Chapter 1

Hermione walked into the noisy crowd looking for Severus. As she looked around she spotted Harry and Draco kissing and groping each other like there was no one else in the room but them. She smiled and started over to them. They really loved each other and no one could debate that if they ever saw them together. In the last 10 days, there had been people who had finally spoken up about the two and who didn't like the fact that they were together, telling them this in not so pleasant ways, but they had gotten through each and every one with almost no conflict with each other. Hermione was really happy for them. She finally reached the kissing couple and tapped Harry on the shoulder.

"Hey, guys! Hello? I need to ask you a question." She said, impatiently.

After a moment, they pulled apart and looked at her. "Hello, Hermione. What did you say?" Harry asked looking dazed. Harry didn't notice that he had his hand down Draco's pants until Hermione cleared her throat and pointed. "Would you mind? Just until I leave?"

Harry looked down, confused. Comprehension bloomed on his face and he moved his hand away from its original place, putting it on Draco's shoulder instead. He then looked back at Hermione, saying, "Oops, sorry about that. What did you need?"

"Have either of you seen Severus? I haven't seen him for over a week and I need to talk to him." Hermione quickly explained.

"The last time I saw him, he was over in that corner." Draco spoke up, pointing to the corner behind Hermione. She turned around to glance in that direction just as the crowd parted enough for her to see Severus watching the dancing teens. She looked back at Harry and Draco.

"Thank you, guys. Just go back to what you were doing before I interrupted, but please remember that there are other people in the same room as you who might not want to see anymore of either of you then they already have." Hermione said, with a smile and a wave. She turned toward the occupied corner and proceeded forward. When she was through the crowd and almost to him, he spotted her and his lips relaxed slightly, the corners went slightly up. When she reached him, she said, "Hey. What have you been up to that has kept you so busy lately? It's been 10 days since we…" Hermione blushed, "You know. Have you been avoiding me? Did I do something wrong?"

Severus smirked, "You can't even say it, can you? And I haven't been avoiding you, I've just been busy with school stuff. Don't worry you didn't do anything wrong, I promise." He looked around and when he saw no one was watching them, he bent down and kissed her.

"You don't have to worry about anyone finding out about us, considering Draco probably already told everyone about us the day after we… did… that. And Dumbledore also knows, so we won't get into any trouble from him." Hermione said, looking at him with a small smile.

"I know that it would be easy for your friends to figure it out, but others might not correlate us with you losing your virginity. My godson should learn to keep his mouth shut though. I am a private person; I don't like people watching me or knowing what I have been doing." Snape said. "Oh, and I need to talk to you about something. I…" But before he could finish, there was a loud shout in the middle of the crowd. "I'm sorry, I have to break up this fight, but we will talk later, ok?" He leaned down and kissed her quickly before walking over to the fighting pair. Hermione turned, and walked out the door. She still had homework to finish anyway.

Two weeks went by before they could talk again. Hermione had gotten impatient to talk to him and find out what he needed to talk about, so she decided to go to his office after dinner and classes. As she walked down the hall to his office she pondered again what he could need to tell her. So far she hadn't come up with anything plausible. She reached the door and knocked. She heard his sexy deep voice yell out "Come in". She opened the door and walked in. When he saw who it was, he put down his quill and stood up, waving his wand to shut and lock his door. Moving around the desk, he met her half way and took her into his arms. Before she could speak, his lips covered hers in a gentle but passionate kiss. The kiss seemed to last forever but only lasted a few seconds.

"I missed you so much. What brings you down here? Is something wrong?" He asked looking at her intently.

"No, nothing's wrong. I just thought that since we couldn't seem to get any time to talk before, I would come down here and you could tell me what you were trying to tell me at the New Years Party. You said that we had to talk about something. So, what is it?" Hermione said, looking at him expectantly.

"Well, let's go sit down." He led her to a door behind his desk and, opening it, led her to the next room, which happened to be his personal study. He led her to the couch in front of the fire place. She sat down, but he remained standing. "Do you want something to drink?" He asked, looking at her expectantly.

"Ummm… No, thank you." Hermione answered, after a few seconds of thought. Snape nodded and went to get a drink for himself. He came back with a glass of what Hermione could only guess to be firewhiskey.

"Ok so what did you want to talk about? I have been wondering for the last few weeks and I can't figure out anything that you could want to talk to me about. I mean, unless you don't want me anymore. That would be very bad and I don't know what I would do. I mean, we have been together for a little while now. I know, not together as in a relationship, but I was with you the whole time I was Katrina and at that time we slept together and your nightmares seemed to go away and that was good. I don't know what I would do if I lost you as well. Now that Ron is gone I need the most support that I can get. I…" Hermione was rambling and she knew it, but she was really worried now. Fortunately, Severus interrupted her before she could say something she didn't want him to know.

"Hermione, don't worry. It's nothing to do with us being together, but I do have some possible news about our night together. I believe that…" Snape tried to tell her, but was interrupted by Dumbledore coming through the fireplace.

"I'm sorry Severus. I didn't want to interrupt you when you are entertaining but this is an emergency." Dumbledore shrugged at Snape's glare. He turned to Hermione. "Good Evening, Miss. Granger. I hope you are doing ok."

Hermione looked at the Headmaster in a daze for a moment, but when she registered what he had said she wondered. "Why wouldn't I be ok? School is going great if that is what you meant. No hospital visits." Hermione shrugged. "How are you, Headmaster?"

