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The Potions Master's Baby	By : soldiersgirl0709 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 63467 -:- Recommendations : 8 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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Chapter Eight: Severus Snape has a �girlfriend?

Hermione made her way down the staff corridor towards the great hall for breakfast. She was tired, her exhaustion wasn�t just the result of being a few weeks into her second trimester but also from spending over an hour snogging Severus Snape on her sofa. She couldn�t stop smiling at that. She had been making out with the Potions Master. Never, ever would she had thought that day would come.

It was certainly something she would never forget. It was wonderful, probably the best kiss she had ever experienced. She wasn�t expecting the tender passion, not from him. She had expected him to be rough, one more error on a list of many misconceptions about the man known by no one. She wanted to know him, everything about the man who treated her so gently, who was the father of her child. It seemed as though she would get ample opportunity to do just that now that he had decided to court her.

She laughed out loud and startled the portraits as she thought about the old fashioned terminoligy he had used. He didn�t ask her to date, he wanted to court her, to woo her. It was sweet really and a welcome relief from the idiots that ususally asked her out. It was clear that all they wanted was sex, the chance to bed the famous Hermione Granger. They always walked away sorely disappointed, she didn�t sleep with men casually. Hell, since Ron died she didn�t sleep with anyone period.

Not that she hadn�t tried the previous night with Severus.The kissing had gotten her blood pumping and she wanted him. She had wanted him desperately, yet his hands never strayed from the safe zones and when hers did he would move them back to less dangerous territory. Soon, too soon, he extricated himself from her clutching embrace and bade her goodnight. She had been stunned and a bit angry when he left. He had a willing, eager witch in his arms and he hadnt taken advantage of it. She had tossed and turned all night, even after finding release at her own hand. It hadnt been enough, she wanted him.

With her smile still in place she entered through the back door of the hall and climbed the few steps up to the dais. Severus immediately got to his feet and pulled out her chair. He didn�t look any worse for wear. She wondered if he had had trouble sleeping when he went back to his chambers. Had he needed to stroke himself to release in order to sleep as she had?

�Good morning.� He said softly. She suddenly realized that they hadn�t really talked about where they stood in public.

�Severus? Is this�are we�a secret?� She asked.

�Do you want us to be?� Was she going to be embarassed for people to know they were seeing each other?

�No.� She answered simply. She laid her hand on top of his where it rested on the back of her chair and she rose onto her toes and brushed a light kiss against his cheek near his mouth. �Good morning, Severus.� She whispered before stepping around and taking her seat.

As he pushed her chair forward to the table he saw Pomona Sprout slapping a galleon into the waiting hand of a smirking Rolanda Hooch*. Apparantly there had been a pool going as to the nature of his relationship with Hermione. Wouldn�t they all be surprised when her pregnancy began to show? None of them would have any idea that he hadn�t impregnated her the old fashioned way and would assume that he had been cavorting with the younger witch right beneath their noses.

Not that it was an unpleasant thought. She was rather delicious he thought as he slid back into his chair beside her. Leaving her the previous night had been more difficult than he imagined. Her fire was intoxicating. She had virtually melted in his embrace, soft, pliable and so receptive, so responsive. He had never had a witch come alive in his arms quite the way she did, It was definitely a boost to the old ego.

�Did I just open a very large jar of flobberworms?� She asked, looking around the room at the stunned and rather amused faces of faculty and students.

�I think some are debating on whether or not they are going to be ill, others are smugly basking in their I knew it moment while some are simply horrified that you would dare touch me in such a familiar way.� Severus drawled as he ignored their spectators.

�Wow, then they would certainly have gone into comas if they had seen us last night. Or if they knew just how familiarly I wanted to be touching you.� She said, buttering her toast. Severus�s fork clattered to his plate and his eyes slowly slid to the smirking witch tending to her toast so thoroughly.

�You are going to make all my good intentions for naught aren�t you?� He asked low. She smiled and bit into her toast, her glittering amber eyes staring into his. Cheeky little witch. �I wish to court you properly.�

�I�m already pregnant, Severus, we could just skip the preliminaries.� She chuckled.

�But the preliminaries are the best part.� He purred, watching the heat rise to her cheeks and her tongue slide across her bottom lip. �You should learn some patience, Hermione.�

With a smirk of his own he turned his attention back to his breakfast. She was worked up and it was obvious by the way her fingers were drumming on the table. With a silent chuckle he reached over and wrapped his fingers around hers to still them. They looked at each other with sideward glances and ignored the others in the room who were still staring.

