AN-I scrounged up the motivation to type this chapter up. Enjoy.

Disclaimer-I don't make any money off this. If I did, I wouldn't be living in this crappy house in the worse part of town. Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling.

Chapter 2

Hermione shifted impatiently, waiting for Teddy to appear at the school's entrance. Kids ran down the entrance stairs yelling and laughing, excited for the weekend. Teddy had been intended to be raised by Andromeda, but when he was almost one, she got very sick. No one knew where Harry, who would have been next to take care of him, was. So Hermione stepped up. Among the crowd, Hermione spotted Teddy rushing toward her.

"Hey, let's go," He said, grabbing her hand and looking wildly around. Hermione followed his gaze and found the headmistress of the school coming towards her. Teddy tugged on her hand as she got closer. "Come on, before she talks to us."

"Miss Granger! A quick word, please," the headmistress, Ms. Johnston, called out. Teddy let go of her hand with a sigh and looked down at the sidewalk. "Teddy had another incident today. Look, I don't know how he does it, but it needs to stop. It's distracting other students."

"I understand. I'll have a talk with him." Hermione responded although she wasn't entirely sure what happened. She shook hands with Ms. Johnston and the woman turned on her heels and walked off. Hermione looked down at Teddy expectantly.

"My hair turned blue again. Everyone started laughing at me. Can we just go now please?" Hermione nodded, checking to making sure no one was watching before dissaparating them to the small cottage she owned an hour away from London. Teddy took off his goat and started up the stairs, stopping halfway up turned to face her. "Can I just quit school? I'm going to Hogwarts next fall."

"We'll talk about it tomorrow, okay? Will you please go pack you overnight bag? Draco will be here any moment." Hermione asked, hanging up her own coat on the hook by the door. Teddy nodded and continued on to his room with out another word. Draco had been a great help over the past nine years, offering to take Teddy on weekends and do "guy things." He said it was his duty as Teddy's cousin and only living family member.

Hermione thought over Teddy had said. She knew that he'd been having trouble in school, but she never thought it would get to the point where he'd want to quit. He was a bright student, just like Remus had been, but he was prone to accidental magic and not to mention no control of his metamorphmagus abilities so he was often harassed by the other children. She herself could remember going through the same thing at his age.

Sitting down on the sofa, opened her bag and began taking out the manuscripts she had brought home to proofread. She loved her job. Editor at the wizarding publishing company WhizzHard Book. The hours weren't very long and she could always work from home if she chose. It also involved lots of reading though sometimes it was just easier to cast a spelling and grammar checking charm. As Hermione absentmindedly began flipping through the manuscript of a young wizard's study of ancient ruins, she felt like doing just that.

"Distracted much?" a voice drawled mockingly. Hermione looked in the direction of the voice to see Draco casually leaning against the door.

"Knock much?" she retorted, even though this was his usual way of entering her house, sneaking in and scaring the living daylights out of her. "I'm just worried about Teddy. He accidently changed his hair at school again and got teased. Now he wants to stop going to school. Will you talk to him about it? He listens to you."

"I don't see why he needs to attend that muggle school anyway. I say let him do whatever he wants." Draco said, sitting down next to her. Hermione started to protest but was silenced as Draco placed a soft kiss on to her lips. "I'll talk to him, don't worry, Granger."

The evening past slowly for Hermione, like every Friday night did. She went about her usual routine of cleaning the kitchen and living room and started the laundry before sitting down with a book and a glass of wine. As she settled down to bed that night, she finally let her mind wander to Harry.

"So he's been in America this whole time." She said aloud softly, scratching Crookshanks lightly behind the ear. The elderly cat looked up at her like she was crazy. Hermione was still in shock. She knew she should be angry with him, should have yelled at him for abandoning everyone and slapped him silly, but she was just happy to see him. She fell asleep wondering if she'd ever see Harry again.

The next morning, an unfamiliar owl tapped anxiously at her kitchen window. Hermione set down her cup of coffee and went to open the window. After untying the letter, she got it a drink of water and offered it a bite of bacon which the bird accepted graciously. Hermione saw her name scrawled in neat writing on the envelope.

Hermione,

I was wondering if I could stop by your place sometime today. I think we should talk and catch up a bit. I understand if you don't want to, I would completely deserve being ignored. But if this is okay, send your address with the owl and I'll stop by around eleven.

Harry

AN-So there it is. I have two chapters already written, but I might just condense them into one seeing as they are very short. This is somewhat filler but completely necessary. Oh, and just so you know, Draco kissing Hermione will all be explained next chapter, so please do not flood me with questions about that. Also, if you put this to your alerts lists, you can certainly take the time to review right?