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The Morning After – She needed an employee…he needed an employer…
Chapter Three- Is your Uncle hot?
Remus brought two cups of coffee and set one down next to a huge pile of books which lay on Hermione's desk. She looked up with a startled expression on her face. Stray curls framed her face and her glasses were perched on her nose.
"Oh, I didn't even hear you come in," she said with a small smile. He smiled at her and gestured to the cup.
"Coffee," he said. She smiled.
"Thank you, I've been longing for a cup," She picked up the cup and let the heat seep through the cup to her fingers. "How's Lizzy?"
"Oh, she's fine, asleep. She's quite a task," he admitted quietly. Hermione grinned.
"Want to quit now do you?" she asked mischievously. He smiled.
"Not yet," he said with a smile. She turned back to the computer and sighed.
"I'm thinking of getting my job back at the office," she mused. He nodded.
"Well, I'm sure that I can manage Elizabeth,"
"Really?" she asked sounding distant.
"Yes, I'm sure of it, and I will have no problems in bathing her, there's a simple charm I can use for that, then feeding her, all of the things I did today,"
She smiled. "Today felt as though I was…so free to do my work…I also felt a bit…sad…as though I abandoned her almost," she said.
"Oh, Hermione, don't beat yourself up like that," he advised. She sighed.
"I don't know," Lupin sipped his coffee quietly and then he looked up.
"Perhaps, you can apparate now and then, for lunch, to check up on Elizabeth, and then your mind will be at ease,"
She smiled.
"You just come up with all the best notions,"
"Do I?"
"Yes you do, and I will go tomorrow morning to see the head wizard and tell him that I am able to work at the office again,"
"He'll be pleased,"
"It'll be nice to work with Ginny again, in person," she said. Lupin smiled.
"Ah, young Ginny, when was the last time I saw her?" he mused. Hermione shrugged and went back to her work.
"Lizzy has taken to you," she said quietly. He smiled.
"I know, and I'm glad, nothing worse than a two year old's grudge…" She laughed.
"That's true, and Lizzy is a very…feisty young girl…"
"Yes, I see that she got that from her mother," he said quietly. She looked down and did not reply. He could tell that he had struck a nerve. Up till this point the truth of the situation had not hit him. Here he was with Hermione Granger, one of the brightest witches of their age, and she was 22 with a young child.
"Hermione, if there's anything you need to talk about…"
"Please excuse me for a moment, Remus," she said. She rose up quickly with her skirts swishing around her and she left the small room. Remus sighed.
Hermione ran out of her office, not forgetting to peek into Elizabeth's room and went down the polished staircase. She suddenly felt confined by the small room and she needed to get out. She walked through the living room and went into the kitchen. Her phone chose a convenient time to ring.
She pulled out her Wiz-Mobile and answered in an annoyed tone.
"What do you want, Harry?" she snapped. She heard him snicker on the other end.
"Oh, Mione, please don't bite my head of today," he pleaded. She couldn't help but smile.
"Sorry Harry, I was a bit flustered," she said.
"What's new?"
"Oh do shut up!"
"So when are we seeing you?" he asked. She sighed.
"Oh I don't know, I'm thinking of getting my job back at the office,"
"Brilliant! But what about Beth?"
"Oh, she'll be perfectly fine with the new babysitter," she said.
"You hired a babysitter?"
"Yes I did,"
"Anyone hot?"
"Unless you consider your Uncle Lupin sexy…" she retorted. Harry coughed.
"Sorry, did I hear correctly?"
"Yes you did,"
"Wow…that's…interesting…" She laughed.
"Listen, I have work to do, call me back tomorrow, maybe we can all arrange something,"
"Alrighty then, I'll bugger off, talk to you later, give Beth my love, and tell Uncle Remus I said hi," he said. She smiled.
"I'll relay the message,"
"Night, Mione,"
"Night, Harry,"
The phone hung up with a CLICK.
She whirled around and saw Remus standing in the kitchen doorway.
"Hermione," he said. She smiled.
"Harry said to tell you hi," she said. He nodded.
"Wonderful, well, I think that I will be out for the night," he said.
"Oh yes, well then, good night, Remus,"
"Good Night, Hermione,"
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