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Stuck By Law COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 56665 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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As September neared Hermione found herself growing bored. She’d never been one to sit around and do nothing while another person worked their ass off. However, her pregnant belly was so large as she went in to her sixth month that the thought of her getting a new job when maternity leave was just around the corner was laughable. Narcissa and Astoria attempted to come talk to her just after the school year began but that was the beautiful thing about Hogwarts, it was such a large castle that even though they searched they never found her. She didn’t want to talk to them, if she did that then she may understand why Lucius and Draco let her go and then she’d have no reason to be angry and right now, she needed that.
“Hermione” Severus said as he walked in after his last class a week after the start of the term “You got some mail”
“Okay” She said taking the envelope from him and sighed when she saw the ministry seal on the back. She closed her eyes momentarily and then reopened them and pulled open the envelope and pulled out the letter in there.
Dear Mrs. Hermione Snape,
It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Magic that you have been let go from Malfoy Inc. While we are deeply sorry that you were let go we are happy to offer you a job with us. The Department of Magical Home and Families has an opening for you, if you are interested we would like you to come in and have an interview with the head of the department. Please send this back as soon as possible and the appointment will be made.
Sincerely,
Martha Minx

HR for M.O.M
P.S.
Hermione Snape,
I know that there has been some misunderstandings between you, your husband and the Ministry. However, we are trying to show you that this new idea is really for the best of the wizarding world and not just because we want to be in charge of everything possible, with that said I would really like you to come to the interview, even if you don’t want to join the team I would like you to learn. I feel that someone with your brains and good sense you could really do our world some good, having people think more like you and those who make good and logical choices can make our world stronger, more magical and just better all around.
Thank you for considering this.
Percy Weasley

Minister Of Magic
Hermione gaped down at the letter in her hands and tried numerous times to speak. Percy…Percy…Percy Weasley was the minister of magic? How could that have happened so quietly and why…well never mind that was simple enough to answer. Percy wasn’t a megalomaniac exactly but he always thought that he was right and thought that he knew what was best for those around him. How dare he ask her to join his screwed up team of overbearing freaks that are allowed to make decisions for others in their world. She was angrily glaring at the letter in her hands when a horrifying thought crossed her mind and it made tears fill her eyes. Was she like Percy…did she get off on telling others what to do…did she deserve a position in that department?
“What’s wrong?” Severus asked as he walked in to the room, she didn’t answer just handed him the letter which he read “Okay, they want you to work for them. It’s not an amazing position but why not check it out, it’s a paycheck and maybe even a really good one”
“Percy’s the ministry of magic” Hermione pointed out.
“I noticed” He answered “Not too surprising, the ministry was desperate for something to get done and he was offering up ideas” He looked at her “What’s wrong?”
“Am I like him?” She asked “Am I someone that likes to make others do what I say?”
“You’re not like Percy Weasley” He assured her “You do like people doing what you say but you’re not like him at all…there is a difference”
“What should I do?” She asked, holding the letter up to him again.
“Go” He answered and when she looked horrified he sat down with a sigh “Hermione, you are a Gryffindor through and through. It’s one of the things that attracted me to you in the first place, it’s that honorable spirit, that charitable soul and do-right attitude that I love” She nodded “But you need to think like a Slytherin right now”
“But I don’t know how to” She whispered while wiping her nose of the tissue he’d handed her.
“Yes, you do” He answered “Anytime that you’ve been sneaky…like say…oh I don’t know, sneaking in to the potions masters private stores when you were in your second year…”
“I fudged that up pretty badly” She snorted.
“Yes” He answered without hesitation “But that was a mistake that anyone could have made. You didn’t have a muggle microscope that would have told you it was cat hair and not human hair that you’d picked off of your victim”
“True” She answered.
“Now” He smiled “The world is changing and there are laws in place that need to be taken down in time. So, what are you going to do?”
“Fight” She answered “Fight that little slimy bastard until he takes the laws down”
“Or” He smiled softly “You could take a job there. Gain their trust and slowly break them down from the inside, you’ll likely be in a position where your thoughts and opinions matter so in time you can work on convincing them to slowly let go of the reigns”
“That could take years” Hermione pointed out even though she knew what he would say in response.
“Rome wasn’t…” He started.
“Built in a day, I know” Hermione finished and he smirked “But I want some results before our own daughter falls prey to this”
“That’s the problem with you Gryffindor’s” Snape chuckled “You want the results right now. Slytherins know that to have results sometimes you have to work your ass off for years before you notice the first result”
“So I should meet with them ASAP” Hermione verified.
“You will help our world much better from the inside than the outside” He reminded her and she nodded.
