Just a really quick one-shot which I call "Ode to Boredom in Science". Bet you'll never guess where I got this idea from!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all its characters belong to JK Rowling! How many times must I tell you this!?

BOOM!

Hermione Granger jumped out of her desk chair and rushed down the hall to her and Ron's kitchen. As she reached the door, she fell upon a scene that made her laugh out loud. Her husband was standing on top of their new marble countertop covered from head to toe in lava-like goo. He stood with a slightly shocked expression on his face, clutching a glass vial and wearing her pink apron…he clearly hadn't expected whatever he was holding to blow up. He looked down at his daughter, who also covered in goo, and asked her, "Did you know that was going to happen?"

She shook her head no, but she had an 'I-Completely-Knew-That-It-Was-Going-To-Blow-Up-I-Just-Chose-Not-To-Tell-You' expression on her face.

When he glanced at the door and saw Hermione standing there, the shocked look on his face quickly changed to humiliation and the tips of his famous Weasley ears turned red. She was still laughing her head off as he glared at her and said, "I can't understand these bloody instructions! Why am I always the one stuck doing these little science experiments? Huh? I still don't see why you even needed to enroll Rose in the muggle…school…thing. She's a right genius as it is and in a few years, she'll be off at Hogwarts! What's the big deal if she doesn't go to muggle school first?"

Hermione managed to stop laughing long enough to argue back. "Ronald, you know as well as I do just how very important a balanced education is in a child's life!"

He obviously didn't have any enthusiasm left after the experiment as he chose not to fight back. "Fine, but next time, you're the one who's helping with the volcano project!" he said, climbing off the countertop.

He picked the goo-covered Rose up off the counter as well, handed her to Hermione, and proceeded to exit the kitchen without another word.

Hermione just laughed to herself and carried Rose to the bathroom where a freshly drawn bath awaited her. She shook her head and said to Rose, "He never was good at Potions."