A/N: Yay! The graduation! Finally!!!!!! I have time to write this part...well, a couple minutes at least...
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. J.K Rowling owns these characters. Please do not sue me, I only have a dollar to my name. *holds up the dollar for all to see* See, one little dollar.
~Snape walks up and takes the dollar.~ *growls and chases after him, hereby ending the disclaimer*
Hermione woke up the next morning, a slight flutter in her stomach. It could be nerves or the baby, she thought wryly. She shook the lump next to her awake, then got up and walked into the bathroom. As she changed into her graduation robes, the lump wandered into the bathroom, slightly less lumpish.
"Hello, Severus." She hugged him, mainly just to quell the nerves a little bit. With his arms around her, she instantly felt calm and collected. She brushed out her long, sleek hair, and picked up her toothbrush. As she brushed her teeth, the nerves began again.
Stop it, Hermione!, she thought to herself. Out loud, she said, "You're just being ridiculous!" It was muffled around her toothbrush, and Snape looked at her. She looked at him, smiled a smile of toothpaste, and spit into the sink.
"Very ladylike, Hermione." She grinned and rinsed out her mouth. She slipped into her robes, kissed Severus, and walked out. As she left she yelled over her shoulder.
"See ya at the ceremony!" Then she was gone. Snape put on his robes and sat down to read. Eventually, he decided it was high time to get to the Great Hall, and he headed out of the dungeons. When he got there, the first thing he saw was Hermione sitting next to Dumbledore and talking animatedly. He walked up and took his seat just as the students started to shuffle into the hall behind him, yawning and grumbling.
As he reached his seat and looked out over the crowd of students, his well-trained eyes picked out spots of blue among the wave of black robes. Graduation had finally come. As he looked from Hermione to the other graduating students, he saw that she looked very young compared to them, yet they were only a year apart.
She noticed him studying her and looked at him with a smile.
"What, do I have something in my teeth?" He smiled and shook his head. She went back to her breakfast. Dumbledore tapped her on the shoulder. She turned quickly.
"Hermione, we have a slight change of plans." Her face fell. What if they didn't let her graduate? "You will be called first, instead of with the rest of the students." She breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. As the students and teachers finished breakfast, they began to wander outside, and eventually, had all found their seats. The families of the students had already been seated, and were waiting expectantly. Hermione found her own parents in the crowd and waved. Dumbledore stood in front of the crowd and the seated graduates. Harry and Ron caught Hermione's eye and she looked at them, then back at Dumbledore, who was beginning to speak.
Hermione, however, did not listen to what Dumbledore was saying until he said:
"It is now almost time to call down the students who worked so hard to be here, and are finally getting out!" He smiled down at the blue robed students, who returned his smile nervously, their wands in hand. Most students were toying with their wands, but Dumbledore had told them that any "mistakes" would be severely punished, at which Fred and George had assumed a false innocent look on their faces.
Hermione's stomach did a small jump as she sat at the end of her row, unprotected from Ron and Harry's stares. Mrs. Weasley was looking at her, smiling, and Hermione couldn't help herself. She turned, smiled and gave her a discreet thumbs-up. Hermione was grateful that the billowy robes hid her protruding stomach. She hadn't told her parents about the baby yet, and they were in the crowd, beaming at her with pride. Hermione looked at Dumbledore, who was getting the large slips of parchment ready for presentation. She smiled at the teachers sitting on the large stage-like thing that the students and families were in front of.
Snape was one of the presenters, and he caught her smile and returned it. Dumbledore finished talking about the last 7 years at Hogwarts, and smiled at the crowd again.
"Now, I am going to begin calling the 7th years, but first, I must bring your attention to Miss Hermione Granger, a graduating 6th year. She is the valedictorian of this year's graduating class, and her friends and family are in the crowd now. Would they please stand, and Hermione, would you please come up here and say a few words?"
Her parents, still smiling, the Weasleys, including Fred and George, and Harry stood and were acknowledged with clapping and many laughs at poor Ron's expense. Hermione went up the ramp, onto the stage, and over to the podium. Everyone stopped clapping to look at her. Hermione did not know this was going to happen, and was quite nervous. For a moment, everyone stared at her in complete silence, and she finally started.
