The Lily That Poisons The Snake
Chapter 11
Warnings: See chapter 1
Disclaimer: Yeah, I own Harry Potter. That's why I'm posting on here and begging for reviews. *note sarcasm*
AN: I have decided to rewrite chapter 11 and change some things. Most of you guys already know what the big change is, but for those who don't, all I'm going to say is that Lily will have the baby. Also, this chapter no longer has Severus leaving because this chapter was getting so long, I decided to split it up. So enjoy this chapter, and I'll try to hurry and get the next chapter up which should have the moment we've all been waiting for…once again.
Severus was still sitting in the kitchen thinking when Lily woke up a couple hours later. She completely ignored him as she walked into the kitchen to get a glass of juice.
"Lily, I've been thinking," he said after a moment.
"Great," she said sarcastically.
"Everything's going to be okay," he said, ignoring her comment.
"I know that. As soon as I go to the clinic tomorrow, everything's going to be just fine," she said, leaning against the kitchen counter.
"The clinic? You mean, you…No," he gasped, "Lily…"
"You didn't think I was actually going to keep the baby, did you? Why the hell would I do that?"
"I thought maybe you and me…"
"You thought we what?" she asked, chuckling, "You thought you and I were going to raise this baby?"
"Yes," he whispered, "This might be just what we need to get things back to the way they were."
"Severus, listen to me," she said as if she were talking to a child, "I am not raising a baby. I don't want to raise a baby, and neither does James. Tomorrow, I'm going to the clinic to get an abortion, and then we're going to forget this entire thing ever happened."
"Lily, please…please, don't. I'll raise the baby. I'll take care of them. Just please don't get rid of the baby," he pleaded. Maybe once she sees the baby, she'll change her mind, he thought hopefully.
"You're going to raise a baby that belongs to the man I cheated on you with? The man that tormented you all throughout school?" she said incredulously, "You're a dumbass, Severus, an idiotic dumbass. Nine months and everything will be okay, he thought, staring at her pleadingly. "Fine, but you better make sure these next eight and a half months are as comfortable as possible," she said finally.
"I will, I promise."
"And once I have this thing, it's entirely your responsibility."
"Okay," he said, going over and placing a hand over her flat stomach with a small smile.
"None of that," she snapped, punching him in the stomach and wiping the smile off of his face before walking out of the room. Eight and a half months and everything will get better, he thought as he sat back down at the table, clutching his stomach.
The next few months were worse than the last few years of Severus's and Lily's marriage. Lily's hormones made her anger at Severus even worse, and every other thing out of her mouth was a vicious insult. And when she wasn't insulting him, she was demanding something from him, and when one of her demands was not met, the kicks and blows were worse than before. And when she became too large to get up and beat him, she took to throwing things at him, from the TV remote to dishes to the lamps on the coffee table. Severus tried to assure himself that once Lily had the baby and saw him or her, she'd realize she wanted to raise the baby and everything would get better. But it was getting harder and harder to reassure himself
as the days went by. It was especially hard once Lily's hormones began to make her not only angry, but emotional.
"It's your fault, you know," she said suddenly as Severus was taking away her dishes from dinner.
"What is?" he asked cautiously.
"The way I am. You made me like this. You made me lose my baby and turned me into this cold, cruel person. It's all your fault," she said in an emotionless voice.
"Lily…" he gasped softly.
"You killed my baby. You killed my daughter…my little girl. And you turned me into this evil woman," she whispered harshly as tears filled emerald eyes.
"Lily," he tried again, sitting the dishes down and reaching out to embrace her.
"Don't touch me," she snapped, shoving him away, "Get away from me! I hate you!"
"You don't," he said, shaking his head.
"I do. I hate you, and I wish you had died instead of my baby! You should've…" She was cut off by a gasp. "My water…not, it's way too early. It's too soon," she said, beginning to panic. Looking down at her pants, she gasped in horror at the growing bloodstain. "Severus, get me to the hospital now!" she screamed. Following Lily's gaze and seeing the bloodstain, Severus began to panic as well. He quickly helped her out to the car and rushed her to the hospital, where she was immediately taken to the emergency room.
Pacing in the waiting room, Severus took out his cell phone to call someone, anyone. But he and Sirius and Remus still weren't talking. When they found out that Lily was pregnant by James Potter and Severus had offered to raise the child, they tried to reason with their friend, but he refused to see reason, so they gave up. He had finally talked to his parents, but as far as they knew, everything was fine, and he didn't want to tell them otherwise. So that left only one person to call. Lucius knew that Lily was pregnant, but that was all he knew, so Severus called him and about thirty minutes later, Lucius Malfoy was striding into the waiting room in a fitted black t-shirt and blue jeans with his long, blond hair thrown up in a ponytail.
"Sorry, I took so long. I had to drop Draco off at my mom's," he said, rushing over to his dark-haired friend, who was sitting with his head in his hands.
"It's fine. I'm just glad you're here."
