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I was gonna do "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North, but I found this song. Its an acoustic version of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" by Boyce Avenue. He's amazing. It's like a guy version of the song. Listen to it. I have nothing against Katy Perry, but I love this version better.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, JK Rowling does. I do not own "Teenage Dream", Boyce Avenue does.
This songfic is set in the Beginnings universe. Harry and Hermione adopted Teddy Lupin. Harry and Hermione are both 21 and Teddy's 3, almost 4.
Teenage Dream
Teddy Remus Lupin-Granger-Potter, also known as Teddy Remus Lupin, his birth name, as his adoptive name was far too long and a mouthful, was running around the living room at the Potter Manor, being chased by his godfather, Harry Potter. He was three years old and the cutest kid Harry and Hermione Granger, his godmother, had ever seen. Hermione was smiling and laughing at the two boys who ran around her and the couch. His hair was yellow with joy and happiness. She was standing in front of the couch folding the clothes she had just taken out of the dryer.
"I'm gonna get you, Teddy!" Harry said playfully chasing the giggling, little boy.
"No, Daddy!" he cried out as Harry caught him around the waist and hoisted him up over his shoulder, making him laugh even more. "Daddy! Put me down!"
"I got you, Teddy!"
"Harry! Be gentle with him, please!" Hermione reminded him, yet smiling, as she folded a bedsheet.
"He's fine. Don't worry," he reassured her and held him in his arms. Teddy's yellow hair turned to an orange, which was his calm-happy color.
Teddy spied the bedsheet Hermione had in her hands and immediately perked up again. He gasped and said to her, "Mummy, can we build a fort out of the sheets?" This question brought Harry's eyes to Hermione's. She looked at her godson, who had a smile on his face. So innocent.
"I don't know, Teddy. I just washed them. You don't want them to get all dirty again, do you?"
"Pwease." He curled his lip downward in a cute puppy dog face.
"Teddy..." Hermione moaned. She always fell for it. Always. He always knew how to make her cave. She couldn't believe a three-year-old knew how to make her give in. She always felt like she was a terrible godmother letting Teddy get his way all the time. But he was a good kid. He almost never asked for anything that wasn't essential to him. He was only three, but he was a perfect gentleman.
When Hermione didn't answer, Teddy reasoned, "They won't get dirty, Mummy. We can just fold them right back. With magic!"
Hermione sighed and looked at Harry, who gave her a small shrug that said, "Why not?" She nodded reluctantly and Teddy cried, "Yay!" Harry set him down on the ground and he began to order his adoptive parents around. They complied to humor him.
His adoptive mother unfolded all of the bedsheets she had already folded with a heavy sigh. "Daddy, we need chairs!" Harry waved his wand and four chairs came flying into the living room. Harry also summoned pillows and blankets. They spread the chairs out a bit and draped a few sheets over them, putting in an unshaded lamp underneath with them. They laid out the blankets and pillows on the ground under the sheets. The small family crawled under the sheets into their fort-Teddy first, of course.
"Mummy! Daddy! Hurry! You gotta see this! Come on!" he urged them as they followed him. They laid down on the pillows and blankets on the side of him. Harry on his right side, Hermione on his left. Teddy was ecstatic. Both parents felt like they had never seen him this happy, not even on Christmas morning.
"Mummy, Daddy?" He sounded pretty serious as he said their names.
"Yeah, buddy?" Harry asked him.
"Do...do you think I will see my real Mummy and Daddy again?" he asked seriously.
Hermione gasped slightly and looked at Harry, who looked back. They were unsure of what to say. Remus and Nymphadora "Tonks" Lupin had died, leaving their son in Harry and Hermione's care when he was only a few months old. He was what brightened their day everyday, especially after the war. Teddy knew he was adopted.
"Erm...yes, Teddy. You will. But that won't be for a very, very, very long time," Hermione answered kissing the side of his head. Teddy smiled at her and laid his head on her shoulder. She wrapped her arm around him and he snuggled up close to her. Hermione grabbed her wand and summoned her Polaroid camera. She turned it so that the lens faced them. "Lean in, Daddy," Hermione told Harry, who complied and they all smiled for the camera.
Flash! went the camera and the picture came out the bottom. It was a really cute picture. Hermione put it and her camera off to the side.
