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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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Hermione looked around her new rooms at Hogwarts and smiled grimly. She was close to Minerva who was sympathetic to her woes and closer to Poppy who kept reminding her to keep hydrated, keep eating and of course to come and talk if she needed to. Her home was currently being sold by Severus, it was a demand made by the Auror’s after they’d been called to pull Hermione off of a healer who told her to let her fiancée to do the hard work. To pull her off of a shop-keeper that told her he was sure to see her buying baby clothes soon. To pull her off of a woman that wanted to buy her house, dig up her gardens and put in a magical swimming pool. Finally, Harry stepped in and told her that she needed to let Severus take care of things until she could keep her emotions in check because he wasn’t going to be able to bail her out of trouble anymore.
This was the day that Severus told her he would be selling her house to a couple that need a nice little home for the summers and later retirement. She had prickled when he said ‘little’ because her house was a five bedroom home which meant that rich people were buying it. They wouldn’t love it like she did…they wouldn’t understand the hard-work she put in there, how many times she’d cried because a certain task felt undoable or the immense pleasure she felt when she did that task. She wiped a tear away and looked again at the rooms that were hers until she and Severus married. There were soft neutral colors all around, a large and comfortable bed in her bedroom, squishy arm chairs and couches, a roaring fireplace and books everywhere. Her bathroom was, so far, her favorite room as there was a large standing shower that also had a seat in it, a steam room, deep sink with a many mirrors, a separate area to do her nails, waxing or anything else that she may need to do outside of the shower but inside the bathroom. The loo was in its own separate room and next to that room was a deep tub that was sunken in to the ground.
“Hermione” Severus said from the doorway and called her attention back “It’s sold”
“Th-thank you” She stuttered and let out a breath “Thank you, Severus”
“Can I show you a few things?” He asked “They may…make you happy”
“Of course” She smiled.
“There is a lot about Hogwarts that is open only professors and their families” He told her “Over here” He walked over to a blank space of wall that held only a wall-sconce and pulled it down “Is a secret passageway, come”
Hermione followed him through the entrance and up the narrow staircase. They turned the corner to the left and went down the narrow, stone hallway to a wooden door with an old fashion handle and lock. Severus pulled out two old keys and handed one to her with a smile before sticking his key in to the old lock and stopped, turning to her.
“When you enter here or leave always remember to lock the door because if you don’t then anyone can have access to your or my private rooms” He warned.
“Alright” She said.
He turned the key and pushed open the door and Hermione stepped through and nearly swooned at the sight before her. She was held up by Severus’s arm around her, steadying her completely and she could hear him chuckle. They were on a balcony in a circular room with a domed top there were three balconies above their heads and two below them with bookcases all around. On the bottom floor were tables, desks and…she almost screamed with excitement there was a Floo-Desk. It allowed the user to reach through and gain access to books from any library or even the ministry itself!
“Oh Severus!” She exclaimed and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled his head lower and pressed a kiss to his lips before turning back to the room. He stared at her in shock while she stared around the room with longing, love and wonder glittering in her eyes.
“I thought that you would like this” He smiled “But know that this is the Staff Library. So you won’t have to put up with loud and annoying children while reading or doing research but every staff member and their spouses are allowed to come here”
“Oh” She looked confused “I didn’t realize that there were married staff members”
“Some” He answered “When they are, often they work and Floo in and out of their private rooms, take meals there and do their work here” He pointed to a few people moving around the library “Everyone from Filch and Hagrid to Dumbledore and McGonagall have access and private entrances here so you will need to be quiet and courteous to others much like the students library”
“I will” She said “I promise”
“I know you will” He smiled “All the stacks on the bottom floor are research guides, as are all the books along the walls on the balconies however the little rooms over there on each balcony” He pointed to rooms filled with stacks of books “Are novels muggle and magical for just plain reading and there are little study areas all around that I will let you find on your own”
“Thank you” She breathed.
“Come” He took her hand and turned her back towards the door they’d come through and she frowned looking back at the room “You can come back later” He chuckled “There is something else I want to show you”
Hermione didn’t want to leave the library…ever. She wanted to move in and sleep there and just absorb the written word. However, she followed him back through the secret entrance in to her private sitting room which was right next to his own as it turned out. He walked in to the bathroom and smirked when she got all fidgety, she had forgotten her pajama’s on the sink and knew it looked like a mess in there. He walked through the archway that led to the loo and bath area and to the portrait of lady in the Victorian era who was currently looking at herself in the mirror.
“What do you want, dear?” She asked.
“Would you open so I can show her what’s on the other side and then she can set her own password later?” He asked and she nodded and opened up.
This time the stone stairs on the other side of the portrait led downwards. Hermione ran her hands down the smooth stone walls as she went and at the bottom of the stairs there was an archway that led to an open room that had a swimming pool sized tub in it that had had water in it. There was a water fall on one side and she could feel the warm mist coming from the pool as she stepped closer. It was rustic and beautiful and smelled amazing, it was all so relaxing.
