Chapter 7: Firsts
"Daddy, will I ever get better?" Dragon asked, curling up in Harry's lap waiting for Jersey to come run a few tests.
"I don't know Drag, but your father and I will do everything in our power to make you better." Harry kissed Dragon's head, holding him tightly.
"Har-what.. in... the name of Merlin is going on?" Draco asked, walking into the infirmary. Once his eyes landed on Dragon, he stopped dead at the door, staring in shock.
"Father! Father are you okay?" Dragon asked, looking up and holding his arms out.
"Shocking isn't it." Harry stated, trying to pull Draco out of his stupor.
"Huh? Oh, I'm fine Dragon. How are you feeling?" Draco asked, picking Dragon up and looking him over.
"My head hurts, but I feel okay. Daddy says I'm sick, that I was sixteen when I went to sleep and now I four. I'm ancient!" Dragon kissed Draco's cheek, before resting his head on Draco's shoulder. "I love you dad." Dragon said before falling asleep.
"He has no memory past his fourth birthday. He doesn't know about Mat, Tiger, his siblings, his schooling. Draco if he doesn't get better, we're going to have to start thinking about his schooling, his O.W.L's, and his wedding to Mat will have to be called off." Harry watched as Draco walked and lightly bounced Dragon while pacing.
"I know, but can we not think about that right now? Right now, I want to find out what is wrong with our son, with our first child." Draco said, trying to remain calm. Harry stood up, walked over to Draco and Dragon, and wrapped his arms around both of them letting Draco cry on his shoulder.
"Shh. It'll all work out, you'll see. It's going to be okay." Harry tried to soothe Draco, rubbing cirlces in his back.
"Harry, Draco I'm sorry to disturb, but I'm ready to run those tests on Dragon." Jersey said, walking into the Infirmary from Chastity's office. "Aww, he's so cute. Sorry, Draco why don't you sit him on the bed and I'll begin." Jersey put on gloves and gother wand, sitting down in a chair besides the bed. Draco went back to being held by Harry after placing Dragon on the bed.
"How are the other students?" Harry asked, watching Jersey interact with his son.
"Mr. Wimble is doing fine, I believe his parents are going to send him back to Hogwarts in a week. Mr. Flord had a brain aneurysm, he ended up with brain damage and has been admitted to St. Mungos psychiatric ward. He probably won't be returning to Hogwarts, or any other school for that matter." Jersey waved her wand in a few complicated motions over Dragon. "His tests came back fine, the memories from the missing years are there, they just seem to be withheld from him some how. I think it would do Dragon some good to spend time around friends and family, see if we can jog those memories a bit. However, I don't think you should baby him, find a medium, he's sixteen and yes right now he has the mental capacity of a four year old, but find an age inbetween those that you could treat him. For instance, seven though it's up to you. If he doesn't respond well to that, then baby him, we want him to feel comfortable. I also suggest that while you're teaching classes to leave him with people he'll remember, that way he'll feel safe while your away, especailly since he knows he's sick. Other then that, I'd like to see him tomorrow morning, run the tests again and see if there are any changes."
"Thank you, so how are you and my dad doing?" Harry sat down, pulling Draco into his lap.
"Good."
"That's good, and how are you doing adjusting to everything?"
"Good."
"If I hear another good, I'm going to start thinking your lieing." Harry said eyeing her.
"I'm not, everything is good. With work, school, and James." Jersey started putting stuff away. "I've got to get back to St. Mungos, write up a report for Dragon, why don't you two get some sleep." She then left through the Floo.
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"Jersey, nice call on Mr. Flord there. Coffee?" Dr. Burke asked, walking down the hall with a cup of coffee in each hand.
"Thanks,and thanks. You did great with the surgery, I would have never thought of some of the techniques you used. We are all every lucky to be learning from you." Jersey said, without looking up from writing in Dragon's file.
"I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" James asked, knocking on the door to Jersey's office. "I thought I would stop by, we could have some lunch in the hospital cafeteria or something."
"James!" Jersey yelled, getting up and hugging James. "Oh this is such a wonderful surprise. James this is the infamous Dr. Burke, Dr. Burke this is my boyfriend James Potter."
"It's nice to meet you James. If you'll excuse me, I have a surgery I have to get to. Can we talk later about Mr. Flord, Jersey?"
"Yes, sure." Jersey said, before taking James' hand. "I love you, I love you, I love you." Jersey kissed James in between each phrase.
