Harry didn't help, especially when she joined forces with her brother, James and his best friends, Xenophilious and Fred Weasley…

The Potters opened the heavy doors of the infirmary to find a few people inside waiting for them, once again, like they did every time something happened since Neville, Hogwarts' youngest and most promising Headmaster, wanted his old friends knowing of what was happening with their kids as to avoid the extra fame from the Prophet.

Inside the room, Neville was talking with the very old by now professor Flitwuick as Teddy Lupin was healing some bruises from Lily Potter's cheek while James was sat next to her, seemingly fine, Lily's hand was also in a bandage. The moment the two Potters saw their parents, they stood up and rushed close to their father who had been away in a mission for the past weeks.

Harry hugged his children lovingly and patted his Godson's back tenderly. Each of his children, Teddy included, were so much different, Lily was the female version of him inside, even if she looked exactly like her mother, she was a female Harry in character, a fact that many times led her to situations as this. James was like Harry externally as he looked exactly like his father but in character, he was a combination of Harry and Ron, maybe because he was raised in the Weasley environment and George Weasley made sure all his nephews and nieces would be the Hell raisers that would continue what he and Fred had started once. Jane on the other hand had turned out to be like Hermione, a lot like Hermione, more careful, more thoughtful with a brain that scared even adults; she and Teddy looked a lot like each other, maybe Jane having taken from Hermione and Teddy being Remus' son but having Hermione a matriarch figure in his life…

'What happened?' Hermione asked sternly, looking at Neville and not her eldest children or her Godson as she knew they would try to escape this by giving attention on Harry's return.

'Well, professor Flitwuick stopped Lil at first and then the boys' trio in the fourth floor's corridor, fighting with a few other children, their wands were forgotten after a point…. At first I thought of not calling you but Lil here probably got hit by some spell that was activated a few hours later and made her left side get paralyzed… the spell was advanced from a seventh year old Slytherin…' Neville said as lightly as he could at Hermione, his old friend, referring to Lily with her nickname as Neville was a family friend.

Hermione's eyes widened, usually, her daughter didn't get into physical or magical fights, maybe a disarming charm as to defend herself would be tops, Hermione had been used to be summoned at Hogwarts only for times of Lily having opened yet another secret opening to Hogsmeade but never because she attacked other children.

Harry had listened to Neville and his hand was still on Lily's shoulder whose head now was bowed as to avoid her mother's gaze. Harry glanced at Hermione who took a deep calming breath, they obviously both had a long day and it was only late in the morning.

'Can you please give us a moment?' Hermione required and both the professors nodded their heads and exited the room, Neville trying to explain that nothing big happened and that they were children, telling the Potter they would talk when this was over here, within the infirmary's doors. 'Teddy, you and Jane too, please,' Hermione addressed the boy she saw as her eldest son, the boy she had explained for the first time what falling in love feels like.

'Take it is on her, she just lost it,' Teddy murmured to Hermione, always trying to defend the young Potters.

'Take Jane for a late breakfast please, she's been out of her bed all night.' Hermione only said as Harry, James and Lily waited for Jane and Teddy to leave the room as well.

'Hermione…' Harry warned as she turned around and looked at her children the moment the door was shut behind them.

'I will ask once, and I want a straight answer, why In Merlin's name, you fought with other children when we have talked so many times over this? What did they tell you?' Hermione asked and both Lily and James Potter remained silent with bowed heads right in front of their father. Hermione was a loving mother but when things were getting wrong, she was taking her children's wrong doings as her failures, she was a loving but when needed, stern mom as to keep her house on its feet, sometimes Harry thought Mrs. Weasley was giving mothering lessons to the ladies of the extended family…

'I…' James started and glanced at his mother's angry gaze before he could look at his sister who was unmoving. 'I got there with Xeno' and Fred when it had started already, I heard these students insulting Lil and I just stormed in the fight… I don't know what exactly happened.' James finally confessed and since Lily didn't retort anything James was saying the truth and wasn't just trying to avoid punishment as every eleven year old would do.

'So, instead of stopping your sister from hurting herself, you decided to fight when you're still learning the basics…' Hermione half-asked, half-confirmed her son's words and the young boy nodded his head. Hermione sighed exasperated and pinched the bridge of her nose in tiredness.

'Love… let me try…' Harry offered as he watched his exhausted wife. They were both on the edge, from not seeing each for so long, for not having vent for all these days away from each other with their jobs driving them nuts, Harry could only imagine how many hours Hermione had been at the hospital for Lavender to give birth and now Hermione did her best not to vent all this tiredness on the wrong people.

As if she was reading his mind, Hermione nodded her head, gestured for James to follow her out of the room, as she passed by her husband and daughter, the couple locked eyes and just communicated with each for a single moment before Hermione could take her son by the shoulder outside.

When the door was closed Harry moved just a couple of steps away and sat on one of the beds with a groan of exhaustion while Lily remained with her head bowed where she had been standing.

'Won't you talk to your "dada" about what happened?' Harry asked gently as he offered his hand, his skin wounded and badly healed in the previous weeks. Since Lily didn't seem willing to move, Harry took her by her good hand and brought her before him, she was still standing in her Gryffindor uniform, silent.

