AN: After a few months of trying to figure out where my story needed to go and my muse coming back to me I have the next chapter for you.
Christmas turned into New Years which slowly turned the day before Severus' least favorite holiday, Valentine's Day.
What the hell am I going to get Hermione? I am not the flower and candy kind of person and a book is not very personal. Slamming his hands on his desk he stood up. Stalking around his office a little Severus grabbed his coat and took off towards his study. He would have to do a little investigation into what to get his young wife. Throwing some floo powder into the hearth he growled out his location and he stepped inside.
Hermione smiled as she walked into the living room. There in a big pile on the floor were over a dozen red and pink envelopes.
Sitting down on the floor in front of the fireplace she began to open the Valentine's. After reading each one she carefully copied each one of them. Summoning a large envelope, she placed all the copies into it before she sealed it and sent it through the fire, back to the Headmaster.
Pressing down on her hands she tried to push herself up. "Damn it" Hermione cursed. Ever since she hit the six month mark everything became a chore. She put on a little over 15 pounds already and she still had three months left. Krispie feed her everything she though of. It was taking its toll on her body by adding more weight everywhere. Trying to push herself up again, and again she failed. Crossing her arms she just sat there.
"Are you done pouting on the floor? Dinner is ready and the elves are afraid to come and get you." Severus appeared behind her.
"Severus you scared me? How did you get here?" Hermione asked turning herself around on the floor.
"Well I tired the floo, but since it was in use I apperated to the back yard. Then I walked into the house through the back door. We do own one you know, I don't have to floo everywhere."
Hermione tried to push herself up for the third time, and again she failed to get up. "It's not funny, get over here and help me."
Severus closed his mouth and smiled, "Alright give me your hands. When I pull up, push with your feet."
"I know what to do Severus" Hermione snapped, after being pulled up tears filled her eyes. "I'm sorry I snapped, I can't control myself anymore." Wiping off her skirt she walked down the hall. "I'll be back in a little I have to use the restroom."
Severus sat down in his chair before he looked across the table. Hermione was putting her napkin in her lap with a smile. "What are you smiling about?"
"I was just thinking about how crazy it's going to be at Hogwarts tomorrow." Hermione grabbed a biscuit before she continued, "with it being Valentine's Day and all."
"For once I will not be there; Albus gave me the weekend off to spend time with my wife. So the little hellions might make it through the day with out losing points. Unless of course they get caught doing something really stupid."
Severus looked at his wife, who was playing with her food, a yawn breaking through the bites she took.
"Hermione if you are so tired why don't you go to sleep. I will get Krispie to save some of this for when you wake up." Severus reached across the table to hold her hand.
"You need to get as much sleep now as you can. Your body is wearing it's self out to keep up with the baby's needs."
"Maybe your right" Getting up from her chair Hermione looked at Severus. "I guess I will see you later. Good night Severus."
"Sleep well I will be in shortly."
"Take your time. I will probably be sleeping by the time you get there anyway."
"As I said I will be there shortly. I am going to finish eating, and after that I will take a quick shower."
"Alright," Hermione walked towards Severus. Leaning down she kissed him gently.
"Sleep well, wife" Severus kissed back. "You are too tired to offer anything. You better stop before you are ahead of yourself."
Hermione smiled, "I will stop since you asked me too. But I enjoy kissing you and I don't always want sex when I kiss you." Kissing his forehead she said her goodnights and walked out of the dinning room.
Severus shook his head before cutting another piece of steak and placing it in his mouth. Chew quickly he swallowed and stood up.
"Krispie put Hermione's food into the cooler. If she wakes up hungry let her eat that unless she asks for something else."
"Master, Krispie will do what Master asks." With a snap of her fingers Hermione's food disappeared. "It is done Master, Pop starts shower."
Severus nodded before pushing his chair in. "You may finish for the night, sleep well." Walking down the hall he saw that the nursery light was on. Opening the door he looked in and smiled slightly.
Hermione was sitting the on the glider with a pair of headphones on her head and a larger pair over the large swell of her stomach, a blue I-pod lay next to her hand on the arms of the glider.
Severus walked over and carefully pulled the headphones off her stomach. Placing them on his head he listened carefully to the music Hermione had chosen to share with the baby. Closing his eyes he listened to the opera music.
"Do you like it?" Hermione asked opening her eyes. "It's from my favorite opera."
"It's decent, I am just glad to see that it is not the Weird Sister or something to that nature. Lee does not need to listen to that." Severus pulled the headphones off his ears.
