A/N: THANK YOU for all of your suggestions! I took all of them in consideration, but I am sorry to inform you that Samuel & Holly will not be paired.. sorry, but it just squicks me a bit. ::shrugs:: plus, I have other ideas for Samuel..
SIX MONTHS LATER-- (sorry, no wedding night.. but it has happened..)
"Hermione, where's Samuel's hearing aid?" Severus asked, holding Samuel by the straps of his famous overalls, ensuing he wouldn't run from him. Hremione turned from braiding Holly's hair and pointed to the shelf. "Accio hearing aid." Severus said sharply with a wave of his wand as the hearing aid flew to his hand.
"No! No! No!" Samuel hollered, shaking his head, using the right to vocalize loudly. Severus held on to his son, scowling as he put in the hearing aid, turning it on, and charming the hearing aid so Samuel couldn't take it off. "I hate you, Daddy!" Samuel signed fiercely as he scowled up at his father, rubbing his ear and adjusting the hearing aid to the proper volume.
"You know that wearing your hearing aid is the only way you can hear some sounds and protect yourself, Samuel. You do want to use magic and say those spells, don't you?"
"Ya-uh." Samuel meekly replied, his eyes flashing as he slunk away towards Remy Lupin, who had his broom over his shoulder. "I'm going Flying with Remy." Samuel signed before he picked up his broom from the floor.
"Both of you be back in a hour, or I am sending peeves and the Bloody Baron after you." Severus replied cooly as he arched an eyebrow to both of the boys standing in the doorway with their brooms. Samuel nodded and got on his broom, zooming down the corridor and out of Hogwarts, Remy at his heels.
"Mommy, can you move over? your tummy's poking me and I want my hair to look pretty for the wedding. Can't Daddy do it?"
"Oh, and I can't, because I'm as big as one of Hagrid's hippogriffs?" Hermione remarked, close to tears as she flung down the white hair ribbon. "Well, run to your daddy, I'm sure he'll do a good job." Hermione said with a frown on her lips as she rose from her seat, a hand draped over her round stomach as she went into the bedroom to get herself dressed for the wedding.
"Daddy.. can you braid my hair?"
"No."
"Please? Or a Ponytail?"
"Fine, only a ponytail." Severus replied with a sigh, hating how he was wound around his little girl's little finger as he picked up the ribbon and tied up her hair with the grace and speed of a professional. "Here you go. Don't get mussed, because I can't deal with TWO messy children."
"I'm going to play dolls with Emma, Erin, Mary-Kate wood, and Moira Weasley." Holly replied, rattling off the names of the children of the guests to the wedding. "They're bored waiting for the wedding to start already." Holly replied as she skipped away, with several dolls in her arms. Severus shook his head, partially grateful he had two independent children, but wished they weren't so troublesome.
"Hermione?" Severus asked as he headed into the bedroom, finding Hermione dressed in her dress robes, and sitting on the bed, staring at the mirror near the bathroom door. "You look wondrous."
"Humongous, more likely."
"Don't knock it, love." Severus replied smoothly as he sat by Hermione, slipping his arm around Hermione's waist and kissing her slowly and leisurely. The kiss soon turned deep and heated. "Love, we should ... stop, if you don't want your robes messed up."
"Hmm?" Hermione murmured into Severus's lips, not caring what he said, as long as he didn't stop doing what he was doing. "Shut up and kiss me."
"Point taken, never argue with a pregnant woman." Severus sighed, as the two lowered themselves to the bed, enjoying the peace and quiet in the rooms, with both of the children gone somewhere in the castle, amusing themselves with their friends.
"Where's Severus and Hermione? Severus is supposed to stand for me, as well as Remus Senior." Albus said as he stood at the end of the aisle, dressed in royal purple robes. "Mr. Malfoy..?"
"I'm not going in there, not for a million galleons." Draco replied, shaking his head viciously as he grabbed his ten year old son, Harlequinn. "Harley, why don't you go down to the dungeons and...?"
"No!" Harlequinn replied, his black eyes wide and white-blond hair flying as he shook his head fiercely.
"Very well, I'm going." Remus said with an exasperated sigh. "All of you are such babies. Worse than my Remy."
"Hey!" Remy replied as he, Samuel, and Holly got up to follow Remy down to the dungeons.
Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Samuel Snape, Holly Snape, Remy Lupin, Harlequinn Malfoy, and Draco Malfoy all walked down to the dungeons, Severus and Hermione were an half hour late for the wedding, and no one wanted to wait any longer, especially since the children were getting antsy, and everyone knew what chaos came when the children were bored.
"Severus?" Remus asked as he knocked on the door. "Hermione? We're waiting on you." There was no reply, and Remus glanced over to Dumbledore. "Well?"
"I don't want to go in, not if.."
"They won't, she's six months pregnant." Draco said. "She looks like a baby hippogriff."
"Shut up, Drakkey, that's my mother!" Holly Snape replied, stomping on Draco's boot-clad foot, bringing tears to his eyes.
"Hey! that's my daddy!" Harley said as he scowled down at Holly. Minerva McGonagall stepped in between of the two children and shot a icy glare at Albus.
"Albus... it's now or never. I want to get married. Now."
"Yes, dear."
BAM.
"OH GOD!" Hermione shrieked.
"Cover your eyes!" Remus shouted, grabbing Remy.
"So that's what a baby hi..." Harlequinn said before he was bopped by Draco and Holly.
"I told them you were..." Samuel signed, as Remy Lupin giggled, and Remus Lupin nudged him to shut him up.
"Uh... the wedding's been held up for an half hour.. could you finish up and .. um, head on up? yes, that would be nice. Let's go Albus.. I think we've seen more than enough. Let's go children, go on."
The door to the Great Hall creaked open, and Severus and Hermione quickly made their way into the Great Hall silently, standing by Albus and Minerva, both blushing profusely. It had been embarassing enough that Albus and Minerva had caught them in flagarante Delicto, but did it have to be when they were having their post-coital meal in the nude? Well, it could have been worse, they could at least have been in the act, Hermione thought with a blush as she stood near Minerva, holding Holly's and Erin's hands.
"I prounounce you Husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride, Albus." Draco said, bowing his head and smiling. "I now present to you, for the first time, Albus and Minerva Dumbledore, Hale and Erin Dumbledore." Draco said with a sweep of his arm as Erin and Hale led the procession down the aisle, both sniggering about the recent events that trasnpired down in the dungeons.
"Oh, Albus.. I'm so glad that you listened to me, but did you really have to burst in on them?" Minerva asked as she walked down the aisle on Albus's arm.
"Well, I was eager to get married and begin on our own festivities already. We're not getting any younger, and those two have the rest of their lives to eat." Albus said quietly, glancing at a red-faced Severus and a blushing Hermione, with Samuel and Holly sniggering, along with Harley and Remy, making jokes about dinnertime.
THREE MONTHS LATER
"Albus?"
"Yes, Mrs. Snape?"
"Could I go to the hospital wing? I think I'm in labor."
Hours later, Severus Snape collapsed into his chair by Hermione's bedside, wondering why babies took so long to enter the world. A yawn shook him awake, and he glanced over to Hermione and Poppy.
"Finally, ten centimeters. Thank God, now you can push. Let's go Severus." Poppy said with a sigh, glad that it was finally nearly over. Hermione and Severus both buckled down, and helped their child enter the wold with a loud yell, amazingly enough, sounding just like Severus in one of his temper tantrums.
"oh... it's a beautiful, gorgeous little girl...." Poppy cooed, as the baby shrieked, flailing her arms and legs. "Just like our potions-master."
"Shut up Poppy, and hand me my daughter." Severus snapped, as Poppy shook her head and handed him his daughter. As soon as the baby was laid into Severus's arms, quiet echoed around the ward, and everyone's eyes rested on the Bat of the Dungeons holding a little girl, who curled up to him, happily gurgling up at him.
Life was good, Severus thought with a smile as he waved in his two other children, who looked down at the little girl with intrest.
"Daddah?" Samuel asked, using his new voice, nasal and annoying, but much better now that he had made use of his hearing aids and started speech lessons.
"Yes, Samuel?"
"...What is her name?" Samuel asked, his hands moving slowly and tenderly as his eyes met Severus's. Severus smiled and glanced over at Hermione as he handed the little girl to his wife.
"It's up to Hermione."
"How about Alice?"
"Alice?" Severus asked, pulling a sour face. "Isn't she... a Longbottom?"
"A brave woman, Severus. A brave woman, like our little girl here."
"Alice. Alice Narcissa Snape."
