A SLIGHT CHANGE CH. 12- WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

DISCLAIMER- Nope, not mine.

AN- This is the last chapter. (sob) I probably will do a sequel. Just for the hell of it. I'm working on another "Snape as a good guy" story called Windows. The first chapter should be up in the next week or so. Thanks for sticking with me.

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I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I say to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

Bright sunny days, dark sacred nights

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow are so pretty in the skies

Are also on the faces of people walking by

I see friends shaking hands saying

How do you do?

They're really saying

I love you

I see babies cry, I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself

What a wonderful world

And I say to myself

What a wonderful world

"What a Wonderful World"- Joey Ramone

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It'll all be over soon. Yeah, right. Seven hours later, I was lying in a hospital bed screaming my lungs out and holding Harry's hand so hard I swear I could feel the bones shattering.

"Okay, one more push, Miss Kelsey," the Mediwizard said.

"One more push, Lor," Harry repeated unnecessarily.

"Dammit, I heard him! Quit repeating every little thing they say! Argh!"

"He's almost out. Just one more push."

"You just said tha-AAH!"

The cries of my newborn son drowned out my own screams. Soon, the only sound to be heard was the quieting whispers of the baby.

"Wow, he's quiet," Harry observed. "He sure didn't get that from you."

"That's our son." The tears were mixing in with the sweat on my face as I watched the doctors cut my son's umbilical cord before placing him in my arms. His dirty blonde hair was streaked with the sleek platinum of his father's. My son's father was Lucius Malfoy.

"Oh, God…" I turned away from the green eyes of my baby and looked at Harry.

"He's got my eyes," he whispered.

"Yes, but none of your genes," I joked. "He's a gorgeous baby, though, no matter who his father is."

"I'm his father, Lor. Don't ever forget that." He leaned down to kiss my forehead. "He's beautiful. Hey, Sidney. I'm your dad and this is your mum. I think you'll like it here."

"Where's my grandson?" My mom shoved past the protesting Mediwitches with Remus following behind her and looked down at her new grandson. "Aw, he's so cute! Hey, little buddy. Look, Remus, he's looking at us."

"I see that." Remus put a hand on my shoulder and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Dad."

"All right. Congratulations, you two."

"Thanks."

The next hour consisted of family and friends congratulating Harry and I and cooing over Sidney. After that, Harry and I were left alone to talk about our future.

"Look, I know we're only 16 but we have a child together, a life together. We should get married. I mean, not right now, but after we graduate. We should get married."

I stared at him. Get married… after we graduate… me, marry my boyfriend, The-Boy-Who-Lived.

"Why me?"

He looked surprised by the question. "What do you mean?"

"You can have any girl in the world, Harry. Why me? And don't say because of the baby."

"Lor, I love you, okay? Does there have to be more reason than that?" He shifted in his chair and stared defiantly at me. "Why me?"

"Because I love you."

"There. We love each other. Will you marry me?"

"Yes."

"Good. So what do you wanna do?"

And that was the proposal. Not exactly romantic but sweet in its own way. We announced our engagement when we brought Sidney home. I'd say that the news was well-received because there was ecstatic applause and even more "congratulations". Even Sev was happy and he loathes Harry with a passion. We need to work on their relationship. Sev might be Harry's father-in-law someday.

About a week later, a very unexpected guest showed up.

The girls and I were watching The Blue Collar Comedy Tour while Sidney was taking a nap when he arrived.

"Hello, Lorelai."

I looked up and met the cold green eyes of Draco Malfoy.

"Who let you in, Malfoy?" Ginny asked heatedly.

"Your mother." He turned to me, his eyes softening a bit. "I heard what Father did to you and… I'm sorry."

"It gave me one good thing." I gestured upstairs. "Would you like to meet your little brother?"

"Yes, please."

As I stood up, Hermione gave me a questioning look, as if asking "What the hell are you doing?" Honestly? I had no idea. I mean, Draco can't be as evil as his father and even he should get the chance to meet his little brother.

I led him upstairs to Sidney's room, which he shared with Harry, Ron, and I. I moved in after Sid was born because he woke up many times during the night and it took both of his parents to get him back to sleep.

"Here he is." I carefully took him out of his crib, only to a few small whimpers. "Sidney James Potter."

"Can I… can I hold him?"

"Um, yeah. Be careful, though."

"Okay."

I placed him in Malfoy's waiting arms. He instinctively cradled the baby's head and just stared down at his little brother. Great, I'm related to a Malfoy. I don't know how… his brother's mom… ew, I'm so not Draco's half-mother!