"I love you too, I have also missed you immensely. I'm so sorry I had to leave, but Remus didn't want to go to South America alone, and I haven't had a lot of time to spend with him."
"I understand, Remi is your best friend. Hospital food sucks though, and personally I'm sick of it, why don't we go home and I cook us something?"
"Or better yet, you can stop ruining my surprises and hug me." James smiled, before apparating himself and Jersey to a restuarant. "Don't worry about wearing your scrubs, it's nothing fancy, I figured you'd kill me if I chose some french restuarant while you're wearing Spongebob scrubs and Healer robes."
"It's the thought that counts,andI love it." Jersey pulled James into the cafe type restuarant. Once they placed their orders, Jersey saw Healer Burke out of the corner of her eye. "Will you excuse me, I have to go to the loo. I'll just be a minute." She said getting up.
"Take your time." With that Jersey walked towards the girls room, on the way pulling Burke into the hall so James wouldn't see him. "What are you doing here? Are you following me?"
"No, it's just a coincidence that we would end up here, in the same place, in Ireland, at the same time."
"Are you serious? Are you fucking serious, Burke what is going on?" Jersey asked, starting to get very agitated.
"Yes. I am serious."
"Bullshit Burke, bull-shit."
"What are you doing with him Jers?" Burke asked, quickly looking at James.
"He's my boyfriend. We're on a date, one I might add you are interrupting."
"He died Jersey, he's old enough to be your father, you shouldn't be with him."
"Oh really, because I don't remember asking my teacher's opinion on whom I date. However, now that you've butted into my life, then who do you think I should be with?"
"Me. I think you should be with me."
"You!" Jersey yelled before lowering her voice. "You,I'm yourboss, and at times your my boss, andyourmy teacher's teacher, and my teacher. Plus, James is a hell of a lot better then you are, then you'll ever be, not only am I your student, but I am also your colleague and therefore obligated, and more then willing, to turn you in. You know the rules Burke, you are not to hit on or date your students, it's your medical career, and let me tell you that's all you have."
"All I've ever heard out of you is that James is your boyfriend, that's he's a great guy, people in relationships have feelings Jersey. People like, love, adore the person their with, not once have you said that to anyone about James. Most the guys on the staff are waiting for you to stray, to come to your senses and leave him." Burke said, pressing his body up against Jersey's, watching James walk up. James stopped, staring in shock at what was going on.
"You know what, your right. Why should I have a loving, caring, wonderful boyfriend?" Jersey said, running her hands through Burkes hair, before grabbing two handfuls of hair and yanking his head backwards. "When I could have a sleazy, spiteful, jealous, hateful, asshole as a boyfriend. Listen and listen closely Burke, I love James, I can see myself settling down, marrying, and having children with James. Are you getting the picture, because your not in it, you will never be in it. If I so much as see you looking at me or another intern in the wrong way, favor anyone of us over another, it'll be your career."
"Your a heart doctor, I'm a brain surgeon. I have more say then you will ever hope to achieve."
"Your a resident, I'm an attending. I believe you'll find that I have more say, as when it comes to my regular schedule and not my intern schedule, I am your boss. I love James, youwork with brains, I'm sure you'll be able to get that fact into yours some how. I love James. I hope to one day settle down, marry, and have children with James Potter."
"What?" James asked, walking up behind her. Jersey turned around shocked.
"I-I love you, I'm in love with you, and I was hoping that some time down the road when and if we're both ready for it, that we'd get married. That I could give Harry a sibling, and you another child or children. That is if you wanted any, but again it'll be sometime down the road."
"I love you too." James walked up to Jersey, pushing Burke off of her, before kissing her. "One day I want to marry you, I want to have babies with you."
"Really?" Jersey asked smiling.
"Really. Now come on, let's go have dinner."
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"Where's Melissa?" Dragon asked, walking with Harry and Draco down to the Dungeon's to meet his siblings.
"Oh." Harry said softly, bending down to Dragon's height. "Well, your uncle Sirius and Melissa made a promise when you were both 14 that she wouldn't sleep with anyone until she was married. She broke the promise to her dad, and ended up becoming pregnant with Tiger. After she had Tiger, she went to a better and more peaceful place. Afterwards, Mat and yourself adopted Tiger."
"So, she's in heaven?"
"Yes, I'm sorry baby." Harry scooped Dragon up into his arms hugging him.
"It's okay, she's happy there." Dragon said, as they made their way into Harry and Draco's rooms.
"Dragin!" Michael called out shocked.
