Snape sat in his bed reading; he had put Tirza to bed twenty minutes ago when they had returned from the party and was relaxing before going to sleep. There was a soft knock on his door, followed by Tirza's voice. "Daddy, can I come in?" He shook his head. "Tirza, you are supposed to be in bed. I've already let you stay up much longer than usual." She opened the door and leaned against the door frame. "Daddy, I don't feel good." She was shivering and looked almost green. "Come here," he said. She walked slowly towards him and he pulled her up onto his bed. She lay down and put her hands on her stomach. "I feel really icky." Snape put his hand on her forehead. "You do not have a fever. What do you feel like?" She moaned and curled into a ball. "Like I'm gonna puke." 'Great,' Snape thought. If there was one thing about parenting that he was sure he'd never get used to, it was being thrown up on. "Are you going to throw up?" She shook her head and a tear ran down her face. "Not yet. But my tummy hurts really bad daddy, like it's gonna explode or something." He seriously doubted that her stomach would explode but kept that thought to himself and rubbed her back. "Don't you have stuff I can take?" Tirza asked. Snape kissed her forehead and continued to rub her back. "Not until I know what made you sick. Did you drink anything different tonight?" She shook her head and moaned again. "Daddy, will you rub my tummy with lotion?" Snape would have laughed at the idea if she hadn't looked so serious. "I really do not think so," he told her. She stuck her lower lip out in a pout. "Please daddy." He sighed; it was so difficult to resist her at times. "Why do you want me to do that?" "Mommy always rubbed my tummy with lotion when I didn't feel good and it made me feel a little better." He looked into Tirza's pleading eyes, so much like his, and gave in. It's not like it would truly kill him to do it. "Alright, where's the lotion?" "On my desk." Snape grabbed his wand. "Accio lotion."

A few minutes later, the bottle of vanilla lotion floated into his room. Snape took the bottle and opened it and squirted some into his hand. "No, not like that," Tirza said. He raised an eyebrow. "Then how?" "Mommy always squirted the lotion from the bottle into little drops on my tummy." Snape fought to keep a look of annoyance from his face; he felt like an idiot. Tirza uncurled her legs and lifted her pajama top, exposing her stomach. Snape did as directed and squirted little drops of vanilla lotion onto her stomach. "Now you rub it," she told him. Snape began rubbing the lotion with his hand and cringed. "I will smell like vanilla now," he complained. Tirza gave him a small smile and having his hand smell like vanilla was suddenly not such a bad thing. He continued to gently rub her tummy. "Did you drink anything different tonight?" Tirza shook her head. "What all did you have to eat?" At that question, her face went red and he chuckled. "You might as well tell me. I won't get upset." She sighed as he finished rubbing and pulled down her pajama top and cuddled her in his lap. "Well, I had some cookies and some brownies and some iccream..." she told him quietly. "Did you eat anything other than treats tonight?" Tirza blushed again. "I had an apple." "Is that all?" She nodded and covered her face with her hands. Snape kissed her hands and she slowly lowered them. "Are you mad?" He shook his head. "No, I'm not. But exactly how many cookies and brownies and such did you have?" "Well, I had like five cookies and I think two brownies and three bowls of ice cream." Snape rolled his eyes; no wonder the little imp was sick!

"Now are you mad?" she asked nervously. "No, but you will not be having any dessert for the rest of the week; I am sure that your system could use a break from sweets." Tirza pouted. "That's like six days," she whined. "I somehow have a feeling that you will last through those days. Now would you like something to make you feel better?" She nodded and Snape laid her gently on the bed. He left the room and returned with a small bottle. Tirza quickly drank its contents and Snape sat beside her. "Hold me again daddy; it makes me feel better." Snape gladly cuddled her in his arms again; he didn't think he'd ever get tired of holding her. "The potion should start to work in about five minutes." She nodded and closed her eyes. "Thanks for rubbing my tummy daddy; it helped a little." Snape smiled. "Of course child. Do you want me to take you back to your bed?" She shook her little head, curls flying. "Can I stay with you daddy?" Snape kissed her face and nodded. Still holding her, he tucked the covers in around them. As soon as the potion began to work, Tirza fell asleep. He carefully got off the bed and started to carry her towards her room. "No, with you," she murmured. Snape chuckled and headed back to his bed and tucked her in. She rolled over and snuggled close to him, her little head on his chest. He stroked her soft hair and listened as her breathing became deep and relaxed before he fell asleep.

