Disclaimer: Again, I own nothing. The great J.K. Rowling does. If I owned Harry Potter, I would not be the poor little college student that I am. And I would take Draco out for a little spin if you know what I mean.

Chapter 17

Narcissa was in her study, grading papers. Why are some of these students such idiots? You'd swear that some of them think that a grindlow is the same thing as a werewolf. There was a soft knock on the door. "Narcissa, can I come in?" It was Severus. "Yes, you may come in." Snape came through the door. He was wearing a dress cloak and he had a small picnic basket in his hand.

"Severus, what is all this?"

"I noticed that you weren't at dinner tonight and I thought that you might be a little hungry. I had the house elves in the kitchen make you something."

"That is so sweet Severus. You didn't have to do that." Narcissa smiled, truly pleased.

"I know that I didn't but I wanted to. I was wondering if you would like to have a picnic out on the grounds. It's beautiful out there tonight."

"I would love to, but I have so many papers to grade Severus."

"Please Narcissa, just for an hour."

"Ok Severus. You talked me into it. But only for an hour."

They left her office and went to the Black Lake.

Narcissa noticed Severus staring at her "Severus, you were right when you said that it was beautiful tonight."

"Yes, I know you are."

Narcissa just blushed. Snape put his hand on her face and pulled her in for a kiss. Before she knew what was happening, she was kissing him back. Once she realized what was happening, she kindly pushed him away. "Severus, we can't be doing this. You know that I love you, but I have to keep up the appearance that I am a "grieving widow." You know that. The Dark Lord will kill me if he finds out that I'm happy that Lucius is gone. We've been together 12 years. I think that we can wait to make our realtionship public for at least another year."

"Of course my dear. Maybe we could finish this in your chambers?"

"We had better finish this."

They picked up their stuff and went to her chambers. They dropped the basket and blanket right in front of the door. They started kissing again, this time holding nothing back. Snape took her dark green robes off and she took off his black velvet ones. They were both in their underwear when there was a knocking on the door. "Oh Severus. It might be Albus. Get your robes back on." She looked at the door. "One moment, I'll be right with you."

"Mother, I need to talk to you."

She turned to Snape. "Oh shit, it's Draco. Go hide in my armoire until he leaves. Please?"

"Yes Cissa, I will." He kissed her goodbye and hid in the armoire.

"Come in Drake."

He came through the door. "Mother, I have done something terrible. I hit Pansy. I didn't mean to, she just plucked my nerves so bad. She was badmouthing Hermione and something in me just snapped. I felt like I wanted to kill her."

"What did she say exactly?"

"That she wasn't any better than the dirt that we walked on." Draco started crying. "Mother, I love Mi with everything that I have. Why can't other people see that? Sure our marriage was arranged at first, but I fell in love with her."

"I know that you did Drake. I didn't like her at first either, but now I have grown to love her as my own child. She introduced us to another way of life. One without fear or death or being anyone's servant. That is a gift I don't think I'll ever to be able to repay her for."

"I don't think I will be able to either. I've given her my heart and soul. And with little Draco on the way, I think that this will be the best for us. Mother, I'm scared. I don't whether I'll be a good father."

"You will be a great father. You have nothing to worry about. I, on the other hand, will be a grandmother. I'm way too young to be a grandmother." She smiled.

They laughed. "Are you feeling better about this, Drake?"

"A little better. Thanks Mom."

"You're welcome dear. I have a question for you. How would you feel about me dating again?"

"WHAT!" He looked stunned. He paced around the room a little bit. After a while, he calmed down. "I don't know. I guess it would all depend on who it was."

"What would you say if I was dating Severus?"

"Professor Snape? I don't know what to think really. He's my professor and godfather. I guess that it's ok. I don't really have a say in the matter who you date because I'm grown up and married."

'It's ok Severus, you can come out now."

Snape came out of the armoire. "What the hell was he doing in there?"

"Well, Mr. Malfoy, Draco, your mother and I had a date tonight. We were just finishing it when you came by. By the way, when did Miss Granger, I mean Mrs. Malfoy become pregnant?"

"July, if it is any of your business." His voice was cold. So cold in fact, Snape shivered after he said this.

"Fine, I just think that you should inform Dumbledore about her condition, that's all"

"Fine, I will."

"Draco, Severus. Could you act a little more mature about this? You guys are acting like two year olds."

"Yes, Mother, I will try. But only for you. I won't give him the pleasure."

"Draco." She glared at him.

"Ok, Mother. I'm going to go back to my room…..wait, I can't. Mi is having some sort of girls night thing. I think that I'm going to go back to the Slytherin dungeon's I guess. Professor, is my room still there?"

"Yes Mr. Malfoy, it is."

"I guess I will see you later. Good night Mother, Professor."

Draco left and went back to his room in the Slytherin dungeons.

Meanwhile, back in Narcissa's chambers:

"Cissa, do you want to get back to what we were doing?"

"Yes Severus, I would love to."

They kissed long into the night.

This relationship b/t Snape and Narcissa is going to be important later on. So just keep this in mind. Oh, and Snape and Narcissa have been together for going on 12 years. Yes, she was having an affair behind Lucius's back. This will be EXTREMELY important.