A/N: It has been years since I updated this story. Unfortunately I have no future plans for this but wanted to post what I do have for your consumption.
To the guest reviewer, I'm sorry I can't give you more of the story. I hope this outline is sufficient.
A Different Kind of Life Synopsis
Chapter 1
Andromeda is minding the two-month-old Teddy while his parents are fighting in the final battle at Hogwarts. Just when she thinks she'll go crazy from waiting, Remus apparates into the house. Andromeda cleans them up as best she can and then retires to bed.
Chapter 2
Tonks wakes in her parents' house not knowing where she is. Then she realizes and looks for Teddy. He is now sleeping. Remus comes in looking angry due to a conversation with the old headmaster of Hogwarts-Albus Dumbledore-about Harry Potter's hate. The two have a conversation in which they talk about what they'd do if they were him. Then Remus leaves telling his wife that he is going to sort out what has happened with Dumbledore. When Remus is gone Tonks tells her son about all she's been through. About halfway through her is interrupted by a knock on the door. It's Harry wanting to check on her and see his godson. Harry brings troubling-at least for him-news about his best friend Hermione Granger. Tonks already knowing this news that Hermione has disappeared tells Harry that she can't tell him any details. After Harry holds Teddy for a while he leaves to go see Ginny and make things right with her. Tonks says goodbye and waits for Remus to return.
Chapter 3
Meanwhile, Hermione Granger is at Spinners End waiting patiently for her husband Severus Snape to come home to meet their new baby daughter Lily Eileen. She hasn't told anyone but Tonks about her secret and the love she has had for Severus since her sixth year. She is lost in her memories of that time. It started as a girlish crush but when she realizes he loves her in return, she doesn't know what to do. She then fled not realizing the consequences of making love to him. Hermione is jerked out of her reverie by the baby's cries. She feeds her and is about to go to bed when she sees a tall silhouette at his window. She rushes out to see who it is-she knows that tall form is him. After a tearful reunion, Hermione tells Severus about what has transpired since she saw him last. In the process of meeting his daughter, Severus realizes that he likes life the way it is. Hermione agrees and they both go to bed sleeping better than they have in a long while.
Chapter 4
The Lupin family wakes up the next day to an owl at their window baring a letter from Hermione. Tonks reads the letter and learns that Severus is scheduled to be on trial for being a death eater. Hermione finishes her letter with fearful words about what she thinks will happen if Severus is tried guilty. Tonks sends a letter back reassuring her that everything will be fine; she says that she will be able to research everything, that's what you use your brain for. A month later, Severus is put on trial by the Ministry for being a deatheater. Hermione, taking Tonks' advice, spends two weeks researching ways to make sure her husband doesn't serve a sentence in Azkaban prison. On the morning of the trial, Hermione arranges with the Lupin for them to take Lily for the day. She also sees Tonks for the first time since she came to her with the news of her pregnancy. The two introduce their kids to each other. Lily who surprisingly gotten attached to her father is sad when he has to leave.