Walking After You
Chapter Seventeen
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
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Cheers to Fido the Wonder pup. Go Fido Go!
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"Uh, ok, this one is mine." Severus Snape put a red package next to a small, growing pile of brightly colored parcels.
"Here, mum, this one's for you." He handed the gift to Oliva Snape.
Severus was passing out the gifts from under the tree. It was a tradition. Everyone would sit around with mugs of hot chocolate while opening their gifts.
Luckily, Lady Meredith had to leave the previous morning to spend Christmas with her parents.
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"Oh, Goodbye, Sevvie." Lady Meredith purred. "You'll miss me, won't you?"
Lady Meredith Kathryn Smith had finally found her self some time with the manifestation of her affection. Severus Snape was quite uncomfortable with the situation seeing as how the lady was closing in on him.
Severus put on his best 'I am trying very hard to be nice to you' face. "Not really, Meredith."
"I know this is all a show, Severus." The hopeless witch murmured.
Severus kept backing up, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you are) he had now were else to go, as he had hit a wall.
Lady Meredith smiled and placed her lips squarely on Severus's. The Potions Master, who had not been expecting this, widened his eyes in shock and pushed the offender away.
"Meredith! What," he spat, "are you doing???"
"I'm just giving my ex-fiancé a little kiss." Meredith breathed.
"Well, please try to refrain from doing so. I believe that it is long past the time that you are due to leave." Severus said and stormed out of the room.
Needless to say, Meredith left for Smith Manor in a *very* bad mood.
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Severus Snape pulled a small box wrapped with silver paper from the folds of his robes and passed it to the young brunette sitting beside him.
"This, Hermione," he said. "is for you."
Hermione took the small package with trembling hands. She looked up at him and said in a joking voice [with a little pout]: "But mine is so little."
Oliva Snape looked over at her son. Above the bustle of unwrapping presents she said, "Oh, but the smallest gifts are the best, dear."
Hermione blushed-she hadn't expected any one else to hear-placed the small parcel in the folds of her robes, and busied herself with opening her other gifts.
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Later that day found Hermione Granger and Severus Snape in the latter's quarters.
"You still haven't opened the gift." Severus said pointedly.
Hermione fished the small box out from the folds of her robes. "I...uh...I, you know, I just didn't want to open it in front of your entire family."
"No, matter, dear." Severus said impassively. "Open it now."
Hermione looked up at him and hesitantly took the wrapping from the box. Slowly, she opened the box. She gasped at what she saw and nearly dropped the box.
"Severus!" She exclaimed.
He smiled at her. "Do you like them?"
In the box was a pair of brilliant sapphire earrings. "Oh, I loved them! Severus, you shouldn't have!"
"Well, it is merely that I recalled a muggle aphorism and I anticipate that perhaps it would be fitting for you to use these in the future."
"The future? These earrings? Of course I'll wear them Sev, but what are you talking about?"
Severus pulled a small black velvet box from his pocket. He opened it and Hermione caught a glimpse of what was inside. A princess cut diamond solitaire set in platinum.
"Hermione Granger, would you grant me the pleasure of permitting me to become your husband?"
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Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something *blue*
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I want to blame it on FanFiction.Net. I really do; but it is only partially their fault. I have had serious writer's block and I'm working and...well, I suppose that's no excuse to let my readers and reviewers down. Sorry, and I'll try to post more often. I'm also working on making my chapters longer.
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be SEXY.
it doesn't mean you have to have sex.
--the Candies Foundation
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Chapter Seventeen
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
~~~~~~~~~~
Cheers to Fido the Wonder pup. Go Fido Go!
~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh, ok, this one is mine." Severus Snape put a red package next to a small, growing pile of brightly colored parcels.
"Here, mum, this one's for you." He handed the gift to Oliva Snape.
Severus was passing out the gifts from under the tree. It was a tradition. Everyone would sit around with mugs of hot chocolate while opening their gifts.
Luckily, Lady Meredith had to leave the previous morning to spend Christmas with her parents.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Oh, Goodbye, Sevvie." Lady Meredith purred. "You'll miss me, won't you?"
Lady Meredith Kathryn Smith had finally found her self some time with the manifestation of her affection. Severus Snape was quite uncomfortable with the situation seeing as how the lady was closing in on him.
Severus put on his best 'I am trying very hard to be nice to you' face. "Not really, Meredith."
"I know this is all a show, Severus." The hopeless witch murmured.
Severus kept backing up, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you are) he had now were else to go, as he had hit a wall.
Lady Meredith smiled and placed her lips squarely on Severus's. The Potions Master, who had not been expecting this, widened his eyes in shock and pushed the offender away.
"Meredith! What," he spat, "are you doing???"
"I'm just giving my ex-fiancé a little kiss." Meredith breathed.
"Well, please try to refrain from doing so. I believe that it is long past the time that you are due to leave." Severus said and stormed out of the room.
Needless to say, Meredith left for Smith Manor in a *very* bad mood.
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Severus Snape pulled a small box wrapped with silver paper from the folds of his robes and passed it to the young brunette sitting beside him.
"This, Hermione," he said. "is for you."
Hermione took the small package with trembling hands. She looked up at him and said in a joking voice [with a little pout]: "But mine is so little."
Oliva Snape looked over at her son. Above the bustle of unwrapping presents she said, "Oh, but the smallest gifts are the best, dear."
Hermione blushed-she hadn't expected any one else to hear-placed the small parcel in the folds of her robes, and busied herself with opening her other gifts.
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Later that day found Hermione Granger and Severus Snape in the latter's quarters.
"You still haven't opened the gift." Severus said pointedly.
Hermione fished the small box out from the folds of her robes. "I...uh...I, you know, I just didn't want to open it in front of your entire family."
"No, matter, dear." Severus said impassively. "Open it now."
Hermione looked up at him and hesitantly took the wrapping from the box. Slowly, she opened the box. She gasped at what she saw and nearly dropped the box.
"Severus!" She exclaimed.
He smiled at her. "Do you like them?"
In the box was a pair of brilliant sapphire earrings. "Oh, I loved them! Severus, you shouldn't have!"
"Well, it is merely that I recalled a muggle aphorism and I anticipate that perhaps it would be fitting for you to use these in the future."
"The future? These earrings? Of course I'll wear them Sev, but what are you talking about?"
Severus pulled a small black velvet box from his pocket. He opened it and Hermione caught a glimpse of what was inside. A princess cut diamond solitaire set in platinum.
"Hermione Granger, would you grant me the pleasure of permitting me to become your husband?"
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Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something *blue*
~~~~~~~~~~
I want to blame it on FanFiction.Net. I really do; but it is only partially their fault. I have had serious writer's block and I'm working and...well, I suppose that's no excuse to let my readers and reviewers down. Sorry, and I'll try to post more often. I'm also working on making my chapters longer.
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be SEXY.
it doesn't mean you have to have sex.
--the Candies Foundation
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