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Sorry if I took a while to update. I went to a family reunion.
Thanks to the people who reviewed!
To Athenakitty: I don't know if I can add more Dursley torture but maybe I will. The snake'll end up as Harry's pet. =] I don't know if Severus will bottom though, it doesn't sound like him. =]
To Selina: Thanks. I know, *that part* must have hurt. But anyway. =]
To Sylvanus Snape: Thanks, and for the updating part, there's just so little to do that I write everyday. =] Oh, and I might not be able to update next week because I'm visiting my dad in the province. I'll notify you if I'm going or not. Enjoy!
To Sela: I can see Severus reading comics, but I can't see him dressed in red. I was laughing when I wrote that! *giggles* =]
To Katy999: Thanks! Enjoy! =]
To smoofie: Can you shed some light on me? I'm obviously new in the writing business. What's MPREG?
To :}: Why yah gonna puke? Hehe. =]
To Selua: Here's more! Thanks. Enjoy!
To Frizzy: I do have short chapters and I'm trying to do something about it. =]
To Bonnie: Thanks!
To Lord R: I think you're right. =] Thanks by the way.
Chapter six: The Weekend and the Gifts
They stayed in the bath, relaxing. As they were about to get up, Severus playfully ruffled Harry's hair. Harry glared. "It's already messy as is, Severus, can't you even give it any respect?" He joked. Severus laughed.
They got dressed and walked out of the bath. "These comics are really good tension relievers. They make you laugh." Severus said when he picked the comic book he was reading and flipped to the page he stopped in. Harry walked into the library and took the tiny snake in his hands. "Hey." Harry hissed. The snake hissed its greeting back. Harry let the snake wrap around his wrist and walked into the bedroom.
He sat down on the bed beside Severus. "Severus, don't you have any shorter name or nickname? Severus is too long." Harry asked. "Call me Sev. No ridiculous pet names." Sev said. Harry nodded.
"Um. Sev?" Harry asked, seeking the man's attention. "Mm?" The man asked, not looking up from his comic. "Can you teach me a few things in Potions? I mean, so I can get my tutoring done for the next weekend and I wouldn't have to cram that much." Harry asked. Sev nodded. "Tomorrow." Sev replied, still too engrossed in his comic. "Okay. Thanks." Harry said. He looked at the clock. Twelve midnight. "This late already?" Harry mumbled, finally feeling the exhaustion from their activities. (A/N: *grins maliciously* =] HEHE!)
Severus glanced at the clock. "Better get some rest now, Harry. We're going to look for a muggle house tomorrow." Sev said, dropping the comic book to the floor, settling down on his side of the bed. "Muggle house? Whatever for?" Harry asked. "Albus told me we'll be living in a muggle home during summer. Oh, and you'll be attending an university of magic of some sort. I attended too when I graduated. Now get some sleep." Sev replied. "Okay." Harry said, took off his glasses and put it on the bedside table. He urged the snake to sleep beside his glasses, for it'll no doubt be squished if it slept on Harry's wrist. It did so and Harry settled down to sleep.
Just as he was drifting off he was shocked out of his drowsiness when Sev put an arm around his waist. They snuggled under the sheets and finally fell asleep.
The next morning Harry was shaken awake by one sleepy looking Severus Snape. Harry groaned and flipped over so that his back was towards the man. "Wake up, sleepyhead. We're missing breakfast!" Sev said. Harry sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Eat in the great hall?" Harry asked, yawning. "Yes. Get dressed, muggle clothes. We'll leave after we eat." Severus told Harry.
The boy pulled on some clothes and put an overcoat on, Serpentine curled around his wrist. Sev chuckled. "What?" Harry asked. "Better cover that up." Sev said and pointed at the hickey on Harry's neck. "Oh shucks." Harry said and took of his shirt. He pulled on a turtleneck and Pulled his overcoat back on. "Now can we go?" Harry asked and Sev nodded. He gave Harry a quick peck on the lips and they headed towards the great hall.
