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its gonna be so cute

btw I'm not grammar checking this chapter

~Alex






The next day, Harry woke up extra early to make the Weasleys some breakfast. He wanted to do a little extra something o show them his appreciation for them. Harry headed to the kitchen, and put some silencing charms around the kitchen so he would wake them up. Harry pulled out some eggs, bacon, grits, potatoes, coffee, and bread, and started breakfast. Harry started with the grits, and poured an approximate measure of grits, some butter, and some salt into a pot. He always cooked by eye, and it always turned out good. Harry added the water, and set the gas stove on low, and covered the pot. Harry moved onto the hash browns. He skinned the potatoes, then took a cheese grater, and grated the potatoes. He took breaks in between to stir the grits with a wooden spatula. Harry placed a pan on the stove, set it on low, and placed all the potato shreds onto the pan, then covered it. Harry waited for the eggs, bacon, and toast since that only took minutes to make.

After alternating between mixing the potatoes to mixing the grits, Harry set the pot of grits to the side, and placed the potatoes on high. He waited for the bottom to brown, before flipping it over. Once the hash browns were done, he placed them on a large plate, covered it, and placed some strips of bacon into the pan. He flipped them over after a minute, and soon the bacon was nice and crispy. He placed that off to the side, covered it, and then cracked the eggs into the pan one by one. He remembered how everyone liked their eggs. Molly and Arthur shared scrambled eggs, George ate sunny-side up, he and Ron liked fried, and Ginny liked over easy.

Harry made two eggs for everyone, and five for Molly and Arthur. He placed the plates down with covers to keep them warm. He placed the food onto the table, and set everything out. Harry quickly toasted some bread with magic, and made a pot of coffee.

Harry patted his pockets down, looking for his wand. He left it on the kitchen counter. Harry face palmed. 'I could've just charmed the food to stay warm.' Harry thought to himself. Harry went back, and charmed the food to stay warm. He removed the covers, and started washing the pot, pan, grater, and knife that he used. Molly already taught Harry how to wash with magic, so Harry finished in a couple of minutes, and waited for the others to come down.

About 15 to 20 minutes later, Molly headed down the stairs tiredly, ready to cook breakfast. She walked into the dinning room, saw all the food, and saw Harry sitting at his usual spot, drinking coffee, and reading the Daily Prophet.

"Did you do all this?" She asked incredulously. Harry placed his paper and coffee down, and extended his arms towards the food.

"Everything you'd like, already made, ready to eat." Harry said. Molly walked to the other side of the table, and hugged Harry.

"Thank you Harry." She thanked. She left the dinning hall, and called down for everyone.

"Wake up and come get some breakfast!" Molly yelled up the stairs. They heard some grumbling and 'okays,' and soon everyone was at the table.

"Everything looks so good." Ron said. "How did you make it so fast, mum?" He asked.

"Actually, Harry made it. He woke up nice and early, and made everything." She said.

"Wow." George said. "You even remembered the way we like our eggs. Thank you." He said. The others thanked Harry, and they all dug in. The grits tasted great, even though Harry eye-balled everything. When everything was done, Harry started to help Molly clear up the dishes. She swatted Harry's hand away.

"I've got all the help I need, and you made breakfast. Go and see if Draco needs help with his cataloging. I'm sure you have other things to do." She smiled. Harry thanked her, and ran upstairs to get dressed. He took out some old blue jeans, a muscle work shirt, and he tied his hair up in a bun. He was ready in case the green houses were hot.

Harry said goodbye to everyone, and flooed to the Malfoy Manor.



When Harry arrived, the Manor was quiet.

"Narcissa! Draco!" Harry called. He heard someone call back. Narcissa walked into the living room, and greeted Harry.

"Hello Harry. Great to see you. Are you here to help Draco?" She asked. Harry laughed.

"How did you know?" He laughed.

"Mother's intuition. Anyways, he's still in the green houses cataloging. He realized that the house elves had terrible handwriting, and he wouldn't read it, so he started all over." She said. Narcissa ran off to their backyard, and looked for the green houses.

He walked down a gravel path, and saw Draco through the windows, working with a floating notepad, a quick quill, and a hibiscus flower. He walked through the doors, and greeted him.

"Hey Draco. Need any help?" Harry asked. Draco looked up, and kissed him on the lips. Harry noticed the bags under his eyes.

"Yes. Everything was illedgable, so I've been recatalogging since last night. I woke up because of a nightmare about a giant cactus attacking me." Draco said. Harry grabbed the notepad and quill, and looked over the list.

"Go take a nap inside. I'll finish it up for you. You're too tired right now." Harry ordered him. Draco left reluctantly, and went to the living room to take a nap on the couch for a bit.

Harry found some over notepads, filled with names and numbers.

