Muggle Sang the Blues
Chapter 8
"They Never Saw It Coming"
And this maiden, she lived with no other thought, than to love and be loved by me.
Turning on her heels and putting down her own son's bottle. Ginny left the room when she heard the knocks at the door. In the entrance of the small foyer leading to their front door, she halted when she saw there was more than one visitor standing on the opposite side.
Harry strode past her, with Matilda laughing playfully in his arm and he flung open the door. "Hermione." he said, and took three steps back allowing her to enter.
Ginny waited as her friend entered the room, with Severus boldly at her side. Her curved hand resting snuggle in the upper grooves of his elbow.
"Snape." Ginny said softly and ducked her head in greeting. She then thought that he would offer her a correction. But he didn't. Ginny eyes grew large as she glanced over to Harry.
"Severus," said Harry switching the little girl over to a new arm and offering the older man a firm hand shake. Harry welcomed him in. He then excused himself as he quickly returned to the living room to retrieve their son. He made a passing whistle of BIG surprise as he whizzed past Ginny.
Ginny gave the couple a modest smile. She had to choke away the images of why she thought the two would be standing in her home hand in hand. And she also had to most definitely block out the idea of any activities that may have happened between the two of them. Things, that she could only guesstimate as to why her friend was out until the next day.
She looked back and Harry entered again holding both babies and passed their son over to her. There was a long silence as the reality of Severus standing there with Hermione soaked in. Severus wanted to hide away from the awkward moment. Harry smiled and looked over at Ginny, he then pretended to play with Matilda. Ginny walked over to a spare bassinet beside the widow and laid her little one down inside of it.
"Sooo…" said Harry a bit long winded, breaking the silence. He gave a smirk to his old professor. Harry took to standing in front of them trying to make himself look as normal as he could. From what Harry could tell, this was not merely two people joining each other for a leisure walk. No, thought Harry something had taken place between the two. But as for important people in his book. Severus was top of the list; right up there with his godfather Sirius and longtime, forgotten friend Lupin. But even so, it still didn't stop the fact that his mind was not only exploding with disbelief, it was even more flooded with Why's and How's.
"Thanks so much for keeping her for me," said Hermione suddenly. "I would have sent an owl or something but it was. . . um . . .it was getting really late and -"
"Oh no, of course not -" interrupted Harry Potter. Saving her from such an unneeded explanation. Hermione blushed.
Ginny returned from the window and stood beside him "Don't be ridiculous it was -"
"- It was no trouble Hermione you know that."
"No . . . no trouble at all, Matilda slept clear through the night. Right Harry!" She gave him a kinda help me out sort of smile.
Harry didn't quite respond on cue, he just stood there blinking at the new couple, a bit dumb struck and lost for words. "What . . .oh yes . . . Straight 'til morning not nearly a peep." he lied, drawing with his free hand a straight line. He wasn't going to tell her that Matilda cried for nearly an hour after her mum had left for work last night, and that he had conjured her a magical puppet show with a few stuffed teddy's. He made the stuffed animals danced and play around her and his son until the both of them had fallen asleep on the floor.
"Well, that should ease your worries, shouldn't it love." said Severus. Hermione agreed and smile up at him, Severus leaned in as she offered a kiss. "She was very distraught the entire morning." he said to the Potter's. "We do thank you both for your assistance and for being so sympathetic with our unruly delay Mr. Potter."
The bassinet beside the window made a small movement and the once sleeping baby boy let out a low cry that slowly began to grow louder.
"Now look at what you've done." teased Harry to Ginny. Ginny slumped her weight to one side and dropped her head. "I told you not to lay him down, he'll sleep as long as you hold him." said Harry.
Matilda didn't start crying as she would usually when she heard other baby's cry. She was smiling and reaching out for her mother. Hermione rushed over, freeing herself from Severus's hold and grabbed her daughter from Harry. "Hello angel. . . .did you miss me, hum. . . Did you miss mommy!"
"Come, come on now." said Harry walking over to the bassinet and lifted up a plump little boy with midnight dark hair, pale rosy cheeks and wearing a bedtime onesy. "Mommy done it. . . Of course she did, don't cry." he shooed his son's tears.
The conversation between the four adults was brief at best, and it wasn't long after before Hermione, Matilda and Severus all said their good byes and departed from the Potter's place.
"They took that rather well." she said once the three of them were walking up the stone lain path that lead back towards main road.
"Did you expect for them to perhaps not accept us?" asked Severus reaching out to take her hand.
"No, I guess I just expected more questions maybe, I don't know."