And now we fast forward a little bit in time...
Chapter 2
June 2006
"So are you excited to see mummy on TV?" Ron Weasley asked his three year old son Adam.
The little boy with orange hair and his mother's dark blue eyes nodded before returning to eating his breakfast cereal.
"Morning love" Daphne Weasley greeted her husband as she entered their kitchen holding their six month old daughter Cynthia on her hip.
"Hey love, and hello princess" Ron replied kissing Daphne then tickling Cynthia's tummy.
"Hi mummy" Adam smiled at his mother.
"Morning darling, are you going to finish all your cereal for me?" Daphne asked him.
"Yes then we go to Grandma's?" he asked in response.
"Yep, then do you know what's happening?" Ron asked him.
Adam shook his head.
Ron sat next to him at the dining table "Well then I'll pick you and your sister up after I finish work, we'll come home and then your Uncles and Aunts will come over and we'll see mummy on WizVision (The magical equivalent of Television)"
"You on TV mummy?" he asked her.
"Yep my baby boy, I'll be on TV"
"Wow" he smiled
"C'mon champ lets go get you cleaned up, and mum will take you to Grandma Molly's" Ron told Adam.
"Do you think I'll be okay?" Daphne asked her husband.
He walked over to her and leaned in and kissed her "You my brilliant will be wonderful, Lavender has never had a better guest than you"
Daphne was going to be a guest on Lavender Davies (nee Brown) evening show 'Evening Wrap" tonight . She wasn't so much nervous for the actual interview with Lavender, they knew each other well, Daphne was more nervous because she was bringing a guest along.
That evening not long after Ron got home with the kids and put Cynthia down for her nap and gave Adam a bath, the doorbell rang.
He went to answer it with his son trailing behind him.
"Hey Harry, Astoria, kids" he greeted his best friend and his wife and their two sons.
"Hi Uncle Ron" said Albus potter who was going to turn three in a few days time.
"Hey mate" Harry shook Ron's hand and led his son's inside.
"Hello Ron, how was my sister this morning?" Astoria asked her brother in law.
"She was a bit nervous, but I told her she would do fine, how's the baby going?" he asked referring to her pregnancy.
"Oh, I'm okay, except for weird cravings like cheese and cucumbers" laughed Astoria as she walked into living room.
"Daph wanted to chili sauce with her ice cream when she was pregnant with Cynthia" chuckled Ron.
He heard crying coming from another room.
"Uh-oh, looks like someone heard us talking about her, be right back guys" he said dashing out of the room attend to his daughter.
Meanwhile Adam and his cousins were playing their dragon toys, Harry charmed them so roared like real dragons but didn't breathe fire.
A little while later Ron walked in carrying Cynthia.
"Ah there's my favourite niece" said Harry standing up to take her from Ron.
"Love, she's your only Niece, biologically anyway" Astoria told her husband.
Harry waved it off as she started to play with the baby.
The doorbell rang again, Ron welcomed his guests and walked back into the living room, followed by Draco, his wife Tracey Malfoy (nee Davis) and their two and half year old son Orion.
"Hey Orion, do you want to play with the boys?" Ron asked the blond haired boy, pointing to where his son and nephews were playing.
Orion nodded his head as Ron guided him over to the boys.
"How have you been?" Tracey asked Harry and Astoria, as Draco took Cynthia and started to play with her making sparks appear the end of his wand.
"We've been good, how is the department of Mysteries going?" Harry asked the witch.
"Oh not bad thanks" came Tracey's reply.
"Malfoy I hope, you've been working well to keep my money safe at Gringott's" Harry told the blond wizard.
"Oh don't worry Potter, your money is safe in my hands"
"That's what I'm worried about" Harry said quietly but Astoria heard him and pinched his arm.
"Ouch!"
James and Albus both laughed at their parents.
"Okay here are some snacks" said Ron placing down bowls of both Muggle and Wizard snacks on the coffee table.
"What time is the show on?"
"It starts at 6pm" Tracey answered Astoria.
"Well I hope the others get here soon" commented Ron.
"Ah-ha, that must be them" he said hearing the doorbell ring again.
Ginny, Dean and their kids walked into the room, along with Blaise who was still single.
"Hello everyone" Blaise greeted them all.
"Uncle Blaise" all four boys who were playing with the dragon toys ran over to him.
He crouched down and hugged them all.
"With a reception like that, he needs to have kids of his own" Tracey told her husband who nodded.
