Severus figured Harry needed some more time to calm down so he shut the closet door and headed out of the bedroom and headed downstairs to his potions lab

Severus was right Harry did need more time to calm down, he really hated the way this day turned out and he really didn't want to be treated like a five year old, his life was going to be ruined when they go to Diagon Alley for his school supplies, he'll never be able to show his face in the wizarding world again. He was also thinking about all the ways his dad saved his life and he regretted saying all of those mean things to him and his grandparents, he knew that they all love him and he knew this is just a lesson that needs to be learned

" Why does everything have to happen to me?" Harry whispered to himself and a few tears fell down his face

Harry thought about all the pros and cons about staying here and going to the Dursley's

" Moody was right, it's better here, at least I'm fed here, they don't ignore me and tell me I'm a freak, I bet Eileen and Tobias are really mad at me for... that tantrum... Sweet Merlin I do act like a five year old, no wonder Snape thinks that's an appropriate punishment" Harry thought, " I bet I made all three of them sad when I yelled James was my only father and that I'm a Potter"

Harry was feeling really guilty about yelling at his family, it was the only family he had left and he didn't want it to go away

After about an hour after Severus left him alone Harry stood up from his spot and stretched, he was in a ball for an hour, then he took a deep breath and walked out of the closet, he kind of expected his dad to be sitting on his bed or in a chair waiting for him to come out but he wasn't there

" Must be downstairs in the lab" Harry thought

He went to the door and opened it, he was glad his dad didn't lock it, he was quiet at first and listened to the television and somebody in the kitchen

" Well I can dodge Mr. Snape but not Mrs. Snape" Harry thought, then he took a deep breath and headed down the stairs and into the kitchen very quietly

" There you are Harry, you finally came out of the closet" Eileen said without turning around from the oven

Harry jumped a bit

" You and Severus have the same cat like walk, and since Severus is in the lab, there is only you" Eileen explained finally turning around

Harry didn't say anything

Eileen smiled at Harry, " Harry I'm not mad at you for your outburst, you were just letting off some of that rage, I'm sure you didn't mean any of that"

Harry still didn't say anything

Eileen silently sighed and walked up to Harry and enveloped him in a grandmotherly hug and began to rub comforting circles on his back

At first Harry was stiff but then he relaxed and returned the hug, no he didn't want to leave this family, his grandmother was a lot like Mrs. Weasly

" Severus forgives you too" Eileen said

" No he doesn't, he doesn't forgive and forget easily" Harry whispered and was thinking of the pensieve incident

" Would you like him to tell it to you himself? Then would you believe?" Eileen asked

Harry shrugged

" I'll go get him" Eileen said

" No please don't" Harry begged

" Why not" Eileen asked surprised

" Because he's working on a potion and he won't want to be disturbed" Harry explained

" He's not making anything dangerous, he always goes down to the lab and brews easy potions when he needs to be alone" Eileen explained

" Well he still wants to be alone, so I'll just go back up to my room" Harry said

Eileen shook her head no, " You're staying down here and I'm going to get Severus and you both are going to talk down here, he is not going to spank you again and you are not going to have a tantrum like what you had earlier today, is that clear?"

Harry was surprised and automatically sat down at the table, " Yes mam"

" Good" Eileen said and went to the door that leads to the basement and opened it up, " Severus" She called

" What?" Severus asked stirring his blood replenishing potion

" Can you please come up here for a while?" Eileen asked

Severus sighed, " What do you want?"

" Are you calmed down?" Eileen asked

Severus looked at the potion " Yes, I'm just finishing a blood replenishing potion, I'll be up in a few minutes, I have to get Harry out of the closet anyway"

" Harry's out of the closet Sev" Eileen said

" Thats good... I'll be up in couple minutes, just got to stir the potion twenty more times then bottle it up" Severus said

" Ok" Eileen said then shut the door and turned to Harry, " Your father will be up momentarily"

Harry nodded

Severus bottled up his potion and put it on the shelf and then set the cauldron aside to clean later then took a calming breath then headed up stairs to talk to his son

Harry sighed when he heard his dad coming up the stairs

" Calm down Harry" Eileen told her grandson

Harry nodded and took a calming breath but his heart was pounding, he didn't know what to say to his dad, in fact he didn't even know why he kept thinking of Severus as his dad, he never called him dad yet

Severus finally got up the stairs and looked at his son who wasn't looking at him but at the floor in front of him. Severus really didn't know how to start the conversation and he needed help, " Mum can I talk to you for a minute?"

" Yes of course son" Eileen said and the two went outside to talk

" How do I start the conversation?" Severus asked

" First of all you do not yell at him or glare at him" Eileen said

Severus nodded

" And you need to ask if he's feeling better" Eileen said

" Well doesn't he feel better? He did come down after all" Severus said

" I don't think he feels better, I think he feels guilty right now" Eileen said

" Because of his outburst?" Severus guessed

Eileen nodded, " I know he hurt you by saying that but you need to forgive him for it, he was just angry"

" I know, I do forgive him I know he didn't mean it" Severus said

" Well then you must tell him that you forgive him, he doesn't think you do... I can't imagine why though" Eileen asked

Severus sighed, he knew the reason, " Pensieve incident" Severus mumbled

" What was that?" Eileen asked

" I got real mad at him when he looked inside my memories with a pensieve, I took my anger out on him and he still blames me for his Godfather's death" Severus explained