Tirza sat in the Gryffindor common room with Hermione, Harry and Ron the next afternoon. They were roasting marshmallows in the fireplace. "Opps," Tirza said. "I forgot I wasn't supposed to have any treats. You guys never saw me eat this okay?" she told them before popping another marshmallow in her mouth. Hermione and the boys laughed. "Speaking of secrets, did Snape ever find out that it was us that sabotaged the Slytherins?" Ron asked. Tirza blushed a dark red. "Well... I felt bad when he blamed Fred and George and told him I did it," she told them quietly. "I bet he didn't believe you, did he?" Harry asked. "He believed me that I did part of it, but he knew I didn't do the charms and spells." "You didn't tell on us though?" Ron wondered. Tirza shook her head. "Nah; he wanted me to, but I wouldn't." All three smiled at Tirza. "Good for you," Harry said, patting her on the back. "Yeah," Ron added. "Did you get in trouble though?" Hermione asked as she put another marshmallow into the fire. Tirza blushed again and nodded. "What did he do to you?" Ron almost hated to think of what Snape would have done; he certainly wouldn't want him as a father! "You didn't get spanked again, did you?" Hermione whispered. Tirza buried her place in a nearby pillow. "Oh my god; does EVEYBODY know what that?" Hermione and the boys nodded. "Well, we were in Potions that day you planted the dung bomb on Draco and it didn't take a genius to figure out what was going on in Snape's office," Ron told her. "And Draco saw to it that the whole school found out," Harry added. Tirza covered her face with the pillow again. "God, my life is over!" she moaned. "But no, I didn't get spanked again. I was grounded though for two days and that sucked; my TV is like my best friend I swear! It's torture; there should be laws." They all laughed, including Tirza, even though she was serious. "That's too bad you got into trouble," Hermione said. The boys nodded. "At least you didn't tell on us," Ron commented. "Well, I'm no rat fink," Tirza told him. "I think he suspected you guys though." They nodded. "It's not really fair that you got in trouble and the rest of us didn't maybe we should tell Snape," Hermione mused. Tirza, Ron and Harry looked at her as if she was insane. "Mione, you feeling okay?" Tirza asked. Hermione frowned. "I'm serious; Tirza shouldn't have to take all the blame. We all participated." "Think about what you're saying Hermione; my dad would kill you guys!" She shrugged. "What could he really do besides take points and give us detention?" "Tell McGonagall?" Ron piped up. "Try and get us expelled?" Harry added. Tirza nodded. "I really don't know what he'd do, but I know he'd be pissed and I wouldn't put anything past him." Hermione shrugged and Harry changed the subject to the upcoming Slytherin/Gryffindor match.

Snape and Tirza sat on the floor, a game board spread out in front of them. "Yes, I got Princess Lolly!" Tirza said happily and moved her red game piece. Snape was positive that this must be the most pointless game in the world, but he kept that to himself, not wanting to ruin Tirza's fun. "I've been thinking that it is time to start you on your schoolwork," Snape announced. "No, I like hanging out." Snape chuckled. "You've been 'hanging out' as you put it for four weeks now. I cannot let you neglect your schooling any longer than I already have. I will arrange to get the materials together and we will start in a few days." Tirza stuck her lower lip out in a pout. "Don't wanna do school with you." "Why not?" Snape asked. "Cause you're mean when you teach the other kids and I don't want you to be mean to me; it makes me sad." Snape nodded; he could understand her point, but she did need to get started with schooling eventually. "I won't be mean to you honey." She gave him a look that said 'yeah, right.' "I don't wanna do school!" she yelled. "Tirza, be reasonable," Snape admonished. "No! I won't and you can't make me!" Snape sighed; she was so very difficult at times! "Tirza, this is not up for discussion. As soon as the materials arrive, you will begin your schooling." "NO!" she started rolling on the floor, flailing her arms and legs in a full blown tantrum. Snape almost laughed at the sight, but this was a serious matter and she needed to learn that throwing a tantrum wasn't going to get her own way. "Tirza Jade, you are acting worse than a two year old. Be a grown up girl and stop this nonsense." That only made the yelling louder.

