Severus, Mike, Amy and Tirza boarded the ferry that would take them to the Statue. The crowd of people was loud and rather packed onto the ferry; Snape couldn't remember a time when he had ever been in a place so packed before. Even Diagon Alley just before the school year started was never as crowded as this. He watched Amy stand on her tip toes and peer at the Statue as it came closer. "I can't see," Tirza whined. "I hate being short." Mike laughed and swung her up onto his shoulders. "Don't you know that the best presents come in small packages?" he told her. Tirza giggled and kissed the top of his head. Snape felt the familiar pang of jealousy hit him, but attempted to dismiss it; why shouldn't Tirza like Mike Logan? He had been a big part of her life since she was born and her best friend's father. Tirza leaned over and kissed Severus' head. "Having fun daddy?" she asked. "Loads of fun," he retorted sarcastically. Tirza laughed and kissed him again. The ferry was soon docked on Ellis Island (that IS the right island, I hope!); Mike took Tirza off his shoulders and she and Amy took off running. "Get back here!" both dads yelled. The girls stopped, looked back at them and giggled, then returned to where their fathers stood. "Daddy, you're not gonna make me hold your hand are you?" Tirza asked. "Yes I am; this place is full of people and I don't know it as well as I do the school. I am taking no chance of you getting lost," he told her sternly, taking her hand. The girls looked at each other, both hanging on to a hand and giggled. "Dads," they groaned.

The girls insisted on climbing all the stairs and going up as high as possible in the statue, much to the displeasure of their fathers. Not that the view wasn't spectacular once they reached the top, it was the dozens upon dozens of seemingly unending stairs. "Isn't it pretty?" Tirza asked. Severus held her up and they looked out the large windows at the busy city below. He nodded, still amazed at the amount of people they could see below. "Who's up for ice cream in central park?" Mike asked. "Me me me!!" the girls shouted. They began the long trek back down the stairs to brave the cold and for ice cream in Central Park.

The girls bounded into the house after ice cream, bearing presents from the Statue of Liberty gift shop. Amy and Tirza both had a flag with a picture of the Statue on it and they were very involved in a sword fight using the flags. Severus and Mike brought up the rear, with Severus holding a miniature statue of the real one. Chris was lying on the couch in shorts and a sleeveless shirt and bare feet, fanning herself. "Hey! Did you have fun?" she asked without getting up as they noisily entered the house. "Lots of fun," Tirza said as she and Amy put off their sword fight for later. "We had ice cream and everything!" Amy added. They kissed Chris' stomach, and then kissed her face. "Your faces are so cold, but it feels good," she told them, returning the kisses. "I tried to put some spaghetti together, but I got to tired Mike." Mike laughed. "Well of course you did! You're not supposed to do that kinda stuff, that's my job." All three girls giggled. "Do you want a cold cloth mommy?" Chris nodded. "That would be wonderful honey." Amy returned a moment later with a wet washcloth and carefully dabbed her mother's face. "Are you married Severus?" Chris asked as Snape sat down. He shook his head no. "I want him to marry Isabel, they already kiss and everything," Tirza told her. "But they are so SLOW." "Good things take time," Chris told her, rubbing her arm. "Like babies take a long time?" Amy asked. "Exactly." "Tirza has been playing matchmaker for Isabel and me," he commented. Chris hugged Tirza close. "That's our sweet pea," she said. "Oh, by the way, Jack McCoy called. He says he has a meeting with you-know-who set up for Wednesday morning if you two want to be there." Severus turned a questioning look toward Tirza. "What do you think?" She sighed. "I'll think about it."

