Chapter One; The Big Announcement
Harry Snape was on his way to pick up his little brother and sister from charm school. He had some pretty big news to share with them. However it turned out that they had some news to share with him in return. "I have something to tell you." Teddy began after he climbed into the backseat next to Heather and slammed the door behind him while Harry turned his head around to look at him.
"Uh oh, you aren't still having problems in school are you?" he questioned but Teddy simply shook his head.
"It isn't that." He began. "It's just that well Ms. Snyder assigned us a report to do for homework. It's due on Friday." He explained.
"Oh I see. Well, what do you have to write about?" Harry asked him as a moment of silence fell between them before Heather suddenly spoke up.
"Mummy. It's for Mother's Day on Sunday." She explained.
"Oh I see." Harry said.
"How can we write about Mummy when she's not even alive anymore?" Teddy asked him.
"Well Teddy, just because she's not alive physically she's alive in your heart." Harry began. "Besides, she's alive with Jesus and I'm sure she would love it if you shared the memories that you and Heather have about her." He finished.
"Alright, but who's going to go with us to Mother's Day at school? You and Tobey and Eve all got to go with Mummy to the Mother's Day luncheon and carnival games. Who are we going to go with?" he wondered.
"Uh well,.. maybe Ginny, Luna, or Mrs. Weasley could go with you." Harry suggested.
"But neither of them are our mothers." Teddy began with a shake of his head. "We're not even related." He said.
"Well then, I'm not sure buddy. But don't worry we'll get it figured out. Right now you two need to buckle up because we have to go to the stables now. And I've got something very important that I need to talk to you about." Harry said as both of the twins buckled themselves in. Then Harry took his foot off of the brake and stepped on the gas pedal while he pulled away from the curb.
"What's that Harry?" Heather asked him as he looked back at her through the rearview mirror.
"Jasmine's father died and so she asked me if I could watch her daughter this weekend." Harry explained.
"I didn't even know that she had a daughter." Heather said.
"Neither did I." Harry told her as he stopped and pulled out of the parking lot and turned to the right before accelerating again.
"Is she a witch or a muggle?" Heather wondered.
"She's a muggle and she's a few years older than you guys." Harry explained.
"Oh. What's her name?" Teddy asked him as he stopped at a red light.
"Jenna. Although her mother calls her Jenny from time to time. Her full name is Jennifer though." He replied.
"Jenny," Heather repeated. "why does that name sound so familiar?" she wondered.
"It's because I met a girl named Jenny one time when I traveled to the alternate dimension." Harry told her as the light turned green and he accelerated again. "Anyway, I want you both to be on your best behavior and be really nice to her. She's had it pretty tough ever since her parents split and she has to be pretty upset now that her grandfather's dead." He said as he turned onto the highway while Teddy turned to look out the window.
"Why didn't she go to the funeral then?" Heather wondered.
"I'm not sure but it's none of my business so I didn't ask. Anyway, I'm going to be picking Jenna up on Friday after I pick you both up from charm school. Jasmine's going to give me directions to her elementary school. Now besides her parents, the rest of Jenna's family are witches and wizards so she'll know all about us." He explained.
"It's too bad Eve isn't here." Teddy began while he turned to look back over at his sister. "You know how much she loves it when we have company." He said.
"Yeah, but that's only because she loves to boast about how much clothes and makeup she owns." Heather told him with a roll of her eyes. "I sincerely hope to God that when I'm a teenager I won't act like that." She said while she turned to look out the opposite window that Teddy was looking out of as Harry continued driving down the highway.
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Tobey sat up inside the stands with Angel while he listened to Eve's Qudditch practice. That's when suddenly Hermione climbed up the stairs to join him and sat down next to him. "Hey Tobey, what's up?" she questioned him as he grinned and turned his head towards the direction of her voice.
"Oh hey Hermione. I mean Professor Granger." He quickly corrected himself. "Nothing much. I just came down here to listen to my sister practice that's all." He admitted.
"Oh well listen Tobey, I know that this upcoming weekend can't be very easy for you." She began with a shake of her head. "So I just wanted to let you know that if you needed anyone to talk to, Ron and I will always be here for you." She assured him as she placed her hand on top of his and rested it there. "Plus there's always Hagrid and your father to talk to." She added.
"Thanks Professor, I really appreciate it but I think that I'll be okay. It's Teddy and Heather that I'm worried about." He told her.
"Oh yeah that's right, they have that big Mother's Day celebration down at their school in a couple of days. Well, maybe I'll talk to Ron about it and see if I can go with them. After all, I don't want them to be the only two children of Lily's that won't be able to go to the festivities." She said before she suddenly rose to her feet as Tobey continued smiling at her.
"Well I'm sure that they'll really appreciate it." He told her as they both said their goodbyes and then Hermione turned around and started walking down the stairs.