Note- I decided to hold off Sirius's part till next chapter when it was closer to Holiday

Chapter 37

Hogwarts

November

"Have you told them yet?" asked Remus one morning as everyone was eating breakfast.

James looked up from snuggling Severus and frowned at Remus, "Told who about what?"

"Your parents about Severus being pregnant," elaborated Remus with a slight smile.

The color drained out of James's face as he gave a panicked glance between Severus and his friends. Severus simply nibbled his toast before shrugging. "We can just make it a surprise when we go home for the holiday. Your parents already know I want a baby and I doubt they will be surprised to find out that we have been trying."

"Mia will probably be ecstatic that she is going to be a grandma," smiled Sirius as he rested his chin on Remus's shoulder. Remus tried to hide his smile and rested his hand on the small of Sirius's back.

"You know you can cuddle and no one would care," smiled James. Remus blushed but he pulled Sirius a little closer so Sirius had an excuse to cuddle him closer.

"Kissy kissy," teased Severus as he earned a poke from James.

"Be nice, Love," smiled James before leaning and giving Severus a quick kiss.

"I thought you two were over that," noted Peter dryly as he looked away from them.

"Nothing wrong with getting a couple kisses," giggled Severus between kisses.

Sirius made a small whine as he looked up at Remus. "Oh my god not you two, too," muttered Peter as Remus glanced around before giving Sirius a quick kiss. Sirius made a happy little giggle as he hugged Remus tighter. "Okay, I'm just gonna go and sit with Melissa now. You guys have fun."

James laughed but when he looked across the room to the Slytherin table he saw Keaton and Mulciber glaring at them. Not wanting them to realize James had noticed them, he nudged Remus and leaned over, "When did those two become friends?"

Remus risked a glance and frowned. Sirius had told Remus about the passing touches Keaton had been doing to him between classes, and everyone knew Mulciber was obsessed with Severus. "I don't like this," whispered Remus. "The last thing we need is those two joining forces."

"During the Halloween Dance, Severus told me that Keaton was actually the one that grabbed him for Mulciber," whispered James.

"Of course he was," muttered Remus. "We can't do anything right now, but we need to keep our guard up." James nodded and went back to eating his breakfast, though he had lost most of his appetite.

Instead, he looked over to Severus, who was scribbling in his journal to Lucius. James leaned over and nuzzled Severus, "What'cha talking about, Love?"

"He's just excited about being a dad. Apparently his father in-law has warmed up to him a lot more and the horses have stopped kicking the shit out of him," smiled Severus. "I am happy for him, but I wish he would come clean with his wife."

"He will have to eventually," nodded James. "He won't be able to keep something like that a secret for long when their kid starts showing signs of having magic."

"Yeah, I've only told him that about fifty times," sighed Severus as he said goodbye and closed the journal. "He's saying now he wants to wait until after the baby is born. He doesn't want to stress her out anymore than she already is."

"Is there a problem?" asked James.

Severus gave a shrug. "She has been having a hard time with the mood swings, cravings, and everything else that goes along with it. Lucius is worried she is having depression episodes, but she won't take anything because of the baby."

"Would it hurt the baby?" asked James suddenly remembering that Severus also had a history of depression.

"Muggle stuff might, but there is a chance that potions would too," explained Severus. "She should probably start taking something after the baby is born though."

Severus went quiet as he stared at the closed journal. "Are you okay, Love?" asked James as he gently rubbed Severus's back.

"Yeah," replied Severus quickly, but he didn't look so certain as he rested his hand on his stomach. He wasn't showing yet, but knowing there was a person growing inside of him was enough.

James put his hand over Severus's as he continued to rub his back. "It's okay. Everything will be alright. Just know I will be there for you, for everything."

Severus let out a nervous laugh but smiled as he leaned into James. "I know. Thank you."

James hugged him tighter and they sat like that until James needed to walk Severus to his class. He had to run around more with walking Severus to and from each class, but he had talked with the Professors and they had given him permission to be a few minutes late to some of his classes. Realizing that the Gryffindor would have a panic attack if they didn't allow it helped.

Across the room, Mulciber continued to glare before looking over at Keaton, "This might be harder than we thought. He never leaves his side. How the fuck are we going to separate them?"

"I'll tell you as soon as I figure out how I can do the same to them," growled Keaton as he looked at Sirius and Remus. "I don't know when those two got together, but it is going to be a lot harder to get Sirius alone with Lupin as his current fling."

Mulciber nodded, "We'll figure it out, but we have a class with Severus so we might be able to drag him away at some point."

"Not with my housemates keeping such a close eye on him," snorted Keaton as he got up. "I'm not trusted in my house anymore, you know that."