Tirza lay in her bed in Amy's room feeling wide awake. Amy was sound asleep and she figured every one else was too. She sighed and crawled out of the bed, deciding to watch some TV in the living room for a while. As she entered the hallway, she saw a weird light coming from the living room. "Can't sleep?" Chris asked from her perch on the couch. Tirza nodded. "Come here and keep me company then," Chris beckoned, patting the seat beside her. Tirza smiled and sat on the couch and leaned gently against Chris. "Are you worried about something?" she asked. Tirza shook her head. "Just not sleepy." "You know, you and your dad are really cute together." Tirza giggled. "I love him lots and lots. I miss you guys, but I'm glad I'm with daddy, cuz he is really special." Chris smiled and kissed the little girl's head. "I'm glad you are close with your dad." The two snuggled together, watching reruns of MacGyver until they fell asleep, sleeping on the couch until morning.

"Shopping! Shopping!" the girls chanted. Chris smiled and looked at Severus. "Are you prepared to take these two monkeys shopping?" Both girls had pleading looks on their faces. "I doubt it, and I doubt I'll ever get used to taking a young girl shopping, but Tirza could use some new things, so we might as well get it over with," he said with a slight groan. Tirza giggled. "He ALWAYS hates shopping, except for Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade," she told AJ. Severus surmised that the blonde girl must have already heard of both places as she nodded and didn't ask any questions. "Are those the stores near the school?" Chris asked and they headed for the car. Severus jumped in with an answer before Tirza blurted out anything else. "Hogsmeade is the little town just outside of the school that has several stores and Diagon Alley specializes in stores with supplies for the school. Tirza often goes with me to buy things for my class there." "Do you have a car?" Amy asked him. He shook his head. "Oh, duh, you probably fly, don't ya?" Severus rolled his eyes and Chris laughed. "AJ, what are you talking about?" "Well he's a wizard and he has a broom and so does Tirza cuz she's a witch, so they fly around to places," Amy replied, sounding very serious. "Oh," Chris replied. She rolled her eyes, making sure that Severus was the only one to see her do it. "Kids," she whispered to him. "Indeed," he replied.

Their first stop was at a mall with all sorts of clothing stores like Abercrombie and Fitch, the Gap, and several others. "Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Severus asked as they walked into the first store. "You look extremely tired." Chris did indeed look and feel tired, but shook her head. "I'll be fine. I can sit while they look at clothes and try them on. You don't mind being the one to follow them around the most, do you?" Severus shook his head. "That won't be a problem. If you get to feeling badly, we'll all go and come another day, you shouldn't over exert yourself." When they entered the store, he helped her to a chair. "Were you this good to Ariel when she was pregnant?" Chris asked. Severus paused for a moment, and then shook his head. "By the time Ariel was as far along as you are, she had already left. She was only a few months pregnant the last time we saw each other." Chris nodded and wanted to say something, but the girls took off down an aisle and Severus followed them.

Chris sat there, feeling very grateful for the comfortable chair, as the girls giggled and chatted over the clothes. Both girls were fond of the t- shirts with sayings, much to Snape's chagrin, and soon filled their arms with them as well as jeans and other shirts. "Look auntie Chrissy, isn't it pretty?" Tirza said, holding up a black t- shirt with the word Goddess written in gold letters. Chris smiled. "Very cool." The girls bounded into dressing rooms and Snape stood beside Chris. "Is it just me or is shopping a complete bore?" he asked with a chuckle. Chris laughed. "It's not just you, Mike feels the same way. Except shopping for baby things, he's always been really into that. In fact, he picked out the dress that AJ came home from the hospital in. I remember it was pink with lots of lace and bows, you could hardly find the poor thing with all those frills." Snape nodded, wondering what dress Tirza came home from the hospital in. "So how serious are you and this Isabel?" Chris asked smiling. "If I'm being too nosy, feel free to tell me to shut up," she added. Severus chuckled and returned the smile. "Tirza is adamant that we love each other and will get married. I however do not see that happening," he admitted. "Why?" Chris wondered.

