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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Hermione was to meet Snape at eleven on Saturday morning. He had told her that they would do a lot of walking and be outside a lot so she thought that something cute and sporty while not being too boyish would be good. She was awake at eight that morning, had a decent breakfast of eggs, bacon and toast with her normal Earl Grey tea and then hopped in the shower. Even though the night before had been a total bust and she had spent a good amount of time reading apology letters from Blaise, Hermione found herself to be in a rather good mood. She sang and danced in the shower and listened to music in her bedroom while she rubbed her lotion in to her skin and looked for the perfect outfit.
By ten-thirty she was standing in her living room with her hair pulled in to a high pony tail with her ringlets still relaxed from the night before. She had soft, neutral colored make-up on with darker eye make-up on to make her eyes pop. As it was nearing the end of August she decided to wear a pair of jean Capri-pants a tan knit belt, a white tank-top with a tan knit sweater that came down to her knees. The morning clouds threatened rain and the air was cooler than she’d expected and she was happy for her light sweater. Snape had told her to meet him in Diagon Alley so she apparated to a spot in the muggle world near The Leaky Cauldron. She avoided the puddles as much as possible because she didn’t want to get her sneakers soaked.
“Hey Hermione!” Fred greeted as she walked in the Leaky Cauldron “What are you doing here so early?” He gave her a mock-serious look “Are you becoming an alcoholic?”
“No” She answered with a smile “I am going on a date”
“Anyone good?” He asked “Sorry I wasn’t able to marry you the way you always wished but…I love Alicia”
“I will attempt to repair my heart” Hermione said with an eye roll “How is Alicia, how far along is she?”
“Three months yesterday” He grinned proudly “My first!”
“How is George, Angelina and little Marie and Murray?” She asked after his brothers family not having seen them in a while.
“Doing good” He answered “The twins are better now so I think they’ll actually be coming to dinner tomorrow night” He smiled “Angelina’s missed the girl-talk as she’s been in the apartment all day, every day with them”
“Hey” Hermione said looking at the time “I’ve got to go but I’ll talk to you later”
“But you didn’t tell me who you’re going on a date with?” He called after her but she ignored him.
As the brick wall started to open up to form the entrance to Diagon Alley Hermione fixed her hair again. She walked through the entrance and towards Flourish and Blotts where they had agreed to meet and finally she saw Snape for the first time since his trial where it had been announced that Dumbledore was alive. He was wearing black slacks and a hunter green short-sleeved button down shirt and his hair was pulled back to the nape of his neck. His black eyes darted around the open space and he smirked at the people walking past him, which often made the person move just a little bit quicker away from him. Hermione had stopped to admire him a bit, he was the same and yet not the same at all, he had put on a little more weight and muscle mass in the years since she’d last seen him and he seemed a little more confident than he’d ever been. He was attractive. She had always found him to be a little harsh to look at, his features were cruel and sharp but now he looked almost handsome in that Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights type of way. He turned his head a little and looked at her, he took a deep breath and let it out slowly as he took her in before raising an eyebrow and walking towards her.
~~~//~~~
Severus had set the plans in motions and had asked Hermione to meet him in the late morning on Saturday. He had made all the right reservations and then made sure that he had written down cards to study pertaining to conversations held with the opposite sex. He wasn’t an idiot nor was he a teenager but the only women he had spoken to were either extremely old or death eater whores. Treating Hermione the way he would treat Bellatrix would not be a good idea however treating her like he would treat Minerva or Poppy was as equally an unacceptable idea. Remus was a big help (though Severus refused to admit aloud) and Tonks had also helped him with acceptable conversation topics along with everything that she knew about the younger woman.
He awoke very early that morning and went for a jog as he had grown a new love for muggle exercise as it kept him from thinking about his past horrors any more than his mind healers made him think about them. When it was nearly nine he was standing in his bedroom with Remus and Tonks sitting on his bed. Tonks was filing her nails and waiting while Remus, once again, reminded Snape that all he had to do was show up and half the battle was won. Finally, Severus walked over to his bed to pick up his bathrobe and found that Teddy was playing with his blankets.
“Why…” He raised an eyebrow at the toddler “Is your brat on my bed?”
“Because his cage is being cleaned” Tonks answered and he heard Remus snort as he busied himself going through Snape’s wardrobe.
“Make sure he doesn’t puke on anything” Severus said grabbing his robe away from the child.
“He only pukes when he’s sick” She told him.
“Babies puke for no reason” He pointed out.
“Babies spit up that is true” She answered “But Teddy is two and only pukes when he’s overeaten or sick”
“Has he overeaten?” Snape snapped.
“Its nine in the morning” Tonks said “He’s only had eggs, bacon, sausage, a steak, four pounds of candy and an Acromantula” She pretended to be seriously considering something “Do you think that’s too much?”
He didn’t answer her just turned and walked in to the bathroom, making sure to shove Remus further in to the closet for laughing at his wife’s sarcasm. When he returned back to the bedroom about thirty minutes later he was cleanly shaven and smelled amazingly. He took the clothes that Remus had set out for him and went back in to the bathroom to get dressed.
“I don’t like wearing short-sleeves” He announced as he walked out of the bathroom “The mark…”
“No one will be looking at your arm long enough to see that” Remus promised.
“But if they do…” He worried.
“Then flip them off” Remus answered and Tonks squealed, nearly waking the toddler who was asleep and cuddling up to Snape’s outer robe that he’d left on the bed.
