A/n: Knowing exactly how Mrs. Svaart sometimes feels, I'm now enjoying the
peace after putting my two boys to bed, and my husband has fallen alseep on
the coach…(Luckily, his not kicking me out for being a witch…)
Summary: Mrs Svaart has got trouble in the village, and professor Snape is checking on her.
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything but the plot…
++++++++++++++ Stepdad, chapter 3.+++++++++
A few hours later Snape and Mrs. Svaart left "The Three Broomsticks". She was carrying Edwin, who had fallen asleep. "Thank you for the dinner, " She said, "but I guess you want to hear about last weeks events, that's why you came right?"
Snape nodded, and she continued: "I will just go and put theese two in bed, then we can have a cup of tea and talk, ok?"
"I'm NOT tired!" Jonas said, and yawned. The two grown-ups laughed.
"Tell you what, " Snape said, "You get them to bed, and I'll make the tea!"
She agreed, and went upstairs with her children, as Snape looked around in her tiny kitchen, trying to find everything. It didn't take long, she didn't own much, and again Snape cursed her husband in his thoughts. He had been watching her during the meal, impressed of how she mannaged to feed Edwin, make Jonas remembering his manners, (almost), and feed herselfe at the same time she was talking to him. It seemed as she had an eye at every finger, "I bet she's a good teatcher," he said to himselfe. But she hadn't made too many friends yet, only a few said hello as they walked trough the village, allthough, they nodded to him, The Potions Master of Hogwarts.
He finnshed the tea, and remembering seeng two chairs outside the cottage, he braught the tea outside. From the open window in the childrens room he could hear the same song she had sung to her boys in the staff-room. Finaly it stopped, and not long after she joined him outside.
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"So, Mrs. Svaart, " he startet, but got interrupted. "Please," she said, "don't call me Mrs. Svaart! As I told you, that's the name of my mother-in- law, and I wil rather not be reminded of neither her nor my husband!" She put her hand on his arm to make her statement, and looked him in his eyes.
"I'm just Occotina, " she said in a soft tone.
Meeting her grey eyes made him a bit disturbed. Her look gave him a strange feeling of falling, and he had to take a deep breath to be able to remember what he wanted to dicuss with her.
"Er, yes, Mrs. Svaart, I meen Occotina, " He stammered, confused over his own reaction to her presence. After all, he was not a teenager anymore, and she was, acording to his knowledge still married!
"But then you have to call me Severus as well…"
She looked shocked, "But, Professor, you are a professor, surely I couldn't…I mean, I'm nothing, just a silly village-witch who doesn't get along with the neighbores…"
He sighed, "please?" He murmured a relaxing charm, and she agreed. "Now, perhaps ypu could tell med about your problems?"
She looked a bit embarrased, and looked at her feet as she answerred in such a low voice he didn't understand.
"Sorry, " he said, "I didn't get that one, say it again please?"
"I hexed the mayers daughter!" she said, still looking at her feet.
"WHAT?!" he caughet, as he had tried to drink he tea as she answerred. He looked at her, "You didn't?!"
He was amazed, she seemed so wellmannered, and he could hardly picture himselfe her hexing one of her pupils. "Why?"
She blushed a bit, took a deep breath and looked him in his eyes. "During your time as a teacher at Hogwarts I'm sure you have noticed that parents oppinions are spoken trough their childrens mouth? The children say what their parents says, right?"
He nodded, and she kept on:" That's why I usually don't get angry if they have horrible oppinions, I blame their parents, and when they call me a muggle-lover,"…
Severus widened his eyes, "They did?"
"Oh yes," She said, "But it's sort of true, right? I mean I am muggleborn, and my husband was a muggle, it's sad, but true. So I don't blame them calling me that."
"But," her face hardened, "I don't let anyone be rude to my children!"
She staightened herselfe, "I didn't walk across halfe of Brittain to let my children be called MUDBLOODS!"
Snape looked at her. He felt sorry for her, the way her husband had treatened her, and he was allready admiring her for her strenght getting to Hogwarts, but he realized that she was a lot stronger than he thought a woman could be.
