It has been over a year since the murder of his wife, Lily, and James Potter wishes every day that it is simply a nightmare that he will wake up from. Unfortunately, it isn't and in the wake of her death, James finds himself as a single parent to th...
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Unfortunately for Renata, waking up to a stranger looming over her had set her into a panic and the Healers had to work quickly to sedate her temporarily so that she didn't end up hurting any of them or more importantly, hurt herself. They wouldn't allow James and Harry to enter the room until she was fully calm and resting in the bed again. James feared that they were going to induce her again due to her reaction, but he held out a little bit of hope that they would allow her to remain awake long enough so that they could see her. She was probably beyond confused and James wanted to be the one to explain everything to her.
But he definitely understood if the Healers came out and told him that it wouldn't be in Renata's best interest if he visited that day. While Harry bounced about in his arms, extremely happy as he believed he was going to go play with Renata, James wished he could just explain to Harry that Renata was not going to be up to playing, at least, not anytime soon. Yet, at the same time, Harry looked so happy and it was the first time in weeks that he had actually been full on smiling and clapping his hands together.
Finally, a Healer came out and James was expecting the worst, he was expecting the Healer to tell him and Harry to go home because they would not be able to visit with Renata anymore for the rest of the day.
"Alright," the Healer said, wiping his brow and looking a bit strained from having to deal with all the yelling and screaming that had taken place several minutes prior, " she's calm now. Took a bit of talking her down, she woke up when Samuel was moving her onto her side and she thought he as a stranger trying to attack her. But Renata knows where she is now, she's relaxed as we gave her a draught to subdue her movements a bit."
"What does that mean? Is she back asleep? Did you all induce her again-"
"No, nothing of the sort, Mr Potter, she's awake, " the Healer smiled, " her reactions might be a bit slow and she may not be fully aware of everything going on around her but that's just to keep her calm. She hasn't used her muscles in weeks, we don't want her putting any strain on her body or hurt herself. So she's conscious but her motions will be limited for the most part, we'd like to keep it that way until we can get her properly moving."
"And her memories, what about those? Did she recall anything from her childhood?" James questioned. "The stuff that her parents sur-"
"We will get to that in due time with counselling, Mr Potter, for right now, it's best not to bring up everything at once. I think she will just be thrilled to see you and Harry. This is a process involving baby steps, we'll take a small step a day and see how she progresses. Some days will be better than others."
James nodded his head, he wasn't trying to come across as pushy, he wasn't a Healer by any means, it was just his own anxiety that wanted Renata to come home as soon as possible. In his mind, he was almost as optimistic as Harry was. Now that she was awake, he figured it wouldn't be so long until she could come home, but he was learning that it still wasn't the case.
