A/N: Sorry it was so late: ) and now I've just made you wait longer by wring this author's note. lol jk So here it is….

Chapter 8

Snape knocked lightly on Dumbledore's door. It was late; Snape spent some time trying to figure out how to get his daughter to meet her mother.

"Severus" Dumbledore whispered as he opened the door "might I speak to you for a moment?"

Snape sighed "Dumbledore it's late I need to get Izzy home and to bed. Can we do this tomorrow?"

"She's on the couch sleeping. Please some into my office this can't wait till tomorrow."

"Fine" Snape said in a defeated tone.

"Over the past years I've held restraint asking... about…. Izzy's mother."

Snape chuckled "You know I've been wondering all these years. How long till you asked who Izzy's mother is."

"Well are you going to tell me?" Dumbledore asked in that voice of his.

"First since I know you and I'm sure you've tried to figure it out over the years. Tell me who your first guess is?"

"Miss Granger" Dumbledore

Snapes eyes widened "How did you know?"

Dumbledore chuckled "Severus I have eyes. I noticed you and Miss Granger in her seventh year."

"What was it you noticed?"

"Well a distance on her part she always avoided your eyes and you. Whether at school or at headquarters. And on your part you always seemed distracted when she was around or someone brought up her name. You also seemed… pardon my lack of a better word less bitter." Dumbledore said with that twinkle of his.

"Well done Dumbledore" Snape said with a mock approval "Now, what do you have to say on the matter."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

"I don't know what you meant by that. But you're right about the mad part. Hermione is mad!"

"And what of the love part?" Dumbledore asked hoping that this wouldn't push Snape over the edge.

"No. I found the remedy to love, I don't love her any more."

"What may I ask is it you think the "remedy to love" is?"

"Fire Whiskey and a daughter who needs someone to love her. Since her mother abandoned her."

Dumbledore chuckled "You know Severus there is no remedy to love but to love more."

Snape laughed "Hermione and I threw…finished…ended…over…in fact we're so broken-up there's no adjective to describe how broken-up we are. I still have the annulment papers."

"Whatever you say Severus." Dumbledore said. Making sure Snape would know he didn't believe him.

"Is that all you needed?" Snape questioned

"Yes, that is all. You are free to go." Dumbledore stood up and lead him out.

Snape picked up his daughter and apparated home.

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"Sweetie wake up we need to talk." Izzy grumbled as she woke up. "I know it's late but I need you to wake up"

"What is it? Whatever it was you think it is I did I didn't do it." She grumbled.

Snape chuckled "We need to talk. It's about your mum"

Izzy sat up straight. "What about her?"

"I went and saw her today. Was there anything else in that note you wanna tell about?"

Izzy was silent.

"Izzy I know that this has to be hard on you. But, I think you need to go see her tomorrow."

"Why?" Izzy said a little snobbishly.

"Izzy don't have that kind of attitude. I know you're hurt but you have to understand. When your mother had you she was very young. She was still in school when she became pregnant. It was hard on her…"

Izzy gave him the death stare.

"…I'm not saying I agree with what she did. Trust me. I think if you don't go in a few weeks, months , or even years you'll be sorry that you didn't. So I'll make a deal with you. You go tomorrow and you decide after meeting her that you want nothing to do with her. Then I won't ever make you see ever again. Now if you do decide you want to get to know her it's fine with me. I always wished you two could be close. Whether or not you want to hear this you are just like her. Deal?"

Izzy sat there for a moment "Deal."

"Alright thank you. Now go to bed you have a big day tomorrow."

Izzy stomach started rumbling loudly. "Dad?"

"Yeah?" he was worried.

"Well Grandpa D let me have some sweets. And do you have any stomach ach potion?"

"Hmm…some candy shouldn't cause you to have a stomach ach."

Izzy groaned "Fine it was a lot of candy. Could you please get me some?"

She was holding her stomach tightly.

Hmm…even a lot of candy shouldn't cause her this much pain.

"Izzy is there anything else bothering you? Does your body feel cold our anything else?" as he asked her this he was trying to figure out if it was internal bleeding.

"No" Izzy groaned "my stomach just hurts."

"Alright" he said as he handed her the potion "but if anything else starts hurting let me know."

"Ok" Izzy said as she took her second dose of the potion that day "thanks I'm gonna go to bed now."

Severus kissed his daughter goodnight and watched her walk into her room.

