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A/N: Obicham is Bulgarian for love. Obicham te is Bulgarian for I love you. Dushterya is Bulgarian for daughter. Baba is Bulgarian for Grandmother. Sorry that it has been a little longer than 2 weeks, I have no real excuse except I was putting it off because it means I am that much closer to the end of this story. Thank you everyone for your reviews, favorites, and follows I jump for joy whenever I get an email!
You Again
Chapter Fourteen
Hermione flopped down on the couch in Remus' office with a huff, her hair fanning out around her head like a lion's mane.
"I have no idea how to help her!" Hermione spoke after remaining silent for over an hour, sounding exasperated. "It has been three days since he passed and I can't go anywhere without Teodora screaming and crying - she doesn't want to stay with Viktor or his Mum. I know that it's common for kids to cry when someone leaves but I'm worried that her grandfather's death has affected her in ways that we don't understand. You don't even want to know what we had to do so I could leave this morning. Oh, and thanks for letting me have so long off, hopefully I can come back next week."
Remus was sitting on top of his desk, patiently and silently waiting for Hermione to finish speaking, as she sounded like she was going to explode.
"Have you tried speaking to her?" Remus questioned, when he was finally able to get a word in edgeways.
Hermione groaned "Viktor and his mum tried but she ignored them."
Remus shook his head and dragged a chair over to Hermione's head, "No Hermione, have you? Maybe her father and grandmother are filled with so much sadness that she can't stand it. What do Teodora and you do when you leave the house?"
A single knock on the door and it opening interrupted Hermione's response.
"Hello love," Tonks spoke as she kissed Remus on the cheek, "Is everything alright Hermione?"
Hermione dramatically threw her arm over her eyes and moaned, "No."
Remus laughed and stood up to offer his pregnant wife his chair.
Tonk's patted Hermione's shoulder, "So tell me what's going on. Maybe we can help."
Hermione righted herself on the couch and began to tell the Lupins what had started Tuesday morning.
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Hermione woke up to Teodora's voice calling out for her.
"Minny!" she yelled, her voice sounding louder and louder. Looking down Hermione realized that Viktor had fallen asleep nude. Not wanting the little girl to see her father like that, Hermione quickly covered Viktor's body with a blanket and rushed out the door.
"Hello little bird." Hermione cooed, bending down to pick up the girl who had one arm outstretched, the other holding the cat Hermione had placed in her arms the night before. Nuzzling Teodora on her head Hermione started to walk towards the kitchen. "How did you sleep?"
Teodora yawned and snuggled closer into Hermione's body, "Cat," she said simply, lifting up the animal into Hermione's view.
"I see," Hermione responded and, placing the little girl on the counter, waved her wand to start making pancakes, eggs, and bacon. "Did you know that used to be mine when I was a little girl?" She started to pull out plates and waved them over to the table.
"Really?" Teodora's tiny voice traveled over the sizzle of the bacon.
Hermione nodded and picked up the girl to place her on the floor, "Now go wake up papa but be careful not to remove the blanket."
Teodora had stepped into the hallway when Hermione heard her exclaim, "I got cat papa!"
"I see dushterya. Where did you get that?" Viktor's voice traveled into the kitchen as he walked down the hallway with his daughter in his arms.
"Minny." Teodora simply replied and said nothing more.
"Morning Obicham." Viktor whispered in Hermione's ear as he kissed her cheek in greeting, "I voke to the smell of food." He laughed and placed Teodora down in a chair.
Hermione giggled and placed the plates of food on the table. No one spoke during breakfast - all three were too hungry as they had not eaten dinner the night before.
After the plates were cleared away and Teodora was playing in the soapy water at the sink, Hermione quietly suggested, "Why don't you floo your mum? She needs to be here with both of you. I would say go see her but I'm afraid that you and Teodora are stuck here with me today," she added with a smile.
Viktor solemnly nodded his head, " I will go do so now."
"Oh wait Viktor, I wanted to go to the library today to get some books for.." Hermione let her voice trail off as she motioned to Teodora who was trying to squish the bubbles in her hands.
Viktor came back from speaking to his mother, "if you vant to go now, you can. Mama be here soon."
"Minny?" Teodora's voice cut over Hermione's reply, her body spinning around in the chair sloshing water over her body and the floor, "You go no where, stay here!" Her voice shook with terror.
Hermione got on her knees and looked the little girl in the eyes, "I just have to go to the library and then I will be back."
Teodora threw herself at Hermione, wrapping her legs around Hermione's waist, arms around her neck almost squeezing off Hermione's air supply and buried her hands into Hermione's hair. Hermione shot a glance at Viktor, whose head was hanging in his hands.
Hermione squeezed Teodora tight, "How about papa goes to get you some new clothes while you take a bath and I will take you to the library?"
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"That is a hard situation, does she do it with anyone else?" Tonks questioned.
Hermione replied slowly, "No. Her grandmother has left a few times with Viktor to arrange for the funeral, which is tomorrow. After the library I was hardly able to go to the bathroom unless she was in the same room. It has gotten better - I can pee with the door closed now. This morning I gave her a hug and a kiss but I had to slip out while she was eating breakfast. I hated to do that but I told her last night that I had to come in and she stayed attached to my neck all night, even while she was sleeping."
