TITLE: School Student's Saviour
AUTHOR: Alli97nomel
SUMMARY: I have written this story for all those students stuck in a shitty class and need an escape even if it is only for a few minutes. This story involves the next generation Hogwarts students after they finish their last year of school. One apartment, ten people…let's see how it plays out.
DISCLAIMERS: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its awesomeness or its characters, only my imagination, my love of writing stories for others to read and my love of Harry Potter. Also, I don't own any of the head cannons I use – Tumblr is my supplier and all I do is bring them to life.
RATING: Because these will be short chapters I'm not sure of the rating but knowing me I'd better play it safe! (K – NC-17+)
PAIRINGS: You'll just have to wait and see :P
WARNING: To all reading in class: as much as they can look like it, teachers are not idiots. Therefore I am taking no responsibility if your phone, laptop ect. gets taken off you for reading this in class. You all need to embrace your inner Slytherin and be cunning, clever and skillful when you are reading. May Merlin be with you all in your quest to evade dying in class!
A/N: In regards to age, I know that I'm a bit of course however for this story to work I need them to be a little closer in age so here's the list:
Teddy Actual age: 28. Story Age: 25
Victoire Actual age: 26. Story Age: 24
Dominique Actual age: 24. Story Age: 22
Louis Actual age: 22. Story Age: 18
Rose Actual age: 20. Story Age: 20
Hugo Actual age: 18. Story Age: 18
James Actual age: 21. Story Age: 21
Albus Actual age: 20. Story Age: 20
Lily Actual age: 18. Story Age: 18
Scorpius Actual age: 20. Story Age: 20
Lorcan & Lysander they do not have any specified age therefore for all intents and purposes they will both be 19
Fred (AA: 21. SA: 17), Roxanne (AA: 18. SA: 16), Molly (AA: 22. SA: 24) and Lucy (AA: 18. SA: 23) are unfortunately not present in this story as Fred and Roxanne are still at Hogwarts and Molly and Lucy have both gone to Ireland to pursue their careers. With Louis' age, I put him as the same as Hugo and Lily because I didn't see him fitting in with Rose, Al and Scorp as well as he would with Lily and Hugo. Also I pictured Bill and Fleur waiting a while to have another child as they Apparated to France while Fleur was unknowingly pregnant and she had a miscarriage, which was extremely painful as she also had a miscarriage three days after the Hogwarts Battle and it reopened so hurtful wounds and I imagine that it took a while before they tried for Louis.
CHAPTER 1
Teddy Lupin didn't know why they were choosing him. Harry knew he wasn't cut out for the job. Hell, he knew he wasn't cut out for the job. But still there he sat.
It truly was quite awkward sitting in a room with all these adults. Honestly, the situation wasn't that serious at all. He had been prepared for it though; James had overheard a conversation between his parents a few days earlier and had alerted Teddy immediately. That meant that whatever the outcome of the conversation would be Teddy was on their side. The kids that was.
Ginny, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Bill, Fleur, Draco and Astoria Malfoy sat across from him. All their eyes on him were very uncomfortable to say the least.
"I think he's the perfect person to send in there," Harry snapped a Draco. Great, Teddy thought, now it sounds like a planned investigatory mission.
"I suppose he'll do," Draco replied clearly thinking the opposite.
"He's related to you!" Harry exclaimed. Teddy frowned at this. "Who better?"
"Fine Potter," Draco said through narrowed eyes "whatever."
Harry closed his eyes, took a deep breath, remembered to be the mature adult and continued.
Ron was about to tell Draco what was on his mind however Teddy cut in before another argument could arise.
"So let me get this straight," he began, leaning back on his chair "James, Al, Rose, Scorp," Draco frowned at the informal use of his son's name but did not interrupt "Lily, Hugo, Louis, Victoire and Dominique are renting an apartment together?"
"Yes," Hermione nodded. "James, Albus, Rose, Scorpius and Victoire already work of course. Lily, Hugo and Louis are going to be starting off their careers as well this year."
