Chapter 4

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"Oh, Dad, can I have that bear!" 

That was how they ended up at a fairground stall waiting whilst Harry, for the third time, tried to knock the cans down with a bean bag.

Andromeda had stayed for the night before flooing back to England, leaving the family of three to spend time together before school started and their lives began to have some structure, so they took the opportunity to take Teddy to a theme park. It had been a fun day so far and they had ridden on every ride that Teddy was tall enough for so now the young boy was doing everything to stop his god-parents from taking him home.

"Let me try," Ginny said as Harry failed - again. She payed for another set of three bean bags and threw the first one at the cans, successfully knocking down the top two, her eyes narrowed and she threw the next with striking precision leaving only one can.  A smirk appeared on her face as she threw the last bean bag and Teddy cheered. She took the bar smugly, shooting Harry a look as she gave their excitable son the giant bear.

"That is how it's done," she told him once she was standing only to be confronted by an adoring smile and pale arms being wrapped around her waist pulling her into a kiss. 

Their affection was short-lived though when Teddy, who had only just figured out how to see around the bear that was almost twice his size, let out a disgusted, "Ew!" He groaned, "Dad! Stop kissing Mummy, Teddy Jr. doesn't like it."

"Teddy Jr?" Harry asked ignoring the faces the boy made when he slipped his hand into Ginny's, "That isn't very original." 

Teddy scowled but before he could reply his mum cut in, "I think it's an adorable name Ted."

The rest of the day past quick and the two parents were soon tucking the boy into his bed before retiring to their own room. The last week of vacation went by with spontaneous trips to the beach and the theme park had become a frequent place to go for the family. Most of the time though, had been spent with Harry teaching Ginny as much about the muggle world as he new, including how to use a cell phone which did not end well. 

The end of the week came only too quickly and they soon found themselves waking up on Monday morning to the sound of a blaring alarm. Ginny groaned and simply took out her wand, sending a sleepy hex at the clock which was followed by the distinct sound of smashing. 

She let out a sigh and closed her eyes again only to be woken up again ten minutes later when Harry realised what she had done. He jumped up , throwing the duvet onto the ground as he did so, leaving Ginny lying on the mattress cold.

"Harryyy." She complained, "What are you doing?"

"We have to go to school today Gin!" at those words his girlfriend's eyes widened and she rushed into the bathroom without another word. 

Getting Teddy to wake up was another question entirely. Actually that was alien, the boy was awake he just refused to step out of bed, "No Dad, I don't wanna go. What if the other boys don't like me?"

"Ted they'll love you. And anyway there'll be girls there too."

"What? Now I definitely don't wanna go, girls are gross."

"Well now I'm offended." a voice said from the doorway and Ginny made her way towards the father and son, her hair still wet.

Teddy sighed, "Not you Mummy, you're a nice girl."

"Why thank you Ted, but maybe you'll meet another nice girl at school."

"It's not school it's daycare, and the only other nice girls are Aunt Mione, Aunt Luna and Aunt Fleur."

"What about nana?"

"Nana's not a girl, she's a lady." Ginny let out a laugh and shook her head.

"Whatever you say, I guess you won't be able to ride in the car either then." 

At that Teddy jumped out of bed and made his way to the bathroom, the child had grown to love car journeys, he did almost anything to be able to ride in it, including midnight shopping trips and faking an illness just so Harry would drive him to the hospital - something that didn't work since he'd forgotten that his godfather was a wizard. 

"How do you do it?" the raven haired man asked, "How are you so amazing?"

Ginny shrugged, "I just am."

Harry grinned and leaned in for a kiss but before he could get there she ducked under his arm and ran down the stairs, leaving him to stare at her sappily. Thirty minutes later Harry was shoving Teddy into the card the three were speeding off jerkily. Harry hadn't;t technically passed his driver's test but the ministry had allowed him a government officiated licence even if he was a danger to the street of Ohio. They pulled up in front of the nursery and Teddy reluctantly said goodbye to his parents, after receiving two kisses he slowly trudged away from them.

"He's adorable," the receptionist said.

"Do you think he'll be okay?" Ginny interrupted once she had lost sight of Teddy.

"He'll be fine, he is my son after all."

The receptionist smiled warmly, "Don't worry love, he's in good hands."

After a short conversation and a few signatures Harry and Ginny drove off to their own form of torture: Muggle High school. If there was one thing that was certain it was that McKinley High was about to be taken by storm.

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