A/N - I'm getting annoyed, now, because I have a really good
idea for a funny plot, but I can't find anywhere to write it
in! If I start to sub-consciously start to rush the story,
then tell me, because I probably will rush when I get really
annoyed! Hopefully, I will manage to get it into the next
chapter!
sk8reagle - I hope it's original. My friend recommended that I put some of my stories on this site last week, so I haven't had much time to scout around, yet! I plan to soon, to see if I can get any pointers or ideas! (Don't worry, I'm not going to copy them!)
ER - Thanks! I will!
Mikee - Three reviews!!! Huge thank you! As for Harry's clothes...I'm trying to find a classic outfit with the help of my friends! If you have any suggestions, I would be very grateful to hear (read) them! I don't know if they'll speak Portuguese...when I went there on holiday I was surprised at the amount of people who spoke fluent English. And mostly, those that didn't speak it fluently spoke English well enough to get by. But maybe I went to a part that was aimed for tourists. I dunno.
SNdReAmer - Another review! Cheers! I hope it is interesting!
Crystaline Snape - Glad you think so!
rusell - (Sorry if it's russell, but it came up with the other one on my screen) Second review! I love you all! Good ideas, by the way. I'll work them into the plot!
MK - Don't worry, Snape's revenge is coming very soon...!
CassandrAIarwen - I will humiliate him, don't worry! (And very pleased that you are enjoying the story!)
Thanks to everyone that's reviewed any chapters, and if I missed anyone I'm SO sorry! It will probably be because some reviews take 24 hours to show, and I usually write them at those intervals, sometimes less, so I might miss some until next chapter. But anyway, those reviews really do help. Thank you very much!
Disclaimer: I own nothing from the Harry Potter world, JK Rowling owns it all. Pity. And I think I have to say that Debenhams is a trademark store. And a cold glare from my friend after reading this means that I have to say: A big thank you to all my buddies for helping me come up with ideas. The swimming was Kate's idea, so thank you, Kate!
A Snape Kind of Summer
Chapter 6 - You did WHAT?!
"Sev - Steve," Minerva began, quickly correcting her error.
"Yes, Min - Millie?" Snape joked.
Minerva glared. "You know that doing that could ruin this whole project?" she whispered angrily.
"What? You did it first!" Snape replied defensively. "Anyway, what were you going to say before that?" he asked quickly, noticing the fury bubble in Minerva's eyes.
"Are you backing out of a fight, Steve Smith?" she sneered. "You would never have done that in Portugal."
Snape fought the urge to laugh at Minerva's use of code.
"No," he agreed. "But things are different here, aren't they? I mean, I'm even losing the will to lay into Harry! I think I need therapy, and we've only been here about 20 hours! Not even one day yet!"
Minerva mock-gasped. "You?" she asked. "Losing the will to lay into Harry? You do need therapy!"
Severus grinned evilly. "I said I almost lost the will to lay into Harry. That boy will regret that little stunt he played this morning. He really will."
Minerva looked suspiciously at Severus.
"I hope you haven't got anything too evil planned for him. After all, he is our son," she added, pointedly, thought Snape.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of harming him ... physically, any way," Severus smirked.
Minerva rolled her eyes.
"Will you ever grow up?" she asked, shaking her head.
"I very much doubt it," Severus replied, smirking again.
"Anyway," said Minerva, remembering suddenly that she needed Severus to do something. "Can you go and pay for everything, please? It's just that Ginny and I need to get some things still, and Harry has been nominated by the rest of us to get some things for leisure time," she said briskly.
"Why couldn't I get that stuff?"
Minerva raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, really," Snape said. "Do you really think that I don't know how to have fun in my spare time?" Minerva said nothing, but her facial expression spoke volumes. "You do, don't you?" he said indignantly.
"I have to go and find Ginny," Minerva said. "We are all meeting in the music shop next door. Come there once you've finished."
She handed him a gold plastic card, and hurried off to meet Ginny.
"But..." Severus began. Minerva disappeared from sight through the crowds. "I don't know how to use these things..."
He looked down at the card.
"I guess it's just you and me," he said to the card.
He heard two girls giggling nearby, and turned to scowl at them. Unfortunately, it was a weak one, because Dumbledore's charm was still in place, and his look no longer supported the scowl, so all in all it was pretty pathetic.
