A Turn of Events
By LadyTiffany
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"Hermione!" Elisabeth Snape squealed! "Your back!" Elisabeth was still dressed in her pajamas which were pale purple plaid flannel.
Elisabeth ushered Hermione Granger in the house, out of the cold and snow. "I talked to my grandmother, and it seems like going to America isn't such a hot idea."
"What?" Hermione asked as they walked deeper into the house "Why not?"
Elisabeth bit her lip as the two began to ascend the stairs, heading for Severus's room, "Well, I hate to say this, but, um, I'm not allowed to tell you why."
"You're not allowed to tell me? Lissa, what's going on?" Hermione asked, very confused.
"I really hate do to this, Hermione, you know I do." Elisabeth said in all earnest. "But um..let me think, there must be something I can say without giving it away."
Elisabeth thought for a few moments as the two got closer to Severus's quarters. Hermione opened the door and the girls walked in. Elisabeth sat on the bed as Hermione set her things on the floor. Then, see too, made her way to the bed.
"Uncle Severus will be home much sooner than you think." Elisabeth said, breaking the silence. "He had to, um.. pick up something that is very important to him."
"And why am I not allowed to know?" Hermione asked, still very much in the dark.
"Grandmother said that he has to tell you himself. She is very right." Elisabeth said.
"So, now that we can't go to America, what should we do?" Hermione said to the younger girl.
"What should we do? What any normal girl would do! Lets go shopping!" Elisabeth said, very excited.
"Sounds like a plan." Hermione said with a smile.
"Great, lets go!" Elisabeth jumped up.
Hermione eyed her friends outfit. "In that??" She asked with a smile.
Elisabeth looked down at her outfit and grinned. "Oops, I guess I better get changed out of my pajamas first. Meet you downstairs in fifteen."
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"Hey, lets go in her." Elisabeth said motioning to a shop. "It's my favorite."
Hermione eyed the shop that her future niece was dragging her into. The signs on the large windows bragged the latest fashions straight off the runways and out of Witch Weekly and other fashionable magazines.
Hermione ended up buying some new clothes at the store which indeed were very fashionable. She picked out a long gray a-line skirt with temperature charms woven into it so that the wearer's legs wouldn't freeze. Elisabeth agreed that it suited her well. Hermione was a professor's assistant so she needed to be dressy for work, but she still wanted to be stylish.
The two girls left the shop each with a new bag and walked along the streets of the little town talking and laughing.
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"Oh!" Hermione Granger sighed, stopping in her tracks. "Look at that!" She was looking the window of a bridal shop. The dress she was sighing over was sigh-worthy indeed. It had long sheer georgette sleeves that didn't flounce but simply flared. The bodice was tight hugging and princess cut with a skirt that flared fully. The train wasn't elaborate and long, but just barely dragged the floor.
Elisabeth Snape stopped walking and went over to see what her friend had been talking about. "Oh, that is pretty! Do you want to go inside and try it on?"
"What?" Hermione asked snapping out of her reverie. "Oh, no. I think that my friend Ginny would kill me if I went wedding dress shopping without her. I'll bring her here, and us three can go together."
Hermione dragged herself away from the window, and the two package laden teenage girls continued their walk home. They were exhausted. Shopping takes a lot out of a girl!
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"Elisabeth? Hermione? Is that you?" Gordon Snape's voice rang through the halls.
"Yes!" The two girls chorused.
"Hermione and I are going up stairs." Elisabeth said.
"I need to talk to you for a moment Elisabeth." Gordon called.
"Okay Grandfather, I'll be back in just a minute."
"No, Elisabeth. I need to see you right now."
Elisabeth rolled her eyes and went in the direction of his voice. Which seemed to be coming from the study.
Hermione solitarily trudged upstairs. Shifting her packages making them easier to carry.
She entered the bedroom that had been appointed as hers, and set her packages on the floor. She went to one of those coat tree things (.what are the called?) and hung up her black cloak her pink scarf one of the hooks.
Hermione walked over to her packages and rummaged through them. She pulled out her new gray skirt. One of the bags fell over and a bridal magazine fell out. Elisabeth had convinced her to buy it so they could look through it later and drool over all the pretty dresses. She picked up the magazine and looked at the gorgeous dress on the cover for a momentarily then set the magazine on the bureau.
Hermione changed into her skirt and pulled off the price tag. She looked at herself in the mirror above the bureau then remembered the better mirror in Severus's room. It was a three way full length mirror. Hermione didn't really know what it was doing there since Severus did not spend much time on his appearances. Hermione had used it more than he had.
She went into the room and had only been studying herself in the mirror for a second when she noticed movement in the mirror that had not been her. There was a familiar figure in behind her.
"Severus!" She exclaimed. She turned around to confirm what her eyes had seen through the mirror. "Your home!"
Severus was sitting one the bed dressed in his black as was his norm.
But Severus Snape wasn't alone, he had someone sitting on the bed with him.
"Hermione," He said tentatively. "There is someone I'd like you to meet."
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Ha ha! Ha ha! Severus *finally* told me where he'd gone off too! I know and you don't! But you will soon, don't worry! Can anyone guess where? And who on earth is with him?
Please Review. Pretty Please?
