Hey guys! Well, I thought about it for a while, and decided to add another chapter. You guys are such inspiration!
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The first day out of the hospital was a hard one for Draco. Pushed back into the rough and tumble run of life, he held tight to his daughter, terrified to let anyone else near her, sometimes even including Harry. Always on the verge of tears, the blonde Slytherin kept working on he and Harry's new private chambers. Jade took to all the changes in stride, clapping her tiny hands and staring wide-eyed at everything with intelligent emerald eyes. "Oh, Harry, it's perfect..." Draco crooned at he stepped into the nursery that his lover had decorated while he was in the Infirmary.
The stone walls were covered in sky-blue tapestries covered in very realistic, puffy white clouds that silently floated from hanging to hanging. The floor was in thick plush carpet, the color of fresh-cut grass. There was a cradle in one corner, and a crib in another, both in pristine white, and a large toy chest, empty for the moment, and anything else a new parent could want in their nursery.
Jade clapped her hands and tugged on her Daddy's black robes, burbling and blowing bubbles, obviously caught up in the excitement in the air. Harry took her carefully, cradling the tiny head in the crook of his arm, as he stared down at his daughter, while Draco sat down in a white wicker chair by the window. "Draco, I don't know what to do..." Harry said, his voice echoing scared vulnerability. The blonde just nodded and beckoned the darker-haired boy closer. "Love, don't worry, you'll do fine, she loves you so much." Harry was about to make a contradictory remark, when he looked down at the girl, fast asleep in his arms.
The days passed, busy for both of the teenagers, as they prepared for Draco to return to classes. Attempting to juggle both a potion in one hand, and a baby in the other, while wishing you had a third hand to hold the bottle, and a forth to stir the potion. Created a very difficult problem, but amazingly enough, it was solved by Professor Snape, during their first day back in classes.
Stepping through the dungeon door, Draco carrying Jade in a sling across his chest, while Harry had the diaper bag slung over one shoulder, for the first time ever, they were early for class. "Well, I'm amazed to see the both of you here, I had thought you would skip." Snape said pointedly, glaring at Harry. Jade, ever an empath, picked up on the subtle tones in the Professor's voice, and decided to let out some tones of her own. Her face turning a remarkable shade of purple, Jade opened her mouth and began to scream. And scream, and scream!
Eyes widening to dinner-plates, Snape stared at the child, while Draco shuffled Jade, attempting to cease her tears, and Harry couldn't help but laugh. "Alright! I'm sorry!" Snape exploded, much to his student's surprise. Jade immediately stopped crying, and blew a messy raspberry at the teacher, and as he walked away, anyone who was looking, would have notice a smile playing on edge of the eyes, half-hidden by long black hair, that really wasn't as greasy as everyone said. "Oh, and Malfoy, Potter, I want you to meet me in my office after dinner, I need to, speak to you." Were the final words.
The rest of the day passed in reasonable peace, as the small family ate dinner at the Gryffindor table, and Jade was cooed over by every girl in the house, and a good number of the boys as well. Harry's stomach was tied in knots for the entire meal, as he tried to imagine what Snape would have planned for he and Draco. The walk to the dungeons was cold, despite the tons of pre-Christmas snow that insulated the walls.
"Sit down, both of you," Severus said, as they entered his office. It was obvious that this meeting had been worrying him as much as it had his students, for there were stress marks around his eyes, and creasing his forehead. "Alright, both of you know that I don't have any wife, this is right?" They nodded silently, struggling to figure out what the Professor was trying to get to.
"Alright, as you both know, I have no wife, mainly because, during my time at Hogwart's, I fell in love with a girl, and she loved me in return. But we were in separate Houses, and so we could not be together. I was in Slytherin, and she, in Ravenclaw. But we thought that the rules shouldn't apply to us, and broke them, to be together. After our graduation, I thought we could be together, and we were, but... it was not to last. I was in and out of work, and she was studying for her entry exams to work for the Ministry. It was then that she told me, she was pregnant, and leaving me. I asked her why, and begged her to stay, but she would never even think of it. She was leaving me for a rich man, who could support her, and our child, OUR CHILD!" Snape burst out, biting his lip until it bled, trying to hold back his tears, in what Harry noticed to be a very, Draco-like action.
