A/N: Here you go, sorry for the wait. Moving was not fun and is still not done, but couldn't stay away any longer. As usual, we own nothing but our bills and our loves, so enjoy.


Harry was sitting in the seventh year common room studying with Dray and Blaise. It had been six weeks since the term had started, and they had all been very busy. Albus had announced that the seventh years would be taking preliminary NEWT's in order to determine their strengths. Once the results were in, they had had meetings with their mentors to help decide what kinds of careers would be good for them after leaving school.

Draco was mentoring with Professor Wolff along with Luna, as both of them had Seer abilities. Ron was mentoring with Severus, Hermione with Minerva and Blaise with Sirius. Professor Flitwick was mentoring Fred and George, as they were only there to complete their last year not to determine a career, owing to their thriving businesses. They had opened a branch in Hogsmeade which was doing exceptionally well. Cho was mentoring with Madam Hooch and Pansy was working with Poppy, as she had shown some natural talent at healing. Vince and Greg were working with Charlie, as they both had an interest in animals and creatures. Neville was of course working with Professor Sprout, as he had a natural inclination to plants and was reveling in the greenhouses. Seamus was working with Professor Sinistra and Dean was mentoring with Professor Vector. Harry was being mentored by Lucius and they had talked extensively about his future.

Everyone had always assumed that Harry would be an Auror, but since the final battle he had wanted nothing more than to avoid that option. He and Sev were going to be married and Harry knew that as much as Severus loved him, he did not want to leave teaching. Lucius knew it was his friend's love also, and had tried to come up with an option for Harry. In their last session, it had come to him. Lucius and Sirius had been to see Poppy that day for their check up and she had told them that they were having twins. Knowing how much work was required Lucius knew they would not be teaching for many more years. He knew of Harry's love of defense and was absolutely certain that it would be perfect for his son.

"Harry, I think I have figured out what you should do, if you are interested in hearing my idea."

"Of course, what did you have in mind?"

"You should become the Defense teacher here at school. You and Severus could live here, as you know how much he loves teaching."

"And I would be able to use my skills without having to be in so much danger and away from Sev." Harry finished his dads thought.

"Absolutely. You could apprentice with Sirius and me and since we would live near each other all year, you would be able to complete it in just 1 year instead of two."

"Severus would love the idea, we could still be here at the castle, since it is really our home. You know neither of us had a good home life, so we both feel safe and at home here. The more I think on it, it makes the most sense and feels right. Thank you so much dad, I really do appreciate you help with this."

The next day Harry had told Severus of his plans, who agreed that it was the best. He knew that Harry felt safe at school, but being a teacher would also force him into a proper adulthood. It would also give Harry the feeling of equality with Severus that he knew Harry lacked. They had filled out the apprenticeship paperwork and sent it in, hoping that it would be approved. A week after submission, an owl had arrived at breakfast giving Harry the approval. Albus also received the notification, fuming that he was now unable to try to convince Harry to do what he wanted. He was running out of options, and it was not doing much for his disposition. If he didn't find a way to get to the young man soon, his plans were going to be ruined. A few tricks still waited up his sleeve, but he was going to have to be careful in activating them.

Draco and Blaise had decided on a Samhain wedding, complete with costume party reception. It was a good cover and would hopefully not arouse much suspicion with Albus or the staff. Most people knew that they were engaged, but not that they planned to marry during the term. By getting married, it would give them more rights to each other and keep Albus out of their lives more.

Draco and Blaise had had their appointment with Poppy that morning, and she had promptly informed them that their children were healthy and developing quite well. It was good that Draco had been on a bed, because he had fainted. Blaise told him later after he woke up that they were having triplets. It was a good thing that the wedding was soon, because Draco would be showing quite a bit soon and he was entirely too vain to be obviously pregnant in his wedding photos.

Harry and Severus had gone just that morning to see Poppy and had found out that they were only having a single child, thankfully. Six children between three couples would be a lot of work, but they were all happy and there was going to be nothing any of the children would want for. They were planning on going to Diagon Alley soon to do some shopping, as the nurseries at the manor would need updating. Draco and Blaise had decided that they would live there after school until they could find a home of their own. With them and Sirius and Lucius having multiples, there would be more of a support system in place to care for the babies. The house elves that had cared for Draco were old, but there were still plenty that were able to care for the kids.

Severus and Harry had been offered a set of rooms also, but had decided that they were going to stay at Grimmauld Place during the summers, as it was their home and where Harry felt safe outside of school.

The boys had decided that in order to keep the wedding a secret, Hermione, Pansy and Luna were going to be their cover. Any wedding details discussed in public always involved one of them. The boys pretended to be irritated by the talk, but it was a wonderful cover and allowed for a feminine touch to the whole event. It was sometimes hard to tell who was looking forward to it more, the grooms or the girls.