A/N: The world of Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. I am just having fun
playing with her characters. This story is rated R for a reason. You have
been warned. I also have this story listed on Whispers, Adult Fan Fiction
and Lord and Lady Snape websites.. In case it gets deleted here.
Chapter Eleven
"Ah, Professor Granger, Professor Snape. Do take a seat. Have you both had a good day?" Albus asked as they both entered his office and he stood to welcome them.
"Yes, thank you. My parents are doing well and Christopher seems to be enjoying the holidays so far." Hermione told him as they both took seats in front of the Headmaster's desk.
"Well now, I assume you have something to tell me?" Albus asked looking to Severus over his half moon glasses as he sat himself down and leaned forward on the desk.
"Yes, Albus. The Book of Shadows is apparently in the possession of Theresa Urmintrude, according to young Mr. Granger." Severus told him, cutting to the chase and becoming very serious.
"Indeed." Albus said raising an eyebrow. "Well, we did perform a search of her dormitory and as you know we found nothing."
"Yes, Headmaster but Mr. Granger did say that she keeps it well hidden so perhaps it is not in her dormitory. Also, I found out that she has a half brother." Severus explained.
"Really? I thought she was an only child. Who is it?" Hermione asked looking towards Severus for an answer, her face a picture of curiosity.
"It is Layton Frontera." He told her and watched to gauge her reaction to this news.
"Really?" Hermione gasped in surprise. She had had a few run-ins with this very boy but he seemed to be on the right tracks now. "Surely he has nothing to do with this though? I've noticed a change in him since the start of term. but for the better. He's far better behaved and becoming quite polite as well. I can't believe that he has access to this book. not after what you've told me about it, Severus." Hermione defended him.
"Well, Voldemort had a personality which changed like the wind as well so there is every possibility that he is under this book's influence." Albus said gravely. It was a very real possibility after all.
"Indeed." Severus said. "We must assume that he may know of this book. I will search the fourth year dormitories just in case. In fact I will rip Slytherin apart. just in case." Severus vowed.
"I don't believe ripping the dormitories apart will be of any help, Severus." Albus told him as he looked directly at him over his half-moon glasses. "Did you find anything else out?"
"No, Headmaster. Mr. Granger does not recall having seen the book. He does note that Miss Weasley- Joanne has been acting very strangely though. This may indicate the she is under the influence of dark magic by being in contact with this book. She is apparently quite friendly with Miss. Urmintrude I believe."
"Yes, she is." Hermione confirmed.
"Very well, conduct your search of the Slytherin dorms and until the start of term I don't see anything else that we could do." Albus replied.
"Would you know how to destroy this book if we do find it, Headmaster?" Hermione asked him.
"I do believe that there is a way it can be done but I will have to speak to a few people about the matter first." Albus replied after a few moments. "Very well, if there is nothing further I believe that dinner will be served in a few moments."
They all got up from their chairs and headed off to the staff room where the evening meal would be served.
~*~
A search of the Slytherin dormitories proved just as fruitless as the rest had been. Severus and Hermione decided that nothing more could be done until the students returned and so they left the dungeons for a walk around the castle.
It was cold walking through the various corridors and Hermione shivered a few times. It was already evening and the darkness was slowly creeping over the land and throughout the castle. Severus took his cloak off and draped it around her shoulders. "Thank you," she said as he put his arm around her waist and they continued strolling down the corridor, which was now being illuminated by various torches on the walls.
Although Hermione had been a student at Hogwarts for seven years and a teacher for nearly two years she was still not aware of many of the secret passageways and had not even seen many parts of the castle. They had been walking for a couple of hours and Severus had shown her many short cuts and hidden areas along the way. They came to a large portrait of a badger and a gardener who was busy tending to some flower beds whilst the badger groomed itself in the background. "What's behind there, Severus?" Hermione asked as she came to a halt and looked at the painting in front of her. She had never seen this painting before or indeed been in this part of the castle.
"It's the Hufflepuff common room." Severus replied.
"Really? I've never been here before." She said becoming quite intrigued by what another House was like inside.
"Come on then, let's take a look." Severus said as he approached the gardener, who looked up from his flowers and asked for a password. "Sum audior eritis apertum." The gardener lifted his hat and bowed to Severus as he said the teacher's password and the portrait swung open to allow them admittance.
As they stepped in Hermione looked around her in awe. Unlike the Gryffindor common room, which was filled with many portraits and the Gryffindor crest all over everything, and unlike the Slytherin common room all greens and blacks with pictures of the Dark Arts, the Hufflepuff common room was literally floor to ceiling with plants. Everywhere had an abundance of colour and greenery; even the paintings were of plants.