" Have you told him that you forgive him for that?" Eileen asked

Severus shook his head no

" Well you need to, with what I know of Harry, Harry has been abused by his relatives and even being forgiven will make him feel better... and a hug wouldn't hurt either" Eileen said

" I don't give hugs" Severus said

" Well you're going to start giving hugs because your son needs them" Eileen said

" Harry's too old to be wanting hugs from me, he's sixteen" Severus said

" Well he never got them when he was growing up, he is getting them now whether either of you want to or not" Eileen said firmly, " Plus hugs will do you some good too"

Severus scowled at his mother but she just glared back

" Fine, hugs, what else?" Severus asked

" The treating him as a five year old for a month is cruel Sev" Eileen said

" Well he was acting like one therefore he should be treated as one" Severus said

" One week" Eileen said

" Excuse me?" Severus asked

" One week that is all, he is to be treated like a five year old for one week" Eileen said

" For all of what he has done? One week?" Severus asked

" You're a teacher Severus, make him write lines or have him clean out the cauldrons downstairs, you already spanked him to where he won't be able to sit comfortable for a week, you want to teach him a lesson not traumatize the boy" Eileen said

Severus thought about it for a while and then finally nodded, " Ok, but he's still getting his mouth washed out with soap tonight for his swearing"

" Good choice, nice and effective" Eileen said, " Now go talk to him"

Severus nodded and the two Snapes headed back inside and Eileen went into the living room where Tobias was at

Harry still didn't look up, he was thinking about all that happend today, he now knew he didn't want to go to the Dursleys but he was afraid that his dad was so mad at him that he would have to go back to the Dursleys because his dad wouldn't want him anymore. He had these thoughts while his grandmother and dad were talking outside, he was trying to hold back the tears, he put his face in his hands and laid his head down on the table

" Harry" Severus said

Harry flinched

Severus sighed and sat down in another chair and brought it closer to Harry's

" Harry look at me" Severus

" M sry" Harry mumbled

" What?" Severus asked

" Dnt wnt to go bck to d Dursys" Harry mumbled again

" Harry I can't hear you, please stop mumbling

Harry looked up and he had unshed tears in his eyes, he didn't want to see the anger in his dad's eyes so he looked at the table in front of him, " I'm sorry" Harry whispered, " I don't want to go back to the Dursley's"

" Who said you're going to the Dursley's?" Severus asked surprised

" I've been horrible and I" Harry started but didn't get to finish

" You've been acting like a five year old who had a tantrum" Severus said

Harry's face turned red

" But that does not mean you're going back to the Dursley's" Severus said

Harry relaxed a little but still didn't look at his dad

" Harry look at me" Severus said a little firmly but not harshly

Harry shook his head no

" Harry I'm not mad anymore, please look at me" Severus said

Harry hesitantly looked at his dad, he didn't look mad, but you never could tell with the potions professor

" Finally we're getting somewhere" Severus thought

" I'm sorry for what I said and" Harry began but was cut off

" I know you are son, I forgive you, I know you were just angry and that's why I was letting you stay in the closet" Severus explained

" Still shouldn't have said it" Harry whispered, " I'm sorry I hurt you"

Severus was taken aback, his son was sorry that he hurt him? He didn't know how to reply to that but he did know what he had to do, Severus stood up and pulled Harry to his feet with a lot of surprise from Harry and Severus wrapped his arms around Harry

" It's ok son, you're forgiven... for everything" Severus whispered and rubbed small circles on Harry's back

Harry couldn't take it anymore he shed the tears he was trying to hold back and he silently cried in his dad's robes and to both of the mens' surprises Harry wrapped his arms around his dad

" Huh, Mum was right" Severus thought

They stood like that for five minutes until Harry calmed down

" Feel better?" Severus asked

Harry nodded but still not letting go of his dad which was alright with Severus, Severus picked Harry up and sat down in the chair and put Harry on his lap and just cuddled him for a few minutes

" We have a lot to talk about" Severus said

Harry nodded, his heart filling with dread, the talk was about his punishment, he knew that already

" I don't want to be treated like a five year old" Harry whispered

Severus sighed and stood Harry up

" Harry you have to be punished for what you did" Severus said

" I was punished" Harry protested

" A spanking is nothing and you were acting like a five year old today" Severus said

" I know but" Harry began

" But nothing Harry" Severus began firmly, " I don't tolerate tantrums, if you act like a five year old then you're treated like a five year old"

Harry couldn't believe his dad was going through with this punishment and he was about to say something but couldn't

" For one week, you will be treated like a five year old, you already know the rules to that, and after that week is up then you will be writing lines for three days and helping me out in the potions lab for a week" Severus said

Harry was relieved that he wasn't going to be treated like a five year old for a month, but he was disappointed that he was going to be treated like a five year old at all, lines he can handle and he can handle any work down in the potions lab, it was just detention

" Also because you swore, you are going to get your mouth washed out with soap tonight" Severus said

Harry groaned, he was hoping his dad forgot about the soap washing

" Am I understood?" Severus asked

Harry sighed, " Yes sir"

Severus nodded and steered Harry to the living room and into a corner

" You will be in time out for a half hour, think about what you could have done that wouldn't have landed you in this predicament" Severus said

" Yes sir" Harry said and then sighed, his face was beet red for being treated like a naughty child

Severus smirked, " This is going to be an interesting week" he thought