Dear Daddy: Re-Write
Chapter 1
"Morning mummy" Sean shouted as he jumped onto his mother's bed, hitting a sleeping Hermione. He smiled cheerfully at her as he poked her in the arm, grinning.
"Mummy, time to get up and get me breaky-fast" he said. Hermione groaned and propped up on her elbows, squinting at the light coming through the window pane. She smiled at her 5-year-old-son before squeezing his cheeks together, making him pout. "How's my little boy?" she asked happily. He smiled mischievously before running out of the room, giggling as he went. Hermione shook her head at him and pulled the covers off before putting on her robe and slippers and walked out of her room. She slowly yawned and shivered at the cold morning air that captured the house.
"Sean, why is it so-" she stopped and looked around the kitchen and then at her little boy, who sat grinning at the kitchen table holding a spoon. "Yes, mum?" he asked innocently. She walked around the kitchen, staring at everything in utter disgust and shivered. The entire kitchen was a mess! Food dripped from the ceiling and the cupboards, flowing water in the sink and eggshells cracked on the floor with the fridge hanging wide open, milk dripping onto the black marble floor. She closed the open window that let the snow in from the streets and stared at her son, baffled.
"Sean Scorpius Granger, what the hell happened in here?" she screeched at her son. He shook his head and tutted at her. "Oh, mummy not suppose-ed to swear" he hopped off the chair, walking with his nose held in the air with the spoon in his hand and made his way out of the kitchen to the living room of the apartment. She stalked after him.
He sat on a sofa, his face full of amusement as he watched a cartoon on the television. He looked up at his mother and raised his eyebrows whilst pouting in question, "Mum, where is my breaky-fast?" he asked. She sighed. "Young man, what did you do to the kitchen?" she demanded. He jumped slightly.
"Nothing mum, just trying to cook breaky-fast" he whispered. Hermione smiled at her son and picked him up, walking back to the kitchen with a smile. "Haven't I told you before that you have to let mummy do the cooking because it's dangerous for little blond boys to go cooking breakfast" she told him jokingly. He licked the spoon before scrunching up his nose.
"Just little blond boys?" he asked. Hermione laughed lightly. She put Sean down and ruffled his soft hair before going back to her bedroom and coming back with her vine wood wand. "Scourfigy" she muttered and everything cleaned up straight away. After it had finished, Hermione turned around, smiling bright and proud at her son. His eyes were wide as his jaw hang open in shock. "Whoa, mummy! Can you teach me how to do that? Uncle Ron and Harry taught me to how ride a stick boom but he says I can only go mee-ter in the air. Uncle is a real good flying person, mum. But can you me teach how to ride a stick boom? Please, mummy, please?" he pleaded, running up to Hermione and hugging her legs. She smiled down at him and chuckled.
"Now you'll learn that when you go to Hogwarts in a few years and anyway, I'm not really a fan of heights or quidditch. Now lets get you cleaned up-"she stopped and looked at him. He was clean. Her brows furrowed. He smiled up at her. "Why are you clean?" she interrogated. He looked confused. "Huh?" he scratched his head childishly.
"You messed up the kitchen, why are you clean?" she pressed. He smiled once again.
"Oh, because me dirty was when cookie and washed so mummy wouldn't know me mess kitchen" he nodded. Hermione sighed, chuckling. She took his hand and led him to his bedroom.
"Now, mummy has to go to work today so I'm going to drop you off at Uncle Harry's and
Auntie Luna's today and that way, you can play with Lily and Ruby today" she told him. He grimaced. "Ew, girls" he said. Hermione tapped his nose, smiling, and dressed him in his jeans, blue sweater, scarves, gloves and a small hat with a Slytherin house badge on top. The hat was given to him by Pansy, who had, in her younger years at Hogwarts in her fourth year, nicked it from a boy in Slytherin, two years younger than her. Hermione wouldn't really accept it but Sean had liked it so much, he took it without a second thought and had even started an obsession with snakes. Boy, he is going to be pleased when he finds out who his father is.
