Family Matters
Chapter 3- Baking, Biographies, and Baby
Notes: Thanks for Kitala, summer, kateydidnt, and liz for reviewing. so far most of this is Sam-centric I want to make the next chapter have more Sev in it though. Keep reviewing. it helps me out a lot. I hope that this chapter helps fill in some of the hole relating to Samantha and Lily's relationship (more on that in a later chapter too) and how Sev kept the fact that he was a D.E. from Samantha. As always. constructive criticism is always welcome! -Confuzzzed-
+First floor (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 12th 1980
James Potter was exhausted from a long day of work when he stumbled out of the floo into the living room of his family's summer-home in Godric's Hollow. He and Lily had closed-up the huge manor and moved into the cottage a week after Samantha came to them. Right now it smelled like Samantha was making Lasagna and Garlic Bread. One major improvement that Samantha had brought with her was her skill at cooking. Neither he, nor Lily, was as skilled in the culinary arts. James in particular was a menace, and Samantha had begun to kick him out of the kitchen when she was cooking. Sure enough he heard Sam tell him to go wash-up for dinner, which Lily had just run out to the garden to get some fresh basil for, and dinner was almost ready. James left his briefcase next to his desk and washed his hands in the hall bathroom. Hearing Lily come in as he reached for the towel. He placed a soft kiss on Lily's hand when Sam was not looking. He had noticed that any excessive kissing or handholding caused Samantha to tear-up and get emotional. As he sat and joined Lily at the table, he watched Samantha puttering around, her large belly getting in the way a bit as she gathered the last few parts of the meal, and levitated a delicious smelling cake out of the oven for desert.
Their plan had worked and they had not seen Severus since, and Lily had maintained that she was pregnant by putting on the glamorie whenever she went out. Both he and Lily were continuing their work against Voldemort, while Samantha worked around the house and read a lot. She seemed to be at peace with what happened, knowing that she had been a fool for not finding Severus' bathroom habits, clothing, or nighttime rituals strange and connecting them to his frequent and long "meetings". Severus always wore long sleeve shirts, and usually was into bed after she was asleep and up before her. He always made-sure the lights were out and it was pitch black in their bedroom whenever they made-love or cuddled intimately. There were no windows in their room so it was not hard for the dungeon room to be devoid of light. She felt so stupid for not noticing that before, but she had resolved to raise their son away from the dark forces, and if that meant that she had to hide from her husband for the rest of her life so be it.
+Potter Gardens (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 28th 1980
Her legs were glad for the break when Sam sat down on a pair of moss- covered rocks in the grove she had taken to sneaking off to over the past few days. The rocks formed a sort of chair that was actually a chair that her back liked. Her body was quite achy from carrying the child, and her back was constantly bothering her. Samantha was also glad to get away from her younger half sister, if just for a little while, to enjoy the outdoors. Lily had begun to stick closer to her as her pregnancy progressed. Not that she minded the company, but she really just needed a breather on her own. As a child, she had spent much of her time alone, while her mother was working at Madame Malkin's. Making specialty robes and gowns for high prices.
Heather Lillian Willard was a lovely dark haired witch, who had fallen in love with Robert Evans, a squib who lived as a muggle, soon after her graduation from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. They had planned on marrying till the threat of Voldemort became too high. Heather loved Robert enough to let him go. Not knowing that she was pregnant at the time. Robert ended up getting engaged to, and marrying, a lovely muggle woman less than a year later. Heather knew that it was not her place to rip apart his marriage, so she birthed and raised her daughter Samantha Violet Willard on her own. She had heard that Robert had a daughter with his muggle wife a few months after she had birthed Sam. Supposedly there was another child born, but Heather was too busy raising their daughter alone and working to look into the family life of her past flame. Samantha was a bright and curious child. She had understood her mother's reasons for why she did not have a father, but secretly wished to meet him. As expected, on her 11th birthday, Samantha received an invitation to both Beauxbatons and Hogwarts. Since Heather had heard many good things about the Hogwarts education and staff, along with it being closer, they had decided that Samantha would attend Hogwarts.