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"Hermione!" Elisabeth Snape squealed! "Your back!" Elisabeth was still dressed in her pajamas which were pale purple plaid flannel.
Elisabeth ushered Hermione Granger in the house, out of the cold and snow. "I talked to my grandmother, and it seems like going to America isn't such a hot idea."
"What?" Hermione asked as they walked deeper into the house "Why not?"
Elisabeth bit her lip as the two began to ascend the stairs, heading for Severus's room, "Well, I hate to say this, but, um, I'm not allowed to tell you why."
"You're not allowed to tell me? Lissa, what's going on?" Hermione asked, very confused.
"I really hate do to this, Hermione, you know I do." Elisabeth said in all earnest. "But um..let me think, there must be something I can say without giving it away."
Elisabeth thought for a few moments as the two got closer to Severus's quarters. Hermione opened the door and the girls walked in. Elisabeth sat on the bed as Hermione set her things on the floor. Then, see too, made her way to the bed.
"Uncle Severus will be home much sooner than you think." Elisabeth said, breaking the silence. "He had to, um.. pick up something that is very important to him."
"And why am I not allowed to know?" Hermione asked, still very much in the dark.
"Grandmother said that he has to tell you himself. She is very right." Elisabeth said.
"So, now that we can't go to America, what should we do?" Hermione said to the younger girl.
"What should we do? What any normal girl would do! Lets go shopping!" Elisabeth said, very excited.
"Sounds like a plan." Hermione said with a smile.
"Great, lets go!" Elisabeth jumped up.
Hermione eyed her friends outfit. "In that??" She asked with a smile.
Elisabeth looked down at her outfit and grinned. "Oops, I guess I better get changed out of my pajamas first. Meet you downstairs in fifteen."
~*~*~*~*~
"Hey, lets go in her." Elisabeth said motioning to a shop. "It's my favorite."
Hermione eyed the shop that her future niece was dragging her into. The signs on the large windows bragged the latest fashions straight off the runways and out of Witch Weekly and other fashionable magazines.
Hermione ended up buying some new clothes at the store which indeed were very fashionable. She picked out a long gray a-line skirt with temperature charms woven into it so that the wearer's legs wouldn't freeze. Elisabeth agreed that it suited her well. Hermione was a professor's assistant so she needed to be dressy for work, but she still wanted to be stylish.
The two girls left the shop each with a new bag and walked along the streets of the little town talking and laughing.
~*~*~*~*~
"Oh!" Hermione Granger sighed, stopping in her tracks. "Look at that!" She was looking the window of a bridal shop. The dress she was sighing over was sigh-worthy indeed. It had long sheer georgette sleeves that didn't flounce but simply flared. The bodice was tight hugging and princess cut with a skirt that flared fully. The train wasn't elaborate and long, but just barely dragged the floor.
Elisabeth Snape stopped walking and went over to see what her friend had been talking about. "Oh, that is pretty! Do you want to go inside and try it on?"
"What?" Hermione asked snapping out of her reverie. "Oh, no. I think that my friend Ginny would kill me if I went wedding dress shopping without her. I'll bring her here, and us three can go together."
Hermione dragged herself away from the window, and the two package laden teenage girls continued their walk home. They were exhausted. Shopping takes a lot out of a girl!
~*~*~*~*~
"Elisabeth? Hermione? Is that you?" Gordon Snape's voice rang through the halls.
"Yes!" The two girls chorused.
"Hermione and I are going up stairs." Elisabeth said.
"I need to talk to you for a moment Elisabeth." Gordon called.
"Okay Grandfather, I'll be back in just a minute."
"No, Elisabeth. I need to see you right now."
Elisabeth rolled her eyes and went in the direction of his voice. Which seemed to be coming from the study.
Hermione solitarily trudged upstairs. Shifting her packages making them easier to carry.
She entered the bedroom that had been appointed as hers, and set her packages on the floor. She went to one of those coat tree things (.what are the called?) and hung up her black cloak her pink scarf one of the hooks.
Hermione walked over to her packages and rummaged through them. She pulled out her new gray skirt. One of the bags fell over and a bridal magazine fell out. Elisabeth had convinced her to buy it so they could look through it later and drool over all the pretty dresses. She picked up the magazine and looked at the gorgeous dress on the cover for a momentarily then set the magazine on the bureau.
Hermione changed into her skirt and pulled off the price tag. She looked at herself in the mirror above the bureau then remembered the better mirror in Severus's room. It was a three way full length mirror. Hermione didn't really know what it was doing there since Severus did not spend much time on his appearances. Hermione had used it more than he had.
She went into the room and had only been studying herself in the mirror for a second when she noticed movement in the mirror that had not been her. There was a familiar figure in behind her.
"Severus!" She exclaimed. She turned around to confirm what her eyes had seen through the mirror. "Your home!"
Severus was sitting one the bed dressed in his black as was his norm.
But Severus Snape wasn't alone, he had someone sitting on the bed with him.
"Hermione," He said tentatively. "There is someone I'd like you to meet."
~*~*~*~*~
Ha ha! Ha ha! Severus *finally* told me where he'd gone off too! I know and you don't! But you will soon, don't worry! Can anyone guess where? And who on earth is with him?
Please Review. Pretty Please?