With the twist of a smile in the corner of his mouth, he disliked the Mayer in Hogsmeade very much, he was a pompous wizzard, known for his sympatetic feelings for the deatheaters, allthoug no one had proved it yet, Snape asked: "And you hexed her into what?"
Occotina blushed again, Severus didn't know her well enaugh to say wether she blushed from anger or shame. She looked him straight into his eyes, and said; "I hexed her into a tode, ans she should be happy, because it was an improvement!"
Snape bit his lip not to laugh, seeing how serious she was about it. "You do realize of course, that even to protect your sons you cannot hex your students? If I were to do that everytime some of my students pisses me off, there would be a lot of toads at Hogwarts…"
"Besides," he added, " you really should be carefull about what you're saying and doing to the pupils, as they will tell their parents, and some of them might be having sympaties with the dark side. You don't want to put your childrens lives in danger, will you?"
She was shaking her head, looking a bit shocked, "I didn't know the war was still going on,"
"Are my children safe so far?" she said worried.
Snape looked at Occotina, she was pale in her face. Leaning forward, he putted his hands over hers, and squized her hands gently. "I will look after you, Occotina…"
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"Oh, look!" She suddenly said in a happy tone, breaking the spell between them. She pointed in direction of the garden-path. "It's that lovably dog again!"
"I think it's a stray, I've been feeding him for a month now. Actualy I was wondering to take him in for the winter. It would be nice for the children, and then I would have someone to cutle up against in bed." She blushed a bit referring to her bed infront of Snape, but he didn't notice, his eyes were fixed on the big black dog, now sitting at Occotinas side, licking her hand.
"Snuffles!" he snared, and waved his tail at him, winking one eye.
"Do you know his name?" Occotina smiled, caressing the dog's head. Severus felt his heart sink, knowing the true identity of the dog, and suddenly wishing to feel her hands on his own head.
"Oh yes, good old Snuffles! You wouldt be the first to try to take him in, thoug I wouldn't recommend it, " Severus said cruely, looking into the dogs eyes.
"He's not house-trained, and he's got fleas…"
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Ooops, didn't see Sirius Black coming, this might get interesting…
Summary: Mrs Svaart has got trouble in the village, and professor Snape is checking on her.
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything but the plot…
++++++++++++++ Stepdad, chapter 3.+++++++++
A few hours later Snape and Mrs. Svaart left "The Three Broomsticks". She was carrying Edwin, who had fallen asleep. "Thank you for the dinner, " She said, "but I guess you want to hear about last weeks events, that's why you came right?"
Snape nodded, and she continued: "I will just go and put theese two in bed, then we can have a cup of tea and talk, ok?"
"I'm NOT tired!" Jonas said, and yawned. The two grown-ups laughed.
"Tell you what, " Snape said, "You get them to bed, and I'll make the tea!"
She agreed, and went upstairs with her children, as Snape looked around in her tiny kitchen, trying to find everything. It didn't take long, she didn't own much, and again Snape cursed her husband in his thoughts. He had been watching her during the meal, impressed of how she mannaged to feed Edwin, make Jonas remembering his manners, (almost), and feed herselfe at the same time she was talking to him. It seemed as she had an eye at every finger, "I bet she's a good teatcher," he said to himselfe. But she hadn't made too many friends yet, only a few said hello as they walked trough the village, allthough, they nodded to him, The Potions Master of Hogwarts.
He finnshed the tea, and remembering seeng two chairs outside the cottage, he braught the tea outside. From the open window in the childrens room he could hear the same song she had sung to her boys in the staff-room. Finaly it stopped, and not long after she joined him outside.
***********
"So, Mrs. Svaart, " he startet, but got interrupted. "Please," she said, "don't call me Mrs. Svaart! As I told you, that's the name of my mother-in- law, and I wil rather not be reminded of neither her nor my husband!" She put her hand on his arm to make her statement, and looked him in his eyes.
"I'm just Occotina, " she said in a soft tone.
Meeting her grey eyes made him a bit disturbed. Her look gave him a strange feeling of falling, and he had to take a deep breath to be able to remember what he wanted to dicuss with her.
