:-: So here is chapter two! It's shorter than the first one, which I don't really like because I thought the first one was short, but oh well. I hope that you all liked the first one and hope that you all like this one! Remember to be nice since this is my first HGSS fic! PLEASE REVIEW!

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Septima Vector Snape sat in her and Severus' quarters shocked that her husband had actually left. She was tired of this constant struggle with him. She just wanted to settle down and start her family. She thought that was what Severus wanted too.

She got up from the couch and went into the kitchen where she made herself a cup of tea. She loved him but she didn't know if he loved her anymore. At times it seemed like he did and then at others it was like he couldn't even look at her. Everything she tried to pull him closer just seemed to push him further away. She was beginning to think that he had never loved her. Tears started to stream down her face as the kettle started to whistle.

At that moment Trelawney's head appeared in the fire.

"Septima?" she called. When she saw that her friend was at the kitchen counter crying, she walked into the room and wiped off what little soot was on her robes. Septima didn't respond to Trelawney. She just went to the kitchen table and sat with her head in her hands, crying.

"What happened, dearie?" Sybill said, sitting next to her and taking one of her hands.

"It's Severus again," Septima mumbled.

"What is it this time?" she asked sympathetically.

"I don't think that he loves me anymore. We had another fight because he was sent on another trip. I am so tired of him leaving me here all the time. It's like he just likes to have a woman to come home to that he can shag once or twice and then be on his merry way again!"

"I don't think that is what he thinks. He has a job and a boss to report to. Not all of these decisions are his and he wouldn't have married you if he didn't love you. I never thought that he would ever get married. That alone should tell you something," Trelawney said, trying to calm down her sobbing friend.

"I guess," Septima said, sniffing. "I just wish that he would understand how I felt."

"Don't we all wish that about all men!" Trelawney said, laughing.

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Hermione made her way toward the Ukranian Ironbelly's pen. Snape had been there about a week. Hermione was beginning to think that calling the Ministry had been a mistake because all that her old Professor had done was observe the dragon's behaviors. She had at least expected him to have run some tests by now. She and Charlie could have observed the damn dragon.

She walked across the lawn to where Snape and Charlie were standing at the fence, talking.

"How's it going?" she asked, placing a hand on her husband's back.

"Fine," Snape and Charlie responded together. Hermione glanced between them when neither responded further.

"Find anything out?" she asked as Charlie put his arm around her waist.

"I'm not sure, but I think I have a few ideas. I'm going to run some tests," Snape said, flipping through a few papers on his clipboard.

"Finally!" Hermione said. Charlie gave her a look of 'Don't start,'and Snape snapped his head towards her.

"Excuse me?" he asked.

"Well, you've been here a week already and all you've done is observe her," Hermione said gesturing towards the dragon.

"I like to take care of the projects that I am assigned to and make sure that I get them right. That requires time and commitment, Doctor Weasley," he spat at her before turning heal and walked towards Lab Two, the lab that he had been assigned.

"Why do you always have to start with him?" Charlie asked when Snape was out of hearing range. "I don't think I've heard you say one nice thing to him since he's arrived."

"You know I'm right! It's ridiculous how little he's done since he's been here. I just want him gone and he hasn't said one nice thing to me either," she said.

"What about that comment he made about your hair?"

"He called me a Shetland Sheep Dog!"

"Oh, yeah," Charlie said, remembering. "We all want him gone, but that doesn't

mean that you have to constantly fight with him while he is here."

Hermione didn't respond. She turned her gaze to the dragon.

"I'm going to the lab to do some research. I'll see you for dinner," he said before pecking her on the cheek and walking away.

Hermione just stood where she was. She couldn't help feel a sense of dread in her stomach. She somehow felt that her marriage was going downhill. Her and Charlie were constantly bickering, and about the littlest things. Now he was taking their most dreaded Professor's side over hers. He would never try to fix the problem that lay at their feet. He would sweep it under the rug and pretend that it never happened. She wanted him to talk to her about things but most of all she wished that she had the courage to stand up and confront him. It just seemed like every time she did, he shot her down and treated her like what she felt or thought meant nothing. This non-communication thing just wasn't working and it was going to stop today.

She started to walk towards the lab.

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Hermione was walking down the hallway that connected all the different labs when she saw Charlie walking briskly towards her, looking through his medical bag. He walked straight past her without noticing her.

"Charlie?" she said. He stopped and turned to face her.