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Two days later Hermione made her way to the minister’s office where she was going to meet the Head of the new department and the new minister. At six months pregnant there was only so many outfits one can look good in, so instead of trying to look cute or office perfect. Hermione settled for a pair of black slacks and a black and white stripped blouse that fell to mid-thigh. She felt like a whale again but kept reminding herself that it was only three more months. The one thing she hoped that she didn’t lose once she had the baby was what it did to her hair. She had taken a shower, put a drying spell on her curls, ran a brush through it quickly and her hair fell in a beautiful waterfall down her back perfectly. She took a calming breath and knocked on the door waiting until she heard Percy’s slightly nasally voice call for her to come in. He was standing behind a huge, old cherry desk in a dark muggle suit that was obviously tailored to fit his form and was smiling warmly at her. Standing from the other side of the desk was a woman with gleaming black hair held back with a gold hair clip and when she turned around Hermione saw big lavender colored eyes, tanned skin and a friendly smile.
“It’s good to finally meet you, Hermione Granger” The woman said with a smile “I mean, Snape”
“Nice to meet you” Hermione offered.
“This” Percy said “Is Pix and she is the head of the Department of Magical Home and Families. The department we would like you to start working in, and to be perfectly honest if you are as good as I think you will be then I want you to take over when she moves on to a different area within the ministry…but that’s just between us for now”
“Of course” Hermione said as she sat down.
“This is an interview only for show” Percy said “If you want the job it’s yours”
“What would I be doing?” Hermione asked as she took a seat.
“Well” Pix said as she turned to look at Hermione “The area I would like you to start in is picking out people that are perfectly matched as that’s where they need the help now”
“I’m going on maternity leave…” She said.
“That’s fine” Percy said “That’s good. Paid maternity leave, you can work from home and you can of course bring the baby to work”
“You don’t mind…” Hermione started and then snorted to herself “Of course you don’t mind. It’s your fault that I’m married in the first place, why would you care that I am pregnant?”
“Hermione” Percy said calmly and she turned her angry eyes to him “I know that you think we are the bad guys here but I want you to answer me carefully, even if it means that you don’t answer me right away” He looked in to her eyes “Are you so unhappy with your marriage and your situation?”
As the meeting and interview went on she thought about the question that Percy asked. She was in her early twenties and she had a husband, a house and soon a baby on the way. She had good friends and if she took this job she would have a decent career that was okay with her having a child so she would never have to worry about getting bitched at about having to take a day off to go to an appointment. Her husband was intelligent, amusing and there for her and even though she wouldn’t have ever really thought about him as husband material she knew that, now, nine months in to their marriage, about fifteen months since they started writing to one another, fourteen months since they started courting and after a seven year student/teacher relationship, she was pretty sure that she was in love with him. She was lucky if she really thought about it, some of these girls (like Pansy) was marrying (or married) to a man that they had never really met or knew anything about. She had known Severus for years and even though it wasn’t like a marriage had really been the next step but at least she had known what to expect when it came to his personality.
“So, Mrs. Snape” Pix said after they had spoken for a little over an hour about the position “Do you think you could be happy here?”
“Well” Hermione said looking from her face to Percy’s who was watching her closely for her answer “I think so. You of course will understand that I’ll be on maternity leave for at least two months, maybe less as I hate being without work and I will need to go to appointments”
“Of course” Percy said “All appointments are excused and we even pay you for the time that you’re at the appointment”
“Very good” Hermione said “When will I start?”
“Monday too soon?” Pix asked “I would like to have you trained up as soon as possible as you’ll be having that baby in December”
“Not a problem” Hermione asked “Dress code?”
“Business casual” Pix answered.
“I’ll see you on Monday then” Hermione said, standing.
“Do you have to leave so soon?” Percy asked “I would like to catch up with you”
“I’m sorry, Percy” Hermione said “I need to get something to eat and I have to use the loo”
“Understandable” Percy said “I will see you on Monday then, we can have lunch and go over some thoughts you have on the situation”
“Sounds great” Hermione smiled “See you both on Monday”
Hermione made her way home and told Severus about the appointment. She still thought about her situation and the question asked before the interview and meeting. That night she got out of bed an hour after Severus fell asleep, she walked away then turned and looked back at her sleeping husband. He reached out blindly, his hand roaming over the empty space, his moan ended with a soft whine and then he turned away and he curled in on himself. He needed her. She realized that now, when he reached for her in the middle of the night it was to make sure that he wouldn’t wake up and find it had all been a dream. Severus was used to things being taken away from him, people recoiling from him, judging him and fearing him. That was why, now that he had her, he would do things like look at her throughout the day or reach for in the middle of the night it was to make sure that she was really there and didn’t shy away from him. That she really existed. She pulled out a piece of parchment and quill and started to write quickly so she could cuddle back against Severus and stop him from cuddling himself the way he was. It made her sad to see him like that.
Dear Percy,
You asked if I was truly unhappy with my marriage and life and I have spent many hours thinking about the answer to that. I am, surprisingly, very happy with my husband and am happy that I am to have a baby. The only thing that really bothers me is that the ministry didn’t give me the time to choose my own husband, set my own date and choose when and how many children I am going to have. Making choices for others will be hard for me but I will learn, I’m sure.
-Hermione Snape
A/N: I hope you liked this, my hand is healing up pretty well and I am working real hard! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
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