A/N: Hey, so here's my first update of the day. I'm at school and stealing Internet. My second update will be later on after getting my dress and having dinner. So, sad. There are only two more chapters after this one: Chapter 24 and the Epilogue (which is about as short as the Prologue was, by the way). Then this story is technically over. However, as I've said many times, there will be an announcement so don't be too sad. :P Anyways, you all seemed to enjoy the last chapter and the name that I chose for the baby, so that's great. I hope you enjoy this chapter too and please review. Thank you. :]

Warnings: Violence. Hermione bashing. Fluff. :P

Two Weeks Later

"You two look terrible," Teddy said as he walked into the quarters he had with his parents on the first floor. It was finally the weekend after a very long week and he was excited to spend some time with his parents and baby brother, whose eyes had turned from the newborn baby blue to the black like Severus had known he would have. He walked into the rooms to see his dad and Papa sat very ungracefully on the sofa, leaning on each other with their eyes closed. Teddy could easily see the lines of exhaustion in their faces and the dark circles under their eyes.

"We can still ground you, terror," Severus said, opening his eyes slightly.

"I know," Teddy said with a shrug as he put his bag down on the floor beside the loveseat.

"What are you doing here?" Severus asked, looking down at Harry who was fast asleep on his shoulder.

"I still live here, in case you've forgotten. Also, it's the weekend. I wanted to spend the weekend with my parents and my brother. From the looks of you two, you need my help," Teddy said.

"Dad may not want to ground you, but you know that I have no qualms about doing so," Severus said, staring pointedly at his son, pulling the afghan off the back of the sofa and draping it over Harry who he transferred to his lap, pulling the man's legs up onto the sofa.

"Papa, stop being all prickly," Teddy said and ignored his father's glare that probably would've made him run screaming and crying had he not been raised by the man and see him at many vulnerable—some embarrassing and scarring to Teddy himself—moments. "Have you and Dad slept at all since you brought Caleb home?"

"On and off," Severus said vaguely, running his fingers through his husband's hair, smiling slightly as the man curled against him.

"Papa, this isn't good for either of you," Teddy said.

"Teddy, Caleb is two weeks old. There is not much to be done about the situation until he manages to sleep through the night," Severus said.

"Let me take care of him tonight," Teddy said and Severus stared at him.

"Excuse me?"

"You two should go to bed now and I'll handle Caleb until morning," Teddy told him.

"It's five-thirty," Severus pointed out.

"And?" Teddy said. "Papa, take Dad and go to bed. Put Silencing Spells up. I'll take care of Caleb for the night and as long as it takes you to wake up tomorrow. If I need any help at all, I can call Uncle Jack or Matt. They're only a Floo call away."

"Teddy…"

"You know I can, Papa, and it's only for one night," Teddy said. "I just want you and Dad to actually get more than two hours sleep."

Severus gazed at Teddy for a long while as he thought about it, his fingers never stopping their comforting movements in his husband's hair. Finally the man sighed heavily. "Very well. I will allow you to care for Caleb tonight but only tonight and you are to call Jack or Matt should anything go even slightly wrong."

"I will, Papa, you know I will," Teddy nodded.

"Indeed," Severus said. "All right. Caleb is asleep in his crib in our room. You may move him out here or to your room."

"I'll go move him now," Teddy said and walked into his parents' bedroom. He came out shortly with the crib floating in front of him and he replaced it in his own bedroom for the night. "Okay, Caleb is in my bedroom. Now, you two, bed."

"Must I remind you that we are the adults here?" Severus said, raising an eyebrow at his son.

"You can but then I can remind you that one of you is in a dead sleep and the other is on the way there," Teddy said, crossing his arms.

Severus narrowed his eyes at the child before shaking his head. He extracted himself gently from under Harry and got to his feet. He then brought Harry into his arms and carried him into their bedroom. Before closing the door, he turned to Teddy who was watching them.

"Thank you, Teddy," he said quietly and kissed Teddy's head.