"Lee?" Hermione glared at him. "Isn't that a boy's name?"
"Lee is a unisex name, I do not believe that we should call the baby 'Little Snape' or 'Baby Snape' or it. That and those words are not in my daily vocabulary." Severus looked down at his wife. "What opera did you say this was from again?"
"It's a muggle opera called, The Phantom of the Opera. I would love to see it, it's playing in Muggle London for the remainder of the month." Hermione stretched as she turned off her I-pod.
"Is that what you want for Valentine's Day? I am sure I can get tickets" Severus put his hands in his pants pocket. "I could not figure out what to get you, I thought about dinner but I wanted to give you something else. You eat everyday."
"I would love to, but I don't have an evening gown. They don't sell them for huge pregnant women in Diagon Alley. And I can't wear dress robes since it is a muggle thing." Hermione followed Severus into their room.
"I will deal with the tickets tonight; tomorrow we will make a trip to muggle London to buy you a dress." Severus pulled his shirt off, and proceeded to get ready for bed. "Get to bed Hermione, I will be ready shortly."
"Alright already, thank you so much for this Severus." Hermione kissed him. "Don't stay up too long you've been up longer then I have."
"It will not take long; it is just an owl away. I will be in after I send it out." Severus kissed her on the forehead before he placed his hand on her stomach. "Go to sleep wife, Lee is probably already sleeping."
Hermione yawned again as she began stripping her clothes off, "What time do you want to get up in the morning?"
"Whenever we wake up, the opera isn't until late evening so we have almost all day." Severus walked out the bedroom door. "My tie is a royal blue colour."
"Thank you Severus, let's leave here at noon. We can do lunch in a muggle café either before we go get my dress or after. Were do you want to eat dinner? Do you want me to make reservations for a certain time and place?" Hermione climbed into bed.
"I will take care of the reservations; all you need to do is sleep. I will see you in the morning."
Hermione woke up before the alarm went off. Getting out of bed she grabbed some muggle clothes and walked into the bathroom. Turning on the shower she began her day.
Ring…Ring….Ring… Severus opened his eyes and looked over at the time making the horrible noise that woke him from his sleep. It was Hermione's old alarm clock that Albus had sent over from Hogwarts. It was one of those old wind up clocks that made a horrible ringing noise.
As quickly as he could he got out of bed and hit the alarm; careful not to break it. Looking around the room he noticed Hermione was no were to be seen. Shaking his head he walked into the bathroom and began his shower. Cursing to him self he called for his elves. He told them that he was to go into muggle London and needed clothes that would be alright to wear.
Sitting down at the table he noticed two flat rectangle shaped red wrapped gifts at Hermione's end of the table.
"Oh good morning Severus, I didn't hear you come in. I wanted to do something special for you since you are giving me a wonder gift. So I made breakfast for you, I hope you like French toast and scrambled eggs." Hermione walked in carrying a plate of golden brown French toast and a bowl of pale yellow fluffy eggs. Under her arm was a bottle of syrup. "Krispie is bringing your coffee and the butter; I didn't have any more hands."
Severus stood up and took the food away from her before he placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "It's fine, I normally do not eat a large breakfast as you well know. And I thought we were going to be eating when we got to London."
"I was hungry, plus I would rather get the gown first. I don't know how long it's going to take to find one I like. Plus there are so many places to eat there, I wanted you to decided, we could do the Jack the Ripper tour if you want, or look around the old muggle used bookstores. You find so much interesting wizard stuff there." Hermione sat down.
"Hermione you're rambling, let's eat so we can be on our way." Severus took the butter and syrup and began to prepare his breakfast.
Hermione looked at her husband. He truly looked muggle, he was wearing khaki pants with a black button up shirt and shiny black dress shoes. His hair was pulled back with a simple hair tie, and on the back of the chair hung a heavy black blazer.
"I really didn't think you could manage to be muggle. You really surprised me and you look amazing."
"Thank you, you don't look bad yourself." Severus took in his wife, she was wearing a empress waist shirt of a royal purple with a black knee length skirt, on her feet she wore knee high boots with very little heel to them.
"Thank you, it's hard to look and feel nice when you're pregnant. I am glad you like it." Hermione ate her breakfast in silence. After she finished eating she grabbed her coat and apperated with her husband.
AN: Please read and review. I have the chapters typed already and will be posting them at least once or twice a week.