"Oh, wow. I didn't know this was going to happen, so I don't have a long speech prepared or anything, so please, bear with me." There were chuckles from the crowd. "Wow, I really don't know what to say...this is a wonderful honor, and I wouldn't be here without my parents, William and Jennifer Granger, the Weasley family, Harry, or my other friends in Gryffindor Tower. My time at Hogwarts was wonderful, and seemed so short...I'm actually sorry it's over, but I'm also happy, because it's a new beginning. For me, and for all my friends and acquaintances in their 7th year. I'm proud to be graduating alongside you guys, and I know you'll all go on to lead wonderful lives. I love you all, and goodbye." Hermione smiled at the crowd, and they all smiled back.
Dumbledore motioned for her to stay on the stage, and she stepped away from the podium, standing next to Snape and McGonagall. Snape looked at her and smiled, and McGonagall looked at her with pride.
"So, it is with great pleasure that we present to Miss Hermione Granger her Certificate of Completion." Snape pulled it off the first stack, and the dragon hide cover gleamed in the sun. Dumbledore turned around and smiled at her. "Congratulations, Hermione." He hugged her and turned back to the podium. McGonagall hugged her and whispered in her ear.
"I knew you could do it, Hermione." When she let her go, Hermione smiled, her eyes filling with tears. She moved to Snape, who hugged her tightly and also whispered to her.
"I love you, Hermione." She smiled at him, tears now running down her face, and when he let her go, he handed her the folder he was holding in his hands. She walked carefully off the stage and took her seat. She ran her hands over the dragon hide over and over again, and opened it up to look at her name on the parchment.
After about two hours, Hermione realized that Dumbledore was in the Z's. He called the last name (Samantha Zirconi) and began to speak again.
"That is the end of our quite impressive graduating class. Families, you may now find your graduates, and everyone can proceed to the Great Hall for refreshments." Hermione stood with the rest of the graduates, looked at them all, and they tossed their wands into the air. Hermione caught hers, as did many other graduates. The others picked their wands from the ground. As the graduates began to file off, Hermione ran toward the stage, where Snape was standing, looking at her. She ran right into his arms and kissed him. She did not hear her parents, the Weasleys, and Harry come up behind her until she heard her father's voice.
"Hermione, what's going on here?" She turned so quickly that she almost fell, and Snape caught her. She studied the group, and her gaze lingered on Ron, who looked so angry and hurt that it actually surprised her. She stepped forward and stared her parents in the eyes.
"Mom, Dad, I think it's time you should know something." At that moment, Dumbledore came up. She smiled at him, and he moved to stand behind her. "I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Professor Severus Snape." Her mother turned white, and her father stared at her with an incredulous look.
"A teacher???? You're dating a teacher??" Her father just looked at them both like they were crazy. Hermione's mother, at those words, passed out. Bill and Charlie caught her and sat her in one of the seats on the stage formerly filled by the teachers.
"Yes, I am. And there's something else you should know, but we should wait until someone wakes Mom up. Bill, could you please...?" Bill nodded, took out his wand, muttered something, and Hermione's mother stirred. Hermione's father took the seat next to his wife, and the others sat, Hermione next to Snape, and Dumbledore next to Hermione. Facing all the others, Hermione would normally have felt vulnerable, but Snape and Dumbledore's presence made her feel more confident.
"Mom...Dad...everyone...I'm pregnant." Her mother passed out again, and everyone ignored her. Hermione's father's face went from disbelief to rage in a split second. He launched himself at Snape, who was caught off-guard and knocked backwards. Hermione screamed, and Dumbledore pulled his wand out of his belt and shouted an incantation, which pulled Hermione's father into the air. Her father looked around, then at Dumbledore, who was favoring him with a kindly, yet somehow cold, smile.
"You must understand, Mr. Granger, that when I found out about Hermione and Severus, I gave them my blessing. She is no longer a student, and everything is fine. The baby is due in about two months, and I've known since day 1. Even Ron and Harry here know." Ron's mother turned toward him, an angry look on her face.
