Title: Baby of our Dreams
Rating: PG-13 for now
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Harry Potter. Only Constance is mine.
Summary: Harry finds a baby on the door step of his relatives and runs to Draco for help. Will be SLASH! If you do not like, hit the back button on your server and have a nice day. Oh, and a bit of ooc on the characters.
A/N: OMG!!! THANK YOU for all your lovely reviews! Im glad that that one chapter managed to please you all for the explanations. I just hope this one lives up to standards. I'm sorry for any mistakes that I make. I don't have a beta, seeing as how im too lazy to get one. More explanations in this chapter and a bit o-slash on the side. Not much though. As you may have noticed Harry is already beginning to return Draco's feelings, but it's a bit slower now. Oh, and someone asked about Harry's trunk. In the first chapter, he had shrunken it down to fit in his pocket. I just didn't write him removing it. –Grins-
"Hermione, do you think you could come with Draco and me to Diagon Alley tomorrow? We need to get a few things for Constance." Harry asked, after pulling her off to the side as she and Ron were getting ready to leave.
"Sure. We need to get our school things anyway." She gave Harry a withering glare, "You do have your letter, right?"
Harry rolled his eyes, "Yeah, its up in my trunk."
"Good." Hermione said, with a firm nod of her head, "Well, we will meet you tomorrow. Flourish and Blotts sound good to you?"
"That's fine. Thanks." He kissed her on the cheek, "See you tomorrow."
"Yep." She took Ron's hand in hers and they walked out the door, leaving Harry and Draco alone in the hall.
"They're going tomorrow?" Draco asked, coming up behind Harry.
"Yeah, they're going." Harry replied, turning around so he was looking at Draco.
"You know," Draco said, grabbing Harry's left hand in his own, "We should get rings tomorrow."
Harry smiled, "Really?"
"Of course! You are my husband now. I want to show it off." Draco said, kissing Harry's cheek.
Harry blushed, not really sure what to say.
"Well, come on. We shouldn't leave our daughter with Dumbledore for too long. He might corrupt her or something." Draco pulled Harry towards the living room.
Harry followed, chuckling as he playfully tried to pull his hand away. When his eyes fell on the scene in the living room, however, the chuckles died away but the smile stayed.
Dumbledore was holding Constance up so they were face to face and cooing at her. Every time Constance giggled, Dumbledore would let out a rather loud guffaw, causing the dark haired angel to giggle even more.
"That's so cute! I wish I had a camcorder." Harry whispered into Draco's ear.
Draco shivered as Harry's warm breath ghosted across his ear, "What's a camcorder?"
Harry chuckled, which made Dumbledore notice their presence, "I'll tell you later."
"Ah, boys. Why don't you have a seat? We have a few things we need to discuss." Dumbledore said, nodding at the love seat across from him as he placed Constance in the baby bouncer that was situated on the couch next to him.
The two boys did just that, "So, what do we need to talk about sir?" Draco asked, not failing to notice how close Harry had sat next to him.
"We need to come up with a rather believable excuse as to why you have Constance in the first place." Dumbledore looked at Harry, "How soon can you make that room of yours lived in?"
Harry blushed slightly, "It already is."
Dumbledore's eyes had that annoying twinkle again, "Is that so? Well good. The most plausible story I could concoct isn't much different from the truth. All we really have to do is change the place she was left from the Dursley's to here, and write up another note."
Draco's jaw dropped, "That's all?"
"Mm, see, you two, upon seeing Constance, immediately fell in love with her. And honoring the mother's wishes did not put her in an orphanage. Instead, you decided that, with no living relatives onto whom she could go, you took the plunge into marriage, so you could formally adopt her." Dumbledore smiled, "See? Total truth."
"Amazing how realistic that sounds." Harry mumbled, not bothering to keep the sarcasm from his voice.
Draco smirked, "Will that be all then?"
"Actually, no. I need you two to sign a couple of forms for me." Dumbledore pulled two rolled up parchments from his pocket, "One is your marriage license that appeared not twenty minutes ago, and the other is the adoption form that I picked up today at the ministry." He handed each boy a sheet.
Harry and Draco quickly signed each sheet and handed them back, both smiling at the thought that those two documents proved the existence of their new family.