They entered the great hall through the faculty entrance and the hall immediately fell quiet. Harry and Sev took their seats. "Um. Sev? Why are they all staring at us?" Harry asked. Sev shrugged. "So Harry, did you sleep well?" Dumbledore asked as an attempt to break the ice. Harry choked on his omelet. Sev glared at Dumbledore. Then suddenly Harry started to laugh. The whole hall followed, even the Slytherins and the teachers, save Severus whose mouth only twitched.
The rest of the meal came uneventfully, but when the morning owl arrived. All the owls save the Slytherins' went straight for Sev and Harry. "Aaaah! Duck!" Harry said and dropped under the table when the owls dropped piles of shrinked boxes on the table. Severus blinked.
Harry sat down again and stared at the huge pile of letters and boxes. He blinked. Once. Twice. Then he started laughing again. "I think Harry's lost his marbles." Neville said to Dean, who nodded and told it to Seamus, who told it to Ron, who told it to Hermione. It stopped at Hermione who glared.
After they had eaten, they left the pile of letters and gifts on the table, as Dumbledore has said, as he had ordered the house elves to take them to Harry and Severus' quarters. They walked towards the owlery, as Harry had suggested that Serpentine could get something from the owls' food. Take mice for example.
After the snake had taken its fill, they left the owlery and headed towards Hogsmeade, where they would again, apparate. They apparated to the Dursleys, as Sev had said it was easier to find a vacant muggle house since it was near houses.
They exited the house and walked around, looking for 'For Sale' houses. They finally spotted a mansion that was going on sale. They walked to it and Sev rang the doorbell. When the butler opened the door, Sev immediately told him that they would like to see the owner about the house.
The butler told the men to sit down in the spacious living room and went off to get the owner. The owner appeared immediately and introduced herself as Kelly.
"We'd like to know how much the house costs." Sev said. "Alright. For the initial payment it's three hundred thousand, and the rest of it is seven hundred thousand. It totals to a million. You can choose down payment though. Plus you get the furniture." Kelly answered. 'A fine price for a house this big.' Sev told Harry mentally. 'Yes, I think too. That would make twenty galleons if we sold the coins to the pawn shop. Don't you think we could sell them to a coin collector?' Harry asked. Severus had to agree.
"Um, excuse me Kelly, but would accept this coin as payment for the house?" Harry asked and handed the home owner the coin. "Oh my god. Where'd you get this? From the looks of it it must be very old and invaluable!" The middle- aged woman said excitedly. "We have sources, do you accept?" Sev answered. "Oh yes, this is far more than what I had bargained for! This will bring me millions! Thank you! I'll pack up immediately. When would you like to have the house?" The woman said and jumped up. "Starting from summer." Sev replied promptly. The woman nodded and told them that she would start packing up and find a hotel. Sev and Harry bid her a fond goodbye and walked back to the Dursleys.
"Sev, would you believe that! One galleon for a house that big! It's a steal! I feel like laughing." Harry said and chuckled. Sev smiled. "Indeed. But I think you would like to get started on opening our presents, no?" Sev asked. Harry nodded and they snuck into a nearby alley and apparated to the end of the forbidden forest.
They walked into their quarters and Harry was almost shocked out of their wits when he saw that the room was almost full. "We better get started." Harry said and summoned for a parchment and a quill. He started opening the gifts and started laughing when he saw a gift from the Malfoys. He wrote their name down on the parchment and did so with the rest of the gifts, and when that was done Harry started opening letters. Sev was already halfway through the letters, using a spell to write down the names of those that they should thank.
After doing that and spelling parchments to have the same writing, (They all say: Thanks for your generous gift or word of congratulations. Sorry but we received so much gifts that we could not write each of you personally. Harry and Severus) and summoned a house elf to bring the stack of replies to the owlery. Harry shrunk the letters and stacked them up, then stuck them in an empty bookshelf. Sev shrunk the unopened gifts and spelled a gift to be a portkey and used it to travel to the Dursleys faster.
