Translations:

Bianca: "You idiot! Waking up the entire house because you're bored!"

Sirius: "You say that like it's a bad thing."

Kiki: "It is a bad thing and when did you learn to speak Italian so well?"

Chapter 5:

Severus was finally called back from Germany and reported everything he could to Dumbledore, in hopes of filling the holes in Kiki's reports. He was also glad to be back near Kiki, even if it meant having to put up with everyone else in Grimmauld Place. "Good morning, Severus," Harmony chirped, pouring herself some orange juice.

"Go away," he snarled back. Harmony shot him a look and sat down across from him.

"Do you want anything?"

"No. Leave me alone."

"I thought you were a morning person."

"I have a headache."

"Well, why don't you go lie down?"

"Because my roommate is snoring and that's what's causing my headache plus my grouchiness due to lack of sleep."

"Kiki doesn't snore."

"Kiki's not my roommate right now. Molly made us sleep in separate quarters, thank you very much. I had to room with that damned Oliver Wood."

"Oliver snores?" Harmony took a sip. "Wait, why won't Molly let you and Kiki share quarters?"

"She says it's not 'proper' for us to," Severus said, mockery distinct in his voice.

Harmony placed down her glass. "That's odd. She let Remus and me share a room all summer. Didn't you and Kiki share a room at some point?"

"Not all the time. Just occasional nights when neither of us felt like sleeping alone," Severus explained. "But now Molly won't let us and I'm stuck with Sir Snores-A-Lot."

Harmony snorted and nearly choked on her orange juice. She finished it with another gulp and smiled. "I'll talk to Molly and see if I can persuade her to let you share a room," she said as she turned to leave the room.

"Uh, Harmony," he called. Harmony stopped. "Thank you. But we never had this conversation. Understand?"

"Sure. Kiki wants to know why you can't share a room," Harmony said, winking at the wizard. With that, she left the room finally.

"Ginevra Molly Weasley, get down here this minute! And be wearing something nice!" Kiki's voice was heard throughout the house. Ginny scrambled down the stairs in a black skirt and white shirt with a beaded flower on it. She met Kiki, who was wearing an orange tube top with black pants, at the bottom. "Good, come on, everyone's waiting."

"Who's waiting? And why did I have to dress up?" Ginny was confused as she entered the room. Harmony sat in a nice blue spaghetti strap dress in a nearby chair, while Bianca wasn't too far away in a green skirt and matching top. Hermione sat between them, wearing a pink sleeveless dress and even Luna was there, looking quite normal in a simple black dress.

"Surprise!" Kiki and Harmony said. "For your sixteenth birthday, we're all taking you out to eat!"

"And dancing!" Bianca added. She flashed Ginny a smile. "We ready, ladies?" she asked. All the girls nodded and the group left the house.

The next day, Ginny woke up later than usual and was still sore from all the dancing she had done. Harmony had left before them, claiming she wanted to get some sleep in before her morning sickness would begin. Ginny smiled as she remembered how good of time they had all had the night before at the restaurant. She slipped into one of the tubs and prayed the hot water would work out her sores.

After she had gotten out and changed, she met Harry standing there with a picnic basket. "Happy birthday, Gin," he said, giving her a kiss. "I hope you don't mind, but I thought we could go on a picnic in one of the rooms since I'm technically not allowed outside for too long."

She smiled and eyed the basket hungrily. "Hey, if there's food and I'm eating it with you, I don't care where we eat it!" she said. "Come on, let's go!"

They emerged a little while later, a bit flushed and panting heavily. Unfortunately, someone noticed them coming out looking like this. And it was Kiki. "Well, what do we have here?" she mused, watching the couple shift uneasily. She just stared at them, arms crossed in a thoughtful position.

"What are you thinking of?" Ginny asked awkwardly.

"What is the best thing to say concerning this situation," Kiki responded. "What to say? What to say?" She tapped her fingers together menacingly.

Harry shifted. "How about you say nothing at all, we forget this ever happened and don't ever mention it again?"

"I could do that, but where's the fun?" Kiki smiled sweetly, causing Harry and Ginny to cringe. "Well, I guess the only thing to say is be more careful when emerging a room after playing tonsil hockey with a girl who has five brothers that tend to pop in and out of the house. Like him." With that, Kiki pointed at a smirking Bill as she turned and laughed down the hallway.

To say that dinner was a bit tense that night was a complete and utter understatement. All the Weasley brothers kept shooting their sister and her boyfriend looks while their parents remained oblivious. Kiki had a hard time not laughing at the situation, earning herself weird glances from her friends around her.