"Well, then." Dumbledore stood up, pocketing the sheets, "Your marriage license will be returned to you by direct owl mail, in one day's time. The ministry needs copies on file for it. And I will also set up the appointment for the twenty-third. Make sure this place is neat, yet lived in, hm?" With those few words, Dumbledore left the manor.
Draco looked at Harry, confused, "Lived in?"
"Draco, have you taken a look around? It's like walking through a museum!" Harry replied, pointedly looking over Draco's shoulder where a glass case filled with miniature glass ballerinas stood.
"And your point? I grew up here and look how I turned out!" Draco said with a huff, arms crossing over his chest.
Harry raised an eyebrow, "That was my point." The doorbell rang, "Think about it while I go answer the door, ok?" He patted Draco on the knee and stood up, heading into the hall. He pulled open the door and stood there, stock still.
"Don't just stand there you insolent brat, who has no reason to be here. It's chilly out here, and I would like to be inside!"
Harry still couldn't manage to say anything, but did as told and stepped out of the way.
"Really Sev, could you be any ruder? One of these days you are going to hurt...someone's...Harry?!"
Harry shook his head, "Remus?" He grinned and launched himself into his 'newly-appointed' godfather's arms.
Remus laughed and wrapped his arms around the raven haired boy, "What are you doing here?"
"I live here now." Harry said, pulling away.
"Oh, really. And I suppose you and Draco are at each others throats night and day! Probably need to hire a bloody chaperone to make sure you don't beat the bloody pulp out of one another." Severus Snape sneered, glaring down at Harry.
"Actually, Professor Snape," Harry intoned, "Draco and I are married."
"YOU'RE WHAT?!" Two voices intoned, both screeching at the end, which Harry found just a tad amusing.
"Married. You know, with vows and music and love. That sort of thing." Harry hid his forming smile behind his hand, not needing the two men to yell any louder.
"I know what marriage is! Do you really know what you're doing? You're both so young still! You have your whole lives to get married." Remus said, coming down from the shock.
Harry shrugged, "We wanted too. We felt that in order to feel more as a family, that we should be united in all ways. That included marriage."
"Why do two seventeen year olds need to feel like family? You're hiding something." Severus said, finally deeming it necessary to enter the conversation.
"Who's at the door love?" Draco's voice drifted out from the living room.
"Just our most favorite people in the whole wide world, dear." Harry replied, grinning at the two adults. He waved his hand, "Would you like to join Draco in the living room? I'm sure I can hunt out minty. That is, if you gentleman would like tea?"
"No. We're here to check on Draco, and then we're leaving. We do have other things to attend to." Severus replied.
The very small group walked into the living room. Harry almost had to catch himself from running into Remus' backside, when both he and Severus came to an abrupt stop, "What's wrong?" He asked, stepping off to the side.
"Is that a – a..." Severus turned a bit paler, if that were possible, as he stared at Draco feeding a rather fussy Constance.
"...Baby?" Remus finished for him, remembering Harry's previous comment about family, "Yours, I take it?" He glanced down at Harry.
Harry nodded, pride swelling up in him like a balloon, "Yeah, ours."
"Ah, soul-mates then. How did you hide a pregnancy?" Severus asked, regaining his composure.
"Madam Pomfrey placed glamour charms on me when I began to show. That was only for when I was in public eye though." Draco replied, smiling at the trio, "Hello, uncle Sev."
"You carried her? Potter seems more the sub type to me." Severus said, smirking.
Harry scowled, "Now wait a minute..."
"Harry, love, shut up." Draco said, seeing that his husband was about to go on a rampage, "Yes, uncle, I carried her."
"How old is she?" Remus asked, smiling down at Constance as she gazed back.
"Near a month." Harry replied.
Severus shook his head, "I just can't see how...You know what? I don't want to know. Really, I don't."
"We need to go. We only stopped by because it was on the way. We have a bit of business to tend to in Wellsburg." Remus grabbed Severus by the arm, "We'll stop by again on the way back and we can have a proper chat." He then began to pull at the potions teacher, "We'll see ourselves out."
Harry watched them go, a rush of emotions flowing through him, "Bye." He said. He turned back to Draco, "That was interesting."
Draco nodded, "Very."
TBC
Well, Sevie boy took that a bit better then I wanted, but that's how it came out. I am so ashamed! Wow, can you believe it? I think this is the first story where I actually hit over 50 reviews! Think we can hit 65? I know, pushing it a bit, but a girl can dream, cant she? So on with the drill! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!