Severus sighed, and headed for the check-out.
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Harry stared at the hundreds of videos in front of him, hardly daring to believe that he had enough money to get at least ten. The house was fully furnished, and there was already a television in there, that had probably been conjured by the wizard family that used to own the house to make it look more muggle-like.
Harry picked out several videos that he thought that he and Ginny would like, then found a few that Minerva would probably enjoy, but was completely stumped at what to get for Severus. He finally settled on a few horror movies, and grinning, he pulled out 'The Full Monty'. He felt certain that Severus would enjoy that...As he headed towards the music store where he was meeting the others, he quickly reached in his bag and switched the videos of 'The Full Monty' and 'Sleepy Hollow' into the wrong boxes.
"Oops!" he muttered quietly, unable to keep the smirk off his face.
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As Minerva and Ginny entered the music store, both were amazed.
Ginny had never seen a place so full of young people before, and jam-packed with muggle CDs.
Minerva hadn't really realized how far the muggle world had come since she had last stayed in it - until now.
Both stared around the store, when they heard a voice call them.
"Harry!" called Ginny happily. "Have you got everything?"
"Yep," said Harry. "I got board games, Playstation games, computer games and videos." The corners of Harry's lips twitched. "And I still can't believe that the family left all that behind! I mean, Playstations are really expensive!"
"Well," Minerva muttered into Harry and Ginny's ears. "I suppose they just wanted to prove that they were muggles - which they weren't, of course - but wizards can be very protective over their identities to muggles..."
Someone cleared their throat loudly from behind them.
"Are you Mrs Smith by any chance?" the man asked.
"Um...yes, I am," Minerva replied, looking confused.
"Please come this way," the man said, leading her, Harry and Ginny back into Debenhams again.
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"Honestly!" Minerva directed at a blushing Severus. Yes, Severus was actually blushing. "I don't think I have ever been so embarrassed in my life!"
"Well how was I supposed to know what to do with a stupid little bit of plastic!" Snape replied angrily.
"I told you last night!" Minerva hissed. "And they were reluctant to even believe that you were foreign! I cannot believe that you didn't even listen when Albus and I explained it all!"
"I was tired!" Severus frowned. "You'd been speaking for ages!"
Minerva huffed, and Harry and Ginny rolled their eyes in the back seat.
They were in the car on the way back, and Harry and Ginny were still fuming that Severus had announced that they would have to start studying tomorrow, so that they had time to do a few muggle exercises over term-time.
"Why on Earth would we want to do that?" Ginny had exclaimed upon hearing Severus' announcement.
"Because you will have people asking to see what you have been doing, and you need some muggle work to show for it!" Severus had hissed back. He had been, and still was, in a very bad mood over the whole credit card fiasco.
Currently, Severus was sitting fuming in the front of the car, while Minerva was trying to control her shaking hands so she could drive safely. They were almost home.
Finally, Minerva pulled into the driveway, and stormed into the house to make dinner.
"Insufferable witch," Severus muttered under his breath.
"I didn't know you liked mum!" Harry cried. Then he tilted his head, realizing how odd that must have sounded to an outsider of the conversation.
Severus pressed his hand over Harry's mouth.
"Could you possibly have said that any louder?" he hissed angrily, removing his hand.
Ginny giggled, and Harry raised his eyebrows, accepting Severus' challenge.
"Yes," he replied, then he pulled in a deep breath, about to yell.
Once again, Severus put a hand firmly over Harry's mouth, and quickly steered him inside the cottage. He vaguely noticed a curtain twitch at the house of number 6. Muttering about nosy neighbours, Severus entered the kitchen behind Harry and Ginny.
'Damn,' he thought, angrily. 'Why did I have to go and give Harry something to blackmail me with?! And why am I calling him Harry? I meant Potter. Stupid Harry. Argh! Stupid Potter!' he corrected himself mentally, shaking his head trying to dislodge the irritating conversation going on in his mind.
Whilst Severus' internal battle was going on, across the road at number 6, the elderly lady at the window spoke.
"I would love to see their faces if they knew that I knew who they were...I'm surprised at how well Severus is doing, actually. A rubbish liar..."
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A/N - Did you like it? Sorry to leave it on a cliff-hanger, and I'm going on holiday for two weeks tomorrow. KIDDING! I'll update tomorrow, don't worry (if you were)! This was slightly longer than the others, but I think that now we're getting into the main plot, the chapters will get longer. I hope you don't mind!
