Life on Mars.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They all belong to the wonderful J.K Rowling.
Summary: Post DH HG/SS. Hermione is a twenty year old mother of two children, who is about to wed the man of her dreams and father of her children, nothing could be better. Until one day out shopping, both Severus and Hermione bump into an old flame of Severus' who is sporting a child of the same age as their eldest, what will happen with the child when her mother dies? Family/Tragedy
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Chapter two: Discoveries
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As he started to walk away from his Fiancée, knowing she'd follow, Severus was beside himself, he didn't know what to think at all, it was such a shock to the system, he didn't even know that Kara was pregnant, the day she just up and left him after five years, he assumed it was because she had gone with someone else, she never wrote to him or even popped in and told him, he would have supported her, granted he had never wanted children but when his two wonderful girls arrived he could think of nothing but them, they turned him into a wonderful man and father, which was probably why Hermione had been with him for coming up four years.
"Severus" He could hear Hermione say after him, as they made the walk home, with nothing due to their unsuccessful shopping trip and very shocking discovery. "How do you mean the boy is your son? Yes granted he does have some similarities to you but you told me you had no children" She said, desperate to catch up with her partner but Kyra could not walk to fast, she was not that tall.
Severus turned around, he could not take this out on Hermione, she was the woman he loved, she was the mother of his two children, that was all that mattered to him, he'd deal with the situation on Septimus another time, for now it was all about explaining the short but supposedly important story to her, he was not going to lie after all. "Wait till we are home and I'll tell you" He said, picking up his little girl and placing her back on his shoulders like he had done before they entered the shop.
"Daddy, Septimus is my new best friend, other then Alexis of course" Kyra said to him, playing with his hair as they drew nearer home, funnily enough the walk home seemed shorter then the walk into Muggle London.
"That is great angel" Severus smiled, well trying to smile.
"Mummy set up a play date for tomorrow, didn't you Mummy?" Kyra turned her head to face her mother who nodded back at her, Severus turned to look at his Fiancée, and snarled slightly at this.
As the family entered the house, Kyra went off to her room to play with her toys and get some ready for the next day in which Septimus would be coming to see her.
Hermione left Alexis, who had again fallen asleep in her buggy, in the place she was, as she looked very peaceful and instead followed her Fiancée into the living room where he had already gone into the kitchen and got himself some wine, Hermione sat on the sofa and waited for Severus to join her, which in did after a few minutes.
"Hermione, I need to tell you, I was not entirely truthful about my relationship before yourself, Kara was not just a girlfriend, she was my wife of five years, we'd been together for about ten years before marrying, neither of us wanted children, our relationship was not brilliant, with me working all the time, she was stuck in my quarters all day, she was a publicist, was working with her client day in and day out and I was convinced something was going on" Severus said, as Hermione looked shocked, "One day after a long day at work, I walked into the quarters and noted Kara and her client in an intimate position."
"Oh Severus, I'm sorry" Hermione sighed, rubbing his shoulder.
Severus smiled at her, and held her hand as he continued. "Anyway, days went by and Kara and I pretended as if nothing happened, I could not bear to be next to her in our bed so I slept in the spare room, that caused arguments between Kara and I, about two weeks later she hexed me, it was only a little hex because it was only meant to cause me the slight bit of pain, that night she tried to sort things out but I didn't want to hear it by that point, I felt it was too early to sort this out, I didn't want to talk about it. I walked out for a few hours, then came back and she was asleep on the sofa, so I went into my room and woke next morning to some gasps of pain, and noticed Kara had a few stomach pains, she refused to go to the Hospital Wing telling me it was just period pain, but her period never arrived, and she continued to live in slight pain. About a month after I caught her, I went off to work in my normal demeanour, and had to teach my insufferable know-it-all" At this both Severus and Hermione smiled, "When I came home that day she was gone, with only a note left" Severus finished.
"What did it say?" Hermione asked.
"Basically that she couldn't handle my mood swings and wanted nothing more to do with me, so thus far our marriage was over" He replied. "We divorced and lived separate lives, then I met you and my life has never been better" He smiled.
"Severus, did she ever mention that she was pregnant?" She asked.
"Not once, I had noted a little weight gain when I saw her during the finalisation of the divorce, but I put it down to maybe comfort eating, I hadn't known what a pregnant woman was supposed to look like, but as you she hid it, well, better, then you under baggy clothes" Finished Severus.
"So you were a father for a good two years before our Kyra came along" She sighed, "Do you know this means that me and you slept together just a year after your divorce, well actually slightly over" Hermione replied.
"Yeah, and now I need to see my boy, I had some funny looks from Kara's family when I saw them in the street with you and Kyra when she was a baby, I dismissed them, you had not noted the looks, I had seen Kara but she had never seen us, and I saw the boy, but she had left me for her client, so I assumed it was his, but I had never had a proper look at the boy, if I had known Hermione I would have supported her financially for the boy" He told her.
"I know you would have done, But Severus---" She was cut off by some crying and walked into the landing to see Alexis was up but not the one crying, so in an instant, she ran up the stairs to Kyra's bedroom and saw her four year old daughter crying in the corner. "What's happened Sweetie?" Asked Hermione.
Kyra continued to cry before telling her mother about an owl zooming into the window and settled on her cabinet, with a letter in its beak, Kyra had taken in thanking the bird, who the had bitten her, she showed her mother her hand which had a huge chunk of skin missing, she then explained that the bored then went to leave but before leaving swooped down on her toys smashing her favourite care bears house. Hermione again looked around and saw the damaged house in the other corner of the room, she picked up her daughter and carried her downstairs, where she repeated the story to Severus, as she placed a charm to replace Kyra's skin.
"I can't believe that!" Raged Severus, who was cradling Alexis. "Who is the letter from, then we'll see how to kill that bloody bird" Severus shouted, starting to scare Alexis, once he realised this he calmed down, not greatly but enough to calm Alexis down.
Hermione opened the letter and read it aloud to Severus, it read;
Dear Hermione and Severus,
Just to double check on our plans for tomorrow for Kyra and Septimus, he is really rather excited and seems taken by your daughter.
Look forward to hearing from you and seeing you both.
Kara.
Hermione looked over at Severus, he looked away for a moment, then looked back at Hermione smiling, "Okay, it's okay, darling" He said, before making Alexis stand on his knee, "Shall Daddy and you go and get some lunch?" Smiled Severus
Alexis smiled, "Yes daddy" She squealed as Severus tickled her, as he picked her up and walked into the kitchen with Alexis.
"Kyra, come to daddy and get some lunch" Severus shouted through from the kitchen, Hermione watched as her daughter stood and walked towards her daddy and sister.
This was going to be interesting…..
A/N: Thanks for reading guys, Chapter two done! Chap three coming soon! Keep the reviews coming. J