Chapter three

Harry and Severus needed to go shopping for more food but also more potion ingredients. This would be the first time they were seen together as a couple and the first time since the article came out about Ginny, Molly and Arthur Weasley. Even though it had been a few weeks, the article was being rehashed, a lot. But more articles were coming out about those three Weasley's, anything reporters could dig up was being publish.

Harry and Severus had their hands joined as they stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, making the place fall silent, but they did receive a lot of looks, from smiles, narrowed eyes, suspicion and just plain curious. Harry and Severus gave everyone a smile as they headed towards the back to head into Diagon Alley.

'I will gather the ingredients, you could pick up the new potions journals for me if you like.'

'Yep, I can do that,' Harry walked off one way as Severus walked off the other way.

'Did she really try to steal your mother's jewellery?'

Harry turned to see a woman staring at him, 'Yes, she hoped since I never saw them then I wouldn't know they were missing. But my vault is sealed using blood.'

'I heard you saved her life when you were only twelve.'

'I did, she was lured into the chamber of secrets by the memory of Voldemort.'

'I cannot believe they would do that to you, not after you risked your life for her, for all of us. We all owe you our thanks and gratitude, they should as well.'

Harry watched as the woman walked away but he noticed she walked towards Severus, she shook his hand then pointed at Harry, Severus nodded. Harry wondered what the woman said, but he figured it wasn't bad as Severus seemed fine.

As soon as they stepped out of the apothecary Harry turned to Severus, 'She spoke to me before you.'

'She said you looked happy and most people have been saying that if I am who you want then the public support our relationship. She did say that I was not allowed to hurt you though.'

Harry sighed, 'I get that everyone feels like they have a say in my life, but they don't and you won't hurt me, I know that. It shouldn't concern anyone else though.'

'They know Harry, just so much has finally come out about you and your life they just want you to finally have a life, a happy one at that.'

'Yeah, I know, doesn't mean I have to like it though.'

'No, you don't, but let's finish shopping.'

Harry and Severus spent the next hour buying everything they needed before heading home. As Severus put away the food he noticed Harry grab the table.

Severus never spoke, just grabbed Harry and pulled him from the kitchen in case anyone turned up.

'Dizzy?'

'Yeah, it hit without warning,' Harry slowly looked up at Severus who was smiling, 'Oh, do you think it means I am?'

'I would say so, but I still can't cast the charm for another three days. So they do not figure this out we have to come up with a story if she sees you acting differently.'

'I could just say I'm not sleeping well or I'm not feeling well, we don't have to be specific.'

'True, we should say you're not feeling well then if she sees a potion it should not raise suspicions. I want you to sit while I get lunch, you need to take it easy.'

'Okay, but nothing heavy, I don't think I could stomach that.'

'Then I will make us some onion soup.'

'My favourite,' Harry blew out a breath as he tried to get his dizziness under control, 'The next three days are going to take forever.'

'I'm sure I can keep you occupied my love,' Severus put a glass of water on the table, 'Drink that while I get the soup.'

Harry drank the water which was ice cold, just the way he liked it, 'It's helped a little. We should start receiving replies to our invitations soon. I wonder how many will be coming.'

'I doubt any will turn down a chance to party, even Minerva. I would say all invitations will be accepted.'

Harry chuckled, 'I could just imagine the strict and stern Minerva McGonagall dancing the night away with her hair down, flying all around her.'

'Imagine all you want but do not say that to her if you value your life,' Severus smiled as Harry laughed, then placed two bowls of soup on the table along with some rolls.

Over the next few weeks Harry and Severus made a lot of plans, mainly to stop Ginny in her tracks with anything she might come up with.

Severus looked up when someone entered the house, but he knew it was someone who was keyed into the wards.

'Severus, sorry to barge in without owling first, but I thought you should hear this.'

'It's fine Bill, what's wrong?'

Bill looked down at Harry who was asleep with his head in Severus' lap, which made him smile. 'Hermione and Ron took turns using the cloak, they finally heard something both of you should know,' Bill put Harry's invisibility cloak on the back of the sofa.

'Go on, even though I know it's not going to be good.'

'Ginny is planning to get pregnant to Harry so she can enter the vault. She found out that the blood enchantments will recognise her child as a Potter even if it isn't born. She is working on a way to lure Harry out of the house, petrify him then force a stimulate potion into him.'

'Harry worked that into his security for the vaults, he added passwords, in parseltongue. First the wards will sense the blood then it will ask for three passwords before they will open.'

'Clever, did you give him that idea?'

'I suggested a password, he came up with using snake language.'

'Okay, so that won't work but she could make his life hard if she does get pregnant, the public will find out Harry won't support her or the child.'

'That is taken care of already,' Severus smirked, 'Being a brilliant potions master I was able to work on a few things. First is a potion that only allows Harry to achieve an erection caused by me. I also worked on a potion which renders Harry sterile for a year, just in case the other failed for some reason. But now there is one more that will guarantee she will never have the first Potter heir, just keep this to yourself, we are going to explain at the party,' Severus ran his fingers through Harry's hair, 'He's pregnant.'

'Blimey, it really shows how powerful you two are. Charlie asked me a few years ago about the power needed to help a man fall pregnant.'

'I added a potion as well. Reading up on the few male pregnancies, I found they all had one thing in common. The one to fall pregnant became a woman with the use of Polyjuice potion, she had sex and when the potion wore off his insides stayed female which allowed him to carry the child. Harry and I did not want to do that unless there was no other way. This potion changed Harry's insides to female, just his insides but they are completely his, biologically. The sterilising potion just stops him getting someone else pregnant, not becoming pregnant himself.'

'So it's like a Polyjuice potion but will only work on the inside.'

'Exactly, I started to work on this a few years ago in the hope that I might meet someone after the war and if I survived.'

'Do you mind if I let Charlie know?'

'Tell him I will supply the potion whenever he wants.'

'Expect to be hugged, I better go, if we hear anything else we'll let you know,' Bill smiled then hurried from the house. Severus went back to carding his fingers through Harry's hair while he read. But like it did quite often, his thoughts turned to how perfect his life was now. He had the same belief as Harry, that he would never survive the war. So even though they have the trouble with the three Weasley's, to Harry and Severus, their life was perfect and nothing was going to get in there way.