A/N: Well I've started the next chapter, we'll see how long it takes me to
finish and post it. I appreciate the nice reviews but Lei is going to be
on a back burner for this fic. I focused on her a lot in the last fic and I
know that a lot of you love her but I want to primarily focus on Harry and
Sev in this story but she will be making intermittant appearances. I hope
this chapter is okay, so here's the new chapter. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 22
Sunday morning dawned bright and clear without a hint of a cloud in the sky. To stay awake all night Severus had alternated between reading and taking a couple of doses of an energy potion. Harry woke up at 9 o'clock to see his father sitting in a chair next to his bed watching him intently,
"Any dreams or visions?"
Harry chewed his lower lip for a moment, thinking and said,
"Yes, just one. Voldemort was 'initiating' the junior death eaters from last week since they had apparently passed all of their 'tests'. But there was no planning or attacks."
Severus nodded and said,
"Well then the potion worked."
Harry grinned and said
"Yes it did."
Harry launched himself at Severus and hugged him tight and said
"Thanks dad for doing this. I love you."
Severus held tightly onto Harry said,
"I love you too Harry. Now you realize that you'll have to take this every single night right before you go to bed."
Harry nodded and stood up and made a dash for the bathroom since he desperately had to go. Severus watched Harry dash from the room and shook his head and smiled and walked out to the main chamber to order breakfast.
After the two had eaten Hermione dropped by and gave Harry the homework from thursday and friday that he needed to have for classes for the upcoming week. After breakfast Harry took a shower and got dressed in a emerald green sweater and a pair of black trousers.
Harry spent the rest of the day doing the homework to be made up and Severus spent it helping Harry where he needed it and reading. Just before 6 o'clock Severus said,
"Harry do you want to eat in the Great Hall or here?"
Harry mumbled and looked down at his feet then Severus said,
"Harry speak up, I can't hear you."
"I'd rather eat down here with you. I don't think I'm ready to face the rest of the school yet."
Severus nodded and walked over to Harry and put his arm across the boy's still bony shoulders and turned the boy's head so they were looking in eachothers eyes and said,
"Harry, you have nothing to be ashamed about. It's perfectly fine, okay?"
Harry softened under his father's obsidian gaze and said softly,
"All right dad, now can we please eat? I'm starving."
Severus chuckled and said
"All right. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you are entirely too skinny and you're skinnier than you were before all of this happened."
"Yes but you're not by any means big either." Harry retorted
"That's true but you take after your mother in your height and you have my bone structure but you don't have the meat on your bones like I do." Severus kidded
Harry softened a bit about the mention of his mother, he'd only been told that he had her eyes, but not anything more than that. He didn't notice that his father had been calling him until Severus was physically shaking him. Harry snapped out of his reverie and said,
"What? Huh?"
"You spaced out on me, dinner's here if you want to eat."
Only then did Harry notice the tray of food on the small table in the room. Instantly he felt his mouth water and tucked into shepherds pie and rolls with a ferocity that almost rivaled Dudley. Severus smirked at Harry's antics then arched an eyebrow at the boy that made him slow down and started to eat his meal at a civilized pace.
The meal passed by in relative silence and fairly quickly. Before Harry knew it it was time to make his way back to Gryffindor Tower. He looked to his father and said,
"Dad would you walk with me up to the Tower?"
"Of course Harry. Let's go."
The two exited the quarters. They passed by the Great Hall where dinner was still in full swing so they thankfully wouldn't meet any students on the way back to Gryffindor Tower. Much too soon for Harry's liking they reached the Fat Lady's Portrait who upon seeing Harry said,
"Well I haven't seen you in a while, glad to have you back."
"Thanks, is it all right if Professor Snape comes in with me?"
"Of course, he is a head of house here and the Headmaster has informed me of your two's relationship so it's perfectly fine. Now password if you please."
"gibbering."
The fat lady opened up and the two walked through the empty common room over to the tapestry entrance to the prefects area and giving it the password. Walking down the hallway and then giving the password to enter his room the two stepped inside and paused inside the door and surveyed the room. Clearly a house elf had straightened up the room. Severus walked around surveying and said,
"Nice room."
"Thanks, you should see Lei's. Her room is loaded with pictures, trinkets and other stuf."
Severus sat down in Harry's armchair and said,
"I can imagine."
Harry went about unpacking and putting away his things that he had brought back from his father's rooms. While Harry's back was turned Severus noticed a bushy brown and read head poking taround the door. Severus waved them into the room and Hermione and Ron snuck in and up to Harry's back. Hermione reached up and covered Harry's eyes and said as Harry stiffened unconsciously,
"Guess who"
Harry spun around with a grin and hugged his friend and said
"Hey 'Mione."