It can't be that? Can it? No, no she's too young. Is she? She has to be too young. I wish I knew. It's not, nope, no she's way too young.

Severus thought this to himself hoping it would help him sleep.

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The next morning came all too soon for Izzy and Snape both. It was now eleven o'clock both Snape and Izzy had slept in. So now Snape was trying to rush to get ready. If there was one thing Snape hated it was being late.

"But, Dad! Do have to do this?" Izzy was yelling from her room.

"Yes, remember you promised me last night you would try?" Snape called he was brushing his teeth.

"Yeah real nice. Waking an innocent girl in the middle of the night trick her into promising to meet someone. Yep real nice." She called out to him as she looked for something to wear.

Snape walked to the door of her room putting his shirt on. "Who said anything about you being innocent? Potter told me what you and Angie did." He gave her a stare.

"Oh look I need to get dressed. Bye Bye." She said as she shut the door to her room on him.

"We're not finished talking about this young lady" he called through the door "We'll talk about this when we get home later."

"Sorry" she called through the door "I can't hear you"

Snape laughed "Just get dressed."

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An hour later they were walking into The Leaky Cauldron.

Izzy turned around to walk out the door. Her father turned her around.

"Izzy you can do this. Just try it if you want to leave after lunch we will. But, I don't think you will."

"You'd be surprised" she mumbled.

They sat down at a table and waited. About five minutes later Hermione came in…along with ( much to Snape's dismay) Potter and Weasley.

"Ron and I are gonna sit right here" Harry said grabbing Ron by the collar. He had headed in the direction of Snape. "We'll be here when you get done"

He and Ron headed over to a booth on the opposite side of the bar.

Hermione slowly walked over to the table. She had been so nervous that morning she had thrown up. This was odd because she had never thrown up over nerves before. She saw the back of Snapes head and another figure she assumed was Izzy.

She has my hair. Hermione excitedly thought to herself. I would know that if I hadn't left her. Hermione grumbled at herself. She figured she better get over there before they thought she had left. Hermione remembered that Snape was very punctual. As was she but not to Snape extremity of it.

"Hi" she walked up to the table.

With out him realizing it Snape's face brightened. Something Izzy happened to notice before looking at her mother. Mother, she had pictured this moment since she was little. And now it was here she was excited but also confused. What if her mum didn't like her and left again?

"Hi" Izzy said shyly.

Snape looked at his daughter. Izzy was never shy…if anything she was the complete opposite of shy.

Hermione sat down and Tom came over to take their order.

"What'll yea have?" he asked them

"We'll I'll have a cheeseburger with only ketchup…" Came the voice of the two girls.

Snape grinned.

"Oh" Hermione started "sorry you go ahead." She nodded at Izzy.

Izzy nodded and ordered "Cheeseburger only ketchup nothing else and cheese fries."

Tom looked at Hermione and she in turn looked at Snape.

"Oh go ahead" he nodded "I'm still trying to decide what I want.

Hermione looked at Tom "The usual Tom."

"Of course miss" Tom nodded "And for you Professor?"

"I'll have the kidney pudding." Snape decided

"Alright" with that Tom walked off while Hermione and Izzy both made a face. Neither realizing the other had made a face. Something Snape did notice.

"You don't like kidney pudding either?" Izzy asked.

"Never have" Hermione said

"I hate it when dad makes kidney pudding" Izzy made another face.

Hermione looked at Snape "You still do that?"

"Huh?" Izzy questioned

Snape chuckled.

Hermione laughed as well "Your father used too 'accidentally' make kidney pudding whenever I came over. Then when I was pregnant he was always trying to get me to eat kidney pie so you would like it."

Izzy made a face at her dad.

"What? All I wanted was for you to like kidney pie" he chuckled.

"Yuck" was all Izzy said on the matter.

After that the conversation flew easily. Then the food came and everyone at. Izzy and Hermione made faces at Snape's kidney pie.

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At the other end of the room Harry and Ron sat together having heated discussion.

"Ron what the hell are we doing here?"

Ron didn't answer. Tom had already come over and gotten their order and they were waiting on there food.

"Harry," Ron said smugly "we're here to support Hermione"

"No we're here because if something happens and she gets hurt you want to be the one she runs to! Ron why are you doing this to her? She's already lost her job because of you. She's meeting her daughter for the first time in eleven years! And you want it to go badly so she'll come running to you." Harry made the mistake of stopping to take a breath.

