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Reflections of Desire	By : tbird1965 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 20754 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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Chapter List
- 1-Reflections of Desire.
- 2-Two
- 3-Chapter 3
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-seven
- 8-eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-eleven
- 12-twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
- 15-Fifteen
- 16-Sixteen
- 17-seventeen
- 18-Eighteen
- 19-Nineteen
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- 15
"What's this?" Hermione asked when he handed her the envelope. Her eye's widened as she pulled out a Gringott's bank cheque. "5,000 Galleons? What's this for?"
"It's for you and Sabrina. Call it back child support or maintenance or something..." He said gruffly, his cheeks coloring pink.
"Well I don't want it." She raised her chin up and held the cheque out to him.
"What do you mean you don't want it?" He barked, ignoring her outstretched hand. "It's yours."
"No it's not." She tossed the paper back at him, he grabbed it as it fluttered across his knees. "I don't need it."
"I don't care if you need it or not." He growled, shaking the cheque at her. "You're entitled to it. If I'd been here I would have offered you financial support."
"But you weren't here and we're doing just fine. I don't need your money. I have a good job and I'm perfectly capable of supporting Sabrina."
"You insufferable little..." Snape's face and eyes turned dark with barely suppressed rage. "It's not a question of whether you can support her or not. I have eyes. I can see you are doing fine. It's..." his face turned even redder as his speech faltered, "Just take it." He growled thrusting the cheque at her again.
"No." Hermione glowered at him, folding her arms across her chest.
"God damn it." He roared, standing up and pacing across her tiny living room. "Why are you being so bloody obstinate? She's my daughter and I want to take financial responsibility for her. Now will you please take the fucking cheque."
"No. You shouldn't feel obligated to pay for a time when you didn't even see her."
"I don't feel obligated." He hissed angrily.
"This is really important to you?" She asked tilting her head and gazing up at the fuming man.
"Obviously." He huffed, throwing his arms up in exasperation.
"Fine. I'll make a deal with you then." She gestured to the spot next to her on the couch, watching as he returned to sit stiffly beside her, his expression still angry.
"Go on. I'm listening." He drawled slowly.
"Why don't you take that," she pointed to the cheque still grasped in his hand, "and set up a vault for her at Gringotts? That way when she leaves Hogwarts she'll have money; to go to University, travel, whatever she wants."
"That seems reasonable." Snape said thoughtfully. "And I can contribute to it each month."
"If you'd like." Hermione agreed. "And you can pay half of her tuition this year."
"That's already been taken care of." He waved his hand dismissively.
"What do you mean it's already been taken care of?" She glared at him. "You had no right..."
"And I didn't." He glared back at her, raising his voice to cut her off. "Before you get your knickers all in a twist, one of the benefits of being an employee of Hogwarts is that your children can attend free of charge."
"Oh. Well that's alright then." She sighed, relaxing back into the sofa.
"I'm so glad you approve." He rolled his eyes sarcastically. "Then there's the matter of her supplies, robes, books and such."
"Mmmmm. That's right." Hermione sighed thoughtfully, nibbling on the tip of her finger. "Alright, I'll buy her robes, quills and stationary. We can split the cost of her wand and her books. And you can take care of any pocket money she may need throughout the school year?"
"That seems reasonable." He agreed. "What about a pet?"
"No pet her first year. You'll just have to trust me on this one Severus." She said in answer to his raised eyebrows. "I know her better then you do. She has trouble making friends. If she has a pet, she'll just stay in her dorm room playing with it all day and she won't even try to make friends. So promise me, no matter how much she begs."
"You have my word."
"So. Was this our first fight?"
"Oh I don't know if I would call this a fight." He said, his lips turning up into a small smirk. "It was more like a slight disagreement."
"Hmmm." She smiled back at him. "Well it wasn't that bad. We might do alright in this parenting thing you and I."
"We might." He agreed, nodding his head. "It would be easier if you weren't so bloody stubborn."
"Me stubborn?" She gaped at him. "You're the stubborn one."
"I'm not stubborn." He snorted softly. "Snarky and difficult perhaps, but never stubborn."
"What are you two talking about?" Sabrina asked as she came back into the living room. She was dressed in pink pajamas, her hair still wet from her bath, Sebastian clutched in one hand and a hair brush in the other.
"How stubborn your father is" "How stubborn your mother is." They said at the same time, speaking over each other before breaking off into soft laughter.
"You guys are daft." Sabrina muttered, staring warily at the two adults.
"Oh I suppose we are." Hermione chuckled. "Come here, sit down. I'll dry your hair for you."
Snape watched as the little girl handed Hermione the hairbrush and perched dutifully on the edge of the sofa, her stuffed cat clutched safely on her lap. Working slowly, Hermione ran the hairbrush through her long raven hair, drying and smoothing so it lay shiny across her back.
"What were you really talking about just now?"
"All the things you're going to need when you start Hogwarts in September."
"Mummy can Daddy come with us to Diagon Alley when we shop for all my Hogwart's things." She twisted around, her eyes pleading.
"Well I don't know, Daddy would you like to come shopping with us?" Hermione asked, a teasing look in her eye.
"Shopping?" Severus groaned, a disgusted look on his face. He frowned when Sabrina pressed her hands together, begging silently. "Oh I suppose." He growled. "It will give me a chance to visit Madam Malkin's. It seems I'll need an entire new set of teaching robes. None of my old ones fit anymore."
"Too tight?" Hermione asked innocently.
"Are you calling me fat again?"
"No. I'm not. But your teaching robes are." Hermione laughed and Sabrina joined in giggling.
"Oh I see how it's going to be." Snape sighed. "Two against one, with no one on my side."
"I'm on your side Daddy." Sabrina said, moving over to press against him. Lifting his arm, he draped it over her shoulder and hugged her tightly.
"You know if we all go shopping together in Diagon alley." Hermione said carefully. "Your "personal" reasons won't be so personal anymore."
"True." He shrugged. "But we can't keep it secret forever, now can we?"
"No. I suppose we can't." Hermione agreed, watching as Sabrina yawned loudly and rested her head against the dark man's side. "Are you about ready for bed, Sweetie?" She asked gently.
"Mmmm hmmm." The girl nodded, climbing to her feet. "Come on Daddy." She turned and held her hand out. "No Mummy." She shook her head when Hermione started to rise. "Just Daddy."
"Oh okay." Hermione sighed, sinking back onto the couch. "Can you at least give me a hug and a kiss? Or have I been completely replaced?"
"Don't be silly Mummy. You're not being replaced" Sabrina frowned, letting Hermione hug her tightly and press kisses to her face. "But you always tuck me in and Daddy never has. Just this once, please?"
"It's fine." Hermione smiled. "Go on you two."
"Thanks Mummy. Come on Daddy." She grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet. Hermione choked back a laugh as she watched her small daughter drag the fiercest Professor at Hogwarts down the hall and into her room.
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