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A/N: Thanks for the ONE review I received on my last chapter. The fat baby is sleeping so I figured I could get a chapter in.

Chapter Twenty Five: Brave New World.

Christina woke to a pounding on her door. She decided that she deserved to sleep in, so she rolled over. The pounding grew louder and was accompanied by Harry's voice.

"Christina Gail Snape get yer ass out of bed! We're going to Hogsmeade and you HAVE to go!" Christina groaned and pulled the covers down to her chest.

"What if I don't want to go?"

"I don't care, either you open this door or Pudge gets it." Christina weighed her options.

"What exactly are you gonna do to him if I don't?"

"Give him a bath and set him loose in your room."

"Shit. I'm getting up." Christina pulled her self out of bed and opened the door. Pudge was contendly purring in Harry's arms." Furry little bastard of a traitor." Pudge mewed in response then jumped down and sauntered to his food bowl. "I hate you."

"I know, get dressed. Dad's coming with us so wear something particular colorful. Make him proud he's your father." Harry walked into Christina's room and made himself comfortable on her couch. Christina walked to her closet and began looking through her robes. She passed by the black ones and the soft colored ones. Then she pulled out a set of particularly ugly ones of bright orange with neon green lightening bolts on them.

"How about these?" Christina asked evily.

"Perfect." Harry got up and left, Christina showered and got dressed. She wore a pair of cut off capris and a pink tank top under her robes. She donned the lurid robes and joined her father in the dining room for breakfast.

"Gods what did I do to deserve you as a child?" He asked mildly his eyebrow arched.

" You were evil to hundreds of poor Hogwarts students for years. Deal with it. I think I actually get my sence of style from your side of the family."

"You're joking."

"Nope." Christina enjoyed her breakfast, and had two or three cups of strong brewed coffee. When Severus, Harry, and she left for Hogsmeade she felt more awake then should be allowed at that time of the morning. All along the path to the village people gave them curious stares. Christina and Harry snickered while Severus groaned. Their first stop was Fred and George's new shop. When they walked in they were greeted by the twins with vigour. George was eying Christina with interest. His mistake was letting Severus catch him checking out his daughter.

"Mr. Weasley if I catch you looking at my daughter that way again I will make all the detentions and punishments you have ever suffered at my hands feel like a delightful holiday compared to what I will do to you."

"Yeah leave my sister alone you wanker." Harry added half hearted. When the twins and Severus wandered away, Harry took Christina aside and asked the question that had been on his and Severus' minds since the day after the final battle. " What's goin on with you and Remus?" Christina's eyes clouded over.

"Nothing." Christina wandered away to a nearby shelf and pretended she was looking at the wares. Inside she was dying.

FLASHBACK

Christina ran up to Remus and threw her arms around his neck. She tried to kiss him but he gently pushed her away.

"Remus what...?"

"Christina, I should have never started up with you. It would never work."

"We could make it work and we have my dad's blessing." Remus' tired eyes grew hard.

"Listen, you're just a kid, and I'm always gonna think of you as a kid. Go find someone your own age."

"Why are you doing this?" Christina asked, silent tears coursing down her cheeks.

"Because I don't want to be involved with you." With that Remus turned around and walked away.

"You bastard." Christina whispered and then lost it completely.

END FLASHBACK

"You gonna buy that dear?" An older witch asked her, bringing her out of her reverie.

"What?" Christina looked down at the love potion she had picked up. "Gods no." She put it back and made her way to where Harry and Severus were pretending not to be watching her, and doing a bad job.

"Where do you want to go next?" Severus asked cautiously.

"I want a drink." She said frankly.

"It's only 10 in the morning."

"Let me rephrase that I NEED a drink." Severus got the hint, he took Christina to the pub, and they had a round of drinks. Christina wanted another but Severus flat out refused.

"I'm not going to let you drink yourself to death because a stupid man hurt you."

"I'm not drinking myself to death because of Remus. I'm drinking myself to death because I was stupid enough to let Remus hurt me." Christina said eyeing a passing bottle of fire whiskey.

"To love isn't stupid."

"You seemed to think so."

"Cheap shot darling. Just because I didn't love your mother, doesn't mean I wouldn't have loved her if we had had the time to try, and the freedom. As for why I never found another woman, Voldemort would have used her to hurt me, and in my secret heart, I felt like I would be betraying you by finding another woman."

"What would my life have been like if Voldemort hadn't happened, and my mom wasn't married?"

"Well you would have grown up at Hogwarts, I would have treated like a princess, pretty much like I do now."

"I would have liked that."