Chapter 11 – Sirius Problems ^.^
The next morning, Harry woke up to find Severus, no his father, asleep in the chair next to his bead, with a thick book lying open against his chest. Harry took the quiet time to recollect what happened the night before, he now had a father, one that says he cares for Harry but is it the truth?
It would have to be the truth wouldn't it? The pure emotion in his eyes last night proved what he was saying to be the truth.
In the bed next to him, Draco slowly woke up to find Harry watching Severus, who was still asleep.
"Hey, umm, Harry, do you, ya know, want to talk about it?" Draco asks in no more than a whisper, not wanting to wake up Severus.
Harry looks up slightly startled to see Draco watching him closely, they had become friends within a few days, not even, was Harry ready to start sharing his feelings with Draco? When would be the right time? Might as well be now shouldn't it?
"Sure I guess, I don't really know what to think about it all. I think I know that he cares for me, at least somewhat, but I don't know how I feel about it. I'm excited I guess, and a little hopeful, but I'm angry too. I had to live with those 'Voldemort wannabes,' umm the Dursleys for my entire life only to be treated like a slave. If you were wondering, yes that's why I had to come to Hogwarts, the muggles put me here, and I was in pretty much the same shape you were when you came in, except for the curses part.
"Anyways, I don't know how he could care for me, he acted like he hated me the entire time I was in school, always looking for a way to expel me, give me detention, or take away house points," Harry says, slightly bitterly.
"Harry, if I don't prove you wrong about people having masks to protect themselves, I don't know what could. I've known Sev just about all my life, he's the only person who helped me out in the manor, and he was always there when I needed someone to talk to.
"He's very protective of the people he cares about and once you get to know him a little better, and maybe spend some time with him, he'll open up to what he's like with me when we're alone. I'm sure you know about his job and what it entails, that's just one of the reasons he had to treat you the way he did in public, and it'll probably have to continue like that in public until Voldemort is defeated or he's found out."
Draco said this all in a whisper, still trying not to wake up Severus, he meant every word he just said, and he would say more but he had run out o breath.
Harry just sat there in silence, thinking over what Draco had just told him. After a while he looks up and smiles towards Draco, "Thanks Draco, I think that helped me out more than I realize, and I'll give him a chance."
"That's all I could ask for Harry," a voice interrupts before Draco could answer, both boys look over to Severus to see him awake and looking at Harry intently.
"I, we didn't mean to wake you Professor." Harry says, slightly embarrassed.
Severus moistens his lips before answering, "Harry, if you don't mind, you may call me Severus or 'Sev' as Draco calls me. After all, if we do get some time to spend together, I don't want to have you keep addressing me as Professor or sir. Although you'll have to call me that in public."
"Yes Si–Severus, I think I could handle that," Harry smiles slightly towards Severus who smiles just as slightly back, but before he could answer him, the doors slammed open.
"You son of a bitch, How the hell could you do that to Lily!?" Sirius hissed out, much like a snake, towards Severus who was slightly surprised by the door banging open like that.
"Black, how nice to see you again," Severus drawls out slowly, not showing any emotion.
"Answer me Snape, I just found out about your little fun you had with Lily, of course you put it as a mission for Voldemort, I know about your little crush you had on her too, you went to her house on purpose didn't you?"
"NO! I would never do that to her, yes I cared about her, but I would never do that. It was a mission Black whether you believe me or not is up to you, I don't know how you found out, it was probably Lupin but its over and done now. If Harry didn't already know about this and you had just ruined ever chance I had with him, you would be very sorry mutt." Severus whispered out in a deadly tone, putting shivers up and down everyone's backs, he had somehow stood up from his chair through his tirade.
"If you think I'm going to allow Harry to stay anywhere near you then you're mistaken. I've figured out you have everyone in your little scheme, how you even have Albus, I already told him I was going to take Harry to Remus' flat with me when I go back. You can't stop me either, I'm his rightful guardian, and after all, James is dead."
"Sirius! Calm down, don't I get a choice in this? What if I wanted to stay here?" Harry says desperately, not wanting to loose his chance to get to know his father, also furious by the way his godfather was acting.
"No, you will be coming back to the flat, you will not be coming back until school starts and I don't want to hear another word." Sirius says, still glaring daggers at Snape.
"Hey, you can't force me to do anything I don't want to Sirius, if you keep trying to force me to do something, I will never forgive you. You'll be turning into what I despise the most, you'll be turning into another Dursley and I will never forgive you for that. Now, if you're going to continue your ridiculous tirade, I want you to leave."
Sirius stares at Harry for a long moment before stomping out of the infirmary, muttering about how the greasy bastard already had Harry under his spell and that he would remove Harry from this place.
"Oh god, I've probably just lost my godfather." Harry says distraught as he watched Sirius to leave.
Severus and Draco were still slightly surprised by Harry outburst, but Severus sat down next to Harry's bed talking softly to him.
"Harry, you did what you thought was right, you can't help yourself right now, you've been just given a large blow and I'm sure you're still shocked by it. I promise to you that I wont make you do anything you don't want to unless its absolutely necessary, Black will just need some time to cool down before he can see any one of us. I promise you though, he wont be taking you away from Hogwarts as long as I'm here."
Harry shakes his head slightly, "thanks, but I'm still to blame for blowing up like that, he'll probably hate me now."
"How about we get some breakfast and we'll talk about it more later. I'm sure both you boys are hungry are you not?"
Two 'yes's' came from either side of Severus so he summoned a house elf to bring some food for three.
As they waited for the food to come in, a slightly ruffled Remus walked through the doors.
