Over a course of three months Severus, Hermione, and their family was over at Severus's parents' house at least once a day, but occasionally it would be more. Ansley Snape was getting worst and worst each day, and everyone saw it even if they didn't want to believe it, especially Elizabeth and Severus. Severus didn't want to see his father withering away, he wanted the relationship that they had now for so many years, and then it had to be token away.

"Severus, Elizabeth, stay here just for a little while longer." Ansley said one day when he was feeling incredibly cold.

"Hermione, can you take the kids home? I'll be home in a little bit." Severus said.

"Yes, do you want me to come back?" Hermione asked.

"Stay home just for now." Severus said.

"Kids, go give Grandma and Grandpa a hug." Hermione ordered.

Wyman went to his Grandfather first, he knew because of a feeling it would be the last time to do so. So he ran up the stairs to his Grandfather and Grandmother's room was and where his grandfather was lying down.

"Hey we're getting ready to go, well, me, mom, Maria, Sarah, and the twins. I wanted to say good-bye." Wyman said as he sat next to his grandfather.

"Yeah I know." Ansley said as he took a deep breath.

"Are you ok grandfather?" Wyman asked worriedly.

"Yes, I love you Wyman." Ansley said as he took a long deep breath and closed his eyes

"Grandpa…" Wyman said as he shook him lightly, "Grandpa!"

But Wyman never did get an answer not even after fifteen minutes of shaking Ansley violently. Then Wyman knew what happened and he started cry, something he rarely did, something that he shared in common with his father and Grandfather. He just embraced his grandfather until his father came in.

"Wyman?" Severus asked.

"Ye…yeah." Wyman said between sobs.

"What's wrong with him?" Severus asked as his stomach jumped to his throat.

"Dad, I'm….so….sorry." Wyman said as he got up and started to hug his father.

"NO! He can't be!" Severus yelled.

(A week later)-

Elizabeth, Severus, Hermione, Wyman, Maria, Sarah, Darla, Braden, friends and other family members of Ansley Snape joined together a the Snape Manor to pay their last respect to Ansley. The family, had cried, even though some of the things Ansley did in the past wasn't right, he tried to make up for that, though it was only for three months to Severus. But Severus had to be strong for his mother and children, so he didn't cry unless he was by himself, or with Hermione. But Severus heard someone call him up to say some words about his father. He did so.

"My father, he was rarely there for me as a child, he was rarely there for anyone then. He then, three months ago, came back into my life. We started new foreign relationship that we should have had for a long time. He became a father, and I became his son. He knew wrong from right, I know now. I know that he had a good heart, though he never really showed it. I found out how to forgive, and how to love someone I hated for so many years. I loved him, and I'll miss him."

Severus then walked out the Manor and sat in the gardens. He knew, because his father told him, that this was his favorite place in the world. Severus just sat on a bench that he and his father sat a month ago talking to each other about life and what all it meant. Severus couldn't help to feel a tear drop fall down his face.

"Son, quit that now!" A haunting voice ordered.

Severus looked up to see his father, standing there smiling at him.

"Dad?" Severus asked.

"Yeah, try to slice my head off! It will go right thru!" Ansley said excitedly.

"Don't do that; be all happy that you're dead." Severus said in a serious tone.

"Well you need to laugh." Ansley said with a grin.

"Would you be laughing if your father was dead and now your talking to him, because he's came back as a ghost?" Severus asked

"Well my father is waiting for me on the other side, and I would be laughing if he made a joke if he came to me as a ghost." Ansley answered.

"I'm going to miss you dad." Severus admitted for the second time that day.

"I'll miss you too son. But don't cry for me. I'll see you again, and you know that you will. So in the words of Dumbledore 'it's not really good-bye'." Ansley said.

"Yeah, but you don't know if I will see you again." Severus said.

"Yes, I do know that." Ansley started, "Remember when you were a little boy, and you thought you were alone, and you prayed that you'd go to heaven, and I always said that, that isn't a real place? Well it is. I have to go son. See that light coming from over there, watch. I love you" Ansley said said as he walked into the light that was coming towards the roses.

"I love you daddy." Severus said as he got up and walked into the house, and he swear to himself that he would tell no one about what happened, and that he wouldn't cry another tear.

A/N: I'm crying over my own story! But anyways, I know that there hasn't been any romance lately between Hermione and Severus…but I kind of got off track. I'll try to put a little more romance between them, but life isn't all about the romance, and I wanted it to be like real life. Ok, I sound too much older then I really am so I'm just going to shut up! So on with the story. By the way thanks for all the reviews!