It is currently 1:06 in the morning and I have to be up at 6:25 to go to school. I probably won't get that much done to this chapter tonight but just to let you guys know how on the brain this story is. I want to get Hermione and Severus together. It's taking forever! Anyways here's the reason why you keep coming back.

Chapter 6 In our family portrait…

It took about ten minutes to get from the day-care to the house. In that time Alice had fallen asleep in her car seat. I opened the door behind me and got her out. She stirred a little but stayed asleep, I'd have to wake her up soon if I didn't want her up all night long. No fun when I want to sleep after the day I've had. I led the way into the house, putting Alice's diaper bag on the counter. "I'm so going to change her out of these clothes. I'm betting someone gave these as a gift and that's why mom is making her wear this. She knows, well knew, that my daughter is a fashion statement. Now come on you can help me pack up her room, oh wicked wizard of the wessst."

"What?"

"Nothing, just follow me." I said leading him up the stairs. I went into the room that was next to mine, Alice's room. I moved to put her down on the floor but once again she had attached herself to me. Since I couldn't dig through her clothes with her perched on me as she was I turned to Severus, "You can start gaining points on Professor McGonagall right now. Here hold Alice while I find more appropriate clothes for her," I looked at Alice, "Alice you have to let Severus hold you. Mummy has to find you better clothes. I know that you don't really like to wear clothes like this." I moved to pass her to Severus, which she willingly did. I found it strange but a baby likes who they like, and Alice had decided that she liked him.

Instead of cuddling up to him like she had been with me she held herself back so that she could get a better look at Severus. She carefully reached out to touch his face, slowly tracing it from his chin to his hairline. She also played with his hair a little bit before clasping his face in between her two tiny hands and giggling. I left her to continue her exploration of Severus to look for cuter clothes.

I looked in the closet, which had three bars for clothes in it, since her clothes were so tiny we could fit that many in there. I finally found something that was beyond adorable. I found her black 'Punk Rock Princess' t-shirt, the writing was done in bright pink and a black tutu skirt. Then I went to her drawers and got out a fuchsia ruffle butt diaper cover. I also grabbed a pair of black socks with pink lace trim. I also picked out a pair of pink and black shoes.

When I turned back she had got him to play one of her favorite games. She'd stick her hand in his mouth then he'd gently close his lips over it, then she'd snatch it back and giggle, easily amused that one. I laid the clothes I picked out on her changing table and went to get her from Severus. She reached out for me as I reached out for her. I looked at Severus, he looked a lot younger then he usually did at school. "If you would please shrink and move all of the clothes from her closet to her dresser then shrink that as well that would take care of all of her clothes." "Not a problem," he said turning towards the closet. I took Alice to the changing table and laid her down. First to get these terrible clothes off of her, then to change her diaper, I threw the dirty clothes in the hamper, I'd charm them into something better later. After I had her in a fresh diaper, I did my ritual rediscovering of her. I'd tickle and raspberry her while looking at how big she'd gotten in the few months I was away. Even though I did get to see her on webcam it wasn't the same as holding her as she got bigger. She'd gained an inch or so in length while I'd been away. I slowly got her into her fresh clothes after a round or two of 'This Little Piggy.'

When I turned around Severus not only had all of the clothes and dresser taken care of but also her crib, all of her toys were taken care of, and mostly every bit of the room was taken care of except the changing table and the dirty clothes hamper. Ok, it didn't take me that long did it? He had everything shrunken placed carefully into one of Alice's empty shoe boxes. I picked up Alice so that he could take care of the changing table and hamper as well.

After he'd finished, I turned to him. "Thank you for doing all of that."

"It was easy. I figured that you'd take a few minutes changing Alice."

"Well, still, thanks. Now go one up McGonagall some more and take Alice downstairs and play with her while I handle my room, please."

"One upping Minerva is always an incentive. Maybe I should be writing this all down so that later I won't forget anything. Do you know what Albus is going to do with the room situation?"

