And I am here with another chapter. It took me long time to write this. I wasn't sure how to write this particular chapter. I had so much in my mind that it kinda became difficult to write. But I hope you enjoy it. I am sorry if I didn't meet your expectations but I tried my best.

And also, I may not be able to upload the next chapter for a long time. Sorry but I have no option. Now on with the story…

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters.

Chapter 7

GINNY'S POV

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Damn that muggle machine. Harry made me buy this muggle contraption, Mobile, which is very useful but also very annoying. It is small and easily gets displaced. I looked under the cushions of the couch, on the tea table.

RING!

I just stood at one place and looked around, hoping to find it.

Found it! It was lying on the dining table.

"HELLO?" I shouted as I pressed the answer button. I glanced around and found that I made a big mess. Like the mess Teddy makes.

"Ginny how many times have I told you, you don't need to shout. I can hear just fine." I heard Hermione speak. She has said that to me at least a millions times. And she is not the only one who has said that to me. Harry said that to me too. I don't understand how something we speak here can be heard by someone miles away. Shouting should help them hear better right? Right?

"Sorry. I always seem to forget it. What's up?" I said, rather sheepishly. I had my finger crossed hoping she called for whatever reason I wanted her to call.

"Nothing. What are you doing?" she said, her voice a little high. She usually used that tone when she was trying to change the subject. A-hah! I know why she is doing it. I tried to eliminate the happiness from my voice, which turned out to be impossible.

"Well, I am going to my practice, which we talked about yesterday. You still are picking up Teddy right?" hoping she didn't call to cancel that. And also hoping she didn't detect the happiness in my tone.

"Yes, I still am. Don't worry. Well I wanted to ask if I could still come to the dinner you were talking about." She said in an uncertain manner. I clutched the mobile to my chest, climbed on the couch and danced a bit in joy.

"Ginny, you still there?" I heard her say.

"Yeah, yeah. Of course you are welcome anytime honey. You don't have to ask." I said in a rush, stepping down from the couch. I think Harry will kill me today. He loves this couch with all his heart.

"Great. Should I bring Teddy directly to the restaurant?" she asked.

"I could never ask more than that from you." I said, smiling. I heard her laugh and my smile grew big.

"What happened to your plans with Ron?" I asked cautiously, knowing she laugh will die as soon as I ask her, which unfortunately, happened.

She cleared her throat said in a deadpan tone, "He cancelled. He had a very important meeting with his manager.

"Oh. It's okay 'Mione, we will have a blast today." I said, cheerfully. It is true. We were going to have a BLAST. But maybe not the kind of blast she imagined.

"See you later then." She said

"Okay, bye. Thank you again for offering to pick Teddy." I said

"What are friends for?" She said and I could feel her smile. I ended the call and danced on the couch again in happiness, not caring about Harry at the moment.

Phase I complete!

At 6:30 pm…

Hermione's POV

"Come on Teddy. We are going" I called out for him, standing at the doorway. He was in his room playing with his toys. I made sure Teddy had a room of his own in my house. He stayed here frequently and it seemed only fair.

I picked up from his kindergarten and took him to the hospital. He finished his homework real quick and talked about how he spent his day with whoever he found was idle. After that he spent his time in the playroom with the other kids who belonged to the patients. I took him home at 6 pm and got him ready for the dinner. As he came out of his room, I saw how innocent he was, so cute and handsome. He came up to me and held to my index finger.

"You look pretty aunt 'Mione" he said staring up at me. I looked down towards what I was wearing and smiled. Pansy had gifted this maroon colored dress at my birthday. I thought it was about time I wore it. I paired it with black heels and a locket as the only accessory which Ginny and Harry had gifted me. It was a duplicate time turner. It was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes. I looked down at Teddy and my smile grew big. I knelt before him and kissed him on his cheek.

"Thank you Teddy, and you look really very handsome." I said. His eyes went wide and his smile grew big. He kissed my cheeks just as I had done before. He changed his eyes to match mine. I laughed. I then stood up and held out my hands for him to hold. I apparated both of us to the restaurant Ginny told me to meet at.

We landed in front of the restaurant, 'Bon Appitet'. Teddy stumbled a bit but straightened himself before falling. He definitely had Quidditch reflexes. We saw Harry and Ginny waiting for us and went to them. Teddy ran towards Harry and Ginny and hugged them both. Harry picked him up and talked to him about his day. I went to Ginny and gave her a tight hug. After I pulled away Teddy went into Ginny's arms and talked to her about his day. Again. I gave Harry a long hug

"Thank you so much 'Mione for bringing Teddy and for coming to the dinner." Harry said, after we pulled away.

"Oh, come one. He is like my son too. And as for the dinner, I really needed to get out of that apartment." I said with a laugh. I heard someone apparate behind us and turned to see Blaise, Pansy and Daphne. They came and joined us. I hugged Blaise and gave an extra-long hug to Pansy. It had been a long time since we met.

"Looks like you wore what I got you." She said with a smirk. Well I did have issues with the length of the dress but today I just wanted to wear it.

"I did. It's been so long Pansy. And thanks for inviting me to the dinner."

"Psht. It's nothing. I really wanted you to join us today." I gave her a big smile and broke apart from our hug.

"Daphne." I said and hugged her. Everyone thought that she was a blunt and rude women, but she was so sweet. She hugged me back and I felt her smile.

"How are you?" she asked me when we broke apart.

"Now that I have met you guys, awesome!" I said with a big smile. These were the guys I am closest to. Well including Malfoy. How can I forget that ferret?

