Disclaimers: I do not own these characters except for Rebecca Robinson and
Stacia Amass. The others belong to J.K.
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Nine
Monday morning- Hogwart's 4/21
Severus sat behind his desk before the last class of the day going over the lists of ingredients for the Dabbelen potion. This potion called for the students to go out and retrieve their own ingredients, ingredients that could easily be found inside of the hothouses as well as within Hogwart's boundaries.
The only ingredient needed from the forest was the Glumbumble. The tiny insect's melancholy influenced fluid was needed for this particular potion as it reacts to the volatile nature of its Wolfsbane predominant structure keeping it steady and equable. This fluid being difficult to harvest from the insect was also essential to the potion. He had to make sure that the little creatures were not harmed in the process of milking said fluid from it. He took it upon himself to round up the insects, as they were hard to find and even more difficult to capture.
The traps he conjured sat on his desk as he went over the lists he prepared for the students. Each individual item must be harvested or culled with the student's own hands. If anyone came in contact with the ingredients of whoever was preparing his or her potion, then it would void the potion effects and turn it null and useless. Perhaps even causing the Wolfsbane to create a highly explosive event which he always dreaded with Longbottom in the classroom.
The door of his classroom opened and he looked up as the class started to fill. He motioned them all to their seats before speaking.
"Sit.we have a long hour today, I say only an hour because you all have a task to complete before our next session." He handed each student a list and placed the one for Longbottom before him giving him a proper sneer causing the boy to wilt even further into his seat.
"Make sure you get the proper ingredients, Mr. Longbottom and do not spill the toad oil. Its bad enough you have to handle the amphibians, but I don't care to have to send you to Madam Pomfrey to cure you of overzealous warts."
The students chuckled at that knowing that the poor boy's familiar was a toad named Trevor.
"You have the rest of this class time and all day tomorrow to comply and bring all ingredients with you on Wednesday. The potion takes two days to complete so bring plenty of scrolls and quills. That is all.you are dismissed."
He watched them all troop out with Longbottom scanning the plants listed. Snape smiled a bit. He knew Longbottom had a way with plants and would indeed find the proper ones. Jessica was right in one thing, if Neville had any talent at all. It had to be Herbology. Certainly, this potion should be a piece of pie for him. Uh.or was that piece of cake?
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Jessica sat in her living room watching the flickering screen of her television set, but her mind was elsewhere. She had awakened yet again with an upset stomach and had barely made it to the bathroom before she vomited into the porcelain.
It had been that way for a few days now and inside, she feared the worst.
The vomiting had started a couple of days ago and she tried to forget about it when Severus was here over the weekend. Thankfully, Severus didn't pay that much attention when he was asleep and was pretty much dead to the world when he was out like a light. She was grateful that he had no idea she made these mad dashes into the bathroom during the night.
That was another reason to be confused about this, with believing that she could possibly be pregnant. Wasn't it supposed to be 'Morning sickness' and not 'Evening sickness'?
Given, she didn't have many clues about the symptoms of being pregnant but she had never heard of night sickness. Her mother never told her that much, being the kind of person she was and refused to speak of the evils of sex.
Her mother, the mother of Prudes.
To bad, she could have used some of that information now.
In truth, she hadn't thought of birth control during those first few times she was with Severus, but the times after that she had convinced him to use a condom although he stated the fact that he despised the 'bloody' things. But he wanted her to be happy and used them anyway just for her own peace of mind.
She, however, wasn't feeling so peaceful at this moment in time. She sat quietly on the sofa as she ran through her mind when her last period was. She knew it was before Severus came into her life and her bed and that scared her. They have only been together for a little more than three weeks.
Their first few times were possible times for conception, but.surely, she wouldn't get pregnant so soon after her first encounter.. Or.at least feel like she was? Shouldn't it take a few months before all this started?
The morning sickness?
The tiredness?
She sighed and leaned back against the cushion and rubbed a hand across her temple. She would give it another week before she would mention it to Severus. There was no need to scare him until she knew anything for sure.
She reached over to pick up a phone directory and scanned it for any close- by family planning clinics.
Just in case.
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A/Ns and Acknowledgements:
Fancy: You are a nut and yes, he does have a heart. I'm trying to give my version of him. A mean nasty, albeit a cover-up, teacher and a nice, sweet gently lover. Sigh.my ideal of pure Severus.
J.S. Sumner: I know how you feel. I have been waiting to update this until the site was stable again. I am so glad you liked this last chapter. I enjoyed writing that particular scene as well, I have a wonderful image of him hovering over her with that expression. Sigh, simply a wonderful image there. She will learn more of his past soon, but right now, as you have already read, something else is worrying her now.. LOL. And yes.this 'IS' after Voldemort's fall but the DE's are still out there.unfortunately. Thanks for continuing to read.Your great.and I want more of your stories too.you know.
The-Potions-Mistress: I'm just gonna have to start letting you Beta this thing. If you are ever home and NOT working at that newspaper job, you like so much. LOL.Thanks Sis.and continue to read on.
Cat: I think I have a pretty good flair for writing romance, it's the sex I have problems doing. Of course you know I like the title of Queen of Angst. Of course we will get to that later on in the story.Thanks for reading.