"So, are you going to tell me what was so funny, or do I get to guess on my own?" Severus asked as he walked into their room. Harmony had pulled through and Severus no longer had to room with Oliver. He sat down on their bed and stared down his girlfriend. She giggled and wagged her finger. "Oh, come on! Don't make me beg! I'm Severus Snape; I don't beg," he said. Kiki merely darted into the bathroom and locked the door.

When she returned, Severus was already in bed, his chest rising and falling evenly. She smiled and slipped into the bed, falling asleep in minutes due to the warmth Severus had already provided for her.

A baby cried from somewhere in the house. Kiki recognized the cry, though she didn't know from where. She began walking towards the sound of the wails and noticed she was in a beautiful house—Snape Manor, she recognized it from the few times Severus had brought her home to his parents.

She walked upstairs and pushed open the door to a room, where the crying was the loudest. The nursery was painted in a light purple color and a crib stood in the middle of the room. She couldn't see anything; she was completely focused on this one piece of furniture.

Not realizing she had moved, she looked down to see a smaller version of Severus' emblem blanket—green velvet with the Slytherin snake on it—covering a small thing. She pulled back the blanket to see a crying, kicking baby girl in pink pajama set, frantically clutching at a lion wearing a red and gold scarf. Kiki picked up the crying child and sat down in a nearby rocking chair.

The little girl seemed to be content with just being held as Kiki gently rocked the two of them. She began to stroke the baby's silky soft black hair and giggled as the girl began to fumble with the lion. When she got a really good look at the baby, she was surprised to see black onyx eyes staring out at her. Severus' eyes.

Kiki's eyes snapped open and adjusted to the dark light. She was back in Grimmauld Place, Severus sleeping soundly beside her. She rolled over and pressed herself into his back and smiled. If that was a premonition, it certainly wasn't one she minded coming true.

"EVERYBODY WAKE UP NOW!" someone screamed throughout the house. Harmony was still experiencing morning sickness and whoever it was that just screamed wasn't helping the situation. Remus never stopped rubbing her back, only slowed down a bit.

In their room, Severus sat bolt right, panting from the surprise. He startled Kiki, who soon sat up to join them. "I SAID FOR EVERYBODY TO WAKE UP NOW!" the voice called again. Kiki clenched her fists and Severus knew she was going to be out for blood.

The twins were happy for the distraction since when Severus moved out of the room he shared with Oliver, the former quidditch captain was now sharing a room with them. And they couldn't take his snoring anymore. The grumpy noise offender peered at the door, quite miffed that someone had disturbed his sleep.

Across from Oliver, Fred and George's room, Harry and Ron stuck their heads out of the door. Both were still trying to rub the sleep out of their eyes and Harry still hadn't put on his glasses yet. "What's going on?" Harry asked while the twins could only shrug.

The attention turned to Tonks and the other girls, who stuck their heads out of their room. Ginny's red hair was up in a ponytail, Hermione's pajamas were rumpled, and for the first time Tonks looked like Sirius' cousin—since her shield was down due to sleep. Bianca popped her head out of Sirius' room, scowling while Molly Weasley stomped down the hallway.

"SIRIUS BLACK! WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF WAKING ALL OF US UP AT SEVEN-THIRTY IN THE MORNING?" Molly yelled. All present flinched, while Bianca and Kiki followed the fuming matriarch down.

Sirius was standing at the bottom of the stairs, flashing a Marauder's grin. "Good Merlin, how I hate that smile. Especially on him," Severus whispered, causing Remus to chuckle a bit as he held a temporarily not sick Harmony.

"What is the purpose? The purpose, my dear Molly, is because I'm bored and I wanted company," Sirius explained. Within minutes, he was toppled to the floor.

Kiki held his arms down while Bianca straddled him, pinning his entire body to the floor. "Voi idiot! Svegliate tutto in su perché siete annoiati?" Bianca screamed.

"Dite che come esso è una cosa difettosa, Bianca," Sirius responded, cheekily.

Kiki pushed down harder on his arms. "È una cosa difettosa e quando avete imparato parlare cos� bene italiano?" she asked.

"Um, guys, could you please speak in English since not everyone knows Italian?" Ginny asked, popping out from behind Harry. The three gave her a look that made her shrink beside her boyfriend again. "Forget I said anything."

Sirius was able to shake off Kiki, who stalked out of the room and back up the stairs. Severus decided that it probably wasn't the best time to follow her and continued to stare down his school time nemesis. "What?" Sirius asked as Bianca got off him.

