Memory Two – Another One!
Severus Snape, Potions Master of Hogwarts, was shaken awake by his wife at three o'clock in the morning. "What?" he mumbled groggily, peering down at the beaming woman in his arms.
"Severus, I want another one."
"Didn't we already have this conversation?"
"Well, yes, but since it didn't end to my satisfaction, we must have it again and again….until you agree," Hermoine told him saucily. She scooted to a sitting position, flipping the bedside lamp on as she did. Severus flinched away from the sudden flare of light, ducking back beneath the covers. When she dove after him seconds later, she bumped into him, her face smacking into his.
Giggling, she backed up only the tiniest bit, rubbing her nose. He raised one dark eyebrow teasingly, then tackled her. "Now, you listen to me," he told her, pinning her down. "We already have two; we don't need any more."
"But, Severus---"
"No 'buts', 'Mione."
"—I miss having a baby to cradle…Lacy's too old to carry on my hip anymore, and Tommy gets embarrassed whenever I hug him anywhere but here at home…" her breath hitched and she buried her face against Severus' shoulder.
Surprised and worried, he gathered her against him, murmuring and rubbing her back gently in attempts to soothe her. When her sobs eased to hiccups, he tilted her face up to his, gently pressing kisses all over her face. "Sweetheart, I think there's something you should know…" he trailed off, watching her face.
"What? You know you can tell me anything, Sev."
"Well….you know those birth control pills I've had you taking?"
"Yes," she said slowly, decidedly suspicious now.
"They're just sugar pills."
He braced himself for the onslaught of anger, but was caught completely off-guard when his wife pounced on him, covering him in grateful kisses and squeezing the breath out of him. "That's great!" she told him, grinning from ear to little ear. "Because now I don't have to worry about telling you that I'm pregnant again!"
Author's Note:
It didn't play out like this in my head, but I'm leaving it this way because I like it and the one in my head isn't very good anyway. Review, please!