Severus blushed slightly at being so personal with this woman. "She is a lovely woman and I do enjoy being with her, but I don't think I am able to have a very serious relationship with her. Tirza needs me and she will always be the most important thing in my life and I don't want anything to ever get in the way of that." "Tirza adores her though; doesn't that make a difference?" she asked. Snape shook his head no. "The first time we actually went on a date and returned back to the school Tirza had had one of her horrible nightmares," he paused for a moment. "I don't think I've ever felt as guilty in my entire life as I did that night. To know that I was out having a good time and my little girl needed me and I wasn't there," he told her quietly. "Was Tirza mad?" He shook his head again. "No; she's extremely quick to forgive me for things and damn if I know where she got that from, certainly not her mother or myself. But I refuse to do that to her again. She is my child and she depends on me and I will not allow anything to possibly stand in the way of that." Chris nodded, looking thoughtful. "You seem like a very good man Severus, and an excellent father. I can see that Mike and I will be able to relax now; Tirza's in very capable and loving hands."

After several trips to and from the dressing room the girls were finally ready. "Are you sure you need all these clothes?" Severus asked Tirza, looking rather amazed at the large pile of items. The pile included several pairs of pants (mostly jeans), six new shirts, two fancy undershirts and the usual socks and underwear. He carefully looked through all the clothes, wondering where exactly people came up with the ideas for some of them; near the bottom of the pile where two items that made Severus blush a brick red. One was a pair of panties made of almost see through pale blue lace, the other was a pair of shorts that were really too short to be of any use. He held them up to Tirza and just holding them they barely covered her butt. "Absolutely not," he told her, handing her both the panties and shorts. Tirza scowled. "Why not?" she demanded, hands on her hips. "For one thing, you are much too young to be wearing those," he stated, pointing to the lacy panties. "And as long as you live in my home you will wear clothing that covers things appropriately." "What are you talking about?" she asked. "Those shorts," he scowled and pointed to them. "So?" "So I will not have you running around the school in something that barely covers your bottom," he hissed quietly. "But daddy, they're cool!" she told him, stomping her foot for extra emphasis. "NO," he replied sternly. "I'll get them if I wanna!" she yelled loudly, causing several shoppers to look in their direction. The look Severus shot Tirza was a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "This is not up for discussion young lady. And you will not through a tantrum here in the store." "I want em I want em I want em!!!!" she screamed.

Chris, still sitting down, tried very hard to keep from laughing, having been there many times and knowing how embarrassing it was, it was still rather funny. Tirza however, was not her child and so Severus would have to fight this one himself. "They're fun daddy, you're just being crazy!" Tirza yelled. More people were watching them, waiting to see what would happen and Severus had had enough. He crouched down to Tirza's level and looked her straight in the eyes. "So you consider it fun to run around in clothes that expose your bottom to everyone?" Tirza didn't consider the shorts to be that short and thought he was just being a stick in the mud. "Yeah," she told him indignantly. "Well if you want to show your bottom off to people, then just keep up this tantrum and the entire store can see your bare bottom spanked," he hissed, just loud enough for Tirza, Chris and Amy to hear. Amy turned and gave her mother a look of horror. "He can't do that, mommy, can he?" she whispered. Chris didn't reply, but watched as Tirza, still scowling, put away the sexy panties and the very short shorts. "Apparently he won't have to," she told Amy. Severus stood there; his arms crossed over his chest, watching her put away the items, thankful that people were now getting on with their shopping and not paying attention to his daughter's tantrum. Chris smiled to herself, knowing Severus was right in his decisions about the items, and couldn't help thinking 'Severus: 1, Tirza: 0'. Ariel would have purchased them and not given it a second thought. "God, I have this horrible craving for fried chicken. Is anyone else hungry?" Chris asked.

