Title: Meant to Be?
Author: Requiem of a Dream
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters.
*Severus' POV*
Harry and I talked as we walked back to the castle. He gave me updates on the baby's progress and promised to let me go with him during his next check up. I asked him if he would move back in with me and he agreed but said that I would have to let him have more closet space. I laughed and agreed.
"Where is the baby going to sleep?" Harry asked in all seriousness. I laughed lightly and then answered him.
"You forget that you're a wizard. We can add a room."
"Oh yea."
"Now we need to tell Albus. After you are moved in we will go tell him."
"That's good with me but I think he already knows."
"What would make you say that?"
I asked wondering if maybe he was psychic. He just pointed up at a window and I followed his finger. Albus was standing smiling looking at us through the window. I scowled at him but he just waved. As we approached the entrance to the castle Harry replaced the charm that hid his growing belly. I looked at him and he said,
"Don't worry it's meant to conceal pregnancies. You don't think that I would do anything to cause harm to my baby? I even gave up Quidditch if you hadn't noticed."
"I did notice. Thank you for taking care of my son. By the way what do you plan on naming him?"
"Jamison. Jamison Severin."
"I should have known that you would want to name him after your father."
"Do you have a problem with that?"
"No I don't. It's appropriate. Your father was a good person and his name should be carried on. Jamison is a strong name. But where did you get Severin?"
"It's your middle name isn't it?"
"No it's not. It was my mother's maiden name. Where did you hear it?"
"You mumbled it in your sleep one time and I knew that your initials were S.S.S. I just assumed. If you don't want me to use the name I won't."
"No it's fine. I was just surprised."
We had arrived at the Gryffindor Tower and Harry said the password. We walked in and walked up to the dormitories. He spelled all of his things into his trunk and then levitated it. We walked down to the dungeons with the trunk floating behind us. Everyone was in class so we didn't have to worry about students.
*Harry's POV*
Severus said the password to get into our chambers and he led me to our bedroom. I put my trunk into the closet and spelled the clothes to hang on the hangers. I looked around and saw that nothing had changed. It was all the same as it was before. But now it was going to be a home. I was going to have a real family. We were going to be a family. I sat down on the side of the bed and motioned for Severus to sit by me. I laid my head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Severus; I should . . ." Severus put a finger up to my lips to silence me.
"I forgave you the moment you told me you were pregnant. Keeping it from me wasn't the best thing to do but it's all behind us. Let's not talk about it again. You look tired. Why don't you get some rest while I go teach the 6th year Gryffindor / Slytherin class."
"That sounds good to me."
Severus got up and I watched him leave, then I laid down and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I woke up about two hours later more rested than if I had got eight hours of sleep. I was feeling hungry and so I headed down to the Great Hall to see if it was lunch yet. I wandered down the halls until I reached the door to the Hall. I heard lots of noise inside do I knew that lunch was still going. I walked in and sat down at the Gryffindor Table between Ron and Hermione.
"Hey mate. How do you like not having a Potions class anymore?"
"It's great. I get an extra hour of sleep each day and time to myself." I put some food on my plate and began to eat.
"You might want to slow down Harry. You're going to choke." Hermione said laughing lightly.
"Ok, I'll slow down but I feel like I'm starving."
"Well do you think that maybe it's because you keep going for long tiresome walks around and around that lake. You're going to wear yourself out if you keep doing that." Hermione said.
"I know, I know. I'm going to have to stop walking for that long. It's killing my back. I don't know how much longer I can endure the back aches. I thought that concealing the pregnancy would conceal it from me too. So much for that theory."
"Harry sometimes your logic astounds me." Ron said. "Even I'm not that dense."
"Thanks for that vote of confidence Ron. I need to go and find Severus."
"Did you tell him Harry?"
"Yes Hermione I did."
"Oh I knew you would. He didn't believe me but I knew you would."
"Yeah but you didn't keep your promise to me."
"What promise?"
