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Sirius flipped the pancakes onto the counter. "Um, Remus...I think I messed up!" he called.
Sighing, Remus and Severus trudged in looking at the wreck that was once a very spotless kitchen. "What did you do!" Severus asked, eyes wide.
"Making breakfast?" Sirius replied, shrugging, giving them an innocent smile. Remus whipped his wand out, and the mess disappeared. Severus walked over to inspect the 'pancakes,' that looked like a bunch of gooey spots on the counter by the stove.
"Pancakes, Sirius?" Severus said, "More like soup, to me."
"It wasn't as thick as it was suppose to be..." Sirius muttered, frowning. Remus added some ingredients to the batter in the bowl, and stirred.
"Go tend to the children, while we fix your mess..." Severus suggested, pouring Remus' batter into 6 circles. Sirius walked over to the door. As he left, he heard Severus add, "you overgrown 2-year-old!"
Sirius muttered, looking for the three toddlers, finding them sleeping still. He sat down, and looked out the window for the half-hour it took for Remus and Severus to fix breakfast.
Moaning their disagreement, Ron and Harry slowly ate their breakfast. Hermione energetically ate, impatient to see Severus' surprise that he told her about. "Slow down, little one!" Remus said, shocked someone other then Sirius could actually manage to make a mess that big in such a short time.
"Sorry!" Hermione murmured. She finished her pancakes after five minutes. Eagerly, she turned her big eyes to Severus, who was calmly eating his breakfast.
"Where is my surprise?!" she asked. Severus choked. Sirius slapped a hand against his back, pounding him until his choking stopped.
"T-thank you, Sirius," Severus gasped. He wiped his mouth with his napkin, and looked at Hermione. "I'll show you in a few minutes."
"Yay!" she squealed. Harry and Ron had perked up by then, and was looking curiously at him.
"What surprise?" they asked. Severus smiled, and shook his head.
"You'll see in a minute," he said, tipping the plates into the sink. Severus ushered them upstairs, into the library that covered a large portion of the upper floor.
Hermione squealed in delight; the whole two bottom shelves was nothing but books for children, and some of the more complicated books that brainy Hermione Granger would be able to learn to read within a week. Harry and Ron, neither of which didn't read that much, saw books that they wanted to 'read.'
"Happy?" Severus asked, as they tore books out, and peered inside them. They grinned at him.
"Yes!" they yelled, running up to him, hugging Severus. He laughed, and didn't even notice when his arm started bursting with pain.
When Hermione and Harry had went to look at the books, and Ron was in a corner looking at a picture book, Severus gasped. The pain was unbearable, like a knife was being turned in his upper arm.
"Sirius! Remus!" he screamed, wincing. They ran up the stairs, and into the library. Sirius and Remus gave him worried glances.
"What is it?" they asked.
"Watch them...meeting!" Severus choked, running out. What they didn't see, was Hermione streak past them after him.
Sirius flipped the pancakes onto the counter. "Um, Remus...I think I messed up!" he called.
Sighing, Remus and Severus trudged in looking at the wreck that was once a very spotless kitchen. "What did you do!" Severus asked, eyes wide.
"Making breakfast?" Sirius replied, shrugging, giving them an innocent smile. Remus whipped his wand out, and the mess disappeared. Severus walked over to inspect the 'pancakes,' that looked like a bunch of gooey spots on the counter by the stove.
"Pancakes, Sirius?" Severus said, "More like soup, to me."
"It wasn't as thick as it was suppose to be..." Sirius muttered, frowning. Remus added some ingredients to the batter in the bowl, and stirred.
"Go tend to the children, while we fix your mess..." Severus suggested, pouring Remus' batter into 6 circles. Sirius walked over to the door. As he left, he heard Severus add, "you overgrown 2-year-old!"
Sirius muttered, looking for the three toddlers, finding them sleeping still. He sat down, and looked out the window for the half-hour it took for Remus and Severus to fix breakfast.
Moaning their disagreement, Ron and Harry slowly ate their breakfast. Hermione energetically ate, impatient to see Severus' surprise that he told her about. "Slow down, little one!" Remus said, shocked someone other then Sirius could actually manage to make a mess that big in such a short time.
"Sorry!" Hermione murmured. She finished her pancakes after five minutes. Eagerly, she turned her big eyes to Severus, who was calmly eating his breakfast.
"Where is my surprise?!" she asked. Severus choked. Sirius slapped a hand against his back, pounding him until his choking stopped.
"T-thank you, Sirius," Severus gasped. He wiped his mouth with his napkin, and looked at Hermione. "I'll show you in a few minutes."
"Yay!" she squealed. Harry and Ron had perked up by then, and was looking curiously at him.
"What surprise?" they asked. Severus smiled, and shook his head.
"You'll see in a minute," he said, tipping the plates into the sink. Severus ushered them upstairs, into the library that covered a large portion of the upper floor.
Hermione squealed in delight; the whole two bottom shelves was nothing but books for children, and some of the more complicated books that brainy Hermione Granger would be able to learn to read within a week. Harry and Ron, neither of which didn't read that much, saw books that they wanted to 'read.'
"Happy?" Severus asked, as they tore books out, and peered inside them. They grinned at him.
"Yes!" they yelled, running up to him, hugging Severus. He laughed, and didn't even notice when his arm started bursting with pain.
When Hermione and Harry had went to look at the books, and Ron was in a corner looking at a picture book, Severus gasped. The pain was unbearable, like a knife was being turned in his upper arm.
"Sirius! Remus!" he screamed, wincing. They ran up the stairs, and into the library. Sirius and Remus gave him worried glances.
"What is it?" they asked.
"Watch them...meeting!" Severus choked, running out. What they didn't see, was Hermione streak past them after him.