Harry Potter The Kiss

Tonks appeared and offered the VIP tour of the facilities

The facilities included an Olympic size swimming pool with a magical cover that allowed the space to be used for other purposes.

"Narcissa could you make sure the shop stocks a range of bikini's, that should help with the pureblood's acceptance of muggle ways" said a smiling Harry while Dan was choking trying not to laugh at the glares directed towards his son in law from the females present.

Harry pretended to misinterpret the glares, "oh and please inform the staff that Miss Ginny Potter is not allowed to purchase, far less wear in public, a bikini until she is at least twenty seven."

There was no way Ginny was letting that pass unchallenged, "that's ok dad, just as long as Neville can see me wearing it I don't mind" she answered with an angelic expression on her face.

The group were now all laughing as Harry hugged Ginny, she had completely forgotten about standing in the chamber of secrets, which was his intention in the first place.

The pool was in the centre of the cavern and around the walls were a conditioning gym, fencing room, martial arts area and a health food café with changing / shower facilities at either end. Above these rooms and totally surrounding the pool was a terraced viewing area with more than enough seats for the whole school.

The idea was these facilities would be used in the evenings and weekends, with the pool closed over the options available were limitless – both marauders already had plans for holding one of the elimination rounds for the revised Tri-wizard tournament here.

Tonks couldn't stand still as the group toured her domain, she was almost hyperventilating with excitement and the metamorphmagus hair was cycling through every colour in the rainbow as this went beyond her wildest expectations.

She had dreamed of becoming an auror and worked her butt of to fulfil her fantasy only to discover that's just what it was, a fantasy. Tonks had wanted to change the world but found herself increasingly disillusioned with her chosen career culminating with her ordered participation in the attempted arrest of the young couple who just saved their world.

Professor Tonks had yet to teach a class but knew in her heart she had made the right decision and though would never admit to it, agreed with Harry on the bikini issue. She was going to insure the shop stocked spandex exercise clothes for the mixed aerobics classes, that would make the purebloods really sit up and take notice.

Harry and Hermione stated that Hogwarts was going to be the best and if her father's drooling over the muggle studies building plans was any indication they had done their part. It was now up to the staff to deliver and there's no way in hell she was going to let these two down, it was going to be hard work but here at Hogwarts she could make a difference.

The fact she was being well paid was not as important to the young witch as the enjoyment she expected to get from teaching, Merlin she was even enjoying working out a teaching schedule for Minerva and she hated paperwork.

Emma was delighted with the fare being offered in the café, as she could never understand why so many sports facilities sold junk food. Emma couldn't quite grasp the principle behind exercising your body to then undo all the hard work with a cheeseburger and fries.

The dentist in her raged at the damage done by sugary drinks so totally approved of the fruit juice range available. This though gave Emma a jolt with the realisation she hadn't thought of dentistry for days, an unusual occurrence to say the least and threw up the question 'where do Dan and I go from here?'

They had been saving to insure Hermione would be financially secure whatever she decided to do with her future but that was now laughable considering they were standing in their castle, no less. Could they return to their old life after experiencing the magical world?

Emma could already feel the strong emotional pull to be with her yet unborn grandchildren and, if anything Dan had it worse than her.

Discussions would have to take place between the Grangers but if she were a betting woman the odds were more in favour of working for Stag Industries than drilling muggle mandibular molars.

Tonks immediately went back to arranging exercise equipment as the group left.

As the stairs took them upward Dan asked, "how did you get out of here before the stairs?"

Ginny again hugged into Harry's chest as he answered his father in law, "Fawkes flew us out, a phoenix can carry immensely heavy loads and carried Ginny, Ron, our Muppet of a defence teacher and me straight up into a girls toilet."

Everyone could see how thoughts of Ron upset Ginny so the subject was quickly changed, "where are we going next Harry?" asked Emma

"It's time for a spot of lunch" as he led them in the direction of the great hall.

They entered the hall and the three Gryffindors headed towards their table before turning round to see Narcissa smiling at the three gob smacked Grangers who had ground to a halt the instant they walked in the doors.

Everyone eventually sat down and enough food to feed an army suddenly appeared before them so it was fortunate the members of staff still in the castle joined them for lunch.

Lively discussion accompanied the meal with everyone contributing except Amanda who had a look of bliss on her face, she was having lunch in the great hall of Hogwarts with her expanding family, it just didn't get any better.

Dobby and Winky popped in with expressions that rivalled the senior Granger causing Harry and Hermione to reach for each other and kiss like there's no tomorrow.

"Ok you two, were not blind here, what's going on?" demanded Emma

An ecstatic Hermione never took her eyes off her husband as she gave the company a one-word answer, "hormones!"

The muggle annex was still under construction and it was far too cold to venture outside though Harry did promise the Granger ladies he'd take them flying when the weather warmed up. They ambled around the castle before time and ministry ball preparations caught up with them and they returned to the apartment.

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