Heyy guys, sorry for the delay in the uploading. I have managed to write this chapter plus three more in my delay so I hope that it makes you all happy. I am going to go back through and edit the story to fix somethings. I have a motivation issue now that my writing partner Risika is no longer working with me. =( It makes me sadded.
Sill workign without a beta, I am sorry.
As usualy, J.K. Rowling owns the characters that you recognize, but I own the ones that you don't.
I know this is really AU, but I am sorry.
ENJOY!!
Chapter Four::
"So since I don't know what to sing, I'll just play some random songs." Hermione smiled as she began to play the first song that came to mind.
"This sounds like Masters in this Hall." Harry said, and Hermione nodded, after realizing that he was, in fact, correct. Andrea and Kain started singing Soprano II and Alto, and Brad chimed in with the base, and Hermione began singing Soprano I.
"This never gets old. Its always so surprising how good they are." Harry told their two guests. Andrea, Kain, and Brad stood at the piano and kept singing. Right after they finished Master's, Hermione went right into another song.
"Wassail?" Stephen asked, and Hermione nodded her head.
She played three or four more songs, and then she stopped. Kristine had started on the 'remember when' thing, and Hermione was laughing too hard to be playing anything worth a damn.
"Hey Mia, remember when we went down that mountain and you plowed right into a tree?" Brad asked, his face almost red, Nik just burst out into another peal of laughter.
"As I remember dearest twins of mine, you both plowed into the same tree three times before I hit it! And you morons would do it again and again. Trying to miss it a couple times after, you nailed into the one right next to it. At least I only hit it once." Hermione said before busting out laughing. "I own your souls boys." she snickered.
"Alright, alright… you win." Brad and Nik chorused, raising their hands in defeat.
"YES!!!!" Hermione exclaimed, everyone started laughing again.
"Hey Mia, remember the time we attacked Ron, Fred, and George with a snowball fight, and they didn't know what was happening. They thought that they were being attacked with Snow Fairies." Harry said. Hermione nodded as she laughed.
"Their faces… were classic!" she gasped out.
"I need another soda, does anyone want anything else?" she asked.
"Since when did you only drink Soda?" Nik asked, amazed.
"That's mean Nik. I usually drink a lot of water and tea, but I'm in a soda mood. I haven't drank more than a few sips of anything else at dinner in a long time." Hermione said, giving a small smile. Harry even stopped laughing, remembering the incident.
"Alright Squirt, whatever you say. Whose ass am I kicking though?" Nik asked, noticing the subtle change in attitude in his female triplet.
"Don't worry about it, Pumpkin. I took care of it." Hermione teased, before she ran out of the room.
"SHUT UP!!!!!" Nik hollered, chasing after her. "I'm not Pumpkin anymore!" they heard Nik yell.
"Anymore." Hermione wheezed out, before they all heard the door slam shut, then Nik yank it open.
"Come here Squirt!" They heard Nik yell as they opened the door and hurried outside to watch.
"You can't catch me Nik. You should know that!" she yelled as she turned around and ran backwards.
"She spent her whole childhood out running him. She always got the best of him, so he would try to tackle her. I think he only managed once, and that was because she tripped and she had hurt her ankle the week before." Rose told Draco and Severus, who looked confused. They had never seen Hermione run that fast.
"She makes it look easy." Rose mumbled.
"She's also been through 2 Wars… you gotta learn to run fast when shit is coming at you from everywhere." Harry said quietly, and everyone nodded.
"Hey Shorty, call off your boy toy!" she yelled, and Jacks jaw dropped, before he took off after her.
"Jacks, you have no shoes on!" Andy called out.
"SO?? She called me Shorty… AND told me to call off my 'boy toy'" he yelled over his shoulder.
"AH!!!" Hermione screamed as she sped up.
"She's fast." Severus muttered as she came running past them. She vaulted over the banister of the porch, over two chairs, and over the other banister, and kept going.
"Sorry." she yelled back. They kept running until the two guys tired out, and she was still running. She came up to the porch, laughing.
"What's wrong Nik, getting old?" she snickered, before almost falling over. Severus caught her and held her against him.
"I think I might have overdone it with my knee." she winced. "I'm not sure what I did, but my knee has been killing me for three years, nothing anyone can fix." she told Severus as she leaned into his embrace and smiled. She stuck her tongue out at Harry, who was making fun of her over Draco's shoulder.
"Please be careful." he whispered in her ear. She looked up to him and smiled brightly.
"I'll do my best." she told him, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Lets go inside, shall we?" Andrea suggested.
"Its like three in the morning, lets go to bed. EVERYBODY!" Kristine said. Everyone nodded, slightly afraid of her wrath, they all headed inside and up to their rooms.
"That wasn't too bad, was it?" Hermione asked as she lay down on her bed. She sat up and began massaging her knee.
"Its probably one of the best nights I've had in years. Let's get some rest." Severus smiled, grabbing some clothes and walking into the bathroom connected to her bed room. He closed the door and started the shower. After he got in, there was a pair of knocks on both doors. He poked his head out and let them in.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Need to brush the teeth." Hermione, Nik, and Jacks chorused. He waved them in and went back to his shower. Hermione and Nik started talking about her writing, and he listened in closely.
"You've done a great job with your writing sis." he said as he dried his face off.
"Is it really that good?" she asked both men, who agreed wholeheartedly. "Thanks. You guys know me, I've never thought my writing was any good, but Harry begged and begged me to publish something, and so I did, which is how my first book came to be, 'Crystalline Tears.' Apparently it was really good." she smiled as Severus reached for a towel. She removed her earrings and got ready to wash her face.
"Was that the first series you completed?" Jacks asked and Hermione nodded.
"Yea. As I finished the second book, I had a whole other idea for a story, and I began writing it. I've written two series I think, plus about 6 other books since I started writing in my 5th year." she said. She splashed some water on her face before grabbing her wash cloth. Severus stepped out of the shower and walked over to the other sink and began brushing his teeth.
"Nice towel." Jacks commented. Hermione snickered. Severus had grabbed the old Big Comfy Couch towel from her elementary school days.
"Thanks. I think it's a great towel." Severus said back.
"Looks like you got yourself a good one hunny. He's good with the quick retorts and, as a super bonus, he's kinda cute." Jacks said as he leaned against the doorframe.
"Have to be quick with the retorts when your around Mia. You should know that by now Jacks." Nik said as he walked back into the bathroom.
"Lets let Mr. Comfy Couch Towel here get dressed and we can go talk in my room." Hermione said. She smiled at Severus and pulled the two boys out of the bathroom.
"This house is huge." Severus whispered as he got dressed in his black silk pajama pants and a fitted white t-shirt. He exited the bathroom to see the three of them at Hermione's desk with her lap top on, and it appeared that she was reading something to them.
"Hey Sev." she said as they headed away from the desk, and all four of them fell on her bed with a loud "humph." and they all began to laugh quietly.
"I haven't seen you laugh this much in a long time." Hermione said as she reached over Severus to grab a pillow.
"I usually don't have a reason to laugh this much. Working at a school where all the kids hate or fear you is not a place for you to be laughing." Severus scowled.
"And a headmaster who is a twinkling bastard always trying to butt in. Can't forget dear old Grandfather Albus." Hermione said sarcastically. She caught the look between her brother and his partner and flicked them off when Sev couldn't see her. "You two are a bitch to deal with." she murmured.
"Thanks. We love you too." Jacks gave her a huge smile and she fought the urge to attack him with a pillow.
"So Hermione, why don't you share with us, some of your wonderful poetry." Nik suggested and Hermione sighed.
"Fine." she snarled.
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