He walked to their new house, which was about a block away and glanced at the sold sign. He used magic to see if there was anyone else in the house and when he was sure there was no one else he walked in and dropped the gifts on the side. He walked back out and when he turned to lock the door he noticed a piece of paper stuck to the doorknob. He pulled it of and read it.
Dearest Severus and Harry,
Thank you again for your generous payment. As I had said the furniture comes with the house, and I had vacated the house as soon as you left. If you have any problems and would like to contact me, my mobile phone number is on a piece of paper beside the telephone. I hope you will like the house.
Yours truly, Kelly
He folded the paper and put it in his pocket. He walked to the backyard and waited a few seconds for the portkey to activate and appeared back in the dungeons, hold their gift from the Malfoys.
"Harry, we won't be able to study potions right now, sorry." Sev said as he handed Harry the Weasleys' and Hermione's gifts and took the portkey spell off the Malfoys' gift. Harry returned the gifts to their real size and opened Hermione's gift first. Two books. One on DADA and one on Potions. How typical. Harry opened Ron's gift. Quidditch figurine. How predictable. He opened the gift from the rest of the Weasleys. Sweaters from Molly, silverware from the rest and some joke things from Fred and George's joke shop.
He yawned and put them away, noting to thank them personally. "What's from the Malfoys?" Harry asked Sev. "Matching cloak pins, Matching bracelets and some more jewelry." Sev replied and handed Harry the box. Harry gasped. "This must've been expensive." Harry said as he put on his bracelet and handed Severus his. Engraved in a snake pendant on their bracelets was their partner's name. He took the box and put it in a cabinet in the wardrobe. He walked back out and dropped to bed. Severus soon followed and dropped in next to Harry. "Your first day of teaching tomorrow, Harry." Sev said and Harry groaned. They snuggled under the sheets again and drifted off to sleep.
-End of Chapter Six- How'd yah like it? =] REVIEW PLEASE!!!! =] I have to say again that I might go to the province next week, but I'm not sure yet so I'll tell you if I will. Bye!
Sorry if I took a while to update. I went to a family reunion.
Thanks to the people who reviewed!
To Athenakitty: I don't know if I can add more Dursley torture but maybe I will. The snake'll end up as Harry's pet. =] I don't know if Severus will bottom though, it doesn't sound like him. =]
To Selina: Thanks. I know, *that part* must have hurt. But anyway. =]
To Sylvanus Snape: Thanks, and for the updating part, there's just so little to do that I write everyday. =] Oh, and I might not be able to update next week because I'm visiting my dad in the province. I'll notify you if I'm going or not. Enjoy!
To Sela: I can see Severus reading comics, but I can't see him dressed in red. I was laughing when I wrote that! *giggles* =]
To Katy999: Thanks! Enjoy! =]
To smoofie: Can you shed some light on me? I'm obviously new in the writing business. What's MPREG?
To :}: Why yah gonna puke? Hehe. =]
To Selua: Here's more! Thanks. Enjoy!
To Frizzy: I do have short chapters and I'm trying to do something about it. =]
To Bonnie: Thanks!
To Lord R: I think you're right. =] Thanks by the way.
Chapter six: The Weekend and the Gifts
They stayed in the bath, relaxing. As they were about to get up, Severus playfully ruffled Harry's hair. Harry glared. "It's already messy as is, Severus, can't you even give it any respect?" He joked. Severus laughed.
They got dressed and walked out of the bath. "These comics are really good tension relievers. They make you laugh." Severus said when he picked the comic book he was reading and flipped to the page he stopped in. Harry walked into the library and took the tiny snake in his hands. "Hey." Harry hissed. The snake hissed its greeting back. Harry let the snake wrap around his wrist and walked into the bedroom.
He sat down on the bed beside Severus. "Severus, don't you have any shorter name or nickname? Severus is too long." Harry asked. "Call me Sev. No ridiculous pet names." Sev said. Harry nodded.