"And while we think that coming home to family but still having independence is great," Ginny told him.
"We don't want anything…unfortunate to happen," Draco Malfoy finished.
"Unfortunate like how?" Teddy asked not understanding what Draco's tone was implying.
"We just want someone who's older to keep everything in order," Bill explained ignoring Draco.
Teddy looked at them all in disbelief. "We're all family except for Scorp, what's going to happen?"
"As you so cleverly pointed out Scorpius is not part of your family therefore something could happen with him and I don't want that." Draco said firmly.
"With all due respect Mr. Malfoy, shouldn't that be Scorpius' decision?" Teddy reasoned. "I'm still not implying that anything will happen."
"It's not just about Scorpius," Harry explained quickly before Draco could have a go at Teddy "sorry, let me reword that. It's not just about who is inside the house. They could…bring people from outside the house in. What we're all trying to get at here is that with an older person in there we're hoping you could set up a few ground rules. Coming from you, someone who is closer to their age and understanding, they're more likely to be followed."
Teddy didn't know whether he should laugh or not. He was back to square one – He didn't know why they were choosing him. Harry knew he wasn't cut out for the job. Hell, he knew he wasn't cut out for the job. But still there he sat.
"Well," he said slowly "I'm definitely older…so you can tick that box." He wasn't that much older. "I don't get it though – I'm only one year older than Victoire."
"We cannot tame zat girl," Fleur told him with a defeated look "she may az well be az old az Louis."
Teddy grinned. He knew all about that. They had dated Victoire for a short amount of time. They had suited each other perfectly however Teddy had his own things to sort out and Victoire was too energetic and fiery to be held down by the title 'in a relationship' at the moment.
"True," he counted. However he still didn't think he was the person for the job. I think Rose would keep them in line better than I would, he thought to himself. She'll be the one keeping me in line most likely. He had three reasons for accepting this that is if he did accept it. The first, his Godfather had asked him to. Harry had looked after him and raised him along with his grandmother. He owed it to Harry to look out for his kids. The second, Teddy knew that one house filled with three Potters, five Weasleys and a Malfoy was sure to be one hell of a rave-up and he didn't want to rob himself of an opportunity to have fun. The third, he didn't allow himself to admit that that was a reason to do this because he shouldn't have been thinking like that. That thought he had just had was evidence that he couldn't control those kids, or adults now, better than he could himself.
Teddy sighed. "Alright, I'll do it."
"Thank you," Harry said gratefully. The parents all gave him appreciative looks except for Draco.
"Just be sure to set down a few house rules," Hermione reminded him.
"I wouldn't doubt Rose has a lengthy list written out already," Teddy smiled giving a small laugh. Ron laughed along too.
"But how would they know we've said yes?" Hermione frowned.
Teddy silently pointed to the open kitchen window. The parents followed his finger where they found an Extendable Ear dangling near the window sill.
"Yeah, good luck with them mate." Ron said to Teddy clapping him on the back.
Thank Merlin I'm not being paid to perform, was all Teddy thought.
o - O - o - O - o - O - o - O - o - O - o
Teddy knocked on the door of the apartment. The building looked small from the outside. He wondered whether they rented several rooms to host the ten of them. The door number read 7. He had his bags in his hand. The door opened.
"Teddy's here," Albus called out. He turned to Teddy, "Come in, we're just divvying up rooms." Teddy walked in and threw his bags on the couch. He gave the room a good eyeing over. It was massive.
"How is it so big?" he asked out a loud.
"It's so big because she's so talented," Albus answered pointing to Rose.
Rose shrugged. "Special type of undetectable extension charm," she explained "mum taught me."
"Teddy, get your arse over here so I can get a room," Victoire shouted from the kitchen. He heard a muffled thud and then, "For me to sleep in idiot, Merlin, I don't know how I'm related to you."
Teddy walked into the kitchen where everyone was gathered around a large table.
"Haven't seen you in ages," James grinned as he hugged Teddy briefly as he walked in.