�I thought that perhaps we could go to dinner this evening, away from the school.� He said bringing their joined hands beneath the table and away from nosy glances. Hermione was a bit surprised that he hadn�t released her hand but was quite happy that he didn�t.

�That sounds lovely, but I always have dinner with the Potters on Friday night.� She realized that he had been asking her on a date and she immediately felt bad. �Severus, would you like to join me? I know Harry would like it very much if you were to come.�

�They know then?� He asked.

�About the baby, yes. About us, not yet.� She bit into her lip as she watched him think it over. It was difficult to discern his thoughts because he had become so incredibly adept at hiding his emotions. His stoic demeanor hid his joy as well as his displeasure.

�I suppose that if I want to make this work with us I am going to have to learn to socialize with him, aren�t I?� He sounded almost as though he were being handed a community service sentence. �I wish to spend the evening with you, if it has to include Potter then so be it.�

Hermione chuckled and gave his fingers a squeeze beneath the table. �Thank you.� She said, returning her focus to her meal as she struggled through the entire breakfast awkwardly eating with her left hand because she just didn�t wish to let go of him.

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Hermione was grinning from ear to ear when she and Severus arrived at the Potter�s home. They lived in a small house in an unplottable little town outside of St. Ives. She took his arm and led him through the gate so that wards would admit him. Harry lived in a fortress when it came to his protective wards and spells, a necessity for the protection of his family given his status as the most famous wizard in Britain�s history. They allowed only the closest friends and family to cross onto the property and apparation was completely blocked. Celebrity, especially unwanted celebrity, was not what it was cracked up to be.

Severus felt the magic stir as they crossed the threshold of the gate and stepped onto the Potter�s property. They walked up the long walk towards the modest country house and onto the porch. Hermione didn�t bother knocking, she never did, their home was open to her always. Of course she had learned to call out her presence upon entering after a rather embarrassing incident shortly after they had wed when she walked in to find them christening their staircase.

�Honey, I�m home!� She called as she closed the front door behind her. Harry came around the corner and stopped in his tracks when he saw Severus.

�Hello, Professor.� He said, a curious grin on his lips. �Mione, you brought a date.�

She let Severus help her out of her cloak and hung it, along with his, on the hall tree. She offered Harry a grin that was the equivalent of a vulgar hand gesture.

�As a matter of fact, I did bring a date. Severus, of course you remember Harry.� She saw the stunned expression on her best friend�s face and she nearly laughed in sadistic glee.

�Hello, Mr. Potter.� Severus said, his back straight and hands folded in front of him. �You have something on your shirt.�

Harry glanced down and rolled his eyes with a huff. A glob of slimy green clung to his breast pocket. He reached for his wand and quickly dispatched with the mess.

�Spinach.� He said, tucking his wand back into his pocket and grinning at his former potions master and fellow war hero. �James didn�t like it and more of it ended up on me and the kitchen walls than actually in him. You�ll see soon enough.�

The idea of walking about without noticing that his clothing had been soiled by his child didn�t sit well with Severus. He would just have to make certain that he always checked his person after meal times with his son or daughter. He was definitely more fastidious than Potter could ever hope to be.

�Where is James?� Hermione asked. She adored Harry�s son, he was the catalyst to her own quest for motherhood. The moment she had seen his wizened little face looking up at her from beneath that little blue cap in the hospital she yearned to hold her own child in her arms.

�He�s in the lounge saying goodnight, Richie is here.� Harry said.

�Richie!� Harry�s eyes lit up with amusement at Hermione�s excitement. She rarely got that giddy look on her face and she did not often squeal with joy. Her reaction also drew a rather interesting scowl from Severus who watched her dart through the foyer to disappear around the corner into the lounge.

�Close friend?� Severus asked.

�You might say that. Come in, Sir, have a drink and meet my son.� Harry said smiling. Severus followed the young man, impressed at the man he had become. A face that once seemed forever frozen in misery had not stopped smiling since they entered his home.

They rounded the corner just in time to see Hermione being swung about in the arms of a dark haired man with her head thrown back in mirth.

�Richie?� Severus�s scowl deepened. Harry found it rather amusing and wondered just what was going on. He had assumed that Hermione had brought Severus because of their decision to raise their child together, that she wished to socialize him a bit with the people who would be that child�s family. But from the look on Severus�s face he wondered if there weren�t more going on there.