"I'm not sure. Luckily I'm not in the main dorms, thank god I'm headgirl, but I do share a dorm with Draco and even though we're friends now, I highly doubt that he'll enjoy sharing a dorm with a ten month old. And I'm sure that Professor Dumbledore knows that and has figured something out."

"Let me see your phone and I'll call Potter then and get in touch with Albus through him. That way when we get back to the school we can try to sneak you in as quietly as possible. The longer we can keep this a secret, which is highly unlikely, the better, I give it three days maybe a week."

I handed him Alice and the cell phone that I had in my pocket. Alice, again, willingly went to Severus, and I was very happy that she did. Maybe taking her to school with me wouldn't be so bad after all if she allows Severus to hold her this much, hopefully it's not just Severus, otherwise I'll never be able to go to class. Luckily it was Friday, it would be easier to hide her this weekend but on Monday I don't know what I'm going to do.

"Just press and hold down two, that's the cell phone that Harry has."

"Alright, come on Alice let's start working on your dislike of Minerva," Severus said as he took Alice down to the family room. I went into my childhood room and looked around. It had changed over the years. Going from lots of bright pink when I was younger to the purples, blues, blacks, and silvers it was now. I don't get the whole 'YOU MUST LOVE YOUR HOUSE COLORS' thing. Personally I don't mind some reds, but gold makes me want to throw up. I don't even like gold jewelry. Don't let anyone else know this but Slytherin and Ravenclaw have the best colors. I think if I mentioned that in Gryffindor, I'd be killed.

I started packing the clothes and shoes that had been left behind while I went off to school. Ok maybe my home closet wasn't much better than the closet I had at school, and maybe it was a little worst. Damn but really, you should always feel good in the clothes that you're wearing, and sexy clothes made me feel good. I was proud of my body, hell I've had a kid and I still look hot. I took everything that was on my walls down and shrunk them, all of my posters and pictures. I shrunk my bookcases and all of the books. I grabbed an empty shoebox from my closet and started putting all of my stuff in it like Severus had done with all of Alice's stuff. After I'd gotten almost everything packed I went to my bed and sat on it. I looked around the room that my and my mum had decorated. The bookcases that I'd shrunk my dad had built and put in here for me. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing again. Since I knew that Alice was in good hands with Severus I took a few personal minutes and cried.

***Severus' Point Of View***

One of the reasons I didn't mind being alone with a ten month old, daunting as it is, is because I figure that Mya needed to be alone to come to grips with never seeing her parents again. I'd had an idea, one that I figured Albus would support, will thinking about Mya's predicament. Since she was currently sharing a dorm with my godson, and since I know exactly how that one is, I knew that if she stayed there with Alice, the entire Slytherin house would know by tomorrow morning. Not through him but through whomever he was currently with, or maybe by some chance it wasn't a Slytherin, one of the other houses would know by the next morning.

I tried to set Alice down on the floor, but like with Mya earlier she refused to let go of me. This attachment might be a bad thing once we get back to school but we'll deal with it when we get there. Since I wanted her to at least play while I made the call I went to where Mr. and Mrs. Granger kept her toys and sat down with her in my lap and grabbed one that she could play with while she sat there.

I pushed down two and held the phone up to my ear. After two rings Potter answered the phone.

"What is it Mione?"

"Potter take the phone to the headmaster. I need to talk to him."

I could hear him start to tremble through the phone. I need to do this to him more often if this was the response I'd be getting. "Yes sir Professor Snape. Has anything happened to Hermione?"

"She's fine Mr. Potter, she's currently packing up her room. How long before you make it to the headmaster?" I said it through my clenched teeth.

"It'll only take me a few minutes to get to his office."

"Run Potter."

"Yes sir."

After a minute or two I heard him shout the Albus' current candy obsession. How that man still has all his teeth and they are all still healthy is beyond me. After another few second I heard him knock on Albus' door. I heard a very muffled 'Come in' then a door open.

