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Chapter Seven
Hermione awoke at six in the morning to the sound of her alarm clock; she drowsily reached over and turned it off then looked over to see that Teddy was still asleep. She stretched to get out all of the kinks out of her back and then grabbed her toiletries to shower. Twenty five minutes later she stepped back into her room dressed in a grey sweater, skinny jeans and a pair of black boots. Hermione did a quick spell which had her hair falling in organized curls down her back and then applied a glamour to her hair and the scar on her neck then slipped her charmed ring onto her finger.
Walking quietly down to the kitchen, she began to cook some breakfast for Charlie and herself and made some baby cereal for Teddy. Once finished, she heard Charlie began to walk around upstairs so she sat all the food on the table and then walked back into her bedroom.
Hermione gently woke Teddy up and changed his diaper then put him into a green shirt and blue jean overalls. He giggled as he changed his hair from blue to green to match his shirt. Hermione tried to put a stern expression on her face, but he was too cute.
"You're so silly Teddy, but remember darling you have to keep your hair like mine until mummy brings you home this afternoon."
She picked him up and gave him a quick hug and a kiss as he changed his hair to mahogany brown, "Mummy loves you Teddy. Now let's get you fed!"
By 7:15, Teddy was fed and he and Hermione were walking towards their neighbor's house. Charlie had gone over last night and asked the elderly neighbor to watch over his 'grandson' while his 'daughter' was at school. Charlie had said that when he had asked Mrs. Grace to watch Teddy she had literally been bouncing with excitement.
Hermione knocked on the white door and it was quickly opened by an elderly woman silver-streaked brown hair and bright green eyes that were sparkling with youth, despite her looks. She was a few inches taller than Hermione so she had to look up to smile at the woman.
"Come in, come in!" Mrs. Grace said as she ushered Hermione and Teddy into her house.
"Thank you so much for watching Teddy during the day for me Mrs. Grace. I don't feel comfortable putting him into a daycare center and Charlie spoke so highly of you." Hermione said as she sat Teddy down on to the floor.
"Oh please don't call me Mrs. Grace, reminds me of my mother-in-law and that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth! Please call me Harper!"
Hermione felt her lip twitch up into a smile, "Well Harper, there is an extra change of clothes in his bag along with a few bottles of water to use in his bottle. Also a few jars of baby food. He normally falls asleep for a nap around noon and he just started getting the hang of walking so he will be everywhere, so I'd watch out."
Harper smiled, "I've taken care of children before, even had a few of my own. Hermione blushed at that and Harper patted her on her hand, "Don't worry, your son is in great hands."
Hermione smiled at Harper and then turned to Teddy, "Mummy will see you in a few hours darling." She said while picking him up and giving him a hug and kiss. "I'll see you after school Teddy so be good for Harper."
Teddy looked at Hermione with his intelligent eyes and Hermione knew he understood.
Giving his forehead one last kiss, she sat him down on the floor and turned back to Harper, "Thank you so much, I should be back around three. I'll see you this afternoon."
After a few more goodbyes Hermione walked out the door and walk quickly in her truck driving to Forks High School. After about fifteen minutes of driving she was pulling into a slightly crowded parking lot. All of the cars were older models except for a Volvo S70.
Hermione took a deep breathe, ignoring the people who were now staring at her truck. She would never admit it out loud but she was nervous. She knew that she had never been good at making friends; it took a mountain troll for Harry and Ron to truly become her friend. She knew she wasn't going to act a lot like herself because Isabella was a lot different than she herself was. Even Isabella didn't seem to make a lot of friends though, from what Charlie had said.
Hermione shook her head and took another deep breathe; she knew she could do this. She had been through a war for Merlin's sake! She stepped out of her truck and while continuing to ignore the stares and whispers, walked to the office.
Once Hermione opened the office door a woman in purple appeared behind a desk and smiled, "You must be Isabella Swan! I'm Mrs. Cope! The chief just goes on and on about you!"
Hermione felt a slight twinge of guilt at that, she knew it wasn't her fault that Isabella never comes to see her father but the guilt was still there, like Hermione being here prevented Isabella from even trying.
Hermione looked up to see that Mrs. Cope was talking again, "Here is your schedule and a map of the school. Please have all of your teachers sign this slip and just bring it back at the end of the day."
Hermione nodded and then left the office and soon she was accosted by a walking, talking puppy named Mike Newton.
"Hi, I'm Mike! You must be Isabella Swan, here let me help you find your first class."
"Just Bella please," Hermione inwardly wince at the nickname but Charlie specifically said the real Isabella refuses to go by anything else. "And thanks but I think that I can handle it, the buildings are numbered. "
But Mike wouldn't take no for an answer and when he found out they had the same class he insisted on walking with her.
Soon all of her morning classes were over and she was walking to lunch with a nice girl named Angela and a boy named Ben, they had three of the four of their morning classes together so they invited her to sit with them at lunch. Sitting at a large round table she was formally introduced to Tyler, Eric, Jessica and Lauren.
They had all been asking Hermione all kinds of questions about herself when all the sudden Jessica and Lauren went quiet and they were both looking towards the back doors. Hermione turned to see what the girls were looking at and inwardly smiled, they were here.
