Chapter Song
She'll Go on you ~ Josh Turner
If you've got a little girl, you better take the time
To go to her tea parties and give her a piggyback ride
Be a dragon or a dinosaur every chance you get
Cause one day you can bet
She'll go on you
Before you turn can around
And it's so lonely watching' that
Fast train leaving' town
Better cherish her every second of your life
Cause this precarious little thing that we call time
She'll go on you
Chapter quote
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
~Euripides~
? POV
At exactly midnight on October 30, 1980, a tall, well-built man with black hair, and striking grey eyes appeared in a dark alleyway with a loud 'POP'. He looked across the alley into the window of lone woman holding a child and he knew that he reached his destination. The woman's name was Melissa O'riley he'd know her for years but hadn't been able to see her in the past year and hurried here when he heard the news that she had gotten married. She was looking down into the small pink basket that was currently located at the end of her bed. He let out a heavy sigh, before slowly and dreadfully making his way to the steps that led to her door. Leaving the woman and his child he knew the girl in the bassinet was his would be the hardest thing he would ever do.
Once he reached the building's stone steps, he carefully laid the small box down on the cold stone. He could only hope that the child took after her mother. She had received his family's trademark black hair and grey eyes. As he looked at the woman she pulled the child out. He didn't think coming to see the love of his life would be this hard. But that small little girl had changed everything, but already he knew he would love her for the rest of his days even if he never met her. It broke his heart to leave them like this without explanation but it would be for the best and both girls would stay safe as long as he was gone.
For the next five minutes he walked back and forth between the alleyway and the steps debating if he should leave a letter or not. He was amazed at how fast the child fell asleep; his only wish that he someday being able to sing her to sleep. His best friend's child would scream for hours no matter who sang him to sleep. First looking up and down the street to make sure that no muggles were in sight, he withdrew his wand from his pants pocket conjured a letter and placed it on the steps with the box. He waved to the child and her mother even though they could not see. It hurt him so much that the only thing he could offer his child was a wave that they could not yet see.
He knew that he should be happy that she was no longer in danger from the harm that could be caused by being involved in his world but she would be welcomed in 11 years time. No one would know that he had a child but his two best friends. She would grow up in a family that could give her anything she needed. He only had a small inheritance and wouldn't be able to support a mother and child. She would grow up in a way that neither family would allow.
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