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Chapter Two-Settling In
Harry sat down beside his sister in the entertainment room after dinner. They sat on the overstuffed beanbag seats, after popping in the movie "Die Hard". The two watched, pop corn stuck between them they laughed, jumped and worried throughout the entire movie.
"Does the bad guy look like dad?" Emily asked. Harry shrugged it off and smiled. The movie lasted until ten, so the two decided they would watch another movie, not quite as intense. Harry smiled as he pulled on out and showed it to her.
"Shrek?" She asked.
"I heard from a couple first year's it was a really great movie," Harry explained. Nodding they popped it in and watched it.
Severus sat upstairs smiling as he listened to his children's laughter. At his side was his wife, her feet lay across his lap as she also read a book. He placed his book down and sighed, putting his head back against the couch. Seeing her husband she looked at him, cocking her head slightly.
"Something wrong?" She asked him gently. He shook his head no.
"No, not really, guess stuff is just going through my head right now."
"Stuff? What kind of stuff?" She asked smiling. He shook his head and began to move so he could lie next to her on the couch.
"Not sex, sadly. I guess I was thinking about Lil, and us, and Harry, our baby. That this all seems too good to be true." He explained quietly.
"Severus, I know you loved Lily, believe me I did too, but she wouldn't want you grieving. She really wouldn't. She loved you with all her heart, truth is, above all else, she would really want you to raise Harry and Emily like you two intended. As for us, I know I will never ever replace Lily, and I wouldn't want to, because then I'd be worried if I did. However like Lily I want you to try and get past it, not over it, just past it, so it no longer hurts so much. Harry, I'm afraid hasn't grieved ever. I don't think either of you have, but the time will come I'm sure when one or both of you will break down and let go of all of this pain. I know it hurts Severus, I never didn't know it. I don't expect the pain to ever really go away. Our baby, is doing beautifully from what our doctors have been telling us, so would you please do yourself a favor and stop worrying. We're all going to be okay."
"Are we?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean, it seems like Voldemort has simply gone away. The truth is this war is far from over, and if anyone really thinks it is, they don't know Voldemort as well as I thought they did. People are kidding themselves thinking the darkness is all over. Harry just wants a normal life, I want to finally be happy, Emily wants her father. Will any of us really ever have that?" Leanne shrugged.
"Someday hopefully. Harry can live the best life he wants, as long as he tries not to let the people bother him. Emily has her daddy and is trying so hard to remain loyal to you. We all want to be happy. So let's just savor every moment we have now. Just think, in two months we're going on a honeymoon, at last. As soon as this kid comes in a month we can finally have our honeymoon." He smiled and moved kissing her, he chuckled and jumped when he felt a small kick to his abdomen. Looking down at the swollen stomach of his wife he smiled.
"Our child likes to kick." He whispered kissing her again.
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Harry and Emily finally headed upstairs just past twelve to bed. They bid their parents goodnight and clamored into their rooms. Harry sighed as he crawled under the covers and sighed. As he was lying there he felt something stinging behind his eyes, closing them he was soon fast asleep in his new, safe, and warm house.
Severus and Leanne headed off to bed shortly after their children. The house was quiet. Severus wasn't really asleep, as he held his wife close to his body. He could hear her even breathing, telling him she was in deep sleep. Sighing he looked at his mark on his forearm, like Harry's scar it would always be there.