AN: I couldn't sleep. So here is Chapter 10.
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It was a Monday and Severus had classes to teach and Hermione had classes to attend. However, Hermione had a free period that morning. She was not very happy about it, but Professor McGonagall insisted that she took a break from Transfiguration. After all, everything was simply practice for her. Even in Advance Transfiguration. McGonagall told her that when she had the time she would have private lessons with Hermione on more advanced lessons.
It was a beautiful day outside for late February. Hermione decided after all the drama that had happened in the past couple days, she would go outside and relax. She grabbed one of the books she was reading and headed out to not only hers, but Severus favorite reading spot.
It was a spot by the lake, close to where Hermione and Severus had their talk a couple days before. It was under and enormous weeping willow. Hermione loved that spot. The view was amazing. She could see the whole side of the beautiful castle of Hogwarts. She had a beautiful view of the lake and she could also see the beautiful forest covering the hills beyond Hogwarts.
She sat under the tree and opened her book and began reading. As she was reading she could have sworn she saw something behind one of the huge roots of the tree, but when she looked; there was nothing there. What Hermione didn't know was that she was being watched.
That something peeked again over the root, looking at Hermione curiously. She saw Hermione turning her head to look, and she ducked down again.
"What in the heck?" Hermione asked quietly to herself. "I must be loosing my mind." She wanted to be sure of herself so she began to pretend reading.
The little something behind the root once again placed its paws on the root and slowly peeked over.
Hermione shot her head to the side. "Ah Ha!" She said.
The little boxer puppy squealed and ducked down behind the root again.
"Come here little fella." Hermione said softly.
The puppy barely peeked above the root. The only think you could see was her beautiful blue eyes, and her little floppy ears on the top of her head.
"Come here you cute little thing, I am not going to hurt you."
The puppy finally managed to climb over the root after numerous attempts that had Hermione laughing hysterically.
She carefully and slowly approached Hermione.
"Hi." Hermione smiled once the puppy reached the side of her knee.
The puppy seemed to realize that Hermione would not harm her. She barked a cute little high pitched bark and tried her best to climb up Hermione's leg.
Hermione laughed out loud and picked her up.
"How in the heck did you manage to be out her alone? The forest is a dangerous place. Is there any more of you?" Hermione asked.
The puppy just stared at her with big blue eyes.
"I can't leave you here; can I take you back with me to the castle?"
The puppy barked twice and licked Hermione's face.
Hermione laughed again. "Ok but you have to be quiet; we aren't aloud to have dogs in the castle. Where am I going to put you?" She asked the puppy again.
"I can't take you to my head girl's room; they will find out way to easily, they have detection spells for this kind of thing….Hey! I can put you in Severus private quarters how about that?"
Once again the puppy barked excitedly twice and licked Hermione's face.
"Ok come on. I'll pick up some milk in the kitchens for you on the way." Hermione told the puppy.
On the way to the castle Hermione was trying to think of a name for the little pup.
"How about I call you Roxy? Is that good? I have always loved boxers and that to me is a perfect name."
The puppy barked excitedly. "Ok! Ok! I take that as a yes! Hermione giggled.
Hermione walked into the doors of Hogwarts and headed towards the kitchen.
The puppy fit in the palm of her hand easily so she placed her in the inside of her cloak in a pocket.
"Not a bark until we get to Severus rooms ok?" Roxy looked at her and licked her hand.
"Hello Dobby." Hermione smiled as she walked into the kitchens. She was extremely nice to all the house elves. She still hated the fact that they were used as practically slaves.
"Miss, it is a pleasure to see you! What can Dobby do for you Miss?"
"I need a small carton of milk Dobby, do we have any around?"
"Dobby will be back Miss."
Not a minute later Dobby appeared with a carton of milk in his hand.
"Is there anything Dobby can do for Miss?"
"Thank you Dobby this will be fine for now."
"Dobby is very welcome."
