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Teddy Bear's Picnic
The evening had gone surprisingly well for Hermione and Harry, after their busy day visiting the Weasley's the toddlers had continued to behave magnificently, there hadn't been a single falling out or argument from either one of them. Not wanting to ruin the mood they had decided not to bathe the toddlers as that alone would spoil everything. After they had eaten lunch they had all gathered on to the sofa to watch another film, this time is was Pinocchio and though they didn't fully understand the whole story they had thoroughly enjoyed it.
Even when it was time for them to finally go to bed Harry and Hermione were surprised how ready they were, the day had obviously worn them out because as soon as their heads had hit the pillows they were out like a light. The duo had spent the next few hours playing exploding snap and Harry attempted to teach Hermione Wizarding Chest, something he was now regretting after she beat him three times in a row. As they went to bed they hoped tomorrow would be just as good.
Shifting his head with a groan Harry glanced down at his hand, he had woken with a strange tickling sensation running up and down it and it had puzzled him, however that confusion instantly disappeared when he saw the mop of black hair and a pair of tiny hands tapping up and down his right arm.
"Morning trouble," he mumbled holding back a yawn.
"Hi Harry, I come play?" Pansy asked loudly already trying to climb on to his bed. Shaking his head Harry reached down and pushed her up from her bum. She rolled on to the bed with a giggle and crawled up to him.
"Looks like it," he said as she lowered her head on his chest and cuddled into him. Harry shook his head again and wrapped his arms around her, he pulled her in tightly.
"Awww cuddles," he cooed trapping her arms so she couldn't escape.
Pansy giggled loudly as she tried to free herself but Harry rolled over ensnaring her underneath him. In a fit of laughter Pansy tried to push him off her but it was useless as she continued to giggle. Finding her laughter contagious Harry too found himself laughing, with a wicked urge he reached down and ticked her side causing Pansy to erupt into more laughter that she was unable to control. Harry rolled away from her to allow her time to breath. Pushing her body up she looked at Harry with rosy cheeks, her eyes were shinning from the unshed tears and her was a mess but the smile on her face was huge, it spread from cheek to cheek and all her teeth were on show. Diving on to Harry, Pansy dug her fingers in to Harry's sides trying to make him laugh. He chuckled but quickly grasped both her hands.
"Don't think so madam,"
"Not fair," Pansy pouted as she looked at her hands, "you cheating!"
Shushing her he grabbed her waist and lifted her up into the air so she hung above. She dangled her arms down but she couldn't reach him and she squealed as he threw her into the air and then caught her.
"Again!" she cried excitedly. Chuckling Harry threw her into the air catching her as she fell back into his arms. On the third time he threw her and caught her then swunng her through the air like a bird. She shrieked before bursting into another round of giggles.
"You're heavy," Harry laughed as he lowered Pansy on to his chest, she pushed herself up so she was sat against his legs.
"It fun, do it again?"
"Not right now, my arms are tired." Pouting Pansy nodded and rolled off of Harry on to the bed where she wiggled her way under the covers. Giggling she reached the end of the bed and through the cover over her head and stuck out her tongue before hiding back under.
"Pansy, where are you," Harry sung pushing himself up, he pressed his hand down on the covers on one side of her before trapping her on the other side with his left hand. "Got ya!" he cried. Pansy screamed and she wiggled backwards, laughing as she tried to escape him. Finally he reached down and gripped her and the duvet in his arms cradling her like a baby .
"I was thinking we could have a picnic for dinner,"
"Yeah a picnic a picnic – Harry what picnic?"
"A picnic is where you put lots of food in a basket and you go outside and eat it on a blanket, its fun and we'll play lots of games,"
"Go on picnic!" Pansy shouted wriggling from Harry's grasp, she jumped on to the floor using her hands as a balance. "Let's go picnic Harry!"
Without even waiting for Harry Pansy ran out of his bedroom to the stairs chanting picnic over and over. Reaching the stairs she dropped to her bum and bounced down each of the steps in speed. Reaching the ground floor she ran into the kitchen where she saw Hermione quietly eating her breakfast.
"Picnic Mione, Picnic!" she cried running over to the bushy Gryffindor to give her a hug. Startled Hermione blinked and returned the hug, she caught a glimpse of Harry over Pansy's head and watched him shake his head though she noted he had an amused smile on his face.
"What's all this about a picnic?" she asked Pansy who by now had calmed a little and was crawling on to her lap.
"Go on picnic?"
"Oh I see, so you want to go on a picnic?" Pansy nodded her head with a grin, she still wasn't sure what it was but the words food and fun where involved so she was sure she'd like it.
"How about we make it extra special and we have a teddy bears picnic?" she said winking to Harry who rolled his eyes and reached for a bowl.
"Teddy bear picnic?" Pansy asked confused.
