The first few weeks passed quickly for Tirza, Ginny and Maddie. Their time spent in classes, doing homework and hanging out with each other. Tirza was able to spend four good nights up in her dorm room, with much encouragement and support from Severus and the girls. She was excelling in all her classes, except for two: DADA and Potions. Before long, it was September 30th, which was a very special day for her.
That morning, Tirza snuck into the chambers after staying the night in the dorm. She had a pot of coffee and a tray of donuts with her that she set down on the coffee table and tiptoed to her dad's door. She opened it carefully and poked her head in; he was sleeping. She smiled mischeviously and took off running and jumped onto the bed and continued jumping. "What is it? Where's the fire?" Severus growled as he sat bolt upright in bed. "Happy anniversary!" Tirza shouted, still jumping.
"I would like for you to stop bouncing please," Severus replied in an annoyed voice. "and Happy Anniversary to you." he looked over at the clock, which read just after 6AM. She bounced right onto his lap. "Do you want to start this day with a spanking?" Severus growled, holding her still. "Your bouncing is not making me in a good mood." "God, you're cranky!" she snapped, scowling darkly. "I've told you not to jump on my bed like that; so what did you expect, for me to be all happy?" Severus retorted. "If you had come in and awoke me nicely we would have started out on a good foot." "Yes, your supposed to be happy or don't you remember?" she asked testily.
"I'm happy that you are here and in my life and that we've been together a whole year now, but we have had this discussion many times about you jumping on my bed and I have asked you not to," Severus told her. "You need to remember that because I respect things you ask me not to do so you should do the same." "Maybe ill bring breakfast to grandpa instead," she said quietly, trying to pull away from his grasp. "He's always glad to see me." "Why don't we start this again and maybe we would be on better footing agree?" Severus said more gently. Tirza just shrugged, trying to keep the hurt from her face. "Tirza, I want to start this day over and all you can do is shrug? Now do you wish to start this day over right or not?" Severus asked softly. She nodded "please?" "Go back out and come in again and this time don't jump on the bed please," Severus gently directed.
She went outside the door and closed it. "You gotta pretend to sleep!" she called, sounding more like her cheerful self. "I'm pretending to be asleep," Severus said closing his eyes; he hoped his would make up for how cranky he had been. She opened the door and took off running towards the bed, but stopped when she reached it and gave him a light kiss on the cheek, then crawled in next to him. "Much better way to awaken," Severus said snuggling her close. She giggled and kissed him again. "Why don't you like to bounce?" "I just don't appreciate being awoken by the bouncing of my bed," Severus told her. "When I was young my father would always shake and bounce my bed to get me awake and I have never liked it since."
"Ooh," she said. "Why did he do that?" "Because he thought I was wasting my time staying in bed all day," Severus said quietly. "I was usually up by 7:30 but he thought everyone should be up by six." "Oh. I didn't mean to bug you. Uncle Mike always jumped on the bed with us, but then auntie Chrissy would yell at him and it was funny," she said with a giggle. "Now you know why my father and I never got along," Severus said with a sigh. "Now what kind of food do you have?" "Donuts with chocolate and sprinkles!" she said, licking her lips happily. "Wonderful," Severus said brightly but muttered, "Sugar high here we come." "I brought coffee too," Tirza told him. "Good now why don't we eat out in the living room?" Severus offered.
Tirza nodded and they head out there. "Can I have some coffee too?" she asked. "Please?" she asked, using her puppy eyes. "No you may not; the doughnuts is enough sugar for you today," Severus told her. "One sip? I didn't have enough hands to bring in milk," she said, sitting down beside him, with two donuts. "Accio milk," Severus said with a grin. "Sorry but you're too young to have coffee." "Thanks," Tirza said, drinking her milk. She ate her two donuts and reached for another. "Daddy, tell me about your family," she asked. "No more donuts," Severus said taking the plate away. "What would you like to know?"
She giggled as he took the plate away. "I'm still hungry," she said with a goofy grin. "But tell me, like, I dunno, everything!" "Let's see my mom was a wonderful woman who worked as a seamstress, a robe maker," Severus told her. "She died when I was 18." "How'd she die?" Tirza asked softly. "She was killed in a potions accident at my grandfather's house," Severus said quietly. "Grandfather was the potions genius of the family and he was showing mom how to brew something when it went wrong." "Do you miss her?" Tirza asked quietly. "Was she pretty? Did she tuck u in at night?"
"I have a picture of her here somewhere that I'll find later," Severus said. "She was the best mother around and kept my father in line most of the time. She would tuck me in till I turned 9 and thought tuck ins were too sissy," Severus continued. "I miss her still and do think about her once in a while." "What do you mean kept your dad in line?" Tirza asked, snuggling on his lap. "My father was a mean man," Severus replied. "He was strict and ran his house like a military regiment. He expected everything to be perfect but mom kept the peace by making sure I was never in the line of fire when he was mad." Severus said quietly. "Line of fire?" Tirza asked, searching his face.