"She left you for Lucius Malfoy, didn't she?" Harry asked, glancing from the professor to his lover, and back again, picking up on some of the subtle similarities he had never noticed before. Like the shape of their faces, and en their mannerisms, the way both tapped their right foot when they were nervous, and bit their lower lip when scared or strained. Snape nodded in sad acceptance.
"That's right, Potter, for Lucius Malfoy. So when Voldemort rose to power, I joined him, hoping that in some small way, I could protect the child she would never let me see. My son... our son...My Draco..." Draco stared at the teacher, wide grey eyes clouded in shock and tears. "Then... he never was my father?" Snape shook his head, and a smile broke out across the pale blonde's face. "Then, you're my father, and... Jade is..."
"My grandaughter." There was silence for a long time, and finally, Harry couldn't stand the deafening quiet. "Draco, my love, you should let Professor Snape see his grandaughter." Harry said gently, awkwardly, but was treated to an agreement.
Snape looked down at the child being passed to him. Jade was staring at him warily, still not sure if she should like this man or not, but when he finally had her in his arms, head cradled against his chest, the infant fell asleep soundly, burbling on the black-robed shoulder. Tears welled up in Snape's dark eyes, and he stared at his son, who grinned back at him. "She likes you..." Then the floodgates broke, and Draco hugged his father tightly, and Snape held his child, and grandchild tightly, never wanting to let them go, ever.
Never one to leave a mystery alone, the Potter-Malfoy family hatched a plan, daring and brave. Well, not really, more just sneaky. In bringing Snape, and Narcissa, back together, once and for all.
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GAH!!! I haden't meant for this, but hey!!! I just opened a whole new fountain of ideas, so guess what?? This story is FAR from over!! And I'll get back to updating as much as possible!
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The first day out of the hospital was a hard one for Draco. Pushed back into the rough and tumble run of life, he held tight to his daughter, terrified to let anyone else near her, sometimes even including Harry. Always on the verge of tears, the blonde Slytherin kept working on he and Harry's new private chambers. Jade took to all the changes in stride, clapping her tiny hands and staring wide-eyed at everything with intelligent emerald eyes. "Oh, Harry, it's perfect..." Draco crooned at he stepped into the nursery that his lover had decorated while he was in the Infirmary.
The stone walls were covered in sky-blue tapestries covered in very realistic, puffy white clouds that silently floated from hanging to hanging. The floor was in thick plush carpet, the color of fresh-cut grass. There was a cradle in one corner, and a crib in another, both in pristine white, and a large toy chest, empty for the moment, and anything else a new parent could want in their nursery.
Jade clapped her hands and tugged on her Daddy's black robes, burbling and blowing bubbles, obviously caught up in the excitement in the air. Harry took her carefully, cradling the tiny head in the crook of his arm, as he stared down at his daughter, while Draco sat down in a white wicker chair by the window. "Draco, I don't know what to do..." Harry said, his voice echoing scared vulnerability. The blonde just nodded and beckoned the darker-haired boy closer. "Love, don't worry, you'll do fine, she loves you so much." Harry was about to make a contradictory remark, when he looked down at the girl, fast asleep in his arms.
The days passed, busy for both of the teenagers, as they prepared for Draco to return to classes. Attempting to juggle both a potion in one hand, and a baby in the other, while wishing you had a third hand to hold the bottle, and a forth to stir the potion. Created a very difficult problem, but amazingly enough, it was solved by Professor Snape, during their first day back in classes.