"I see Professor Sprout has left her mark. on everything." Hermione commented as she continued to look around.
"Hmm. Well, let's go before something decides to grab us. I see there is a small sapling of Devil's Snare over there." Severus said and pointed to one of the darkened alcoves where a small plant was easing its way towards them very quietly.
"Surely that's too dangerous to have in the common room!" Hermione exclaimed; shocked after what had happened to Harry, Ron and herself in their first year when they had gone down the trapdoor in search of the Philosopher's Stone.
"Sprout is probably just starting the sapling off before she transfers it to one of the greenhouses. She does that sometimes when the students aren't in residence." Severus explained. They headed back out of the common room and back along the corridor.
"How about visiting the Ravenclaw common room since we're near their domain? You've not been in there before have you?" Severus asked as they strolled along hand in hand again with their fingers entwined.
"No, please do lead the way." Hermione said gesturing for him to take her there. She was enjoying the tour of the castle very much.
They came to another portrait this time of Merlin- apparently he had been in Ravenclaw himself at one time. Severus said the teacher's password yet again and he allowed them both entrance. Severus gestured for Hermione to precede him and she stopped dead in the archway as Severus bumped into her from behind. She gasped in awe and her eyes went wide. Severus chuckled from behind her as she slowly moved around and looked at the array of books. It was like a whole other library. "I knew I should have agreed with the hat when it said I'd be great in Ravenclaw." She whispered, slightly disappointed at the fact she had missed the opportunity to become better acquainted with these books as a student.
"I had a similar thought when I first came in here as well." Severus told her. She looked directly at him then.
"You were going to be placed in Ravenclaw instead of Slytherin?" She asked relatively shocked at the revelation.
"Yes, don't look so surprised, love." Severus chided her softly.
"Sorry. It fits since you have such a love of reading too though." Hermione picked a book off the shelf and glanced through it. "Oh, I could so live here!" She said excitedly as her face lit up in anticipation.
"I'm sure you could but we've been out for hours now, we should really be heading back." Severus said before she had a chance to get fully ingrained into the common room, he would find it very difficult to drag her away if that happened.
"True." Hermione agreed as she re-shelved the book and they made their way back out. "I really envy Penny now. She not only has full access to the library but also all of the Ravenclaw books." Hermione said with a small pet lip, Severus laughed at her.
"Hermione, you have full access to the library now as well, and I'm pretty sure the books in Ravenclaw are duplicates of the library's stock minus the restricted ones of course." He told her. "Don't forget that Gryffindor is yours now as well, you could always duplicate the books yourself for your own House common room." She smiled broadly at the thought.
They were now headed back down to the dungeons along an open corridor from the West Tower, which was set slightly apart from the main castle and housed the Ravenclaws.
"Look, Severus." Hermione said stopping in the corridor and indicating the open windows, which had a view across the Great Lake and towards the mountains. The snow was falling heavily and everything was brilliant white as the moon shone fully in the sky and reflected off the ice and snow. "A beautiful sight, is it not?"
"Yes, truly breathtaking." Severus commented. They stood for a little while until Severus could take it no longer. "H-Hermione, l-love. If you want to ssstay here I suggest a few strong w-w-warming ch-ch-charms."
Hermione turned to look at him and gasped, she had forgotten that he no longer had his cloak and he looked frozen to the core. "No, Severus. I'm so sorry. Come on, let's get you warmed. I don't want you ill for our wedding." She said rubbing his arms with her hands vigorously in order to try to warm him.
They hastily made their way to the dungeons and stopped briefly in the potions lab to retrieve some pepper-up potion for Severus. He drank it down quickly and soon was lovely and warm once more, and with smoke coming out of his ears as pepper-up potion was prone to make happen. "That's much better." He commented as he replaced the empty vial onto his desk.
"It may be but I think you should take a hot bath just to be on the safe side." Hermione told him.
"On the condition that you join me," Severus replied with one eyebrow raised to her and a seductive grin on his face.
"Come along then." Hermione replied and they headed off to his quarters.
~~*~~
Hermione filled the bath for Severus and herself and swirled some salts into the water to help soothe them both. Severus crept up behind her just as she turned the water off and sliding his arms around her waist kissed the back of her neck. Hermione stood up straight and pulled him closer to her back, sliding her hands up and around his neck in a seductive fashion.
