Title: Meant to Be?
Author: Requiem of a Dream
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters.
Severus' POV
I sat there behind Harry somewhat shocked at how easily Sirius was taking the news of his Godson being in love with his enemy. He was kind about it and taking it very well. He was holding Jamison and then walked over to me.
"You do know that if you ever do anything to hurt Harry or these children I will hunt you down and tear you limb from limb?" Sirius said.
"Of course. I would expect nothing less." I extended my hand and we shook hands. I saw Harry smile and I couldn't help but smile myself.
"Now that we are all friends when are you getting out of here Harry?" Fred asked.
"He maybe able to leave at dinner time. I will have to run some tests and check his health and magic but I think he will be able to go to dinner tonight." Poppy said as she walked into the room.
"Now I want everyone but Sirius and Severus to leave this room. And don't come back unless you find out that Harry has to stay over night." She added.
Everyone shuffled out of the room and you could hear them talking in the larger part of the infirmary after we shut the door. I got up and laid Isadora in her cradle and Sirius laid Jamison in his.
"Why did you tell everyone to leave?" Harry asked.
"Because I figured that all three of you would like to talk and catch up." Poppy stated simply.
"How thoughtful, thank you Poppy." Harry said. She nodded her head and then left the room.
We were all silent for a long time. All of us were just sitting there, probably trying to figure out what to say. Finally it was Sirius who broke the silence.
"So why is it that you didn't go to Hermione to make sure that the spell was in fact a transfiguration spell?"
"Because it was due the next day and I didn't want an ear wigging on how I shouldn't procrastinate." Harry stated.
"So because of your pride you now are married and have three children?" Sirius asked.
"Basically." Harry said.
"And I thought James was bad." Sirius said laughing. I began to laugh as well.
"What is so funny?" Harry asked.
"Well there was this one time that James was supposed to figure out how to do a glamour charm, for Charms class. He went and found a book in the library that was in Italian and figured that it was a glamour charm because it had a word in the title that looked like it said beauty. It was indeed a glamour charm, but it was meant to turn him into a girl." Sirius said.
"He was a girl for almost two weeks because he wouldn't admit to Albus that he hadn't meant to turn himself into a girl. Albus refused to turn James back until he admitted to making a mistake. After two weeks James finally realized that Albus was serious and he was tired of all the jokes about him and he went to Albus and admitted his mistake." Harry, Sirius and I all laughed about it.
"So I'm like my father in a lot of ways?"
"Yes, but you are more like Lily. You are as stubborn as she is, if not worse. I mean you broke up with me, hid your pregnancy from me, was going to quit school, raise the child on your own, and keep it all under wraps. Not even Lily could pull that all off in one school year." I said.
"Well that's a good enough explanation for me." Harry said. We talked for the rest of the day about miscellaneous topics.
Harry's POV
It was amazing how well Severus and Sirius were getting along. They hadn't called each other names or anything. There were a few times that I fell asleep and Severus and Sirius would leave the room and talk amongst themselves, probably about their school days. Finally around dinner time Poppy came in and scanned my body to make sure that my magic level was stabilized and that I wasn't going to collapse while I was trying to get down to the Great Hall. She gave me a clear bill of health and told me to eat up. I smiled and nodded my agreement.
"Severus, what are we going to do with the babies?" I asked.
"Take them with us, of course." He said.
"Oh I guess that makes sense."
I walked over to the cradles and handed Jamison to Severus, Cael to Sirius, and took Isadora in my arms. As we were about to walk out of the infirmary Poppy came out and offered to take Jamison so that if I felt weak I could lean on Severus or at least hand him Isadora. We obliged and Severus handed Jamison to Poppy. The seven of us made our way to the Great Hall.
As we reached the entrance Severus held the door open and I let Sirius and Poppy go in first then I walked in with Severus behind me. I could have cried at the scene that met my eyes.
Everyone was lined up in-front of the staff table with a huge sign above them that read 'Happy Birthday Harry and Children'. Before I had gone into the coma they had planned to have a celebration for my birthday and the babies. They just postponed it until I woke up.
The Head Table was lined with every food imaginable and on another table there were gifts for the children and I. Hermione had taught everyone the muggle Happy Birthday song and they all sang it. When they were done I hugged everyone and thanked them all for everything that they had done to help with Severus and the children. Severus conjured three baby seats, and positioned them next to the table that we were sitting at and we sat the babies in there.
That day was the best day of my life. I had everyone I loved around me, my friends, my adoptive family, my husband and my children. We all sat and talked about nothing in particular with talk ranging from child care to school to careers to family life. After we were done eating I opened some of the gifts and then banished the rest of them to my chambers.
It was about eleven o'clock when we finally figured out how late it was. We said our goodbyes and went to our rooms. Sirius helped us take the babies down to our chambers. He was about to leave when I asked him to stay.
"Sirius, why don't you stay down here with Severus and I?" I asked. Sirius looked up at Severus quickly but I saw it.
"I don't think he'll mind, will you Severus?" I asked Severus.
"No Harry I don't mind since Molly and the two little women are gone." Severus said.
"No I think that you and Severus need at least a night alone. I'll come down tomorrow night, but tonight is for the two of you." He gave me a hug and he and Severus shook hands then he left.
Severus and I laid the babies in their cradles and then we made our way to our room. I slipped into a pair of pajama bottoms and climbed into bed. Severus took a quick shower and then joined me in bed. I laid my head on his shoulder and we just laid there like that for about an hour before I fell asleep.