"Um. Sev?" Harry asked, seeking the man's attention. "Mm?" The man asked, not looking up from his comic. "Can you teach me a few things in Potions? I mean, so I can get my tutoring done for the next weekend and I wouldn't have to cram that much." Harry asked. Sev nodded. "Tomorrow." Sev replied, still too engrossed in his comic. "Okay. Thanks." Harry said. He looked at the clock. Twelve midnight. "This late already?" Harry mumbled, finally feeling the exhaustion from their activities. (A/N: *grins maliciously* =] HEHE!)
Severus glanced at the clock. "Better get some rest now, Harry. We're going to look for a muggle house tomorrow." Sev said, dropping the comic book to the floor, settling down on his side of the bed. "Muggle house? Whatever for?" Harry asked. "Albus told me we'll be living in a muggle home during summer. Oh, and you'll be attending an university of magic of some sort. I attended too when I graduated. Now get some sleep." Sev replied. "Okay." Harry said, took off his glasses and put it on the bedside table. He urged the snake to sleep beside his glasses, for it'll no doubt be squished if it slept on Harry's wrist. It did so and Harry settled down to sleep.
Just as he was drifting off he was shocked out of his drowsiness when Sev put an arm around his waist. They snuggled under the sheets and finally fell asleep.
The next morning Harry was shaken awake by one sleepy looking Severus Snape. Harry groaned and flipped over so that his back was towards the man. "Wake up, sleepyhead. We're missing breakfast!" Sev said. Harry sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Eat in the great hall?" Harry asked, yawning. "Yes. Get dressed, muggle clothes. We'll leave after we eat." Severus told Harry.
The boy pulled on some clothes and put an overcoat on, Serpentine curled around his wrist. Sev chuckled. "What?" Harry asked. "Better cover that up." Sev said and pointed at the hickey on Harry's neck. "Oh shucks." Harry said and took of his shirt. He pulled on a turtleneck and Pulled his overcoat back on. "Now can we go?" Harry asked and Sev nodded. He gave Harry a quick peck on the lips and they headed towards the great hall.
They entered the great hall through the faculty entrance and the hall immediately fell quiet. Harry and Sev took their seats. "Um. Sev? Why are they all staring at us?" Harry asked. Sev shrugged. "So Harry, did you sleep well?" Dumbledore asked as an attempt to break the ice. Harry choked on his omelet. Sev glared at Dumbledore. Then suddenly Harry started to laugh. The whole hall followed, even the Slytherins and the teachers, save Severus whose mouth only twitched.
The rest of the meal came uneventfully, but when the morning owl arrived. All the owls save the Slytherins' went straight for Sev and Harry. "Aaaah! Duck!" Harry said and dropped under the table when the owls dropped piles of shrinked boxes on the table. Severus blinked.
Harry sat down again and stared at the huge pile of letters and boxes. He blinked. Once. Twice. Then he started laughing again. "I think Harry's lost his marbles." Neville said to Dean, who nodded and told it to Seamus, who told it to Ron, who told it to Hermione. It stopped at Hermione who glared.
After they had eaten, they left the pile of letters and gifts on the table, as Dumbledore has said, as he had ordered the house elves to take them to Harry and Severus' quarters. They walked towards the owlery, as Harry had suggested that Serpentine could get something from the owls' food. Take mice for example.
After the snake had taken its fill, they left the owlery and headed towards Hogsmeade, where they would again, apparate. They apparated to the Dursleys, as Sev had said it was easier to find a vacant muggle house since it was near houses.
They exited the house and walked around, looking for 'For Sale' houses. They finally spotted a mansion that was going on sale. They walked to it and Sev rang the doorbell. When the butler opened the door, Sev immediately told him that they would like to see the owner about the house.
The butler told the men to sit down in the spacious living room and went off to get the owner. The owner appeared immediately and introduced herself as Kelly.