"I love you, Professor Granger." Severus murmured into her hair as he kissed her again. Hermione turned in his arms and pressed her chest against his.
"I love you too, Severus. I can't wait until we are married." She said, gazing into his eyes.
"It will be confusing to have a Professor Snape the Head of Gryffindor as well as Slytherin." Severus commented as he kissed her lightly on the lips and grinned.
"That's why I won't be called Professor Snape, Professor Snape." Hermione said smiling and kissing his nose in return.
"What? Why?" Severus asked pulling back slightly; he really wanted Hermione to take his name. It wouldn't feel right unless she did, it was all part of being married after all.
"Well, for that very reason, Severus. It would be too confusing for the students. I will take a double barrelled surname as the American Muggles tend to do." Severus looked a bit confused as Muggle things tended to make him. Hermione sighed and smiled at his confusion. "I will be Hermione Granger-Snape, that way I don't lose my own identity." Severus smiled at her liking that name very much and kissed her full on the lips.
Deepening the kiss Hermione started to remove Severus' clothes and he did likewise until they were finally able to step into the bath. They sat down in the water with Hermione in front of Severus and them both holding each other closely. Hermione started to run her hands up both of Severus' legs, giggling slightly as he gasped when she reached near the top. She did this a few times before he grabbed her hands to stop them from wandering. "I suggest you cease that immediately, my love." He growled, his voice having deepened a bit, she knew she was turning him on.
"Why?" She asked moving her body back and up slightly so she was sitting in his lap and feeling his erection press into her bottom.
"Hermione." He protested less than whole heartedly and she giggled again as she moved her hips back and forth slightly.
"Severus." She replied in a whisper. After rolling her hips a few more times Severus' will had finally been broken and he raised his hands to cup both of her breasts from behind and started licking and sucking on her neck. He rolled both of her nipples between his thumbs and fingers as he slowly kissed along her jaw line and up and down her neck while she continued to roll her hips.
"Turn around, love." Severus whispered after a few minutes, wanting to be buried inside her as his erection couldn't hold for much longer. She turned slowly in the bath and sat with her legs on either side of his hips, letting herself sit down on his erection slowly as he entered her. She gasped as she sat down, loving the feeling of Severus inside her, he was so big and she was still tight to him. From this new position Hermione had full access to Severus now. She captured his lips with hers and wrapped her arms around his back as she took control of his mouth and explored it passionately with her tongue. Severus pulled his mouth away from hers and moved it to her left nipple, sucking and gently biting as he worked the other one with his fingers. He began to thrust his hips up into her as they found an age-old rhythm and finally both climaxed at the same time, sloshing water over the sides of the bath and onto the floor. They were both panting heavily due to exhaustion after the long day. Severus let his hands move to the front of Hermione's waist, she was beginning to show now since she was three months pregnant. He placed his hands over the small bulge in her uterus and stroked gently.
"What do you think it is, love?" He asked as Hermione lifted her head from his shoulder.
"I don't know to be honest. What do you think?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Likewise, I have no real idea. I think perhaps a boy though." He said. He'd always wanted a son but had never anticipated he'd be in the position to ever be a father to one.
"A son would be nice, but so would a daughter. Just as long as it's healthy. it doesn't even need to have magic, just its health." Hermione replied.
"So you wouldn't mind having a squib?" Severus asked a little shocked.
"Well, no. I wouldn't mind. Why? Would you?" Hermione asked a little uncertainly.
"Well, no but it would be hard for the baby to grow up like that in a community such as ours. It is seen as a major disability to not have magic, especially if both parents are as skilled in magic as we are."
"I understand but if it happens, and this baby turns out to be a squib, I won't love it any less. Would you?" She asked wondering at his response.
"No. I do think I would be angry though." Severus began, attempting to be completely honest with her without being offensive with it.
"Severus! Why would that be so?" She demanded hotly as she moved away from him in the bath and looked him directly in the eye.
"Just coming from a pureblood family I know how society would treat such a child, no matter who its parents were. I'm not saying I would be angry with the child, just its lot in life and the way society would treat it." Severus told her, defending himself as much as he could. He certainly didn't want Hermione to think he would love a squib any less if it were of his own flesh and blood.
She thought for a moment. "I understand but I can't agree with you, not when I come from a Muggle background and have two parents who do not posses one ounce of magic between them." Hermione replied.
"Okay. Let us not argue about this, love." Severus said. He was too tired to continue anyway. He moved forward and kissed her on the lips before they began climbing out of the bath and getting ready for bed. It had been a very long day and tomorrow would be the same with the amount of planning they still had left to do for the wedding.
