AN: I try to get these up earlier in the day but my day has been crazy. Thanks for reading and all the reviews. I may not post tomorrow because our internet may be down as they are working on something near my house. Usually my internet goes down when they do that so-we shall see

On Saturday Hermione noticed her husband was behaving strangely. He had that guilty look about him and he was having trouble looking her in the eyes.

"Do you have something to tell me?" Hermione asked while Teddy was upstairs looking for a his crayons.

"Huh?" Harry 's green eyes were wide.

"You've been acting guilty all day, what's up?" Hermione asked.

Harry fidgeted. He ran his hands through his jet black hair and sighed, "I need to tell you something and you're going to be mad at me."

Hermione frowned, "What?"

"I went to see your mum and dad last night," Harry said.

"You did what?" Hermione demanded. She crossed her arms and glared at her husband, "Tell me you're kidding. Tell me you didn't do that."

Harry smiled sheepishly, "I can't tell you that. I'm not joking."

"Why? Why would you do that?" Hermione demanded.

"Because you want them in your life. You need them in your life. You wouldn't make the first move so I did it for you," Harry told her.

"You went behind my back!" Hermione accused. "How could you?" She stomped out of the room and up the stairs. She stood at the top of the stairs for a moment trying to process what happened. She took a deep breath and attempted to calm herself. Ten minutes later she went back downstairs.

Harry was still in the livingroom. "I'm not sorry," Harry told her.

Hermione raised an eyebrow, "Oh?"

"I mean, I'm sorry you're upset. But I'm not sorry I did it," Harry told her. "Something had to give. Someone had to make the first move."

Hermione regarded him quietly for a moment and then she launched herself at him and crashed her lips to his. Harry seemed stunned for a minute and then he kissed back enthusiastically. They continued to kiss until they heard:

"Ew!"

Hermione pulled away and saw Teddy at the bottom of the stairs. He was making a face at them, "I told you, no kissing when I'm here."

Harry and Hermione laughed, "Sorry buddy," Harry said. He looked at Hermione, "Are we ok?"

Hermione nodded, "I understand why you did it. But please don't make a habit of lying to me."

Harry looked relieved, "I promise, I won't." He hesitated and then he said, "Your parents are coming for dinner tonight."

Hermione felt anger flare again but she pushed it down. "When?" Hermione asked.

"At seven," harry said. "They know we are married and that you are pregnant."

Hermione felt a stab of regret that she wasn't there when they found out. But part of her was relieved that she didn't have to deal with that. "How did they take it?"

Harry shrugged," They didn't say much. They looked shocked-maybe a little sad?"

Hermione felt her heart constrict, "Sad?" she echoed.

"We can't change the past Hermione," Harry told her. "They are coming to dinner so obviously they want a relationship with you or the very least they want to try."

"Who is coming to dinner?" Teddy asked. He had his coloring book and crayons set up on the coffee table.

"My parents," Hermione said.

Teddy looked confused, "Have I met them? I don't remember them."

"No," Hermione said. "I haven't spoken to them since you were a baby."

"Why?" Teddy asked.

Hermione didn't know how to answer that. Not in a way a six year old would understand. "We had a misunderstanding," Hermione finally told him.

"That seems like a stupid reason not to talk to someone for six years," teddy replied.

"Don't say stupid," Hermione scolded. But he was right. She should have tried to reconcile years ago.

"I guess I should go and plan dinner," Hermione told Harry. "Can you make sure Teddy is dressed and ready by 6:30, please?"

"I can," Harry was clearly pleased that she wasn't angry anymore and probably would have agreed to anything.

Hermione left the boys in the sitting room and went to the kitchen. She opened cabinets and took stock of what she had in the house. She finally decided on a meal they could all enjoy-including Teddy, who was somewhat picky.

Hermione started cooking, doing most of it the muggle way and it took a while. When she was finally done she placed warming charms on everything and went upstairs to shower and dress.

She decided to go nice but casual. She put on dark blue jeans and crisp white button up shirt. She pulled her hair up and left it just a little messy. Hermione decided not worry about makeup.

When Hermione padded down the stairs she found Harry and Teddy watching TV. Both men were dressed in green polo shirts and dark jeans. She smiled when she saw Teddy adjust himself so he was sitting just like Harry. "Thank you," Hermione said to Harry. "They will be here in 30 minutes, keep him clean until then?"

"I'll try," Harry winked at her.

Hermione went in the kitchen to check the food one last time. She set the table a little fancier than usual. She used a red table cloth and red and black stripped cloth napkins. Her fancy plates were black with red block patterns on them. She added candles and wine glasses and then she was satisfied with the results.

At quarter to seven the doorbell rang. Hermione came out of the kitchen just as Harry opened the door.

She heard her parents and Harry exchange greeting.

"And who is this?" Her mother asked when the Granger's entered the house. Jean Granger kneeled down in front of Teddy.

"This is my godson, Teddy," Harry said. "He spends a lot of time with us."

"I'm Jean and this Howard," Hermione's mother said. "Nice to meet you Teddy."

"Nice to meet you," Teddy said. Then he turned to Hermione, "I'm hungry. Is dinner ready?"

Hermione nodded, "It's ready." She looked at her parents, "Hello mum. Hello dad."

