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Chapter 25: First day of teaching

Hermione and Harry were up early for Teddy who wanted an early morning feed. Sitting on the couch the pair were talking when Tinky popped in to say that Tonks was awake and wondering how her child was behaving. Hermione asked Tinky to invite the woman into her rooms for a cuppa.

As Tonks crossed the floor to join them in the sitting room Hermione looked at her cocking her head to one side that clearly asked "Well" to the woman. Taking Teddy from Hermione she greeted both teenagers with a kiss as she settled him on her lap. "So Teddy you are going to have a little brother or sister," she announced.

"Congratulations", cried both the teenagers. Hermione stopped and asked, "Are you ok with this baby?"

"I wasn't at first but I am getting used to it. I am just a little nervous of 2 under two years of age. I was supposed to be going back to full time Auror work in a couple of months but now I will be on light duties for so much longer I sort of feel like a half baked Auror" the subdued woman explained.

Hermione explained about the arrangement that had been made for Harry to stay with her and went on to say that she would be in London sometime later in the week. Harry went off to get ready for the day in her wonderful ensuite and the two women quietly reviewed what the action plan was now for security defensive wise.

When Hermione managed to pry Harry out of the shower Tonks and Teddy went back to their apartment. Once the two were dressed for the day they travelled down to breakfast where several sleepy students could be seen already sitting at the long house tables. The Lupins joined Harry and Hermione at one end of the breakfast table before Harry gave them all an embrace goodbye as he headed off to his first day as a trainee Auror at the Ministry of Magic.

There was a look from the Gryffindor table that could have scorched Harry that was then turned onto Hermione. Yes there was going to be trouble from the red head it was just a case of when. Hermione organized to meet up with Tonks sometime during the day to get some practice in so she was not rusty with her wand speed. When the timetables were handed out to the student Greg Goyle came up to the professors' table and gave his timetable to Hermione. The first thing the Gryffindor witch did was she changed its colour to ivory and then made a duplicate for herself. After passing back his ivory slip, Goyle went on his way. Remus inquired why the colour change and Hermione explained that it was a learning support strategy.

Several other students came up to the professors' table to organize their appointment slots with Hermione so she had a calendar of students she was seeing during the week. As Hermione had no students straight away she went up to the IT suite where Professor Thompson was preparing for the first class. While she was doing an internet search to get the phone number for the screening specialist Hermione asked the Professor if they could meet later in the week to discuss the ideas that they had talked about after Saturday's staff development session. He was keen to hear that she was interested in further developing the ideas with Draco Malfoy and some other investors. So not to disturb his class she took herself off to the Hospital wing where they discussed the use of the Educational Psychologist and the specialist optician for the assessment for Irlen filters. Poppy had done some asking around other mediwitches. As a result of her inquiries the mediwitch had some names for individuals that could potentially do the educational psychology assessments and there was one healer at St Mungo's who had a brother who was a qualified educational psychologist.

After stopping by the Headmaster's office Hermione got permission to take Greg Goyle out to an eye assessment in London as soon as possible. Professor Snape was highly interested in something that could help one of his snakelings.

Lunch found Hermione seated near Pomona Sprout and Irma Price, during the meal the three witches conversed about a number of subjects including Hermione taking her NEWT in Herbology and the development of a school information sharing system. Hermione caught Poppy Pomfrey's attention and advised that she had an appointment for Goyle at 3:30pm. If she could floo him down to the Leaky Cauldron Hermione would pick both of them up and drive them to the address for the assessment.

After Lunch as she was wheeling herself into the library Hermione encountered Ginny. There was a hiss of distaste before the redhead snapped, "So he can visit you and Teddy but he can't even be bothered to say hello to me".

"Now Ms Weasley can you be mature and take this discussion to my office" queried Hermione while directing the firebrand to an enclosed space. She had already slipped her wand into her hand in preparation.

"Granger" spat the hissing redhead with a warning look that she was about to strike if she did not get her answer.

"It is Ms Granger for you Miss Weasley," countered Hermione in a warning tone.

"Ms Granger then it seems that my boyfriend spent time with you but did not condone to visit his intended. Why are you keeping him from me?" she snapped.

"Miss Weasley have I been misinformed that you two broke up over 12 months ago and you then went on to date several other young men who were here at Hogwarts? Trainee Auror Potter has left the school a while ago so I am not up on his social life. I was under the impression that your mutual association was an old one. If we want to get on whom out ranks who here I have been his best friend a heck of a lot longer than you have been more than an obnoxious fan girl. Grow up and knuckle down to your studies," retorted a witch who had enough of the entire BS the younger members of the Weasleys had put Harry and her through during their years in the magical world.

The redhead started to go for her wand and Hermione put a wandless petrificus totalus on her. "Just because I am now in a wheelchair does not mean I am defenceless. This is the last time I will speak to you again unless I am required to professionally but let me give you some advice. Bellatrix did not make me crack so what makes you think can? I will release the spell and then you will leave Ms Weasley" Hermione ordered now bringing her wand out into view before releasing the body bind.

"You are just a dried shrivelled up bucktooth broken beaver. You will never have a family and you can stop trying to steal mine. Bitch!" countered the 7th year student as she flounced off away from the witch who was incredibly hurt by the words of her former friend. Well was she ever really a friend or was she just like her brother Ronald a fair weather friend someone who just used her to get close to Harry. Blinking the tears out of her eyes Hermione knuckled down to get some work done before she had to leave to floo to Grimmauld Place to pick her car up.

The confrontation between the two witches had not gone unnoticed but all observers had decided to see how it played out. The watchers seemed to have the same agreement to wait and see but if that redhead upset Hermione again all bets were off. The 7th year witch was going to be hexed good and proper the haughty little cow.