Chapter Fourteen – I Get These Feelings Of Impending Doom

Things around Hogwarts were just getting silly. Lucius had just hit eight months pregnant. Severus was six months pregnant and Harry and Draco had just reached four months pregnant. But Dumbledore was going a little over board (though Harry was sure that Hermione had been the cause of it) and was baby proofing the entire castle.

Everything was slowly being covered with cushions and there were locks on every door. It was very irritating. Every time Severus went to get an ingredient from his positions cupboard he forgot about the lock and spend half the lesson trying to work out how the stupid little muggle key worked.

Lucius had managed to stay off the sugar and now he was just whining about everything. Draco was quickly following in his footsteps. Harry and Severus were spending a lot of time in each other's company too, whining about Draco and Lucius' whining.

Hermione and Ron still seemed to be at war, he still hadn't forgiven her for laughing at him when Sirius hit him with the book. Both secretly studied hexes and planed places where 'accidents' might happen. It was all a bit weird.

Sirius had finally managed to corner Tonks and locked her in a room with Kreacher for a week. When she emerged for the room, the little 'Janice' inside her had curled up and died. Much to the delight of Sirius and Remus, who carried on with their happy little relationship.

"I look fat!" Draco whined as he looked in the mirror, trying on every shirt just to see if it still fit him.

"You think you're fat. Have you seen me?" Lucius whined back, pointing out the huge bulge of his stomach. "Not just that, but Severus is ignoring me and I am going to have to have his baby soon. Oh my god, you're going to have a little brother or sister!" he squeaked to finish.

"Yeah I am! Oh my god that is such a cute idea! I'm going to be a brother..." Draco said, and again with the tears. That was happening way too much lately. Not just him either, it was all of them. Only two days ago Harry had started crying in transfigurations because he couldn't say the spell. One week ago, Severus had locked himself in his room and started crying because his shoes were too tight. And Lucius cried about everything, and when I say everything I really do mean EVERYTHING.

He cried because his clothes didn't fit. He cried because Severus was busy. He cried because he couldn't get out of the armchair or off the sofa by himself. And Draco wasn't really helping. Every time Lucius started crying Draco started crying too, and vice-versa. And when all four of them got together it was really very weird.

Draco was sitting in his room, looking through a book of herbology when Harry wandered in with tears in his eyes. Draco looked up, determined that for once in this pregnancy he was going to be strong. "What's the matter baby?" he said softly, standing up.

Harry ran over and threw his arms round Draco. "I'm scared. I don't think I can do this. I'm not sure I want to do this but I still want this baby." He sobbed into Draco's shoulder. Draco rubbed his back soothing, fighting back his own tears.

"Shhh... it will be okay, I'll be right here for you. You are going to be just, we are all going to be fine. I promise. I won't let a single bad thing happen to you." Draco said over and over until he started to believe it himself. Harry pulled back from him, wiping his eyes on his sleeve.

"I'm sorry Dray, I'm just being silly, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just..." he stopped and smiled at Harry, he had stayed strong so far, he wasn't going to break down now. "I love you. I don't tell you enough, but I do, I really do love you."

Harry's eyes filled with tears and he hugged Draco again. "I love you too baby. I love all of you." He said kissing Draco's forehead.

"Um... I am really sorry to disturb you, but I couldn't find Severus anywhere." Lucius said shyly from his place in the doorway. He had one had tightly clamped over his stomach and he was extremely pale other than his cheeks that were flushed bright pink.

"Dad? Are you alright?" Draco said, rushing over to his father. Lucius leaned heavily on his shoulder and Draco could hear his fathers unsteady breath speed up. "Come on, we have to take you up to the hospital wing." All fears of having his own baby vanished; Draco was more frightened than he had ever been. His father was everything to him now that his mother was gone.

"But the baby isn't due for another month." Harry said as he rushed over to assist Draco.

"Yeah, that's nothing new. Draco was a premature baby as well." Lucius said as the climbed they walked along the corridor. But his knees buckled and he fell forward, so that Draco and Harry could barely hold him up. They lowered him slowly to the floor and he doubled over. "Go... and find... Severus..." Lucius forced and curled up in pain.

"Harry go and get Sev, I'm staying here with dad, hurry up!" Draco said and Harry hurried off as fast as he could. He glanced at his watch. Twelve fifteen. He would be at lunch. Harry made a break for the great hall, knocking over several first years and leaving them rather disorientated behind him. He threw open the doors rather harder than he meant to and the loud crash echoed off the walls.

"Severus!" Harry panted. He didn't need to say any more than that. Severus jumped out of his seat and ran down between the house tables toward Harry (which was something of an amusing sight considering how big he was getting. If it wasn't such a serious situation Harry would have laughed.)

Severus followed Harry down to the dungeons where Lucius was still on the floor. Severus threw his arms round Lucius and Lucius held him tightly as pain coursed through his body. "Hey sweety, how you doing, you okay?" Severus said, desperately trying to calm a rather distressed Severus. "Would someone please go and get Poppy, he's not going to make it up to the hospital wing. Harry, help me get him back to my room."

"But I wanna stay with him!" Draco shouted, fearful tears rolling down his face.

Severus grabbed Draco's shoulders. "Draco, just go and get Poppy, I'm not going to let anything bad happen to him, I promise. But if you don't go and get her then I can't help him. Please just do this one thing for me." He said, his dark eyes calming as they stared into Draco's. Draco nodded quickly and ran off as Severus returned to help Lucius.

Draco ran so fast through the castle that he thought his lungs would burst, but not once did he slow. He wasn't going to let his father down.

"Where's Draco?" Lucius whimpered.

"He'll be back soon sweety, you're gonna be okay, it's alright." Severus said, but his reassuring voice was failing him as his eyes filled with tears. He was scared for his best friend and lover. "I promise I won't let anything happen to you." Severus said and he burst into tears.

Harry rubbed Severus' back while he held Lucius' hand, giving it and encouraging squeeze. 'Hurry back Draco, we need you.' He thought to himself.

A/N: Oh my god I am actually crying! I have lost my comedy... my comedy is gone! I love my reviewers, and so I want to apologise to them. I am sorry. I am having a bad week. I miss my baby cousins (I don't care that they are four and six years old, they are still babies to me). I will snap out of the mush after Lucius has his baby... I hope. Bare with me. I love you all so much.

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