"I am counting to five young lady, and you don't want me to get to five," he warned. Tirza ignored him and continued her noisy tantrum. "One... two... three," he hoped Tirza would stop because he really didn't have a specific plan in mind. "Five!" Feeling completely fed up with her childish antics, he scooped her off the floor and carried her to her room. Once inside, he stood her on the floor and swatted her bottom twice. "OW! Son of a bitch," Tirza muttered, which only earned her another swat. Snape crouched down to her level and looked into her eyes, which were filling with tears. "Tirza, you know that I love you, but I will not stand for this kind of behavior. You are a big girl, much beyond the age of throwing tantrums. Now you..." What Snape was going to say was suddenly cut off as Tirza practically jumped into his arms. She hugged him tight and a few tears spilled down her face. "I'm sorry daddy," she whispered. Snape wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head. He had been planning on confining her to her room for the rest of the night, but could see that wouldn't be necessary. "I know, it's alright, I'm not angry," he told her soothingly. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be bad and stupid," she whispered. "None of that kind of talk! You are not bad or stupid, everyone makes mistakes, especially when they are growing up," Snape assured her. "I'll be good daddy," she promised. He kissed her again and rubbed her back. "I know. You are a good girl; my good girl."

The next morning, Tirza appeared at breakfast with a camera, begging to take pictures of all the teachers. "What do you need them for?" Snape asked. "I'm gonna take pictures of everybody and Hermione's parents will develop them and then I can send them to AJ." The teachers all consented to having their pictures taken and Tirza ran around the rest of the day with her camera snapping pictures. By late afternoon, she had pictures of almost everyone: Jinn Jinn, her dad, the teachers, Hermione, Oliver, Harry, Ron and several others. There was only one picture left that she needed and that was Malfoy's! Seeing as he hadn't been mean to her lately, she decided to go find him before supper and get his picture. She found her way to the Slytherin common room and whispered the password. Nearly everyone in the common room looked up as she came in, but no one talked to her. She ignored them all and headed towards Draco, who was sitting at a table, playing wizard's chess. "Hey Draco, can I take your picture?" Draco looked up at her in surprise. "What do you want my picture for?" he snapped. "I'm sending pictures of almost everyone to my best friend and I want to send yours too," she told him. He gave her a funny look. "What, are you going to write that you blew up my book bag and I ended up getting into trouble in the end?" Tirza giggled and shook her head. "Nah, she's not a witch and it would be too hard to explain all of that otherwise. If you don't want me to take your picture, I won't." Draco thought about it for a moment, then suddenly put his hand in his robes and was relieved when he felt his wand. "I didn't take your stupid wand," Tirza said. "Well, I guess you can take my picture." She smiled. "Great! Say cheese!" She looked through the lens, trying to get the right angle. "Why would I say cheese?" Tirza rolled her eyes. "Just smile, okay?" With a bright flash, the camera captured the image and Tirza put it back in her pink bag. "Thanks. Later dude!" She turned and bounced out of the room, with Draco watching her go. 'Strange kid,' he thought, shaking his head.

Hermione sat at a table in the library working on an essay for Charms. Several books were spread out around her and open to different pages. She tried to concentrate on her essay, but found it very difficult. She knew what was wrong; she felt guilty. She felt guilt that Tirza had taken the blame for the sabotaged Slytherins and she and the boys hadn't. She had tried several times over the last day to convince them to go confess to Snape, but they kept telling her she was crazy. Hermione put her work inside her bag and grabbed two books to checkout. She didn't care what the boys thought, but she wasn't going to let Tirza get all the blame. She wouldn't do that to a friend! 'As soon as I check these out, I'm going to find Snape and tell him the truth,' she thought. She felt better that she was going to do the right thing, but now she was nervously as well. Who knows what Snape might do? 'It doesn't matter,' she told herself. 'Right is right!'

A/N: Will Hermione confess? If she does, what will Snape do? Now I am going to need some help from everyone with Tirza's schooling; I have no clue about English schooling, so I will need you guys to shoot some info and suggestions my way.

ALRICK: Great idea about the tutor! Could make for some fun and adventures! And don't worry, Tirza changing her name to Snape will be coming up soon. And I guess my timeline is all screwed up according to the books, and I blame that entirely on an overworked brain! LOL! But since it's just a fun story, I'm not too concerned about the books timeline.

KENOMEE: Thanks for your imput! Suggestions about home school Tirza and English school stuff would be VERY much appreciated!

MCMISH: You are absolutely right! High time for Tirza to get into more trouble and push Snape further towards the edge of sanity, LOL! Don't worry, more adventures will be coming up, and some of them will involve the cute but curious bunny!

Well, I am planning on continuing this story up until the time Tirza becomes a Hogwarts student. At that time, I will most likely start a new story that follows her through her first year, if everyone is in support of that idea and if I can keep thinking up enough stuff to continue the story that far. Anyways, much love to everyone! Kerry