Isabel



Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, only the plot, the whole plot and nothing but the plot

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Chapter 17

Friday the 13th

Hermione and Severus were looking for Isabel and Harry.

They found them in Severus' quarters, where they were kissing each other, their arms entangled.

"Hello, I told you could use my quarters for TALKING to Harry, I can't remember I said something about KISSING" scowled Severus.

Harry let immediately go of his girlfriend. "I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't meant to.-"

"Please, Harry, can't you see he's only joking? Right, Severus?" said Hermione as she poked him between the ribs.

"Ouch!!!, Yes, love, I was only joking. But we came here with a reason. Hermione, would you have the honour to tell our daughter and her.. Eh- boyfriend?"

"Of course dear. Well, we came here to tell you that you could stay a little bit longer, Isabel, but only for a week. That's because of next Saturday."

"What's so special at next Saturday?"

Hermione looked at Severus. "Well, just after you'd left, Severus asked me to marry him, and of course I've said yes, so next Saturday is our wedding-day. We thought it would be really romantic to get married on Valentine's Day and Professor Dumbledore agreed when I asked him if you could stay to celebrate with us. After all, you're my best friend."

"Wow, that's great news. Of course I want to stay; I'm fond of marriages, especially when it concern my parents. Can I be your bridesmaid, please?" Isabel asked and looked at Hermione with big puppy-dog eyes.

"Of course you can, I was just going to ask you."

Harry was just standing there, not saying a single word. It was a very strange idea that he was seeing the daughter of Hogwarts' Most Hated Professor, but knowing that Hermione was Isabel's mother and that she was going to marry Snape... It was all too much for him and he passed out.

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Before it will be Saturday the 14th, there will be a day called Friday the 13th. And of course this was a terrible day for all of them.

The day began with the arrival of the guests. Not only Hermione's parents would come and bring the whole family; also the whole Weasley-family was invited to participate in the festivities.

Because they arrived almost at the same time, parents and family by Hogwarts Express, the Weasley's by floo; it was quite a commotion.

Hermione's parents hadn't seen their future son-in-law before, so the first thing was to introduce him properly.

"Mum, dad, I want you to meet Severus, Severus, these are my parents."

At least it was one good thing that Hermione's parents were very broad- minded, so they didn't care that Severus was 20 years older then their daughter. In fact, it seemed that all the women in Hermione's family liked elder men, none of them were as the same age as their wives.

But they did care that Hermione wasn't going to get married in a decent chapel in the Muggle-world and the list became longer and longer.

Hermione sighed deep, she realised this wasn't a good moment to tell her parents she was pregnant. She decided to wait another month and tell her parents that it happened in their wedding-night.

For another thing, Hermione's family wasn't used to Wizards, they didn't knew Hermione was a Witch at all. First they saw the whole Weasley-family appear out of the fireplace, and when they took notice of their surroundings, they saw many weird things they couldn't explain. Professor Dumbledore thought it was better to obliviate them after the wedding.

All the guests were invited to eat dinner in the Great Hall. An extra table was placed for them, so they could all sit together. Harry wanted to sit with the Weasley-family, he thought Hermione's relatives were really strange, but Isabel insisted they would sit nearby Hermione's parents, so she could see how her grandfather and -mother were like.

As they all ate their meals, Hermione stood up and took the word.

"Ahem, I know it's not usual that the bride will speech, so I do it now instead of tomorrow. I want to thank you all that you're here with us to celebrate our wedding. It means a lot to us that.-"

She couldn't finish her sentence as a wave of sickness came over her and she felt her stomach turn.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" asked Severus as he saw her pale face.

"Toilet, quick" she gasped and she put her hand to her mouth.

Severus knew immediately what was going on, lifted her in his arms and ran as fast as he could out of the Hall.

All the students and guest were looking after them, the students very surprised; after all they didn't have a clue what had happened.

"Are you OK, my dear?" asked Severus and he glanced around the corner of the lavatory, where Hermione was sitting in front of the toilet, vomiting.

"I'm really sorry, Severus. This hasn't happened for the last week. I think it's because I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. I hope everything will go as we planned."

Severus put his arm around her. "Of course everything will go as planned. Don't worry about that, dear, everything will be just fine. Do you want to go back to the Hall or shall I bring you to your room?"

"I think it's better that I go to my room. I think I will be sick again if only I smell the food."

Severus helped Hermione standing up and he walked her to her room.

"Try to sleep, Hermione, tomorrow will be a long day and it's better for you and the baby that you are fitted out well."

Hermione nodded. Severus was right, she was very tired and she could use all the sleep she could get.

Tomorrow was their big day and she had to be in a good condition.