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Double life - 2
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On Friday, Severus Snape went to London and before meeting the informer from the Ministry, he went to buy the ingredients necessary for the potion.
The informer, ended up being a woman who did indeed know a lot more than them about the Death Eaters who were in prison, and those who had been judged but sent free. She had access to all their files and after finding some irregularities she had decided to tell someone who could do something about it... like everybody, she had thought of Dumbledore.
Severus couldn't help it now but think about what would the entire wizarding society think of their hero if they learnt he was leaving women pregnant and making them miscarry later.
When the potion was ready on Sunday morning, Severus took it to the Headmaster.
"You should warn your friend that she could feel some side effects for a couple of days, maybe three... depending on how far she is pregnant."
"I will," Dumbledore answered, "thank you very much, Severus."
And once again the Potions master left the Headmaster office with the feeling he'd never find out the identity of the mysterious woman.
The next day Severus went into the teachers restrooms after his first class on the morning and heard somebody throwing up in one of the cubicles.
"Hello?" he said, and the sounds stopped for a while, but then the person had to throw up again and Severus could identify the one cubicle they were coming from. He knocked the door. "Are you alright?"
"I'm alright, Severus," he recognized the voice, her voice...
"You don't sound alright, Minerva... Do you have a stomach flu? A potion could help..."
"I'm sure it's just something I ate, you can go..."
Severus was about to obey the Head of Gryffindor when he realized the door that separated them wasn't locked, so he came in hoping she would be properly dressed.
"Let me take you to Poppy, please..."
"I said I am fine!" she yelled, and it was when she moved to looked at Severus with her pale face that he noticed the stain of blood on the skirt of her dress.
"Oh my god!" he exclaimed stepping back for no reason.
"What now?" she asked.
"The potion... it was for you..."
Minerva was going to dissimulate, to pretend she didn't know what he was talking about but... she understood it was too late...
"I can't believe Albus was so stupid to ask you for it..." she rested her back on the cubicle wall and put her head between her hands... "I feel too tired to discuss this with anyone... Couldn't you just leave me alone for a while..."
"Of course not... and you're not feeling tired, you're feeling dizzy... you should be in bed, resting... when did you took the potion?"
"Last night..."
"So... it's been about twelve hours, right? I can't believe he didn't tell me it was you... Come on..." Severus helped his colleague stand up and Minerva, too weak to begin an argument, let him guide her.
She thought they were going to her chambers but after lying down she realized they were in the dungeons.
"Why did we came here?"
"It's quieter than the Gryffindor tower, and certainly nobody will come looking for you in here so you'll be able to rest."
"But I don't want to rest..."
"Just close your eyes, you'll fall asleep before you notice and I'll be back at lunch time with something for you..." Severus turned around and Minerva was already sleeping peacefully. He left without making any noise and continued the routine of his morning without more changes until midday, when he went to the kitchens himself to take a meal for two without being noticed.
It was around three on the afternoon when Minerva woke up. She said nothing but Severus heard the noise of the sheets being moved so he turned around.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Better..." she said, "you seemed so concentrated I didn't want to disturb..."
"I was just checking some essays from my students..." he said, "Do not move," he said right when Minerva was about to stand up... "You should stay still at least for forty-eight hours... You must be hungry..." he stood up and took a tray with a light lunch to Minerva.
"Thanks... but you don't expect me to stay in here for two days, do you?"
"No, but your boyfriend appears to be out of the school today so..."
"Excuse me, my what?"
"Dumbledore..." Severus said causing a loud laugh on Minerva.
"Albus is not my boyfriend... my goodness, how gross..." she replied. "He was just trying to help..."
"By screwing you..."
"By getting me the potion..."
"I'm confused..." he said, "who got you pregnant?"
"I can't tell you that..."
"Why not?" he insisted.
"I just can't," she answered naturally and began to eat her lunch like if she hadn't eaten for days.
TO BE CONTINUED...