During the sorting she had heard the name Evans and sought out the half- blood girl immediately. It turned out the Lily Evans was one of the other daughters of her father. her half sister. They became very close, even though they were of different houses. Samantha was a Ravenclaw while Lily was a Gryffindor. Neither was quite outstanding so their friendship was not disrupted by the house rivalries. By Christmas break they knew everything there was to know about each other. and could almost finish each other's sentences. Lily had invited Samantha to come home with her for the vacation to meet her father and other half-sister Petunia, but Samantha had already promised to spend it with her mother----
Her thoughts were interrupted by a strong kick in her belly. The baby was still quite active, even though there wasn't much room in there for him to move around anymore. Rubbing the abused area on her belly she leaned against the "back" of he mossy chair and sang softly to her unborn child, it calmed and fell back asleep quickly. Rubbing her belly once more she sighed. The bulge of her belly had "dropped" a few days ago, a clear sign that the baby would soon be born. Only a few more days and she would be able to hold her child in her arms. Yesterday she had started a new section in her mother's diary. that would be passed on to her child when she died, just like her mother had passed it on to her. Most of her entry was about Severus. Unlike James, she could not call him "Snape" or "Greasy-git" because she knew she still loved him. For some unknown reason she was still devoted to her husband, but Sam would not chance the life of their child by returning to him. He had wanted a family, and she was going to have his, even if he was not there. Her mother had raised her alone, and she could do the same. As she came to that conclusion she heard Lily calling her from the cottage. With a bit of difficulty because of her large belly, she stood and began to waddle back to her safe-haven.
+Guest Bedroom (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 30th 1980
James Potter was going downstairs for a late night snack when he heard Samantha calling his name. He could not see her in the bedroom by the light from her bathroom so he figured she was in there, peeking in, he was shocked. Samantha was sitting on the floor next to the toilet in her large PJ shirt, with a large red-tinged puddle between her legs and a grimace on her face. "Baby coming" she grunted between contractions. James gently picked her up and moved her to the bed. leaving her side only to wake-up Lily, since Lily was the one who had read all the midwifery information and guides. Apparently Samantha had been having contractions for a while, because she was almost 9 cm when Lily checked her.
The pain seemed to be horrible for Samantha though. James tried to convince Lily to get a doctor, but both women knew that an outside person would blow Sam's cover. So Lily kept an eye on the baby while James helped her through the hard contractions and long sessions of pushing. It turned out that the baby was breech. but it was too late to try and turn him with a spell. so Sam had to deliver him breech. Sam was exhausted and glad to be able to hold her son. while both James and Lily worried about the amount of blood that came out after the baby. They sopped-up what they could. and left to wash-up after Sam convinced them she would be fine. but she wasn't.
When they got back, Sam's heart had stopped beating and despite all of the resuscitation spells. she would not come back. Lily sobbed as she took the sleeping newborn from her sister's cold arms and James covered Samantha with a sheet. The little newborn had slept through the whole thing. exhausted from his long hard birth. Lily brushed the short dark hair on baby Alexander's forehead as she rocked him. Kissing her nephew on his head as James went to dig a grave for Sam while Lily watched the baby.
Notes: Thanks for Kitala, summer, kateydidnt, and liz for reviewing. so far most of this is Sam-centric I want to make the next chapter have more Sev in it though. Keep reviewing. it helps me out a lot. I hope that this chapter helps fill in some of the hole relating to Samantha and Lily's relationship (more on that in a later chapter too) and how Sev kept the fact that he was a D.E. from Samantha. As always. constructive criticism is always welcome! -Confuzzzed-
+First floor (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 12th 1980
James Potter was exhausted from a long day of work when he stumbled out of the floo into the living room of his family's summer-home in Godric's Hollow. He and Lily had closed-up the huge manor and moved into the cottage a week after Samantha came to them. Right now it smelled like Samantha was making Lasagna and Garlic Bread. One major improvement that Samantha had brought with her was her skill at cooking. Neither he, nor Lily, was as skilled in the culinary arts. James in particular was a menace, and Samantha had begun to kick him out of the kitchen when she was cooking. Sure enough he heard Sam tell him to go wash-up for dinner, which Lily had just run out to the garden to get some fresh basil for, and dinner was almost ready. James left his briefcase next to his desk and washed his hands in the hall bathroom. Hearing Lily come in as he reached for the towel. He placed a soft kiss on Lily's hand when Sam was not looking. He had noticed that any excessive kissing or handholding caused Samantha to tear-up and get emotional. As he sat and joined Lily at the table, he watched Samantha puttering around, her large belly getting in the way a bit as she gathered the last few parts of the meal, and levitated a delicious smelling cake out of the oven for desert.
Their plan had worked and they had not seen Severus since, and Lily had maintained that she was pregnant by putting on the glamorie whenever she went out. Both he and Lily were continuing their work against Voldemort, while Samantha worked around the house and read a lot. She seemed to be at peace with what happened, knowing that she had been a fool for not finding Severus' bathroom habits, clothing, or nighttime rituals strange and connecting them to his frequent and long "meetings". Severus always wore long sleeve shirts, and usually was into bed after she was asleep and up before her. He always made-sure the lights were out and it was pitch black in their bedroom whenever they made-love or cuddled intimately. There were no windows in their room so it was not hard for the dungeon room to be devoid of light. She felt so stupid for not noticing that before, but she had resolved to raise their son away from the dark forces, and if that meant that she had to hide from her husband for the rest of her life so be it.