"My dad had an awful temper and I think that's where my own temper comes from," Severus continued. "He would lose control and would hit until he was worn out. Mom and I were his favorite punching bags." Tirza's eyes filled with tears "he hit you?" she asked, her voice sounding funny. "Usually I was the one who took the most of it because mom was too frail to take much abuse," Severus said. "Dad didn't care when he was enraged. When he was angry he didn't know what he was doing baby," Severus said holding her close. He was disturbed by the look of horror on her face.
"Bullshit!" Tirza shouted. "They know what they're doing, they just don't care! They're evil!" "When mom died, I fled and never looked back," Severus told her. "is he still alive? Bastard, ill kill him!" Tirza shouted, looking absolutely serious. "From what my family tells me no, he died a good 10 years ago," Severus replied. "Why do you feel so strongly about this baby? The man is dead and can never hurt either of us." "Because nobody should hurt you, you're the best and………" her voice trailed off and she looked away.
"And what baby?" Severus prodded gently. She sighed. "I'm not supposed to tell, it's a secret" she said softly. "You can tell me anything and I swear I will never tell anyone," Severus promised. "Ok, but you can't ever tell auntie Chrissy that I told, cuz I wasn't supposed to know," she started. "One time I was staying with AJ and some lady called and said she was uncle mike's mom, which didn't make sense cuz he said that she was dead. So I told uncle mike and he talked on the phone and I was hiding, cuz I wanted to know and………he cried." she paused again. "And?" Severus said gently, holding her close,
"And auntie Chrissy saw me and she told me that his mommy was mean to him and would hit him all the time when he was little and she hit his brothers and sister too. She'd hit him with anything and sometimes broke his arms and he'd bleed and everything. but I couldn't tell AJ, because they didn't want her around his mom and uncle mike cried for a long time and it was really sad and that's why AJ never gets spanked, cuz he's afraid he'll be that way too. And I don't want anybody I love to be hurt. Parents are supposed to love their kids, not hurt them." a single tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm so glad you told me this," Severus said holding her very close. "I promise to never hit you, I swear."
She nodded and patted his face with her hand. "I won't let anybody hurt you ever again," she said very seriously. "I'm glad to hear that," Severus said holding her close then reaching for the plate of donuts. "I guess it wouldn't hurt if you had one more." She giggled, and then gave him a strange look. "But you never change you're mind," she pointed out. "I do once in a while," Severus said with a sly wink. She smiled and licked the frosting off her donut. "So tell me about you're grandpa."
"Mikel was a brilliant man," Severus began. "He actually attended when Albus was finishing here. He was top of his class in all of his studies. He did exceptionally well though in potions," Severus continued. "He could brew anything the master at the time would throw at them and almost always on the first try." "Cool," Tirza said she reached for another donut. "We'll split this one," Severus said breaking it in half. "He actually created almost half the potions I use today or fixed them." "Whoa," Tirza said amazement evident in her voice. "Was he nice? Was he you're mom's dad?" "He was my mom's dad and he was very nice," Severus replied.
"When I was 4 he brought me into his lab," Severus said. "He could tell just by my interest in the simple potion labs he gave me to play with as child I had a deep love for the art." "You got to play with potions when you were four?" Tirza asked. "I brewed my first complex potion at age 8 and was doing first year work by age 10," Severus continued. "By the time I entered Hogwarts I was well ahead of my class." "Wow, you're really smart. What happened to me?" she asked, completely serious. "Your mom was a complete klutz in the potions lab so you got her genes in that area," Severus said. "She was brilliant at defense and transfigurations though." Tirza giggled. "I'd rather be smarter like you then like her though."
"I wish you could have met him though," Severus said. "He would have loved you to pieces." "Would he really?" Tirza asked. "You don't just say that cuz u love me, do ya?" "Tirza, you are the sweetest thing on earth and he would love you no matter what," Severus said. Tirza blushed and hugged him tight. "I love you so much daddy," she said. "You are very smart though," Severus told her. "I was horrid in transfigurations and look at you, Professor McGonagall says you are a natural." Tirza blushed. "That's the only class I'm passing," she mumbled. "Don't tell me you're not passing Defense? You are brilliant in it," Severus asked. Tirza looked down. "He says I'm the worst in all his classes." "Well he doesn't tell the truth because your marks that I have seen say otherwise," Severus stated firmly. "I also know you do well in Charms and with a few occasional mishaps do well in Herbology."
Tirza nodded "I hate defense though. One of these days I'm just not gonna go." "Don't let Lockhart get to you," Severus said. "You can make it through his class I know and don't go skipping or I might not be able to stop what punishment he might give you," she nodded. "Daddy, I got a question and don't be mad, okay?" "What is it?" Severus asked, intrigued. "Well, just don't get mad. Uncle mike's mom hit him and he never spanks, ever ever ever. And you're daddy hit you, but you spank me. Why?" she asked, sounding curious and somewhat confused. "I spank because I have seen so many children come through my classes that are hell bent on misbehavior and destruction," Severus said. "I see your behavior now as something that could lead to this in the future and I needed to find a way to stop it." Tirza sat there, a thoughtful look on her face.