"Reason why I'm not bothering in pretending to not be your friend anymore," chuckled Mulciber cruelly. "It works better this way I think. Now we don't have to try and meet in secret."

"But now Potter, and Lupin know to look out for both of us," muttered Keaton. "They aren't going to let either of us get close to Snape or Black now."

"We can't, but someone else can," smiled Mulciber as he nodded towards Regulus, who was still eating his breakfast.

Keaton gave the younger Black a nasty smile, "Think he'll be so willing to help once he realizes his brother is the other target?"

"He doesn't have a choice in the matter. If he doesn't help I'm sure you wouldn't mind taking him instead."

Keaton looked Regulus up and down before nodding, "Not his brother, but he would do if I can't get Sirius." Mulciber let out a malicious laugh as he patted his friend on the back as they headed to class.

"I feel so stupid right now," whispered James as he stared at his potions homework. "How does this even make sense?"

"It makes sense," sighed Severus not even looking up from his charms homework since he had finished the potions assignment in class.

"No it doesn't."

"It's a simple a + b = c kind of deal James," snorted Severus.

"Yeah only it's fire + leaves = hamburger."

Severus groaned as he sat up and finally looked at James. "You turned a mouse into a teaspoon this morning. How is potions that hard to wrap your head around? It's like cooking."

James let out an annoyed groan and tossed his homework to the side so he could tackle pin Severus to the bed. "I feel like I just need a break is all," grumbled James as nuzzled Severus's neck.

"A break?" laughed Severus as James tickled his neck. "We had a 'break' this morning."

"I know it has been ages," groaned James as he unbuckled Severus's pants and pushed them down.

Severus let out an airy laugh as he kicked his pants off the rest of the way, "Someone's horny." Instead of answering him, James bit down as he pushed his fingers up inside of Severus.

Letting out an involuntary moan, Severus spread his legs wider and started rolling them up into James's hand. "Looks like I'm not the only one," chuckled James as he ran his fingers through Severus's hair and tugged on it in time with his other hand.

"James," cried Severus as his breathing became erratic.

James's fingers slowed as he pulled them out and kissed Severus deeply. Severus whimpered from the loss, but wrapped his arms around James's neck and pulled him closer. "How about I give you a ride?" whispered James huskily.

"Sounds like someone just doesn't want to do all the work," laughed Severus but he was already sitting up and taking of his shirt.

"You caught me," smiled James as he took off his own shirt and pants and threw them to the floor.

"I knew it," grumbled Severus as James grabbed his wand and summoned the vibrator and lube. "I thought I was riding you?" said Severus a little confused.

"Oh you are," smiled James as he put lube on the vibrator. Realizing what he was doing, Severus spread his knees more before sitting up again.

"Pervert," whispered Severus as James reached between his legs and pushed the vibrator up his ass.

James chuckled as he nipped one of Severus's nipples, "You love it." Severus heard the click of the vibrator and instantly had to repress a shuddering sigh. James slowly laid down and guided Severus on top of him. "I got you don't worry," whispered James as he helped Severus line up and slide down.

"It's too much," whimpered Severus as he tightened around James. He still wasn't used to having two holes, and having both full was turning out to be a little much for him.

"You can take it, Love," groaned James doing his best to hold still. "Just move with the pulse." He turned the vibrator up all the way and started helping Severus move with it.

Letting out a shuddering cry Severus sat up straighter and was able to start rolling his hips in time. "Fuck," groaned James as he started thrusting up in time as well, unable to keep himself still any longer. "Fuck I wish you'd grow a pair of tits. It would have been so fucking hot," James reached up and punched Severus's nipples to further make his point.

"Fuck you James," gasped Severus as he sped up to try and shut James up.

"I think you have that covered, Love." Severus glared down at James, but James chose that moment to wrap his hand around Severus's cock and start working him in time.

Any protest that Severus might have voiced was cut off as he let his head fall back. It only took a few more seconds before Severus came on James's stomach, signaling James to pull the vibrator out. Severus let out a small little whimper at the toy's removal, but kept moving on top of James until he felt James's grip tighten and hold him still.

"Feels good," sighed Severus as he leaned forward and rested on James's chest. The two kissed lazily as Severus slowly slid off James.

"We should probably clean up, Love," whispered James as he felt his own cum leaking out of his lover.

"I wish that tub was bigger," grumbled Severus as he sat up and got off James.

"Just means we have to be closer," teased James as he gave Severus a quick kiss on the cheek before getting off the bed and heading into their bathroom.

"I always want more snuggles," smiled Severus as he turned the vibrator off and followed James into the bathroom where he was already filling the tub.