�Put me down!� Hermione squealed as the man set her back on her feet and embraced her tightly.

�That�s right, Harry told me that you went and got yourself up the duff!� The man took a step back and Severus was able to get a good look at him. He was round of face and a bit on the thicker side with bright, twinkling gray eyes and a ready smile. He looked upon Hermione with very obvious adoration and that rubbed him the wrong way.

�Harry should have let me tell you!� Hermione said, frowning at Harry over her shoulder.

�Who is that then?� Richie asked, looking at Severus. Hermione pulled him along by his coat sleeves to introduce him.

�Richie, this is Professor Severus Snape, Severus, this is Richie Dumont.� Hermione said smiling.

�Mr. Dumont.� Severus said keeping his voice low and his eyes narrowed as he canted his head slightly in greeting.

�Ooo, he�s a broody one isn�t he?� Richie laughed, his arm around Hermione�s waist. �How do you know, Hermione?�

�I�m the father of her child.� Severus said, his eyes sliding down to the hand curled around Hermione�s waist. �I am also the man she is currently seeing.�

�Is that right?� Richie asked, his grin looking as though it might break his face at any moment. Severus would love to have the opportunity to break it for him in an entirely different way.

�Wait, the man you are seeing?� Harry looked between them incredulously. �The two of you are�really?�

�Be nice, Harry, it isn�t that shocking.� Hermione said. �Don�t mind Richie, Severus, he means no harm he just hasn�t ever learned how to take anything seriously.�

�That isn�t true! I take my feelings for you very seriously, my Rose. If you had but told me you longed for seed I would have gladly shared mine.� Richie said.

�Hah! I wanted a child, not a miniature clown!� Hermione slapped his hand away as he dug his fingers into her side and tickled her. �I am off to have a cuddle with James, if you would excuse me.� She stepped between Harry and Severus, laying her hand against Severus�s shoulder as she passed and offering him a soft smile.

�Well, how about we have a drink while the ladies fuss over the baby before dinner?� Harry asked, eager to watch the fireworks. Severus and Richie were like oil and water and there was no way they were going to be friends. Richie was everything that the Potions Master hated, or at least he appeared to be.

From all outward appearances Richie was irresponsible, directionless and without any sense of decorum. He was always joking, always smiling and genuinely a happy man but he was no fool. He was wealthy, a shrewd businessman and much to the surprise of all who actually got to know the real him, an expert in the dark arts.

�So you are the lucky man who won her over?� Richie said to Severus. �How in the bloody hell did you manage that?�

�I couldn�t really say.� Severus answered. He didn�t like the other wizard, he was too jolly for it to be normal and he reminded Severus, oddly enough, of Dumbledore.

�I am rather put out, actually. I tried to court her for over a year but she wouldn�t have me.� He sighed dramatically and took a snifter of brandy from Harry.

�You caught her hair on fire.� Harry said, passing another glass to Severus.

�Not on purpose!� Richie bristled, but it didn�t last long as laughter won out. His loud, shrill bark of laughter had Severus recoiling in horror. He had never heard anything quite like it coming from a man. Hell, he had never heard that sound come from a human, it sounded like a hyena. �How was I to know that she would pick up on the differences in the trick lamp and bend over to investigate!�

�Because it was Hermione.� Harry said as if it was explanation enough. �She picks up on everything, always has. She has to know everything about everything.�

�Well, she remains to this day the brightest pupil I have ever taught.� Severus said, sipping at his brandy.

�You were her teacher?� Richie asked with wide eyes. �Why that�s positively pervy!�

�Absolutely not! I never considered the idea of ever��

�Professor, he�s only jesting.� Harry interjected. �Everyone knows you would never consider having a relationship with one of your students. I find myself amazed that you are having a relationship period if I am being honest.�

Normally the opinions of others mattered little to Severus, but the constant reminders of just how cold and unfeeling everyone thought him to be were beginning to grate on his nerves. He didn�t want his child to believe him an emotional monster.

�Well, I am pleased that you understand that there were no feelings of that nature before now. As to your amazement, they say never judge a book by its cover, Mr. Potter.�

�How do you judge it then?� Richie asked.

�Pardon?� Severus looked over at the man reclining back on the sofa, his legs crossed with an ankle resting on his other knee.

