A month or two later..

Veronica's POV

"You know, we're going to have to go to Muggle London soon to buy clothes for the boys. The onesies won't last much longer; they're getting too big for them." Severus looked panicked, but I knew he just wasn't used to the idea of being with me out in public. "You can take the de-aging potion if you want; I don't mind."

Severus frowned, but continued getting dressed. I was already dressed, since I'd been up for two hours. I'd told Severus to go back to sleep, the babies had just wanted to eat. Of course, it was only Shayde who cried; Ravyn just waited his turn, because I couldn't breast feed both of them at the same time without accidentally dropping one of them.

"I do not need to take a potion to bring you into a store." The resolve on his face made me smile. I was no longer a student at Hogwarts, so he could take me out in public with no fear of being sacked. I had chosen Muggle London to give him a bit of a thrill.

"Okay, but you're not going into Harrods' with those robes on. They'd think we were going to a Halloween party in August." Severus scowled at me, but took off the outer robes. Taking my wand out of my jeans' pocket, I transfigured his clothes into something more Muggle.

"Really? Must I wear this ridiculous outfit?" I frowned and crossed my arms. He was starting to piss me off.

"Yes, and if you don't stop complaining and whining like my brother, I'll go alone." I turned and grabbed my old wallet, carrying £200 worth of bills. Thank Merlin there was a Wizarding currency exchange. Turning back towards Severus, I smiled softly when I saw him tying back his pitch-black hair. "You look fine, love. Now come on, grab Shayde and let's go to London." I picked up Ravyn after Severus took Shayde, and together we made our way to London.

Snape's POV

I had my obvious doubts and anxieties about taking Veronica to Muggle London just to buy clothes for the twins. I couldn't help but imagine what the people would think; Muggles would most likely see a teenaged girl with her midlife crises-ing father and two younger siblings. Any wizards who happened to be in the city would recognize myself from the pictures in The Daily Prophet. Bloody hell.

Looking down at my idiotic attire, I scowled at the black jeans and Converse. Thank Salazar that Veronica had chosen a black dress-shirt.

"What do you think of Harrods'?" I quirked an eyebrow as an answer. "Oh, come on, it can't be that bad. Besides, it's a department store, so no one will recognize us."

Veronica hiked the baby up on her hip and laced her fingers in mine as we walked through the aisles. Suddenly she gasped and started dragging me toward shelves filled with clothes.

"Oh…Ethan! They're perfect!" I struggled with a fussing Shayde, while Veronica picked out clothes. I felt like a sodding idiot, standing there watching her, but I really had not choice.

Veronica's POV

After paying for £190 worth of clothes, I carried the bags on one arm, and Shayde in the other. Severus had had enough of Shayde's whimpering and squirming, and I was glad to switch.

"…Severus, would it be alright if we had my friends and Jayden come over? Not that I don't love your company, but they haven't seen the boys since the day after they were born, and that was almost a month ago."

"It is fine with me, but I will not be there to distress Rukin and Cromwell." My jaw dropped.

"Severus Snape, you will too be there! They're my best friends; they wouldn't dare judge either of us."

After I put the boys down for a nap, I folded the clothes and went to find Severus. Finding him in the parlor, I sat on my legs next to him on the couch.

"Severus, what is the real reason you don't want to be here when my friends come?" Severus set down his drink and looked at me.

"Veronica, you were still under the age of consent when the twins were conceived. Even now you are an unwed teenaged mother, with a lover who is twenty-two years your senior. Consider if Rukin or Cromwell, or even your brother let it slip that I was Ravyn and Shayde's father? Those babies would be taken away from us, and I would be put in jail."

I was quiet for a long time, running that information through my mind. I jerked when the wards announced that someone had Apparated into Spinner's End. Severus was up and pulling out his wand before I could even react.

A knock on the front door told us both that whoever it was out there did not mean us harm. The house elf opened the door and greeted the guest. Together, Severus and I walked to the foyer.

"Professor McGonagall?"

The first cliff-hanger I've written... I think.