"You're welcome, Papa. Now, go to sleep," Teddy smiled at him and closed the door behind his parents, casting a strong Silencing Charm on the door.

In their bedroom, Severus had laid Harry on their bed. He quickly pulled Harry out of his clothes and, leaving him in his boxers, he put his husband under the blankets. He then stripped himself and joined Harry in the bed. Despite his protestations, he was pleased with the help that Teddy had offered and proud of his son for being responsible enough to be able to take care of his baby brother. He and Harry really were exhausted. Caleb kept them up at night despite their agreement to trade off each night. They caught sleep whenever they could but it just never seemed to add up to be enough.

With a sigh, Severus curled up to Harry's back and pulled him close. Wrapping an arm around Harry's chest, he kissed Harry's shoulder and let his heavy eyes close. It wasn't long before he had followed his husband into sleep.

Harry's eyes blinked open and he looked around the bedroom, trying to remember how he had come to be there. He remembered sitting on the sofa with Severus after putting Caleb down. He had been so tired and had fallen asleep on the sofa and on Severus. So why was he in the bedroom? He rolled over, now conscious of the arm across his waist, and looked at Severus who was still asleep. How long had they been sleeping? Surely not that long otherwise Caleb would have woken them by now.

"You're thinking too hard, love," Severus said and Harry looked down at him. His husband's eyes were still shut and he hadn't moved but he was apparently awake.

"I'm trying to remember what happened," Harry said.

"That would be a difficult thing to do as you fell asleep at five yesterday," Severus said, his eyes still not opening.

"Then how did I get here? And yesterday? What day is it?" Harry frowned.

"I brought you here. Yes, yesterday. It's Saturday," Severus answered, his eyes sliding open now to look at Harry.

"We couldn't have slept that long. Caleb would've waked us up," Harry said.

"He would have had we not had a Silencing Spell up," Severus said.

"What? Why the hell would you put up a Silencing Spell? What about Caleb?" Harry exclaimed.

"Teddy is taking care of him, he has been since five-thirty yesterday," Severus told him. "He wanted us to get some rest which we were both in dire need of."

"Teddy's been taking care of Caleb for over twelve hours? But he's only fifteen," Harry said.

"And more than capable of caring for his brother for a little while," Severus said. "Besides, he would've been able to call Jack or Matt had he needed any help at all."

"What time is it?" Harry asked.

Severus waved his hand and numbers appeared in the air. "Three in the afternoon."

"We should get up," Harry said. "Free Teddy of Caleb."

"Teddy doesn't need rescuing. He was happy to take care of Caleb."

"He probably thought it would only be a few hours."

"No, he's the one who said to put up the Silencing Charm and said he would take care of Caleb for as long as necessary until we woke up."

"Still. It's his weekend. He probably wants to be with his friends."

"Harry, he volunteered to take care of Caleb and he was completely aware that it could've been for the whole weekend. He was going to spend his weekend here anyways to be with us and Caleb. You should know by now that Teddy is not like the other teenagers in the world who want to be as far away from their parents as possible," Severus said and Harry smiled.

"True," Harry said. "Regardless, I feel much more rested. I'm going to shower."

"I'll get us some lunch," Severus said and Harry nodded, walking into the bathroom and closing the door. Severus pulled on a robe and left the bedroom, heading for the kitchen. There he saw Teddy sitting on one of the chairs with Caleb lying in one arm as he held the bottle with the other.

Teddy glanced up when he heard footsteps. "Hey, Papa."

"Hello, Teddy," Severus said, walking over to them.

"He's just about finished and ready for his nap," Teddy told his father who nodded.

"Thank you for helping, Teddy," Severus said and kissed his son's head, bending down and kissing Caleb's as well much to the baby's delight.

"You're welcome. It was fun. I'd be happy to do it again sometime if you and Dad want to go out one night or something," Teddy said, looking up from Caleb and at Severus who was taking a seat across from him.

"You are something else, child," Severus said and Teddy laughed.

