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Chapter Twelve – Now I Know That's Happened Before
Lucius was dancing. Yes dancing. It had been unfortunate that Severus had to teach a class and that while he was gone; Lucius had escaped back to the manor for more sweets. The cycle was ongoing. Poor Severus wanted to strangle him. He glared at the lunatic of a Malfoy. "If you weren't having my kid I would kill you." He scowled at Lucius participated in a tango with an imaginary figure.
"But the point is, my dear Sevvy, you love me too much. Come, leave those stupid essays alone, have a dance with me!" he said excitedly, bounding over and bouncing on the spot next to Severus. Severus glared up at him, trying to think of a good reason ::not:: to dance with Lucius.
"I am busy Lucius, please be quiet, or I will be forced to tie you up again. Don't you have a job to be going to or something? You do have a son to look after you know, and with you and him both expecting, you're going to need all the money you can get."
"I am four months pregnant Sev, they ain't gonna let me work! And anyway, you can look after all of us now, you're the man of the relationship. Draco is your son now, and I guess that means that Harry is as well... ha ha! You're related to the golden boy!"
"So are you, idiot." Severus said coldly, placing a very clear FAILED across a Weasley paper. He didn't know which Weasley, he didn't even know what the essay was about. But they had failed and that was that. Lucius pouted.
"You are such a big meanie Sevvy. I don't wuv you any more." He said childishly and stormed into the bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
Severus shook his head and smiled to himself. The next five months were going to be a nightmare. And then there would be a baby screaming all the time and four months after that he would have the pleasure of looking after Harry and Draco's offspring as well... oh what joyous fun that would be.
He looked back down to the pile of essays and was about to start grading one when there was a knock at the door. "Come in." he said, slamming his head against the desk. He was never going to be able to moan at students for late homework ever again. He was never going to find out who had given it in and who hadn't!
"Hi Sev!" Draco said, appearing in the doorway, dragging Harry in behind him. "Rumour has it that dad's lucking around down here." He said, knowing full well that Lucius had been here for some time. Severus looked like he was going to cry.
"He's in the bedroom, keep him in there and for the love of god please be quiet!" he said, trying to prevent his voice from becoming as squeaky as Hermione's had done for the last few days.
"Baby Draco!!!!" Lucius shouted, running back into the living room and hugging his son.
"Kill me... just kill me now..." Severus whimpered to any god that happed to be listening. "Fire, a bolt of lightening, hell I don't even mind if Harry does it with a spoon, but I want to die!"
Harry giggled at Severus, who was now bagging his head repetitively on the table in a vein attempt to knock himself out. He looked back over to Lucius as Draco as they feel apart. Lucius' eyes fixed on him. "Wonder boy!" he screamed, running over and throwing his arms around Harry. Harry nervously hugged him back.
"Um... dad... I think you're freaking him out." Draco said, and Lucius pulled away from Harry, grinning at him like a mad man. "You not meant to be at work dad?" Draco added, bemused at the fact his father had been here for quite a while and to his knowledge Lucius hadn't left the castle since he arrived.
"Well of course not! Pregnant people don't work silly. I might get hurt! But as long as I'm here Sevvy-Wevvy can protect me and our baby."
Draco feinted.
"Don't you do office work at the ministry?" Harry enquired, in an attempt to make polite conversation as he fanned Draco with one of Severus' unmarked essays. "How can you get injured doing that?"
"Paper cuts, dear boy, paper cuts! Lethal you know. Potentially very dangerous to a man in my condition!" he said as if the fact was very obvious. "Goodness me, you're supposed to be the wonder boy and you don't know about such harmful things as paper cuts! What do they teach in schools these days?"
Harry glanced at Severus, but he didn't appear to be listening. In fact, if Harry wasn't mistaken, he was having a breakdown and had collapsed, sprawled across the desk, in a fit of tears. "All a bit exciting this isn't it. So Professor, when are you planning to get pregnant?" Harry said jokingly. Apparently, Severus didn't like the joke. He stood up and loomed over Harry.
"If you ever say such a stupid and ridiculous thing again, I will not hesitate to use unforgivables on you Harry Potter. Now if you don't mind, would you take Draco somewhere else, remove him!" He pointed shaky a finger at Lucius. "And bloody shut up! If I have to pay for you lot to be pregnant then I have to keep my job!!" he shouted.
Lucius smiled at him. "You are gonna hate me for saying this, but you seem a little hormonal today Severus. And I wonder where you were this morning? You just vanished into the bathroom and I didn't see you for ages, and, please don't kill me, you are getting kinda podgy." Lucius said smugly sitting on the sofa, grinning at him.
"If you are implying what I think you are implying Lucius, then you will be dead before the morning comes." Severus said coldly, in true Snape style.
"You know... he's right..." Harry said carefully, dragging Draco over to an armchair. "You are having more mood swings than usual, and I saw you crying the other day after you dropped your wand in class."
"Don't say such stupid things boy. I haven't cried for years."
Lucius' face lit up and he stood up, just as his son stirred and opened his eyes. "I say we take you to the hospital wing. If you're not then you have nothing to worry about. If you are, we get to gloat and it will all be really funny."
"No! Forget it! That is not going to happen!"
"What's the matter? Scared that we're right and you're wrong..." Lucius said teasingly.
"No! But this conversation is just idiotic! I would never be so stupid as to get pregnant in the first place. I hate kids! Lord knows why I still work here, oh wait, I know why BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL BLOODY PREGNANT!!" he shouted and sat down at his desk to grade more papers.
There was a silence. Then Lucius started sniffing. His lip started quivering. Then, without warning, he ran out of the room and down the corridor. Severus looked at the door as it creaked shut. "What the hell is the matter with him now?" he asked, glancing over at Harry and Draco.
"You just said that you hate kids, and he's having your baby." Draco said slowly. There was a very long and awkward silence.
"Shit." Severus jumped to his feet and ran out of the room after Lucius.
Harry glanced at Draco, who stared up at him through tired silver eyes. "That could have gone worse." He said with shrug. Draco nodded and they headed back to Draco's room.
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