"Er, yes, Mrs. Svaart, I meen Occotina, " He stammered, confused over his own reaction to her presence. After all, he was not a teenager anymore, and she was, acording to his knowledge still married!
"But then you have to call me Severus as well…"
She looked shocked, "But, Professor, you are a professor, surely I couldn't…I mean, I'm nothing, just a silly village-witch who doesn't get along with the neighbores…"
He sighed, "please?" He murmured a relaxing charm, and she agreed. "Now, perhaps ypu could tell med about your problems?"
She looked a bit embarrased, and looked at her feet as she answerred in such a low voice he didn't understand.
"Sorry, " he said, "I didn't get that one, say it again please?"
"I hexed the mayers daughter!" she said, still looking at her feet.
"WHAT?!" he caughet, as he had tried to drink he tea as she answerred. He looked at her, "You didn't?!"
He was amazed, she seemed so wellmannered, and he could hardly picture himselfe her hexing one of her pupils. "Why?"
She blushed a bit, took a deep breath and looked him in his eyes. "During your time as a teacher at Hogwarts I'm sure you have noticed that parents oppinions are spoken trough their childrens mouth? The children say what their parents says, right?"
He nodded, and she kept on:" That's why I usually don't get angry if they have horrible oppinions, I blame their parents, and when they call me a muggle-lover,"…
Severus widened his eyes, "They did?"
"Oh yes," She said, "But it's sort of true, right? I mean I am muggleborn, and my husband was a muggle, it's sad, but true. So I don't blame them calling me that."
"But," her face hardened, "I don't let anyone be rude to my children!"
She staightened herselfe, "I didn't walk across halfe of Brittain to let my children be called MUDBLOODS!"
Snape looked at her. He felt sorry for her, the way her husband had treatened her, and he was allready admiring her for her strenght getting to Hogwarts, but he realized that she was a lot stronger than he thought a woman could be.
With the twist of a smile in the corner of his mouth, he disliked the Mayer in Hogsmeade very much, he was a pompous wizzard, known for his sympatetic feelings for the deatheaters, allthoug no one had proved it yet, Snape asked: "And you hexed her into what?"
Occotina blushed again, Severus didn't know her well enaugh to say wether she blushed from anger or shame. She looked him straight into his eyes, and said; "I hexed her into a tode, ans she should be happy, because it was an improvement!"
Snape bit his lip not to laugh, seeing how serious she was about it. "You do realize of course, that even to protect your sons you cannot hex your students? If I were to do that everytime some of my students pisses me off, there would be a lot of toads at Hogwarts…"
"Besides," he added, " you really should be carefull about what you're saying and doing to the pupils, as they will tell their parents, and some of them might be having sympaties with the dark side. You don't want to put your childrens lives in danger, will you?"
She was shaking her head, looking a bit shocked, "I didn't know the war was still going on,"
"Are my children safe so far?" she said worried.
Snape looked at Occotina, she was pale in her face. Leaning forward, he putted his hands over hers, and squized her hands gently. "I will look after you, Occotina…"
*************
"Oh, look!" She suddenly said in a happy tone, breaking the spell between them. She pointed in direction of the garden-path. "It's that lovably dog again!"
"I think it's a stray, I've been feeding him for a month now. Actualy I was wondering to take him in for the winter. It would be nice for the children, and then I would have someone to cutle up against in bed." She blushed a bit referring to her bed infront of Snape, but he didn't notice, his eyes were fixed on the big black dog, now sitting at Occotinas side, licking her hand.
"Snuffles!" he snared, and waved his tail at him, winking one eye.
"Do you know his name?" Occotina smiled, caressing the dog's head. Severus felt his heart sink, knowing the true identity of the dog, and suddenly wishing to feel her hands on his own head.
"Oh yes, good old Snuffles! You wouldt be the first to try to take him in, thoug I wouldn't recommend it, " Severus said cruely, looking into the dogs eyes.
"He's not house-trained, and he's got fleas…"
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Ooops, didn't see Sirius Black coming, this might get interesting…