"I'm hungry." I heard Teddy complain. We all laughed and went inside. As I sat on my seat, I looked around and thought I saw Ron with some girl, but dismissed that thought away. Ginny was on my right and Teddy to her right, who was sitting in between her and Harry. On my left were Daphne, and to her left was Pansy, followed my Blaise. The chair directly in front of my, which also happened to be the seat between Harry Blaise. It was for Malfoy, who happened to be late. Always.

Just as I thought about it, I saw the door of the restaurant open, and in came the great ferret, Malfoy. Everyone called him Draco, but I couldn't.Malfoy is like a pet name for him. And I am so used to calling him that calling him Draco seemed… weird? I have nothing against his first name, of course. I actually like the name. Draco. Dragon. It matched to his personality. Dragons look vicious and may behave vicious too, but they are actually very sweet and gentle creatures. They don't keep their guard down, unless with his own kind. Yes, definitely described Draco.

I was so lost in my thought that I did not realize he was already seating in the seat which was in front of me. He greeted everyone and listened patiently to Teddy as he told him about his day. It was surprising at first to see Malfoy patient very patient and pleasant with Teddy. He may not be in front of us, but with Teddy, he was Best Uncle Ever.

We soon ordered and were talking about anything and everything. We kept talking even when the food came. Only Teddy seemed enthusiastic enough to gobble down everything. We did eat, but mostly we talked. It's been a long time since we all met and talked. Like literally talked. It was fun

We were talking about Pansy's magazine when I saw Malfoy's fork fall down on his plate. His eyes were wide open as he stared over my shoulder. He met my eyes and again looked over my shoulder and quickly looked down at his plate. I raised my eyebrows at him. He didn't meet my eyes.

That's strange.

Malfoy never acted like this before. He looked straight into the eyes. Not a look here or there.

I turned to look back, to see what made him so nervous, but Malfoy stopped me by holding my arm. He looked into my eyes, preventing me from looking behind. By now everyone at the table was looking at us. I narrowed my eyes, determined to look what was behind me. I turned around and my eyes went wide and my mouth fell open. I could not believe my eyes.

RONALD WEALSEY WAS KISSING AND GROPING SOME SLUT, SHAMELESSLY. IN A RESTAURANT. PUBLICLY.

I took a few breaths and got up from my seat, thinking only about THE pathetic Ronald Weasley. I walked toward their table, grabbing a glass of wine and finishing it in one gulp, gave it back to the waiter and stood right in front of their table.

"Hello Ronald." I said in a low voice.

Harry's POV

I saw Hermione walk towards Ron's table. I got up and followed her. Everyone followed behind me. She gulled a whole glass of wine in one swing and stood right in front of their table.

"Hello Ronald." She said in a low voice. Like really very low voice. She used that tone only when she is about to hex someone without warning. It happened with Malfoy. Don't ask why.

Ron looked around and his eyes flew open. The women besides Ron, who Daphne has set up, took her cue and went away. Everything was going according to the plan so far. I hope the whole plan goes as I planned.

Ron stood up and tried to explain everything to Hermione. "'Mione, it's not what you think… I jus-"

Hermione cut him off, "It's not what I think? Okay Ronald. I was thinking that you were cheating one me and kissing and groping another girl. Now tell me where am I wrong?" she said, her straight hair starting to get curly.

"'Mion-" he tried.

"Don't ''Mione me' Ron." She cut him off again. "Don't you dare justify what you were doing you loathsome litt- " She shouted and kept on abusing him. I had to close Teddy ears. I have never heard Hermione abuse anyone one like that. Hell, I didn't even know what half of them meant, but I am sure each abuse was harsher and more abusive than the one before.

The whole restaurant had gone silent. They were enjoying the show thoroughly. Pansy had a smug smile plastered over her face. Blaise was grinning like a mad man. Daphne was trying to stop her smile from appearing, but failed miserably. Draco had a huge smirk on his face, his eyes twinkling in an evil way. Teddy kept looking at Ron and Hermione, back and forth, not knowing what Aunt 'Mione was saying which made me cover his ears. Ginny's eyes had gone wide, but a small smile was playing on her lips.

I had talked to Ginny about this plan before. Ron was her brother after all. She didn't mind this at all. She said that she didn't know who the new Ron was. He was not her brother, or a Weasley for the matter. She wanted Hermione to be happy. She was hoping that Ron would change after this 'episode' but I knew it was not really possible.

"Bu-" he tries again.

SWOOSH! SMACK!

We all stared at Hermione as she slapped Ron. Loud and hard.

"I am officially breaking-up with you Ronald. Rot in hell for me, will you?" She said in a cool voice. Ron's cheek turned red. I heard a snap and saw Pansy's magazine reporter, whom she had called, click a photo.

She went back to our table and sat down. Ron left the restaurant in a hurry, humiliated. We all stared at each other, eyes wide at each other.

This was what we planned. Actually it was better than what we expected. I cracked a smile and we all went back to the table in order to resume the dinner. People around us went back to our dinner. After we sat, there was a moment of silence.

"That felt good. Better than the time I punched Malfoy in the face." Hermione broke the silence. We all turned to her and saw her smiling sheepishly.

"Hey!" Draco complained. We all laughed hard. Teddy, being Teddy, didn't understand a bit, but seeing us laugh, he started to laugh as well, which in turn made us laugh harder. We laughed so much that our stomach ached and we had tears in our eyes. I looked at Hermione and saw her really enjoy the night. She had a huge grin and a twinkle in her eyes, similar to that of Dumbledore's. The last I saw the twinkle was when we were in Hogwarts. It's been a long time.

Today is truly a night to remember!

Ta- dah! I hope it was up to your expectations. I didn't know what to write in the fighting scene, so… thank you so much guys for taking time to read this fanfiction. I really appreciate it. I would be really very happy to get a review from you. I don't mind suggestions or critiques. I hoped you liked it. See ya all later!

-Slytherin Muggleborn