[A/N: This story will follow our darling Hannah through the first year following the war! I'm going to continue the use of song lyrics as chapter titles again so bring 'em on! Also, started my Pottemore beta testing! If you get into Pottermore and want to be friends send me a message with your username and I will totally add you no problem! This offer will still stand after Beta testing ends of course.]

"I cannot find my ties!" Draco shouted down to me.

I sat at the table sighing, feeding Mira who would applaud me every time I put a spoonful of applesauce into her mouth.

"Do you remember where I unpacked them?" he asked.

I shook my head at Mira as I gave her another spoonful of applesauce.

"Babe!" he shouted.

"Summon them! You're a wizard, Draco!" I shouted. "Goodness gracious, Mira, your father would be lost without me."

Draco walked down into the kitchen and kissed me on the cheek.

"I would be lost without you," he said. He then turned to Mira and kissed her forehead. "And you too, Little Girl."

"You need to stop stressing," I said.

"Easy for you to say. You don't have to go to Hogwarts tomorrow and be Head Boy and repeat a school year and leave your fiancé and your daughter behind until June," he said wrapping his arms around me.

"You forget it means I have to be away from you too," I said. "And I'm not excited about you being away from Mira for so long. I can tell you from experience that tomorrow night you are going to be going crazy from being away from her."

"I already know it's going to be miserable," he said. "She'll probably be talking by the time I graduate."

"You'll still see her you know. We'll be at every Quidditch math and every Hogsmeade trip and vacations and they're even letting you come back home for her first birthday this weekend," I said.

Draco sighed. "And you? Think you can handle her all by yourself all of the time?"

"Well, she's nearly a year old and she mostly entertains herself now and she sleeps through the night," I said. "Besides, Harry and Ron are both here too."

"Yeah, you'll have to babysit them as well won't you. And it'll get tiring have to sit there and watch her all of the time. She's always getting into things now that she can walk," Draco pointed out.

"That's why we have baby gates and childproofed the house and Mira can entertain herself," I said. "Do you think I'm incapable of doing this or something?"

"No. I'm just. . . I haven't been away from her for more than a day since Tonks brought her to me at Hogwarts," Draco said.

I shook my head. "Having a daughter has made you a little bit crazy hasn't it?"

"Yes," Draco said. "And I'm sorry that I'm probably driving you crazy."

"You've always been driving me crazy. I quite used to it by now," I said.

Draco kissed my forehead.

"Sure you have to go? We are going to the train station in the morning anyway. You could always just come with us," Harry said as he and Ginny walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah. I'm sure. Besides, all of my things are there and this is the last time my mother is going to be bringing one of her children to the train station. I cannot break her heart," Ginny said.

"Yeah, and the last time you slept over Ron wouldn't stop glaring at me," Harry said.

"You'll see me off tomorrow though, right?" she asked. Harry nodded before giving her a kiss. "Love you."

"Love you too," she said.

"I love you too, Ginny!" I said dramatically.

"Shut up, Hannah," she said giving me a hug. "Bye bye, Mira. Make sure you drive your mummy crazy while Daddy's gone, yeah." She kissed the baby on the forehead and walked out.

"So what do the Potter twins plan to do with their first year out of Hogwarts?" Draco asked.

"Ron and I go in for orientation tomorrow," Harry said. "We get a whole afternoon of lectures from Tonks and Kingsley and some guy who's in charge of the Hit Wizards. What about you sis?"

"I'm on mommy duty until next week. Then I get to do all sorts of fun things like watch Snape torture NEWT level potions students and spend Wednesday digging through piles of papers and books in the Research and Development Center at the Ministry. And then I get to do some bitch work for the Ministry on Thursday. Oh, the life of an intern is fun," I said.

"Won't Neville be with you?" Harry asked.

"Yes and Marius. All of us hopefuls who end to meander our way into teaching back at Hogwarts," I said.

"Ewe, I didn't know Drake was going to be with you," Draco said.

"I didn't know either until Neville wrote me an owl about it this morning," I said.

"Do not approve," Draco said.

"Me either," I said.

"Hello! I'm back," Ron said walking in the back door. "Has Ginny gone already?"

"You just missed her," Harry said.

"Good," Ron said.