"Very good, indeed. Thank you. Have a good night." Dumbledore said and then looked to see if Snape was ready to leave. He turned and disappeared into the fire. Severus looked at Hermione and said "Good night, Hermione. We'll have to talk later." He quickly gave her a kiss and left via the fireplace.

Hermione stared at the fire for a few minutes, and then she shrugged and walked out of his rooms and into the hallway. As she walked toward her dorm she pondered what she had learned tonight. Not what she had wanted to find out, but at least she knew that it wasn't about them being together or anything that she had done wrong. As soon as she reached her room, she undressed, got into bed and fell fast asleep.

A week went by. Hermione wasn't sure when Severus would be finishing the talk that they had started in his study, but she was hoping it would be soon. She had started to feel ill a few days ago and she figured it was stress from her worry about what he wanted to tell her. January was almost over and NEWTs were coming up quickly. She was currently studying in the Library. She had finished her homework for all her classes 2 hours ago. It was a Friday after dinner. She had skipped dinner again for the 5th or 6th day in a row. She was working on studying her Arithancy, when a shadow moved over her work. When she looked up, she saw that it was Severus.

"Oh. Hello. What have you been up to? Besides teaching, of course." Hermione said, smiling at him as he sat down in the chair on her right.

"Oh, nothing much. I have been trying to find a chance to talk to you about something. We keep getting interrupted. This is really important." Severus said with a grimace.

"Ok, well. We are alone and together now. What did you want to…" Hermione started, but was interrupted by Harry and Draco coming into the library and waving to get her attention.

"Hermione, you have been studying for too long. You need to come with us and have some fun now." Harry said, skipping up to her and grabbing her hand.

"Hey, wait. Severus is trying to talk to me." Hermione tried to pull her hand from Harry's grip.

"He can talk to you later. You have to come now." Harry insisted pulling her to her feet. As soon as he let her go, Hermione swayed. She grabbed the table and tried to steady herself.

"Hermione!" Severus stood quickly and held out his hands in an attempt to help keep her on her feet.

"I'm fine. I just got dizzy. I'll be ok in a minute. This has happened for a few days now. It's nothing to worry about." Hermione said still holding onto the table. To prove her point, she let go of the table. Apparently, she wasn't feeling better before she let go as she swayed and passed out. Severus quickly caught her before she hit the floor.

"I'm going to take her to the hospital wing." Severus told Harry and Draco, before walking out of the library.

When Severus arrived at the Hospital Wing, he walked up to the first empty bed he saw and set Hermione down on it. He made sure that she was comfortable, then walked to the nurses' office and knocked.

When the nurse came out Severus said, "Miss. Granger passed out in the library." He said simply, walking her over to the bed Hermione was occupying.

Madame Pomfry waved her wand over her new patient saying a few spells. "She doesn't seem to be eating lately. She hasn't eaten anything within the last few hours so I am assuming she skipped dinner. Do you know if she has been feeling ill or dizzy lately?" She asked, not looking at Snape.

"Before she passed out she said that she had been getting dizzy the last few days. I haven't noticed her being at dinner when I am present for the last 5 days." He answered, thoughtfully.

Now the nurse looked up at him curiously. "You seem to be paying a lot of attention to this one student. Is there something going on with you two?" She asked suspiciously.

"Oh. Well, if you didn't want me to answer, then why did you ask?, "He sniped, but then calmed down. "So you haven't heard any of what everyone is saying? We have been kind of dating for a little while. I'm surprised that you didn't hear what my godson said about Hermione in the Great Hall a month ago." He answered.

"Oh, yeah I heard it but I didn't think it had anything to do with you. Does Dumbledore know?" She asked.

"Why are you asking me these questions now? Aren't you supposed to be finding out what is wrong with her? And yes, he knows. Now, please tell me what is wrong." He demanded, tired of all the questions.

"Well, now that I know that she has been in a relationship and has probably been sexually active," she waited for him to nod, then continued, "I think I know what is going on with her." She said and turned back to her patient. She pointed her wand toward Hermione's stomach and mumbled a spell. A purple bubble appeared above Hermione. Something moved inside the bubble. "Just as I thought. Miss. Granger is pregnant." The nurse said. As she didn't turn toward Snape, she didn't see him grip the chair closest to him. "She'll be ok. She just needs some rest and some food. I'm surprised she hasn't passed out before now." At this she turned around and spotted Snape's reaction. She hurried over to him and told him to sit down. "I don't want another fainting patient."

"I'm not going to pass out. I was just… Never mind." He finished, straightening his figure. "I had my suspicions that this could be the case, but to have it confirmed is just a lot to take in. So, she will be ok when she wakes up?"

"Perfectly fine once she has eaten. I will call you when she wakes up if you would like me to."

"No, I will stay here with her until she wakes up if that is alright with you." Snape said, surprising Madame Pomfry.

"Alright, but don't disturb her. I want her to wake up on her own."

Severus nodded once then walked over to the chair next to her bed and sat down. As soon as the nurse left the room, he picked up her hand.

"Hermione, you scared me. I was worried that something bad had happened to you. I love you and I will love our child so much. I never thought that I would ever be happy to hear that I was to become a father, but now that I know I will be, I am hoping you will be happy about it as well." He said, then kissed her hand and sat back in his chair to wait for her to awaken and to tell her the news.

A/N: I hope you like this chapter and the story. It is hard to live up to the original, but I am going to try my hardest.

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Edited: July 2nd, 2017