"Well then get in here," groaned James as he sat down in the almost empty tub. Severus nodded as he stepped into the tub and sat between James's legs. James wrapped his arms around Severus and hugged him while they waited for the tub to fill.

"We'll be back at my parent's soon," noted James as he grabbed a wash cloth and got it soapy so he could rub the back of Severus's neck.

"Yes we will," hummed Severus as he enjoyed the warm soapy massage. "Your mom is probably going to be ecstatic that I'm pregnant."

James smiled at the though, but the smile slipped away a little. "What about your mom? I mean… I know what she said, but she also mentioned wanting to at least see them once. Should you send her a letter?"

Severus was quiet as he watched the water in the tub rise, it was halfway up to his calf now and he was mindlessly splashing in it. "I don't know," answered Severus after a few tense seconds. "I know she wanted to meet each child, but… I don' know. I don't know how I am even going to talk to her, or write a letter."

"You could just send her a Christmas card that says, 'Merry Christmas. I'm pregnant, he or she will be born in July.' and that is it."

"I feel like that might actually work," smiled Severus not wanting to think too much into it. He knew he needed to write to his mother, but was conflicted on the matter since she had more or less disowned him. "She is weird," decided Severus as James started rinsing the soap off his shoulders and neck. "I mean she more or less said, 'I never want to see you again you aren't my son, oh but I want a wedding invite and to meet each of my grandchildren' I mean am I disowned or not?"

"I think it has more to do with you not being in contact with your father," noted James. "She knew your life was horrible, as is hers, but I think she feels she deserves to be there since she got herself into that mess, but you never asked to be raised in a place like that. You got to leave, but she still wants to keep tabs on you."

Severus was quiet as he leaned back against James and just enjoyed the warm water. "Maybe. I don't know. I don't really want to think about it."

"Okay," agreed James as he turned the water off and leaned back as well so they could both enjoy the hot water. "I have just decided that we are getting a hot tub," announced James as he pulled the conversation away from painful topics. "You know mom and dad are already looking at houses in the area."

"For us?" asked Severus a little confused. He hadn't expected them to help with the house hunting.

James nodded, "Yeah they haven't bought anything yet, since we should get the final say, but that is something my mom wanted to talk to you about over the Holidays. She was hoping that we would get a house nearby so that we wouldn't be too far away. She wants to see the grandchildren regularly I guess."

"Are… are they buying our house?" asked Severus a little shocked at the thought that someone else would buy his house.

"Well yeah. I mean where did you think the money would come from?" smiled James as he took Severus's hand and laced their fingers. "Since I am all grown up and getting married, I get a decent portion of the family fortune. I'll be working with dad too, so that counts as a job."

"I need to get a job eventually," mumbled Severus.

"Your job is going to be taking care of our baby," whispered James as he rested his free hand on Severus's stomach. "Don't worry about working until he or she is older."

Severus rolled his eyes. He couldn't picture himself as a stay at home mother but it seemed that James was determined to keep him close. "We need to think of names," sighed Severus as he let the thought go and just enjoyed the warmth.

"If it is a boy we're naming it Harry," said James confidently.

"You can't be serious… shut up James… No, but really, you want to name our baby after your favorite book character?" muttered Severus in an exasperated tone.

"If it is a girl you can name her after your favorite book character," teased James.

Severus was quiet as he thought for a few moments. "Alice," decided Severus.

"From?"

"Alice in Wonderland," admitted Severus. James giggled and earned a hard nudge from Severus. "Shut up. I couldn't think of a main female character. I haven't read a lot of books with female protagonists. My other thought was Athena, but that seems kind of meretricious to name a child after a goddess."

"… what?"

"Trashy."

"Oh, yeah. I could see that," nodded James. "I mean you can if you want to, but… yeah no I could see where that would be a little odd. I like Alice. Alice is a sweet name."

Severus let out a small laugh as his fiancé stumbled over his words. "Let's just make a list later. We can look in one of those baby books and bounce names back and forth. It's not like we have to choose right this second."

"True," agreed James. "Has Malfoy talked about what he is naming his kid?"

"I haven't asked, but I can ask him tomorrow if you want," shrugged Severus. "You worried about accidentally choosing the same name?"

"No… okay a little. I know that is dumb, but I did have the thought," admitted James.

Severus smiled before giving James a quick kiss, "I don't think you need to worry. If I know Lucy, and I do, he'll want something a little more, showy." James laughed and nodded as he went back to just enjoying the warm water. He decided that they would worry about the future later, at the moment he just wanted to focus on his lover and enjoy his company.

AN/ Story will pick up more during the holidays and after. Kind of a filler chapter honestly. Next one should be more interesting with Sirius and Remus drama.

I have decided that the wind and rain can go away now. I want my summer weather back -_-.

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