"Oh, hey," he said. "I, um, have to go to Cambodia."

"Excuse me?" she said, raising her eyebrow.

"They just sent an owl saying that they need me there. It shouldn't be too long. I'll be back soon. I just don't want to forget anything," he said, continuing to look through his bag.

Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. "And were you going to come say goodbye to me and tell me that you were leaving or did I just happened to catch you on your way out?" she said, putting her hands on her hips.

"I was going to come say goodbye," he said taking a few steps towards her and pecking her on the cheek and then walking away. Hermione didn't believe him.

"See, Charlie, I don't think that you were. I don't think that you even thought about it," she said, taking a few steps towards him.

"Oh, don't be ridiculous," he said, turning his back on her and walking down the hallway again.

"I'm not! And I think that you were going to leave and not tell me. No, I think that you didn't even remember that you had a wife and that it would be nice if you came and talked to her and meaningfully say goodbye. Since you won't see her for God knows how long. Work is more important to you than I am!"

"Hermione, I can't deal with this right now! I have to go."

"That is exactly what I mean!" she shouted at him. She saw David poke his head out of her lab, Lab Four. He was checking to see what all the commotion was about. "David, get back in that lab," she shouted and he immediately obeyed, a petrified look on his face.

"Hermione, this is important. I have to go!"

"NO! I am important! And you couldn't even take the time to come and say goodbye."

"I was coming to say goodbye!" he shouted back at her.

"No, you weren't! If I hadn't have come to talk to you, you would have just left. Do you even love me, Charlie?"

Charlie looked confused at her for a moment. "Where did that come from?"

"Answer the question."

"Of course I love you!" he shouted at her. "What kind of a stupid comment is that?"

"I don't believe you. Now that this is all happening, I don't think that you ever loved me."

"I'm not dealing with this now! I don't have time to deal with an emotional, irrational woman" he said, stepping out the door and onto the grounds. She followed him.

"You never want to deal with this! If you leave Charlie, that's it! I am done!"

At this he stopped and turned to face her. She saw fear in his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that if you leave, I want a divorce. Something has to change. There is no passion between us anymore. It's like you just go through the motions of marriage. You do what you have to, but nothing else. And I don't think that you love me anymore, if you ever even did!"

"Hermione, we will talk about this when I get back. Right now, I have to go," he said, calmly. She just stared at him with fire in her eyes. He turned and apparated. She was so furious that she had an instinct to follow him and finish this, but she turned and headed back for the lab.

She slammed her door shut when she reached Lab Four. A few bottles fell off the shelves and onto the floor in small clashes. David looked up from his desk, scared.

"David, get out!" she demanded as she paced back and forth trying to calm herself down. He left without a word and gently closed the door behind him.

He really was just going to leave! His job is more important than I am.

Hermione couldn't believe that this is what her marriage had come to. Did he really not love her? She didn't want to be treated like this! She didn't feel that she deserved to be treated like this! She also didn't want to stay in a marriage where she wasn't loved.

She sat on a stool and started to cry. But she loved him so much! What had she done wrong? Why was he unwilling to love her in return?

She didn't want to be at the lab right now. She got off the stool and wiped her tears on her sleeve. She flung open the door and stepped into the hallway. As she did so, she bumped into Snape who was walking past with some vials in his hands.

"Watch it!" Snape said as he tried to keep the vials from falling.

"Oh, shut it! It was a bloody accident!" she said as she pushed past him, sniffling.

"What's your problem?" he called after her. He saw that she was crying. "Are you crying because I yelled at you?"

"No and it's none of your business!" she shouted as she continued to walk towards her and Charlie's living quarters.

"Ah, so that was what all the yelling was about. You and Mr. Weasley are having problems."

Hermione whipped around and walked straight towards him. She pulled out her wand and pointed it at his neck. "Say another word and I'll do it!"

"Do what?" he asked, taunting her. He looked her straight in the eyes, a smirk on his face.

"Go home, Snape. I don't want you here! I don't need you here," she said before turning away.

"Sorry, I can't do that. I finish the projects that I start."

Hermione didn't acknowledge him. She just kept on walking.

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So? What do you all think? I have decided to continue with this story but if it doesn't get any reviews I'm going to stop because that means that people don't like it.

Thanks to all of the people who did review! It was you who made me continue on! Thanks to fran, RaveNClaWGeniuS, and septentrion for the reviews!