“I love it when you get all mean like that” Tonks whispered to Remus, he could hear the man laugh as they started kissing and he pushed her on to the bed.
“I guess” Severus frowned looking at his reflection with slight distaste “And please don’t do that on my bed” He wasn’t really looking at them fully but could see Tonks’s bare feet rubbing the back of her husbands legs as he kissed her and she was giggling and moving around “I haven’t even done that on my bed” He muttered under his breath.
“Buzz kill” Tonks muttered.
“You owe us for this, Severus” Remus reminded him as he stood up and adjusted his clothing “I think…you should babysit for us”
“What?” Severus looked horrified “Why in Merlin’s name would you willingly leave your toddler with me?!”
“I haven’t been with my wife intimately in ages” Remus admitted “At this point I’m so horny I’d let Grawp babysit Teddy”
Severus looked horrified at the couple before him and then shook his head and started pushing them (and their brat) out of his personal rooms. He left then castle and apparated to Diagon Alley where he went to the meeting spot and waited for her to join him. He continuously reminded himself that it would be the same little bushy haired pain in the ass that had annoyed him throughout her time as a student. Those thoughts didn’t help because they reminded him that she had indeed been his student and that he watched her grow up. He was glowering and smirking at passerby’s when he felt himself being watched. He turned to find Miss Granger looking at him and yet she wasn’t the child he had known before. He couldn’t help but notice her curvy body, beautiful curves and calm hair he also noticed the nervous smile on her face. He walked over and before he reached her he actually caught the sight of an appreciative gleam in her eye as she looked over his form.
~~~//~~~
“For our date, Miss Granger” Severus said “We are to go out in to the muggle world”
“Please call me Hermione” She said “When you call me ‘Miss Granger’ I feel like I should respond by calling you ‘Professor Snape’”
“So this is a little uncomfortable for you as well?” He asked with a sigh and she laughed.
“A bit” She said “Not for any bad reasons but… you were my teacher and now…”
“Yeah” He looked nervous as little then smiled “Do you still want to go?”
“Of course” She smiled “I’d love to. Where are we going?”
“Have you ever heard of magical museums?” He asked.
“I’ve read about them” She admitted “But never went to one”
“They are truly something amazing to be seen” He told her as they walked through the Leaky Cauldron when Fred’s mouth dropped to the floor “I thought that for the first half of the date we could go see a few museums and then move on”
“Okay” Hermione said excitedly.
Once on the muggle street they hailed the Knight Bus and were zooming through London. Once they were in the right spot, right near the Thames, Severus slashed his wand through the air. They walked up a staircase towards a huge white building that promised the strangest sights. The first few displays were stuff she’d seen before like Unicorns or Centaurs. Then she came across a plain portrait board and looked at it curiously, right before her eyes she saw herself being painted on the board. Only the Hermione in the picture was looking at her left hand and smiling before flinging herself in to Snape’s (who’d been drawn in a minute after) arms. She blushed and looked at the ground and hoped he hadn’t seen, he had and was smiling softly at the picture.
“It’s known as the Portrait of Erised” He told her as he read the plaque beneath it “It shows…”
“What my heart desires?” Hermione asked, confused by what it had shown.
“No” He answered “Not like the mirror. It shows what your conscience desires”
“So my conscience wants me to marry you?” She asked.
“I think it wants the both of us to be happy” He answered and stood in front of it. His face turned red when it showed a fall day and the two of them walking hand in hand.
The afternoon was spent laughing at crazy displays and learning from other ones. They debated the things they saw and at one point nearly gave up on one another and left separately. They were reunited though when they both stopped at the Portrait of Erised. By the time they made their way back to the Leakey Cauldron he had managed to take her hand in his own. They’d successfully avoided any conversation about the future, jobs, children and everything else that would make this all the more real. But now, they were sitting down at the Leaky Cauldron and ordering food and she knew that soon they would have to talk about it.
“So” He said.
“I had a bad date with Blaise last night” She burst out with “He was a complete jerk about how his working life was more important and he wanted house-elves to raise the kids and he didn’t want me to work for Malfoy anymore” She looked him in the eye “So if you’re going to pull that shit…just don’t!”
“Wow” He laughed a little “Lucius is my friend and I don’t care if you work for him or not. I am very passionate about my job just as I assume you are but I won’t let it consume my entire being”
“Thank you” She said
“However” He held up a hand “As a professor and head of Slytherin house I can’t promise that once the school day is over we won’t be bothered. I have a charm on my office door that makes it so when someone knocks on the office door I will hear it anywhere in my private rooms” She nodded “And I have had a girl wake me up at one in the morning because she was bleeding and didn’t understand anything about her monthly”
“Wow” She said.
“I may not be the nicest professor” He said “But I care for my students and therefor if they need me all they have to do is knock on my office door”
“That’s understandable” She said.
“Now I would like to make a day where I can spend time with my wife” He told her “And the child when we have one, that way no one me, you or the child is neglected”
The more they talked the more Hermione realized that he would be the best husband she could with this law. He brought her to the apparition spot and let her leave first to make sure that she was safe before apparating away to Hogwarts. Hermione went home feeling like she was floating on a cloud of possibility and that night she dreamt of her wedding day. She almost felt like a teenager again planning her wedding with her best friend and giggling over the plans.
A/N: Two chapters in one day! But this chapter wouldn’t go away so here you go and I hope you like it. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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