As you may have guessed, this is an AU. The story takes place after the Battle of Hogwarts. Remus and Sirius are both still alive. Others may prove to be as well if it so fits the story. I apologize that I am following the overused time travel trend, but I hope I can offer something a bit different than the others.

I've seen some fans do it to other writers, but I would appreciate it if you didn't tear me apart too much on not writing 'English English' and 'American English' as that is where I am from. Not much of a difference in the span of the entire language, but some fans still take it to heart.

Hermione heard the door of her apartment slam and she couldn't help the grin that plastered itself to her face, "Bad day, Ginny?"

Ginny glared at her best friend, practically sister, and roommate, "Maybe. I just went home for lunch and Harry was there...with...Luna. Luna Lovegood. Apparently, the not-so-secret secret crush he had on her came forward and they've started dating!"

"Are you jealous?" Hermione asked with a laugh.

Ginny huffed and plopped down into a chair, "So what if I am? We only broke up a week and a half ago after nearly four years of dating."

"It gets better," Hermione offered with a sympathetic look. "Remember, Ron left me for Padma Patil only a few days after we broke up."

"What is it that Ravenclaws have that we don't? I'd say knowledge, but you're smart enough to be one," the youngest Weasley whined.

"I don't know if it's so much on what the girls have and we don't as what they boys see. Emphasis on the word 'boys'. They lived their childhoods through a war, and I think they're still trying to get something out of it. They seem to have the relationship maturity of Teddy," Hermione smiled sadly.

Ginny rolled her eyes, "Sometimes I think that three-year-old has more people wrapped around his pink fingers than I have met in my entire life!"

Both girls laughed as an owl pecked at the window. It was a beautiful creature, black with grey spots, that never failed to look absolutely gorgeous and polished, even when flying through the cold October rain like it was that day. The animal was much like the person he was carrying a message for.

Hermione got up and opened the window to let the familiar bird have access to a cage the girls had bought just for him. Erebus waited patiently for Hermione to take the letter off of his leg before he took off.

She opened it, reading it aloud, "It seems Teddy misses his Aunties Mimi and Ginny too much, even though he saw you yesterday. The boy is talking non-stop about you two. Would it be too bothersome for you to show up and quiet him down? - Sirius"

Hermione narrowed her eyes at the paper, "How hard would it be to write a proper letter when asking us to do him a favor?"

"It was Sirius who sent the note, right?"

"True, but that's still no excuse for having bad-"

"Okay, okay. I get it. You win. Let's just go."

Hermione smiled. They may be being called to see Teddy, but she knew Ginny wanted to go mostly in order to see Sirius. She couldn't really blame her.

Hermione really wanted to see Teddy and Remus.

She loved Teddy as if he was her own son, but she had also harbored a crush on Remus since her fifth year. Sure, she had thought good things about Remus in her third year, but it hadn't exactly been a crush. In her fifth year, everything changed.

Making sure they let Erebus out before they closed the window and left the apartment, they disapparated as soon as they got into the alley behind their building. In the blink of an eye, they were standing on the doorstep of 12 Grimmauld Place. Both walked in without bothering to knock.

The moment they were visible from the dining room, there was a massive high scream of, "AUNT MIMI!"

Hermione laughed and picked up the estatic boy who's hair was changing colors from turquoise to match Hermione's own light brown. Ginny stuck her lip out in a pout and stared at the child, "Why doesn't he ever greet me like that?"

"Maybe the kid has inherited his father's brains and has already figured out that you truly don't like children," Sirius smirked at her, leaning against the doorframe lazily.

The redhead threw her hair over her shoulder in a huff, "I do too like children...when they belong to someone else."

"You make my son sound like a naughty puppy or something," Remus smiled as he came to stand beside his best friend and fellow Marauder.

"Children are like puppies!" she exclaimed. "They're extremely naughty and curious, but they're also cute beyond reason...or at least, most of them are."

All of them laughed as they moved to the sitting room. Teddy had his head in the crook of Hermione's neck and had moved her hair to cover his face, much like a chick resting under a mother's wing. She sat down, shifting him so they could sit comfortably.

Remus smiled at her sympathetically, "I can always take him back, if you want."

She shook her head, "No, he's fine. He's just getting so big, I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to pick him up."

He gave a soft snore and snuggled in closer, causing a weird look to cross Remus' face. Eventually he pulled his eyes from Hermione and Teddy and focused them on Sirius and Ginny, "So what's been up with you lately, Gin?"

A pained look shot across her face and as she pulled her knees up to her chin, she responded in a soft voice, "I don't want to talk about it."

Sirius' forehead creased in concern and turned his attention to Hermione, "What happened?"

"She went back to the Burrow for lunch today and found Harry there with Luna as a date," Hermione explained. "I guess he didn't use his common sense and realize that might hurt her given they only broke up less than two weeks ago."

Remus shook his head, "James did the same thing to one of his most loyal followers when Lily finally opened herself up to him."

"He was lucky it was never really him she had wanted to date," Sirius laughed. "Carrie was crazy when it came to lengths of attempting to get people to do things for her...or with her."

Remus looked thoughtful for a moment, "I wonder if that's where Maddie got it from?"

Sirius laughed, "Probably not. I doubt Carrie could have affected her that much, especially given what we know now."

"Excuse me for asking, but who are Carrie and Maddie?" Hermione interrupted.

The boys shared a look that neither of the girls could interpret fully, but before long a stange smile had settled across Remus' face again and he explained, "Maddie and Carrie were two young women who came to Hogwarts at the beginning of our seventh year. Carrie was James' and then Sirius' girlfriend. Maddie...was mine."

"Ooo! Love stories!" Ginny popped up from around her knees, eyes wide and curious. "Tell me more, please!"

Sirius winked at her, "I would, but then what leverage would I have to keep you women coming back?"

"I can think of something," Hermione said softly, looking down at Teddy.

Ginny snorted, "Hate to break it to you, honey, but as much as I love Ted, and I do, I won't come around too often just for him."

"And you wondered why he didn't greet you like he greeted me."

The redhead stuck her tongue out but stood, "Thanks for the company guys, and it looks like Teddy has had his fill of 'Mione, but I have to head back now. Tons of paperwork, y'know?"

"As much as it pains me to say, I have to as well," Hermione handed Teddy back to his father. "Nice seeing you two again!"

The two men said their goodbyes to the girls as they left, but the moment the door closed Sirius' face grew grimly excited, "Did you see?"

Remus sighed, "Yes, I did. They look the exact same...do you really think-"

"Yes, and it's about damn time!" Sirius nearly shouted, remembering after he did about the sleeping boy in Remus' arms. Luckily he slept like a war could go one around him and he wouldn't hear a thing...just like his father.

"I agree, but just remember one thing Pads."

"What's that?"

"How much could messing with time, and not being able to, hurt them in the long run?"

Please review and tell me whether continuing seems worth it or not.