"We'd like to know how much the house costs." Sev said. "Alright. For the initial payment it's three hundred thousand, and the rest of it is seven hundred thousand. It totals to a million. You can choose down payment though. Plus you get the furniture." Kelly answered. 'A fine price for a house this big.' Sev told Harry mentally. 'Yes, I think too. That would make twenty galleons if we sold the coins to the pawn shop. Don't you think we could sell them to a coin collector?' Harry asked. Severus had to agree.
"Um, excuse me Kelly, but would accept this coin as payment for the house?" Harry asked and handed the home owner the coin. "Oh my god. Where'd you get this? From the looks of it it must be very old and invaluable!" The middle- aged woman said excitedly. "We have sources, do you accept?" Sev answered. "Oh yes, this is far more than what I had bargained for! This will bring me millions! Thank you! I'll pack up immediately. When would you like to have the house?" The woman said and jumped up. "Starting from summer." Sev replied promptly. The woman nodded and told them that she would start packing up and find a hotel. Sev and Harry bid her a fond goodbye and walked back to the Dursleys.
"Sev, would you believe that! One galleon for a house that big! It's a steal! I feel like laughing." Harry said and chuckled. Sev smiled. "Indeed. But I think you would like to get started on opening our presents, no?" Sev asked. Harry nodded and they snuck into a nearby alley and apparated to the end of the forbidden forest.
They walked into their quarters and Harry was almost shocked out of their wits when he saw that the room was almost full. "We better get started." Harry said and summoned for a parchment and a quill. He started opening the gifts and started laughing when he saw a gift from the Malfoys. He wrote their name down on the parchment and did so with the rest of the gifts, and when that was done Harry started opening letters. Sev was already halfway through the letters, using a spell to write down the names of those that they should thank.
After doing that and spelling parchments to have the same writing, (They all say: Thanks for your generous gift or word of congratulations. Sorry but we received so much gifts that we could not write each of you personally. Harry and Severus) and summoned a house elf to bring the stack of replies to the owlery. Harry shrunk the letters and stacked them up, then stuck them in an empty bookshelf. Sev shrunk the unopened gifts and spelled a gift to be a portkey and used it to travel to the Dursleys faster.
He walked to their new house, which was about a block away and glanced at the sold sign. He used magic to see if there was anyone else in the house and when he was sure there was no one else he walked in and dropped the gifts on the side. He walked back out and when he turned to lock the door he noticed a piece of paper stuck to the doorknob. He pulled it of and read it.
Dearest Severus and Harry,
Thank you again for your generous payment. As I had said the furniture comes with the house, and I had vacated the house as soon as you left. If you have any problems and would like to contact me, my mobile phone number is on a piece of paper beside the telephone. I hope you will like the house.
Yours truly, Kelly
He folded the paper and put it in his pocket. He walked to the backyard and waited a few seconds for the portkey to activate and appeared back in the dungeons, hold their gift from the Malfoys.
"Harry, we won't be able to study potions right now, sorry." Sev said as he handed Harry the Weasleys' and Hermione's gifts and took the portkey spell off the Malfoys' gift. Harry returned the gifts to their real size and opened Hermione's gift first. Two books. One on DADA and one on Potions. How typical. Harry opened Ron's gift. Quidditch figurine. How predictable. He opened the gift from the rest of the Weasleys. Sweaters from Molly, silverware from the rest and some joke things from Fred and George's joke shop.
He yawned and put them away, noting to thank them personally. "What's from the Malfoys?" Harry asked Sev. "Matching cloak pins, Matching bracelets and some more jewelry." Sev replied and handed Harry the box. Harry gasped. "This must've been expensive." Harry said as he put on his bracelet and handed Severus his. Engraved in a snake pendant on their bracelets was their partner's name. He took the box and put it in a cabinet in the wardrobe. He walked back out and dropped to bed. Severus soon followed and dropped in next to Harry. "Your first day of teaching tomorrow, Harry." Sev said and Harry groaned. They snuggled under the sheets again and drifted off to sleep.
-End of Chapter Six- How'd yah like it? =] REVIEW PLEASE!!!! =] I have to say again that I might go to the province next week, but I'm not sure yet so I'll tell you if I will. Bye!