After changing, he jumped up and down around the house, excited to be going to his Uncle Harry's house (or manor) where there was space to ride a broom around the garden as Harry had promised him two days ago to teach him how to fly like a pro as Harry was at Hogwarts and his favourite. Hermione walked out of her bedroom, dressed in a black low-rise skirt that reached just above her knees as she wore stockings underneath, a blue long-sleeve plain v-cut blouse with a black blazer and a white trench coat over her outfit accompanied with a black shoulder bag. She looked very formal. Too formal and different that even scared Sean a bit sometimes, believing that his real mum had been taken away and replaced with another strict one that wouldn't give him his food and make him do homework everyday. Hermione laughed at that.
Hermione had told Sean to put his coat on before making their way to the chimney, much to Sean's disappointment, and flooed to The Potter's Manor. Hermione cleaned the dirt out of her clothes before looking up to find Harry playing with Ruby and Lily and stood up to give Hermione a warm hug and smile.
"How have you been 'Mione?" Harry asked her. Hermione rolled her eyes. "Harry, we've just seen each other about two days ago and I called you up yesterday to call about Sean and you're asking me how I've been. Seriously Harry, I'm fine. You do not need to worry. I'm doing fine with taking care of Sean on my own" she explained. Harry nodded. Ruby and Lily were now pulling Sean on the floor, forcing him to play with a play set potion that bubbled the same as real potions.
"Uh, where's Luna?" she asked Harry, looking around the big manor. Harry quickly changed his expression from slightly happy to extremely depressed. He looked down at his shoes and fumbled like a child.
"He's in the library with Ginny" he whispered, looking up. Hermione raised her eyebrows in question.
"W-why? What's Ginny doing here? I thought she was supposed to be in Italy with Blaise. I can't believe she didn't tell me she was back" Hermione gasped, walking forward but was stopped by Harry. Hermione looked at him.
"'Mione, now's not really a…good time. Ginny will be over at your house tomorrow. She just came to us since you're looking after Sean and you're quite stressed and all" Harry explained softly.
"What? What's wrong with her, Harry? I-is she okay?" Hermione asked. Harry nodded and they heard a click behind them, some footsteps coming down the stairs, some soft whispers then the door to the main living room opened and out walked Luna, followed by a Ginny who had mascara smeared on her cheeks. Hermione knew she had been crying.
Sean suddenly squealed and ran to the two women's side, dragging them down with him to hug. Sean smiled brightly.
"Auntie Luna, Auntie Gin-Gin! I missed you much so. Can you give me ice cream now?" Sean smiled innocently. Hermione dragged him back and told him to go back to playing with Lily and ruby.
"Hey 'Mione. How are you?" Ginny asked Hermione. The red-head hugged Hermione before taking out a letter from her pocket. It was a white stained envelope sealed with green wax stamp.
On the front, it said 'Hermione Granger'. Hermione examined the envelope before putting it in her bag and looked pitifully at Ginny.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. I-I'm just glad to be back is all" Ginny answered rather silently. Hermione got more worried.
"Are you sure? You've been crying and you don't cry often unless it's a big problem. You can tell, Gin" Hermione pressed. Ginny nodded forcefully again.
"No, I'm fine. Just lack of sleep is all. I haven't got much sleep after coming back is all" she replied and said her goodbye's to the Hermione, Luna, Harry and the three children.
"What was that about?" Hermione asked Harry and Luna. They both looked at each other before Luna spoke up.
"We think it's better if you read that letter Ginny gave you 'Mione. It's quite complicated to explain and you'll be late for work if you don't go now" Luna replied in her dreamy voice which had a bit of an edge since the dirty-blonde had been talking to Ginny who seemed depressed. No doubt Luna would be too.
"Oh, yes that's right. I have to go now. Thanks so much for everything you guys and I'll pick him up at around seven. Thanks so much again. Bye Sean, bye guys" Hermione called and Sean blew her a kiss before she apparated into the ministry.
Sorry, that was all I could at 1:00 in the morning and it's a school day as well so I'll just leave it there. Did you like it? I decided to do it again because you might have got confused in the second chapter but don't worry, I will include Sean's letter here somewhere…I think. Anyways, please review!
MUCH APPRECIATED!
A/N:I've kept the first two chapters up incase you want to read them again (not that I think you will, it's rubbish anyways) but if you want to skip that, go to chap. 3! REVEIW!