"Ronald! You knew, and you didn't tell me?" Ron nodded meekly, and his mother turned toward Hermione. "Hermione, dear, I'm so happy for you." She hugged Hermione, and Hermione, glad for her embrace, hugged back. When they broke apart, they looked back at the men.
Hermione's father, however, was not so happy for her. "What kind of teacher sleeps with a student? He should be fired! And shot!" Dumbledore smiled.
"Severus is the best Potions teacher I've ever had, and I will not fire him. Or shoot him." He lowered him to the ground, and glared at him. "Now, please act civilized. If you would have listened to what Hermione was going to say, instead of trying to deny me my Potions master, you would realize that she is quite happy with Severus. And if she's happy, you should be happy." Hermione's dad looked at her, and she nodded.
"Dad, I love him. He's the most intelligent, sweet, amazing man I've ever met." She moved quickly into Severus's arms, and he kissed the top of her head. "You have to realize that he's not going to hurt me, or corrupt your perfect little daughter!"
"I'm glad you added that perfect in there, Hermione." Her father smiled. "It'll take some getting used to, and I'm still not happy with it, but if you're happy, then it's ok. You have my blessing." Hermione smiled and kissed Severus, then realized something and pulled away.
"Um...where's Mom?" They all looked at Hermione's mother, who was still passed out on the ground, and Dumbledore conjured her onto a stretcher and brought her to the school. Hermione's dad walked by the stretcher, followed by Hermione and Snape, holding hands, the Weasley family, and Harry, who walked next to Ron. Ron was being teased by Bill and Charlie, who still thought the change was amusing. Hermione had told them that it would wear off in a week, and Ron still had 3 days as a girl. As the group filed into the school, Hermione whispered something in Severus's ear that made him smile, and the huge doors shut after Ron and Harry.
A/N: You don't know how long it took to finish this part! *wants to have a party to celebrate the finishing of this chappie* I'm so glad I finished it. However, I will not be starting part 12 for quite a while, so please, bear with me...
Thanks go to Sarah, who kept me going with her death threats, Nichole, who is the best friend a girl could ask for, Mylaea, once again for inspiring this fic, and you, the person reading this right now, because you are going to review! SO REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. J.K Rowling owns these characters. Please do not sue me, I only have a dollar to my name. *holds up the dollar for all to see* See, one little dollar.
~Snape walks up and takes the dollar.~ *growls and chases after him, hereby ending the disclaimer*
Hermione woke up the next morning, a slight flutter in her stomach. It could be nerves or the baby, she thought wryly. She shook the lump next to her awake, then got up and walked into the bathroom. As she changed into her graduation robes, the lump wandered into the bathroom, slightly less lumpish.
"Hello, Severus." She hugged him, mainly just to quell the nerves a little bit. With his arms around her, she instantly felt calm and collected. She brushed out her long, sleek hair, and picked up her toothbrush. As she brushed her teeth, the nerves began again.
Stop it, Hermione!, she thought to herself. Out loud, she said, "You're just being ridiculous!" It was muffled around her toothbrush, and Snape looked at her. She looked at him, smiled a smile of toothpaste, and spit into the sink.
"Very ladylike, Hermione." She grinned and rinsed out her mouth. She slipped into her robes, kissed Severus, and walked out. As she left she yelled over her shoulder.
"See ya at the ceremony!" Then she was gone. Snape put on his robes and sat down to read. Eventually, he decided it was high time to get to the Great Hall, and he headed out of the dungeons. When he got there, the first thing he saw was Hermione sitting next to Dumbledore and talking animatedly. He walked up and took his seat just as the students started to shuffle into the hall behind him, yawning and grumbling.
As he reached his seat and looked out over the crowd of students, his well-trained eyes picked out spots of blue among the wave of black robes. Graduation had finally come. As he looked from Hermione to the other graduating students, he saw that she looked very young compared to them, yet they were only a year apart.
She noticed him studying her and looked at him with a smile.
"What, do I have something in my teeth?" He smiled and shook his head. She went back to her breakfast. Dumbledore tapped her on the shoulder. She turned quickly.
