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Okay, just letting you know that Harry's 1st year is coming up really soon.
A Different Life
Chapter 25 - Miss You
"Thank you for coming Severus."
"That is fine Albus, is there a problem?"
"Not at all, take a seat"
Severus studied the man and he didn't seem upset about anything, he took that as a good thing and took a seat.
"Then why did you call me up early before the meeting with the rest of the professors is to start?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Harry."
"Harry?"
"He is getting too far ahead in his classes"
"What's wrong with him being ahead?"
"Nothing, but I'm not sure Harry realizes what it will mean if he continues with the way he is going."
"I think I quite understand Albus"
"Severus, Harry has already proved he knows quite a lot of magic. Not only has he performed magic using your wand, but he was able to make that potion with Mr. Weasley in the holidays, he showed extreme knowledge with understanding what would result in if two potions were mixed. Now he is already a smart boy, but if he keeps going he will end up leaving all those behind his own age, he may have to skip classes. There would be no point making him sit through classes where he already has learnt it all."
"I-"
"He needs to have more fun Severus, he is still a child."
"Well what can I do? I teach here... unless you are trying to tell me to leave...?"
"No, no nothing like that."
"Well then what?"
"I have asked Molly and she has agreed to let Harry stay there."
"What do you mean stay there?
"Just through the week, on weekends Harry will come back here."
Severus was slightly uncomfortable with this, he had grown to like having Harry around.
"I'm sorry but I couldn't ask Molly to do that."
"She has made her wishes known, she says that it feels empty at her house now, especially now that Fred and George are gone, which if they act anything like they do here then I would understand her."
"What would he do there?"
"Play, have fun. He and Ron get along very well, he would enjoy it there. Besides, no doubt you could use a small break from each other for short periods of time."
"I really don't know-"
"If Harry needs you, you are only a fire away. He will be fine."
"I'm not worried about that Albus, I'm worried about the fact that Harry and Ron are going to be together five days a week, do you realize how much trouble they will probably find themselves in!"
Dumbledore chuckled.
Any further talk was cut off as the other professors made their way into the room.
***
"Have you got everything Harry?"
"Yes!"
"Are you're s-"
"Dad!" Harry interrupted.
"Okay, it just doesn't look like much..."
"I've checked 3 times, I'm not leaving for a year, it doesn't take that long or much room to pack a few clothes and stuff. Stop worrying. Besides, if I have forgotten anything I'll just quickly floo back here."
Severus sighed.
"Alright, come on, I'll drop you off. I want to have a few words with Ron's mother about any misbehaving you and Ron find yourself in. Don't think that just because I am not there, that I will not punish you for any misbehaving."
Harry rolled his eyes and threw some floo powder into the fire that they had, yelling "The Burrow".
After what seemed like ages, the trip finally ended and Harry flew out of the fireplace, only to knock into someone that had obviously been waiting for him.
"Oy, Harry, get off me!" Ron yelled pushing Harry away from him.
"Good to see you too Ron"
Harry laughed as Ron stuck his tongue at him.
They were both pulled out of there laughter as someone grabbed both of them from the front of their jumpers and pulled then onto their feet.
"Thanks Dad..." Harry said distractedly, he hadn't even heard him come through.
Harry watched as Molly came over and then hugged him tightly.
"It's so good to see you Harry"
"You too Mrs. Weasley"
She smiled at him.
"Ron, why don't you help Harry get settled in while I talk to Harry's father."
Ron nodded and took Harry up to his room where there was an extra bed in there for him.
"This is so cool, we are going to have so much fun!"
Harry nodded and then gestured for Ron to follow him.
They snuck out of the room and slowly went down the stairs. They stopped when they could see Severus and Molly talking, and they sat down on the stair that they were on, listening to what they were saying.
"Mrs Weasley-"
"Molly"
"Oh, right, Molly. I just wanted to tell you that I am thankful to you and Mr- Arthur for doing this. I really appreciate it and I know Harry does. I want you to know that if Harry finds himself in any trouble, if he does anything wrong, I would like you to contact immediately."
"Oh stop worrying, he will be fine. In all my past experiences Harry has been the perfect child."
Ron snorted and Harry elbowed him in the ribs.
"Right, well I best be off. So just get Harry to floo back on Saturday morning, and remind him to say 'Hogwart's Dungeon.' It will able him to arrive in a fire near my rooms."
"Of course"
"Oh, and the living expenses for having Harry-"
"I hope you are not offering money here Severus because if you are I will kindly have to as you to stick that money right up..."
Harry and Ron sat in shock at what they had just heard Mrs, Weasley say, their mouths were wide open.
Severus laughed.
"Well when you put it that way..."
"HARRY!" Molly yelled.
Harry and Ron quickly snuck back upstairs and then loudly ran down them again.
"Yes?"
"Your father is leaving now."
"Oh, bye Dad!" Harry quickly hugged his father.
"Bye Harry, and don't forget to-"
"Behave, don't get in trouble and be polite." Harry recited in a voice that was familiar to his fathers.
His father smiled, ruffled his hair and then left.
