"Preferable? Who else are you considering?" At this, her face formed something of a scowl, though it was hard to tell.
                          
"Mr. McLaggen applied, as well as Romilda Vane, but I'd rather not give the position to either of them." Harry thought it over. 
                          
"Neither would I, but what would I do about Teddy?"
                          
"He is welcome to stay in the castle, as long as you can keep him under control. He could sit in with you or Mr. Malfoy during classes, or I suppose Filch can always take care of him."

                          
"No no, that wouldn't be necessary." McGonagall raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment.  "Um...I actually have to get home soon, and I should probably talk to Draco about this thing, so..."
                          
"Just give me your decision sometime this week."
                          
"Right, thanks. See you, Professor." And with A handful of floo powder, and a call of his destination, he was gone. A small smile was on McGonagall's lips as she watched him leave.
                          
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"I hate travelling by floo," Harry muttered, using his glasses to fix his glasses that had broken when he fell out of the chimney.
                          
"Papa! Aunt Hermione and Aunt Pansy are here!" Teddy leaned in closer to whisper in Harry's ear. "Auntie Pansy gave me three whole chocolate frogs, but I'm not s'posed to tell anybody."
                          
"Alright, I'll keep it a secret for you. Now why don't you go find Rose and play with her, I'm sure she'll be very happy to see you." Teddy's face scrunched up.
                          
"She's a girl, and girl's have cooties. I don't want cooties, Papa." Harry laughed, and picked the small boy up, placing him  on top of his shoulders. Teddy shrieked, and grabbed fistfuls of Harry's hair to steady himself. Harry walked into the living room, and found Hermione and Pansy sitting on the couch, Rose in between them, sitting upside down blowing hair out of her face. Her face brightened when she saw the boy atop Harry's shoulders.
                          
"Teddy!" the girl shrieked, hopping off the couch. "Hey, come down here and play with me!" 
                          
"Rose Granger-Parkinson, Teddy is perfectly capable of making his own decisions! And I don't recall hearing you use your inside voice," Hermione scolded, making Rose blush and look down at her toes.
                          
"Yeah Rose, you're not the boss of me," Teddy said, sticking his tongue. Rose returned the action, and Harry set Teddy back down on the ground. The two proceeded to run around the house, screaming and chasing each other.
                          
"I'm going to help with dinner. You can let the others in when they arrive." The two nodded, and Harry went into the kitchen, finding Draco tossing a salad. He stopped and looked up when Harry walked in.
                          
"Hey you. What'd McGonagall want?"
                          
"To offer me a job." Draco raised an eyebrow at this.
                          
"Defense Against the Dark Arts, I presume." Harry nodded. "Are you going to take it?"
                          
"I don't know, should I?" The blond looked at him like he was insane.
                          
"Should you take it? Of course, it's perfectly up to you, but I say yes."
                          
"Yeah, I mean, I want to, but Teddy-"
                          
"-would think it was the coolest thing ever to live in a castle." Harry laughed.
                          
"He probably would. I don't know what I was worried about."
                          
"Great. Professor Potter, would you mind helping take dinner out to the dining room?" Harry rolled his eyes, but helped anyway. When they had finished with that, the pair went into the living room, finding Ginny and Luna there as well.