"The one where you said you wouldn't tell him until one month after the baby was born."
"Oh, I know but Harry I had to intervene. He needed to know in case you know something went wrong. I was only looking out for you."
"Yeah I guess." Then I got up and started to leave. "By the way thank you Hermione." She smiled at me and I left to go find Severus.
I wanted to ask Severus if he had talked to Dumbledore yet. I wandered down to his classroom seeing as how he hardly ever left that room. And sure enough he was there.
"Did you talk to the Headmaster yet?"
"Yes I did. He said he would add a room to the right of ours."
"But isn't that under the lake?"
"Yes it is, but I promise it is safe. After all do you think Albus would let anything happen to that baby?"
"No he wouldn't."
"You can go see the room if you want. I'm sure he has added it already. He said he would let you decorate."
"Ok; are you going to come with me?"
"I already saw it. I was just there looking for some papers."
"I'll see you tonight then."
I gave him a quick peck on the lips and headed off to our chambers to see about decorating the room. When I walked into the room I gasped. Albus had put two windows in the room one that let sunlight in and another that showed the lake and the creatures in it. All sorts of fish, the Giant Squid, and every once in a while a mermaid.. The cradle that Ron and Hermione had found was sitting in the middle of the room with the blankets set up and the in the corner of the room was a rocking chair, changing table, and a little armoire. On it there was a note in Albus' neat script,
Dear Harry,
Hermione told me that you sometimes don't think about everything so I decided to help out. I think that they match the cradle.
Signed,
Albus Dumbledore
I laughed to myself and silently thanked Hermione. She was a great help even though it was annoying sometimes. She was going to spoil this baby and I knew it. I went to the fire place and called a house-elf. I asked him to go find Hermione and Ron for me. He returned about 10 minutes later with them and I asked if they would like to help me decorate the room. They agreed and we set to work. When we finished it was a pale blue with white trim near the ceiling. We put the cradle under the window that had sunlight and we put the changing table under the window that showed the lake, the armoire was across from it on the other side of the room. It was perfect.
Before dinner started Severus told me to sit with him at the Head Table, so I did. Half way through dinner Albus announced that Severus and I were soul mates and that we were going to be bonded tomorrow in a small private ceremony. (That was news to me. I found out later that Albus had asked Severus if we wanted to be bonded and he had agreed.) The Slytherins and Gryffindors groaned quite audibly. No one was to pester us and ask us any questions. Then Albus sat down and let us begin eating again. I leaned over and told Severus that I was feeling tired and was going to lay down. He said that he would be down there in a minute he just had some things to discuss with Albus. When I got to our chambers I took the concealment charm off and got into bed. A few minuets later I heard him come in and slip into bed.
"I love you Harry."
"I love you too, Severus." And then we fell asleep with his hand resting on my belly.
*Severus' POV*
I woke up early as usual and just watched as Harry slept. I moved my hand from his belly to his face and brushed the hair out of his eyes. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have him here with me again. I didn't want to get up but I needed to shower and get Harry up so he could get showered and dressed too. Our bonding ceremony was going to take place at 10 o'clock and it was already 7:30.
So I got myself out of bed and into the shower. I took about 15 minutes and then got out and dried off. Then I walked back into the bedroom and gently shook Harry awake. He looked at me through blurry eyes.
"What time is it?"
"7:45."
"It's too early. I need more sleep."
"The bonding ceremony is at 10. I don't think that you want to be late for that."
"Alright I'll get up." He sat up and kissed me.
"Good. Now go get in the shower."
"Yes Sir." He said laughing and getting out of bed.
"Don't call me sir you impertinent boy." I said annoyed with him. He always did that to get on my nerves.
"Then don't call me a boy." He called back as he was getting into the shower.
I walked over to the closet and took out the wedding robes that Albus had given me. They were black and one of them had green trim on the cuffs and hem, and the other had red trim on the cuffs and hem. I put on a pair of black slacks and a white collared shirt and then put the green trimmed robe over them.