Chapter Eleven
"Ah, Professor Granger, Professor Snape. Do take a seat. Have you both had a good day?" Albus asked as they both entered his office and he stood to welcome them.
"Yes, thank you. My parents are doing well and Christopher seems to be enjoying the holidays so far." Hermione told him as they both took seats in front of the Headmaster's desk.
"Well now, I assume you have something to tell me?" Albus asked looking to Severus over his half moon glasses as he sat himself down and leaned forward on the desk.
"Yes, Albus. The Book of Shadows is apparently in the possession of Theresa Urmintrude, according to young Mr. Granger." Severus told him, cutting to the chase and becoming very serious.
"Indeed." Albus said raising an eyebrow. "Well, we did perform a search of her dormitory and as you know we found nothing."
"Yes, Headmaster but Mr. Granger did say that she keeps it well hidden so perhaps it is not in her dormitory. Also, I found out that she has a half brother." Severus explained.
"Really? I thought she was an only child. Who is it?" Hermione asked looking towards Severus for an answer, her face a picture of curiosity.
"It is Layton Frontera." He told her and watched to gauge her reaction to this news.
"Really?" Hermione gasped in surprise. She had had a few run-ins with this very boy but he seemed to be on the right tracks now. "Surely he has nothing to do with this though? I've noticed a change in him since the start of term. but for the better. He's far better behaved and becoming quite polite as well. I can't believe that he has access to this book. not after what you've told me about it, Severus." Hermione defended him.
"Well, Voldemort had a personality which changed like the wind as well so there is every possibility that he is under this book's influence." Albus said gravely. It was a very real possibility after all.
"Indeed." Severus said. "We must assume that he may know of this book. I will search the fourth year dormitories just in case. In fact I will rip Slytherin apart. just in case." Severus vowed.
"I don't believe ripping the dormitories apart will be of any help, Severus." Albus told him as he looked directly at him over his half-moon glasses. "Did you find anything else out?"
"No, Headmaster. Mr. Granger does not recall having seen the book. He does note that Miss Weasley- Joanne has been acting very strangely though. This may indicate the she is under the influence of dark magic by being in contact with this book. She is apparently quite friendly with Miss. Urmintrude I believe."
"Yes, she is." Hermione confirmed.
"Very well, conduct your search of the Slytherin dorms and until the start of term I don't see anything else that we could do." Albus replied.
"Would you know how to destroy this book if we do find it, Headmaster?" Hermione asked him.
"I do believe that there is a way it can be done but I will have to speak to a few people about the matter first." Albus replied after a few moments. "Very well, if there is nothing further I believe that dinner will be served in a few moments."
They all got up from their chairs and headed off to the staff room where the evening meal would be served.
~*~
A search of the Slytherin dormitories proved just as fruitless as the rest had been. Severus and Hermione decided that nothing more could be done until the students returned and so they left the dungeons for a walk around the castle.
It was cold walking through the various corridors and Hermione shivered a few times. It was already evening and the darkness was slowly creeping over the land and throughout the castle. Severus took his cloak off and draped it around her shoulders. "Thank you," she said as he put his arm around her waist and they continued strolling down the corridor, which was now being illuminated by various torches on the walls.
Although Hermione had been a student at Hogwarts for seven years and a teacher for nearly two years she was still not aware of many of the secret passageways and had not even seen many parts of the castle. They had been walking for a couple of hours and Severus had shown her many short cuts and hidden areas along the way. They came to a large portrait of a badger and a gardener who was busy tending to some flower beds whilst the badger groomed itself in the background. "What's behind there, Severus?" Hermione asked as she came to a halt and looked at the painting in front of her. She had never seen this painting before or indeed been in this part of the castle.
"It's the Hufflepuff common room." Severus replied.
"Really? I've never been here before." She said becoming quite intrigued by what another House was like inside.
"Come on then, let's take a look." Severus said as he approached the gardener, who looked up from his flowers and asked for a password. "Sum audior eritis apertum." The gardener lifted his hat and bowed to Severus as he said the teacher's password and the portrait swung open to allow them admittance.
As they stepped in Hermione looked around her in awe. Unlike the Gryffindor common room, which was filled with many portraits and the Gryffindor crest all over everything, and unlike the Slytherin common room all greens and blacks with pictures of the Dark Arts, the Hufflepuff common room was literally floor to ceiling with plants. Everywhere had an abundance of colour and greenery; even the paintings were of plants.