“It’s a natural hot spring” He told her “I had the tub put in a year after I came here when I discovered it and only because as the earth gets colder it gets slippery”
“No one other than me uses it” He said “Now you, if you want to that is”
“It’s beautiful” She said “Thank you”
“The entrance to my set of rooms is right there” He pointed to a door a little ways away from hers “The wards will read you as does the entrance in my study, the hallway, classroom and my labs” She nodded “You have access to anything you want”
“Thank you” She said, taking his hand and leaning her head against his shoulder.
“You’re welcome” He answered “Now, let’s head back. Lucius sent an owl out to me earlier about him and Narcissa having dinner with us tonight and I said that it was fine. I hope you don’t mind”
“I don’t” She answered “It’ll be fun”
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After Severus left her alone in her rooms again telling her that they were to be at the Malfoy manor by five. It was already three but as she wasn’t one to take hours to get ready she had plenty of time, she longed to go to the library and get lost in there and she was sure that was what Severus was expecting her to do but she knew she would lose track of time. She took an extra-long shower, painted her toenails and finger nails to match the green dress she had chosen and then picked out a necklace and earrings. At four-fifteen there was a knock on her door and then Severus walked in, she was in her bedroom putting on shoes so he waited in her sitting room. They had spoken about entering one another’s private chambers and agreed that since they were engaged now there was no need to be all formal but then again they were only engaged therefor knocking was a good idea.
“How do I look?” She asked as she entered the room. She was wearing a light green knee-length dress with a matching shoes her hair was up in a pony-tail and there was light green make-up on her face.
“You look amazing” He smiled “Beautiful”
“Thank you” She smiled and slid her engagement ring on her left ring finger “There is one more thing you and I will have to do before the start of the new school year”
“And what is that?” He asked.
“We have to visit my parents” She answered and saw actual fear go through his eyes and laugh aloud at that.
Lucius and Narcissa greeted them at the door of the manor home. Narcissa instantly took her hand and led her down the beautiful hallway leaving the men to discuss whatever it was that men discussed. She chattered the whole way about the wedding, the reception, the honeymoon they would have and where they should go. Then she went in to where she and Lucius had gone, where they wanted to go and why they didn’t go there. Then she asked about the wedding gown and if she would wear white or if some horny school boy had taken care of that little problem for her. Hermione felt like she was being attacked by a swarm of bees that weren’t stinging but were buzzing all around her very loudly. Thankfully, Astoria and Draco showed up and the younger woman saved her from the onslaught of questioning.
“So, Hermione” Lucius said as they all sat down for dinner “Have you two thought about when to get married?”
“No” She said “However, if all goes well and Severus doesn’t suddenly turn in to someone I hate I think May would be a beautiful time to get married”
“That is a lovely time to be married” Astoria said “But what about Severus’s job?”
“Albus told me that if we decide to get married during the school year he will ask Horace Slughorn to take over my position until I am back from my honeymoon” Severus explained “If we do choose to get married in May I would like it to be in the third week of the month so I can take the rest of the school year and the whole summer as a honeymoon type vacation”
“That is perfect” Narcissa smiled then smiled at Lucius “Are you staying at the castle?”
“I guess” She said looking at her hands.
“Then I have a gift for you” Lucius said, standing he walked over to her and handed her a small box and shot Severus a knowing smile.
“What is it?” She asked more to herself and opened the box lid. Laying on a little cotton pillow was an old fashion key, like the one to her old house and she lifted it looking at a smiling Severus to Lucius.
“I bought this beautiful little house” He told her “But I don’t need it because I have enough houses and manor homes around the world. I thought that you and Severus will need a home during the summer and somewhere to go during Christmas holiday and any weekends when you want to be alone”
“Oh” Hermione smiled “Thank you” She didn’t understand why she couldn’t have kept her house for that reason and found yet another reason to hate the ministry.
“Now some rules” He said “The man who sold this to me was doing it because his fiancée couldn’t because she loved the house too much. It was her first and he wants to please her so much that he sold it to me in hopes that I would treat it correctly…”
“OH!” She looked at Severus and he smiled weakly “My house?” A tear rolled down her cheek and wiped it away “You sold my house to Lucius and you’re…” She looked at Lucius “Giving it to me?”
“As an early wedding gift” Lucius said “Now all things are legal. Your house was sold to someone else and you two have gotten a house as a wedding gift from a friend”

“Oh thank you” She threw herself in to Lucius arms and then over to Severus giving him a quick kiss on the lips before blushing and taking her seat again. Severus’s face was redder than her own as he looked at his plate and couldn’t help but realize that was twice in one day he’d made her so happy that she kissed him…maybe he wouldn’t be bad at this whole marriage thing after all.

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