Tonks rubbed her belly, her brows burrowed deep in thought, "It sounds like you are doing everything you can. Have you thought about what you are going to do when you go back to work?"
Hermione shook her head and stood up, "I love having them there. I was thinking about asking them to stay but I'm worried that we will be moving too fast. I should probably go, I've been here long enough. Will you three be at Molly's this weekend?"
Remus held out his hand and pulled Hermione into a hug, "We will be there, now you go home and take care of your new family. Also take as much time as you need, you have enough annual leave left that you could be gone for a month and I won't be worried." He added with a laugh.
Hermione laughed and gave Tonks a tight squeeze from behind the chair.
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Hermione had no sooner stepped out of the fireplace when her legs felt like they were attacked by an octopus with thick brown hair. Hermione threw her purse on the couch and bent to pick up the brown haired child. "Hello little bird! Did you miss me? I missed you!"
Teodora nodded her head, "I played dolls with baba. You home? No more work?"
Hermione carried the little girl into her room to change into more comfortable clothes, "Yes I am home for today. Let me change out of my stuffy work clothes and we can have some lunch, I'm starving."
Teodora leaped off the bed from where Hermione had placed her and ran into the hallway screaming, "I do it."
Hermione giggled and followed after her, kissing Viktor on the cheek in greeting when she entered the kitchen.
"Hello Mrs. Krum." Hermione kissed the cheek of the women who was sitting next to her son, "How are you today?" she added as she walked over to see what Teodora was grabbing for lunch.
"Minny it is Sofija but I am vell, how are you? Vas your boss mad?" Sofija questioned, watching as Hermione let her granddaughter fix sandwiches by herself.
"Go ask papa and baba what kind of sandwiches they want. Hermione mumbled to Teodora before she answered back, "I am okay, just tired. Remus, my boss, is completely fine with taking this time off. He even said that I could take more off and he wouldn't be worried."
Teodora had come back to Hermione's side and whispered in her ear, "Papa wants you food and baba wants supise?" Teodora stepped back and declared, "You turn Minny. Make baba y papa pease."
Hermione smiled at Teodora's manners and asked, "Do I get to make mine?"
Teodora picked up two sandwiches and walked over to the table, "I gots it."
Hermione helped the little girl into her chair and kissed the top of her hair, "Thank you love," and made the other two sandwiches for the remaining adults. Waving her wand so everyone's glass could fill back up with Pumpkin juice, she carried the food to Viktor and his mum. Sitting down, Hermione leaned forward towards Viktor and muttered, "I would like to talk to you after lunch in private, if that's okay."
Teodora let out a big yawn and grumbled, "Baba I not tired."
Sofija laughed, "I told you that when Minny got home you could eat and then nap, let's go," standing up she lifted Teodora in her arms and bid good night and left Hermione and Viktor alone.
"Vat you like to talk about?" Viktor asked, moving to the seat that his daughter previously occupied.
Hermione laughed, "You get right to the point don't you?" Taking a deep breath she declared, "I want you and Teodora to live here with me. I enjoyed having the both of you around for the past few days, if it's too much or too early it's okay. I was just think that Teodora could go to the Muggle school around the corner, for stability and you could -"
Hermione was caught off when Viktor pressed his lips to hers. It was a short but passionate kiss, Viktor pulled back to rest his forehead on Hermione's and whispered, "Da."
Hermione squealed in delight and wrapped her arms around Viktor. "Want to go celebrate?" Hermione suggested wagging her eyebrows. Viktor's only response was picking Hermione up and throwing her over his shoulder.
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Viktor sat on the couch next to his mother, listening as the words of the bedtime story that Hermione was reading to his daughter drifted down the hallway.
"Mama," Viktor cautioned, "I have something to say." Sitting back in his seat some more Viktor plowed on, "Me and Teodora are moving in with Minny. I know that you may think it's quick but I have vaited a lifetime for Minny and I'm not letting her go. It will be good for Dora as well."
Sofija patted her son's hand, smiling the skin wrinkling around her eyes, "I am happy for both of you. I understand that you expected me to put up a fight but after losing your father and seeing how much love all three of you have, all you have is my blessing," removing her a ring from her right hand she gave it to Viktor.
"Vat is this?" Viktor asked lifting the ring up to view it in the light. It was a simple one-carat diamond place in a white gold band.
"It was the first ring your papa gave me, he said it symbolizes true love. Use it for your love," Sofija said, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Thank you mama," Viktor gruffed pulling his mum into a fierce hug.
Hermione stood in the doorway of the living room while the Krums were hugging, "So I take it the talk went well?"
Sofija stood up and hugged Hermione before grabbing her hands and whispering, "If you need help keeping him in check, floo me," before adding in a louder voice so Viktor could hear her, "I'm going to bed, good night."
Hermione laughed and replied, "Night," before snuggling with Viktor on the couch and flipped on the telly before falling asleep in his arms.