Soft Simmer

By Rizu Razune

Brought to you by Streex Animation

Chapter four: Lover's Heartbreak

Ruby worries me. She acts different from humans. But I remember she isn't human. She's a machine. A Muggle contraption with gears and electronic data. She acts human though. Her eyes look human. She reminds me of myself. She reminds me of Lilly Evans Potter. She reminds me of Sybil Trelawney. She reminds me of Mahri Sinistra. Her eyes changed. They are brilliant green like Lilly's. Her cheery emotion is like Crystal Smith's. Her Hair is fine and dark like mine. It has Sybil's shine. Her small nose is like Mahri's. Her body shape is like mine. Her chest is puffed out and is similar in breast size. Her arms look strong. Her butt is shaped like mine. She moves quickly. Her speed is very fast. But panels show she is a robot.

Severus wanted to be alone with me but Ruby won't leave us alone. He says I have to fake I am in my room. She'll go to her own room and sleep. Then I will sneak into his room. After lunch, Severus got Ruby to go for groceries. Severus took me up to his room.

A few hours later, I woke up. I did a sort of weird Muggle test thing. I went to the bathroom and did it. There were two blue lines. Severus will certainly freak now. I bet he didn't suspect it to take one time. I got dressed and went downstairs.

"Oh, Severus," I said.

"What?" he muttered.

I showed him the test thing. His face did a funny look. A muscle in his cheek was twitching.

"Hippogriff dung," he muttered, "I thought it would take more than once."

"Well, Sev. You were certainly surprised. I'll never forget that look."

"Minerva, you have to remember something else."

"What?"

"You must not tell Dumbledore. Or even your students."

"OH!"

"Are you going to stay with me during the summer?"

"Yes."

He nodded. I looked at the calendar. I was supposed to be at Hogwarts. I wrote to Dumbledore. I would be back at the school the next day.

::during the summer::

I was about to tell Severus the good news. I saw him talking to Lily and James. James and he were in a fight. They were fighting over who was better at Quidditch. Lilly spotted me and ran over to me. I told her about my child… or should I say the bundle.

"I'm having twins," I said.

"Does Severus know you're having twins?" Lily asked.

"No."

"James and I want to have a baby."

"Perhaps the children will meet at Hogwarts. That is when they are old enough."

I walked over to Severus.

"Nice to see you," he said to me.

"I'm having twins."

His face twitched.

"Snape, you're going to have double trouble," James chortled.

"Still I'm better than you. I'm going to be a father of two."

James looked like he wanted to murder him.

"The ministry's going to be here soon. You bewitched another Muggle item."

I noticed Arthur Weasley apparate near.

"Severus Snape, the hundredth warning this year!" Arthur said, "You might lose your wizarding rights."

"I have a right to. I'm Muggle-born."

"Doesn't matter. You could also lose your job of becoming the Potions Master at Hogwarts."

"Oh that's right I'm going to teach you're kids."