***
The next morning Harry woke up and headed down for breakfast. The day proceeded with him and Ron helping Mrs. Weasley clean, de-gnome the garden and them just mucking around. He was having a lot of fun.
***
A couple of days after Severus had dropped Harry off, he was sitting in his room, the silence was almost overwhelming, but it was something he would have to get used to. Not only would Harry be away for five days a week, but once Harry started school, Severus would most likely only see him during class and meals. He felt a small sense of loss. He may have only had Harry for 4years, but they had hardly spent over a few days away from each other. He felt like he was slowly losing his only son.
***
Harry, Ron and Ginny spent the whole day de-gnoming the garden. They were all completely worn out when they went back inside to have dinner.
"Hey Harry? What to play a game of chess? Who knows, you might win this time"
"Ron, since I have been here we have played at least ten games of chess, have I once been even close to beating you?"
"I guess not... but this time might be different."
Harry sighed and then grabbed the chess board next to him and placed it in- between Ron and himself.
***
Half way through dinner Ron was explaining to his dad about how he beat Harry in the last game of chess they played.
Harry was pretending that he was listening, but he was really staring off into space.
"Harry?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay?" Ron asked
"What? Oh yeah, sure. I'm fine, just thinking."
"What were you thinking about?"
"My dad, wondering what he is doing now."
"Well that's not hard, he's probably making a potion." Ron replied
"Or giving George and Fred detention." Ginny added.
"Ginny!"
"What? Mum, it's only been a few weeks and you have already had three owls from Dumbledore!"
Molly sighed.
"You know Harry, if you want you can go back tonight, it wouldn't make much difference, just one night."
"Yeah, that would give me enough time to get that itching powder and put it on your bed for when you come back next week!" Ron said happily.
Harry lightly punched Ron on the arm and smiled guiltily at Molly and Arthur afterwards.
"Yeah, I think I will go back tonight, if you are sure that's alright with you."
"Course it is dear, go get whatever you need and you can leave a bit after dinner."
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley."
***
Harry came out of the fireplace covered in soot. He was grateful that Ron's mum had reminded him to say the Dungeon part, he was so tired that he wasn't sure if he could walk all the way to the dungeons if he ended up on the other side of the castle.
He muttered the password and staggered through the doorway.
"Harry? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't going to be here until tomorrow?" His father looked worried at seeing him there.
"Missed you..." Harry mumbled as he collapsed next to his father on the couch and fell asleep instantly, leaning against his father's chest.
Severus felt himself smile as he heard what Harry had said, it was just what he needed to hear.
Okay, just letting you know that Harry's 1st year is coming up really soon.
A Different Life
Chapter 25 - Miss You
"Thank you for coming Severus."
"That is fine Albus, is there a problem?"
"Not at all, take a seat"
Severus studied the man and he didn't seem upset about anything, he took that as a good thing and took a seat.
"Then why did you call me up early before the meeting with the rest of the professors is to start?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Harry."
"Harry?"
"He is getting too far ahead in his classes"
"What's wrong with him being ahead?"
"Nothing, but I'm not sure Harry realizes what it will mean if he continues with the way he is going."
"I think I quite understand Albus"
"Severus, Harry has already proved he knows quite a lot of magic. Not only has he performed magic using your wand, but he was able to make that potion with Mr. Weasley in the holidays, he showed extreme knowledge with understanding what would result in if two potions were mixed. Now he is already a smart boy, but if he keeps going he will end up leaving all those behind his own age, he may have to skip classes. There would be no point making him sit through classes where he already has learnt it all."
"I-"
"He needs to have more fun Severus, he is still a child."
"Well what can I do? I teach here... unless you are trying to tell me to leave...?"
"No, no nothing like that."
"Well then what?"
"I have asked Molly and she has agreed to let Harry stay there."
"What do you mean stay there?
"Just through the week, on weekends Harry will come back here."
Severus was slightly uncomfortable with this, he had grown to like having Harry around.
"I'm sorry but I couldn't ask Molly to do that."
"She has made her wishes known, she says that it feels empty at her house now, especially now that Fred and George are gone, which if they act anything like they do here then I would understand her."
"What would he do there?"
"Play, have fun. He and Ron get along very well, he would enjoy it there. Besides, no doubt you could use a small break from each other for short periods of time."
"I really don't know-"
"If Harry needs you, you are only a fire away. He will be fine."
"I'm not worried about that Albus, I'm worried about the fact that Harry and Ron are going to be together five days a week, do you realize how much trouble they will probably find themselves in!"
Dumbledore chuckled.
Any further talk was cut off as the other professors made their way into the room.
***
"Have you got everything Harry?"
"Yes!"
"Are you're s-"
"Dad!" Harry interrupted.
"Okay, it just doesn't look like much..."
"I've checked 3 times, I'm not leaving for a year, it doesn't take that long or much room to pack a few clothes and stuff. Stop worrying. Besides, if I have forgotten anything I'll just quickly floo back here."
Severus sighed.