Her parents looked her up and down. Her mother walked forward and touched Hermione's stomach. "I cannot believe my baby is going to have a baby."

"It's a bit overwhelming, huh," Hermione laughed.

"Oh, you will do just fine, I'm sure," Jean said. "You're the most capable person I know." Mother and daughter hugged and Hermione started to cry. She had missed this so much.

"The little boy said he was hungry ladies," Howard Granger teased.

Hermione wiped the tears off of her face as she pulled away. "You're right dad. Let's go and eat."

Teddy led the way to the kitchen.

"I'm going to grab the food and bring it over," Hermione figured it was better not use much magic with her parents around.

When she came back with some of the food Howard and Harry were talking-it wasn't a deep conversation, sounded like it was about the weather but it was a start. Jean was chatting with Teddy and smiling.

"Let's tuck in," Hermione suggested as she sat down across from her husband.

Everyone was quiet as the meal started. Jean broke the silence first. "How long have you and Harry been together?"

Hermione looked at Harry, "Um, well, a little over four years."

"And you've been married four months?" Jean asked.

"A little over, yes," Hermione answered.

"Have you bought anything for the baby yet?" Jean asked.

Hermione shook her head, "We've been busy with work. Both Harry and I are working more than 12 hours a day. But that is next on my to do list."

Jean made a face," Hermione, you need to slow down. You don't want to stress yourself out or make yourself sick."

"I keep telling her that," Harry threw in, earning himself a glare from Hermione.

"I'm fine, mum, I promise," Hermione said.

"And how do you feel about the new baby?" Jean asked Teddy.

"I'm excited, especially since it's a boy baby," Teddy said. "I would have liked a girl too but boys are more fun. We already have a girl."

"Already have a girl?" Jean asked.

"He's talking about Victoire, she is Ron's niece and Teddy spends a lot of time with her," Hermione explained.

"I'm going to marry Victoire," Teddy told them. "When I'm old like Uncle Harry."

Harry narrowed his eyes playfully, "Watch it kid," he said.

"Wait," Jean exclaimed, "You're having a boy?"

"Oh, uh, yeah," Hermione said. "We found out yesterday."

"You must be excited?" Howard said to Harry.

Harry nodded, "I would have been happy either way. But yeah, I am thrilled."

"Have you thought about names?" Jean asked.

"We've talked about it a bit," Hermione said, "James is our current favorite. That was Harry's father's name."

Jean smiled at Harry, "That is a nice way to honor your father."

"We thought so," Harry replied.

The group fell silent again. Hermione wanted to tell her parents she was sorry but she couldn't make herself do it. Truth was, she wasn't sorry. She was sorry they fought and that they lost touch but she wouldn't have done anything differently.

"The food is good, Hermione," he father said. "Glad to see you got the hang of cooking. it was one the only things you didn't excel at when you were younger."

Everyone laughed.

"It took a while," Hermione admitted.

This would take a while too, she knew that. Things wouldn't get better over night.

Hermione and her parents were having tea after dinner while Harry put Teddy to bed.

"Look," Howard told his daughter. "You're mother and I have talked about all of this and we shouldn't have asked you to choose between us and your world. We were scared and angry. But we have a second chance now and we want to be a part of your life and our grandsons life."

"I want that too," Hermione told her dad.

"So, we will take this one step at a time?" Howard suggested.

"Sounds good," Hermione smiled at her dad.

"Maybe we can make weekly dinners a regular thing?" Jean interjected. "We can alternate between doing them here and at our house. And you should bring Teddy. He is precious."

"Teddy is fantastic. I love that little boy," Hermione told them.

"Does he live here?" Jean asked.

"No, he lives with his grandmother," Hermione explained. "His father was very close to Harry."

"And where is his father?" Howard asked.

"Dead. Teddy's parents died in the final battle," Hermione told them.

"Poor thing," Jean sighed. "It's nice that Harry takes so much time with him. "

"Really, we love it," Hermione replied. "The kid lights up my life. I love watching him grow and learnt change. I've been in his life for years and I can't imagine what my life would be like without him. I'm so proud of the little fellow his is becoming."

Jean smiled, "You sound like a mum."

Hermione and Harry were getting ready for bed after Hermione's parents left.

"Have I said thank you?" Hermione asked.

"The smile on your face was thanks enough," Harry said. he laid down on the bed an pulled Hermione to him.

Hermione kissed his cheek, "Thank you so much. Tonight was-wonderful, and I wouldn't have had the courage to do it myself."

"We all need help sometimes," Harry said.

Hermione leaned in and kissed him. They hadn't had a lot of alone time recently when they weren't sleeping so the kiss escalated quickly. Just as Harry was about to pulled her shirt over her head there was a tapping at the window.

"That owl has the worst timing," Hermione whined as Harry got up. He opened the window and took the letter from the owl. Hermione got the bird a treat and some water while Harry read the letter. Hermione saw her husband's face pale as he read the letter.

"What happened?" she asked.

"We need to get Teddy back to Andromeda's," harry said,

Hermione sighed, "Harry it's after 11:00-"

"We have to go to work," Harry said. "This letter is from Draco. There was an attempt on Lucius Malfoy's life tonight."