"Three notepads worth of plants, and we're still, somehow, only half way through." Harry said to himself. He sighed, but floated the notepad and quill, and started to take notes. He found that the quill was actually very useful when used properly. Draco had everything sorted very efficiently, so all Harry had to say was the plants name, and the amount that they had.

Harry did this for a couple of hours, and soon, only a fourth was left. He moved onto the next green house, which was a bit smaller than the previous. He started to catalog all the plants, and he did a little searching around as well. He hadn't seen that many rare plants in once place. it ranged from beautiful flowers that smelled like heaven, to disgusting toad like plants that spat acid if you got too close. He had a couple holes burned through his shirt just from getting too close, but nothing too major. Draco walked back into the green house, a lot more refreshed.

"If you want, I can finish the rest. I feel a lot better." Draco offered. Harry shook his head.

"You've been working all night, so I'll finish this up for you." Harry told him. Draco sighed, but gave in. He looked over at Harry, who was faced away from him. He noticed a couple burn holes in his shirt.

'Got too close.' Draco thought to himself. Draco's eyes wandered down to Harry arse. He got an idea, and smirked. He walked over to Harry.

"I wish the green houses had some chairs, or a place to sit down." Draco commented.

"You can always find a wooden chair around, and bring it in." Harry said, not looking up from the plants. Draco shook his head, he was getting closer to Harry.

"Never mind. I already found a place I'd like to sit on." Draco said casually.

"Where?" Harry said, looking up from his notepad. Draco was right there.

"Right here." Draco said. On the 'here' he slapped Harry's arse, which made Harry laugh.

"Are you sure that's where you want to sit?" Harry smirked. Draco gasped, and smacked his arm playfully.

"Look at you, Mr. Harry Potter, making dirty jokes." Draco laughed. Harry slipped his arms around Draco's waist, and Draco's around Harry's neck. They kissed each other, and just stood there hugging.

"I can't believe I'm almost done with this. In a week, we'll have our own business, house, and a child to take care of." Draco said. Harry nodded slightly.

"It's surreal." Harry said. Draco let go, and he looked over the other notepads to make sure he wasn't missing anything. Harry continued, and after another hour, he finished the last green house.

"Finished!" Harry exclaimed. Draco looked over the last notepad, and checked everything off.

"Now all we need to do is bottle and label the short lasting ingredients." Draco groaned. He went into the back room, and pulled out a couple small crates of clear glass bottles, and he had a box of blank stickers. He pulled two quills, and four small ink bottles out.

Draco pointed to one end of the green house. "I put everything that only lasts a short time over there, so we wouldn't have to run between each green house. Everything needs to be sealed in a cork bottle, so it stays fresh. Write the name of the plant, and the part of it on the sticker, then stick it on." Draco told Harry. Harry did as he was told, the two sat down on the ground, and started to snip pieces off, bottle them, and add the appropriate stickers onto them. After about four hours of working, they finished bottling everything. They packed all the bottles back into the crate, and Draco place them back into the back room.

The two walked inside, and looked at the time. It was about 4pm.

"We still have some time left in the day. Do you want to head to the store, and stock the shelves? After that, all we'll need is to pot the other plants, and put them on display." Harry suggested. Draco agreed. They both had a bite to eat, before walking back out, and flooing to their store.



When they got there, they worked fast. Draco and Harry placed all the bottles in Alphabetical order. It only took 15 minutes, and soon every shelf had some kind of bottle on it. Some where big and curved to hold a specific leaf, and some were tiny, only holding a couple seeds. Harry did a little check around everywhere to make sure everything was still in order.

"I'm going to head over to Gringotts, and set up a date to get the property charmed. Head back and get some food. I'm going to go back to the Weasleys after I'm done." Harry told Draco. He kissed him goodbye, and they both parted.

Halfway to Gringotts, he realized how dirty he was, and the fact that he was still in muggle clothes. He didn't care though. He headed over to the head elf, got the stink eye, and met with the goblin in charge of property warding.

"Have a seat Mr. Potter." The goblin, Nor, said. The office was a little smaller than Ragnorok's, but it had more color.

"I'd like to set up a date to ward my property. I just recently moved in, and I'd like to safe guard it." Harry told him. Nor pulled out a book, and looked through it.

"What do you need out of the warding?" Nor asked. He had this weird voice, as if he had a bubble stuck in his throat.

"I want it to protect my family from anyone who wants to come inside, basically. I'd like it to be able to let animals roam freely through it, but it would be able to determine an animagus. Something so I can keep my nephew inside, so if he goes out for a walk in the woods, he won't be able to pass the barrier. And if it's possible, something that expels transformed werewolves off the property, until they're human again." Harry told the Nor. He scratched his flaky dry skull, and turned some pages.