Yes, Life truly was good.
the END
A/N: since this is the end, hope it was a good story. :) The sequel should be up by next week, god willing. THANK YOU for ALL of you who read/reviewed. ::glomps::
SIX MONTHS LATER-- (sorry, no wedding night.. but it has happened..)
"Hermione, where's Samuel's hearing aid?" Severus asked, holding Samuel by the straps of his famous overalls, ensuing he wouldn't run from him. Hremione turned from braiding Holly's hair and pointed to the shelf. "Accio hearing aid." Severus said sharply with a wave of his wand as the hearing aid flew to his hand.
"No! No! No!" Samuel hollered, shaking his head, using the right to vocalize loudly. Severus held on to his son, scowling as he put in the hearing aid, turning it on, and charming the hearing aid so Samuel couldn't take it off. "I hate you, Daddy!" Samuel signed fiercely as he scowled up at his father, rubbing his ear and adjusting the hearing aid to the proper volume.
"You know that wearing your hearing aid is the only way you can hear some sounds and protect yourself, Samuel. You do want to use magic and say those spells, don't you?"
"Ya-uh." Samuel meekly replied, his eyes flashing as he slunk away towards Remy Lupin, who had his broom over his shoulder. "I'm going Flying with Remy." Samuel signed before he picked up his broom from the floor.
"Both of you be back in a hour, or I am sending peeves and the Bloody Baron after you." Severus replied cooly as he arched an eyebrow to both of the boys standing in the doorway with their brooms. Samuel nodded and got on his broom, zooming down the corridor and out of Hogwarts, Remy at his heels.
"Mommy, can you move over? your tummy's poking me and I want my hair to look pretty for the wedding. Can't Daddy do it?"
"Oh, and I can't, because I'm as big as one of Hagrid's hippogriffs?" Hermione remarked, close to tears as she flung down the white hair ribbon. "Well, run to your daddy, I'm sure he'll do a good job." Hermione said with a frown on her lips as she rose from her seat, a hand draped over her round stomach as she went into the bedroom to get herself dressed for the wedding.
"Daddy.. can you braid my hair?"
"No."
"Please? Or a Ponytail?"
"Fine, only a ponytail." Severus replied with a sigh, hating how he was wound around his little girl's little finger as he picked up the ribbon and tied up her hair with the grace and speed of a professional. "Here you go. Don't get mussed, because I can't deal with TWO messy children."
"I'm going to play dolls with Emma, Erin, Mary-Kate wood, and Moira Weasley." Holly replied, rattling off the names of the children of the guests to the wedding. "They're bored waiting for the wedding to start already." Holly replied as she skipped away, with several dolls in her arms. Severus shook his head, partially grateful he had two independent children, but wished they weren't so troublesome.
"Hermione?" Severus asked as he headed into the bedroom, finding Hermione dressed in her dress robes, and sitting on the bed, staring at the mirror near the bathroom door. "You look wondrous."
"Humongous, more likely."
"Don't knock it, love." Severus replied smoothly as he sat by Hermione, slipping his arm around Hermione's waist and kissing her slowly and leisurely. The kiss soon turned deep and heated. "Love, we should ... stop, if you don't want your robes messed up."
"Hmm?" Hermione murmured into Severus's lips, not caring what he said, as long as he didn't stop doing what he was doing. "Shut up and kiss me."
"Point taken, never argue with a pregnant woman." Severus sighed, as the two lowered themselves to the bed, enjoying the peace and quiet in the rooms, with both of the children gone somewhere in the castle, amusing themselves with their friends.
"Where's Severus and Hermione? Severus is supposed to stand for me, as well as Remus Senior." Albus said as he stood at the end of the aisle, dressed in royal purple robes. "Mr. Malfoy..?"
"I'm not going in there, not for a million galleons." Draco replied, shaking his head viciously as he grabbed his ten year old son, Harlequinn. "Harley, why don't you go down to the dungeons and...?"
"No!" Harlequinn replied, his black eyes wide and white-blond hair flying as he shook his head fiercely.
"Very well, I'm going." Remus said with an exasperated sigh. "All of you are such babies. Worse than my Remy."
"Hey!" Remy replied as he, Samuel, and Holly got up to follow Remy down to the dungeons.
Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Samuel Snape, Holly Snape, Remy Lupin, Harlequinn Malfoy, and Draco Malfoy all walked down to the dungeons, Severus and Hermione were an half hour late for the wedding, and no one wanted to wait any longer, especially since the children were getting antsy, and everyone knew what chaos came when the children were bored.