�A book, how do you judge it if not by the cover? I mean you walk into a shop and the cover is all you have to go by when you judge whether or not you are going to buy it. You can�t exactly sit all day reading it now can you? And if you were to spend all day sitting on your bum in a bookshop reading then you wouldn�t bother to buy the bleeding thing now would you?� Richie smiled as though he had just said the most brilliant thing in wizarding history.

�Where did you go to school?� Severus asked, completely baffled by the strange little man.

�Durmstrang.�

�You? You went to Durmstrang?� Severus was shocked. �I know Igor Karkaroff personally, I am shocked that he would tolerate such a personality in one of his students.�

�I didn�t say I was a good little monkey, only that I attended school there.� He grinned. �If you must know, Karkaroff loathed me, still does. He nearly expelled me more than once.�

�You never told me that!� Harry said. �What did you do?�

�I went about the dorm drawing dark marks on the other students while they were sleeping then took photographs that I sold to the press saying that Karkaroff was creating his own army of junior death eaters.� Richie said, smiling in his nostalgia. �It was really quite brilliant, though Karkaroff didn�t think so.�

�You would have definitely been in Slytherin house had you gone to Hogwarts.� Harry laughed. �Wouldn�t you agree, Sir?�

Severus turned to Harry and rolled his eyes.

�From the sounds of it I would have to agree, sadly. You do not have to address me so formally, Mr. Potter, you may call me Severus. We will likely be socializing often in coming years and there is no need to be so formal.� He said.

�I�ll try, but it won�t be easy.� Harry laughed. �I still can�t believe that you are the baby�s father.�

�Yes, well that makes two of us.� Severus said, finishing off his brandy and setting the empty snifter on the side table.

�Are you going to marry her? I would if she�d have me, bloody brilliant, that witch.� Richie sighed.

�Erm�.where do you suppose Hermione got off too?� Severus asked, squirming in his seat and tugging on his collar. Things were getting a mite warm in the room.

*Madam Hooch's first name is given as "Rolanda" in the Trading Card Game. The Internet Movie Database website lists her first name as "Xiomara." Obviously they can't both be correct. Neither is considered canon until independently confirmed by JKR. Per www.hp-lexicon.org

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Morning everyone�.been a busy, busy weekend!!! But, I have Sunday to relax, aside from the massive amounts of laundry that await my attention. But hey, my next story is going well!!!! Alright, lemme get to some reviews, though Im losing ones from people not logged in but I will try to get them from memory.

Cher(I think that�s the name) � Ok, we will just have to agree to have a difference of opinion. In my mind I see Hermione as being of smaller stature and Severus being extremely tall. Im sorry if it bothers you, but that�s how I see and it and that is how I will write it. Now, it isnt far fetched, I was married for 14 years to a man who is 6�3�.I am 5�3. My boss is 6�4 and so are my brothers. I have tiny hands, I wear kids gloves they are so small�..I appreciate you reading and taking time to review so don�t take it wrong.

Voracious Reader � I just cant write Sev as the bad guy�.I love him too much to make him a jerk.

Bobbie � I love kissing. Kissing is the best, a lot of times its better than sex. A bad kisser is a deal breaker for me LOL

Narcissa�s sister � those questions will all be posed by both parties soon enough, and answered thoroughly�.very very thoroughly�.and oh yes�.goodies are just around the corner. ;)

Neelix � thank you!

Gertie � I got tired of having to make harry a nosy jerk�.hes had enough �I need to save the world� let him be happy and funny Oh�.and um�yesterday, at work�..an entire Remus was plotted out from start to finish in my little notebook ;)

Chloe � thank you darling!

Belle4life - I KNOW!!! Especially after Alan got a hold on him�.I mean�DAMN!!!!! Id flunk potions just to get to see him year after year!!!

I would be begging the damned hat to place me in Slytherin so I can be the Head of House�s �.head girl.

Gtbiotech � No Malfoys in this one�.but Lucius is in the works�.he is so greedy with my time and imagination��

Angelbaby � So glad you are liking it!!! But come on! How can anyone NOT love Severus Snape?

Nonentity � I didn�t mean to imply that HE didn�t like the game, just that she didn�t. His comments were a result of watching a dangerous game taking place and his concerns about having his own child playing such a dangerous sport.

Ok you guys�there you are�new update on Tues! And yes�things will begin getting hotter and hotter�.I am told by a friend who reads my stuff earlier that its some of my best smut ever! LOL

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