"We have one that is very similar to what you want. It expels anyone who has the intent of evil things to enter the property. In turn, if someone was trying to sneak into your property as an animagus, they would be sent away if they had an evil intent upon the owners, or their family. So you wouldn't have to worry about break ins. Uncontrolled werewolves would have evil intents, so they would be expelled from the property if they turned inside the boundaries. Pretty much anything that has an evil intent will be expelled until its conscious has cleared. The boundary can also have a system were certain family members can leave only if they are being accompanied by the houses owner. So if you wanted to go exploring with him past the boundary, you could, but if he was alone, he wouldn't be able to leave. That part of the charm can be taken off at any time, so if you feel he's matured enough, you can remove that aspect." Nor told him. He turned the book around to face Harry, so he could see as well.

"So how much would this cost me?" Harry asked. Nor folded his hands.

"Free." He said. Harry's jaw dropped.

"Free? How could it be free? Don't you have to pay a big fee for property warding?" Harry asked the goblin. Nor sighed.

"The Goblin race has never been on Voldemort's side. He caused havoc on our stocks and economy. The council decided that since you defeated him, and stopped our unrest, you would get one free ward of any choice. So it is free, but only this time." Nor told him. Harry could see how painful it was for him to say that. He obviously didn't like loosing money.

"That is perfect. I'll take it. I currently live at the Potter Manor in Llanrwst, Wales. I'm surrounded by miles of forest." Harry said. Nor wrote down everything, and sent Harry off.


Harry decided to walk around Diagon Alley a little bit. It was surprisingly quiet. Not many people were out at the moment. Harry looked at one of the clocks displayed in a window.

'No wonder. Everyone is eating dinner by now.' Harry thought to himself. He was content though. Molly always made dinner at around 8pm, so that gave Harry enough time to look around.

Harry walked to the front of his store, and looked at the blank area above the door. He and Draco hadn't discussed a name for the store yet. Harry thought a little. Almost every store had some kind of name in it. Either referring to the current owner, or a previous owner. Harry thought of the perfect name. He smiled, and head around to look at the shops. He went down through Knockturn Alley, and he found a jewelry shop. He walked inside, and looked at the display they had. He looked at all the cases of jewelry. Everything ranged from wood to gold. He flagged down the owner.

"I'd like to purchase that." He told the man, pointing at something through the glass. He packed it up for him, Harry paid, and he left to go back home.

He had a huge smile on his face.



When Harry got home, he said hello, and jumped into the shower. He took a long shower, before climbing out, and getting dressed in clean clothes. He placed his package away in his drawer, and headed downstairs.

"Harry! There you are. I tried to say hi but you just ran upstairs." Hermione said. Harry just now noticed her. He gave her a hug, and greeted her.

"Sorry. I was really dirty from working in the green houses, so I went to take a shower. Anyways, how have you been?" Harry asked.

"Great. My parents have decided to let me go off to take courses over seas for charm breaking. I'm going to train with Charlie, as a matter of fact." She said excitedly. Harry smiled.

"That's wonderful. But don't forget to owl us, or visit sometime. Ron'll go crazy." Harry said, purposely in front of Ron, just to embarrass him.

"You bugger." Ron teased Harry. Molly popped her head out of the kitchen.

"Dinner is ready. Everyone sit down." She said. They all headed over to the dinning room, and they sat down in their usual spots. They all piled their plates, and chatted a little.

"Catch me up on everything Harry. Ron told me you got a store, and you're moving out." Hermione asked Harry.

"A lot has happened. I got a store, which is almost ready to open. I'll just need to put the plants on display, and put the store name up. I inherited one of the manors from my parents, so me and Draco fixed it up so it was a bit more modern, and we're getting the property warded in the next couple of days. Draco is going to live with me, and I got custody of Teddy. But he's staying with Andromeda until the store opens, and we get some groceries in the house." Harry summed up to Hermione.

"You've already got all that done? I'm impressed. The least prepared one of us has already accomplished a business and a family, and you're only 17. I'm proud of you Harry. But make sure to have fun. Don't work yourself to death." She warned. Harry brushed the last comment off.

"Do not worry. The store is only to get some extra cash, and so I have something to do. Until Teddy turns 11, I'm working only from 8am to 6pm. And I won't work on Mondays. I want to spend time with Teddy, and Draco will also be able to spend some time with him, and get to bond with him. Plus I can bring Teddy with me to work sometimes." Harry informed Hermione proudly. He was so happy. He'd also be able to have Teddy since the store wasn't very demanding. If the business became very busy, he'd just hire someone to work the cash register while he helps the customers.

"That's great, Harry. I can't wait to see Teddy again. He's so cute." Ginny said.

Everyone finished eating, and they headed to their rooms for the night. Harry climbed into bed, and waited for Ron to shower and dress. He waited until Ron was ready, and they turned lights out. Harry had another busy day tomorrow.

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