"I'm going to put him down. There's lunch for you and Dad on the counter," Teddy said as he walked to the sink to put the empty bottle in it. Severus nodded at him and he left the kitchen. He was just about to enter his bedroom when his dad walked out of his parents' room.

"Oh, hey, Dad," Teddy said.

"Hello, Teddy," Harry said. "How are you?"

"I'm fine. I'm just going to put Caleb down," Teddy said.

"How was your night?"

"It was good. Like I told Papa, I had fun and I'll gladly take Caleb again," Teddy said.

Harry smiled and gave Teddy a one-armed hug, being careful of Caleb in his arms. He leaned over and kissed Caleb's head. "Thank you, Teddy. We needed a break."

"That's why I offered. Plus, it gave us some bonding time," Teddy said, looking down at his sleeping brother.

Harry chuckled and shooed Teddy away.

Four Months Later

"He's over five months old now," Severus said, looking away from Caleb who was sitting happily on the rug with his toys and at Harry who was beside him. Over four months had passed since the birth of Caleb and the little boy was now over five months. He was laughing and sitting and rolling over. They could see him getting ready to start crawling soon. After the summer holidays had passed, Harry had returned to working in the hospital wing part-time once the school year started. When Harry worked, Severus would stay home with the baby or bring Caleb up to his office though he didn't do that too often. If someone needed him, they would come to their rooms.

"I don't know if we should bring him to the Great Hall or not though," Harry said. "There are a lot of people on staff who won't be happy to see him."

"No one will do anything and if they do, they will be fired or expelled, depending on if it's a teacher or a student," Severus said. "We can't keep him in here forever. We have to bring him at some point."

Harry sighed. "I know," he said, looking at Caleb who was making a stuffed cat bounce across the floor. "We'll bring him at lunch."

Severus smiled at him and linked their hands together, both turning to watch as Caleb rolled onto his back and smiled as he laughed happily at his new position.

Harry held Caleb on his hip as he and Severus walked into the Great Hall for lunch. They, typically, attracted the attention of everyone in the Hall. The students turned to look at the baby in the Healer's arms and smiled. It seemed as though the majority of the student population had accepted the relationship between Harry and Severus over the years and was happy and excited to see the baby. Many students said congratulations or made comments about 'how cute' Caleb was as they passed. Quite a few of the staff had already met Caleb and were smiling at the little boy who was staring around the Great Hall with huge eyes. However, Hermione Weasley and Lee Jordan were glaring at them.

Severus sat in his seat in the headmaster's chair and Harry sat to his left between Severus and Jack. Before Harry could settle Caleb on his lap, however, Severus pulled the boy into his own arms.

"You have not eaten today so I will feed Caleb while you eat," Severus told him. Harry rolled his eyes but agreed and filled his plate while Severus quietly summoned Kreacher who gave him Caleb's baby food.

"Happy to see you both back in the Great Hall," Jack said to Harry who smiled.

"Severus convinced me that it was time to bring Caleb so we'll probably be here more," Harry told him.

"That's good. Matt and I were beginning to miss talking to you," Jack said.

"Just beginning?" Harry said with a grin.

"Of course," Jack said and Harry laughed.

He fell into a deep discussion with Jack about Benji's apprenticeship with Mr. Ollivander. Benji was to be taking over Ollivander's in the coming summer when Mr. Ollivander finally retired. The poor wandmaker had been through so much, especially during the Second Wizarding War when he was held captive by Voldemort and tortured for information on the Elder Wand. As a man going into his hundreds, Ollivander was old and tired and ready for some peace after all these years.

Lunch and their discussion were interrupted, however, about twenty minutes later by a very angry shout and a flash of light.

"Get it out!" Hermione cried as she whipped out her wand and through a curse towards Severus, specifically at Caleb who started crying at the commotion and shouting. Harry immediately threw up a wandless shield around Severus and Caleb as Severus turned his body away from the curse, shielding their son. Jack, Matt, and Flitwick had jumped to their feet and now had their wands pointed at a vicious-looking Hermione. The majority of the students had gotten to their feet at well and all were staring in horror at what was happening at the staff table. Teddy had issued a cry and ran up to his parents and brother.