A few people continued on their way to breakfast. Most turned back to their rooms, some to change and the others to see if they could go back to sleep. A fresh wave of nausea had hit Harmony and she dove back into her bathroom, Remus following. Severus decided to go check on Kiki and then change for breakfast.

When he entered the room, she was already lying on the bed, eyes closed. However, Severus could tell she wasn't asleep, which was proven when as he was changing. He could feel her eyes on him and before putting on his outer robes, he turned and looked her directly in the eyes. "What?"

"Nothing. Just thinking."

"About?"

"Sirius. And the decision I had to make."

"Not regretting your final decision then, are you?"

"Never," she scoffed, rolling onto her stomach. "I wonder what I ever saw in him in the first place."

"Hmm, I believe Harmony once called him Sirius 'I'm Too Sexy' Black?" Severus joked, sitting down next to her. "Besides, even I'll admit that the man does have some good qualities. But not enough to outweigh the prick he is."

"Prat."

"What?"

"You mean prat, not prick."

Severus stared her down for a minute. "Are you correcting me?" he asked, mock menacingly. "Because you know the price those who correct me must pay."

He reached out a hand to the spot he knew she was most ticklish—right underneath the kneecaps—but she quickly flipped over and swatted his hand away. Not to be deterred he reached out in a second attempt to "punish" her, but this time, she caught his hand. "Please, Sev," Kiki pleaded. "I'm not feeling too well right now. My stomach's bothering me."

In an instant, Severus' manner changed completely. "Are you okay? Am I going to have to floo Madame Pomfrey?" he asked, concerned. Kiki shook her head and kissed his forehead. "Alright, alright. I'll let you get some sleep and maybe you will feel better." With that, he tucked her back into bed and turned to leave.

Before he left; however, he could've sworn he heard her murmur, "You'll be a great father, Severus."

"I don't even want to look at breakfast," Harmony groaned into her pillow.

"Molly's going to make you eat," Remus responded while changing.

Harmony groaned again. "She went through six pregnancies—she should understand the phenomenon of morning sickness. I won't be able to keep it down. Your child won't let me!"

Remus gave a little chuckle. "Now you're starting to sound like Lily when she was pregnant. Remember? Every time she was sick or in discomfort, Harry suddenly became James' child only?"

Harmony didn't answer, only buried her head further into the pillow. "Well," Remus continued, "if you don't mind, I think I'll get some breakfast myself. Don't worry, I'll fend off Molly for you." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head before leaving the room.

A half hour later, he wandered back in to find his wife completely engrossed in one of the defense books he was reading as a supplement for some of his lesson plans. He slipped into his chair and just watched her as she turned each and every page.

His wife. Never in his life, not since the werewolf's bite, did he ever expect to be able to say those words. Especially not about Harmony. He had a crush on her throughout their entire time at Hogwarts, fired by the fact that Professor Orlick kept pairing them together no matter how many times the two of them managed to blow up the dungeons. He believed he fell in love with her during their Auror training and subsequent missions together.

He never would've thought in a million years that when James and Sirius had dared him to ask her out, she would've said yes! And now, here they were, married and expecting their first child. He was going to be a father—another concept he had chased out of his mind as soon as he could fully grasp the gravity of his situation.

By this point, she was no longer reading his book but looking over at him. "What?" he asked.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"Hmm, let me see. Could it be you are my wife and expecting my child, making you the most beautiful creature to ever walk this earth? Am I anywhere near the ballpark?" he teased.

Harmony gave a small smile. "You think I'm beautiful now, wait until my stomach's the size of a watermelon!"

"You'll still be beautiful."

"Remus Lupin, you are a hopeless romantic."

"Eh, it takes one to know one, love." He smiled at her. "So, find anything interesting there, love?"

"Nothing that Auror training didn't teach me," she replied, leaning in. "When are the kids going to Diagon Alley again?"

"I don't know. Probably tomorrow. Why?"

"I wanted to go to Flourish and Botts. Pick up some books on pregnancy," she said, lying back down.

A/N: Hey, I know I mentioned I was probably going to start updating sooner, but I forgot to take into account I'm in college and actually have work to do. So, don't' shoot me…shoot my professors. Anyway, thanks to all my reviewers…Have a happy Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day if I don't get an update in…

Sarahamanda: What's the Order going to do? Well, they're really just going to keep Harry at 12 Grimmauld Place as much as possible and not associate with the Dursleys. And believe me, the Dursleys are putting up no resistance.

SarahtheBardess: I'm glad to see you've updated "Resonance." Nice to know I made you laugh. And I understand the whole roomie thing myself.

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