"Alright, come on, I'll drop you off. I want to have a few words with Ron's mother about any misbehaving you and Ron find yourself in. Don't think that just because I am not there, that I will not punish you for any misbehaving."
Harry rolled his eyes and threw some floo powder into the fire that they had, yelling "The Burrow".
After what seemed like ages, the trip finally ended and Harry flew out of the fireplace, only to knock into someone that had obviously been waiting for him.
"Oy, Harry, get off me!" Ron yelled pushing Harry away from him.
"Good to see you too Ron"
Harry laughed as Ron stuck his tongue at him.
They were both pulled out of there laughter as someone grabbed both of them from the front of their jumpers and pulled then onto their feet.
"Thanks Dad..." Harry said distractedly, he hadn't even heard him come through.
Harry watched as Molly came over and then hugged him tightly.
"It's so good to see you Harry"
"You too Mrs. Weasley"
She smiled at him.
"Ron, why don't you help Harry get settled in while I talk to Harry's father."
Ron nodded and took Harry up to his room where there was an extra bed in there for him.
"This is so cool, we are going to have so much fun!"
Harry nodded and then gestured for Ron to follow him.
They snuck out of the room and slowly went down the stairs. They stopped when they could see Severus and Molly talking, and they sat down on the stair that they were on, listening to what they were saying.
"Mrs Weasley-"
"Molly"
"Oh, right, Molly. I just wanted to tell you that I am thankful to you and Mr- Arthur for doing this. I really appreciate it and I know Harry does. I want you to know that if Harry finds himself in any trouble, if he does anything wrong, I would like you to contact immediately."
"Oh stop worrying, he will be fine. In all my past experiences Harry has been the perfect child."
Ron snorted and Harry elbowed him in the ribs.
"Right, well I best be off. So just get Harry to floo back on Saturday morning, and remind him to say 'Hogwart's Dungeon.' It will able him to arrive in a fire near my rooms."
"Of course"
"Oh, and the living expenses for having Harry-"
"I hope you are not offering money here Severus because if you are I will kindly have to as you to stick that money right up..."
Harry and Ron sat in shock at what they had just heard Mrs, Weasley say, their mouths were wide open.
Severus laughed.
"Well when you put it that way..."
"HARRY!" Molly yelled.
Harry and Ron quickly snuck back upstairs and then loudly ran down them again.
"Yes?"
"Your father is leaving now."
"Oh, bye Dad!" Harry quickly hugged his father.
"Bye Harry, and don't forget to-"
"Behave, don't get in trouble and be polite." Harry recited in a voice that was familiar to his fathers.
His father smiled, ruffled his hair and then left.
***
The next morning Harry woke up and headed down for breakfast. The day proceeded with him and Ron helping Mrs. Weasley clean, de-gnome the garden and them just mucking around. He was having a lot of fun.
***
A couple of days after Severus had dropped Harry off, he was sitting in his room, the silence was almost overwhelming, but it was something he would have to get used to. Not only would Harry be away for five days a week, but once Harry started school, Severus would most likely only see him during class and meals. He felt a small sense of loss. He may have only had Harry for 4years, but they had hardly spent over a few days away from each other. He felt like he was slowly losing his only son.
***
Harry, Ron and Ginny spent the whole day de-gnoming the garden. They were all completely worn out when they went back inside to have dinner.
"Hey Harry? What to play a game of chess? Who knows, you might win this time"
"Ron, since I have been here we have played at least ten games of chess, have I once been even close to beating you?"
"I guess not... but this time might be different."
Harry sighed and then grabbed the chess board next to him and placed it in- between Ron and himself.
***
Half way through dinner Ron was explaining to his dad about how he beat Harry in the last game of chess they played.
Harry was pretending that he was listening, but he was really staring off into space.
"Harry?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay?" Ron asked
"What? Oh yeah, sure. I'm fine, just thinking."
"What were you thinking about?"
"My dad, wondering what he is doing now."
"Well that's not hard, he's probably making a potion." Ron replied
"Or giving George and Fred detention." Ginny added.
"Ginny!"
"What? Mum, it's only been a few weeks and you have already had three owls from Dumbledore!"
Molly sighed.
"You know Harry, if you want you can go back tonight, it wouldn't make much difference, just one night."
"Yeah, that would give me enough time to get that itching powder and put it on your bed for when you come back next week!" Ron said happily.
Harry lightly punched Ron on the arm and smiled guiltily at Molly and Arthur afterwards.
"Yeah, I think I will go back tonight, if you are sure that's alright with you."
"Course it is dear, go get whatever you need and you can leave a bit after dinner."
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley."
***
Harry came out of the fireplace covered in soot. He was grateful that Ron's mum had reminded him to say the Dungeon part, he was so tired that he wasn't sure if he could walk all the way to the dungeons if he ended up on the other side of the castle.
He muttered the password and staggered through the doorway.
"Harry? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't going to be here until tomorrow?" His father looked worried at seeing him there.
"Missed you..." Harry mumbled as he collapsed next to his father on the couch and fell asleep instantly, leaning against his father's chest.
Severus felt himself smile as he heard what Harry had said, it was just what he needed to hear.