Please review!
sk8reagle - I hope it's original. My friend recommended that I put some of my stories on this site last week, so I haven't had much time to scout around, yet! I plan to soon, to see if I can get any pointers or ideas! (Don't worry, I'm not going to copy them!)
ER - Thanks! I will!
Mikee - Three reviews!!! Huge thank you! As for Harry's clothes...I'm trying to find a classic outfit with the help of my friends! If you have any suggestions, I would be very grateful to hear (read) them! I don't know if they'll speak Portuguese...when I went there on holiday I was surprised at the amount of people who spoke fluent English. And mostly, those that didn't speak it fluently spoke English well enough to get by. But maybe I went to a part that was aimed for tourists. I dunno.
SNdReAmer - Another review! Cheers! I hope it is interesting!
Crystaline Snape - Glad you think so!
rusell - (Sorry if it's russell, but it came up with the other one on my screen) Second review! I love you all! Good ideas, by the way. I'll work them into the plot!
MK - Don't worry, Snape's revenge is coming very soon...!
CassandrAIarwen - I will humiliate him, don't worry! (And very pleased that you are enjoying the story!)
Thanks to everyone that's reviewed any chapters, and if I missed anyone I'm SO sorry! It will probably be because some reviews take 24 hours to show, and I usually write them at those intervals, sometimes less, so I might miss some until next chapter. But anyway, those reviews really do help. Thank you very much!
Disclaimer: I own nothing from the Harry Potter world, JK Rowling owns it all. Pity. And I think I have to say that Debenhams is a trademark store. And a cold glare from my friend after reading this means that I have to say: A big thank you to all my buddies for helping me come up with ideas. The swimming was Kate's idea, so thank you, Kate!
A Snape Kind of Summer
Chapter 6 - You did WHAT?!
"Sev - Steve," Minerva began, quickly correcting her error.
"Yes, Min - Millie?" Snape joked.
Minerva glared. "You know that doing that could ruin this whole project?" she whispered angrily.
"What? You did it first!" Snape replied defensively. "Anyway, what were you going to say before that?" he asked quickly, noticing the fury bubble in Minerva's eyes.
"Are you backing out of a fight, Steve Smith?" she sneered. "You would never have done that in Portugal."
Snape fought the urge to laugh at Minerva's use of code.
"No," he agreed. "But things are different here, aren't they? I mean, I'm even losing the will to lay into Harry! I think I need therapy, and we've only been here about 20 hours! Not even one day yet!"
Minerva mock-gasped. "You?" she asked. "Losing the will to lay into Harry? You do need therapy!"
Severus grinned evilly. "I said I almost lost the will to lay into Harry. That boy will regret that little stunt he played this morning. He really will."
Minerva looked suspiciously at Severus.
"I hope you haven't got anything too evil planned for him. After all, he is our son," she added, pointedly, thought Snape.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of harming him ... physically, any way," Severus smirked.
Minerva rolled her eyes.
"Will you ever grow up?" she asked, shaking her head.
"I very much doubt it," Severus replied, smirking again.
"Anyway," said Minerva, remembering suddenly that she needed Severus to do something. "Can you go and pay for everything, please? It's just that Ginny and I need to get some things still, and Harry has been nominated by the rest of us to get some things for leisure time," she said briskly.
"Why couldn't I get that stuff?"
Minerva raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, really," Snape said. "Do you really think that I don't know how to have fun in my spare time?" Minerva said nothing, but her facial expression spoke volumes. "You do, don't you?" he said indignantly.
"I have to go and find Ginny," Minerva said. "We are all meeting in the music shop next door. Come there once you've finished."
She handed him a gold plastic card, and hurried off to meet Ginny.
"But..." Severus began. Minerva disappeared from sight through the crowds. "I don't know how to use these things..."
He looked down at the card.
"I guess it's just you and me," he said to the card.
He heard two girls giggling nearby, and turned to scowl at them. Unfortunately, it was a weak one, because Dumbledore's charm was still in place, and his look no longer supported the scowl, so all in all it was pretty pathetic.
Severus sighed, and headed for the check-out.
