Hermione and Severus had been dating for 5 months now. They were truly in love.
Courtney was so happy seeing her mum so happy for such a long time. She even calls Severus 'dad' now. She hardly sees her real dad. He annoys her. His girlfriend annoys her even more, it's unbelievable. She was extremely fat now.
If it was something important to why she was fat Courtney was sure her 'dad' would tell her.
Ron didn't know though, that when Courtney was at home with her mum and Severus, she called her actual father Ron because he infuriated her so much.
They were going to go to Diagon Alley today. They needed more potion ingredients and both Hermione and Courtney wanted new books (Courtney had inherited her mother's love of books). Hermione wanted to buy a new cat too. She's missed Crookshanks since he died.
It was a cold Sunday morning so the small family were wrapped up warm and all were stood around the fire place.
"Right I'll go first so I'll see you two in a minute," Severus told them. Even though he knew he'd see them in two minutes, he still gave each one of them a hug and a kiss on the forehead.
As Severus said, it only took the other two a minute to get there. He was glad as ever that they made it to the right gate.
"Right, where too first?" Severus asked, taking his favourite girls' hands.
"Hmm," Hermione replied, "Let's get you're potions things first, they'll be the lightest."
"Mummy, I want my books!" Courtney cried.
"It's okay honey, we'll get you your books, just later on," Severus told her.
"Okay Dad." Courtney agreed and took her mother's hand and started skipping down the cobbles.
If Severus had it his way he'd spend most of his life in the Apothecary. He loved the smell and the beauty behind all the interesting ingredients.
Hermione thought the smell was disgusting but found everything just as interesting as her lover.
They only reason that they went out of the shop was because of Courtney, she had no patience in the interests of potion ingredients, she just wanted her books to learn the spells that she would perform in 5 years time.
They were on their way to Flourish and Blotts when it happened. Severus had just paused to look at the window of the Madam Malkin's and Hermione didn't notice so she carried on talking avidly to Courtney who suddenly looked up to look into the face of her father.
Ronald Weasley wasn't looking at his 6 year old daughter, oh no, he was starting at his ex-wife.
"Hermione?" He gasped.
"Oh, Ron, it's you." She replied, "Well I'm busy shopping with my family, so if you'll excuse me." She added and started to carry on walking but he grabbed onto her so she couldn't pass.
"Family?" He asked her.
"Yes, my daughter, and my boyfriend."
"What boyfriend?" Ron pushed. That was the first time she'd noticed that Severus wasn't next to her.
She turned round and saw him a few shops back admiring a new set of robes in Madam Malkin's.
"Sev," She called. He looked up to his name and walked over to where she stood and took her hand. His stance over said it all and it was a lot for Ron to take in.
"YOU!" Ron screamed. "You're Hermione's boyfriend?" Ron scoffed. He couldn't believe it. He didn't want to believe it.
"Yes I am Ronald. Do you have a problem with that?" Severus questioned.
"Well, aren't you a pervert!" Ron cried. "You're pretending to love an innocent woman and trying to take my daughter away from me!"
"What on earth are you talking about? I love Hermione. I love Courtney too as if she was my own daughter!" Severus shouted. He was getting angry now. "You were the one who cheated on Hermione. You were the one that pushed her love away. But yet you're shouting at me!"
"You don't know anything about what's happened." Ron accused.
"Yes I do. I listen to Hermione. I've taken in everything she's ever said!"
"You don't even know what love is. You old BAT!" Ron cried.
"I know what it is more than you. This is my family."
"How? She doesn't even have a ring around her finger."
"Well that leads me to what I was planning to do tonight."
Severus turned his back on Ronald and pulled a small box out of his deep pocket.
"I've been carrying this round for a week now, trying to find the right moment." Severus whispered to Hermione, "I think this will prove that I love you."
"You don't have to do this because he's saying yet more lies." Hermione murmured to him.
Courtney was taking in the conversation but staying quiet. She didn't want to be involved.
"I want to do this Hermione." Severus told her and got down on one knee.
Behind him, he heard Ron gasp but he didn't care.
"Hermione Jean Granger, I love you with all of my heart. You've brought be back to life over these few month. You and Courts are my world. Will you do me the greatest honour of becoming my wife?" Severus asked.
"Of course I will." Hermione replied and Severus slid the golden ring onto her third finger, where it will stay for the foreseeable future.
"You're going to be my dad officially?" Courtney asked.
"Yes, I am." Severus told her.
"I'm glad about that." Courtney told him and he picked her up.
Ron was still in shock. But that ended when footsteps approached and Courtney groaned.
Ron turned his head to where Courtney was looking and looked into the eyes of his girlfriend. Lavender Brown.
"Hey honey. Where've you been?" Lavender asked.
"Umm..." Ron started and looked to where Hermione and Severus stood hand in hand with Courtney in his arms.
"Hermione Granger? Is that seriously you? Oh, and Professor Snape, fancy seeing you here." Lavender greeted them.
"Lavender." Hermione replied.
"What? What's happened?" She asked and looked to Ron for an explanation.
"Well I've just watched my ex-wife get engaged to our old Potion's master." Ron announced.
"Oh, my." Lavender gasped, "Well congratulations." Lavender told them and smiled.
"Thanks Lavender. Congratulations yourself." Hermione said nodding towards Lavender's stomach. She now realized what Courtney meant when she said Lavender was getting fat. She was pregnant.
"Thanks. I'm due any day now." She said and absentmindedly patted her belly.
"You're okay with this?" Ron asked his girlfriend.
"Yes. It's nothing to do with us who Hermione is with and look at her, she looks so happy, don't you think?" Lavender reasoned with him.
"Yeah, I guess I do." He turned to the others, "Hermione, Severus, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have reacted that way."
"I understand, Ronald." Severus told him.
"Daddy, Mummy. I want you to be friends. I'm fed up of being in between you both. You're my parents and I love you both. Please." Courtney begged her parents.
They both couldn't resist their little girl.
"We'll try baby. That's all we can say." Ron told her.
"Yeah honey we will." Hermione agreed.
"Well, we'd better get off. We've got baby clothes shopping to do." Lavender told them.
After giving Hermione and Courtney a hug Lavender took Ron's hand and led him to Madam Malkin's.
Once Severus, Hermione and Courtney were back at their apartment Hermione said:
"Well that was a strange day."
"I know, honey." Severus said and kissed her.
"I'm just glad everything's sorted." Courtney added.
A month later Hermione and Severus were wed and Lavender was one of Hermione's bridesmaids along with Ginny.
The relationship between Lavender and Hermione since the meeting in Diagon Alley, they've become seriously close.
Lavender gave birth to her and Ron's twins. They named them Amelia and Aidan.
A year after that came the birth of Hermione and Severus' little boy Tyson Thomas. He looked a mixture of Hermione and Severus. It was obvious that he was theirs.
He had thick black hair and Hermione's dark brown eyes, just like Courtney.
Courtney spent every weekend with her dad and Lavender now. The relationship between them had got much better because she knew now that her parents were friends again. How she thought it should be.
She was a great big sister to Amelia and Aidan. And to Tyson too.