Hello my little Chicken Nuggets! Welcome to my new story entitled 'Elephant In The Room'. Before you start, please be warned that some characters that have died in the books/movies are still alive in this story.

This story contains BxB and GxG, if you are not comfortable please do not read. Later warnings shall be added.

For now... Enjoy!

The Elephant In The Room

"You did what?" Ginny yelled as she closed the front door behind her, stepping out into the cold winter's night.

"I quit my job," Harry answered calmly, gulping because he knew this wasn't what Ginny ever wanted to happen.

You see, once the war was over and families and friends helped each other back on their feet, Ginny and Harry got back together. It turned out that Ginny had planned out the rest of their lives, right down to the names they would pick for their three kids depending on the gender, to the exact day when they were going to retire from the jobs she wanted them both to have.

Harry just couldn't handle the pressure anymore. He wasn't happy at his job in the Aurora department as he just sat there all day filing paper work for the Aurora's on the field work. He wasn't happy at home with Ginny either. She just controlled everything and it was getting on his nerves. He decided that enough was enough.

"I... Quit... My... Job!" Harry growled out between clenched teeth. He spun around to face a shivering Ginny, but he couldn't care less that they were standing in light snow fall. "And on top of that, Ginny, I think we need a break."

"No, Harry! Think about the kids. Think about how this is going to affect them and what this will do to their life!" shouted Ginny, throwing her arm behind her, pointing at the house where the kids were warmly tucked into their beds.

"Well they will get used to it, just like I got used to having no mother or father in my life! At least I'll still be in their lives!" argued Harry back, crossing his arms over his chest in a defensive matter.

"I don't want my kids having the same life as you though! Look how you turned out!" Ginny shouted before she froze, face falling as she realised what she had just said out loud.

"Oh really?" Harry said softly, hurt laced through his voice. "And how exactly did I turn out?" Harry whispered, grounding his teeth in barely concealed anger.

It was one thing to be a controlling partner and parent, but it's a whole other thing to insult his life. Lately Harry had started to get a better understanding of who he had married and he did not like it one bit at all.

"I turned out to be a father to three beautiful kids, whose mother is a psychotic narcissist. Yeah, lucky me. You're right, I don't want them to turn out to be me because I never want them to marry anyone like yourself," Harry yelled, walking closer to Ginny, angry green eyes staring into wide brown eyes.

"You know what, Harry? Just leave already. Clearly you are only doing more harm than good at the moment. Come back when you have got a grip on reality again," Ginny said as she turned around and entered the house, closing the door behind her.

"But what about my stuff?" Harry yelled but got no response apart from the hallway light turning off followed by the porch light.

Harry sighed frustrated before he wordlessly and wandlessly Accio-ed all his belongs from inside. Once he had placed everything into his old school trunk, he then shrunk it and placed it into his pocket. Harry turned around to face the quite street, thinking of where to go.

He could go and crash at Ron and Hermione's, but he didn't feel like talking about what had just happened. He couldn't turn to Neville as he and Luna were on a holiday trip to Japan. Seamus and Dean were probably out partying together knowing them. That meant Harry had no friends to turn to.

Just as he was about to apparate away, a house-elf named Grant appeared in front of him and held out to him a set of keys.

"Sir, you have forgotten about number 12 Grimmauld place. Go rest there and I shall send Hobbs along to serve you in the morning," Grant, the head House-elf, squeaked at Harry, shaking the keys for Harry to take.

"Thank you, Grant. Take care of my kids and the house," Harry said, taking the keys gratefully before apparating away from his second home he had ever had in his life. After Hogwarts of course, she will always be the best home he lived in.

Appearing on the doorstep of this old house, Harry breathed in the smell of rain as he turned his head slightly to see dark, stormy clouds covering the night sky and rain falling heavily down to earth. Sighing he unlocked the door and stepping inside the gloomy hallway.

Just as the door closed behind him, his stomach growled loudly in the empty house, reminding himself that he had yet to have something for dinner. Walking to the kitchen, Harry searched the cupboards in hope of finding something to eat. But he found nothing as every single cupboard was empty and held only cobwebs.

Growling in frustration, Harry turned sharply on his heel and left the house. As he walked away from the home he smelled something delicious floating down the street above the smell of the rain. He followed the scent a block away and found the only restaurant open this late at night still serving a few customers.

Smiling in relief, Harry walked into the restaurant and stood in front of a menu as he decided on what to have with the little amount of muggle money he had in his wallet. In the end Harry decided on lasagne with a cup of coke.