"I'm sorry to intrude, but I wanted to apologize for Sirius's behavior. I meant to tell him in private, but he wouldn't stop asking questions. I tried to hold him back but he transformed and I couldn't get a hold onto him. I'll try to talk some sense into him, but until then, we both are going to head back to my flat alright Harry?"
Harry nods his head slightly.
"Alright then, we should be back within a week or two, if not, we'll be back before school starts, take care Harry and make sure to owl us if you need anything, Severus, Mr. Malfoy, I'll be seeing you both later." Remus states as he walks back out the door to go find Sirius and take him home.
A soft snort came from Draco's bed, "well that went nicely wouldn't you say?"
Harry smiled slightly at the dry humor in Draco's tone, he was just trying to lighten the mood after all and Harry was grateful for it.
A few minutes later, the food appeared, there was more than likely enough for a dozen or so people, but Harry and Draco both dug in with a vengeance. Severus took a plateful slightly more dignified. For the rest of the day, Harry and Draco sat in the infirmary exchanging stories about their lives. Severus had to go down to the dungeons to finish the plan for school in a little less than a month.
Draco was a very good listener for Harry when Harry went through his school years in detail, he told Draco everything from his invisibility cloak, to the Polyjuice Potion in second year, which got a good laugh out of Draco, he even told Draco about the third task and what happened after he touched the cup. He didn't know why he told him that, he hadn't even told Hermione or Ron about that yet, he just felt he could tell Draco anything and not be judged by it. The only thing he didn't tell Draco about was the past month, Harry didn't think he was ready to tell anyone about that yet.
Draco was very sympathetic about the tournament, but he didn't show any pity which Harry was thankful for. In return for Harry's life story as they dubbed their little talk as later on, Draco told Harry his. He told him how he grew up he didn't have anyone their for him when he needed an adult except for Severus, Draco told Harry that his father started to teach him the Dark Arts when he was ten and how he was expected to be a Death Eater like his father.
He explained that he followed his father because he was just that, a father that gave his son everything he had ever wanted, whether it was money or the newest racing broom. Draco slightly slowed down during the last month, but he explained just about everything that happened after he refused to be a Death Eater, he just didn't go into detail about the abuse.
Harry was a good listener in return and reacted almost identically to how Draco reacted to the third task. He did feel some pity but he pushed it down, knowing Draco was similar to himself in that he didn't want any pity from anyone.
As the day wore on, they had gotten a few visitors, the professors would stop in every so often and check on the boys. They were quite surprised to find both of the boys chatting like old friends, but decided not to say anything about it to not brake, whatever was happening, up.
As it started to become dark again, Poppy came into the room to give Harry and Draco a check up, she seemed upset about something but didn't tell Harry or Draco what it was. After a little while of pokes and 'uh huh's' coming form the Medi-Witch, Poppy finally quit.
"Well boys, I don't know why I agreed to this, but Severus requested that you two could get out of the infirmary. At first I refused saying you needed your rest, but he insisted so, he'll be up momentarily to bring you down to his quarters where you'll be restricted to your beds. I don't want you up and about as I'm sure you two would like to be, I want you both to stay in bed for at least another couple of days. You haven fully recovered yet and you may aggravate the wound if you move around to much, is that understood?"
"Yes, ma'am," the two boys chorused, both excited to finally get out of the infirmary, but Harry was also slightly anxious about going down to his father's rooms.
Severus walked into the room, a few minutes later asking if they were ready. They both nodded their heads and got up slowly, they were both n a lot of pain but knew that if they didn't get out soon, Poppy would make them stay. Both boys made it slowly and painfully down into the dungeons to find themselves in front of a portrait with a snake in it.
Severus whispered out the password and the snake bobbed its head once before opening. Both boys walked into the room and Draco went to go sit on the couch while Harry sat there stunned by what was in front of him.
The room was furnished in black, silver, and green with a small fireplace against the wall. There was a deep forest green carpet on the floor with a couple of cushioned chairs encircled around a small table in front of the fireplace. On the other side of the room, there was a door leading into another room that looked like a kitchen but Harry couldn't tell. Straight across from Harry on the last wall were three doors.
Harry was knocked out of his thoughts when Severus asked him if he liked it. Harry smiled a genuine smile and nodded his head.
Severus released a breath that he hadn't known he was holding. "I'm glad you like it, anyways the door on the very far left is my room, there's another door farther in that leads to my private lab, please don't go in there unless you have permission first, the middle door is the bathroom and the door on the far right is your room along with Draco's. It used to be his, but I don't think he'll mind sharing with you, there is already another bed in there made."
"It' s great, but I'm really tired so do you mind if I go to bed?"
"That's fine Harry, I'm sure Draco will join you because he seems to be falling asleep on my chair. Goodnight and I'll talk to you in the morning."
"Kay, G'night Severus," Harry yawns as he walks into the room he was to share with Draco, not noticing anything until he fell into the bed of the right side of the room.
A few minutes later, Draco stumbled into the room and fell into the same bed, neither one noticing where the other was, both boys fell into a peaceful sleep, dreaming of things in the morning they wouldn't remember.
TBC…
AN: well, how did everyone like this chapter? The plot is going to start to pick up now, Harry's finally out of the Hospital wing now…well I hope to read lots of reviews! So make sure you leave one, even if it just says good work…I don't care…umm…thanx for all ur reviews so far, they're great and I agree with pretty much everything anyone has said
O and BTW…this is going to be a H/D slash story, its not going to be too deep, I mean they are only 15…but there will be some snoggage later on…umm…they might become better friends before they start to go out…but ya never know…it all depends on what I feel like writing…ttyl bbye
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