Teddy grinned back. "When we're in a ten meter proximity of each other everything suddenly becomes in danger of becoming flammable," he teased "I thought I'd give your parents' house a break for a bit."
James gave Teddy a playful shove as the two sat down and joined the rest at the table. "Rose, give him the run down," James said to her.
Rose nodded and drew a deep breath before launching into 'the run down', "Right. So living here are Louis, Lily, Hugo, Dominique, Victoire, Scorpius, Hugo, James, Albus, you and myself. There is a kitchen, a table, two bathrooms, a lounge room and five bedrooms. That means everyone has another person sleeping in the same room as them."
"Now all we need to do is decide who is sleeping with who," Victoire said. Louis gave her a look to which Victoire threw her pen at him. "Idiot," she muttered. She reached over and grabbed her pen.
"No girl/boy combinations," Rose said decisively.
"Oh come on," Scorpius complained.
"She's right," Teddy agreed "as much as I hate to kill the joy, your dad would hex me Scorp."
"But Teddy," Scorpius moaned "they wouldn't have to know!"
Rose said to Scorpius giving him a stern look, "They've put him in charge and he's in a difficult position. Don't make it harder for him. He's made the right decision."
"I'm not making it harder for him!" Scorpius exclaimed.
"Yes you are!" Rose insisted.
"I am not!"
"You are too!"
Albus put his head in his hands. "I don't know how I put up with this for seven years," he muttered to himself.
"If I am going to live with you two the both of you had better quit the consistent war engagement," Lily warned them as she pursed her lips and crossed her arms. Teddy was reminded so much of Ginny when Lily spoke.
Rose huffed and Scorpius looked somewhere else. "As I was saying," she threw Scorpius a look "no girl/boy pairs for roommates. So who would like to share a room with whom? Vic, you're writing."
"On this," she said as she gestured to her note pad and pen.
"Hugo and I will share a room," Louis said as he looked over at Hugo.
"I want bottom bunk," Hugo declared.
"Why would you want the bottom bunk?" Scorpius asked in confusion.
"I had…a bad experience," Hugo said rigidly. Louis and Albus both tried to hide their matching grins.
"What happened?" Scorpius inquired curiously.
"I had a bad experience," Hugo repeated tightly, Scorpius took the hint. Hugo threw darks looks at both Louis and Albus.
"Al and I will bunk up," Scorpius said to Victoire. "If that's okay with you?" He asked Rose icily.
"I don't see why not," she responded shortly in an equally cold tone. She turned to her brother and Teddy. "That means you two will share a room."
"Cool," he grinned over at James.
"He snores like giant," Lily told him "just warning you." Teddy laughed.
"Rose can I go with you?" Lily asked her cousin, "As long as Dom and Vic don't mind sharing a room that is." She looked over at the two sisters.
"We've never shared a room before," Dominique said "it should be good, lots of bonding time." She teased her sister.
"As long as you don't touch my clothes," Victoire warned as she wrote down her sister's name next to her own "it should be a blast."
"And just warning you," Hugo said to Lily "she sleep talks." Lily shrugged as she looked over at Rose.
"Even when you're asleep," Scorpius sighed in amazement as he shook his head "do you ever stop talking?"
"It's all settled then," Rose said ignoring Scorpius "does anyone have anything else to add?"
Teddy suddenly remembered Hermione's request. "Yeah actually," he said as he sat up a little straighter "I think we should write a few ground rules."
"That's fair," Rose nodded.
"What did you have in mind?" Victoire asked not looking too pleased.
"Rule number one," Teddy began "everyone is responsible for keeping their rooms clean, was– you getting this down Vic?"
"Doubt me not Lupin," Victoire told him as she scrawled away.
"Right, washing their own clothes, getting themselves to work ect." Teddy told them all. "Rule number two, one bathroom is for the boy and one bathroom is for the girls."
"Rule number three," Lily continued "the females in the house are not house elves so yes, the males will also help with things that need to be done around here."
Hugo, Louis, Albus, James and Teddy all rolled their eyes.