'Did someone insult you?' Harry asked, even if he doubted it, Lily, like Hermione at her age, was a mature child that wouldn't give attention in something like that. Lily indeed, shook her head.

'Was it about some…boy?' Harry asked with difficulty this time, he hated to ask something like that, his child was an innocent little flower, and none would ever be good enough for her. Lily shook her head again and Harry had to admit, he felt relieved.

'They called mom "Mudblood",' Lily finally said and she looked up only to greet her dad with watery, chocolate brown eyes. 'I know I shouldn't pay attention, both you and mom told me not to, and you're right, but…Teddy's dad and mom are dead because of the war and mommy was in the war and you were in the war… everyone was in the war… we still go to the graveyard for Grandma and Grandpa and there are people out there who think blood status matters… they still think it's important… and you were away for so long and we had no news of you and I was worried.

'And that girl started saying things about you and mom and then she—called mom like that and I lost it, because you're still at missions fighting for everyone and there are people insulting you and mom… and…' Lily had said all that had happened in a breath but she finally burst into tears and fell in her father's arms as Harry wrapped her in a hug and allowed her to cry.

'Sweetie…' Harry said softly a few moments later. 'Listen to me…' he added as he framed her face with his hand and stared at the eyes he loved so much, Hermione's eyes. 'I understand it was a moment of lack of control, but believe me, mommy is more upset when she knows you did something wrong than when other people said something wrong… because you're her daughter, her beautiful child that she cares so much about. People don't change, and we can't do a lot of things about that. We can only get better for ourselves.' Harry tried to explain as Lily sat on one of his legs and leaned her head on his chest like she would do when she was a little girl who wanted to sleep in her dad's arms.

'I know you got mad because your mom was insulted, I had done the same because of the same reason and the result wasn't nice for me,' Harry added as he remembered that match with Slytherin in his sixth year, when he had fought with Malfoy.

'Your mom and I had the fights we needed to have, we bear our scars and we take care of them but you don't need to do the same for us, it's not your job to do something like that. You only have to be proud of your mom to be a Muggle-Born, like I am for my own mother, but you're getting nowhere by fighting people who want just that…' Harry said softly and Lily nodded her head again as she sighed. 'Is your hand in pain?' he added as he knew the conversation was over and the message sent across. Lily shook her head and looked up at him.

'Not so much…' Lily said and Harry took it gently and kissed the bandage softly. 'Now it's even better,' Lily said with a small smile that turned into a grin as Harry smiled back playfully. 'Will you talk to mommy?' she asked worried and Harry sighed but nodded.

'Yes… this time I will, but only because you lost control and I know how it feels to just get mad, but I don't want you to get in any other kind of fight from now on, ok?' Harry asked and Lily nodded her head honestly, making Harry smile.

'I missed you, daddy,' Lily said and Harry grinned and kissed her cheek.

'I missed you too, sweetie,' Harry replied and helped her up before he could stand too. Father and daughter started for the doors of the infirmary, where they would reveal Hermione and James waiting for them.

Harry this time, would take care of Hermione's scolding and lectures, since Lily had been in a position he knew well, his lecture was enough "punishment". Hermione didn't need to know for now why her daughter fought with other children, Harry would tell her later, when he'd be alone with her as to save Lily's next visit in Hongsmeade in his own special way….

For now he only smiled and hugged his wife in his way out, patted Lily's back with the other hand while Hermione was still having James by his shoulder, the four Potters started for the kitchens, where Teddy had probably taken Jane for the late breakfast or the early lunch.

And even if his body hurt all over, even if his wife was still disappointed and exhausted as well as their children who looked like having spent the night in the infirmary and even if he knew the day was far from over as he would have to see Ron, listen to his moaning for the new son and then make dinner and pumpkin pie as he had promised, Harry smiled widely as this, with its ups and downs was the life he had fought for, years ago, when he was finally defying the false rules that had been set for him and Hermione. He smiled as he saw that all those comfortable feelings of love and care and need and compassion had been the base for the family he had now, for the love he had now.

He had solved a problem back then, he had destroyed the fog that prevented him from seeing clearly and now he was only happy as he moved down the corridor of his old school with his children and Hermione by his side… the woman that had been there in so many forms and shapes but as his wife, she gave and took it all, as his wife, she completed him.

END

yeey hurray! it's over, what u think guys? i know i killed Andromeda but i think, like in the Greatest Truth that Teddy would be so happy with Harry and Hermione so here he is with the rest of the family. what you think of the kids guys? and poor ron has yet another son and no girl...

and now the announcement, like in my previous 4 stories, i have considered pausing my author-hhr activity but my muse refuses and this time is not an exception. I am ready to start a brand new HHR story, something completely different from all the things i have done (and indeed, i have experimented with A LOT of things) it will be my 70th story and I can only hope for your support and love, two things that motivated me to make this story too, one of my fav and most successful and finish it in 2 months and 4 days... So if you want to start with me another journey in a few days, just alert me as an author and the notification of the first chapter will soon be in your inbox, if you've alerted me already... just wait a bit :)

Thank you so much for reading and loving this story so much, I never expected it to be one of my best, please review and let me know what you think of the epilogue, the Weasleys, the Potters and Harry solving the "she's-like-a-sister problem".

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