It's been a month since I came to Severus in the middle of the night crying, trying to hurt him a surprisingly finding comfort in him. If I thought that what I felt for Dean was love, then I don't have words for what I felt for Severus.

He was extraordinary, he hides all his emotions under the masks he wears among people but when he decides to take it off for someone, for me, there is such a wonderful loving and caring man that would do anything in the World to protect his loved ones.

It was about time for me to get back to the work. For the past month I have just lived in this special World we've built with Severus together which met the World outside there only when I was replying to Ginny's and Harry's letters, assuring them that everything was all right. I've visited Ginny during that time just once, but she understood I needed some time to adjust to the whole new situation.

But the time was inexorable. I had to return to the reality and begin working otherwise my boss would probably cast some of the unforgivable curses at me.

It's also true the aside other places we have spent a lot of time in my bed and the fact that for the first time in a very long time I had to get up early and leave didn't make it easy for either of us.

"Where are my shoes?"

"What?"

"I ask where are my shoes, they were exactly here…or weren't they?" I became a bit unsure, but Severus just liyng on the sofa, not realizing the world is still moving honestly made me angry. "Hey! Stop lying on the stupid sofa and help my find my shoes!" He looked up at me and smirked. "I'm afraid I cannot help you with the shoe thing, but I'm sure I could help you to get lost some other part of your clothes, what about the shirt?"

"Stop it! It's not funny! I really need to find them or I'm already late at work now, I can't afford to come even later. Stop it! Stop grinning!" Of course, it made him grin even more. „What about using the magic, Hermione?"

"Oh God, I'm so stupid. I'm freaking out here for such a long time while I could have already been at work."

"Or somewhere else…" "Hey! I think it was enough for today!" I said and threw a shoe, which has just flyed to my hand at him.

"Ouch! Enough for today, really? What about the evening?"

"I'll have to think about it twice." I said but had to grin.

"And now give me the shoe!"

"Just if you tell me it isn't all for today."

"I'll see, and now give it to me!"

"Promise, or I won't give it to you."

"You selfish nitwit! Accio shoe!"

"Expelliarrmus!" He stopped my spell. I stared at him with opened mouth.

"How dare you?!"

"Well, you threw it at me before, so I thought it was a gift." Fire was playing in his eyes. If I haven't spent a month in his constant presence I would never believe that that dark professor of dungeons could have acted the way he did.

"All right, if you don't give it to me, then I take it myself." I said and went to him dangerously.

"Don't even try to think something is going to happen tonight after this!" I said while staying upon him, trying to get the shoe.

"But that would be shame!" He said, when I finally touched the shoe, but he didn't let it go. Instead of that he used his second arm to get me on the sofa next to him.

"What are you doing?."

"I'm trying to prove you what kind of shame it would be if you stayed angry with me too long."

I came late. Very late but the boss was either so happy that I even arrived that he didn't comment my late arrival at all. It was nice to get back to the work, in the end it gave me a chance to show that I'm still a great witch no matter the accident that happened a month ago.

When I finshed Ginny was waiting for me, she wanted to surprise me.

"Oh Ginny! It's so nice to see you." I smiled at her and gave her a hug.

"I'm glad you still remember my name." She teased me a bit, but I deserved.

I cannot stay for much longer, Harry is waiting for me. We're…celebrating."

"What is the venue?" I asked curiously.

"I'm pregnant!"

"Oh Ginny! That's great! How far?"

"I'm two months along, the healer said it's a girl!" She smiled happily.

I tried to smile back, but it hurt. A lot. So I just nodded saying it was great once again. That was when she realised.

"Oh Mione, I'm so sorry, I didn't realise it would remind you…"

"That's fine Gin, really. It's not all about me." I assured her.

"You know, you can always try it with Severus again. When you feel prepared."

I nodded sadly.

"I actually don't even know if he wants a family. He was devastated as I was because of losing our girl, but after all, we didn't plan it. Any of it."

"And still it all happened and you're happy now. Sometimes the best things that happen in life are unplanned Mione."

"You're becoming a wise woman, just like your mother."

"Well I hope I won't end up sharing my wisdom with as many children as she had. Harry wants a big family." She grinned. "But I actually came to invite you and Mr. Snape for afternoon tea.

I had to smirk at the picture of Snape having an afternoon tea.

"It doesn't have to be really afternoon tea, you can just come on Saturday afternoon, that's it." She explained further sounding a little bit annoyed.

"I'd love to come, I have to discuss it with Severus first, of course. He has been at your wedding but still I don't see him getting on with Harry very well."

"They're both pretty complicated personalities, that's true. But that's another reason for meeting."

"All right, I'll talk to him." I smiled

I gave her hug and apparated home. The day without Severus was almost never ending. I even forgave him making me come late to work.