Chapter Thirty-Eight

~He's going to get better. C'mon, say it with me, Severus. ~

'He's going to get better,' Severus thought. 'And you are going to shut up while I'm teaching a class.'

~Spoilsport, ~ the voice giggled. It giggled.

'Now I know I'm going insane,' Severus pursed his lips.

Shocking the entire Gryffindor/Slytherin seventh year class, Severus stood and began making rounds without even thinking about it. He hadn't done his potions checking since his leg had been injured, but he hadn't started when his leg healed.

"Professor Snape! Your leg...it's healed!" The Head Girl pointed out.

"Really, Miss Granger, your astuteness amazes me," Severus said dryly.

"How did it get better? I thought you'd never be able to walk on it properly again!"

"I believe I have what muggles call a guardian angel," the corners of the Potions Master's mouth turned up as he turned.

***

"It was weird," Seamus commented as the Gryffindors sat down in their common rooms.

"I know! It was like he was a whole different person!" Ron nodded.

"And what he said about a guardian angel, that really threw me off," Hermione agreed.

"Something inexplicable's going on. I heard Mme Pomfrey say that there was no way his leg could be fixed," Dean said. He had been in the Infirmary when the Potions Master was being treated. Dean had sustained a blow to the head when a Death Eater knocked him to the ground. He had nothing more than a concussion and a week's worth of headaches. It seemed that was the reason for Seamus's new calmness. The Irishman didn't act so hyper anymore.

"I wonder if anyone knows what happened," Seamus said.

"Maybe Draco does; apparently, Snape's his godfather," Hermione told.

"Well, that explains why our blonde Slytherin keeps going in and out of Snape's chambers at night," Seamus assessed. "I knew it all along."

"Seamus, you thought they were shagging," Dean deadpanned. Seamus glared at his boyfriend.

"That's gross. Can you imagine anyone shagging Snape?" Ron grimaced.

***

Invisible Severus brushed hair away from Harry's closed eyes and cupped the sleeping boy's cheek. The Head of Slytherin placed a kiss on Harry's lips, wishing to be the prince from the muggle fairy-tale of Sleeping Beauty.

"Wake up, Harry. Wake up whenever you're ready," Severus whispered. "I'm waiting for you."

***

Draco came into the shop as Fred was locking up the store for the night.

"Hey, love," Fred smiled at him. "George's upstairs getting ready. We're going to go out to dinner tonight."

"Aw, are my poor babies too tired to cook after such a long day?" Draco grinned, kissing him on the cheek. Fred rolled his eyes at the blonde, who smiled at him.

"Hi, love," George grinned as he came into the front room.

"Hi, Georgie," Draco teased as he kissed the younger twin.

"George hates being called that, Draco," Fred grinned as his twin glared.

"Sorry, love."

"C'mon, you two, let's go eat," Fred smiled

***

"So, Lavender, are you going to Fred, George, and Draco's wedding?" Hermione asked her year mate.

"No. I'll not go to some freak wedding. It's disgusting," Lavender sneered.

"Lav?" Parvati was startled by her friend's words.

"They're brothers! It's gross!"

"Lavender, they can't help it. They love each other," Ron said. "That's why the Wizarding Laws allow it."

"It's disgusting and wrong! It's immoral and sick!"

Parvati was close to tears. "How long have you felt this way?"

"What do you mean?" Lavender half spat at her friend.

"Lavender, all identical twins are like that," Parvati told her. "It's our souls. A regular person has half a soul. Identical twins have, each, one half of that half."

"So you're like the Weasley twins?" Lavender's nose curled up in disgust.

"Yes. Lavender, we can't help that we love each other. We're soulmates. And still there's a part of our soul in another person. Our souls have to be together."

"It's sickening," Lavender spat, glaring at her once friend. "If I had known, I wouldn't have ever spoken to you."

And with that, she stalked out of the common room, and Parvati burst into tears. The entire common room watched as Hermione pulled the crying girl into her arms.

***

The next morning, almost the entire Great Hall glared at Lavender Brown. She sat at one end of the Gryffindor table, and no one talked to her. Parvati was still upset, and hid in her dorm room. Padma was the only one she would see.

When Draco came in fro breakfast, he immediately noticed the hostility. He asked Ron and Hermione what had happened.

"Lavender told Parvati that loving Padma was sick and disgusting," Hermione whispered to him.

"What?" He gasped.

"Yeah. It came up when I asked Lavender if she wanted to go to your wedding. She said she wouldn't go because Fred and George were brothers and it was sick," Hermione nodded.

"That bitch!"

Ron and Hermione nodded in agreement.

"I can't believe that whore!" Draco whisper-yelled.

"I wanted to slap her so badly..."Hermione's fists shook. "How could she do that to her best friend?"

"I don't know, but what do you say to slipping her a potion?"

"What do you have in mind?" Hermione smirked.

***

Severus awoke to fingers dancing along his forehead. He looked at Harry, but the teen was not moving, so he dismissed it as his cruel imagination. But then, the fingers moved again. Harry was moving his fingers.

"Oh, Merlin. Harry? Harry, move you fingers again," Severus whispered hopefully. He got wiggling digits in reply. "Harry, open your eyes. Open your eyes."

Severus picked up Harry's hand and squeezed it tightly. The hand squeezed back.

"Open your eyes, love. Open them for me," Severus whispered a little louder. The teenager moaned slightly but didn't open his eyes. "Harry, can you hear me? Squeeze my hand once if you can."

One squeeze. Severus's heart lifted.

"Can you open your eyes? One for yes, twice for no."

Two squeezes.

"Harry, I'm going to go get Mme Pomfrey, alright?" Another squeeze. Severus let go of the hand and took a phial from his pocket. It was the Invisible Potion's antidote, for the Invisible Potion would last until the antidote was taken. He drank it and went to get the Medi-witch.

The matron and the Potions Professor ran out of her office seconds later. Poppy set to casting spells, and ordered Severus to get potions from his office.

***

Severus ran past Ron, Hermione, and Draco in his hurry to his office.

The trio stared in shock. They'd never seen the professor run before. He ran past them a second time, with his arms full of potion phials.

"He's heading towards the Infirmary," Draco said.

"How do you know?"

"I just do!" Draco took off after his head of house.

The blonde was right. His godfather ran through the Hospital Wing doors and Draco quickly followed.

The Slytherin gasped as he saw Harry moving.

"Severus, hold him while I pour these down his throat," Mme Pomfrey told him. The Potions Master nodded and held his lover still while the nurse attempted to get him to drink. Draco joined his godfather in holding the Gryffindor still. When Harry wouldn't swallow, Severus massaged his throat and the saviour involuntarily swallowed the potion.

"Draco, pour this one on a cloth and put it over his eyes," Poppy handed him a phial. Draco did as he was told, and poured the mint-y smelling potion on a hospital cloth. The ex-Malfoy placed the cloth over his friend's closed eyes. "Hold it there. He'll try to fight it."

And he did. The Boy-Who-Lived thrashed out as the potion stung his eyes.

"Harry, calm down. We're trying to help you," Draco said into the green-eyed boy's ear. The blonde held the cloth over his friend's eyes firmly.

"Alright, Draco, you can take it off," Poppy told him. "Let go of him, now."

The three stepped back, Draco holding the cloth in his hands. Harry lashed out a bit more and his eyes began blinking rapidly.

"Harry, Harry, look at me," Draco said. "Harry."

The Gryffindor blinked a little slower this time, and turned his head to look at the three.

"What the hell happened?" Harry croaked.

End Chapter Thirty-Eight

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