Own Nothing.
Six.
She woke and hour before Teddy did, and had set down stairs cooking his favorite breakfast. Be it a bit weird for most people, but when Teddy left for Bill's Hermione always made him steak and eggs. He needed extra strength for the beginning of the transformation. 6:30 rolled around and she heard knocks on the door. Smiling she walked to open it. Alan and Maria stood on the other side.
"Sorry, I'm not decent, I had to get up extra early to cook Teddy his breakfast." Hermione allowed them in, heading back to the kitchen.
"Steak and eggs? Lucky man." Alan joked as Hermione poured them tea.
"Yes, well he leave for his Uncle Bill's this morning for his time with them. And will miss school today and monday." Hermione replied, catching Alan's eye when she mention a clue to why he was going.
"Oh, it's that time of the month?" Alan asked.
"What time?" Maria asked, having no idea what they were talking about, because the adults still kept it form the kids.
"His uncle Bill has once a month visitation rights with Teddy. He can come visit him here anytime he wants. But once a month Teddy is allowed to leave school and visit his other family." Hermione replied as she turned to see Teddy come down the stairs with his bags packed. He placed them by the front door and then came in the kitchen to eat.
"Steak and eggs mum?" He asked, grabbing a plate.
"Just the way you like it." She smiled, hoping for last night's tension to have gone away.
"I'm still upset." He replied, sitting down next to Maria.
"I figured." Hermione sighed, grabbing a cup of tea for herself.
"So I guess mum told you why I'm leaving?" He asked Maria and Mr. Jackson.
"Just that your visiting family." Maria replied, drinking her tea.
Teddy looked up at his mom and with raised eyebrow. "If you want to tell them you can, but I didn't want them to know without you." Hermione replied.
"I'm a werewolf." Teddy replied, cutting up his steak.
"A werewolf?" Maria asked back, she had stopped eating and stared at her friend.
"Yea, like during the full moon I get all hairy and cranky and eat raw meat kind of thing. My dad was one." He replied.
"Okay." Maria looked to Hermione and her father and they both nodded. She shrugged, "Well I think I'm okay with it." She replied, picking up her fork again.
"But seriously you can't tell anyone." Teddy stated.
"I won't. It isn't my secret to tell." She replied, turning back to him, she reached over and grabbed his hand, squeezing it. "Hey, maybe if we get out way, our parents might actually do something and we end up as siblings. So it's like a family secret." She smiled, causing him to smiled.
"That was a big leap there." Hermione muttered behind her cup.
"I don't know, sounds like a plan to me." Alan replied, causing Hermione to almost choke on her tea. "I mean the family secret part." He smiled at her. "It's only been the first date, well three if you count Maria's logic."
"Aren't you suppose to shag on the third date?" Teddy asked, mouth full of steak. "They didn't shag last night."
Herman and Alan blushed, before laughing. "Eat your food Teddy." Hermione ordered, setting down her cup. "I'm going to run up and get dressed." And she walked out of the room.
"So you're really a werewolf?" Alan turned to Teddy.
"Don't act surprise Mr. Jackson, I knew that she told you." Teddy smiled, drinking his orange juice.
Maria finished her food and then looked at the clock."Dad, I got to go." She kissed him on the cheek and hugged Teddy. "Tell your mum I said bye." And she ran out the door to meet up with Luke to walk to school.
Hermione walked down stairs as Bill walked into the house. "Hermione, Teddy I'm here!" He shouted, walking into the kitchen. "Oh steak and eggs."
"I already made you a plate to go. With Fleur being six months pregnant, I figured she didn't make breakfast very often anymore."
"You'd be right." He glanced over to Teddy and then noticed Alan sitting then with a cup of tea in his hand. "Hello."
"Uncle Bill. This is Alan Jackson, Mum's Boyfriend. Mr. Jackson this my Uncle Bill Weasly."
"Her boyfriend? When did this happen?" He smirked at Hermione.