"I spank because I love you and I want to get my point across that you need to stop doing those things and control those urges," he continued. "I promise Tirza that I will never hurt you badly when I spank and that I will never EVER abuse you. I love you way to much too ever hurt you like my father did," Severus said quietly. Tirza hugged him tight. "I know you won't hurt me," she told him. "You're just not like that." "Glad you think so," Severus said. "Most kids think I'm a greasy git who doesn't like anyone." she kissed his cheek. "Well they're stupid." "You say that about everyone," He said with a wink. "If anyone doesn't like me, they're stupid, but really most just don't know me like you and grandpa do." Tirza nodded. "They just don't know what they're missing," He smiled and the snuggled close for a long while.
It was Monday and Draco was in the mood to bother someone. And not just any someone: Tirza. He had been rather disappointed in her lack of pranks so far this year and decided that he'd get them started again. "I'll meet you both in the common room shortly; I need to do something first," Draco called out to Crabbe and Goyle as he turned the corner heading toward the great hall. 5 minutes later he came upon who he was looking for. "Gee, aren't you in the wrong place at the wrong time," Draco sneered as he rounded on Tirza.
"Draco, buzz off alright?" Tirza said, trying to walk past him. "Sorry not this time and you have no one to save you," Draco said grabbing her arm. She took a swing at him……… and missed. "Nice try," Draco said grabbing her other arm and dragging her toward the broom closet. she continued to struggle, dropping her book bag in the process. "Let me go!" she shouted. Draco didn't let go, but instead shoved her unceremoniously into the broom closet and slammed it shut and locked it.
Tirza screamed and began banging on the door. "Draco, let me out, please!" Draco didn't answer because he had already left. It was dark in the closet and Tirza screamed and kicked, trying to get out. After five minutes she started to feel sick. While Tirza was in the closet Oliver Wood was looking for her. He had promised to take her out flying for a bit but couldn't find her anywhere when he heard a scream coming from the closet. Oliver heard sobs and heavy breathing and quickly unlocked the door to find a very sick. Tirza she was leaning against the side of the closet, having just thrown up. Tirza was crying too hard to say anything when the door was opened, but threw her arms around him.
"Who in hell's bells did this?" Oliver asked not caring that he had cursed. "Draco" she told him through her tears. "And I feel sick again." "Let's get you to Madam Pompfrey then I'll find Draco," Oliver said moving quickly through the halls, carrying her carefully in his arms. when Tirza did throw up stopped long enough to clean it up, then Tirza allowed him to carry her again to poppy, who quickly gave her several potions to make her feel better. "Thank you Mr. Wood for getting her here so quickly," Poppy said quietly as Tirza was resting and they were talking outside. "No problem Madam Pompfrey," Oliver replied. "I'll be back shortly I just need to do something," and with that Oliver took off.
He found Draco heading out towards the quidditch field. "You bloody bastard," Oliver yelled as he took a swing at Draco. Draco dodged out of the way. "What the hell?" Draco asked. "You know exactly what you did," Oliver snapped, grabbing Draco and slapping him hard. Draco shrieked like a girl and tried to swing back. "Don't you EVER lay another hand on Tirza," Oliver yelled as he continued hitting him. "What's it to you!" Draco shouted, not realizing that he had just admitted his guilt. "She is like my sister and………" Oliver was cut off by another louder voice……… "Mr. Wood Mr. Malfoy what is the meaning of this?" Came the booming voice of Professor McGonagall.
"He attacked me!" Draco accused. "Try again Mr. Malfoy because I heard the whole thing," Minerva snapped back. Draco scowled. "I played a prank on Tirza and he's gone bonkers." "Mr. Malfoy, a prank is something totally unacceptable in this school," Minerva said. "Mr. Wood 10 points from Gryffindor for fighting and you may go to your supper." Oliver quickly took off. "Now where is Tirza and what have you done to her?" she asked Draco. "She's in the hospital wing," Oliver said coming back. "You'd best hope that you have done nothing seriously damaging Mr. Malfoy," McGonagall said, starting to drag him down the hallway.
"Oh and Mr. Malfoy 30 pts from Slytherin for behavior unbecoming a student" Minerva said as she walked dropped Draco off at the hospital wing. Draco muttered under his breath. "What was that Mr. Malfoy?" Snape growled as he led him to poppy's office. Draco scowled but kept his mouth shut "Ah Mr. Malfoy" Poppy said opening the door for them. "Sit down!" Severus snapped as Draco entered Poppy's office. "I'll leave you two alone while I attend to my patients," Poppy said and with a slight nod she left the room.