By the time lunch was over, the scene in the store was forgotten and Tirza was no longer mad at Severus for refusing to buy her those things. "Can we go to the big toy store?" Amy asked. "Yeah! Please? Pretty please?" Tirza begged. "Perhaps that should wait for another day; Chris looks very warn out," Severus stated. Chris smiled. "As long as the toy store is our last stop for the day I'll be just fine." "Yippy!" the girls shouted, drawing the attention of several people in the restaurant. They ducked their heads and giggled something that Severus was starting to think that they never ceased to do! Everyone piled back into the car and Chris drove them to F.A.O. Schwartz (that is the really big toy store there, right?). As soon as they entered the store the kids started running. "Both of you back here now!" Snape shouted to them. Chris laughed as both girl turned around and reluctantly trotted back to the adults. "This is a very large store; you two will not be running around on your own. I want you to always keep me in your sight and stay together, agreed?" Severus asked. Amy and Tirza nodded solemnly, not wanting him to say they were leaving. "We'll be following slowly, but if either of you leave each other or my sight, we're done here. Now go ahead and look around, but remember what I said." As the girls went ahead of them a little ways, Chris burst out laughing; Snape turned to look at her, an eyebrow raised. "You are most definitely a teacher!" she laughed. "You have no idea," he told her. "I am the most hated professor in the school; quickest to take points and assign detention and I will admit I enjoy it when my students groan when they look at my final exam." She laughed even harder and leaned against Snape somewhat for support. "Watching you with Tirza, I can hardly believe that to be the truth, but that's exactly what TJ's told us in her letters. So what are you going to do when she is in your class next year?" Chris mused. Snape sighed. "That is along ways away, thank Merlin, and I am not worrying about that until closer to that time." "TJ said you were the head of one of the dormitories; it was a funny name that started with S." Snape nodded. "Slytherin House." "Are you hoping that she is put into your dormitory?" Chris asked. "Not especially," he admitted. "My family has always been Slytherin, but I don't especially want Tirza around that crowd. They are known for being rather treacherous and malevolent and I have a feeling they'd corrupt her." She smiled. "Let me guess; the boy that picks on her is in Slytherin?" Snape chuckled softly and nodded.

Severus and Chris followed the girls around for nearly and hour as they looked carefully through each display, discussing which toys they liked the best. They finally entered a section of the store jam packed with teddy bears (there SHOULD be a section like that in a big toy store, right?). Tirza looked longingly at each bear; there were all so cute that she wanted to take each and every one of them home with her. As she continued to search through the bears, her eyes finally landed on a rather large brown bear with big ears, big round black eyes and adorably large feet (the bottom set of paws). "AJ, come here!" she called. Amy hurried over holding her chosen bear, a small white one with a lace collar and a rose by her ear. "I like this bear, isn't he cute?" Amy looked at the bear critically. "His feet are too big," she decided. "That's what makes him special," Tirza retorted. "But he's really big, how ya gonna get him home?" Amy asked. Tirza smiled. "Daddy'll just do a shrinking spell and we'll turn him big again when we get back to Hogwarts." Amy nodded and the two girls ran to their parents to present the newest additions to their stuffed animal collections.

"Whatcha gonna name yours?" Amy asked on the ride home. "Mine is Rosie." Tirza hugged her big bear close. "His name is Monty; he can be Molly's big brother." Amy frowned. "No he can't; he's a bear and Molly's a lion." "Sure he can," Tirza told her. "I got a big brother who's not my real bug brother, so Molly can too." "You mean Oliver?" Amy asked. Tirza nodded and both girls giggled. "He's really cute," Amy whispered. "I know," Tirza replied. "I had a big crush on him, but he's much more funner as my brother." They began to talk about cute actors from movies and giggling; Severus, sitting up front with Chris, rolled his eyes.

