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almost faints from shock* Thanks a lot!
Eris wannabe - Yeah, I know, it's weird!
Sra - Thanks!
Mich - Am doing!
Michelle - I am!
Sarah - glad you do!
Dragon-Phoenix - More coming up!
Xikum - I know it's different, that was the idea!
Kira - That's kind of were the story's going, but not quite!
Kris2 - Reactions from everyone? You'll have to wait and see!
Palanmenel - You'll have to wait and see what Dumbledore wants!
'Mes - Yeah, Sev handled it well, can't have him completely mean, can I?
Lady Macbeth - It's strange, but then again some people say that I am! And thanks! Another Favourite Stories list? *Toria bounces around the room in joy*
Well, on with the story!
Chapter 5
Severus handed both lads a black cloak, despite the fact that it was the end of June. Harry and Draco shared a look and sighed. "Well, you can't have everything, I suppose." Draco whispered to Harry.
"Yeah, I wonder what Dumbledore wants?" Harry whispered back, making sure that his father couldn't hear.
"It could be anything," Draco pondered.
"I'll say, wonder if it's about living arrangements, after all, we probably need to tell the Dursley's something, even though they'll be glad to get me out of their hair. They're always complaining how much it costs them to keep me."
"Hey, come on now, I've told you before, forget the stupid Dursley's! You've got me and Dad now," Draco told his twin comfortingly.
"Yeah, I know, but what am I going to tell Ron and Hermione? And Fred and George saw me today!" Harry gave his twin a small smile but it was easy to see that he was worried.
"Dad will think of something, I'm sure and he wouldn't want us to worry, would he?" Draco questioned out loud.
"Probably not, after all he seems to care a lot about us," Harry answered.
Severus was walking along behind the twins and he knew that they were whispering by the way that they had their heads ducked together but he couldn't, however, hear what they were talking about.
They all reached the front entrance and Harry and Draco instantly set course for the lake without even thinking. Severus just followed. Once at the far side of the lake Harry and Draco sat down on the shore and kept on whispering, their heads still bent together.
Severus sat down next to Draco and leaned in, trying to hear what his sons were talking about. Draco smirked at Harry and lent back against his Father. Draco tilted his head back and smirked at his Father. Severus wrapped his arms around Draco who fitted into the embrace snugly. Harry gave a small laugh and smiled at his Father. "Can I join the hug?" he asked and Severus opened an arm for Harry to fit in next to his twin.
"Father?" Draco asked from where he was laying half on top of his Father.
"Yes Draco?" Severus answered looking down at both of his son's.
"Do you know what Professor Dumbledore wants?"
"I can only guess Draco," Severus sighed, absentmindly stroking both of his sons hair. "It could be a number of things, about you two being my sons, about Tom or anything else under the sun!"
Both twins giggled slightly and smiled up at their Father who returned the smile. Love radiated in the small clearing and all three felt at utter peace, Harry for the first time in his life, he didn't want the moment to end but he knew it would. He buried his head in his Father's robes and took a deep breath. Severus tightened his arm around Harry, knowing that something was up with his son.
"You ok there, Harry?" Severus asked quietly.
"Yeah," Harry whispered back.
"Want to talk about it?" Severus offered.
"Not really," Harry admitted.
"It's about the Dursley's again, isn't it?" Draco asked his twin.
"Kind of," Harry answered truthfully, remembering that his father did not tolerate lying under any circumstances.
"What in all hell did they do to you?" Draco burst out, he really wanted to help his twin.
"Language, Draco," Severus reprimanded.
"Sorry Father, Harry?" Draco then asked.
"It's just, I've never been loved before. Before I came here I never had a real bedroom, I slept in the cupboard under the stairs and this year I got my first real Christmas presents. I'm finally loved," Harry tightened his grip on his father.
Severus hugged his son back and dropped a kiss on his forehead and Draco also threw his arms around his twin. "Well you never have to go back there, right Father?" Draco asked Severus.
"Never again, not if I have anything to do with it!" Severus told them both.
"Good," Harry sighed and leaned against his father, just enjoying the feeling of being loved. He hadn't felt better in his life, not that he could remember anyway.
Draco sighed, "maybe we should get back up to the school, it'll be lunch soon."