"Whose you?" Dragon asked, wiggling out of Harry's arms.
"I'm your brother Michael. You're in for a very long two weeks, but just remember the dead can not come back to life."
"Michael, did you and Izzy know about this?" Draco asked, looking down at the small boy.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy, of course we knew. We even TRIED to tell you, but you and father were too busy with plans. Don't worry, it'll pass in two weeks, then Dragon will be back to normal in no time."
"Don't you think Michael, that this was a bit more important then wedding and honeymoon plans?"
"If Lizzy and I told you everything we knew, then the world itself would change. The world we live in would be a scary, evil place. What we keep from you is done to protect the world, to protect our family."
"So excuse us if we're too busy protecting everyone from evil Dark Lords, crazy bimbos, and mental idiots. To tell father and you about an accident that will bring Mat and Dragon closer, remind you how much Dragon means to both of you, and remind Dragon that his childhood wasn't as bad as Oliver and company brainwashed him to believe. So if you want to hate us, go ahead, hate us but just remember daddy we're doing your job. We were passed your job, the job of saving everyone, at a young age and at all times." Elizabeth finished for him, walking in from the nursery.
"I mean, how would you feel if we talked twenty four hours a day, seven day a week saying things like...There are two Ravenclaw's having sex in a janitor's closet, there's a baby girl being delievered that will make a great doctor, the next Dark Lord died twenty-two minutes ago, and the fact that Grandpa and Jersey make a very cute couple, but there will be bumps in their relationship because of grandma. That you two are going to end up pregnant, so you can stop right now with the anti-baby potions because they won't work." Michael added.
"That by the end of this year over 10,000 nameless faces will die. Yet we can match a name and face to all of them." Elizabeth said, looking at Harry.
"Okay we get it. You can't tell us everything all the time. It would be wrong, you were given your gifts for a reason, and you know how to use them better then we do. It's just hard sometimes, to know that our children know more then we do, that you guys can't tell us something that would be important to us."
"We know daddy, but you have to trust us. We will tell you if something serious is going to happen, especially if it involves someone in this family."
"We trust you. We have always trusted you." Draco said, hugging them. "Now come on, let's go re-introduce Dragon to your other siblings." Draco, Harry, Dragon, and the twins made their way to the nursery.
"Dragon, these are your other brothers and sisters. I know right now you don't remember them, but in time you will. Their names are at the ends of their cribs just in case you want to talk to them. If you ask Michael or Elizabeth if they're out playing, I'm sure they'll be more then happy to help you."
"Wow." Dragon said shocked. "Look at them all."
"Why don't we go for a walk Dragin?" Michael asked, knowing how overwhelmed Dragon must be getting. Dragon nodded his head and allowed his brother to lead him from the room.
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"Chastity, I hope you don't mind me asking, but is there something bugging you? Is anything wrong?" Severus asked, pulling Chastity into his lap. She had been rushing around all day, and it was making Severus dizzy.
"Nope, I'm fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I was just about to give our sons their bath."
"I did that already, and put them to bed. It's just you've seemed off for a while now, I was just concerned."
"What do you want me to say Severus? What? Do you want me to tell you that I'm jealous. Is that what you want to hear? Or how about how I felt guilty, betrayed, spiteful, confused. I mean when I met you, I knew, deep down I knew. How could someone go so many years without sleeping with another human being. I mean I thought that you had married before, that someone somewhere down the road loved you so unconditionally that you lost your virginity. I came to terms with it and moved on, but I have never kept a secret from you. Especially one as big as having a child with someone else. You lost your first love and son, and I hated them, I hated them because briefly I learned where I stood with them. With a child, I hated a dead child, and it was so sick and twisted that I started feeling guilty. How could I hate a child that had nothing to do with being born or not. It didn't make sense, but at the same time it made all the sense in the world, and not only did you not talk to me about it first, but you hid it from me. I may not be your first love, I may not be the woman who carried your first child, but I am your wife, I should have known." Chastity yelled, pushing herself off of Severus lap.
