Veronica's POV
"Professor McGonagall?" The house elf took Minerva's traveling robes quickly, and she smiled almost warmly. The smile never reached her eyes, though, which bothered me. Obviously she was disapproving of my relationship with Severus, but she never said anything directly to us. "How are you?"
"As well as I can be under the circumstances, Veronica. Severus, may I speak with you?" The alone was implied. As I was about the sit, Shayde started crying upstairs. Giving and apologetic look to Minerva; I jogged up to see what was wrong.
Snape's POV
"Severus, we've gotten letters from parents demanding to know who the teacher was who had a sexual affair with a student. An anonymous source contacted the parents spreading the news." Fury rose quickly as my mind raced to think of who would know. Cromwell and Rukin were the only ones outside of Veronica and Jayden, but they wouldn't dare say anything.
"No one else knows, other than Veronica's brother, his lover and the female friend, but they are all too loyal to each other to do such a thing." I rubbed my temples, praying that the migraine would cease. Marriage would have to be in our immediate future to end the rumors and ensure the safety in everything that Veronica and I had worked for.
Jayden's POV
Ravyn giggled when my hair tickled his face as I leaned over his crib. He had the eyes of my twin, but Snape's and my black hair. Shayde was so different that it was hard to believe they were twins. Of course, I was not in the position to talk, considering both Veronica had the same "problem".
"Can I pick him up?" We were down in the parlor, because the house elf was busy in the upstairs.
"Yeah, of course." Veronica sounded distracted as she shuffled through Snape's stuff for the new term. Why she was doing it was beyond me. When I picked Ravyn up, Shayde started whimpering. My eyes widened, and I panicked, not wanting Shayde to burst into tears. "Here, hold on." Vee quickly plucked Shayde up and handed him to me.
"Where is Snape, anyway?" Veronica raised an eyebrow, which made her look eerily like Snape, then sat down hard in a chair.
"Sadly, Severus took the one legal job that had him going to Knockturn Alley on a regular basis. He's there now, buying potion supplies for his stash. I don't know why they can't just make all ingredients mainstream, and put a certain age law up so kids can't buy them." I grinned while handing Shayde to Vee.
"You've been hanging with Snape too much; you sound just like him." Veronica leaned back in her chair and rested Shayde's head on her boobs. He was instantly asleep. Ravyn, unsurprisingly, stared up at me quietly. "He doesn't cry, does he?"
"No. Not even when he was a newborn. It's really creepy. It's like he's accepting of everything." The house else cracked into appearance.
"Mistress, Blinky has finished the room." Veronica smiled.
"Okay, thank you, Blinky." The house elf's eyes glittered with tears as it cracked away. "Come on, we'll put the babies down to sleep." I followed silently, thinking about what Vee said about Ravyn. It's like he's accepting of everything…