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Hermione stared down at the letter; she knew why she was being called to Hogwarts. Severus had found out that Toby was his son. She thought she would be able to keep Toby away from Severus; she hoped he would never find out. Harry swore that he no longer worked at Hogwarts; he said that he had moved out of the country and was working on his research to improve the wolfsbane potion.
Hermione put the letter down on the coffee table in front of the sofa and walked into the hallway to grab her dark navy blazer. She pulled on the blazer over her long sleeved white top and slipped on her red heeled shoes. She looked into the mirror and calmed her curls down to look more presentable. Her make up from the day was still on her face and she was ready to go.
She walked to her fireplace and step into it; she grabs the green floo powder. She took a deep breath and through the floo power.
"Hogwarts, Headmaster's office!" She yelled as she felt the pull of being transported to Hogwarts.
Severus was sat at his desk looking over some school files to try and get his mind of Miss Granger and their son. As he rubbed the bridge of his nose he heard someone come through the floo. Hermione walked out of the floo slowly and gracefully. Severus looked at Hermione; in eleven years Hermione Granger had changed a lot. Her hair had become darker and calmer; her curls were more controlled and ran down her back to her bra strap. Her figure had changed as well; well of course it would have she had bared a child; his son. Her hips were a little wider and her breasts seemed bigger than before he noticed.
Hermione looked at Severus sat in his chair; he looked a little older but he hadn't changed much in the eleven years.
"Ms Granger." He said in his silky low tones voice which made the hairs on her neck stand up.
Hermione looked at Severus and replied "Professor Snape"
Severus motioned with his hand to the seat which was in front of his desk. Hermione gracefully sat down and crossed her right leg over her left and looked at Severus.
Severus broke the ice between them and spoke;
"Just answer one question for me. Is he my son?" he said
Hermione nodded her head and looked at Severus. "He's your son; you can tell that by looking at him Severus; that's why you called me here isn't it?"
"He does have a few of my features but he does resemble you in some ways from what I could see. I didn't get to see him closely though." Severus said pushing the files from his desk to the side.
"Did you send him here so I would find out? Did you think I wouldn't notice?" Severus said with anger in his tone.
"I didn't know you were still at Hogwarts; I got told you had moved out of the country that you were doing research now. I didn't know; that's why I sent him here I thought you weren't here." She said trying to keep calm
"So you weren't ever going to tell me I had a son? You were going to carry on like you were hiding my son from me!" He said nearly shouting at Hermione. "I had a right to know that I had conceived a son! I should have been in his life from the start."
Hermione looked down at her lap "I wanted to tell you; I did but I was scared. We hadn't been together that long Severus and then you told me to leave. I thought you just wanted me for sex and then once you'd had to that was it. I felt used." She relied trying not to shout which wasn't working.
"Used you? I told you I loved you! I wanted you to leave because you'd be better off without me! You were young and you had your whole life ahead of you. You are the smartest person I know. I wanted you to go to University, have a good time; live your life without worrying about me an old man." He said looking at Hermione.
"You knew I didn't want that; yes I wanted to go to University but I still wanted to be with you; you never told me that you thought I was better off without you; you just one day out of the blue told me you were bored of be and to get out!" Hermione said with tears forming in her eyes. "You never once told me that you thought that. Why didn't you tell me?" She shouted.
"I thought you were better off without me!" He said as he stood up. Severus walked to the filing cabinet and got out Toby's file again. He threw it down onto the table.
"Does he know who I am?" He said walking to the window and staring out at the ground of Hogwarts.
Hermione shook her head and replied softly. "He had no idea who you are; he does know his father is a Slytherin, the hat told him. He sent me a letter just before I got Minerva's letter to come here. Over the years he has asked millions of questions but I have never told him; I didn't to what to say."
"You should have come to me; should have told me that you were pregnant; I wouldn't have pushed you away." He said softly.
"I didn't know that; we had never discussed children in out short time together. I was hurt when you told me to leave and I just couldn't tell you that I was pregnant." She said wiping a tear from her eyes making sure he didn't see that she was crying.
He turned around and looked at Hermione. "You knew you were pregnant when I told you to leave?" He said
Hermione nodded and looked at Severus. "I had taken a test in the morning and when you came back I was going to tell you."
Severus sat back down in his chair taking in what Hermione had said; he had told her to leave while she was carrying his son; he had turned them away and shut them out.
"I should have told you Severus." Hermione said trying to break the pregnant pause.
Severus nodded his head and looked at Hermione. "Tell me about him." He said.
"He was born on the 21st of December at 4:28am. I was in labour with him for nearly 36 hours; it was the worst and the best moment of my life. He was born with jet black hair sticking up all over the place and his eyes were as black and yours. He looked so like you; there was no doubting who his father was. Ginny and Molly were with me thought-out the whole labour. He was a small baby; smaller than I thought he would be; I was huge when pregnant; Harry use to joke I was carrying twins." She said with a smile
"I stayed in the Hospital for nearly three days after his birth because he had a few difficulties breathing. I lived at the Burrow for the first 6 months of his life and then moved into my first flat. He was a good baby didn't cry much but had a bit of a temper when he was hungry. I have a picture." She said as she reached into her bag and took out her purse. She took out the picture of Toby and placed it in front of Severus. "There he is about 7 months old; that was taken in our flat. He was trying to stand up on his own. He was quite advanced for his age; always has been in everything he does."
"He had two smart parents that's why." Severus replied as he started at the picture. "Why Toby? Why call him that?
"I knew your middle name was Tobias and I wanted I always liked the name Toby was so when he was born I just called him that. He has your name as his middle name; I wanted to put it in there." She said.
Severus nodded and handed back the photo.
"Keep it; I have hundreds. I can give you some more of him later if you want that is." She said.
"Of course I would like that." He said.
"He's a good kid Severus; he's very smart too smart for his own good; loves potions. Harry got him a child's potions kit for his seventh birthday. He used it till it broke and he cried so much. I had to buy him a new one because he was so sad. He's a bit of bookworm but he gets that from me and seeing me read all the time. He likes flying with Harry and Ron; there his Godfathers and Ginny is his Godmother. I know you don't get on with them but they love Toby and over the last eleven years they have been so good to us and helped us. Harry has been amazing. He helped me buy my house that I live in now." She said with a smile.
She looked at Severus and saw he was still staring at the picture of Toby.
"Severus; do you want to be part of his life?" She said
"I do; I want him to know who I am Hermione. I want to know my son." He said looking up from the picture.
Hermione nodded.
How was she going to tell her son his father was also his Headmaster?
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