A/N: I am sooo sorry this took so long. I'm not going to make excuses but its been one thing after the other.
Anyways! We're finally going to get into a little bit of Hermione's perspective here. It seems a little rushed but I really just wanted to get this out here for everyone. Next chapter we'll learn a bit more about Lori. I've written her into some of my other fanfics and really after the first one I fell in love with her character. So, tell me what you think of her and if you want to see more of her in future stories. Thanks so much!
~SeekerEye

"Ginnevra Weasley!" Hermione shrieked as Ginny pulled her up the stairs into the room they used to share in their days at school. "Why are you trying to yank my arm out of its socket?!"

"Because you have something to tell me. I know you do." She sat on her bed excitedly "Now spill. What's going on with you and Harry?"

"Wait, you aren't mad?"

Ginny gave her the 'are you serious' look. "Harry and I broke up two years ago. If I'm not okay with him seeing other people by now I should be put in an asylum somewhere. And I'm assuming he never told you why we broke up."

Hermione sat on the bed next to her friend. "He only told me you two were in different places."

She gave a half hearted laugh. "Well that's the nice way of putting it I guess. We both know how much Harry loves Teddy. That's not a secret. Right after the war, and when things started to settle down, I tried to convince Harry to give custody to Andromeda. It was stupid. Nothing can tear those two apart and I was stupid for trying. I just wasn't ready to be a mom and I didn't think Harry was ready to be a dad either. He was only seventeen for Merlin's sake! And the war didn't give us much time to be children. I don't even want to know how you, Harry, and my brother did it. I know you three had it much worse. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is: the breakup was mutual. You don't have anything to worry about. Now tell me what happened."

Hermione smiled. "Well last night we were wrapping Teddy's presents and I brought up how Teddy is going to need a stable mother and that I couldn't be a friend to Harry and a mom to Teddy. It would be too much for Teddy to comprehend later on when he starts primary school. Then Harry brought up the idea of me being more than a friend, and it just kind of happened."

Ginny smiled and shook her head. "That lucky bastard."

Hermione furrowed her eyes together. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, Hermione, Harry has loved you for a very long time. And despite my telling him to do so, he wasn't going to tell you. You gave him the perfect opportunity. I'm so happy he took it. You two deserve each other."

Hermione shook her head. "wait, wait, wait, wait, wait" she said quickly. "Did you say he loves me?"

Ginny's eyes grew wide. "I didn't say that"

"Yes you did!"

"No! No, I didn't"

"Ginnevra Weasley, yes you did"

Before Ginny could say anything back they heard an explosion down the hall. They looked at each other, eyes wide. "George" Ginny mumbled.

Hermione nodded. "Teddy. Oh no" she stood up. "Teddy!" The two ran to where they knew George's old room was and Hermione threw open his door. "George!" She yelled. "what are you doing?!"

George was on the floor with Teddy sitting on his bed. George's sleeve was singed and an exploded card was on the ground. Teddy had a giant smile plastered on his face from giggling and George was having a laughing fit of his own. "What is going on here?" Hermione asked.

"Relax , Hermione." George stood up and patted his sleeve. "I was just teaching him how to play exploding snap."

"Exploding snap?!" She asked.

He sighed. "let's talk in the hall." He lead her out of his room leaving Ginny with Teddy. He shut the door behind them and leaned against it and crossed his arms, waiting for the Hermione lashing.

"George, he's four! Exploding snap is way too dangerous for someone his age"

"Which is exactly why he was safely on my bed while the cards and myself were on the floor." She huffed and crossed her arms. George just smirked. "Hermione, dearest, I love Teddy more than anything. I may do stupid, dangerous things, but do you think I would ever put that kid in danger? Especially after what happened to Fred?"

Tears stinging her eyes at the mention of George's lost other half, she shook her head. "No."

"I know you get scared because I've done stupid things, but trust me: Your son is safe with me"

She laughed a little. "He's not my son. He's Harry's"

"You'll be happy to know that he's just as much yours"

She smiled and moved into a hug and he wrapped his arms around her. "You're a great mum, Hermione"

"Thank you, George."

He kissed the top of her head and squeezed her tighter. "Any time."

"Go play with Teddy. He really loves his Uncle George."

He smiled. "thanks Hermione!" He ran back into his room and Ginny appeared moments later.

Ginny smiled. "Let's go back downstairs." Hermione nodded and they walked down the stairs.

Moments after the two got down stairs, the door opened and Ron and a petite brunette came in.

Ron smiled. "Hello, Hermione, Ginny."