S.S. P.O.V.
I would have waited for the first sign of Khanna waking but Poppy just rushed me off to classes. With something along the lines of me going soft and my reputation being demolished by one little girl. For some reason though I did not think much about it.
Classes dragged on forever the dunderheads kept on making mistakes that I ended up having to clean up. By lunchtime I had already given three detentions. I knew that I would not be scheduling any of them to be with myself though. Not until Khanna was better.
When I got to the infirmary she was sitting upright and had a bowl of roasted bell pepper and cauliflower soup. Her spoon shook with each small bite she took. Luci Weasley sat next to her munching on a sandwich from what I could see.
"Afternoon girls. How are you feeling, Khanna?" I greeted the girls so as not to seem like a prude.
"Is good. No bad dweams!" The last part made me want to cry and laugh at the same time. I knew she was being tormented by her aunt and uncle in her dreams. "You send me back?!" Her voice was dripping in stress with that tiny statement.
"No baby girl. Your stuck with Poppy, Potter and me for life." Baby girl had slipped out I had not meant to call her that not yet at least. Her eyes widened and she suddenly held out her arms in the children's universal symbol of being picked up. When I did not move fast enough she got a slightly frustrated look.
"'Nape up!" I obliged her when she asked like that, she was too adorable not to.Damn I am going soft. She whispered into my ear, "Adopt me, pwease? Pwease Daddy?" I was stricken by being called that. Never in a million years would I anticipate being called that.
"I am working on it sweetie. I swear." I spoke softly as I gently bounced her on my hip mindlessly. She started to doze again on my shoulder as I turned to speak to Luci. "Has your brother's newest prank get caught yet?"
"No sir. Mum was saying something about binding him to a pole and leaving him there for the next prank he gets caught in. I think he's doing it to Uncle Harry." Luci pulled on a strand of her hair lost in thought. Turning a full 100-watt smile she bounced excitedly in her seat, "Uncle Sev, if you adopt Khanna she would be my cousin! But she already calls me her big sister." The crestfallen look on her face tore at my heart.
"Lucifer you remember how others are not suppose to know about Uncle Harry and me right?" I waited for her sullen nod before continuing, "Well she can still call you her big sister when we are at school and then her cousin when you are out. Either way she is still your friend." I don't know what I just promised.
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Harry was lounging in our shared chambers when I had finally finished my rounds. Minerva was enjoying a cup of tea on my favorite wingback chair. She sipped and watched me as I stoked over to the couch. Harry slid over to make some room for me.
"She wants us to adopt her. I think it would be for the best...She needs someone to take care of her twenty-four seven." I rubbed my eyes trying and failing at wiping the tired out.
"Well that's a lovely idea. Considering the fact that Harry is her uncle it should not take that long for the papers to be processed." Minerva answered slowly drinking more of the tea.
"Minerva I believe that it is up to us to decide. But I think the school is deciding for us." Silence fell as Hogwarts started to make arrangements in the Snape rooms.