"Yeah we go on a picnic but we have to take teddies so you can take Trixie, Blaise can take Teddy and Draco can take Dragon.
"Yeah! Teddy bear Picnic, Teddy bear Picnic, Teddy bear Picnic…"
"Okay little miss loud we'll go on a picnic at dinner time as long as your all on your best behaviour okay?" Pansy nodded and slid off of Hermione. She had to tell Blaise and Draco about the Teddy bear picnic and they had to be good. She crawled up the stairs and stood on her tip toes to reach the door handle. With a puff she pushed the door open to find Blaise and Draco already awake.
"Hi we go on Teddy bear Picnic," she told them with a grin.
"What Teddy bear picnic?" Draco asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"It fun and it got food and we take Trixie, Teddy and Dragon to it! But Mione say we gotta be good or not going. So be good!"
"I be good Pansy," Blaise said slipping out of his bed and reaching for the only ear left on his bear.
With their stuffed friends they clambered down the stairs, all three of them synchronising the bum bump in perfect unison before running in to the kitchen.
"Blaise and Draco gonna be good, so Teddy bear picnic." Pansy told Harry.
"Good to hear," he said messing up her already untidy hair.
"Looks like I'll need to make some sandwiches for dinner seeing as we're having a picnic," said Hermione as she dished the trio their breakfasts.
None of them wished to ruin this Teddy bear picnic thing so they all ate their breakfast in their best behaviour and didn't complain when they got dressed.
At 12 o'clock Hermione placed all the food into a basket and walked into the common room. She placed the basket on to the floor and helped Harry put Blaise, Draco and Pansy into their coats and shoes. When it came to having children of her own Hermione had quickly decided to have them one at a time, multiples were difficult.
"Oh Draco, what've you done," laughed Hermione removing the tangled coat from the blonde. She quickly sorted it out and helped him place both arms in the arm holes.
"Fixed it!" he shouted with a giggle as he let her zip him up. He wiggled his toes in his shoes and then ran to get Dragon. He couldn't forget him.
Once everything was packed and they had a total of three stuffed animals they left the common room for the outside.
"Remember to be good out here okay?" Harry said as he held the hands of both Pansy and Draco. Their free hands filled with Dragon and Trixie.
"I will, cause its Teddy bear picnic day," said Pansy with a grin. She hadn't stopped talking about the picnic since Harry had suggested it a few hours ago. Nothing was going to jeopardise the Teddy bear Picnic, not on her watch.
"Mione, I got cheese?" Blaise asked looking up at Hermione and then to the basket in her hand.
"I've made some cheese sandwiches if you want one of those," Blaise nodded his head and clung tighter to Teddy so he wouldn't fall out of his hands. He glanced behind him to see Draco and Pansy doing the same thing.
"We gonna play games?"
"Yup, I'm gonna teach you some games I played when I was a little girl."
"Oooh. They fun games?"
"Well I had lots of fun when I played them." Hermione told him as she helped him down the stone steps on to the grass.
Once they had found the perfect spot the toddlers were free to run around and play while Harry and Hermione set up the picnic.
"Blaise, Draco, Pansy come and have your dinner," called Hermione, she smiled as the three toddlers ran on to the blue and red blanket. "Now you each get a paper plate and you can pick whatever you want off the other plates. But you each have to have one sandwich and a piece of fruit before you can eat any cakes, sweets or biscuits. Is that understood?"
"So Draco get ham sandwich and orange then get cake?" asked Draco picking up his chosen sandwich and piece of fruit. Hermione and Harry nodded their heads and he grinned.
"Blaise have cheese and strawberry?" He said while grabbing a handful of red strawberries and then reaching for a cheese sandwich.
"Pansy not want ham or cheese, she want chicken. We got chicken sandwich?" Hermione nodded and handed Pansy the plate with a chicken sandwich, the little Slytherin picked one off the plate and then reached for an orange.
"So far so good," Harry mumbled to Hermione who nodded in agreement.
Hermione took several different sandwiches and ate them watching the trio as they happily ate their sandwiches. Though they quickly moved on to the cakes that had been tempting them since the minute they laid their eyes on to them.
"Cake yummy," Blaise told Hermione as he chewed on the chocolate bun. Licking his lips he dove back into his cake getting more icing over his upper lips.
"Well make sure you eat all up," Blaise grinned and continued to eat his cake. Once the chocolate bun was eaten he reached for a chocolate biscuit on another plate.
The fruit was long forgotten as the toddlers continued to munch on the sugary treats. Even Harry and Hermione had given up on the fruit and they were now happily eating a few biscuits that were on show.
"Right who wants to play a game?"
"Me!" cheered the trio holding their hands into the sky.