"Good evening, how may I help you?" a guy dressed in a white and black suit came forwards from serving a couple at a table near-by and walked up to Harry holding a smaller version of the menu.

"May I please just have a lasagne and a cup of coke please?" Harry asked as he eyed the guy, noting the vibrant blue eyes and contagious smile he wore on his face.

"Certainly, where would you like to sit?" the waiter asked politely as he walked behind the counter and typed in Harry's order on a computer.

Harry looked around the restaurant and decided to sit in the very corner in a booth that could hold up to four people. At least that way he would be able to observe everything going on and be able to spot any danger before hand.

"Over there please," Harry pointed over to the far left corner of the restaurant, before being led to his table by the waiter.

"My name is Ted and I'll be your waiter tonight. If you need anything else just ask a fellow waiter for myself and I shall come to you in a minute. You're dish shall be ready in a few minutes, is there anything else I can for you in the mean time?" Ted asked, his bright blue eyes searching sad green eyes.

"Not at the moment, thank you," Harry sadly smiled.

Ted nodded and left to go serve a new couple that had just arrived.

Harry looked around the restaurant and noticed that everyone that was here were either couples or couples with their parents. Feeling even worse than before, Harry looked down at the table where his hands were clenched together.

"Here you are," Ted said as he placed a dish of steaming hot lasagne in front of Harry and a cup of coke beside him. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

Harry shook his head and thank Ted once again, he hadn't even noticed how long he had been staring at his hands for.

Slowly Harry ate his food as he got lost in thought about everything that has happened in his life. Everything from his life with the Dursley's to his last battle with Voldemort to having his first child to quitting his job. He was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't even realised he was now the last person in the restaurant and the staff were cleaning tables and stacking chairs on top of their respective tables.

Harry sighed and pushed his plate away from him and grabbed his cup to finish the last bit of coke in it, it felt like forever since he last got to have some coke as the magical world didn't have it and Ginny didn't want her kids trying such disgusting and poisonous things as soft drink.

"Is there anything I can help you with, sir?" Ted asked as he once again came up to Harry, wiping his hands on a tea towel.

"No, not anything you could help me with," Harry sighed. "How much was the meal again?" he asked as he grabbed out his wallet and opening it to reveal the little muggle money he had.

"It's on the house," Ted said as he slid into the booth seat opposite Harry and placed the tea towel in front of him. "Look, I've been watching you and I can see that there's clearly something on your mind that's bothering you. I mean you looked like you were ready to cry every time I looked over here. Tell me, what's up?"

"I-I just quit my job and I left my wife and kids at home," Harry sighed, rubbing a hand over his tired face. "My wife is a control freak, don't smile I mean it! She planned out the job I was going to have, our kids names, the place we would live, the people we would let our kids see, the family she would let our kids see... Everything."

Ted's face dropped as he saw a tear roll down Harry's cheek, the hurt in this man's eyes made his heartbreak. He felt that the look in this man's eyes looked like he was ready to end his life. Ted felt obliged to help out this man in need.

"Do you have somewhere to sleep?" Ted asked.

"Yeah, my dead godfather's place a block away from here," Harry answered.

"What about a source of income?" Ted asked again.

"Not much, my wife took away the key from me and hid it in the house. I wasn't able to get it before I left," Harry sighed, realising how much trouble he was truly in.

"How about you come work for me and I'll provide you with a meal to eat at dinner time? That way you can get money and not have to worry about not eating that night," Ted smiled, standing up and holding out his hand for the man.

"Really you don't have to do that, I'm used to not eating, it's okay really," Harry said as he took Ted's hand anyway, standing up and looking into his blue eyes.

"That suggests to me that you either having an eating disorder or you were starved as a child," Ted said quietly watching for Harry's reaction. He noticed the way Harry's nostrils flared at the latter suggestion. "Ah, so you didn't have the best childhood. Well that shall be a conversation for another time, how about you go home and come back here tomorrow at 5pm to get ready for your first day at work?"

"Okay, fine. Thank you so much Ted, this means a lot to me," Harry shook his hand. "Oh, by the way my name is Harry. Harry Potter."

Ted's eyes widened as he shook Harry's hand back.

"You are the Harry Potter everyone talks about here! The one who saved the magical world. I used to live here as a child but moved away to Japan only to come back here and hear about you," Ted whispered quietly so none of the other staff would hear him. "I am so honoured to help you out. Don't worry I won't let anyone know you work here apart from my wife. I'll get her to swear an unbreakable vow."