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I had almost slept through my alarm and when I'd finally managed to roll out of bed the sight that met me was not a pretty one. My hair was a mess, my clothes were ruffled and I had a red imprint on my cheek from the edge of my pillow. Now, almost 30 minutes later I looked in the mirror and barely recognised the woman staring back at me. The Hermione facing me was a far cry from the hermione of 30 minutes earlier, she looked like an adult. She looked ready for this huge responsibility and looking at my reflection I suddenly felt a little braver.

20 minutes later my stomach was churning as I made my way into the foyer of the Ministry of Magic. I had had some coffee but was unable to stomach any food, the nerves earlier had been so bad that I was almost sick. I was making my way across the atrium when I heard a bang from behind me, I spun quickly in panic, immediately assuming the worst. Instead of a rogue deatheater however, I found Malfoy knelt on the floor with a huge number of files and papers surrounding him. He was furiously searching for his wand in his robes and I watched in shock as the people around him pushed past him, some even treading on the papers and files as they passed.

"Here" I said passing him the wand that had rolled towards me from his pile of papers. Malfoy looked up at me, yanked the wand from my hand and used it to collect the papers into his arms.

"Oh no really it's no trouble at all" I growled sarcastically at his lack of acknowledgement of my help.

"I didn't ask for your help Granger, if you weren't so bloody Gryffindor we wouldn't be in this situation" he spat as he stood up and turned away from me.

"Fine. Next time I'll leave you to be trampled on shall I?" I said angrily. Malfoy went to respond but I held my hand up and sighed, "I have an important meeting to get to" and with that I turned on my heel and strode towards the lifts. Unaware that I had left a bright red Malfoy in my wake.

"Miss Granger you're late, I hope you don't make a habit of it." mocked the secretary who I was beginning to like less and less. I looked in shock at my watch which read 9:01 and sighed, this woman really had it out for me. I figured that telling her about Malfoy in the atrium wouldn't be productive and so instead I mumbled an apology.

"Can I see Teddy now?" I asked but instead of replying she just shoved several forms across the desk towards me.

"Fill these in and give them back when you're done," she said looking down at her nails as if to show just how dull she found me. I groaned and sat with the stack of forms and began making my way through them. I could barely concentrate, I could be signing my life away for all I knew, but I didn't care I just wanted to see Teddy! What felt like hours later but must have been 10 minutes at most, I was finally finished with the forms and I returned them to the desk.

"Through there" the secretary waved in the vague direction of the office door near her desk. I knocked once and pushed the door open.

"Teddy!" I cried. In the middle of the office surrounded by a small pile of toys sat Teddy. He looked up as I entered, his face was tear stained but he smiled up at me before he went back to his toys. I wasn't surprised he barely recognised me, the last time I'd seen him had been two days before my break up with Ron, he'd been 5 months old then. He was obviously a lot bigger now but his little chubby cheeks and hazelnut eyes were still the same and he was still completely adorable.

"Miss Granger, it's nice to see you again" said Mr Lightbody grabbing my hand and shaking it thoroughly. "His foster parents just dropped him off, he's ready for you to take him home now" he said and smiled widely.

"Oh Teddy sweety" I cried and picked him up off the floor peppering his face with kisses. He looked up at me in confusion and his lip began to wobble furiously.

"Look what I've bought you" I murmered as I dug around in my shoulder bag pulling out a small wolf toy, "It's Moony" I said and watched him take the toy from me, holding it close and shoving his face into it's fur. I looked at him and felt tears forming in my eyes, I blinked hard and held him close.

"This is his bag, it has his clothes and some toys that we retrieved from the house" Mr Lightbody said as he scampered around under the desk putting loose toys into the bag. "I would invite you to stay for coffee but I've got another meeting in a few minutes" he said as he threw the bag over my shoulder and held the door open for me to exit. I pushed Teddy further up onto my hip, pulled the bag higher onto the opposite shoulder and gave Mr Lightbody a half wave as I left his office. The secretary glared at me as I passed her but I was so relieved to have Teddy that I just walked right past her grinning like an idiot.

The journey home was uneventful but as soon as I stepped into the apartment Teddy became fussy and began to cry.

"What's wrong Teds?" I crooned, putting the bag down as Teddy's crys became louder.

"Ooh do you need your nappy changed" I sighed, proud of myself for figuring out the problem but not ecstatic at the prospect of actually changing my first nappy. "I can do this!" I whispered as I pulled out the changing table and layed Teddy down. The smell was bad, and I momentarily wondered how I was going to do this several times a day. After a longer amount of time than was entirely necessary I finally managed to change his nappy. I was proud of myself for finding the tabs and not having to use duct tape (which was apparently the go to for clueless nappy changers). Knowing that I needed to get Teddy on a good sleep schedule I changed him into a cute little onesie covered in stars and laid him down in his crib for a nap. It was then that I noticed his hair, it was still grey. As a Metamorphmagus Teddy had always changed his hair colour several times an hour, but since I'd seen him in the office and taken him home his hair had remained stubbornly grey. What if the trauma of losing his family and being moved around from person to person stunted his Metamorphmagus abilities! I needed to do some research to find out what the problem was.

My first day with Teddy was difficult to say the least, feeding him his bottle was relatively easy but when it came to more solid foods it was like being back at the battle of Hogwarts. Teddy point blank refused to feed himself or let me feed him and would throw the food and his bowl onto the floor rather than eat anything. I must have tried hundreds of recommended foods at each meal time before finding success with Cheerios. I sighed with relief as he started to eat the cheerios only to pick up the bowl a few minutes later and tip it upside down on his head, Cheerios flying everywhere. By the time 6 o'clock rolled around I was exhausted, as I psyched myself up for bath time my floo activated and out stepped Neville.

"Where's the little lad then? haven't killed him have you?" Neville asked in mock concern.

"Ha ha very funny, he's through here we're about to tackle bathtime" I called as I stuck my head out of the bathroom door.

"Hi little man" Neville cooed as he swooped Teddy up from the floor where he was playing with a rubber duck and blew a raspberry on his belly. Teddy shrieked with laughter for the first time since I'd got him and I burst into tears.

"Oh Mione what's wrong?" Neville cried as he sat Teddy back down on the bathroom floor where he became distracted by the duck once again.

"I'm going to mess this up, I don't know what I'm doing and I'm worried he hates me, he hasn't laughed since I've had him except just then and I'm sure I'm disappointing Tonks and Remus" I sniffed.

"You're being ridiculous! they'd be so happy you are raising Teddy it's just going to take some getting used to but you're doing a great job. I mean you've survived the first day right, only 17 years to go" Neville laughed. I scoffed at him and rolled my eyes.

"Thanks Nev, super helpful!" I laughed as I leant over to run the bath. "Come on Teds lets get you into this bath and get those crumbs out of your hair".

Teddy loved the bath, he giggled and grinned like mad as Neville and I washed him and played with his duck, giving the duck silly voices and splashing each other. I started to relax for the first time since I'd bought him home. After his bath Neville headed home to Hannah and I carried Teddy into his bedroom. As I tucked Teddy into his crib and read him Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump, he reached out and wrapped his small fist around my finger before falling fast asleep with 'Moony' tucked under his arm.

A/N: Sorry for the short chapters but I'm trying to update every day which unfortunately makes the chapters kind of short! They'll probably get longer as I go on with the story though! Big thanks to the people who have reviewed!