I walked over to the bathroom and heard Harry turning off the water so I walked back over to the mirror and finished buttoning the robe. He walked out of the bathroom with his hair still dripping water. He tied the towel around his waist and took a smaller towel to dry his hair. Then he did his best to tame and comb his hair but gave up after the fourth time that it sprang back into place.
"What am I supposed to wear?"
"The robe that's lying on the bed."
"Can you get a pair of slacks out for me?" I nodded my head and pulled a pair of his slacks out of the closet and handed them to him.
"Is the ceremony taking place in Albus' office?"
"Yes. There is going to be a ministry official there but other than that it's just me, you, Albus, and Poppy."
"Good I don't think that I want anyone else there. Too many people means questions. But why is there going to be a ministry official and Poppy?"
"1) Because you are a minor. 2) Because you are pregnant and they have to confirm it's mine. And 3) Because they want to make sure you aren't forced into this."
"Should I perform the concealment charm?." He said as he finished buttoning the robe.
"No that will inhibit them from performing a paternity spell."
"Ok. I'm ready then."
"Good. What time is it?" I asked.
"9 o'clock."
"We should head up to Albus' office. The official will want to question you before the ceremony." Harry nodded his head in agreement. We walked out of the dungeons and to Albus' office. We knocked on the door and Albus asked us in.
"Severus, Harry, have a seat. Lemon Drop?"
"No thank you." Harry and I answered.
"Very well. I believe that you both know Minister Fudge? He will be the one overseeing the ceremony."
"Harry may I speak with you privately?" Fudge asked. Harry nodded his head and got up to follow Fudge to another room.
*Harry's POV*
I followed Fudge into a room the was to the right of Albus' office. He opened the door and let me in. I walked to a chair and sat down.
"Harry I'm going to record what is said here ok?"
"Fine."
"Ok first question, how old are you?"
"I am 16 years old."
"When is your birthday?"
"July 31st."
"And how did the knowledge of you and Professor Snape being Soul Mates come to your attention?"
"I was supposed to perform and transfiguration spell to turn something into an animal. Instead I performed a spell to find my soul mate."
"And the name of that spell was?"
"'L'Anima Gemella.'"
"Are you pregnant?"
"Yes I am."
"How far along?"
"Six months."
"And who is the father?"
"Severus Snape."
"The person who you are bonding with today?"
"Yes."
"And lastly have you been forced, bribed or coerced into this bond?"
"No."
"Ok now we will go into the other room and Madam Pomfrey will perform the paternity test."
"Yes sir." I got up and walked out into the other room.
"Madam Pomfrey the potion." Fudge said.
"Yes here it is." She handed me the potion and I drank it then she handed it to Severus and he drank some. A faint blue light appeared and it connected Severus and I. Fudge nodded towards Albus and he said,
"The Ceremony may begin."
"Harry and Severus will you step forward?" Albus asked. We did so.
"Harry are you here of your own free will?"
"I am."
"Severus are you here of your own free will?"
"I am."
"Harry do you wish to take Severus as your husband?"
"I do."
"Severus do you wish to take Harry as you husband?"
"I do." Albus picked up a a silver cord from a table the was standing next to him.
"Severus grab Harry's left hand with your right and his right hand with your left." Severus did so. Then Albus took the cord and wrapped it around our wrists while saying,
"With this cord you are bound. Heart Mind Body and Soul. Predestined before life. Always to be together even after death." I looked at Severus and smiled.
"You are now bound together. Congratulations." I looked up into Severus' eyes and he leaned down and he captured my mouth in a searing kiss. I opened my mouth and he kissed me until I had to break for air. He hugged me and then we apperated to his summer home. It was a surprise but a nice one.
To the reviewer who asked how it was that they could apperate when there are wards preventing that. The thing is that I forgot about that small detail and I don't want to change it because I don't have any better ideas. But thank you for pointing that out.