"Hermione, we have a slight change of plans." Her face fell. What if they didn't let her graduate? "You will be called first, instead of with the rest of the students." She breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. As the students and teachers finished breakfast, they began to wander outside, and eventually, had all found their seats. The families of the students had already been seated, and were waiting expectantly. Hermione found her own parents in the crowd and waved. Dumbledore stood in front of the crowd and the seated graduates. Harry and Ron caught Hermione's eye and she looked at them, then back at Dumbledore, who was beginning to speak.
Hermione, however, did not listen to what Dumbledore was saying until he said:
"It is now almost time to call down the students who worked so hard to be here, and are finally getting out!" He smiled down at the blue robed students, who returned his smile nervously, their wands in hand. Most students were toying with their wands, but Dumbledore had told them that any "mistakes" would be severely punished, at which Fred and George had assumed a false innocent look on their faces.
Hermione's stomach did a small jump as she sat at the end of her row, unprotected from Ron and Harry's stares. Mrs. Weasley was looking at her, smiling, and Hermione couldn't help herself. She turned, smiled and gave her a discreet thumbs-up. Hermione was grateful that the billowy robes hid her protruding stomach. She hadn't told her parents about the baby yet, and they were in the crowd, beaming at her with pride. Hermione looked at Dumbledore, who was getting the large slips of parchment ready for presentation. She smiled at the teachers sitting on the large stage-like thing that the students and families were in front of.
Snape was one of the presenters, and he caught her smile and returned it. Dumbledore finished talking about the last 7 years at Hogwarts, and smiled at the crowd again.
"Now, I am going to begin calling the 7th years, but first, I must bring your attention to Miss Hermione Granger, a graduating 6th year. She is the valedictorian of this year's graduating class, and her friends and family are in the crowd now. Would they please stand, and Hermione, would you please come up here and say a few words?"
Her parents, still smiling, the Weasleys, including Fred and George, and Harry stood and were acknowledged with clapping and many laughs at poor Ron's expense. Hermione went up the ramp, onto the stage, and over to the podium. Everyone stopped clapping to look at her. Hermione did not know this was going to happen, and was quite nervous. For a moment, everyone stared at her in complete silence, and she finally started.
"Oh, wow. I didn't know this was going to happen, so I don't have a long speech prepared or anything, so please, bear with me." There were chuckles from the crowd. "Wow, I really don't know what to say...this is a wonderful honor, and I wouldn't be here without my parents, William and Jennifer Granger, the Weasley family, Harry, or my other friends in Gryffindor Tower. My time at Hogwarts was wonderful, and seemed so short...I'm actually sorry it's over, but I'm also happy, because it's a new beginning. For me, and for all my friends and acquaintances in their 7th year. I'm proud to be graduating alongside you guys, and I know you'll all go on to lead wonderful lives. I love you all, and goodbye." Hermione smiled at the crowd, and they all smiled back.
Dumbledore motioned for her to stay on the stage, and she stepped away from the podium, standing next to Snape and McGonagall. Snape looked at her and smiled, and McGonagall looked at her with pride.
"So, it is with great pleasure that we present to Miss Hermione Granger her Certificate of Completion." Snape pulled it off the first stack, and the dragon hide cover gleamed in the sun. Dumbledore turned around and smiled at her. "Congratulations, Hermione." He hugged her and turned back to the podium. McGonagall hugged her and whispered in her ear.
"I knew you could do it, Hermione." When she let her go, Hermione smiled, her eyes filling with tears. She moved to Snape, who hugged her tightly and also whispered to her.
"I love you, Hermione." She smiled at him, tears now running down her face, and when he let her go, he handed her the folder he was holding in his hands. She walked carefully off the stage and took her seat. She ran her hands over the dragon hide over and over again, and opened it up to look at her name on the parchment.
After about two hours, Hermione realized that Dumbledore was in the Z's. He called the last name (Samantha Zirconi) and began to speak again.
"That is the end of our quite impressive graduating class. Families, you may now find your graduates, and everyone can proceed to the Great Hall for refreshments." Hermione stood with the rest of the graduates, looked at them all, and they tossed their wands into the air. Hermione caught hers, as did many other graduates. The others picked their wands from the ground. As the graduates began to file off, Hermione ran toward the stage, where Snape was standing, looking at her. She ran right into his arms and kissed him. She did not hear her parents, the Weasleys, and Harry come up behind her until she heard her father's voice.