The next morning Mike was called unexpectedly into work, which pushed the plans of seeing a movie off until later that night. The girls decided to make it a pajama day and watch movies with Chris, which suited Snape just fine; he really hated all the noise and crowds of the city. The girls, both sleepy from staying up late the night before, dozed off and on throughout the movies and Chris and Severus chatted together, mostly about the girls. Just before eleven, Chris got up to get a drink; as she walked down the hallway back into the living room, she suddenly stopped and leaned against the wall as a strained look came over her face. "Are you alright?" Severus asked. Chris shook her head no and he quickly went to her. "Is it the baby?" he asked. She nodded. "My water broke about a half hour ago, but the contractions are coming really fast. It wasn't this fast with AJ, she took ten hours." Severus wasn't sure what to do, but the next contraction came less then three minutes later and he helped her sit down on the floor. "What's wrong with mommy?" Amy asked as she and Tirza entered the hallway. "Is the baby coming?" Tirza asked. Another contraction was the answer to their question. "Apparently yes, and it's coming very quickly," he told them. "Oh my god, I think I feel her head," Chris moaned. The little girls screamed and Snape fervently wished he was anywhere but here. He was here however and if the head was coming, the rest of the baby wouldn't be far behind and he'd have to do something. "Amy, go get a pillow for your mother's head and some clean towels, then call your father and the police. Tirza, get my bag with your potion in it and bring it here," he directed. As soon as the girls disappeared, he checked and the baby's head was indeed crowing (correct term, right?).

"Potion? AJ wasn't kidding," Chris marveled. "Yes yes yes, whatever your daughter said that my daughter said is true. I am a wizard, Tirza is a witch. I have a wand, and I teach Potions. I happen to have a potion with me that will ease your pain; it is perfectly safe I assure you." Chris didn't look so convinced, but Tirza appeared with the bag. "He's really good, he's even invented some potions and he's listed in famous books and everything," she told him. She looked at the baby's head coming out and turned green. "EW!" she screamed. "Out!" Snape ordered her and Amy. The girls quickly went to the front door to watch for the ambulance. Severus helped Chris drink the pain reducing potion, which took effect almost immediately, then used a cleansing spell on him and the towels. "Well a dream wouldn't have hurt like that, so it must be real," she mused between contractions. A few pushes later and Snape caught the messy baby girl is a towel, quickly drying her off and then wrapping her up. "Is she okay?" Chris asked. Snape nodded. "She's beautiful."

The girls reappeared in the hallway, followed by paramedics, who quickly took Chris and the baby outside to the ambulance. "Would you three like a ride?" an officer asked. Amy recognized the officer as someone from Mike's precinct. "Mike sent me over, he's meeting us at St. Vincent's, come on." He ushered the two girls and a surprisingly calm Snape to the cop car and turned on the lights, then drove them to the hospital. Mike appeared just after they arrived and was allowed in to see Chris and the baby; the girls were told to stay with Severus for just a little bit. "There was lots of blood," Amy said, her lower lip quivering. "Is my mommy gonna die uncle Severus?" Tirza's lip started to quiver too and both girls burst into tears. "Nobody is going to die, not Chris and not the baby," he assured them. The next thing he knew, both girls had launched themselves into his arms, crying almost hysterically. He slowly rocked them back and forth, whispering comfortingly to them. After a few minutes of reassurances, he finally got Amy and Tirza to calm down; they were so worn out from the excitement and the worry that they promptly fell asleep, still in his arms.

Ten minutes after the girls fell asleep, Mike burst into the waiting room, waking the girls, who began peppering him with questions. Mike was smiling so much that his face almost looked like it would burst. "My god, did you see her? She's so beautiful! I got three beautiful girls now," Mike exclaimed, grabbing both girls in a bear hug. "Is mommy okay?" Amy asked. Mike nodded and kissed her head. "She's wonderful, just wonderful. You two want to go see her?" Tirza and Amy nodded excitedly. "She's in the room right there," Mike pointed. "Just remember to be quiet because it's a hospital." The girls nodded and happily went to Chris' room. Mike turned to Severus, still beaming. "Man, I don't even want to think about what would have happened if you hadn't been there. Thank you." He reached out and shook Severus' hand then pulled him into a hug. Snape felt extremely uncomfortable and awkward, but the hug didn't last long. "Come on in and see them; Chris wants to thank you too." Severus nodded and followed Mike into the hospital room. Chris was lying on a large hospital bed cradling a tiny baby, whose head was barely visible it was so wrapped up. The girls were sitting on the bed on either side of her talking about how cute the baby was. Chris looked up when the men entered and smiled. "Severus, how can I ever thank you? You were wonderful," she told him. Severus blushed slightly from the praise. He peered at the tiny baby, a baby he himself had delivered into the world. "Congratulations," he told them. "That potion you gave me, wow, that was better then an epideral," Chris assured him. Snape rolled his eyes. "I suppose Mike now knows about Tirza and I as well." Mike nodded. "I think it's cool and don't worry, we'll keep your secret."

