"Severus?" Hermione asked lying in bed next to him.

"Yes?" he mumbled only half awake.

"I have to tell you something." She said fidgeting with her hair.

"Well, you can tell me" He said not sure where this was going.

"Okay, but first you have to promise me that when I tell you… you can't overreact. Deal?" she asked even more nervous.

"Alright" Snape said now sitting up concerned.

"Well… I'm late"

There was no response

"Severus I'm pregnant" she said fearing his reaction.

"Well there's only one thing to do I suppose" He said getting up and starting to search through his bedroom for something.

"I was afraid this would be you reaction but Severus I won't do it! I will keep it if you don't want…"

"Damn it where did I put it?"

"Ah ha!" he said getting something and walking over to the bed, where Hermione was still tell him her plans about the baby.

"What are you on about now woman?" he asked knowing it would piss her off.

"Do you mean to tell me that you weren't even..." she said shocked

"Hermione, I know this is kind of soon and that your still in school, and I'm a good many years older than you. But, will you marry me?" he asked holding out a velvet box with a white gold band with an emerald on it.

"Yes" she said without hesitation.

I'm too young for this! She thought to herself. I have plans I'm supposed to go to Auror training at the end of summer. Now I have to play mommy? What am I saying I love Severus it shouldn't matter what plans I have. I will stick to this I've never failed anything before in my life I can do this! How am I gonna tell Harry and Ron?

"Hermione I love you we'll make this work. Let's see this is December so the baby will be born end of July beginning of August."

"Great" Hermione said posing a smile.

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9 months later

"WAHAHAHAHAHA" wailed a little Elizabeth Ann Snape in her mothers' arms.

"Izzy" please stop crying?" Hermione said flustered.

Hermione and Severus had gotten married quietly after graduation and Hermione hadn't stated to show till graduation thankfully and no one said anything to her about it. Harry and Ron didn't say anything because she had been very moody for awhile they were worried about her. But just assumed it was stress because of graduation. Even Draco was to afraid to pick on her.

After graduation Hermione told the boys she had things she needed to take care of before training so she wouldn't see them before then. It was hard to be away from them for so long but she managed.

"WHAHAHAAHAHA!" cried Izzy again.

POP

"I'm back" Snape smiled looking at his wife and daughter.

"OH Izzy PLEASE STOP CRYING!" Hermione said as she rocked Izzy on her shoulder. Not sure what to do with her daughter.

"Here" Snape came over and took Izzy and started to rock her.

Izzy looked right into her fathers' eyes and stopped crying at once. After about ten minutes she was asleep. Snape took her to her crib and laid her down and went back to kiss his wife.

"Hello sweetheart" he said.

"Severus I need to talk to you" Hermione said "I need to be honest with you for our daughter's sake. I'm not happy. Don't take me wrong! I love you I always will and I always have but I can't do this it's too much it's too much for me. This wasn't supposed to happen. I can't do this anymore I can't be a mum. Any time I hold Izzy she screams. I can never get her to calm down only when you are around is she calm. I love her I do with all my heart. But, I can't be what she needs right now. I can't be her mum and I know it's a lot to put on you but, I can't be mummy anymore I have to leave. I can't do this anymore. I'm so sorry!" she said balling at this point. "I love you Severus I really do but I can't do this not to my daughter and not to you."

"Hermione I love you too." He said his heart breaking with every word "but I can't force you to do anything. If you need to go…then go. But I just want you to know when you get back I might not be here waiting for you. Trust me I won't ever keep you from seeing Izzy if you want to but, that doesn't mean I'm going to lie to her if she asks if you left. But promise me one thing?"

Hermione nodded tears still coming down.

"When you decided to come back into Izzy's life it will be a permanent thing. You can't just show up when you want to play mummy. I won't let my child go through that I went through that. I won't let her feel terrible every Christmas cause you've just left or every birthday disappointing cause you couldn't make it. When you come back it will be a regular basis thing. So, if you leave don't think it will be as easy to get back what you've left behind." He said holding back his tears.

"Severus, I have to go I can't do this." Hermione said as she got up and left the room.

The next morning she was gone Severus's heart just about broke. The mean slime ball potions teacher had lost the one thing he had searched his life for. But, he had his daughter and so he had to continue on for her sake.

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11 years later

Snape was sitting in his kitchen he was on summer break from Hogwarts. He and Izzy had a good year. Izzy spent the school year with him at Hogwarts. She went to the school in Hogsmeade and lived with him. Snape had talked to Dumbledore the year after Hermione had left him and explained his situation without mentioning Izzy's mother. Dumbledore understood and let Snape have an extra room for Izzy and her nursemaid (Kat who she had until she turned 9).

After that Izzy lived with her dad at school. Dumbledore (with a little of Snapes permission) had taken the role of grandfather, in Izzy's life.

People noticed a change in Professor Snape the next year at school.

Especially Ginny.

"What do you suppose has gotten in to him?" Professor McGonagall had asked one night.

"Well, Minerva" said Dumbledore "Someone, has given Severus the one thing he has wanted his whole life."