Hermione felt the thinness of her friend and mentally frowned but said,
"I figured you'd not come to the Great Hall for dinner tonight and come straight here."
Harry nodded and said,
"Yeah, I didn't feel like facing the whole school yet."
Harry looked over to Ron and said,
"Did you remember to put the sign up?"
Ron loooked back to his friend with a mock offended look on his face and said,
"Of course I did. Besides Herm here would never let me forget anyways."
Harry smirked at his friend and his eyes flicked over to his father who had a bemused expression on his face.
"Have you finished all of your homework yet Harry?" Hermione shot out
Harry quirked a smile and said,
"Of course Hermione, you should know by now that Dad would never not let me finish my homework."
"You're definitely correct about that Harry. You are a prefect and more importantly my son and I will not accept or tolerate anything less than your very best." Severus said slightly seriously.
Harry rolled his eyes and Ron snorted and Hermione let out a little giggle. Hermione grabbed Ron's hand and started to drag the boy towards the door saying,
"We'll see you later Harry. I'm going to help Ron with an essay which I'm sure he hasn't started yet."
Harry looked down, miled and shook his head while Severus quirked an eyebrow.
No sooner had Hermione and Ron left than Lei came in, walked over to Harry and pulled him into a hug and said,
"And just when were you going to tell me that you were back?"
Harry smiled, returned the hug and said,
"As soon as I got settled back in. I swear Lei. Besides I thought you were out. I thought you had dance on sundays."
Lei looked down at her clothes, which consisted of a pair of rainbow knit legwarmers over pink tights and a pink wrap around sweater over her black web-backed leotard.
"You're right Harry. I did have class tonight but I just got back and saw your door open and the light on so I decided to come by."
She stepped back and helpd him at arms length and said,
"You look skinnier than before."
Harry knew she was going to say something along those lines and said,
"I was in Saint Andrews from last saturday until tuesday when I was 7 and it stunted my weight and height a bit."
Lei paled at the mention of the hospital andsaid,
"What happened Harry? Why were you there?"
"He had a severe attack. That's what happened." Severus supplied
Lei looked from her professor to Harry who was looking at the floor and nodding his head. Lei put her arm around Harry's bony shoulders and said,
"Yes but you're back now and you'll get all bulked up again once you start playing quidditch." Harry looked into Lei's eyes, smiled and said,
"I know that Lei."
Lei looked over to Severus and said,
"And I assume that's why there was no class last week?"
"That would be correct Lei."
"Professor why were you taking care of Harry. I was told that you had to take care of him because the accident happened in your class but I have a feeling that that was only part of the truth."
Severus looked over to Harry as if silently asking for permission and after a moment of hesitation Harry nodded and Severus said,
"Because I'm his father."
Lei was speechless. Simply speechless. Finally after a minute she stammered,
"But......how?!"
Severus quirked an eyebrow and said,
"I thought that would be obvious Lei."
Lei blushed and said,
"I thought at the end of the summer that Harry looked like you. Especially in your rooms before we came up here. But I thought it was just a coincidence and so I dismissed it."
Lei rounded on Harry and said,
"And why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Well I wanted to tell Ron and Hermione first and I told them the night before the accident in class happened and I couldn't find you after I told them and as the muggle americans say 'the rest is history.'"
Lei nodded and said,
"All right, that seems like a good enough excuse."
Harry snorted while Severus muttered an 'I'll say'
Well Harry I've got some homework to do and I'm sure that I stink from dance class so I'm going to go take a trip to the prefects bathroom." Lei said "and see Doug." she added as an afterthought.
Harry smirked and looked at the floor and Severus raised his eyebrow at the 7th year. Lei quickly said,
"Don't give me that look professor you know very well how Doug and I are!"
"You're right I do Lei. Have fun and I'll see you in class."
Lei waved and took her leave. Severus shut the door and walked over to Harry and pulled him into a hug and said,
"I'm proud of you, you handled that very well."
Harry nodded and squeezed his father and said,
"You should probably get going, it's going to look suspicious to the students if you're coming out of the gryffindor prefects area."
Severus nodded his head and said,
"You're probably right. I will see you in class tomorrow."
Severus kissed the top of Harry's head and released him and walked out of the room.
A/N: That took me 2 days to type and I hope it was okay I might slow down in putting out the chapters because I got my midterm grades and they're not good and I really need to get on the ball and pull them up and it's getting to be that stage in the semester where I've got concerts to do and tons of papers and projects to do and since I'm a senior I really need to pass all of these classes and do reallywell in them. But push that little button down in the left hand corner and leave me a review and tell me what you think of this chapter.
