Title: Forever Yours

Rating: T

Summary: Severus is covered in blue goo from a potion mishap, when he realizes the wards in his rooms are down, fearing the worst he enters with his ward at the ready, nothing is changed except for the basinet, the baby, and the two notes…OOPS THIS MIGHT HAVE JUST TURNED M/M! If you don't like, please don't read

Chapter 8

Severn waited for her dad to leave the room before she snuck over and took the letter off of the desk. She put it in her pocket before announcing to her dad that she needed to be leaving, she had homework to do.

Severus smiled softly at his daughter as she left.

When Severn got a fair bit away from his door she pulled the note out and read it. The words pulled at her heart and she felt terrible. How could she be so selfish?

It was after curfew and she should have headed straight for the Ravenclaw dorms but she needed to go do something first.

~\*/~

Harry sat in his office, Hermione was sitting next to him. He had floo called her and she had hurried over. Harry was very upset because he really liked Severus but also knew that he would not want to hurt the relationship Severus had with his daughter. Harry, in typical Harry fashion, was looking out for other first.

Hermione sat there and listened to Harry as he talked about the relationship they had.

There was a long silence, then Harry sighed, "it will all work out, he'll meet someone that will make them both happy, and I will find someone someday right?"

"Of course you will." Hermione confirmed.

"Thanks, you're the best." Harry smiled and hugged his friend.

Severn heard all this and decided this was not the time to talk with her professor. She'd come back again later.

Severn was starting to hate the ways she had been acting. Growing up she never got a whole lot of time with her dad, because he was at the school and every minute of that time his attention was directed on her. She told him everything, and he never really hid anything from her. Sure he had not told her about being a Death Eater, but she assumed he was just waiting until she was older so she'd understand better. And he dated once but he did not hide the man from her, just never outwardly said that they were in fact dating. These, she felt, were not lies. Severn looked at the letter and realized the mess she had caused. Hearing Harry also made her want to cry.

"What have I done?" She said softly then quickly ran to the Ravenclaw dorm.

~\*/~

The next morning Severn waited in the corridor, she knew Potter would be coming by soon, on his way to the Great Hall.

"Professor, can we talk?" Severn questioned Potter hesitantly.

Harry looked sad still, "I don't know that there is anything…"

Severn interrupted, "Please, look, I'm sorry. I've never had to share my dad. When it came to my time with him, I always had his undivided attention. But then there was you. My dad was finding time in his day to be with you, and yet he could not find time to tell me that he had found someone to make him happy. My dad tells me everything, and yet with you he hid this from me. I guess I just was nervous that I was losing him to you. You've made him smile, made him happy." Severn had tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out the letter she had taken from her dad's office and handed it to Harry. "Please, talk to him. I am sorry I messed things up for you."

Harry half smiled receiving the paper from the young girl. "I can't, it wasn't meant to be."

"How do you know?" She begged.

"I'm sorry." Harry didn't say anything else, he just walked away.

~\*/~

The weeks that followed were uncomfortable, to say the least. Severn's grades were dropping because she felt uneasy in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions, because she was responsible for their break up. Severus tried to return to life as normal but found that he had even fewer patient with the students. And Harry, well he just was not himself, formerly happy and fun loving, now students just hoped to get through his classes without sleeping.

At least the Christmas holidays were coming up soon.

The last day of the term, Severn found her way down to her father's chambers. The two of them would be returning to Spinner's End.

Severus smiled when he saw Severn enter the room. He looked as though he had been crying. Severn learned not to ask because he always said that he was alright.

"All ready?" Severus asked his daughter.

"Yeah, you?"

"In a moment." Severus walked into the adjoining room.

"What's Professor Potter doing for the holidays?" She asked cautiously.

Severus gave no answer.

Severn stayed quiet. She had hoped maybe they had talked a bit in the last few weeks.

"I ready." Severus spelled his and her luggage into his pocket and then the two walked towards the doors.

As they walked towards the edge of Hogwarts grounds passed many professors returning from Hogsmead, where they taken the students who were returning home, to the Hogwarts Express.

Both Severus and Severn were polite to the professors as they passed. Off in the distance Severn could see Potter coming towards them. He looked as though he was starring intensely at the ground. She decided not to say anything just kept walked straight to him.

"Happy Christmas, Professor." She smiled at him.

Harry looked up at her then at Severus, "Uh, hi." He said poetically.

Severus tried to smile. "Happy Christmas."

"Yeah, you too." Harry half smiled and again started towards the castle.

Severus turned away and started walking with Severn in step behind him. She was hoping things would change.

"Um, Harry!" Severus suddenly turned around back towards him.

Harry looked back. A questioning expression on his face.

"What are you doing for the holidays?" Severus asked.

"I'm staying here. Maybe organize my office or something." Harry stated honestly.

"That's no way to spend the holidays. What about Christmas traditions?" Severn questioned him.

"I never really got a chance to celebrate growing up, it's not as though I miss it or anything." Again Harry half smiled.

Severn looked up at her dad, mentally begging him to ask Harry, no one should have to spend Christmas alone.

"Why don't you come with us?" Severus asked after a moment. "We have an extra room. And Christmas isn't much but it is better than being alone." Severus looked at his daughter hoping this was alright.

"Oh, um, I don't know." Harry tried to get out of this.

"Please, Professor, it will be fun." Severn smiled.

Harry smiled.

~\*/~

After all the students returned to the school, classes resumed as normal.

Severn sat in her Defense Against the Dark Arts class with a big smile on her face. Roxanne was not sure why she seemed so happy in class this time, when she had never before.

Harry asked each student around the room how the holidays had been and finally he got to Severn.

"And Ms. Snape, how was your Christmas?" He looked over at the smiling girl.

"It was the best I've ever had."

Before Severn hated Potter, then she accepted that he made her father happy. Now, now Severn looked at Potter and he was truly a member of her family.

THE END- maybe? Who knows? :)