Hermione walked out of the kitchens and off to Severus private quarters. On the way she couldn't help but wonder why the house elves always spoke in third person. The thought soon was pushed to the back of her mind when she entered Severus room.
She walked into Severus bedroom and placed Roxy down on the big bed.
"Stay there while I get you a bowl."
Hermione quickly left the room and went to search for a bowl.
She came back a couple minutes later with two small silver bowls. She gently placed it on the floor and poured the milk into one while the other one she had already filled up with water.
She picked up Roxy from the bed and set her down in front of the bowl of milk on the ground.
"Drink up little one." Hermione said smiling as the puppy dived in.
The bell rang for her next class. She quickly placed some old Daily Profits around and made sure the puppy couldn't get into anything very important or valuable to Severus.
"Behave." Hermione said picking her up and placing a kiss on her tiny black nose.
"I'll be back, that is if Severus doesn't find out until I get a chance to tell him."
With that Hermione gently closed the door and headed off to DADA.
The last bell finally rang. All she could think about through her classes was the little puppy. She had always wanted a dog ever since she was little. But her parents were allergic to dogs. She was lucky enough to have had Crookshankes but he passed away the year before.
She ran down the dungeons as fast as she could. She was hoping Severus hadn't made any students stay behind because she wanted to talk to him alone.
She ran into the classroom panting. She looked around but Severus wasn't there.
"Oh Shit…" Hermione thought. She began to slightly panic. She was praying to God that Snape hadn't found the puppy himself.
Someone's arms wrapped around her waste causing her to jump.
"It's just me love." Severus said smirking.
"Hey!" She said giving him a small kiss. He went to deepen it but she pulled back before he could.
"Ok, he seems calm; I don't think he knows yet." Hermione thought to herself.
"You ok love?" Severus asked. He began plastering her neck with small kisses.
"Yeah." Hermione said smiling back up to him.
"Oh shit, is she mad at me?" Severus thought. "One word replies aren't always good."
"How about we go back to my rooms love." He said winking at her.
"Good idea Severus I have something I need to tell you, well show you."
"You head in first I'll be in shortly after you." "Severus said giving her a loving kiss. Mmm…I can't wait." He pulled back and headed to his office.
Hermione let out a nervous laugh. Thankfully Severus didn't catch it.
"Oh yes you can." Hermione said walking out.
Severus walked into his private room just as Hermione flooed through the fireplace.
She cursed at herself for not beating Severus. She knew she should have stopped in here first before she grabbed an overnight bag.
Severus walked over to Hermione and took the overnight bag out of her hands.
"You're so beautiful." Severus told her as he gave her a quick kiss and headed towards his bedroom.
"Umm…Severus…"Hermione said quickly running over to the door. "...I have a surprise for you in that bag, why don't you let me go in your room and change first and then I'll come and get you.
"Or…"Severus smirked placing his hand on the door knob. "…we can go in their together and…" But something barked and cut him off."
He looked at Hermione. Silently asking her if he was hearing things.
Another tiny high pitched bark along with scratching on the door made Severus raise an eyebrow at Hermione.
Hermione didn't make eye contact or watch Severus as he opened the door. When he walked in however, she quickly followed behind.
"WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL IS THAT?" Severus yelled.
The puppy screeched in fear and ran over to Hermione desperately trying to climb up her leg. She bent down and picked Roxy up cuddling her to her chest.
"Why, it is a puppy Severus." Hermione tried to stay very confident and clam.
She knew her voice probably lacked it though. So much for Gryffindor courage.
"WHAT IN THE MERLIN'S NAME IS A BLOODY PUPPY DOING IN MY BEDROOM?" Severus boomed.
The puppy shook under Hermione's arms as Severus cap blew.
"Well…I…found her outside at our reading spot. I couldn't have left her out there Severus. Especially by the Forbidden Forest"
"LOOK AT THIS PLACE!" Snape roared.
The bowl of water and milk were upside down, the newspaper that Hermione had put down for the puppy was shredded to pieces, the lamp on the night stand was knocked over, and there was claw marks all over the side of Severus bed spread and curtains.