Ginny and Dean's daughter Mia was standing next to Astoria, who turned to little girl and said hello to her through sign language. Four year old Mia Grace Thomas had been born deaf, both her parents were upset by this but vowed to make her life as easy as possible, so at age of three, she had a Cochlear Implant installed in her right ear. She could hear things around here but would still occasionally use sign language.
Mia then turned to Harry and smiled at him, before signing him about her day at pre-school.
"She built an great sandcastle" Dean told Harry.
"Did you? Well you will have to show me how do that one time?" Harry told the little girl with dark brown hair and light brown eyes like Ginny's
Xavier Dean Thomas, Mia's younger brother. was busy telling his Uncle Ron about his day with his Grandmother.
"How's work going Zabini?" Draco asked his best friend.
"Pretty good actually, my promotion will come through next month"
"Hey that's fantastic, congratulations" Harry said shaking his hand followed by Dean.
"What's fantastic?" came Pansy Longbottom's voice as she walked into the room carrying her two year old daughter Nicole Alice Longbottom.
"Oh Blaise was just telling us about his promotion" Ginny replied before taking Nicole from her arms and saying hello to Neville.
"Oh well done Blaise" Pansy told him with a hug.
"Neville, how are the kids of Hogwarts treating you?" Dean asked his fellow Gryffindor.
"Some of them are very good, others are just damn annoying" he said the last part quietly hoping the little kids in the room would pick up on his bad language.
"Just wait until, these ones go there" Draco said gesturing Orion and the other kids in the room.
Ron switched on the TV just in time to see the opening credits of Evening wrap start up.
The parents pulled their kids into their laps and told them to be quiet.
"Well good evening everyone, nice of you to join me for tonight's show" said Lavender as she said down at the couch on stage.
"God, I swear I'm only watching this show to see Daphne, Lavender was just annoying in school and I still can't stand her, especially since she's Ron's ex" Ginny said to Astoria quietly.
"I heard that Gin" Ron told his sister.
"Well tonight, we are lucky to have here the head designer of BeWitched Fashion, so let's get her on stage, Daphne Weasley" said Lavender introducing her guest for the evening.
"Doesn't she look great?" commented Ron as he watched is wife walk on stage.
"Of course you would say that Weasley" Draco commented sarcastically, earning a slap from Tracey on his shoulder.
"If you didn't think she looked great, I'd be worried" Ginny told her brother as Dean tried to hide his laughter from the side of his wife.
Lavender and Daphne continued to talk about the BeWitched fashion line, highlighting all the achievements Daphne had achieved. Towards the interview before Lavender could wrap up, the former Slytherin interrupted her.
DW: "Sorry to interrupt you Lavender, can I just say something?"
LD: "Oh sure, go ahead"
DW: "Well just over a year ago now, I ran into a former class mate of ours in LA when I was launching our lingerie range over there. She is now back for a visit to England and she is back stage"
This got Lavender's attention. "Which former classmate of ours is this?" she asked her guest.
Daphne leaned forward and whispered something in Lavender's ear. The former Gryffindor's widened in surprise.
"Really?"
Daphne nodded.
"Oh I wonder who it is?" Pansy wondered out aloud.
Mia looked up and her father in confusion, Dean told her through sign language that Aunt Daphne had a surprise for them on TV.
"It must be someone, we would never expect judging by Lavender's reaction" said Astoria.
"So how did you run into this classmate of ours?" Lavender asked Ginny.
"Oh she's models for us" Smirked Daphne.
"Well let's get her out here. Everyone please welcome Hermione Granger" Lavender introduced her form housemate.
There were a mixture of gasps and applause from the show's studio audience.
Meanwhile back in the living room of the Weasley residence, there was silence and gasps everyone as they all watched in shock as Hermione walked on stage in strappy green figure hugging top, skinny black jeans and strappy black heels. Her hair was flowing is gorgeous chestnut curls. There was no denying she did now have the perfect body for a model.
"Oh my Merli….goodness look at Granger!" said Draco being the first to find his voice.
"Shit! she looks amazing" Ginny said looking at her best friend on screen.
"She's back finally" breathed Harry.
Everyone turned to Blaise, who was still in awe at his former love on screen with her new look.
"Mummy, what's wrong with Uncle Blaise?" James asked his mother.
"Oh honey, he's in shock darling" replied Astoria.
"I think shock is an understatement Tori" commented Pansy.
A/N: Hope you liked the chapter, would love a review from you.