Again.Please don't forget to read and review..
Love bunches
RWH
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Nine
Monday morning- Hogwart's 4/21
Severus sat behind his desk before the last class of the day going over the lists of ingredients for the Dabbelen potion. This potion called for the students to go out and retrieve their own ingredients, ingredients that could easily be found inside of the hothouses as well as within Hogwart's boundaries.
The only ingredient needed from the forest was the Glumbumble. The tiny insect's melancholy influenced fluid was needed for this particular potion as it reacts to the volatile nature of its Wolfsbane predominant structure keeping it steady and equable. This fluid being difficult to harvest from the insect was also essential to the potion. He had to make sure that the little creatures were not harmed in the process of milking said fluid from it. He took it upon himself to round up the insects, as they were hard to find and even more difficult to capture.
The traps he conjured sat on his desk as he went over the lists he prepared for the students. Each individual item must be harvested or culled with the student's own hands. If anyone came in contact with the ingredients of whoever was preparing his or her potion, then it would void the potion effects and turn it null and useless. Perhaps even causing the Wolfsbane to create a highly explosive event which he always dreaded with Longbottom in the classroom.
The door of his classroom opened and he looked up as the class started to fill. He motioned them all to their seats before speaking.
"Sit.we have a long hour today, I say only an hour because you all have a task to complete before our next session." He handed each student a list and placed the one for Longbottom before him giving him a proper sneer causing the boy to wilt even further into his seat.
"Make sure you get the proper ingredients, Mr. Longbottom and do not spill the toad oil. Its bad enough you have to handle the amphibians, but I don't care to have to send you to Madam Pomfrey to cure you of overzealous warts."
The students chuckled at that knowing that the poor boy's familiar was a toad named Trevor.
"You have the rest of this class time and all day tomorrow to comply and bring all ingredients with you on Wednesday. The potion takes two days to complete so bring plenty of scrolls and quills. That is all.you are dismissed."
He watched them all troop out with Longbottom scanning the plants listed. Snape smiled a bit. He knew Longbottom had a way with plants and would indeed find the proper ones. Jessica was right in one thing, if Neville had any talent at all. It had to be Herbology. Certainly, this potion should be a piece of pie for him. Uh.or was that piece of cake?
***~~~***
Jessica sat in her living room watching the flickering screen of her television set, but her mind was elsewhere. She had awakened yet again with an upset stomach and had barely made it to the bathroom before she vomited into the porcelain.
It had been that way for a few days now and inside, she feared the worst.
The vomiting had started a couple of days ago and she tried to forget about it when Severus was here over the weekend. Thankfully, Severus didn't pay that much attention when he was asleep and was pretty much dead to the world when he was out like a light. She was grateful that he had no idea she made these mad dashes into the bathroom during the night.
That was another reason to be confused about this, with believing that she could possibly be pregnant. Wasn't it supposed to be 'Morning sickness' and not 'Evening sickness'?
Given, she didn't have many clues about the symptoms of being pregnant but she had never heard of night sickness. Her mother never told her that much, being the kind of person she was and refused to speak of the evils of sex.
Her mother, the mother of Prudes.
To bad, she could have used some of that information now.
In truth, she hadn't thought of birth control during those first few times she was with Severus, but the times after that she had convinced him to use a condom although he stated the fact that he despised the 'bloody' things. But he wanted her to be happy and used them anyway just for her own peace of mind.
She, however, wasn't feeling so peaceful at this moment in time. She sat quietly on the sofa as she ran through her mind when her last period was. She knew it was before Severus came into her life and her bed and that scared her. They have only been together for a little more than three weeks.
Their first few times were possible times for conception, but.surely, she wouldn't get pregnant so soon after her first encounter.. Or.at least feel like she was? Shouldn't it take a few months before all this started?
The morning sickness?
The tiredness?
She sighed and leaned back against the cushion and rubbed a hand across her temple. She would give it another week before she would mention it to Severus. There was no need to scare him until she knew anything for sure.
She reached over to pick up a phone directory and scanned it for any close- by family planning clinics.
Just in case.
***~~~***
A/Ns and Acknowledgements:
Fancy: You are a nut and yes, he does have a heart. I'm trying to give my version of him. A mean nasty, albeit a cover-up, teacher and a nice, sweet gently lover. Sigh.my ideal of pure Severus.
J.S. Sumner: I know how you feel. I have been waiting to update this until the site was stable again. I am so glad you liked this last chapter. I enjoyed writing that particular scene as well, I have a wonderful image of him hovering over her with that expression. Sigh, simply a wonderful image there. She will learn more of his past soon, but right now, as you have already read, something else is worrying her now.. LOL. And yes.this 'IS' after Voldemort's fall but the DE's are still out there.unfortunately. Thanks for continuing to read.Your great.and I want more of your stories too.you know.
The-Potions-Mistress: I'm just gonna have to start letting you Beta this thing. If you are ever home and NOT working at that newspaper job, you like so much. LOL.Thanks Sis.and continue to read on.
Cat: I think I have a pretty good flair for writing romance, it's the sex I have problems doing. Of course you know I like the title of Queen of Angst. Of course we will get to that later on in the story.Thanks for reading.
Again.Please don't forget to read and review..
Love bunches
RWH