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Snape had felt the wards go off. A wave of freezing cold air hit him. Like being drown in ice cold water.

His first thought was that some one was trying to get it into there rooms. But after checking the doors and the fire place, he realised that some one had left the rooms.

He grabbed his invisibility cloak. (The-boy-who-lived was not the only person that had one.) Putting it on he had gone to the library as fast as he could. Once he got there he could hear Draco talking.

"…things have been hard for me since I was little. I want, just for once, to be able to live my life the way I want. Is that to much to ask. To be aloud to be me! Do you understand?"

He ran towards the voice. Weaving his way in and out of all a book cases. Where the bloody hell were they? If Draco hurt her then he was gonna kill him!

When he had reached them he found Draco on the floor, clutching his groin. Reaching down he had grabbed the young man by the collar and pulled him to his feet.

"What have you done to her?" he had demanded.

It had taken a long time for him to calm down enough to listen to the man. Together they had both made there way to his rooms at top speed. They split up at the last moment, having decided to go different ways to catch up with her.

In the end he had been the last one to get to her. He had walked into the room and found Draco on the floor and Hermione glowing.

And now here he stood. Hermione in his arms, safe. Taking a deep breath he tried to loosen his arms around her. But found not only could he not but he didn't want to.

She pulled back and started to sign. Her fingers moved so fast that he couldn't keep up. He placed his hands on hers and looked deep into her eyes, trying to clam her down. Letting go of her hands he started to sign but at a much slower pace.

"Calm down Hermione, your safe."

She looked up at his face with tear filled eyes.

"You sure." She asked.

"yes." He moved out the way so that she could see the still unconscious Malfoy.

"I didn't do that." She looked up at him in disbelief.

"Your right you didn't. But…" he put on hand one her belly. "The baby did."

He watched as understanding crossed her face. She smiled softly up at him. "My baby looked after me."

Snape shook his head. "Our baby looked after you."

She smiled sweetly up at him. Putting one hand over his she sighed softly. Before he could stop himself, he wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

Shuffling noises came from behind him. He spun around and looked at the young man on the floor. His face was pale and he looked in pain.

"What the hell is the matter with her?" he spat up at him.

"She's deaf. You should know that, you did it to her!" Snape snapped at the younger man.

Hermione tugged on his sleeve. He turned to look at her and she asked. "what's he saying? Why are you talking to him?"

Snape turned back to Draco.

"She couldn't hear what you were saying earlier."

"I never meant to hurt her…just the child."

Snape growled and looked back at Hermione.

"It's okay; he's not going to hurt you. I swear it. Let's go into the living room and I will explain."

She looked unsure but then turned and walked into the living room and sat in his seat. She trusted him enough to let him take the lead, it blew him away.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Draco move to sit in the other seat.

"Did I tell you to sit?" he snapped.

"No, sir, but…"

"But nothing. You will stand."

Snape then kneeled down in front of Hermione and started to explain.

What the hell was going on? This has to be the worst moment to be deaf.

She watched as he sat down and started to sign.

"Hermione, Draco was not here to hurt you tonight. He wanted to try and explain why he had done what he did last time."

"He tried to kill my baby I don't want to know." She snapped and looked away from both men.

Snape was meant to be on her side. Why was he explaining about Malfoy? I don't want to know his excuses.

Snape grabbed her chin and turned her back to look at him.

"Listen to me." Snape froze at his own words.

Hermione's eyes filled with tears before she could stop them. Wiping them quickly she looked back at Snape.

"I didn't mean…" Hermione stopped his hands from moving.

There were many things she needed from Snape. His pity was not one of them. He seemed to know that she didn't want his apologise and carried on explaining.

"I know that you don't want to hear this. I know that what he did was wrong and I will never forgive him and neither should you. But only by learning why he did it can we move on. If this child does turn into a new dark lord, it will mean that Draco has to follow him. Would not be able to live the life he wanted. Would be under some one else's control again."

Hermione let her head fall forward and rest on his shoulder.

She had never thought about how her child would affect others around her. There would always be people that want to get her child…their child. They would never be alone. Never be able to relax.

She felt a wand tap the side of her head and she looked up. It was Malfoy.

"I'm sorry." He said, but more importantly she could hear him. "I just can't go through that again."

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