Just a Cup of Tea

Molly tried to help everyone. She opened her home and her hearth. There were so many that had lost so much, and she tried to fill the empty space in her own hearth by helping other people. First it was friends of her children or her own friends, but after a while it also became strangers. All people that needed a home, needed a meal, needed a hug or just needed to be. Her house and her kitchen door were always open. They didn't need to ask. All the time, either it was one in the morning or three in the afternoon. That didn't matter. Her kitchen door was always open, the kettle was always on, ready for a cup of tea. She always had a hug for everyone. Her sorrow was turned into helping as many people possible. Helping them with their lost, helped her bearing her own lost. She had lost so many, so, so many. Her brothers, friends, and not least a son. But she came through it, she came through it by helping other.

Harry and Hermione were considered family, but they had to tell Harry, that they expected him to stay with them and not run of to, for instant, Grimmauld Place.

The first person that came through her kitchen door was Andromeda Tonks. A Baby at one hip, a bag on the other shoulder. She looked tiered. She came there to give Harry an opportunity to bond with his godson. She left however, as a part of the family. Molly and Andromeda had been in the same year at Hogwarts. But as time being, and they were Gryffindor and Slytherin, they didn't become friends before they left Hogwarts and had married. Arthur and Teddy had been friends at school. The first couple of years after Hogwarts they had seen one and other from time to time. When Charlie and Tonks were born with just some months between them, their relationship became closer. This went on for several years, but after a while their lives took different pats. They had briefly contact wile Charlie and Tonks was at Hogwarts, but after Charlie left for Romania their contact ended. Until now. Together they found a way to manage the grief of their lost once, children, husband, siblings and friends. Where their friendship had been good before, they found it much better now.

The next one was Luna. She had moved in at the Burrow right after the battle. Her father was too broken to ever live alone out of a hospital. Xeno had now a bed right across from Neville's parents. Their house was too damaged for anybody to live in, and Molly insisted that no one should live on their own right now.

With Luna came Neville. Ginny, Luna and Neville seamed just as inseparable as Harry, Ron, and Hermione did. Something with fighting against Death Eaters and fighting for their lives made some special bonds.

One day all the teenagers were out, having taken baby Teddy with them, Molly invited Mrs Longbottom over for a cup of tea and a talk. Andromeda were there as well, being a regularly guest whenever the youth took Teddy for a couple of hours. The three women bonded instantly, and whenever two of them came together, the third would be invited as well.

Elisabeth and Rolf, Hermione's parents were also a part of the family, once they came back from Australia. They wished to know as much as they could about their daughters´ world, and couldn't find any better place to do so, than with the Weasley family. Molly was glad to finally be able to get to know her second daughter's parents. She and Rolf had the same fascination for feeding an army, and when they came together, they would make a feast that only the house elves at Hogwarts could come close to. Arthur and Elisabeth began working together to strength the Wizard-muggle relation. This helped Arthur climbing to the top as leader for the Department for muggle relation. They also helped the professors at Hogwarts to find a better way to introduce the muggle born parents to the wizarding world. Elisabeth and Rolf were not pleased with having a daughter in the wizarding world for seven years before they were able to take a greater part of her magical life.

Fleur's family visited next, and Gabrielle and Isabelle, Hermione's adoptive sister, found each other imminently, being only a year apart. First, they became pen friends, but later they both had a year at the other one's school and became close friends.

Angelina and Lee were often at the Burrow. None of them would let George bury himself in grief. With them came Katie and Alicia. And after a vile came Oliver Wood too. He was dating Katie, but was also an old friend of Percy and used the opportunity to reconnect with his old friend.

Many of the old DA members visited often. And even though the door was open for everyone, after the first three months the flow of guest stooped coming. It was now only those considered as family that came.

A/N: The idea of Hermione having a magical adoptive sister came from the story Harry Potter, Post Script: Heroes, Hopes and Horrors by midnightephemera. I will post a oneshot about who I pictured the scene when Hermione finds her parents.

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