Life on Mars.

Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They all belong to the wonderful J.K Rowling.

Summary: Post DH HG/SS. Hermione is a twenty year old mother of two children, who is about to wed the man of her dreams and father of her children, nothing could be better. Until one day out shopping, both Severus and Hermione bump into an old flame of Severus' who is sporting a child of the same age as their eldest, what will happen with the child when his mother dies? Family/Tragedy

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Chapter Four: Playdate and Revelations.

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Hermione woke next morning to see the sun shining through the curtains of her bedroom, she smiled to herself, today would be the perfect day for a playdate. Kyra and Alexis both looked so optimistic when they were put to bed last night and inside Hermione knew that today would not be as bad as Severus made it out to be, she rolled over and noticed that Severus' side of the bed was empty, she frowned to herself, had he really left her to deal with this playdate on her own?

Sitting up on the side of the bed and pulling her dressing over her pyjama's, Hermione sighed to herself, was this woman really that bad? Or was there something else upsetting Severus so much so that he would just leave on a day his daughter would love him to be there, Hermione knew this would hurt Kyra as anything that happened in life, Kyra wanted her father involved, she was such a daddy's girl it was unreal.

Moving to the door of the bedroom and placing her slippers on, before looking back at the clock and noticing it was only 7AM, Hermione opened the door to see Kyra at the top of the stairs laughing, Hermione moved closer to her elder daughter, "What's so funny, missy?" She asked, joining her by sitting at the top of the stairs.

"Well look mummy" Kyra giggled, pointing downstairs.

Hermione peered downstairs in the direction Kyra was pointing and not seeing anything she slowly moved down the stairs until she got half way down and gasped, then started to laugh.

"Alexis, get here right this minute" Hermione could hear Severus shout from the living room, obviously Alexis was causing some issues.

Naturally, Hermione didn't have to wait too long before finding out what the commotion was about as she saw Alexis run towards the stairs stark naked. Needless to say Hermione burst out laughing the minute she realised that Severus had obviously tried to change her pull-up pants and she was having none of it, this girl was so open minded, so much like her father its unreal, Hermione did wonder why Severus got annoyed sometimes as he knew as well as herself that Alexis was very independent in her own way.

Hermione saw Severus walk out from the living room to grab Alexis, but being too quick and having noticed her mother, Alexis bolted up the stairs into Hermione's arms, giggling. This set Hermione off as her partner noticed her sitting half way up the stairs.

"I see you've been having fun" Hermione smirked, "Thought you were going out?"

"I was going to, but I thought that Kyra would want me here, I've been around every time she has friends over or something happened in her life, so she would not appreciate me leaving her when she has her new friend over" He replied, placing the emphasis on friend.

"Unless you want to tell her the truth" Hermione whispered to Severus as Kyra came to sit next to Hermione before jumping into her father's arms.

"Daddy, remember that Septimus is coming today and I need you to help me get all the toys out he would want to play with" Kyra smiled at her father, excited over the day.

"Course angel, we can set up a obstacle course in the back garden, how does that sound?" He asked, and got an excited squeal from his daughter in response, "But I need to tell you….." Severus stopped as Alexis started crying.

Hermione stood and walked the rest of the way down the stairs with Alexis, still naked, clinging on to her tightly. Placing her on the floor once they entered the living room, Hermione managed to get a new pair of pull ups on Alexis before looking her over, she noticed Alexis was clutching her tummy Hermione looked at her reactions when she touched her tummy, Alexis jumped each time she touched it. "Does that hurt, baby?" She asked.

Alexis nodded, "Hurt, mummy" She replied.

Severus walked into the living room, "I'll go get her some painkillers and we'll settle her on the sofa" He sighed, walking into the kitchen.

"Lexi not going to ruin my playdate!" Kyra demanded, stomping her feet.

"Course not, Ky" Hermione replied, "Just go into your playroom and pick out your tunnel and other toys so you and Septimus can play"