Our Always: Harry and Hermione

Chapter seven: Christmas

      It has been a week since Harry, Teddy, and I have all moved in together. Harry and I have been sharing a room since we were in Hogwarts because he still gets horrible nightmares from the war and I still get nightmares from the battle and Ron. Out of the wood in the house, I built a crib for Teddy to put in our room. Harry and I are going to renovating the entire house, starting with the kitchen and the living room. Harry was letting me choose the colors because he doesn't want wall paper anymore. By using magic we were able to move the furniture into one of the bedrooms. I've sent my parents a letter stating that I'm staying with Harry and that they are welcomed to come and visit us for the holiday. Once we finished the living room and kitchen with the main wall yellow, one brown, another blue and the last wall maroon, we started doing the hallway and guest bedrooms. I chose to do white walls with a thin black strip at waist height on the walls of the hallway. I had harry start moving the furniture back into the kitchen and living room. He told me that out of all places in the house he wanted to do the dinning room. I tried to get a peek at what he was doing but he put a spell on the door so I couldn't get in. He keeps saying it is a "surprise".

        By the time I finished the hallway, Harry and I have been working for three day while also taking care of Teddy. It was about eleven o'clock time when I was going to head out to be lunch. I was getting Teddy ready to go when I heard the doorbell ring. Harry came running into the living room with his wand at the ready.

       "Oh put that away. Can you finish strapping in Teddy so I can go get lunch?" I ask him.

       "Of coarse. Now go get the door before they blast the door down,"he said teasingly. I went to get the door and was glad I did.

       "Hermione! Its so good to see you darling," my mum said.

       "Mum! Dad! Its been so long! I missed you guys!" I aside throwing my arms around their necks. They pulled me close and we stood there crying for about a minute.

       "Mione, who's that at the door- oh hello," Harry said looking at my parents and I.

       "Oh right..er. Mum, Dad this is Harry, Harry Potter. Harry these are my parents," I said. It felt awkward between everybody I could tell.

       "Hello there mate. My name is Jeffrey Granger,"my dad said holding a hand out for Harry to shake. Harry took it and put a smile on.

       "My name Carol Granger," my Mum said giving Harry a hug. Then I heard Teddy cry so I went and it the stroller he was in.

       "Shhhh. I'm here. We're leaving," I said. I pushed the stroller to the door. My mum and dad looked at Harry sternly then at me. I shook my head and my mum sighed. My dad's face softened but not by much.

       "Well I'll be leaving so that I may get us some lunch,"I say walking out the door.

       "Oh Darling let me go with you," my mum said. She got her luggage out of the trunk of the car and got in the front while I sat down in the back with Teddy. She started the engine and we were off to the store.

        "So who is the baby? And who's is it?"

        "His name is Teddy. And he belongs to Harry. He is Harry's godson,"I told her.

        "Then why are you taking care of him? If he belongs to Harry then he needs to take care of him."

        "Harry doesn't know how to take care of a child. He needed my help and I told him I would help him, and besides Harry is the only family little Teddy has left."

        "Sweet heart, I know you like this boy and that you grew up with him but what about the other one, the ginger headed boy. You still love him, don't you?"

        "No mother he and his sister turned their backs on Harry and I and we haven't talked in weeks."

Time skip to when they got home.

      Harry was upstairs with dad working on a guest room. Thankfully we already had a room done for mum and dad to stay in. Mum was playing with Teddyy while I was making supper for the four us and preparing Teddy's food. I walked over to mum and gave he his food to feed him. My dad and Harry came bounding down the stairs laughing.

     "Hermione, you chose a great lad to be with," my father said to my back. When I turned around I saw Dad and Harry covered in paint. Harry came up to me and tried to give me a kiss. In the end he had sauce in his hair and blue paint on my lips.

      "Now the two of you go and wash up for supper," I told him. My mother looked at my father and he nodded and walked up with Harry. My mum got up and finished supper while I went and put Teddy to sleep. He whined and cooed before he drifted off to sleep.  We sat down and talked while we ate. My parents seemed to like Harry a lot.

      "So Harry what are your parents like? I'm sure they'll be visiting for the holiday since this is the first Christmas since you moved out,"my father asked. I looked at Harry to see how he would take it. He looked at me and I scooted closer to him to put my hand on his.

      "Actually my parents are dead. They died shortly after I had turned one. I lived with my aunt and uncle until last year," he said. I sighed in relief on how he took it.

       "Oh I'm sorry I didn't know."

       "That's fine. May we be excused from the table. Sir I need to...er... discuss something of a very important topic with you."