"Headmaster, Professor Snape is on the phone and wishes to talk to you."

"Oh my very first phone call, how wonderful. Hello Severus how wonderful of you to call me, now is this business or pleasure? You know, I've always wanted to say that."

"Albus, please have Mr. Potter do something where he isn't listening to the conversation."

"Of course. Harry do me a favor, go tell Mr. Malfoy that I need to speak with him for a few minutes."

"Yes headmaster." I heard the door open and then close. After waiting for a few moments, probably making sure that he actually went to do as he was told Albus said, "Yes Severus."

"I was wondering if you had any plans for My…Miss Grangers bedding arraignments."

"Ah Severus I did have an idea about that and I'm not sure how you're going to take this. I've come to the conclusion that once Miss Granger does bring her daughter here that she'll be targeted. I'm afraid that the only truly safe place that I can think of is the spare bedrooms that are attached to yours. Now I know that you enjoy your privacy but I figure that I really can't give you a better option. Since she has talked to Minerva and has expressed her desire to be a Potions Mistress after she leaves Hogwarts, I figured that you could start training her. I know that Alice might take some getting use to but I'm sure in the end Miss Granger will help take some of the work off of your back."

Now do I tell him that I was actually going to suggest that myself or do I let him think that he's making me do this? Decisions, decisions I might as well tell him the truth, he'll find out anyways. "I was actually going to suggest that myself, Albus. It seems that Alice likes me, and as soon as some of the Slytherins find out there will be letters sent out to family members telling them the news. Also I was thinking that house elf that use to work for the Malfoys, the one that is obsessed with Potter. I remember that he was Draco's care taker when he was younger. Can you ask him to watch Alice when Miss Granger and I are otherwise occupied?"

"That is an excellent suggestion Severus. I'll call Dobby up here right away."

"I also don't pity you having to tell Minerva that Miss Granger is moving into my rooms. She's already going to be quit miffed that I got to meet Miss Grangers daughter before her."

"Why do you have to bring up the bad news Severus? But you are correct. I might as well get this over with before you get back. Mr. Potter didn't go into much detail about how Miss Granger's parents died. I figured that it wasn't Death Eater activity."

"No Albus it was a car accident. Quite normal in the muggle world I understand. Miss Granger's aunt is taking care of all the funeral arraignments for her. She will however have to return in a couple days time to attend the event. I'll come with her then as well, to protect her and Alice."

"Of course. I presume that you'll be returning in a short while."

"Yes Albus. We're currently packing up items from her house to bring back to Hogwarts with us."

"Very well, now I do believe that I hear Mr. Potter returning with Mr. Malfoy. I'll let you go. See you soon, Severus."

"Albus," I said and ended the call. As soon as I looked down at Alice, who was still in my lap, I saw that she had aimed her stuffed dragon, pink dragon might I add, at my face and there was no way to stop it.

***Mya Point of View***

After taking a few minutes to cry, I shrunk the bed and added it to the box. I went to the linen closet and grabbed the rest of my bedding, I was tired of the scarlet and gold motif that I had to endure at school. I made sure that there was nothing else in mine and Alice's room that needed to be taken. I'd leave my parents room until I came back next time.

Now I just had to pack up the toys in the family room and get stuff out of the kitchen for Alice and we'd be good to go. I had just entered the family room when I saw Alice hit Severus in the face with her pink dragon. I couldn't help it, I started laughing. I needed something like that. When I saw Severus' face after he turned to me, I laughed harder. He looked almost like he did the first time I walked into his class. I doubled over then fell to the floor I was laughing so hard. Alice had started to laugh after she hit him as well, and apparently the face that has made kids piss their pants for years did nothing for her either. She was still giggling as she crawled over to where I was. I was on my side at the time and she pushed me onto my back then crawled on top of me. We both looked back at Severus, his face had turned from the evil potions master face to a warm yet evil looking smirk. I'd seen a smirk a little like that on Draco's face. It meant, uh oh you're going to get it. I looked at Alice. "Uh oh you've pissed the potions master off Alice you better run."