"Are you all right?" Harry asked Severus as he took the still crying Caleb.

"Fine. You got the shield up in time," Severus said with a smile. Harry nodded and accepted the kiss on the cheek that Severus gave him. Harry turned to Teddy who helped try to calm Caleb down while Severus turned to Hermione with a furious expression. "I can only guess at what you were trying to accomplish, Mrs. Weasley, but I am assured that my guess would be correct. I sincerely hope that you realize I can get you charged and even arrested for this, you stupid girl."

"Severus," Harry said quietly. "I'm angry too and I don't like her, but don't send her to prison."

"Harry—"

"I know and I'll never forgive her for this or anything else but just fire her and even discredit her."

Severus sighed. "Very well."

Harry smiled at him.

Severus turned to Hermione. "You are very lucky, Mrs. Weasley, that Harry is a kind person for I would be sending you to Azkaban this minute had he not asked me not to. You are fired, Mrs. Weasley, and I will see to it that you and your little family will never step foot in this school again."

"You can't do that!" Hermione cried angrily. "I already have children here!"

"Take them with you when you leave. They are not welcome here any longer because of your actions," Severus said.

"You miserable git! You cannot punish them because of what I did! It's just like what you used to do to him," she pointed at Harry, "when we were in school!"

"I think you'll find that I can punish them, Mrs. Weasley. I am the headmaster after all. Besides, they are not innocent. I have had them in my office very often because they have been caught bullying the younger students and targeting the Slytherins. So, Mrs. Weasley, pack your things and grab your little brats and get out of this school."

Hermione glared hatefully at Severus, Harry, Caleb, and Teddy. It was clear that she wanted to say more and perhaps send more curses, but was smart enough to leave it and stalk out of the Great Hall, grabbing her children from the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables.

Harry sighed as he watched her go. He couldn't help but wonder if she had always been as she was now or if it had happened after the war when she and Ron turned on him. Throughout their years at Hogwarts, she had never given the impression of being so hateful or close-minded. In fact, he found that Ron was the more bitter and close-minded of the two of them. So what had happened to change Hermione so drastically?

He looked at Severus when he felt fingers stroking his cheek.

"All right?" Severus asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Harry nodded. "Thank you for not sending her to prison."

"Last chance to change your mind," Severus offered and Harry shook his head, grinning. Severus gave an exaggerated sigh. "Very well. You're welcome."

Harry chuckled. "I need to get back to the infirmary. Do you want me to take Caleb?"

"I'll take him," Teddy said quickly and his parents looked at him. "I can bring him back to the common room. Everyone really likes him."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked, still bouncing Caleb on his hip slightly to keep him calm.

"Yeah, definitely. I know Toby, Caytlin, Max, and Samantha would love to see him," Teddy said.

"All right," Harry nodded.

"Just bring him here to the Great Hall at dinner," Severus said and Teddy nodded.

"I will," Teddy said and reached out his arms. "Now give me my brother."

Harry and Severus chuckled and Harry handed Caleb to Teddy. Whatever tears that had been remaining were gone as Caleb started grinning and laughing as soon as he was in his brother's arms, giggling wildly when Teddy changed his hair colour.

"See you later, Dad, Papa," Teddy said and walked away with Caleb, leaving the Great Hall with a group of his friends around him, all talking and cooing at Caleb who was clearly enjoying the attention.

"An attention seeker like his father," Severus said as they watched their sons leave.

Harry smacked his chest. "You are a git."

Severus chuckled and grabbed Harry's hand before he could pull it back.

"I have to go. I'll see you at dinner," Harry said.

Severus nodded. "See you later, love," he said and gave him a quick kiss. Harry smiled and left the Great Hall with Danny, both heading for the infirmary.

A/N: So, we finally had Hermione in the story again and she is now gone. I understand she should've been fired long ago but, oh well. :P I hope you enjoyed it and please review. Thanks :]