The Right Thing is Impossible to Attain

There were eggshells everywhere: Severus wasn't accustomed to heeding people's feelings.

He was quickly learning.

"Severus, if you keep buying ice-cream and cookies, I'll get fatter!" Hermione had cried over the sight of the double-coated fudge cookies she had demanded not ten minutes ago.

"You're not fat, you're pregnant." Severus sighed heavily.

"Is that a problem for you? Might I remind you, this," Hermione indicated her enlarged belly, "is all your doing?"

"You constantly do, darling. I can only say how sorry I am."

Severus threw the cookies away.

Hermione squealed. "What are you doing!?"

Severus blinked.

"I want those!"

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So this is officially my favorite chapter ever. I had so much fun writing it and tweaking it and I think it's perfect. He he. I hope you like it! Yes, I did skip ahead a bit. I couldn't resist writing Severus putting up with Hermione's mood swings.


A crying fit to come next. ;)

Now that my email inbox has been flooded with ffnet alerts, I'm a happy camper. :D