Sorry its taken so long to update. Happy Summer Break everyone!
Chapter 4
After what seemed a never-ending dinner Harry set off to his own room to start some homework. "Harry, I'm going to go help Severus pack up his lab things. Do you need anything?" Alex asked, standing in his doorway.
"No, I'm all set, thanks." Harry said giving her a brief smiled before looking back down at the book infront of him.
"All right, well if you need anything you know where to find us." Alex smiled at him then closed the door to leave.
"Took you long enough." Snape sighed putting down his Daily Prophet and starting to get up.
"Wait! Sit back down, like that you look like the picture of domestic bliss."
"Bite your tongue woman." He snapped, standing up and putting the newspaper down on the side table.
"I was just joking love." Alex laughed, slipping her arm around his waist.
"Indeed." They left the room and went to his office.
"Don't you have most of these same potions at the summer house?" Alex asked, putting bottles into the open trunk on the floor.
"Some I do. However some of these don't keep so I don't want to waste them and I don't want to come back after holiday to a mess." Snape said, waiting for her to move so that he could get to the trunk.
"You aren't going to be spending the whole summer in that lab of yours."
"Of course I won't. There's the library and our bedroom, I intend to spend some time there, and…"
"And you will of course be coming with me to the Summer Festival." Alex said putting the last few bottles away and then walked out of the small storage room.
"Perhaps. The boy will be coming no doubt." Snape said, closing the trunk and shrinking it small enough to fit into a deep pocket.
"He does have a name you know." Alex sighed, leaning against the bookshelf.
"I suppose he does." Snape smirked going to his desk and beginning to shift through rolls of parchment and books left open.
"I'm going back to our chambers, come along when you're finished." Alex said shortly, standing up and heading for the wall that doubled as a door to their chambers.
By the time Snape finished packing up what he needed from his office it was nearly midnight. He came into their bedroom to find Alex already curled up in bed. He quickly undressed and got into bed next to her. "I'm not going to put up with this all summer." She said after a few moments of silence had past. "If you keep up with this you will only make summer holidays last longer for you."
"I will try. But you know my history with him and with his blasted father. It's not incredibly easy for me to be kind to him."
"Well you had better learn. Because when we get married you are going to be his uncle."
"I know…" Silence fell again. "I love you, you know that right." Severus asked awkwardly.
"I know Sev, I love you too." Alex said softly, turning over to face him. Severus gently put his arm over her and pulled her close as they drifted to sleep.