"He's got Harry's eyes. But they have a sort of Malfoy look to them." He grinned. "This is amazing." The grin faded quickly as he soberly looked me straight in the eye. "I'm not a Death Eater. I never will be."

"I know that."

"Now that Father's gone, I don't have to hate everybody. When he was around, I'd get beat if I was nice to a mudblood or Gryffindor."

"That's awful."

"You get used to it after a while." He placed Sidney back in his bassinet and pulled his blanket to his ching. "I'm living at Hogwarts for now. Dumbledore's letting me stay since school starts in two weeks anyway."

"Two weeks…" That's it? What am I going to do about Sid? Will Dumbledore let me bring him to school? I mean, I won't be the only one there to look after him. I'll have my friends and Remus and Sev. Sid will be well cared for. Then again, I could leave him here with Mom and Sirius… no, he's my responsibility. I'm not going to be the type of mother who just drops her child off with his grandparents whenever she feels like it.

I ran downstairs and straight into Dumbledore and McGonnagal.

"Professors, hello."

"Hello, Lorelai." Professor McGonnagal dropped her stern image and embraced me in a hug. "Congratulations. On both the baby and the engagement. It couldn't have happened to a better girl."

"Thank you. That really means a lot to me. Excuse me, Professor Dumbledore, may I ask you something?"

"Yes, of course."

"What do I do with Sidney while I'm at school?"

"Why, bring him with you of course! I'm sure the staff would be more than happy to fuss over the baby."

"What about my classes?"

"Whether you know it or not, our teachers very caring people." Sev snorted at this but Dumbledore chose to ignore him. "They will most likely allow you to have Sidney in the classroom with you."

I let out a huge sigh of relief. "And if they don't, I'm sure Sev won't mind taking care of him. Right, Grampa?"

"Call me Grampa one more time and I'll hex you into oblivion."

I leaned towards the professors and whispered, "He's just mad cause Remy's spending more time with Sidney than with him."

"Am not!"

"Sev, you are so jealous."

"No…" He shrugged. "Maybe just a little… that little twit stole my boyfriend!"

"Severus Julian Snape! My son did not steal Remus from you. Remus is Sid's grandfather and so are you. You should spend some time with your grandson, Sev."

He rolled his eyes before muttering, "I hate when your right."

"I know you do. That's why I'm always right."

"Bullshit!" Sirius coughed.

"Well, Lorelai, we just came to tell you congratulations." Dumbledore said. "And also that, if you are willing, you are welcome to come to Hogwarts one week early to prepare your chambers for you and your son."

"My chambers? I'm not staying in Gryffindor Tower?"

"Well, you may if you wish, but I think it will be a lot harder for a young baby to live with a whole lot of teenagers running amuck in his bedroom. Harry can stay with you, also."

I rushed into the headmaster's arms and hugged him tightly. "Thank you so much, Professor."

"You are quit welcome. Your chambers are in the dungeons, along with Severus and Remus's."

"Dad stays in the dungeons? But that's not where his classroom is."

"W moved it to the dungeons so that he can be closer to Severus here. His classroom is still in its usual spot but we converted his old quarters to a storage room."

"Sweet…"

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One week later, we were packing up for our return to Hogwarts as sixth years. Although this time, I'd be bringing my son.

"So, you don't mind us living together?" Harry asked me.

"Well, I'm going to need help raising Sidney and I thought, since his namesake wasn't around to help-"

"His namesake? Who'd you name him after?"

"Well, your dad, of course."

"That's his middle name. What about his first name?"

"Well, um, do you really need to know?"

"Stupid question."

"Sid Vicious."

"You named our son after Sid Vicious?"

"Well, you agreed to it!"

"I thought it was a nice name!"

"And it is!" I sighed. "Look, we're fighting like an old married couple."

"Sorry. Come on, Mrs. Weasley's ready to leave."

"Okay."

As Harry brought out luggage down, I cradled Sidney in my arms and looked around the room. So many things have happened in this house. So many life-changing events. I met my future husband and some of the best friends I've ever had. I found my father and fell in love with him and his partner. I thought back on what life was like before I moved to 12 Grimmauld Place. It wasn't bad but I wouldn't want to go back to it. This new life was one I wouldn't trade for the world.

"Hey, Lor, you coming?" Ron stuck his red head in my room. "You okay?"

"Yeah. I was just thinking about how different my life is."

"It's a slight change, isn't it?" He wrapped a lanky arm around his shoulders.

"Yeah. Just a slight change."

THE END!

AN- Well, that's it! I'm already working on the first chapter of the sequel. It's going to be called My New Life and it should be up sometime next week. Thanks for sticking with me. Love ya! -CAMACHO