Note: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters or any of the plot that comes from J. K. Rowling's books.
Severus sat down in
his office trying to make the least amount of noise possible. He was
hiding from Bellatrix who, as usual, was trying to force him to
believe some crazy story or another.
Well, he doubted that there
was a baby. This was a plea from her to force him to take her
back…probably. He certainly hoped so. Quite apart from the fact
that she'd be a terrible mother, convincing himself that the supposed
baby truly was a product of Bella's crazy imagination made him feel
less guilty. And even if it was true, he sure as hell wasn't going to
waste his time taking care of the damn infant…
"Sev?"
a voice called.
Shit, he thought. She found me.
With
a sigh, he answered. "It's not mine, Bella…" In an
undertone that she nonetheless heard, he added, "If it even
exists…"
"It does exist," she insisted,
"and if it's not yours, whose is it?"
"Probably
your fool of a husband's. Remember him?"
"Of course I
do. I love my husband." Bella flicked her shiny, dark hair out
of her face as she slowly blinked her plum-colored eyelids.
"Then
why are you wasting your time sleeping with me?" Severus asked
under his breath. It wasn't that he hadn't enjoyed it, but he was
more of the one-night-stand type of man.
Bellatrix Lestrange
pouted, her cosmetic-smeared lips looking very appealing to Severus
even when he was as frustrated with her as he was. "Well, when
it's born, we'll see whose it is," she was saying.
"You
know, you'll be a worse mother than mine was, Bellatrix,"
Severus murmured.
"Will not," she said
defiantly.
"Yes, yes," he muttered. "While poor
little Rudolphus Jr. is crying for his mummy, you'll be off sleeping
with some other married man…"
"Well, what are you
going to do about it?" She retorted.
Severus considered it,
at the same time noting with satisfaction that she had made no
attempt to deny his prediction. "Hmm… I can give you a potion
that will kill it before it's born," he suggested with just a
hint of wickedness behind his deadly calm voice.
Bella's eyes
snapped open. She leapt off of the desk where she had been sitting
and she hit him hard across the face with one long-finger nailed
hand. "You jerk! I'm never letting you near my baby!"
she shrieked before flouncing out of the room, her stiletto heels
clattering across the stone floor.
"Ahh…" Severus
sighed, leaning back in his chair. "Mission accomplished…"