Stepping through the dungeon door, Draco carrying Jade in a sling across his chest, while Harry had the diaper bag slung over one shoulder, for the first time ever, they were early for class. "Well, I'm amazed to see the both of you here, I had thought you would skip." Snape said pointedly, glaring at Harry. Jade, ever an empath, picked up on the subtle tones in the Professor's voice, and decided to let out some tones of her own. Her face turning a remarkable shade of purple, Jade opened her mouth and began to scream. And scream, and scream!
Eyes widening to dinner-plates, Snape stared at the child, while Draco shuffled Jade, attempting to cease her tears, and Harry couldn't help but laugh. "Alright! I'm sorry!" Snape exploded, much to his student's surprise. Jade immediately stopped crying, and blew a messy raspberry at the teacher, and as he walked away, anyone who was looking, would have notice a smile playing on edge of the eyes, half-hidden by long black hair, that really wasn't as greasy as everyone said. "Oh, and Malfoy, Potter, I want you to meet me in my office after dinner, I need to, speak to you." Were the final words.
The rest of the day passed in reasonable peace, as the small family ate dinner at the Gryffindor table, and Jade was cooed over by every girl in the house, and a good number of the boys as well. Harry's stomach was tied in knots for the entire meal, as he tried to imagine what Snape would have planned for he and Draco. The walk to the dungeons was cold, despite the tons of pre-Christmas snow that insulated the walls.
"Sit down, both of you," Severus said, as they entered his office. It was obvious that this meeting had been worrying him as much as it had his students, for there were stress marks around his eyes, and creasing his forehead. "Alright, both of you know that I don't have any wife, this is right?" They nodded silently, struggling to figure out what the Professor was trying to get to.
"Alright, as you both know, I have no wife, mainly because, during my time at Hogwart's, I fell in love with a girl, and she loved me in return. But we were in separate Houses, and so we could not be together. I was in Slytherin, and she, in Ravenclaw. But we thought that the rules shouldn't apply to us, and broke them, to be together. After our graduation, I thought we could be together, and we were, but... it was not to last. I was in and out of work, and she was studying for her entry exams to work for the Ministry. It was then that she told me, she was pregnant, and leaving me. I asked her why, and begged her to stay, but she would never even think of it. She was leaving me for a rich man, who could support her, and our child, OUR CHILD!" Snape burst out, biting his lip until it bled, trying to hold back his tears, in what Harry noticed to be a very, Draco-like action.
"She left you for Lucius Malfoy, didn't she?" Harry asked, glancing from the professor to his lover, and back again, picking up on some of the subtle similarities he had never noticed before. Like the shape of their faces, and en their mannerisms, the way both tapped their right foot when they were nervous, and bit their lower lip when scared or strained. Snape nodded in sad acceptance.
"That's right, Potter, for Lucius Malfoy. So when Voldemort rose to power, I joined him, hoping that in some small way, I could protect the child she would never let me see. My son... our son...My Draco..." Draco stared at the teacher, wide grey eyes clouded in shock and tears. "Then... he never was my father?" Snape shook his head, and a smile broke out across the pale blonde's face. "Then, you're my father, and... Jade is..."
"My grandaughter." There was silence for a long time, and finally, Harry couldn't stand the deafening quiet. "Draco, my love, you should let Professor Snape see his grandaughter." Harry said gently, awkwardly, but was treated to an agreement.
Snape looked down at the child being passed to him. Jade was staring at him warily, still not sure if she should like this man or not, but when he finally had her in his arms, head cradled against his chest, the infant fell asleep soundly, burbling on the black-robed shoulder. Tears welled up in Snape's dark eyes, and he stared at his son, who grinned back at him. "She likes you..." Then the floodgates broke, and Draco hugged his father tightly, and Snape held his child, and grandchild tightly, never wanting to let them go, ever.
Never one to leave a mystery alone, the Potter-Malfoy family hatched a plan, daring and brave. Well, not really, more just sneaky. In bringing Snape, and Narcissa, back together, once and for all.
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GAH!!! I haden't meant for this, but hey!!! I just opened a whole new fountain of ideas, so guess what?? This story is FAR from over!! And I'll get back to updating as much as possible!