"I'm waiting for you to deny it." She whispered to Alan, leaning on the counter across from him.
"I was waiting for you." He whispered back with a smile.
"Did you tell mum yet?" Bill asked her, watching the exchange.
"And let her plan for a wedding?" Hermione rolled her eyes. "We've only been on one date."
"But he's always over here. You cook for him all the time and his daughter and I are really good friends." Teddy countered.
"Teddy..." Hermione's warning tone echoed.
Bill smiled at the exchange. "Hey, Hermione I'm glad you found someone. But we've got to I don't want to get hit with traffic in the airways." He walked out of the room, grabbing Teddy's bags.
Hermione sighed, as Teddy walked around the counter to give her a hug and kiss. "Don't forget to tell Mr. Jackson where you'll be this weekend."
Hermione groaned, hugging her son back. "Fine, be good and we'll go to Diagon Alley and pick up a few things."
He pulled away with a raised eyebrow. "Like what kind of few things? like books? Because you know you can get those on your own."
"I was thinking about stopping at the wand shop and maybe the quidditch and more store. But if you don't want to spend time with me..." She shrugged off the rest of the sentenced.
"You're so trying to bribe me to stop being mad at you." He smirked. "It won't work. But if you come back in one piece, then we can see." He kissed her on the cheek. "Love you mum, be safe."
"You too, now get out before he decides to leave you." She smiled as her son ran out of the room to join his Uncle. She turned back to the empty plates, placing them in the sink, and turning the water on. She was not making eye contact with Alan at all, trying to avoid him in the small kitchen.
"Where are you going Hermione that you won't even look at me?" He asked, bringing his plate over to the sink and began to help her with the dishes.
"I got another Mission request." She sighed, setting down the last plate. "Well, more like order. It was an order, like I have no choice because it's my job, even though I really don't want to go." She rushed the last sentence that is took him a few seconds to decode it.
"What kind of mission?" He asked, turning towards her.
"I have to go after two dangerous men and bring them back dead or alive." She whispered.
"So you're like a bounty hunter?" He asked.
"No, the title is more of a detective but it does get brutally violent and I don't like it. But it's a job." She shrugged.
"Then why don't you stop?" He asked, pulling her into a hug.
She sighed, that was the same question Teddy had asked her. "Because Alan, even though I have Teddy and there's you and Maria. The Ministry wont let me go without a reason. And I wish just the three of you was reason enough, but it isn't." She felt him tense up, so she pulled away. "I'm sorry if that sounded..." She stopped, not finding the right word.
"Hey." He pulled her chin up to looked him in the eyes. "I'm flattered, that you consider Maria and I a reason to give it up, even though your work won't. I'm touched, it warms me up inside." He smiled as his romantic moment he was going for turned into a funny moment, and before long they were both laughing.
"Hello, is there anyone there?" They both turned around to see Alan's ex-wife in the door way. "Hello," She waved seeing them. "Some red-headed bloke left the door open and I knew Alan would be here."
"What do you need Christie?" Alan asked, Hermione could feel him tense up at her side.
"I need to talk to you about something, I didn't realize that you were busy."
"I'll be back over in a minute, head over there now please." He almost growled, causing Christie to back up and out of the house. He turned back to Hermione with an exhausted smile. "Sorry."
"No it's fine, I understand." She smiled.
"So when do you leave?"
"As soon as I'm able to lock up the house." She replied, shrugging. "I have to be off soonest."
"But you'll be back?"
"Of course, I have this handsome boyfriend to come back to." She smiled, standing up on her toes to kiss him on the lips. "Last night was great by the way."
"It was, we should do it again sometime." He whispered against her lips, kissing her again.
"When I get back." She stated, pulling away.
"Definitely when you get back." He kissed her again before pulling away himself. "See you then." And he turned and walked out of the house, closing the door behind him. She smiled turning back to the dishes. She pulled out her wand and magically cleaned them, wanting to leave as soon as possible to get back as soon as she could.