Harry rolled his eyes. A lot had changed since we'd defeated Voldemort, but one thing that hadn't changed was Ron being the greatest cockblocker of all time.

"How's Hermione?" Harry asked.

"You know she's all 'I just don't know what I'll do if I don't do well on my NEWTs' and 'sure is gonna be tough being Head Girl'. That girl never changes," Ron said. "And you'll keep an eye on Hermione and Ginny won't you, Draco."

"Sure, but I think they have it in mind that I'm going to be the one needing looking after," he said.

"And they're right," I said. "Voldemort or not, I'm sure you'll still find a way to get yourself into trouble."

"And the same goes for you," he replied.

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"It feels weird going back to Hogwarts without you guys," Hermione said as we stood outside the Hogwarts Express.

"It'll be weird being in the same classes as you," Ginny said. "But at least we'll be together. And we have Draco of course."

"Oh, I'm not going to be of much help. Between trying to study and missing Hannah and Mira, and trying not to hit people in the face for calling me a repeater, I'll be too busy," Draco said.

"You can't hit people in the face, Draco. You're Head boy. It would be frowned upon. What would McGonagall say?" Hermione asked.

"Goodness, you help kill a dark wizard and you're still irritating. If there's one thing I can count on from you Granger it is annoying consistency," Draco said.

"Wow—I was just beginning to miss your Slytherin side. Glad to see you're back to normal," Hermione retorted.

"How about you all say goodbye and try to get along, yeah? That sounds like fun," I said.

"Right," Draco said giving me a kiss and then kneeling down to Mira in her stroller to kiss her goodbye as well.

"Dunno what you're all getting so upset over. It's not like you won't be seeing us this weekend for Mira's birthday," Ron said.

"Well if you feel that way about it Ron then I'm not going to miss you at all. I'm going to write to Harry and Mum every day and you won't hear from me at all," Ginny said hugging Mrs. Weasley tightly.

"You don't have to miss me. Hermione will me, won't you?" Ron asked.

"Of course," She said with a smile. She kissed his cheek as the train whistle blew.

"Time to go," Draco said. He kissed Mira's forehead again and then gave me a kiss. "See you soon."

Draco, Hermione and Ginny boarded the train and moments later it pulled out from Hogwarts.

"Glad that's over with," Ron said. "I really need a nap."

"Oi, there's no time for napping," Mrs. Weasley said as we all turned to walk off the platform back to King's Cross. "You two have to go get ready for your orientation."

"Oh, right," Harry said with a groan. "I'm beginning to think I'm too lazy to be an auror."

"Maybe me, but not you," Ron said with a yawn.

"And you're going to be all right with Mira by yourself, won't you Hannah?" Mrs. Weasley said.

"Yes, I'll be fine. And if anything goes wrong the Malfoys are like ten-feet away," I said. "I expect the only thing I'll have to deal with unrelenting boredom until these two idiots get home."

"And if you need anything—anything at all be sure to let me know," she said pulling me into a hug.

"You know I will," I said.

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I had Mira sitting on a blanket on the kitchen floor, playing with toys while I washed the dishes. I had been right about being bored. I'd managed to simultaneously keep an eye on my almost one-year-old daughter and get chores done around my house. While most days I would've been grateful for her to just sit there and not get into any trouble, at least chasing her around keeping her from destroying the house would've given me something to do.

It was like she was behaving just so she could watch me go crazy from boredom.

Thankfully, just as I finished putting all of the dishes away, Mira got to her feet and looked up at me, smiling.

"Hello there, Beautiful," I said. She kept smiling at me, but held her arms up in the air—the universal sign for "please pick me up". I shook my head at her. "You're going to have to walk over here if you want me to pick you up."

I motioned for her to walk over to me. And that's what she did—mostly.

She started to walk over to me, less wobbly than usual. This probably gave her a huge confidence boost because she sped up, causing her to lose her balance and start to fall.

Usually when she fell down she'd always plop down on her butt, but his time she fell forward. I dashed forward to grab her, but I didn't move quick enough and Mira face planted.

I picked her up from the ground as she started to scream. I tried to console her, but to no avail. Then I looked at her forehead. A giant purple knot had formed smack dab in the center of her forehead.

Suddenly, I wished I was bored again.

[Chapter title Credit to Avenue Q for the song "What Do You Do With A B.A. In English/It Sucks to Be Me]