"Okay this game is really easy to play, it's called Tag. One person is the tagger and it's their job to pass the position of tagger on to another person. To do that all you need to is touch a person and shout tag. The person who has been tagged now takes over and has to tag another person." Explained Hermione
"I – I tag Pansy and Pansy tag Blaise and we all run?" asked Draco
"That's right, so who wants to be the person tagging?" All three toddlers looked between each other hoping for one to volunteer.
"How about I start off and we'll go from there?" said Harry, all three toddlers nodded their heads.
"Run!" Hermione cried ushering the trio on to their feet. They squealed in fright as they ran from the blanket. Hermione jumped up and ran, Harry also leaped from the blanket allowing them a few seconds head start before he jogged after the closest one.
"Gonna get you Blaise," Harry cried as he jogged after the little Italian, his face was a full blown smile and he laughed as Harry chased him. Reaching out Harry touched him on the shoulder.
"Tag, you're it," and he jogged away from him.
Frowning at being tagged Blaise looked around and started to chase after Draco who was the closest to him. Being larger than Draco he quickly reached him and hit Draco's arm.
"Tag Draco!"
"That's not fair," cried Draco stopping on the spot, glaring at Blaise who had just tagged him. He didn't want to be the It.
"C'mon Draco chase someone," cried Hermione from a little bit away.
Upon hearing her voice Draco grinned and charged towards her, with a yelp Hermione turned to jog but when she realised he wasn't gaining on her she slowed down until he was close enough to reach.
"Tag Mione you gotta be the It now," he said.
"Run quick before I tag you back then," eyes wide in horror at the thought Draco turned from her and ran.
Hermione scanned the area looking for Pansy, so far she was the only who hadn't been the dreaded It. She found her running with Blaise, with a smirk worthy of a Slytherin Hermione proceeded after Pansy. Before she knew what had hit her Pansy found her self face to face with Hermione.
"Oh no," she cried but it was too later, Hermione reached and tapped her on the head.
"Your it," and she turned and jogged away.
Seeing as Blaise was the closest to her Pansy turned towards Blaise, her arms were stretched out wide as she ran.
"Gonna get you Blaise,"
"No, get Draco!" he yelled running away from her and towards Draco but Pansy was having none of it, she ran straight past Draco and reached out and touched Blaise on the shoulder.
"Run Draco before he gets you," Cried Harry from near the blanket. Draco turned and ran towards Harry but he wasn't quick enough and Blaise tagged Draco.
"Gonna get Harry now," said Draco running towards the older male with a glint in his eye. Harry faked a turn and escaped around him, laughing as Draco stopped and glared.
"Gotta do better than that buddy," scowling Draco ran after Harry and finally tagged him. Glancing up Harry could see Hermione laughing and ran towards her, Hermione screamed knowing unlike the toddler's attempts she'd really have to run. With a final glance Hermione sprinted in the opposite direction and the chase was on.
"Get her Harry!"
"Tag Mione!"
"Run Mione, don't let him get ya!"
Hermione screamed as she realised she'd cornered herself, glancing back at Harry she tried to duck under him but he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her down to the ground.
"I'm the winner!" Harry shouted as the toddlers jumped on him and Hermione.
"No I winner," cried Draco who was on top of the pile.
Reaching around Harry gripped Draco's waist and pulled him to the ground, he reached for Blaise and wrestled him to the floor but Harry had underestimated the strength of two three year old males. They pushed him back in attempt to roll him on to the floor.
Laughing at their actions Hermione laid on the ground with Pansy laying on top of her.
"They're silly aren't they Pansy?"
"Yeah but Harry gonna win cause he the strongest person ever!" she said confidently.
Grinning wickedly Hermione poked Pansy in the chest. "Oh really now, is her the best looking boy in the world too,"
Completely oblivious Pansy nodded her. "Yeah, Harry the best."
"Aww looks like somebody has a little crush on Harry, aren't you cute." Hermione chuckled embarrassing the little raven haired. "Don't worry though sweetie I'll keep it a secret for you." Pansy nodded half understanding what Hermione was talking about, she kept her attention on the battle that Harry was slowly loosing but Hermione watched quietly with an unreadable expression on her face.
The Slytherins would be back to normal in a few days' time so would Pansy's cute childhood crush on Harry just simmer away like childhood memories or would it live on and materialise in to something far more meaningful.
Eeek so here is chapter number 18. This story is progressing nicely and I'm hoping that the toddlers will be adults before the year is out. Which gives us a couple more chapters before then. So this chapter was very much focused on Harry & Pansy, so if there are any of you loving their little bond I hope you really enjoyed it. But don't worry the next chapter will mainly feature Hermione & Draco & Blaise and it'll be ubber cute.
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If you were keeping up to date with the poll on a future one shot that I was doing the winning choice was Family Portrait (Blaise/Hermione) so if you're interested have a read and let me no what you think. Other than that I've not got much more to say. So I hope you all enjoy this little chapter and I look forward to hearing from you all :)