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Harry stared at the hundreds of videos in front of him, hardly daring to believe that he had enough money to get at least ten. The house was fully furnished, and there was already a television in there, that had probably been conjured by the wizard family that used to own the house to make it look more muggle-like.
Harry picked out several videos that he thought that he and Ginny would like, then found a few that Minerva would probably enjoy, but was completely stumped at what to get for Severus. He finally settled on a few horror movies, and grinning, he pulled out 'The Full Monty'. He felt certain that Severus would enjoy that...As he headed towards the music store where he was meeting the others, he quickly reached in his bag and switched the videos of 'The Full Monty' and 'Sleepy Hollow' into the wrong boxes.
"Oops!" he muttered quietly, unable to keep the smirk off his face.
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As Minerva and Ginny entered the music store, both were amazed.
Ginny had never seen a place so full of young people before, and jam-packed with muggle CDs.
Minerva hadn't really realized how far the muggle world had come since she had last stayed in it - until now.
Both stared around the store, when they heard a voice call them.
"Harry!" called Ginny happily. "Have you got everything?"
"Yep," said Harry. "I got board games, Playstation games, computer games and videos." The corners of Harry's lips twitched. "And I still can't believe that the family left all that behind! I mean, Playstations are really expensive!"
"Well," Minerva muttered into Harry and Ginny's ears. "I suppose they just wanted to prove that they were muggles - which they weren't, of course - but wizards can be very protective over their identities to muggles..."
Someone cleared their throat loudly from behind them.
"Are you Mrs Smith by any chance?" the man asked.
"Um...yes, I am," Minerva replied, looking confused.
"Please come this way," the man said, leading her, Harry and Ginny back into Debenhams again.
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"Honestly!" Minerva directed at a blushing Severus. Yes, Severus was actually blushing. "I don't think I have ever been so embarrassed in my life!"
"Well how was I supposed to know what to do with a stupid little bit of plastic!" Snape replied angrily.
"I told you last night!" Minerva hissed. "And they were reluctant to even believe that you were foreign! I cannot believe that you didn't even listen when Albus and I explained it all!"
"I was tired!" Severus frowned. "You'd been speaking for ages!"
Minerva huffed, and Harry and Ginny rolled their eyes in the back seat.
They were in the car on the way back, and Harry and Ginny were still fuming that Severus had announced that they would have to start studying tomorrow, so that they had time to do a few muggle exercises over term-time.
"Why on Earth would we want to do that?" Ginny had exclaimed upon hearing Severus' announcement.
"Because you will have people asking to see what you have been doing, and you need some muggle work to show for it!" Severus had hissed back. He had been, and still was, in a very bad mood over the whole credit card fiasco.
Currently, Severus was sitting fuming in the front of the car, while Minerva was trying to control her shaking hands so she could drive safely. They were almost home.
Finally, Minerva pulled into the driveway, and stormed into the house to make dinner.
"Insufferable witch," Severus muttered under his breath.
"I didn't know you liked mum!" Harry cried. Then he tilted his head, realizing how odd that must have sounded to an outsider of the conversation.
Severus pressed his hand over Harry's mouth.
"Could you possibly have said that any louder?" he hissed angrily, removing his hand.
Ginny giggled, and Harry raised his eyebrows, accepting Severus' challenge.
"Yes," he replied, then he pulled in a deep breath, about to yell.
Once again, Severus put a hand firmly over Harry's mouth, and quickly steered him inside the cottage. He vaguely noticed a curtain twitch at the house of number 6. Muttering about nosy neighbours, Severus entered the kitchen behind Harry and Ginny.
'Damn,' he thought, angrily. 'Why did I have to go and give Harry something to blackmail me with?! And why am I calling him Harry? I meant Potter. Stupid Harry. Argh! Stupid Potter!' he corrected himself mentally, shaking his head trying to dislodge the irritating conversation going on in his mind.
Whilst Severus' internal battle was going on, across the road at number 6, the elderly lady at the window spoke.
"I would love to see their faces if they knew that I knew who they were...I'm surprised at how well Severus is doing, actually. A rubbish liar..."
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A/N - Did you like it? Sorry to leave it on a cliff-hanger, and I'm going on holiday for two weeks tomorrow. KIDDING! I'll update tomorrow, don't worry (if you were)! This was slightly longer than the others, but I think that now we're getting into the main plot, the chapters will get longer. I hope you don't mind!
Please review!