"And what Albus might that be?" McGonagall asked.

"Love." Dumbledore said simply.

Snape became the favorite teacher among the students. And Izzy was loved by all left and right. She loved learning she watched her father do potions all the time sometimes he even let her help with them.

I am happier then I have ever been then I have been in my whole life … well minus that one thing. Snape thought to himself.

His thoughts were interrupted moments later by an owl flying in his kitchen window. Snape chuckled

"Izzy come down here you have a letter."

"Okay who's it from?" she asked.

Snape knew where this was going

"Just put your book down and come look."

"Alright just let me finish this page." She replied.

"Fine" he laughed thinking how much like her mother she was.

"Okay, who's the letter from...? Oh I know who this letter is from." Izzy said excitedly. She ripped open the letter.

"Dad it's my letter from Hogwarts I've been excepted!" she said bouncing around the room.

"Well did you think they wouldn't except you?" her father asked in a mock tone.

"Well," she said thinking about it "there is always a possibility. That they didn't except me."

"So" said Snape taking the letter off the table and reading it "does this mean that we need to make a trip to Diagon Alley today?"

An excited look came over Izzy "Can we really go today?"

"Yes," Snape said smiling "if you hurry up and go get ready we'll leave in an hour."

"Yes!" shouted Izzy as she went to get ready.

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"Harry what am I supposed to do for a job now?" Hermione asked. She was at Harry's house with him Ginny and there 11 year old daughter Angie.

"Well I don't know" Harry said while his daughter ran up to him "you can't be an Auror any more after what happened."

"What happened Daddy?" asked Angie.

"Oh nothing sweetie" said Hermione for Harry because she knew he sucked at lying.

"Angie why don't you go and play with your broom outside for awhile." Harry said.

"But, you and mum said I wasn't aloud to." Angie said looking at her dad suspiciously.

"Well I won't tell if you don't." Harry said winking at her.

"Oh alright see ya later." she said as she walked outside.

"Oh this is terrible I can't believe it!" Hermione said as an owl swooped down in front of her.

"What's this?" Harry asked thinking it was for him. He picked up only to realize it was for Hermione. "Here it's for you" he said handing it to her.

She took it and started reading it.

"Well what's it say?" Harry asked. She handed him the letter smiling.

Dear Mrs. Granger,

I am sorry to say that our beloved Professor Flitwick has decided to leave Hogwarts and retire. Which leaves me in quite the predicament. I have heard about your pardon me for use of a better word 'incident'. Was hoping you would come back and take the post of Charms teacher. Since you seem to be one of the few to make an 'O' in the subject I think it more than qualifies you to teach the subject. Please respond as soon as possible.

Your servant,

Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

"There you go you have a job now." Harry said "So go to my office and get some paper and respond!"

"Alright" she said getting up "I'll be right back."

He can't still be teaching thee and Izzy can't possibly be eleven yet. I think it should be fine.

Hermione wrote her response to Dumbledore.

Harry thought about what had happened to him and his friends over these past years. He, Harry had married Ginny after finding out she was pregnant in his seventh year. Mrs.Weasley watched Angie for them for a year while Ginny finished school and Harry finished Auror training.

After that he and Ginny had moved into Godrics Hollow and were living together. Harry and Ginny and the Order of the Phoenix had worked and worked to destroying Voldermort. The last battle had been terrible. Many people on both sides were lost. Nine years later here Harry stood with his daughter, wife, and all of his "family".

Harry was pulled out of his thoughts by Ron coming in.

Hermione had just used Hedwig to send the letter she went back out to see that Ron had come over.

"Guess what?" Ron said not waiting for Hermione to respond "I've just been asked to take up the position of History of Magic teacher. Binn's finally figured out he's a ghost."

"But you never paid attention in his class." Hermione said.

"Yeah well Dumbledore reckons that most of the stuff the students are learning in history now is about while we were kids and about the battle so seeing as I was there for all that it should work out okay and anything else I can just come ask you. Seeing as Harry said you're going to be Charms teacher."

"I suppose so." said Hermione.

"See now you both have jobs after … um well what happened." Harry said regretting he had said it.

"Yeah well it's not like our jobs could have been saved." Hermione said blushing thinking about it

"Even the Minister of Magic couldn't stop it."

"Yeah' said Ron turning red at the thought of what happened "you think dad would have been able to do something. But, you know it over so at least we've got new jobs."

"What new jobs?" asked Angie as she walked in side

"Uncle Ron!" she shouted running over to him.

"Angie" he said scoping her up and spinning her in the air.

"Angie go get ready we need to go to Diagon Alley and get your school books and Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione have to get some things too." Harry said.

"Okay" she said going up the stairs.

Hermione looked at Harry quizzically

"So you're not going to tell her we'll be at school with her?"

" I think it might be a nice surprise to find out her favorite people are at Hogwarts with her." Harry said.

A little while later they left for Daigon Alley not knowing whom they would run into.

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Please review! This my first Snape/ Hermione story and only my second story ever. I hope you like it. Thanks for reading )