Chapter 22
Sunday morning dawned bright and clear without a hint of a cloud in the sky. To stay awake all night Severus had alternated between reading and taking a couple of doses of an energy potion. Harry woke up at 9 o'clock to see his father sitting in a chair next to his bed watching him intently,
"Any dreams or visions?"
Harry chewed his lower lip for a moment, thinking and said,
"Yes, just one. Voldemort was 'initiating' the junior death eaters from last week since they had apparently passed all of their 'tests'. But there was no planning or attacks."
Severus nodded and said,
"Well then the potion worked."
Harry grinned and said
"Yes it did."
Harry launched himself at Severus and hugged him tight and said
"Thanks dad for doing this. I love you."
Severus held tightly onto Harry said,
"I love you too Harry. Now you realize that you'll have to take this every single night right before you go to bed."
Harry nodded and stood up and made a dash for the bathroom since he desperately had to go. Severus watched Harry dash from the room and shook his head and smiled and walked out to the main chamber to order breakfast.
After the two had eaten Hermione dropped by and gave Harry the homework from thursday and friday that he needed to have for classes for the upcoming week. After breakfast Harry took a shower and got dressed in a emerald green sweater and a pair of black trousers.
Harry spent the rest of the day doing the homework to be made up and Severus spent it helping Harry where he needed it and reading. Just before 6 o'clock Severus said,
"Harry do you want to eat in the Great Hall or here?"
Harry mumbled and looked down at his feet then Severus said,
"Harry speak up, I can't hear you."
"I'd rather eat down here with you. I don't think I'm ready to face the rest of the school yet."
Severus nodded and walked over to Harry and put his arm across the boy's still bony shoulders and turned the boy's head so they were looking in eachothers eyes and said,
"Harry, you have nothing to be ashamed about. It's perfectly fine, okay?"
Harry softened under his father's obsidian gaze and said softly,
"All right dad, now can we please eat? I'm starving."
Severus chuckled and said
"All right. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you are entirely too skinny and you're skinnier than you were before all of this happened."
"Yes but you're not by any means big either." Harry retorted
"That's true but you take after your mother in your height and you have my bone structure but you don't have the meat on your bones like I do." Severus kidded
Harry softened a bit about the mention of his mother, he'd only been told that he had her eyes, but not anything more than that. He didn't notice that his father had been calling him until Severus was physically shaking him. Harry snapped out of his reverie and said,
"What? Huh?"
"You spaced out on me, dinner's here if you want to eat."
Only then did Harry notice the tray of food on the small table in the room. Instantly he felt his mouth water and tucked into shepherds pie and rolls with a ferocity that almost rivaled Dudley. Severus smirked at Harry's antics then arched an eyebrow at the boy that made him slow down and started to eat his meal at a civilized pace.
The meal passed by in relative silence and fairly quickly. Before Harry knew it it was time to make his way back to Gryffindor Tower. He looked to his father and said,
"Dad would you walk with me up to the Tower?"
"Of course Harry. Let's go."
The two exited the quarters. They passed by the Great Hall where dinner was still in full swing so they thankfully wouldn't meet any students on the way back to Gryffindor Tower. Much too soon for Harry's liking they reached the Fat Lady's Portrait who upon seeing Harry said,
"Well I haven't seen you in a while, glad to have you back."
"Thanks, is it all right if Professor Snape comes in with me?"
"Of course, he is a head of house here and the Headmaster has informed me of your two's relationship so it's perfectly fine. Now password if you please."
"gibbering."
The fat lady opened up and the two walked through the empty common room over to the tapestry entrance to the prefects area and giving it the password. Walking down the hallway and then giving the password to enter his room the two stepped inside and paused inside the door and surveyed the room. Clearly a house elf had straightened up the room. Severus walked around surveying and said,
"Nice room."
"Thanks, you should see Lei's. Her room is loaded with pictures, trinkets and other stuf."
Severus sat down in Harry's armchair and said,
"I can imagine."
Harry went about unpacking and putting away his things that he had brought back from his father's rooms. While Harry's back was turned Severus noticed a bushy brown and read head poking taround the door. Severus waved them into the room and Hermione and Ron snuck in and up to Harry's back. Hermione reached up and covered Harry's eyes and said as Harry stiffened unconsciously,
"Guess who"
Harry spun around with a grin and hugged his friend and said
"Hey 'Mione."