So Ron started talking "Let's be fair. She was just as much to blame for what happened as I was. It takes two to tango."

"Now that I know you're in love with her I think you were more to blame for this than her. She probably didn't realize you were in 'love' with her." Harry added

"Second, why should Hermione and I suffer over her mistake of dating Snape and getting pregnant?"

At this point Harry had had it. "Ron I don't want to hear anything else you have to say on this matter. You're being a jerk." After Harry said this their food came and the two ate in silence.

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Everything at the other table was going great.

By this point Izzy was glad she came.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom" Snape said getting up. He figured he should give them some alone time. Not, too much but some. Snape wasn't sure how far he trusted Hermione yet.

As he left Izzy thought this would be the perfect time to ask her question. The question she had been planning on asking her whole life.

"Um…Hermione ….Mum? Well, anyways can I ask you something?"

Hermione nodded.

"Why did you leave?"

Hermione set down her glass. She had been waiting for Izzy to ask this question all day. "Well, I don't know how much your father has told you. But, here goes I was in school when I got pregnant with you. After the school year ended your father and I got married. After I had you I got scared. Before I got pregnant I had so many plans. I was an Aurora up till just last week. But, my friends and I we had a mission and I just couldn't sit at home and be a mom. And if I would have I think you would hate me. Your father has done an amazing job raising you. And for that I am so grateful. Grateful that you and your dad are close. If I would have stayed Izzy I think I would have made things worse." By this time Hermione had tears in her eyes. "But, don't think that I didn't ever love you. I have always loved you. Every time I was somewhere I was always thinking of you. And I-I'm sorry for all the hurt I've caused you. I love you."

Hermione leaned over and hugged her daughter. The two stayed in the embrace for a few moments.

"Can you ever forgive me?" Hermione asked her daughter.

Izzy smiled "Of course. Are you going to stay this time?"

"I'm here for good you're stuck with me" Hermione smiled.

"Promise?" Izzy asked

"Promise" Hermione said.

Snape was standing over on the other side of the booth listening. He hadn't wanted to interrupt this. So figured now would be the best time to come back.

"So are we going to have dessert?" he asked sitting down on the same side as Hermione. After hearing everything she had said it was feeling like the days before she left.

"Yeah!" Izzy exclaimed "But, first I have to go to the bathroom. Excuse me." And she got up and left the table.

"Sev, you've done a great job. I need to tell you something…I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you…"

"Hermione let's just try and forget all of those things. For Izzy's sake." He smiled at her. Then out of no where he leaned in and kissed her. Snape surprised himself; he was not one to do something on the spur of the moment. It was good passionate kiss that lasted for what seemed an eternity.

Harry looked up from his food in time to see Hermione and Snape's tonsil hockey. His first thought was how disgusting, then how much he REALLY didn't want to see this. Harry was very grateful he had decided to take the seat facing he booth. Otherwise he was afraid if what would happen if Ron had seen or did see. Thankfully the door closing to the bathroom brought them up for air. Izzy walked out and came over to the table as Hermione was fixing her back. What Snape and Hermione didn't realize was that Izzy had seen the whole thing. She had hoped that by her leaving something of the sort would happen. She had watched both of them over the course of lunch they both looked at each other every so often till the other noticed. Then they would look at their food or Hermione would ask Izzy a question.

"So dessert?" Izzy said slyly "How about something hot?" she grinned as Snape and Hermione both blushed.

The rest of lunch went well and everyone left on happy terms. Hermione and Snape planned to meet on the train. Apparently both of them had been "randomly" assigned to chaperone the train ride. This was a new policy that was put into action after the war. So they planned to meet and have breakfast before they went to the train station. This was in a week. Hermione waited till Snape and Izzy apparated home to walk over where Harry and Ron were.

"Hey" both guys said as she came over.

"How'd it go?" Ron asked

"Good" she replied.

Harry laughed as he pulled out his wallet "Did you discover how much she's like you?"

Hermione smiled "Yes and how would you know?"

"She and Angie were doing third year transfiguration. When she spent the night. McGonagall is gonna be happy to have them in Gryffindor."

"Yeah" Hermione chuckled. She wasn't sure which house Izzy would be sorted into.

Harry left to pay the bill.

"So," Ron said "where does this leave us?"

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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please review! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed! Thanks for reading!