"How is she?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen a doctor yet, and the nurses won't tell me anything," Severus said softly, "But there was so much blood…"
"Everything's going to okay," Lucius said, sitting down and putting an arm around the slighter man's shoulders. He could feel the obsidian-eyed man's body trembling with what he thought was fear for his wife and child. But what Severus was actually feeling was fear of his wife. Severus may have been too naïve and too soft-spoken, but he wasn't completely stupid. He knew that losing her first child had turned her into the cold, abusive woman she was now. He was terrified of what would happen if she lost another child. I should have never forced her to keep the baby, he thought, I've made everything worse. After sitting in the waiting room with Lucius as he ate three packs of powdered doughnuts from the vending machine for about an hour, a doctor finally came out to talk to Severus.
"Mr. Snape, he's about a month and a half premature, but your son's going to be okay," the doctor said, smiling. Severus sagged in relief before his head snapped up.
"Son? It's…it's a boy? I have a little boy?" he said in shock.
"Yes sir. And your wife said you would be doing the honor of naming him.
"Do you already have a name chosen, Sev?" Lucius asked around a bite of cookie.
"Harrison Severus Snape-Dumbledore," Severus said.
"Alright. Well, Mr. Snape, if you'll just follow me, you can sign the birth certificate and see your son. Your wife's sleeping right now, so your son is in the nursery," the doctor said, leading Severus out of the waiting room. After putting the baby's name on the birth certificate and signing it, Severus was led to the nursery, where he finally got to see his son. He refused to think of him as James Potter's son even as he held him in his arms and saw that he was a mini clone of Potter.
"I'm your daddy, Harry," he said softly to the sleeping infant, "I'm the one who's going to love you. And soon your mummy will grow to love you as well." Baby Harry began to stir and when he sleepily blinked his eyes open, emerald green orbs were revealed, causing his father to gasp. "You have your mummy's eyes, Harry," Severus whispered, placing a kiss on the baby soft raven locks.
After sitting with his newborn son for over an hour, he went to see Lily, knowing that it would look odd if he didn't go see his wife after she just gave birth. Lily was lying in bed, propped up on several pillows looking angry and exhausted.
"It's a boy," Severus said quietly, unsure of what to say, "I named him after your father and myself. Harrison Severus Snape-Dumbledore. I was just in the nursery with him. He has your eyes."
"Do you really think I care, Severus?" Lily said, rolling her eyes, "That's your baby, not mine. I did my part. I gave birth to the thing. Now I want to go home. When can I go home?"
"I…I don't know. I'll go ask, okay?" Severus sipped out of the room and found a doctor, who said that Lily could leave the next morning. After letting his wife know when she couldn't leave until the next morning, having her kick him out of the room with several vicious insults and threats, and assuring the nurse that Lily was still being affected by her hormones, he went back out to the waiting room to let Lucius know that he could leave.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" Lucius asked, his voice laced with concern.
"Yeah, you might as well go home. We're going to be leaving first thing in the morning. Lily's ready to be home in her own bed," Severus said.
"The baby's really okay?"
"Yeah. He's a bit small, but he's perfectly fine. I promise to bring him over to see you and Draco soon."
"Alright. And if you need any of Draco's old things, just let me know."
"Okay thanks," he said as the blond man pulled him into a hug, which he returned gratefully. But as he was hugging his old friend, Severus felt an odd stirring in his stomach. What in the world was that? he thought as they pulled away from each other. Lucius felt the stirring as well and knew very well what it was, but he also knew he couldn't do anything about it because his friend was married. Besides, the blond thought, he and his wife just had a baby. They need to focus on the baby. He does not need his old college roommate, who he doesn't even know is gay, hitting on him. Saying goodbye to Lucius, Severus went back to the nursery to see his son once more before going to Lily's room and falling asleep in the chair near her bed.
The next morning, after feeding baby Harry (from a bottle as Lily refused to nurse him), Severus got his son and his wife ready to go home. When they arrived at home, Lily immediately went inside without a word, leaning Severus to carry baby Harry and the overnight bags inside. He set the bags down on the sofa and placed Harry in the bassinet that he placed downstairs as Lily stormed into the kitchen. He could hear the slamming of cabinets and glasses and the running of water. Warily, he walked over to the kitchen, where his green-eyed wife was standing by the sink, a glass of water clenched tightly in her hand.
"Lily," he said cautiously, "Could you...be a little quieter, please? You're going to wake Harry." She drank down the last sips of water before slamming the glass down on the counter, causing Severus to look over his shoulder to check on the baby. "Lily, please…" He was cut off by Lily's now empty glass suddenly hitting him in the face. As the glasses smashed onto the floor, the house filled with the cries of the newborn baby.
"Do not tell me to be quiet, Snivellus. You go quiet that baby," Lily snapped, storming out of the kitchen and out of the house, making sure to slam the front door loudly. Completely ignoring the broken glass on the floor and the swelling of his nose, Severus went back into the living room and lifted a crying baby Harry into his arms.
"I'm sorry, little one. Your mummy's just a bit upset right now," he murmured, walking around and rubbing his son's back soothingly until he fell asleep once again.
AN: Enjoy the rewrite and review!
Peace Love & Happiness,
Enimsaja Snape