Okay first of all I'm sorry to all that reviewed and like my story that I haven't updated, as I have said in a review I have not been able to because we didn't get internet back til a little while ago. I'm going to continue my story. Enjoy.

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Chapter 4: Learning how to be a father

It was the second day of being a family and Lily was gone grocery shopping, because they were going to get their house elves to prepare the meal for James' funeral. He didn't know how Lily did it. He had been chasing Harry up and down all day, he was the most energetic little kid he'd ever come across, but then he hadn't come across very many little kids in his lifetime, except his sister who died at the age of 4 because of…. No, he didn't want to think about that.

He cleared his thoughts of everything that had to do with his sister and put his mind on the task at hand. Finding Harry. Harry had come to believe that the best thing to do throughout the day is play hide and seek. Over and over again. Even when his father didn't want to play. It was a big house and so far he'd hidden so many rooms that Severus was sure he'd hidden in every single one in the manner. While maybe not that many he thought.

He was looking in the living room at the moment underneath the couch where Harry had hidden the first day. He got down on his knees when he heard a giggle coming from behind the curtains. And sure enough he could see two feet sticking out from underneath them. That was the thing with Harry, he'd always give himself away by giggling. That made him easy to find. Severus picked him up and told him that before he played, "if" he played again today, he needed a bath, because he was muddy from falling in the mud about 10 minutes ago.

Severus held Harry firmly in his arms as they walked down the hall. "No!" Harry yelped.

"No, what?" Severus asked his son impatiently.

"I don't wanna have a bath!" Harry pouted and stuck his tongue out at his father.

"Too bad," Severus smirked as his son sighed and put his head on his shoulder. 'It was moments like this I could get used to,' Severus thought.

Severus set his son on the sink, where he knew he couldn't get off and drew the bath water to his normal temperature. He undressed his son while the water was running. He turned off the water and put him in the tub. As soon as he was in the water Harry started to cry, "Hot! Hot!" he was balling and it took Severus a minute to recognize the mistake he had made. The water was too hot for Harry! As fast as he could Severus took his son out of the tub and rapped him in a towel and then automatically went to his potions. He quickly found the burning salve and put it on Harry. Harry crying all the while. After he put the salve on him, he held him close, Harry still crying. 'I can't believe I just did that to my own son'. He scolded himself. It will never happen again.

Lily came home a few hours later to find Harry's skin beat red. She saw him sitting on the couch in the living room playing with his toys. His father was not in the room. She ran to him.

"What's wrong Harry?" Lily asked frantically.

"Daddy hurt me."

Lily was horrified, "What did daddy do to hurt you?"

"He didn't do it on purpose mommy." He cried.

"What did he do?"

"He put to hot of water in my bath," Harry cried "Don't yell at him mommy, it was an accident."

"Where is daddy now?" Lily asked him.

"He's out in his garden."

"I'm going to see him!" Lily said angrily.

"Let me come!" Harry said as he ran outside to find his father.

"Daddy!" Harry cried and held tightly to his legs. "Mommy's mad! I'm sorry daddy, if I knew she would get this mad, I wouldn't have told her what had happened!" Severus swung his son into his arms, wondering what he was talking about. He would find out soon, he was sure, because he could see one angry Lily Potter walking up to him as he contemplated this.

"What's the matter Lily?" Severus asked sincerely as she came up to him.

Lily grabbed Harry from his father's arms, Harry protesting loudly. "You could have killed my son!" Lily growled.

"What did I do?" Severus had a thoughtful look on his face, mixed with an angry one for doing something he didn't do, or didn't mean to do, he was sure of it.

"Look at him!" Lily yelled. All of a sudden Harry threw up all over the ground.

Severus was actually really worried at this point and without thinking took Harry out of his mother's arms and headed at a fast pace up towards the manor. Not hearing his soon-to-be-wife's frantic calls coming from behind him because his only thoughts were focused one place: His son.

His feet knew exactly where they were headed and took Harry up to his bedroom and laid him down on the bed. With a snap of his fingers Raymie was beside him and she was told to go get two potions, by the time she got back, Lily was in the room. Lily watched in awe as Severus checked his son's temperature, put a cold cloth to his head and administered the potions.

Severus stayed up with the boy all night, knowing that if the fever hadn't broken by morning he would have to take his son to St. Mungo's. Lily was there but mostly she just stayed out of his way. He watched as his son woke up the next morning and quickly checked his temperture. It had broke, Harry's fever had broke.

After Harry's fever broke, they all ate breakfast up there(Severus wouldn't let Harry get out of bed, since he was still sick). And after Harry fell asleep Lily asked what happened yesterday.

"I'm learning how to be a father," was the only words Severus said.

Tell me what you think, I'm sorry about the long, long, long wait, but there is no way I was not finishing off this story.