+Potter Gardens (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 28th 1980
Her legs were glad for the break when Sam sat down on a pair of moss- covered rocks in the grove she had taken to sneaking off to over the past few days. The rocks formed a sort of chair that was actually a chair that her back liked. Her body was quite achy from carrying the child, and her back was constantly bothering her. Samantha was also glad to get away from her younger half sister, if just for a little while, to enjoy the outdoors. Lily had begun to stick closer to her as her pregnancy progressed. Not that she minded the company, but she really just needed a breather on her own. As a child, she had spent much of her time alone, while her mother was working at Madame Malkin's. Making specialty robes and gowns for high prices.
Heather Lillian Willard was a lovely dark haired witch, who had fallen in love with Robert Evans, a squib who lived as a muggle, soon after her graduation from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. They had planned on marrying till the threat of Voldemort became too high. Heather loved Robert enough to let him go. Not knowing that she was pregnant at the time. Robert ended up getting engaged to, and marrying, a lovely muggle woman less than a year later. Heather knew that it was not her place to rip apart his marriage, so she birthed and raised her daughter Samantha Violet Willard on her own. She had heard that Robert had a daughter with his muggle wife a few months after she had birthed Sam. Supposedly there was another child born, but Heather was too busy raising their daughter alone and working to look into the family life of her past flame. Samantha was a bright and curious child. She had understood her mother's reasons for why she did not have a father, but secretly wished to meet him. As expected, on her 11th birthday, Samantha received an invitation to both Beauxbatons and Hogwarts. Since Heather had heard many good things about the Hogwarts education and staff, along with it being closer, they had decided that Samantha would attend Hogwarts.
During the sorting she had heard the name Evans and sought out the half- blood girl immediately. It turned out the Lily Evans was one of the other daughters of her father. her half sister. They became very close, even though they were of different houses. Samantha was a Ravenclaw while Lily was a Gryffindor. Neither was quite outstanding so their friendship was not disrupted by the house rivalries. By Christmas break they knew everything there was to know about each other. and could almost finish each other's sentences. Lily had invited Samantha to come home with her for the vacation to meet her father and other half-sister Petunia, but Samantha had already promised to spend it with her mother----
Her thoughts were interrupted by a strong kick in her belly. The baby was still quite active, even though there wasn't much room in there for him to move around anymore. Rubbing the abused area on her belly she leaned against the "back" of he mossy chair and sang softly to her unborn child, it calmed and fell back asleep quickly. Rubbing her belly once more she sighed. The bulge of her belly had "dropped" a few days ago, a clear sign that the baby would soon be born. Only a few more days and she would be able to hold her child in her arms. Yesterday she had started a new section in her mother's diary. that would be passed on to her child when she died, just like her mother had passed it on to her. Most of her entry was about Severus. Unlike James, she could not call him "Snape" or "Greasy-git" because she knew she still loved him. For some unknown reason she was still devoted to her husband, but Sam would not chance the life of their child by returning to him. He had wanted a family, and she was going to have his, even if he was not there. Her mother had raised her alone, and she could do the same. As she came to that conclusion she heard Lily calling her from the cottage. With a bit of difficulty because of her large belly, she stood and began to waddle back to her safe-haven.
+Guest Bedroom (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
July 30th 1980
James Potter was going downstairs for a late night snack when he heard Samantha calling his name. He could not see her in the bedroom by the light from her bathroom so he figured she was in there, peeking in, he was shocked. Samantha was sitting on the floor next to the toilet in her large PJ shirt, with a large red-tinged puddle between her legs and a grimace on her face. "Baby coming" she grunted between contractions. James gently picked her up and moved her to the bed. leaving her side only to wake-up Lily, since Lily was the one who had read all the midwifery information and guides. Apparently Samantha had been having contractions for a while, because she was almost 9 cm when Lily checked her.
The pain seemed to be horrible for Samantha though. James tried to convince Lily to get a doctor, but both women knew that an outside person would blow Sam's cover. So Lily kept an eye on the baby while James helped her through the hard contractions and long sessions of pushing. It turned out that the baby was breech. but it was too late to try and turn him with a spell. so Sam had to deliver him breech. Sam was exhausted and glad to be able to hold her son. while both James and Lily worried about the amount of blood that came out after the baby. They sopped-up what they could. and left to wash-up after Sam convinced them she would be fine. but she wasn't.
When they got back, Sam's heart had stopped beating and despite all of the resuscitation spells. she would not come back. Lily sobbed as she took the sleeping newborn from her sister's cold arms and James covered Samantha with a sheet. The little newborn had slept through the whole thing. exhausted from his long hard birth. Lily brushed the short dark hair on baby Alexander's forehead as she rocked him. Kissing her nephew on his head as James went to dig a grave for Sam while Lily watched the baby.