WHO: Ernie & Liam
WHAT: Meeting his dad without knowing Liam is his dad...
WHERE: Teddy's surprise party.
RATING: PG
It had been an insane few weeks, but Ernie was glad they could celebrate Teddy's day sans most of the confusing age switches. Some age changes seemed permanent, but, largely, things seemed to be going back to normal. Of course, normal was relative in the village. The ebb and flow did not bother Ernie as much as it did eleven months ago, but sometimes he still needed a moment to catch his breath. Aging up left him feeling a bit cloudy. How could he know a future he did not feel? It was as if someone merely told him the facts when, in actuality, it was Ernie who "remembered" all those years. Except now it felt like an old film that made no sense.
He made his rounds at the party, but then slipped to the outskirts with a glass of iced tea in hand. He cared about the Lupins (and the Potters and the Weasleys), but sometimes being around them just made him miss his own family even more. He loved his dear mates in the villages, but that did not negate the fact he had not spoken to his parents or sisters in ages.