"Rule number four, as instructed by The Parents themselves," Teddy said and everyone groaned, he honestly wanted to sulk along with them "no involvement with anyone in this the house."
"What do you mean?" Scorpius asked.
"This is on the whole directed at you and me," Teddy told him "we can't become, these were your father's words exactly, romantically involved with anyone living in that house."
"He's such a pain in the arse," Scorpius sulked.
"Who would you have gotten with anyway?" James asked him curiously.
"Moving on to rule number five," Rose interrupted "weeknights we all need to be home by nine pm."
"Nine!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Fine," Rose sighed "ten…thirty…the absolute latest. On weekends…"
"Whenever," Scorpius supplied.
"Not 'whenever'," Rose chided in a poor impersonation of Scorpius "we all need boundaries."
"Especially you Scorpius," Lily tried to hide the laughter in her voice as she portrayed Rose.
"Yes, especially you," Rose agreed. Lily covered her mouth to stop her laughing from becoming audible. "Weekends…we need to be home before the next morning."
"Morning being daybreak right?" Victoire asked.
"Yes," Rose said reluctantly.
"Rule number six," Hugo said "and these are mum's words not mine," he cleared his throat and impersonated his mother frighteningly well "nobody we do not know is not to enter that house with sexual intentions."
Everyone burst out laughing at the thought of Hermione saying that to Hugo.
"It was so embarrassing," Hugo groaned.
"So basically when we're told to 'get a room' here isn't an option," Scorpius summed up.
"Basically," Hugo nodded.
"I guess that's fair enough though," Teddy tolerated "I mean I wouldn't want to come home to Vikki on the couch all tangled up with someone."
Victoire raised her fist warningly. "Call me Vikki and I'll punch your lights out Lupin."
"She's serious," Louis warned him.
"I think Vikki suits you," James teased "it's all cute and fuzzy."
Victoire pouted her bottom lip and fluttered her eyelashes in a dangerously sweet way, "Jamsie."
James' grin evaporated. "Hey, not cool."
Teddy laughed along with Lily and Albus.
"Any other rules?" Rose asked.
"Yes," Albus said "ten minute showers maximum." He looked over at his sister.
"Oh piss off would you," she said grumpily.
"How long does she take?" Scorpius asked.
"Half an hour," James and Albus replied in unison.
"What do you do in there?" Scorpius asked incredulously.
Lily blushed a little and pursed her lips as she avoided his gaze. "I…you know…exfoliate and stuff."
Victoire snorted. "Yeah, I used that excuse for a while too…that was until idiot brain over here walked in on me 'exfoliating'."
"I didn't know what you were doing!" Louis exclaimed.
"Moving on," Victoire sighed.
James and Albus shared we-really-didn't-need-to-think-about-that looks. Lily huffed embarrassed and looked away.
"Rule number eight," Louis declared "please use locking and silencing charms when immersing in personal activities to avoiding traumatizing anyone."
"Agreed," they all nodded.
"Rule number nine," Dominique said "arguments are allowed as long as they do not involve any harmful magic not matter how minor or slight."
"Rule numb–"
"Hold on!" Victoire snapped as she quickly wrote on the note pad "okay now you can keep going."
"Rule number ten," James spoke up "no going and snooping, prying or nosing into each other's things without asking first."
"Good one," Teddy approved.
"Got something to hide Jamsie?" Scorpius taunted playfully.
"For the girls' sake," he lied smoothly holding up his hands defensively "they get all bitchy when they go through each other's make up and all that shit. And call me Jamsie again and I'll make sure you won't be able to reproduce."
"I'll give you bitchy," Lily mumbled.
"I think that's a good list guys," Teddy told them all. Victoire stood up and stuck the piece of paper containing the ten rules on it onto the fridge. James Accioed the Butterbeer from the fridge.
"To us all," James said as he raised his Butterbeer "and to however long we're in this house for."
They all muttered in agreement and clinked glasses.
Now with all the rules in place, the secret third reason Teddy had agreed to accept in the first place seemed impossible to achieve. I guess it's for the better, he thought to himself as he drank from his glass.