And now we get into parenthood.

I don't know exactly how many chapters I will write. I wanna make something ongoing until Giana turns one because some of this story will tie into the other spinoff Part Of The List. Then after her first birthday chapter I may skip around a couple times to some milestones and then an epilogue. We shall see.

On with the fic :)

Chapter 10: Getting To Know You

Arthur Weasley was able to get his Ron and Hermione a ministry car to take them and Gianna home, as it wasn't good to apparate with a baby, and Hermione was not in a fit state to floo.

Molly, Arthur, and Helen had came with Ron and Hermione back to their flat. Hermione had a hard time walking up the stairs at first because of the magical strict of her c-section, but she got a bit better with every step she took. Ron helped her up the stairs, while Arthur walked closely behind in case Hermione took a slip. Helen carried Gianna in her car seat.

When they finally made it in the flat, Ron helped Hermione walk into the nursery and sit in a big plushy chair that he had gotten her. He took Gianna out of her seat and handed her to Hermione to feed.

"Now, we can stay a few hours with you two if you'd like. Maybe let Hermione pump and get some rest? She's going to need it." suggested Helen.

Ron nodded as he seen Hermione nodding off while feeding Gianna. "Let me take her. She can finish with a bottle and you can get milked ." Said Ron snickering.

Hermione could already see that she was going to be annoyed with what Ron considered pumping. "I am not being milked, I am not a cow. But I'll do it for now. I'm so sleepy, I can barely keep my eyes open."

"That's because of the medical potions my dear." said Molly as Ron handed Gianna to her while he went to get Hermione's pump. "They will make you very drowsy so you need to get as much sleep as you can."

"But who is going to take care of Gianna?" asked Hermione worriedly.

"Ron didn't tell you? He took off for the first two weeks to get both of you started." said Helen. "Much better than your father. He went to work two days after you came home."

Hermione didn't know how she felt about that. She figured that Ron, who was actually really liking working at the store, would get bored being at the house with her and the baby doing almost nothing all day. She would have to say something to him about it later.

Throughout the day Hermione slept while Ron, with the help of the grandparents helped with Gianna. They even gave him a few hours nap. They knew he was going to need it because the first night is always the hardest.

Molly and Helen fixed the new parents a hearty dinner and then the three left, leaving Ron holding his little princess in his arms by himself in the nursery. Ron started to get nervous, as for the first time since she was born, he was alone.

He fed her a bottle of Hermione's milk and talked to her. "You know, you're very small, and Daddy is very big. Hopefully not too big. I don't want to be scary to you.

Gianna looked at him, her big blue/brown eyes wide open, taking her father's face in.

"I guess we should try to get to know each other eh? Well, as you have probably heard, I'm Ron. But you can't call me that until you're grown up and mad at me or something. And as I've been telling you, I'm your Daddy. I'm the one you probably heard yelling and talking loudly from inside your Mummy's belly. If I ever hurt your ears, I'm sorry."

"I'm the one that read you Beedle and The Bard stories. Babity Rabbit was my favorite. I hope you like that one too. Your Mummy likes The Three Brothers, but I don't think you're ready for that yet."

Let's see what else? Oh. I'm only 18. That's actually very very young to be a Daddy. You were...made at school. A school that you will one day go to and never ever do the things that Mummy and Daddy did. Never."

"You used to make Mummy mental. Really Gigi, she threw a shoe at me once because I ate her last sugar quill. I was wanting a snack and it was right there and I figured that she wouldn't mind, especially since I was going to buy her a whole box the next day but she was livid. I learned my lesson, and also got her two boxes. The deluxe kind."

"You have a lot of uncles Gigi. Of course you met your Auntie Ginny. She's Daddy's twin sister. And you met Uncles Fred and George. There's also, Uncle Bill, Charlie, and Percy. You also have your godfathers, Uncle Harry, you've met him, and Uncle Draco. You may like Draco more than Harry. Girls seem to like him, but he and your Auntie Ginny love each other very much."

"I don't know a lot about you though. I wonder what kind of person you'll be. I already know that you'll be as smart if not smarter than Mummy. She will see to that. But I'm going to let you know right now, life isn't all about books. It's about fun too. And that's where I come in. I'm going to reach you to ride a broom so you can play quidditch, I'm going to teach you how to play that fun muggle game called basketball, and all sorts of cool things. And I'll teach you chess. A Weasley, especially my Weasley, always needs to know how to play chess. That's very important."

Hermione had woken up and was quietly standing at the door and listening to Ron talk to Gianna. She held a camera in her hand, positioning it to take a picture.

"I hope I can get this right. I don't think I'll be the best Daddy you see. I get mad sometimes and I yell. But I promise to to do that to you too much. I don't want you to be scared of me. I may not know everything that you will like, but I'll try. I love you so much already. I hope I don't become one of those soft dads that you will have wrapped around your cute little finger. But I guess I'm already that huh? I'll be a better Daddy than that bloody Krum that's for sure. Who's he you ask? Don't worry about him, he's just a prat."

*Click* went the camera as Hermione took the picture. Ron looked up to see Hermione smiling back at him.

"Language Ronald. Especially in front of her."sighed Hermione.

Ron looked back down at Gianna. "See? Messing up already." he said winking at his daughter.

Hermione laughed as she walked over to Ron. He had Gianna laying on his chest, attempting to burp her.

"I like how you have her crib under her name like that. It's very pretty." said Hermione as she admired the white crib her mother had gotten her under an arched 'Gianna' painted in pink and sparkling.

"Parvati's idea. Said that her pretty name needed to be seen by all." said Ron as Gianna let out a huge burp. "Impressive. You could give Uncle Bill a rub for his money you could."

"Oh no she can't. She's a lady." laughed Hermione as she took Gianna out of his arms and rocked her. Gianna looked closely at her mother as she did Ron. Hermione looked back into her eyes, fascinated.

"I wonder what she's thinking about? What she thinks of us."

"I think she already knows that she is queen and she is running things." said Ron getting up and holding Hermione from behind.

Hermione hummed sweetly as she gently rocked Gianna. Soon the baby's eyes grew heavy, and she slipped off into a peaceful dreamland.

Hermione placed her in the crib and turned on the muggle monitor as well as a music box that Dumbledore had given her that played music and put tiny images of unicorns over Gianna's head. The two then walked out and closed the door.

"Do you think she will be okay in there by herself?" asked Hermione curiously. "Maybe we should sleep in there with her."

Ron shook his head and guided Hermione inside their bedroom. "You stay here and I'll bring the food. You need to eat up if you're going to be milked in a couple of hours."

"Ronald..." growled Hermione playfully.

The two ate their food and Ron banished the dishes to the sink (or to the trash, he hadn't fully caught onto that spell yet) so they could be washed in the morning. The clock on the nightstand shown 9:16. Then they cuddled up with each other with the other monitor on, listening to the music box and Gianna's tiny breathing.

The sounds along with the warmth of their bodies soon caused the pair to drift into a beautiful and comfortable sleep...or so they thought.