"I see Professor Sprout has left her mark. on everything." Hermione commented as she continued to look around.
"Hmm. Well, let's go before something decides to grab us. I see there is a small sapling of Devil's Snare over there." Severus said and pointed to one of the darkened alcoves where a small plant was easing its way towards them very quietly.
"Surely that's too dangerous to have in the common room!" Hermione exclaimed; shocked after what had happened to Harry, Ron and herself in their first year when they had gone down the trapdoor in search of the Philosopher's Stone.
"Sprout is probably just starting the sapling off before she transfers it to one of the greenhouses. She does that sometimes when the students aren't in residence." Severus explained. They headed back out of the common room and back along the corridor.
"How about visiting the Ravenclaw common room since we're near their domain? You've not been in there before have you?" Severus asked as they strolled along hand in hand again with their fingers entwined.
"No, please do lead the way." Hermione said gesturing for him to take her there. She was enjoying the tour of the castle very much.
They came to another portrait this time of Merlin- apparently he had been in Ravenclaw himself at one time. Severus said the teacher's password yet again and he allowed them both entrance. Severus gestured for Hermione to precede him and she stopped dead in the archway as Severus bumped into her from behind. She gasped in awe and her eyes went wide. Severus chuckled from behind her as she slowly moved around and looked at the array of books. It was like a whole other library. "I knew I should have agreed with the hat when it said I'd be great in Ravenclaw." She whispered, slightly disappointed at the fact she had missed the opportunity to become better acquainted with these books as a student.
"I had a similar thought when I first came in here as well." Severus told her. She looked directly at him then.
"You were going to be placed in Ravenclaw instead of Slytherin?" She asked relatively shocked at the revelation.
"Yes, don't look so surprised, love." Severus chided her softly.
"Sorry. It fits since you have such a love of reading too though." Hermione picked a book off the shelf and glanced through it. "Oh, I could so live here!" She said excitedly as her face lit up in anticipation.
"I'm sure you could but we've been out for hours now, we should really be heading back." Severus said before she had a chance to get fully ingrained into the common room, he would find it very difficult to drag her away if that happened.
"True." Hermione agreed as she re-shelved the book and they made their way back out. "I really envy Penny now. She not only has full access to the library but also all of the Ravenclaw books." Hermione said with a small pet lip, Severus laughed at her.
"Hermione, you have full access to the library now as well, and I'm pretty sure the books in Ravenclaw are duplicates of the library's stock minus the restricted ones of course." He told her. "Don't forget that Gryffindor is yours now as well, you could always duplicate the books yourself for your own House common room." She smiled broadly at the thought.
They were now headed back down to the dungeons along an open corridor from the West Tower, which was set slightly apart from the main castle and housed the Ravenclaws.
"Look, Severus." Hermione said stopping in the corridor and indicating the open windows, which had a view across the Great Lake and towards the mountains. The snow was falling heavily and everything was brilliant white as the moon shone fully in the sky and reflected off the ice and snow. "A beautiful sight, is it not?"
"Yes, truly breathtaking." Severus commented. They stood for a little while until Severus could take it no longer. "H-Hermione, l-love. If you want to ssstay here I suggest a few strong w-w-warming ch-ch-charms."
Hermione turned to look at him and gasped, she had forgotten that he no longer had his cloak and he looked frozen to the core. "No, Severus. I'm so sorry. Come on, let's get you warmed. I don't want you ill for our wedding." She said rubbing his arms with her hands vigorously in order to try to warm him.
They hastily made their way to the dungeons and stopped briefly in the potions lab to retrieve some pepper-up potion for Severus. He drank it down quickly and soon was lovely and warm once more, and with smoke coming out of his ears as pepper-up potion was prone to make happen. "That's much better." He commented as he replaced the empty vial onto his desk.
"It may be but I think you should take a hot bath just to be on the safe side." Hermione told him.
"On the condition that you join me," Severus replied with one eyebrow raised to her and a seductive grin on his face.
"Come along then." Hermione replied and they headed off to his quarters.
~~*~~
Hermione filled the bath for Severus and herself and swirled some salts into the water to help soothe them both. Severus crept up behind her just as she turned the water off and sliding his arms around her waist kissed the back of her neck. Hermione stood up straight and pulled him closer to her back, sliding her hands up and around his neck in a seductive fashion.
"I love you, Professor Granger." Severus murmured into her hair as he kissed her again. Hermione turned in his arms and pressed her chest against his.