"I had to listen to you for months afterwards complain about your son, I wanted to be there for you, I wanted to help you, but I couldn't get myself to care. I'm your wife and I couldn't get myself to care, which added to the guilt. I had to hear how I wasn't your first, how Capucius wasn't your first, and how easily we were placed second in your life. So you want to know what's wrong with me, it's the fact that my husband, the love of my life, had a second life I knew nothing of. That my husband would have put that second life ahead of this one had his first love and son came back to him, he would have dropped his wife and two kids at a drop of a hat to be with them. Then I thought about it, she wasn't your second life, your son wasn't your second secret life. In all actuality I was your second life, our sons were your second life, that's why we were placed second. It wasn't because you loved her more, it's because you were still in love with her, you still love her. So excuse me if I seem a little distant, if I seem just a bit off, but I figured when you came to your senses, learned that you could bring her and your son back from the dead, and left me...left us. It wouldn't hurt so badly if we weren't so attached and attracted to each other. I ended up being the second girl, I'm the rebound chick, and even though you love our sons, they're just filling a void." Severus sat there stunned for a few minutes.
"Chast-"
"No, you don't get to speak. You don't get a chance to explain. I know what your going to say. Your going to tell me that I have it wrong, that I am not second, that our sons are not second. That you love us more then you did Cassie, then you did your first son, but I can tell in your eyes Severus that that is the furthest from the truth. Right now, you still love her, when you walked into that room and saw her sitting in that chair...You have never looked at me the way you looked at her. Your going to sit there and tell me that you never told me about them because you didn't want to hurt me, because they weren't that important, but the fact that I had to have Lucius pry it out of you. The fact that you kept it hidden hurts worse then if you would have told me straight up. However, you would be right, they were not that important, they are more important to you then words could ever describe. I cracked her neck Severus, I'm the one who felt the bones crack beneath my fingers, I will always live regretting not using a killing curse. I will always live wondering if my husband brought his true love back to life, if he's having an affair with her right now, if he's got her pregnant yet. You haven't been the same since she died, you were never like this when Exton almost died, when I almost died, we dealt with it and moved on, you were upset for a day. She dies, and you've mopped around the manor for months, and now Hogwarts. So is something wrong with me, yes. What's wrong with me is the fact that my husband could be having an affair right now. When he's lying besides me at night, in our bed, he could be thinking of her. In some sick twisted way, I became Addison Shepard, I became the wife with the husband still in love with someone else. With no idea if she should stay in this marriage, try to give it a second chance, or take our sons and leave so that my husband will be happy. So that if he is having an affair, if he is happy with someone else, I can still walk away with my reputation intact, without people looking at me on the street, in the corridors, with sympathy. To know that if I walk into a room and it suddenly gets deadly quiet, and people are staring, that they weren't just talking about me, about what I did wrong in my marriage that my husband would have to seek comfort in another. So no Severus, you do not get to talk, you do not get to explain right now. What you can do is go fondle your scotch, seek warmth infront of the fire, and sulk like you have for months, because anything you have to say to me right now, any kind gesture you do in such a short amount of time, I will know your only saying and doing to get back in my good graces, to get back in bed with me, to save a marriage you destroyed." With that Chastity stormed out of the rooms and started to walk towards the lake.
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"I am not going back! I do not want to help them, I don't want to make everything alright for them."
"You won't go back human, you'll still be a spirit. The councel has decided and agreed, you will go back, you will help them. Not doing so is punishable by eternal damnation. You know the rules, you know what you have to do, and the person whose suffering that gets one wish granted to them. They are not meant to suffer, especially not like this. Be warned young one, you lead them astray, you fail your mission, and you will face dire consequences."
"Fine. I guess I'm going back to Hogwarts."
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D/N: Okay, Kime has to go to work in about an hour, but we all thought you'd enjoy the update! So, sorry that this is so short, and for any mistakes that weren't corrected.
Sarahamanda: Glad the walk was good. Dragon will remember that he's 16 eventually.
Inuyasha531: Glad you enjoyed it. Harry and Draco: Thanks. Glad Sam is doing better.
Adrianna: Hello! You were waiting for that chapter? Really? Draco and Harry: Oh yeah, we know. Thanks for the cookies!
Kelly: That's great! Jacksonville is like 5-6 hours away. I hope you enjoy it down here.
Heather: lol, okay 10-15 years and we'll all have a birthday party on the moon. Yes, the twistedness begins mwahahahahaha!
Orlin: James: I promise I won't do it again. Dragon: Yes you are, everyone is weird. Okay Okay yeah, I'm a walking text book I get it. Mat: Thanks, and I know it's just he's four! Severus: Absolutely not! I am not apologizing. Jersey: Yep, that is an amazing paycheck. How was the interview? Do you think you got the job? Harry: Thanks, I know I wish that I could have a normal day at Hogwarts let alone a normal year. Lucius: Thanks.