Hermione felt the thinness of her friend and mentally frowned but said,
"I figured you'd not come to the Great Hall for dinner tonight and come straight here."
Harry nodded and said,
"Yeah, I didn't feel like facing the whole school yet."
Harry looked over to Ron and said,
"Did you remember to put the sign up?"
Ron loooked back to his friend with a mock offended look on his face and said,
"Of course I did. Besides Herm here would never let me forget anyways."
Harry smirked at his friend and his eyes flicked over to his father who had a bemused expression on his face.
"Have you finished all of your homework yet Harry?" Hermione shot out
Harry quirked a smile and said,
"Of course Hermione, you should know by now that Dad would never not let me finish my homework."
"You're definitely correct about that Harry. You are a prefect and more importantly my son and I will not accept or tolerate anything less than your very best." Severus said slightly seriously.
Harry rolled his eyes and Ron snorted and Hermione let out a little giggle. Hermione grabbed Ron's hand and started to drag the boy towards the door saying,
"We'll see you later Harry. I'm going to help Ron with an essay which I'm sure he hasn't started yet."
Harry looked down, miled and shook his head while Severus quirked an eyebrow.
No sooner had Hermione and Ron left than Lei came in, walked over to Harry and pulled him into a hug and said,
"And just when were you going to tell me that you were back?"
Harry smiled, returned the hug and said,
"As soon as I got settled back in. I swear Lei. Besides I thought you were out. I thought you had dance on sundays."
Lei looked down at her clothes, which consisted of a pair of rainbow knit legwarmers over pink tights and a pink wrap around sweater over her black web-backed leotard.
"You're right Harry. I did have class tonight but I just got back and saw your door open and the light on so I decided to come by."
She stepped back and helpd him at arms length and said,
"You look skinnier than before."
Harry knew she was going to say something along those lines and said,
"I was in Saint Andrews from last saturday until tuesday when I was 7 and it stunted my weight and height a bit."
Lei paled at the mention of the hospital andsaid,
"What happened Harry? Why were you there?"
"He had a severe attack. That's what happened." Severus supplied
Lei looked from her professor to Harry who was looking at the floor and nodding his head. Lei put her arm around Harry's bony shoulders and said,
"Yes but you're back now and you'll get all bulked up again once you start playing quidditch." Harry looked into Lei's eyes, smiled and said,
"I know that Lei."
Lei looked over to Severus and said,
"And I assume that's why there was no class last week?"
"That would be correct Lei."
"Professor why were you taking care of Harry. I was told that you had to take care of him because the accident happened in your class but I have a feeling that that was only part of the truth."
Severus looked over to Harry as if silently asking for permission and after a moment of hesitation Harry nodded and Severus said,
"Because I'm his father."
Lei was speechless. Simply speechless. Finally after a minute she stammered,
"But......how?!"
Severus quirked an eyebrow and said,
"I thought that would be obvious Lei."
Lei blushed and said,
"I thought at the end of the summer that Harry looked like you. Especially in your rooms before we came up here. But I thought it was just a coincidence and so I dismissed it."
Lei rounded on Harry and said,
"And why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Well I wanted to tell Ron and Hermione first and I told them the night before the accident in class happened and I couldn't find you after I told them and as the muggle americans say 'the rest is history.'"
Lei nodded and said,
"All right, that seems like a good enough excuse."
Harry snorted while Severus muttered an 'I'll say'
Well Harry I've got some homework to do and I'm sure that I stink from dance class so I'm going to go take a trip to the prefects bathroom." Lei said "and see Doug." she added as an afterthought.
Harry smirked and looked at the floor and Severus raised his eyebrow at the 7th year. Lei quickly said,
"Don't give me that look professor you know very well how Doug and I are!"
"You're right I do Lei. Have fun and I'll see you in class."
Lei waved and took her leave. Severus shut the door and walked over to Harry and pulled him into a hug and said,
"I'm proud of you, you handled that very well."
Harry nodded and squeezed his father and said,
"You should probably get going, it's going to look suspicious to the students if you're coming out of the gryffindor prefects area."
Severus nodded his head and said,
"You're probably right. I will see you in class tomorrow."
Severus kissed the top of Harry's head and released him and walked out of the room.
A/N: That took me 2 days to type and I hope it was okay I might slow down in putting out the chapters because I got my midterm grades and they're not good and I really need to get on the ball and pull them up and it's getting to be that stage in the semester where I've got concerts to do and tons of papers and projects to do and since I'm a senior I really need to pass all of these classes and do reallywell in them. But push that little button down in the left hand corner and leave me a review and tell me what you think of this chapter.