Jayden's POV

"Fuck!" I punched my bed in fury at what my father just dropped on me. He expected me to marry a girl that I'd never met to, "preserve the Richards' pure bloodline". He was the only one in my family who didn't accept that I was a shirt-lifter through-and-through. "Shit…"

My head snapped up at the knock on my door. At first I ignored it, but at my mother's voice coming through the wood, I slumped.

"Come in." I saw tears in her eyes as she stepped in the room. "Mum? What's wrong?" I moved out of the way so she could sit on my bed. Mum was holding a letter, and when she sat down, I saw that it was from Veronica. I stiffened; no good could come from this.

"Your sister's pregnant." My eyes widened. I didn't even know Veronica was going to tell yet. "Did you know anything about this?" I swallowed. What the hell am I gonna say?

"…I…yes." My mother turned and glared at me. I gasped in surprise when she slapped me hard, the force of the blow jerking my head to the side.

"My baby girl is pregnant, and you tell me nothing?" Mum put her head in her hands and cried openly, which nearly broke me. I had conflicting emotions running through my mind, but I pulled my mother against me. She clung to me and sobbed for a few minutes before she pulled back to look at me. "Do you know who the father is?"

"No." Yes. He's an ex-Death Eater, Potions Master and a very powerful wizard. And a bloody 40-year-old.

"If your father finds out, he'll disown her." I closed my eyes, knowing that it was the truth.

"Mum, what are we gonna do? I feel so helpless…"

Snape's POV

I looked up as Veronica burst into my office in tears. My first reaction was to pull my wand, but when I saw the envelope in her hands, I let my hand fall away from my wand.

"It's a Howler. From my dad. I don't want to open it!" I sighed, but shook my head.

"You know if you wait it will only be worse. Best to get it over with quickly." Veronica looked at me nervously, and after soundproofing the room, I braced myself for the message.

"BLOODY HELL! HOW COULD YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET PREGNANT? IF YOU KEEP THE FETUS, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE MY DAUGHTER! THERE ARE NO WHORES IN THE RICHARDS FAMILY, SO CHOOSE WISELY." The Howler turned to ash.

My eyes wide, I glanced at Veronica, who had covered her mouth in shock. Out of some unknown need, I pulled her against me. Her father was a fool, to make Veronica choose between her baby and being Richards' daughter. Calling it a fetus, which it was, was distasteful. Veronica was too silent for my liking.

"Veronica? What are you feeling?" Rage, tears, anything would be better that the silence. Veronica stepped away from me, turning to look up at me. Her expression was flat, but her eyes held so much emotion in them.

"I suppose it would be one less mouth to feed if I didn't live with my family anymore. Severus, I am keeping this baby, or babies, even if it means that my father disowns me. My account at Gringotts is in my name, and he can't take it away from me now that I'm seventeen. The money should hold out until I can find a job."

"Veronica…there is…there is always my family home. The manor is large enough to accommodate you, as well as the baby, or babies." I added quickly at her scowl.

Veronica's POV

My heart clenched at what Severus was offering. He wants me to live with him. I had no tears to cry, or anger to vent. I knew this would happen, but I never imagined it would happen like this. Severus wants me to live with him…

"Are you…sure?" Severus kissed me as an answer.

"The home would have to be cleaned up, of course. It hasn't been properly occupied in ten years, but once it is acceptable, I would gladly have you live there. With me." Ten years…? So he doesn't live there over the summer?

"Oh, Gods, Severus, you are amazing."

William Richards is a bitch! (And Snape's parents deserve to be dead after what they put him through) Anyway…onward! Three months pregnant! Whoo!