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~ University has begun again so I wanted to get a chapter out before I got to busy to update ~

~ As always, none of the Characters belong to me, but to the writings of J.K Rowling

~Let us continue into the addiction that is Remione ~

Chapter 7

12 Grimmauld Place

September 7th, 2001

Friday

Remus watched as they both flooed into the sitting room, as Teddy ran as fast as his little legs could take him to the kitchen where he heard the beep of the microwave. Hermione laughed and grabbed Remus's hand, encouraging him to follow.

"You have nothing to worry about Remus." Hermione assured him, "He is expecting something to happen anyways." All Remus could do was nod.

"Teddy-bear." Hermione started, "You remember what we talked about yesterday?" Teddy looked between her and Remus with wide eyes as he dropped his nugget right into his waiting sauce.

"Daddy?" Teddy asked his hair turning an excited form of bright blue, and Remus choked as he got himself down from his chair as fast as he could and launched himself towards Remus with all of his might and spoke again, "I 'new I see you soon." He turned to Hermione who had her brow raised, "I did Mia, I did no." Remus bent down to hug him properly, picking him up and inhaling his scent deeply causing Teddy to giggle.

"Daddy!" he laughed, "dat tickles! Miaaaa daddy's sniffing me like you do!" Sirius barked his laughter out.

"Both of you are weird for that." Sirius said through laughter.

"Oh stop, like you haven't done it repeatedly, you can only burrow so much before the poor child can't breathe." Hermione responded without hesitation.

"Ooooo catch your claws kitten." Sirius said smirking, "Do you need help trimming them?" Remus growled lowly while Hermione laughed reaching for Teddy who fell into her arms with ease as she brought him back to the table to eat his food.

"Now Teddy-bear, how do you feel about your Daddy being back?" Hermione asked seriously, as he seemed to really think about his answer, more so than his stories.

"I happy. Missed daddy." Teddy mustered simply taking a bite of his nuggets, making Remus's chest fill with happiness.

"Merlin I practically felt your heart grow three sizes." Sirius said with a laugh.

"Don't be rude Padfoot." Hermione scolded, "This is nice."

"Nice!" Teddy yelled

"Now why were Ginny and Harry here?" Hermione casually asked mixing her new cup of tea that she now had in front of her, Sirius's face went white and Hermione's eyes widened, "She didn't!?"

"She may have." Sirius muttered, looking and Remus who held his hands up, "I don't know what we're talking about."

Hermione turned to him, "She showed you pictures didn't she!" Remus's mouth opened, "How in merlin would you know that?"

"Ah a woman never reveals her secrets, but as soon as she has James, I'm going to make sure I see his first steps before she does." Hermione scowled.

Sirius ignored that last part and spoke, "She read my mind." Sirius deadpanned, "Very invasive and rude by the way."

"You'd read mine if you could get in there." She smirked back at him, making Sirius scowl instead before she turned back to Remus,

"What pictures did she show you?" Hermione asked as he remembered.

The photos were delightful to see.

The first couple he saw included Draco and the occasional photo that included his wife Astoria as well. In the one that made Remus laugh was the evident scowl on Draco's face as Teddy continued to reach for him in his highchair. The second had him and Teddy playing in the snow at what looked like the manor, this photo was more recent. Another was from when Teddy was still a baby and had Draco who looked completely exhausted while Teddy was crying loudly while Astoria laughed quietly in the background. The most recent was the one with Astoria with her hand around her belly, the same size as Ginny's while Teddy felt the baby boy kick once again as he squealed, the picture capturing Teddy's reaction.

Various and a lot of the photos were of Teddy and Harry. Rightfully, because he was Teddy's godfather. The cutest one had to be at what Remus assumed as Harry's bedroom, the writing of Ginny Potter proved that, it said, 'Harry and Teddy taking a much needed nap' Teddy was gripping Harry's hand tightly in his sleep, the familiar fox stuffed animal laid beside them both. Another was a photo of Harry holding Teddy up proudly, various people all around them as a Quidditch game took place.

Few and in between photos contained Sirius playing with Teddy. One in particular had him holding both of Teddy's hands as he walked with the struggling toddler proudly across the carpet as his hair changed quickly from blue to green, both nervous and happy.

The photos of Teddy by himself were his second favorite. They were in order as he aged, Hermione had organized them proudly across the album. Him seated with a pacifier in his mouth with a leather jacket and blue hair made Remus laugh proudly. Another with him not paying attention to the camera he assumed Hermione was holding, checkered bib around his neck while his mouth was open waiting for food.

His favorites were the ones that included Hermione. The one that he loved the most was a photo of Hermione hugging Teddy tightly, his scraped knee was the focal point of the picture, but the boys smile told Remus that she had always made everything all better. Another had Hermione laying on her stomach with Teddy on her back, clapping wildly as the bubbles around him bounced on every available surface. The next was a photo of Hermione and Teddy both watching a movie together, another was them reading a children's book that Teddy was slowly falling asleep to as the pages went on.

"I enjoyed them all." Remus said with a smile, "You've done a wonderful job." Making Hermione blush.

"Oi! I took some of those!" Sirius said looking offended, making Hermione roll her eyes.

"Fine, Padoot, you've done a wonderful job." He said blowing a kiss towards Sirius who pretended to swoon.

Teddy lowered himself from the table once more and beckoned to be read to by Remus, who received an approving smile from Hermione. He left both in the kitchen and walked to Teddy's room that was at their home, listening to the serious conversation that had begun in his absence.

"Teddy is staying with Gin, because you are going with Remus that night. Harry is going to come join you, at Ginny's insistence." Hermione started.

"I really think that I should be there with you instead Mia." Sirius pointedly finished, causing Hermione to shake her head.