Harry turned his head and looked at his best friend as she smiled at their godson. 'She's so beautiful' he thought to himself. He had been in love with her ever since he had laid eyes on her in First Year. Funny thing is: it took him seven years to figure that out. He didn't really blame himself. He was raised with his relatives who didn't love him, didn't show him what it was. But had always had strange flutters in his stomach whenever he saw her. Everytime she spoke, his heart would beat and he would concentrate on her sweet, soft voice. Oh yes, he was in love with her. She was always on his mind. It had been almost four years since he had realized it. What was holding him back? She wasn't dating anyone. He wasn't dating anyone. He guessed he was afraid of rejection. That she wouldn't feel the same way.
Teddy yawned and snuggled more into Hermione. Tired. Wiped out. "He's exhausted, Harry," she whispered to him. "Come on, let's go put him to bed." Harry nodded and picked the toddler up carefully. They climbed out of the fort and walked up the stairs to Teddy's bedroom. The young godfather lowered his godson into his small bed and covered him up with the blankets. Hermione leaned down and kissed his forehead. "Goodnight, Teddy. I love you."
"Goodnight, Mummy. Goodnight, Daddy. I love you," he replied in his sleep.
"Goodnight, buddy. I love you, too."
They left the room, gently shutting the door, going back downstairs and crawled back into the fort.
I think you're pretty without any makeup on
I think you're funny when you tell the punchline wrong
I knew you got me when you let your walls come down
Down
Harry turned his head sideways and looked at her once again. She was everything he wanted. Everything he had hoped for. Everything he needed. He wanted to be the same to her. Her everything.
Before you met me I was a ripe of things
We're kind of heavy, you brought me to life
Now every February, you'll be my Valentine
Valentine
Harry looked up at their fort they had made with their godson. She brought out the kid in him. The childhood he never got because of his stupid relatives. He had never made a fort before and was shocked when Teddy had suggested it. He had begged Hermione to comply and was happy when she did.
Let's just talk all through the night
There's no need to rush
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
Harry reached on the side of him and grabbed Hermione's Polaroid camera-as he had taken her previous spot-and pointed it at her. She just stared obliviously at the sheet above them.
Flash! went the camera for the second time that night. Hermione flinched a bit and looked at him. "Harry!" she laughed at his smile. He took the picture out as it came out. He looked at it, seeing nothing but..."perfect," he whispered.
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's run away and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe this is real
So take a chance and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
They began to take pictures together in various poses. Many silly pictures. Two of them sleeping. In the last picture, Harry looked at her for a third time with love and passion in his eyes. Hermione was smiling for the camera, once again oblivious to what he was doing. When she looked at the picture, she gasped inaudibly and looked at him.
When you're around me life's like a movie scene
I wasn't happy until you became my queen
I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece
I'm complete
Let's just talk all through the night
There's no need to rush
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
He leaned over and pushed back soft tendrils of her hair from her face to behind her ear. Then he stroked her cheek with the back of his finger. He leaned down and kissed the corner of her mouth. Hermione didn't know what to say. She was speechless.
For the first time in her life.
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's run away and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops every time you look at me
Just one touch, now baby, I believe this is real
So take a chance and don't ever look back
Don't ever
"There's something I've been meaning to tell you for a while now. For four years. I was afraid of rejection. Hermione Jane Granger...I'm in love with you."
Hermione gasped audibly this time.
I'ma get your heart racing if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
Let you rest your head on me if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
"Four years? When did you realize?" she asked him.
"Remember when Ron left the tent and I asked you to dance?" he asked her.
"Yeah."
"I didn't want to let you go. You made me feel like a kid again. It was nice not having to worry about an evil, dark wizard wanting to kill you for once. You made me feel alive again. You were and still are the only person-well, besides Teddy-that makes me feel that way. We're a family, Hermione."
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's run away and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My hear stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby, I believe this is real
So take a chance and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
"I think it's possible that I had fallen for you when I first laid eyes on you. On the train. In First Year. I just knew I had to have you. But it took seven years to realize what that meant," he told her.
"You love me?" Hermione asked him in disbelief.
"Yeah. You're the best friend I could ever ask for. You've always been there for me. Always in my life. You're a great mother to Teddy. I just don't understand how anyone could not love you."
"I love you, too, Harry. More than anything in the world."
He grinned and leaned down to kiss her. This time on the lips. She responded by kissing him back. It was delicious. Better than anything either of them had ever tasted. Hermione opened her mouth and Harry slipped his tongue in, deepening the kiss.
They kissed until they felt exhausted and fell asleep in the fort. Both of them knew that no more years would be wasted.
I'ma get your heart racing if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
Let you rest your head on me if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
THE END
Hoped you liked it. I thought it was cute!
Anyway, I might actually do "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North next time.
Oh, and Happy Mardi Gras!
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