Chapter Thirty-One

Staying steadfast in his promise, Severus cast an Invisibility spell on himself and walked Harry to his godfather's room. When they reached the hidden entrance, Severus whispered to him," When you get ready to leave, make sure you have someone help you, all right? You should not even be out of bed, let alone traipsing around playing hero."

Harry couldn't see him, but he could feel the teasing smirk. "Fine, but only because if I don't, you'll chew me out."

His lover let out a chuckle and pressed a kiss to Harry's lightning bolt scar. "I should have the potion done tomorrow. Shit, I forgot to ask; when did Poppy say that you would succumb to the coma stage?"

"A week's time," Harry answered distastefully; he didn't quite like the word 'succumb'.

"Damn it, that means it was especially transmittable last time we…" the Potions Master trailed off.

"Madame Pomfrey said that you'd have to drink it, as well," Harry nodded.

"Said me specifically, or just your…lover?"

"Lover," Harry said, grinning over his should to where Severus was standing.

"Well, Dumbledore knows about us now," Severus told him dryly.

"What? How?" Harry gasped.

"Nothing gets by that old man," Severus told him. "You should go in now, Harry. I'll see you tomorrow, eh?"

"Sure," Harry grinned. Severus kissed him, and waited until Harry knocked and entered the chambers of the remaining Marauders to go back to his own rooms.

***

"Hey, Harry!" Sirius grinned as he came through the entrance.

"Hey, Si…" Harry coughed hard as he tried to say Sirius's name. He coughed into his sleeve and held up a finger. Once he stopped, he resumed his greeting. "Hi, Sirius."

"Hey, kiddo, you all right?" Sirius stepped forward.

"I've got Wizard's flu," Harry wheezed.

"Fuck!" Sirius gasped. "You've gotten medicine, right?"

"Professor Snape's making me some right now."

"Harry, damn, you should be in bed, not up and around. Merlin, does Draco know?"

"Yeah, he dragged me to the Hospital Wing. Then he made sure I went and asked Snape to make the medicine for me," Harry nodded, and sat down on the couch.

"And he didn't make you go lie down?"

"I made him go to Hogsmeade," Harry smiled at him. "He wouldn't have gone otherwise."

"How did you manage to do that?" Remus asked as he came out of their bedroom.

"I have my ways," Harry grinned. It faltered when he coughed.

"Come on, Harry, and I'll fix you a nice cup of tea. It'll make you feel a tad better," Remus motioned for him and Sirius to follow him into the small dining room.

Sirius helped Harry stand and led him into the little room. Harry smiled weakly and sat down in one of the chairs.

Remus had a kettle setting on what looked like a muggle hot plate and was fixing three cups of tea.

"How do you take your tea, Harry?"

"Four lumps of sugar, and a shot of cream," Harry answered.

Sirius grinned. "James took his exactly the same way."

"Really?" Harry smiled. "What about mum?"

Remus took the steaming teapot off the heating device. "Lily didn't like tea very often, but when she did, she always drank spiced tea. Orange, cinnamon, and lots of sugar."

Harry smiled and took the cup from Remus's hands. He grimaced slightly when it burned his tongue. Remus handed another cup to his husband and sat down with his own.

"The house elves are going to send dinner up when regular dinner starts," Sirius told him, before conjuring up a small plate of biscuits. Remus glanced at him disapprovingly, and Harry giggled when the animagus stuck out his tongue.

"Now, how in the world did you manage to get Draco to leave you?" Remus asked, peeing over his cup at Harry. He had a good idea, but he wanted to see if James's son would tell.

Harry's eyes twinkled. "I told him that unless he would go to Hogsmeade for his date instead of staying with me, I would ask Snape for the medicine," Harry told. The werewolf was surprised that the Boy-Who-Lived had revealed that much, but he knew it wasn't the full truth.

"Ingenious," Sirius smirked.

"You're making fun of me, aren't you?" Harry pouted.

"Oh no, of course not," Sirius grinned.

"You're a jerk, Padfoot," the D.A.D.A. teacher shook his head.

"What?"

Harry laughed, and it turned into a cough. The orphan waved off the concerned looks of his 'parents' and took a sip of his tea.

"When is grease ball supposed to have your medicine done?"

Harry's clenched jaw didn't go unnoticed by the werewolf, but the other canine was completely oblivious. "Professor Snape said it would be done by dinner tomorrow night."

"Is your mystery bloke going to need any?"

"Madame Pomfrey said that he would need to take some just incase," Harry nodded.

Remus raised an eyebrow and Harry looked down sheepishly as he realized what he had admitted.

"Well, at least you're not a girl," Sirius grinned. "Remus would kill you right now if you were."

The professor rolled his eyes, but didn't deny the statement. Harry grinned at him and took a biscuit from Sirius's conjured plate.

"Hey!" Sirius cried out. Harry stuck out his tongue and bit into the sweet. To Remus and Sirius's surprise, Harry made a face of disgust.

"This is gross," Harry put it back on the plate. He took a swig of tea to wash it down.

"Wait, you've never eaten a biscuit before?"

Harry shook his head. "I thought they were supposed to be sweet."

"They are. It's because your tea is so sweet that it doesn't taste good," Remus explained.

"Oh. I'll try one later then," Harry smiled politely. Remus and Sirius shared a look.

"So, Harry, what do you want for Christmas?" Sirius asked, brining a welcome subject change.

Harry's eyes lit up. "Oh, you're going to need a quill and about ten sheets of parchment for this."

"Great going Padfoot," Remus glared slightly.

"Honestly, it was just a simple question, Moony. I didn't know that he'd give us a list to rival Arabella's," Sirius glared back at his husband.

"Arabella Figg?" Harry asked, now curious.

"Yeah. One year…I think it was in sixth year…Bella gave us this list of presents that she wanted for Christmas, her birthday, or if we were feeling generous," Remus began.

"Most of the things she had on there had to do with books. I swear, there were more books on that list than in the entire library; including the Restricted Section!" Sirius added. "And this list, Merlin, it must have been the size of a book! It was ridicules."

"She posted it in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room were everyone could see it. She got several of the books, but I don't think she ever got all of them," Remus grinned.

***

"You need help walking, Harry," Sirius told him as the boy tried to stand on his own.

"No I don't. I'll be fine," Harry waved off his protests. Sirius reached out to help him, but the green eyed boy swatted his hand away. The sudden motion caused Harry to lose his balance, but fortunately, Sirius caught him.

"Just stay here tonight," Remus offered.

Harry shook his head. "I don't want to be a burden."

"You won't be, Har," Sirius told him. "You'd be more of a burden if you tried to walk to your room by yourself, because we'd be up all night worrying about whether or not you made it there okay."

"Well, I'm not staying here," Harry crossed his arms. "I'm not going to be kept up all night by sounds that no child should here from their parents."

Sirius and Remus burst out laughing, and Harry managed a weak chuckle.

"All right then. I'll walk you to your rooms," Remus chortled.

End Chapter Thirty-One

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