"Severus will be there the whole night with me, in case anything happens, you need to be with Remus. I will be joining you for the next couple of months but when I am not available, Harry will come and join you instead."

"And how do you suggest that we introduce Harry to Moony then?"

"The same way you introduced his father you dolt, they're the same Animagus. It won't be that hard. Harry is smart in serious situations."

"It's always a Sirius situation with me around darling." Sirius said smirking.

"I'd tell you to be serious about this, but you make another terrible joke." She deadpanned, causing Remus to laugh softly in the other room, getting Hermione's attention, sending Sirius a look that told him Remus was listening that made Sirius's smile widen deviously.

Hermione looked at him pointedly, "Don't you dare." He ignored her.

"So Kitten.." he drawled, "after the red moon, would you like me to come and make you feel like yourself again?" he said loud enough that Remus could hear him but quiet enough that it seemed that it was just meant for Hermione's ears. She growled lowly in warning, "Sirius."

"I could work out all of your stiff muscles for you, you know? You'd feel very relaxed by the time you went to sleep, from a different form of exhaustion." They both heard the growl from the other room, Sirius only smirked again.

"I'm going to leave Kitten, got a desk to clear off and all that bullocks. Don't try and think about my proposition to much." He said leaning into her left ear as Remus entered the room, noticeably without Teddy, Sirius continued speaking into her ear, "I think that this is going to be my new favorite pastime, it's still so easy to get him ready to pounce." And with that he sauntered over to the floo shouting Hogwarts before disappearing completely. Hermione could practically see the winning smile on his face as he left.

"I'm going to physically murder him." She growled to herself, looking over to Remus whose eyes were flashing from his normal beautiful soft green to a bright gold as he locked eyes with her scarred blue and deep brown.

"He was joking right?" he asked her sternly, she nodded,

"I believe he's going to be doing that quite often to get a reaction from you." She looked down when he growled softly. She could smell his scent getting closer to her as he grabbed her hand and melted her body into his, kissing her hard. She let out a soft gasp of surprise and his cheat rumbled in pride with her reaction. He broke the kiss to bury his face into her ear and spoke,

"Then well just have to give him more reasons to back off." All Hermione could do was nod.

Whomping Willow

October 31st, 2001

Wednesday

Remus sat in the willow along with Hermione and Sirius. He had taken the last of his potion earlier that day while Teddy was excitedly running around with his fake ears and tale while the staff along with Harry attempted to not laugh at Remus's expense, while different professors gave Teddy candy while the students ate their dinner, watching the child with amusement. He thought about before the moon rose high in the sky.

"Miaaa! Look!" His son yelled running into the great hall with his so called best friend. The child barely stopped to admire the pumpkins that floated with candles while they hovered the disguised night sky in the room. Charmed bats flew around as nearly headless nick ventured through tables with Peeves hot on his trail.

"Paddy gave me a tail!" the boy all but shrieked in excitement, "And fluffy ears!" He watched as Hermione had to purse her lips together to keep herself from laughing as she glided from the center of the high table to meet Teddy at the steps to prevent the even of him falling up them. Sirius on the other hand didn't even try to contain his laughter as it rang throughout the hall.

"You look quite fierce my teddy-bear." She said picking him up from the ground, "have you been properly spoiled already?" she asked eyebrow raised glancing at his basket of candy.

"Yes! Dah Hagiiii gave me pops! And nirva gave me 'ome frogs!" he continued to ramble on excitedly as she took him up with her and sat him down between her and Remus. Hermione whispered something about being careful with Daddy tonight, and Teddy nodded and shooting him a beaming smile, his charmed tail wagging wildly.

"Daddy icky?" he asked, causing Sirius to laugh even more.

"Yes darling, but he will feel better soon." She nodded at Teddy, "Ought to give him a hug, see if that helps yeah?"

"Yeah!" he said and moved towards Remus, so carefully not to hurt him that it hurt his chest to see the caring in the toddler's eyes. He hugged Remus tightly but not too tight, so he wouldn't hurt him. This made Remus feel better than he had the last three years. Hermione smiled softly before addressing the Great Hall, standing proudly at her podium.

"Happy Halloween everyone!" she yelled and the students began to cheer. "I do hope that all of you have a safe time tonight." There were murmurs in the hall, "I urge you to procede with caution, we will not be providing hangover potions to those of you that will be engaging in such activities. I encourage you to have fun and make memories with your various friends that you have made here at Hogwarts." She stopped before continuing, "but not to much fun yeah?" this caused laughter to ring out, "I want you all to be courteous to those who have decided to not participate or to those that have decided to have a fun and sober night tonight. And remember, while the parties have been approved, I will not hesitate to give you a lovely November detention. Now!" she clasped her hands, "May the Halloween feast begin!" she waved her hand and food appeared throughout the hall and none of the students hesitated to dig in.

Hermione sat back down at her chair and handed Remus a chocolate bar, "Eat this, it'll make you feel better."

He gave a small smile in response to picking at his food.

The moon rose as both Animagus shifted into their forms and laying on the ground watching with sad eyes as the pain began to course through him once more. He finished shifting after a couple of minutes and exhaled at the fact he was in control once more. He glanced at the large fox that had her neck bared and moved towards the animal to nuzzle her fur and bite down on her neck softly, not to break the skin.

They continued to run around and play all throughout the night and right before morning the three of them began to tire and the fox cuddled up beside the werewolf and swiftly fell asleep.

He felt someone nudging him early in the next morning and opened his eyes to find his witch smiling at him softly while the man behind both got dressed. She leaned forward to whisper in his ear,

"I've got to go get Teddy, after all. I did promise I wouldn't look." She smirked softly before sitting his clothes on the ground next to him and exiting from the bottom of the willow.