Chapter Twelve, Part Two

Motherly Amnesia

And opened the door to reveal a sign labeled, "Ministry Adoption Agency." He smiled as he remembered Zach's face when Hermione had asked him before the accident if he wanted to stay with them.

He had looked and smiled at Hermione, "With you Mia and Sev'rus?"

"Yes," Hermione said smiling from ear to ear.

Zach nodded enthusiastically, and then shouted, "Yes!"

Now here he was, keeping on their word and even after the accident Hermione still wanted Zach. He remembered the moment earlier when Zach had almost called her mum. She hadn't picked up on it, but he surely had. Hopefully he could be a dad to Zach as well as the little one.

He strode towards the office and knocked upon the door labeled, "New Adoptions Ages-5-13" and waited. A young woman around the age of thirty-two answered the door and smiled at him.

"I'm here to apply for an adoption of Zach Potter," he stated as warmly as he could. He wasn't that great with people besides Hermione. Never knew how they could be so happy all the time.

"Let me bring up the file," she remarked as she sat her charmed muggle laptop upon the desk. "No living relatives, I see," she smiled up at him, "And are you just adopting him or anyone else with you?" He handed over the papers and her eyes widened, 'Is that the former Hermione Granger, friend of Harry Potter, and you'd be the "former" death eater, why do you feel you'd be good for Zach?"

Severus looked at her directly in the eyes and began, "I know I may be known for my strict and sarcastic manner especially in my classes but my wife has brought out the man in me, the man with a heart. My wife and I love Zach to our fullest ability and we want to have him as our own son. He can't be shoved around to whoever can take him anymore. We want Zach to have a family and if you will allow this adoption he'll have a baby brother or sister, which he can play with later on. I have enough money to take care of him and all the children in Hogwarts. We'd do anything for him. I can't picture my life without him anymore, without his smiles and laughter as well as his tirades over the simplest things. That is all I can say." He looked up to see the Ministry worker in tears; she took the papers and marked them approved. A legal seal went through and the papers came to him.

"Now here are the directions. Zach can choose what his last name is, to do this he must place his thumb right here in the right hand corner of this paper. It is all legal and approved."

Severus thanked her and smiling went back out of the Ministry building. On his way out he couldn't help but chuckle at the screeching man's reaction to his smile. He started walking towards Hogsmeade; he needed to get something special.

TBC