"Severus calm down please you're scarring her." Hermione said cradling Roxy in her arms.
Severus face turned a brighter color red than color of Ronald Weasley's ears when he was angry. Snape went over to the wall and banged his head hard against it.
Then plopped down on the bed with a thud and rubbed he temples and eyes.
"I promise Severus I will clean all this up."
Severus didn't say a word he just laid on his ruined bedspread.
"Oh come on Severus…" Hermione said sitting down on the other side of him. "…look at how cute she is."
Hermione set Roxy down on the bed next to Severus belly.
"Go on." Hermione said to her. "He isn't going to hurt you."
The puppy looked at Hermione not moving.
"Let me show you" Hermione said and kissed Severus on the lips. He kissed her back very gently.
"See?" Hermione smiled.
Roxy looked at Hermione one more time, and then slowly placed her two tiny paws on Severus side and tried her best to climb up.
Hermione laughed and gave her a boost.
She sat on Severus stomach looking at him curiously as she did Hermione.
Severus still had his eyes shut. Roxy slowly made her way down to Severus neck trying to get a better look. She got all the way down and had her two paws on his chin looking at him curiously.
Severus opened one eye. "Boo!"
The puppy jumped and scurried over to Hermione as fast as she could and hid behind her.
Severus let out a deep chuckle.
"That wasn't nice Severus! " Hermione shot him a glare.
She picked up Roxy and she snuggled into Hermione's arms like a baby.
Severus sat up on one arm watching Hermione. He smiled to himself as he watched her gently cradle the puppy back and forth. He couldn't help but think how wonderful of a mother she would be someday, and he hoped that he would be the one who was the father of her children.
Hermione looked over at him. "What?"
"I just love you!" He said smiling at her.
"I love how you're extremely mad one second and the next second you're all happy."
He just smirked at her.
"So can I keep her?" She begged Severus.
"Who?" He asked.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Roxy." She said smiling at him.
"You already named her?" Severus asked
Hermione smiled. "Please?"
Snape rolled his eyes. "I am not the one that is doing the Potty Training."."
Hermione squealed in excitement and bent over and kissed Severus passionately.
"Consider it an early Christmas Present" He said pulling away.
Hermione just laughed.
"Isn't she just adorable though?" She asked looking so lovingly at the puppy.
"I guess she is kind of….cute." Severus said taking the puppy from Hermione's arms and snuggling it into his chest.
"Severus Snape! Did I just here you use the word cute?" Hermione pretended to be shocked.
"Stop gaping over it Granger." Severus replied in his best professor voice.
Hermione looked at Severus holding the tiny puppy in his arms. She was so little.
"Severus, you are going to make a brilliant father someday." Hermione said smirking as he looked up from her.
"Oh yes Severus I am not the only one that is good at Legilimency."
Severus gave her a playful glare.
She put her hands up in defeat. "Hey! I learned from the best."
"That's better." He said with a small chuckle.
He laid back down on to his pillow, as did Hermione. He placed the sleeping puppy between them and then looked up to find Hermione staring at him.
"What?" He asked her.
"Severus, do you really mean that you would want to be the father of my children someday?"
"I meant every word beautiful." With that he placed a loving kiss on her lips. Being careful not to wake the sleeping puppy. It only took a couple minutes before the two love birds fell asleep.
The puppy slowly opened her eyes to see if the coast was clear. She saw that her new parents were sound asleep. Well she thought.
Hermione watched the whole thing happen under hooded eyes. She felt the puppy get up and walk over to Severus. She wanted to see what the little rascal was up to.
Roxy quietly got up and walked over to Severus. She looked him once over again. Then out of curiosity she whacked her paw across the big thing in the center of his face.
"Ow my nose!" Severus said sitting up.
Hermione busted into a fit of giggles.
TBC!!!! I hope you liked this chapter! I wanted something happy to happen after that drama with Ginny! Chpt 11 will be up soon! REVIEWS PLEASE