Severus stood up and made his way to us. You'd expect any child to want to get away from someone that tall, but being my child she just sat on my pelvic bone, a look that said, 'do your worst' was on her face. He reached down, grabbed her and threw her up into the air then gently caught her. She was giggling up a storm. He then sat back down beside where I still was and started tickling her. Again since she was my daughter, she was very ticklish. Luckily he had her lying on the floor and she was thrashing around with giggles, trying to get away from his fingers.

After a few minutes we all kind of sat in our spots before realizing that we did need to go soon. I was very comfortable on the floor and decided that since I currently didn't want to get up I'd ask Severus what Dumbledore had said about my sleeping arrangements.

"He's moving you into the spare rooms that are in my quarters. That way I can protect you and Alice once it gets out that you have a child. He also mentioned, that you had told Minerva that you planned on becoming a Potions Mistress upon leaving school and figured that I could start training you. Since this is exactly what I was going to suggest to him when I called him I'm perfectly fine with the arrangements. Of course it's another one up on Minerva, you have to admit that this is getting to be an easy game for me to win. Luckily Albus is going to be explaining the situation to her before we get back, so I'll already know to be ready for hell from her."

"Just to be sure about this though, you're fine with me and my ten month old daughter living in your quarters with you? It's not an easy thing to live with us. And what about when I'm helping you with potions? And what about when I'm in class? Who's going to watch Alice when I'm busy? I can't just leave her alone, she'd find something and choke on it. Or I don't know…"

"MYA! Once again it's been figured out. While we are busy, the house elf, oh what's his name, Dobby, will be watching her. I also mentioned this to Albus because he use to be Draco's care taker when he was growing up."

"Ok, ok I think I can handle this. Now let's pack up the rest of her toys down here and the stuff in the kitchen. That way we have the baby bottles, sippy cups, child plates and utensils, we can also get some food for her. I doubt that the House Elves are currently ready for a ten month olds diet." I started to get up. I heard Severus' slight intake as he watched, my breasts kind of hard to miss as I turned over to my side then pushed myself up from there. Did I purposely tease him? Maybe?

He cleared his throat, "I think that it's a good idea to bring along some food for Alice, at least until the House Elves are aware of the situation and are ready to make food appropriate for her." He sat Alice on the floor, as she had once again been in his lap, this time just reclining while she sucked her thumb. Did she ever take a passy, no. Why she sucks her thumb? I have no idea.

He took care of the toys while I went into the kitchen to get all of the stuff that I knew was needed. After finding some snacks and other toddler food, along with all of the utensils that we'd need, and packing them. I returned to the family room to see that Severus was finished and had all of the shoe boxes that had mine and Alice's stuff in them. I'd also grabbed the diaper bag from the kitchen counter before going back into the family room.

"Here shrink all of the shoe boxes and place them into the diaper bag. That way it's not as bulky and awkward as holding multiple boxes." I said, opening a side pocket that wouldn't get squished. I went around the house making sure that everything was locked up tight before picking up Alice and going into the garage. "I figured that this would be the best place to apparate from. I'd suggest outside but a neighbor might see. And the lights in here will go off after five minutes. So I won't be wasting energy." I started to think about who should carry Alice and who should carry the diaper bag. "So I've figured that since I've had a bad day and don't feel like my normal self that I'll apparate with the diaper bag and you can hold Alice. I'd much rather lose half of the diaper bag than half of my daughter."

"That's fine." I handed him Alice and he handed me the diaper bag. Ok now this is starting to get weirder and weirder, Alice hardly ever let me pass her on to anyone else. I'm kind of jealous, but also a little happy, about her allowing Severus to hold her so readily. "Ok Mya, see you at the school entrance." "You splinch my daughter I'm splinching your manhood. Understood Snape?" "Understood." We apparated almost at the exact same moment. I guess it's time to start a new adventure.

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