"Hermione, what's going on here?" She turned so quickly that she almost fell, and Snape caught her. She studied the group, and her gaze lingered on Ron, who looked so angry and hurt that it actually surprised her. She stepped forward and stared her parents in the eyes.
"Mom, Dad, I think it's time you should know something." At that moment, Dumbledore came up. She smiled at him, and he moved to stand behind her. "I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Professor Severus Snape." Her mother turned white, and her father stared at her with an incredulous look.
"A teacher???? You're dating a teacher??" Her father just looked at them both like they were crazy. Hermione's mother, at those words, passed out. Bill and Charlie caught her and sat her in one of the seats on the stage formerly filled by the teachers.
"Yes, I am. And there's something else you should know, but we should wait until someone wakes Mom up. Bill, could you please...?" Bill nodded, took out his wand, muttered something, and Hermione's mother stirred. Hermione's father took the seat next to his wife, and the others sat, Hermione next to Snape, and Dumbledore next to Hermione. Facing all the others, Hermione would normally have felt vulnerable, but Snape and Dumbledore's presence made her feel more confident.
"Mom...Dad...everyone...I'm pregnant." Her mother passed out again, and everyone ignored her. Hermione's father's face went from disbelief to rage in a split second. He launched himself at Snape, who was caught off-guard and knocked backwards. Hermione screamed, and Dumbledore pulled his wand out of his belt and shouted an incantation, which pulled Hermione's father into the air. Her father looked around, then at Dumbledore, who was favoring him with a kindly, yet somehow cold, smile.
"You must understand, Mr. Granger, that when I found out about Hermione and Severus, I gave them my blessing. She is no longer a student, and everything is fine. The baby is due in about two months, and I've known since day 1. Even Ron and Harry here know." Ron's mother turned toward him, an angry look on her face.
"Ronald! You knew, and you didn't tell me?" Ron nodded meekly, and his mother turned toward Hermione. "Hermione, dear, I'm so happy for you." She hugged Hermione, and Hermione, glad for her embrace, hugged back. When they broke apart, they looked back at the men.
Hermione's father, however, was not so happy for her. "What kind of teacher sleeps with a student? He should be fired! And shot!" Dumbledore smiled.
"Severus is the best Potions teacher I've ever had, and I will not fire him. Or shoot him." He lowered him to the ground, and glared at him. "Now, please act civilized. If you would have listened to what Hermione was going to say, instead of trying to deny me my Potions master, you would realize that she is quite happy with Severus. And if she's happy, you should be happy." Hermione's dad looked at her, and she nodded.
"Dad, I love him. He's the most intelligent, sweet, amazing man I've ever met." She moved quickly into Severus's arms, and he kissed the top of her head. "You have to realize that he's not going to hurt me, or corrupt your perfect little daughter!"
"I'm glad you added that perfect in there, Hermione." Her father smiled. "It'll take some getting used to, and I'm still not happy with it, but if you're happy, then it's ok. You have my blessing." Hermione smiled and kissed Severus, then realized something and pulled away.
"Um...where's Mom?" They all looked at Hermione's mother, who was still passed out on the ground, and Dumbledore conjured her onto a stretcher and brought her to the school. Hermione's dad walked by the stretcher, followed by Hermione and Snape, holding hands, the Weasley family, and Harry, who walked next to Ron. Ron was being teased by Bill and Charlie, who still thought the change was amusing. Hermione had told them that it would wear off in a week, and Ron still had 3 days as a girl. As the group filed into the school, Hermione whispered something in Severus's ear that made him smile, and the huge doors shut after Ron and Harry.
A/N: You don't know how long it took to finish this part! *wants to have a party to celebrate the finishing of this chappie* I'm so glad I finished it. However, I will not be starting part 12 for quite a while, so please, bear with me...
Thanks go to Sarah, who kept me going with her death threats, Nichole, who is the best friend a girl could ask for, Mylaea, once again for inspiring this fic, and you, the person reading this right now, because you are going to review! SO REVIEW!