"Severus?" Remus asked as he knocked on the door. "Hermione? We're waiting on you." There was no reply, and Remus glanced over to Dumbledore. "Well?"
"I don't want to go in, not if.."
"They won't, she's six months pregnant." Draco said. "She looks like a baby hippogriff."
"Shut up, Drakkey, that's my mother!" Holly Snape replied, stomping on Draco's boot-clad foot, bringing tears to his eyes.
"Hey! that's my daddy!" Harley said as he scowled down at Holly. Minerva McGonagall stepped in between of the two children and shot a icy glare at Albus.
"Albus... it's now or never. I want to get married. Now."
"Yes, dear."
BAM.
"OH GOD!" Hermione shrieked.
"Cover your eyes!" Remus shouted, grabbing Remy.
"So that's what a baby hi..." Harlequinn said before he was bopped by Draco and Holly.
"I told them you were..." Samuel signed, as Remy Lupin giggled, and Remus Lupin nudged him to shut him up.
"Uh... the wedding's been held up for an half hour.. could you finish up and .. um, head on up? yes, that would be nice. Let's go Albus.. I think we've seen more than enough. Let's go children, go on."
The door to the Great Hall creaked open, and Severus and Hermione quickly made their way into the Great Hall silently, standing by Albus and Minerva, both blushing profusely. It had been embarassing enough that Albus and Minerva had caught them in flagarante Delicto, but did it have to be when they were having their post-coital meal in the nude? Well, it could have been worse, they could at least have been in the act, Hermione thought with a blush as she stood near Minerva, holding Holly's and Erin's hands.
"I prounounce you Husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride, Albus." Draco said, bowing his head and smiling. "I now present to you, for the first time, Albus and Minerva Dumbledore, Hale and Erin Dumbledore." Draco said with a sweep of his arm as Erin and Hale led the procession down the aisle, both sniggering about the recent events that trasnpired down in the dungeons.
"Oh, Albus.. I'm so glad that you listened to me, but did you really have to burst in on them?" Minerva asked as she walked down the aisle on Albus's arm.
"Well, I was eager to get married and begin on our own festivities already. We're not getting any younger, and those two have the rest of their lives to eat." Albus said quietly, glancing at a red-faced Severus and a blushing Hermione, with Samuel and Holly sniggering, along with Harley and Remy, making jokes about dinnertime.
THREE MONTHS LATER
"Albus?"
"Yes, Mrs. Snape?"
"Could I go to the hospital wing? I think I'm in labor."
Hours later, Severus Snape collapsed into his chair by Hermione's bedside, wondering why babies took so long to enter the world. A yawn shook him awake, and he glanced over to Hermione and Poppy.
"Finally, ten centimeters. Thank God, now you can push. Let's go Severus." Poppy said with a sigh, glad that it was finally nearly over. Hermione and Severus both buckled down, and helped their child enter the wold with a loud yell, amazingly enough, sounding just like Severus in one of his temper tantrums.
"oh... it's a beautiful, gorgeous little girl...." Poppy cooed, as the baby shrieked, flailing her arms and legs. "Just like our potions-master."
"Shut up Poppy, and hand me my daughter." Severus snapped, as Poppy shook her head and handed him his daughter. As soon as the baby was laid into Severus's arms, quiet echoed around the ward, and everyone's eyes rested on the Bat of the Dungeons holding a little girl, who curled up to him, happily gurgling up at him.
Life was good, Severus thought with a smile as he waved in his two other children, who looked down at the little girl with intrest.
"Daddah?" Samuel asked, using his new voice, nasal and annoying, but much better now that he had made use of his hearing aids and started speech lessons.
"Yes, Samuel?"
"...What is her name?" Samuel asked, his hands moving slowly and tenderly as his eyes met Severus's. Severus smiled and glanced over at Hermione as he handed the little girl to his wife.
"It's up to Hermione."
"How about Alice?"
"Alice?" Severus asked, pulling a sour face. "Isn't she... a Longbottom?"
"A brave woman, Severus. A brave woman, like our little girl here."
"Alice. Alice Narcissa Snape."
Yes, Life truly was good.
the END
A/N: since this is the end, hope it was a good story. :) The sequel should be up by next week, god willing. THANK YOU for ALL of you who read/reviewed. ::glomps::