Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters, settings, etc.... belong to J.K. Rowling.

A/N: See, I met the deadline that I made for myself! YAY! Also I'm pretty happy right now because we just got our softball coach with the ice bucket! Tried to run. . . the poor shmuck. Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter and I want y'all to give shout out to my new beta Perilous Mango Ninja.

Back in Black

Chapter 6

Severus stood rooted for about a minute, trying to think of something to say. When no words came to him, he did the next most sensible thing; he bolted. Hermione stared in awe for a few moments at the place in which he had been standing before her head hit the pillow again. Her eyes now wondered to a new spot: her abdomen. 'Could I be. . .?" True, she had made that mistake with Ron a couple months back, but wouldn't she have known that she was pregnant by now?

It was then that a new thought hit her. 'Maybe this is why. . . maybe whatever greater power there is out there knew that I wouldn't kill this child. . . maybe there was a reason why my suicide attempts never worked. . . not that I believe in fate or that I don't find this completely illogical. . . but maybe. . .' Hermione had to stop thinking. Another headache was already growing upon the one she had from being nauseated. Just then the lights of the infirmary darkened and she fell into a restless sleep.
(Snape's Rooms)

After he finally made it to his doors, practically shouted his password, stumbled in, and slammed the door behind him, Severus Snape was still fuming.

"Why the hell did you just run down here like a bat out of hell?!" He shouted at his mirror. 'Maybe because you've just made a fool out of yourself. . .' 'Shut up!' Once the two half of his brain finished their screaming match, Severus began to calm down and think logically again. 'She really didn't know. . . I was so sure of it, too. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions, but I did. But now the real question: who is the father of her child? It could be that Weasley, or, God forbid, Potter' Severus cringed at the thought. "But wait, he's with that Chang girl. Oh what if Potter and Granger had had an indecent affair? Oh the possibilities. . .' The evil half smirk that everyone in the castle had become accustomed to in the past 20 years was playing about his lips. 'No, I doubt Granger would ever consent, damn honest Gryffindors.' He had thoughts such as these play through his head for a good hour or so before his original purpose for being in his chambers returned to him. The scene of what had happened in the infirmary played back in slow motion. . . him scolding Hermione. . .yelling at her. . . her eyes growing wide. . . It was then that he realized what he had to do. She may have been a prat, and a Gryffindor prat at that, but she was still a lady and he had obviously offended her. Had it not been for his close to noble upbringing, Severus would have probably just left the matter alone, but being a man of honour, he knew what he had to do. He had to apologize. The problem with that. . . he kind of forgot how.
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