"Can we kiss the baby mommy?" Amy asked. "Just be gentle," Chris cautioned. In turn each girl planted a soft kiss on the baby's warm head. The baby's eyes kept opening and closing as if she was unable to decide whether to sleep or stay awake and look at everyone. "What's her name?" Tirza asked. Chris smiled. "If she was a boy, I'd name her after you Severus, but that just wouldn't work for a baby girl." "You could call her Serena," Amy piped up. "Like Samantha's sister on Bewitched and its kina close to uncle Severus' name." Chris looked at the tiny girl in her arms. "Serena; that is very pretty. What do you think Mike?" He nodded. "I'd like to have her middle name be my grandmother's name. What does everyone think about Serena Kerry Logan?" Chris asked. Everyone murmured their approval. Chris kissed the now sleeping baby. "Welcome to the world Serena Kerry Logan," she whispered.

A/N: Sev delivered the baby! LOL! Aaron told me I should have the baby's middle name be my name and I figured, hey, what the hell, so it is! I tried to find names that were close to Severus which was VERY difficult I assure you!!! Serena was the closest I could come and I hope ya'll like it! This was such a fun chapter to write! More stuff on Tirza's attacker coming up!

Sunne: Dumbledore is a fun character to write! I like how close Tirza and her "grandpa" are! Glad you're enjoying the story!

Wolfie Jr: Hey, welcome to the story, LOL! It is always great to see another new reviewer! I'm glad you have been enjoying the story and hope you will continue to enjoy it! And a fellow Law & Order fan is even better! Jack has always been my fav prosecuter; Ben was just too.... Good. Jack doesn't break the law (at least not too often, LOL!) but know exactly how to bend it to get justice and I love that! His character is what initially inspired me to be a lawyer!

Alrick: Thanks for the ideas! So did you figure out that Sev was going to deliver the baby or just that the baby would come during their visit? You were the only one who mentioned the baby coming (I think...)!

Severus Snape: I try to make the chapters long, but I also hate making everyone wait for a long time. So usually as soon as I get like 6 or 7 typed pages I update.

Fire'N'Ice: Yeah, it would be great to leave Sev alone with Tirza's attacker!!! But what would that teach Tirza if she found out? He already has enough trouble with her fighting without making things worse!

BuzzBuzz16: Shhh, don't give things away silly girls! LOL! I've loved chatting with you too and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Liltigger: Thanks for the suggestions!

Slone: Okay, so two people mentioned the baby! You and Alrick! Did you at all think of Sev delivering the baby? Or was it a very fun surprise?

Raclswt: Thanks for the info!!

CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur: Yea! Another Law & Order fan! I hadn't originally meant it as a slight cross-over but it's worked out quite well I think to borrow people, LOL!

Obsessedwithbritishpeople: Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Sapphire: Always great to see a new reviewer! I am so glad you like the story! And okay, so three people mentioned about the baby, LOL! Did you suspect Snape would deliver the baby, or no? Thanks for the compliments! I hope you continue to read and enjoy!

Kenomee: I would love to be a tourist in NYC too. I am glad you like the Logans, I think they're very good people. Thanks for sharing on your big city experiences in possible relation to Snape!! So did the birth turn out how you expected?

Oasis gir: More on Tirza's attacker in the next part and I think everyone will be satisfied with the result.

MissLKidd: What did Snape really expect though? As if she wouldn't tell the friend that is like a twin sister?

CraJure: Thanks for the info!!

Stay tuned everyone and have a great night! Love to all, Kerry