"I love you too, Severus. I can't wait until we are married." She said, gazing into his eyes.
"It will be confusing to have a Professor Snape the Head of Gryffindor as well as Slytherin." Severus commented as he kissed her lightly on the lips and grinned.
"That's why I won't be called Professor Snape, Professor Snape." Hermione said smiling and kissing his nose in return.
"What? Why?" Severus asked pulling back slightly; he really wanted Hermione to take his name. It wouldn't feel right unless she did, it was all part of being married after all.
"Well, for that very reason, Severus. It would be too confusing for the students. I will take a double barrelled surname as the American Muggles tend to do." Severus looked a bit confused as Muggle things tended to make him. Hermione sighed and smiled at his confusion. "I will be Hermione Granger-Snape, that way I don't lose my own identity." Severus smiled at her liking that name very much and kissed her full on the lips.
Deepening the kiss Hermione started to remove Severus' clothes and he did likewise until they were finally able to step into the bath. They sat down in the water with Hermione in front of Severus and them both holding each other closely. Hermione started to run her hands up both of Severus' legs, giggling slightly as he gasped when she reached near the top. She did this a few times before he grabbed her hands to stop them from wandering. "I suggest you cease that immediately, my love." He growled, his voice having deepened a bit, she knew she was turning him on.
"Why?" She asked moving her body back and up slightly so she was sitting in his lap and feeling his erection press into her bottom.
"Hermione." He protested less than whole heartedly and she giggled again as she moved her hips back and forth slightly.
"Severus." She replied in a whisper. After rolling her hips a few more times Severus' will had finally been broken and he raised his hands to cup both of her breasts from behind and started licking and sucking on her neck. He rolled both of her nipples between his thumbs and fingers as he slowly kissed along her jaw line and up and down her neck while she continued to roll her hips.
"Turn around, love." Severus whispered after a few minutes, wanting to be buried inside her as his erection couldn't hold for much longer. She turned slowly in the bath and sat with her legs on either side of his hips, letting herself sit down on his erection slowly as he entered her. She gasped as she sat down, loving the feeling of Severus inside her, he was so big and she was still tight to him. From this new position Hermione had full access to Severus now. She captured his lips with hers and wrapped her arms around his back as she took control of his mouth and explored it passionately with her tongue. Severus pulled his mouth away from hers and moved it to her left nipple, sucking and gently biting as he worked the other one with his fingers. He began to thrust his hips up into her as they found an age-old rhythm and finally both climaxed at the same time, sloshing water over the sides of the bath and onto the floor. They were both panting heavily due to exhaustion after the long day. Severus let his hands move to the front of Hermione's waist, she was beginning to show now since she was three months pregnant. He placed his hands over the small bulge in her uterus and stroked gently.
"What do you think it is, love?" He asked as Hermione lifted her head from his shoulder.
"I don't know to be honest. What do you think?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Likewise, I have no real idea. I think perhaps a boy though." He said. He'd always wanted a son but had never anticipated he'd be in the position to ever be a father to one.
"A son would be nice, but so would a daughter. Just as long as it's healthy. it doesn't even need to have magic, just its health." Hermione replied.
"So you wouldn't mind having a squib?" Severus asked a little shocked.
"Well, no. I wouldn't mind. Why? Would you?" Hermione asked a little uncertainly.
"Well, no but it would be hard for the baby to grow up like that in a community such as ours. It is seen as a major disability to not have magic, especially if both parents are as skilled in magic as we are."
"I understand but if it happens, and this baby turns out to be a squib, I won't love it any less. Would you?" She asked wondering at his response.
"No. I do think I would be angry though." Severus began, attempting to be completely honest with her without being offensive with it.
"Severus! Why would that be so?" She demanded hotly as she moved away from him in the bath and looked him directly in the eye.
"Just coming from a pureblood family I know how society would treat such a child, no matter who its parents were. I'm not saying I would be angry with the child, just its lot in life and the way society would treat it." Severus told her, defending himself as much as he could. He certainly didn't want Hermione to think he would love a squib any less if it were of his own flesh and blood.
She thought for a moment. "I understand but I can't agree with you, not when I come from a Muggle background and have two parents who do not posses one ounce of magic between them." Hermione replied.
"Okay. Let us not argue about this, love." Severus said. He was too tired to continue anyway. He moved forward and kissed her on the lips before they began climbing out of the bath and getting ready for bed. It had been a very long day and tomorrow would be the same with the amount of planning they still had left to do for the wedding.