Written for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Flying Lessons: Task One.

Task: For the first chapter of your multichap, I would like you to consider the theme of beginnings. This should be the opening chapter to your story, and should feature any potential dilemmas that your pairing could face in the future of the story. As with the first time you fly, things can often go wrong in a relationship, and this is particularly vulnerable in the early stages, when a couple are still getting to know each other!

Prompt: (plot) A baby features. Either the birth of the pairings own baby, or someone elses.

This collection will have twelve chapters for Hermione/James. As the tasks are unknown, I have no idea what I'll be writing for the rest - until the next task is revealed.

They'll all relate to each other, but they won't necessarily be in order.

Twelve Moments in Time: Meeting The Twins

The group of teenagers stood in Molly Weasley's hospital room. A basket containing chocolates, books and various sweets and biscuits sat on the trolley next to the red-headed woman. To her side, was a vase filled with fresh flowers that the group had brought.

Not to mention the almost identical teddy bears - one bearing an 'F' and one with a 'G' that had been placed at the very top of the basket. The group had pooled their money to treat Molly Weasley to some gifts, and the woman was extremely grateful.

"Aren't they beautiful?" a voice whispered softly from next to her. Hermione could only nod, staring down at the two identical babies tucked up together in the extended Moses Basket.

"I'm naming them for my brothers, Fabian and Gideon. Meet Fred and George Weasley."

"How can you tell them apart?" James asked, from next to her.

"A mother can tell things," Hermione muttered, thinking of something Molly had said before... back before Hermione turned back the clock. "Let me guess."

She looked between the twins faces. "Fred," she said, gesturing to the baby on the right. "And George," she added. She was completely mesmerized.

A tired Molly Weasley smiled and nodded her head. "Would you like to hold one?" She asked, looking around the group. Sirius grinned and reached out, picking Fred up carefully and settling the baby at the crook of his arm.

Molly's eyes fell on Hermione and she moved forward, reaching for George and holding him awkwardly, trying to copy how Sirius was holding his brother.

"I've not held a baby before," she murmured, gazing down at the squishy face, her eyes moving across the baby, taking everything in, all the way down to his tiny feet. "He's beautiful."

The room was quiet, and Fred was content to get the attention of the Marauders as he was passed from person to person, but Hermione only gave George up so she could have her turn at holding Fred.

It wasn't about babies, it was about having a moment with two boys that had been a big part of her life before she had come back - one of which had died. As she looked down at Fred's tiny body, she knew that she couldn't let events unfold the way they had before.

"Come on love, let's give Molly some time to rest," James finally said, as Arthur and the three Weasley boys walked in. She carefully lowered the baby into the Moses basket next to his brother and congratulated Molly again, hugging the woman and saying her goodbyes.

James took her arm. "Any longer here, and you'll be asking me to give you one of them," he teased.

Hermione was completely thrown by the comment and James guided her from the room. She barely noticed the arm that slipped around her waist, as she was lost inside her thoughts.

Visions of Harry flew though her mind.

Being here was a mistake. Falling for James was the stupidest thing Hermione had ever done.

The new and exciting relationship that she had with James Potter suddenly felt very wrong indeed.

She couldn't be selfish anymore - she couldn't just think of herself. She had to think of Harry. She had to think of the future.

She had to end it before she grew more attached to him - unless it was too late.

She forced the vision of a different version of Harry from her mind. A vision that had her brown eyes and her nose, rather than Lily's.

She wouldn't allow herself to see that.

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