The boys looked confused.

"Discussion?" a Hufflepuff said uncertainly, "What are we discussing?"

"Anything!" Regor exclaimed, standing up. He looked around and pointed at a random student, a Ravenclaw boy, "You. How is the project going for you?"

"Okay…" the boy said slowly, "It's okay."

"Just okay?" Regor asked, "Alright. Works for me. Is there anything anyone wants to talk about? Is one parent doing too much work and you aren't getting enough time? Or is one parent not doing enough?"

No one spoke up. Harry pulled the blanket tighter around Ron, who had fallen asleep on the way to the lesson.

"Well then," Regor said, sitting down, "We can just go around the circle and talk about how the project is going. Starting with…" he pointed to the right of him, "You. But first state your name."

They went around the circle, Harry getting nervous with each person stating their problems and some who didn't have problems. Finally it came to Harry. Nervously he said,

"I'm, uh…Harry…Potter."

"Hello, Harry," Regor said, his eyes not even going up to Harry's scar, "So, how's the project going for you?"

"Fine," Harry said truthfully, "It's going fine!"

"Fantastic," Regor said, "I'm glad it's going fine."

After they went completely around the circle the girls walked in, giggling. The chairs were placed back in their original spots.

"How'd it go?" Hermione asked Harry.

"It went okay. What did you guys do?"

"We…talked," Hermione said with a slightly sneaky smile.

"Groups line up please!" LaRaine announced, "Please bring the bottles and make sure your babies are awake!"

Harry and Hermione exchanged glances; all day they had been trying to get Ron asleep. Hermione took Ron from Harry and tried to get him to wake up.

He did. And smiled.

"Thank God," Hermione breathed, "Harry. Get out the bottle."

Harry got it out and cleaned it with a quick flick of his wand. Then they lined up with all the other groups.

"You're children will be changed to one year olds!" LaRaine was saying, "Which means they are going to be able to eat some solid foods and baby food."

She was also passing out a small box after the group walked off with a slightly older looking baby.

"They will be crawling and hopefully you will be helping them learn how to walk!"

Harry and Hermione stepped forward. Harry handed her the bottle and LaRaine filled it with a tablespoon full of the liquid Ron had had to drink at the last class.

Hermione tried to get him to drink it, but Ron was being stubborn and refused.

"It's okay if he doesn't drink it right away," LaRaine said, "As long as he drinks it in here."

Finally they got him to drink it. Again it was fast. Ron instantly became slightly larger, but not so much heavier.

Harry took the box from LaRaine and set it on a desk. He opened it and found a piece of paper. He picked it up and read it. It was a list of all the dates of the next classes. Also in the box were clothes that were the right sizes and also toys.

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed.

"What?" Harry asked, scanning the list.

"Just look."

Harry looked around and then saw Hermione kneeling on the floor watching Ron…who was crawling.

"Already?" Harry asked.

He knelt down beside Hermione.

Several other babies were on the floor now, too.

"Perfect!" LaRaine exclaimed, "You can see how your child interacts with others. What a perfect lesson!"

All the babies seemed to group together in a clear space in the classroom. Parents/students were kneeling on the floor watching. LaRaine went to a closet and began searching through it and finally produced a small box. She then walked over to where the babies were and upturned the box, dumping out several blocks.

Immediately the one-year-olds went for them.

A fight over the blocks caused a few of them to cry. Harry and Hermione watched Ron…who seemed to enjoy just watching. He sat along the sides and watched as all the others played and fought over the colorful blocks.

Soon the class had been kept long enough. LaRaine and Regor wrote out excuses for all the students and excused them.

"He's a bit of a loner, isn't he?" Harry asked, slightly worried as he picked Ron up.

"That's not a bad thing, Harry."

"But…"

"Don't worry about it."

"Alright. Well…I have Divination next. I'll take him."

"Okay, I have a test to focus on anyway. Here's the bag. I emptied the stuff form the box into it."

"Alright."

Harry headed off to the Divination classroom…then remembered about the ladder. But he found it easy to hold Ron with one arm and use the other to climb up the ladder.

Seamus, Neville, and Harry had been late. They gave the written excuses to Professor Trelawny and then took seats at the only empty table left.

Ron and Lavender were the only babies in the class. Neville obviously hadn't been trusted with keeping the baby.

"What do you think of the class?" Seamus asked Harry, as they both pretended to be staring into the crystal balls.

"Divination?"

"No! The extra credit class."

"I dunno…the project is kind of cool."

"Yeah it is-no! Don't touch that!"

Harry looked up.

"What?" he asked.

But Seamus was talking to his baby. Lavender had gotten a hold of the tablecloth and was pulling at it…one hand steadying herself on Seamus's chair. The crystal ball unbalanced and fell off its holder, rolling off the table. Harry suddenly realized that Ron was right in its way. Quickly he picked him up as the crystal ball went crashing to the floor right where Ron had been.

Harry felt his heart thumping and was sure that everyone could hear it.

The almost-accident had been small but was enough to give Harry a heart attack.

"Is he alright?" Neville asked.

"Yeah," Harry managed to say.

"Is everything okay, my dears?" Professor Trelawny asked, striding over.

"We're okay," Seamus said, placing the crystal ball back on its holder.

"I saw an accident," Professor Trelawny said, "Involving a small child."

"We're okay, Professor," Harry said assuringly.

Seamus picked up Lavender and placed her on his lap.

"We're fine," He said.

Coming up: Harry and Hermione's first fight!