Harry also sighed, "If we have to."
"That we do," Severus pushed himself to his feet and dragged both of his sons up with him.
On the way back to the castle Severus wrapped an arm around both of the sets of shoulders. "We'll eat lunch down in our quarters and then you can sit at the back of the classroom again and study. And speaking of studying you two seemed quite absorbed this morning, what were you studying?"
"Defence Against the Dark Arts," Draco told him with a groan, which caused Severus to laugh.
"And you Harry?"
"History of Magic. It's actually quite interesting once you get into it."
"You have got to be kidding me!" Draco yelped.
"Who would of thought," Harry shot back almost doubled over in laughter.
"Are you feeling ok? You sure you don't have a temperature or something?" Draco checked.
"Hey! It's not that bad, is it?" Harry asked whilst making a leap toward Draco, who ran off across the lawn in front of the school, with Harry in close pursuit.
Severus watched them both, the sound of their laughter like music to his ears and the memory of a lullaby that Lily had used to sing to them. He then got the eerie feeling that someone was watching him. It turned out to be Dumbledore, who offered Severus a small smile. "So young and carefree," he commented.
"Young, I'll agree with," Severus told him, "but carefree I'm not so sure about."
"Maybe," Dumbledore said with a sigh. "Are you sure that you want to put them through this?"
"They are my sons and I'll do what I like, as long as their health does not stand in the way. They can handle this, I know they can and they will. My mind is made up, I will not have this conversation again, headmaster," Severus told him.
Dumbledore sighed. "Very well, I will see both you and your sons tonight after the evening meal, please do not be late."
"Never," Severus murmured as the headmaster headed back to the school. He then called to Draco and Harry and they walked back into the school, Harry and Draco talking quietly about something, with their arms around each other.
Yes, Severus knew that both his sons could handle this.
Please, please, please review! Sorry this took so long, the G.C.S.E's have started and I'm busy revising, hopefully they'll go well, I've been panicking slightly and almost made myself ill, so yeah, I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up! Anyway, please review.
Eris wannabe - Yeah, I know, it's weird!
Sra - Thanks!
Mich - Am doing!
Michelle - I am!
Sarah - glad you do!
Dragon-Phoenix - More coming up!
Xikum - I know it's different, that was the idea!
Kira - That's kind of were the story's going, but not quite!
Kris2 - Reactions from everyone? You'll have to wait and see!
Palanmenel - You'll have to wait and see what Dumbledore wants!
'Mes - Yeah, Sev handled it well, can't have him completely mean, can I?
Lady Macbeth - It's strange, but then again some people say that I am! And thanks! Another Favourite Stories list? *Toria bounces around the room in joy*
Well, on with the story!
Chapter 5
Severus handed both lads a black cloak, despite the fact that it was the end of June. Harry and Draco shared a look and sighed. "Well, you can't have everything, I suppose." Draco whispered to Harry.
"Yeah, I wonder what Dumbledore wants?" Harry whispered back, making sure that his father couldn't hear.
"It could be anything," Draco pondered.
"I'll say, wonder if it's about living arrangements, after all, we probably need to tell the Dursley's something, even though they'll be glad to get me out of their hair. They're always complaining how much it costs them to keep me."
"Hey, come on now, I've told you before, forget the stupid Dursley's! You've got me and Dad now," Draco told his twin comfortingly.
"Yeah, I know, but what am I going to tell Ron and Hermione? And Fred and George saw me today!" Harry gave his twin a small smile but it was easy to see that he was worried.
"Dad will think of something, I'm sure and he wouldn't want us to worry, would he?" Draco questioned out loud.
"Probably not, after all he seems to care a lot about us," Harry answered.
Severus was walking along behind the twins and he knew that they were whispering by the way that they had their heads ducked together but he couldn't, however, hear what they were talking about.
They all reached the front entrance and Harry and Draco instantly set course for the lake without even thinking. Severus just followed. Once at the far side of the lake Harry and Draco sat down on the shore and kept on whispering, their heads still bent together.
Severus sat down next to Draco and leaned in, trying to hear what his sons were talking about. Draco smirked at Harry and lent back against his Father. Draco tilted his head back and smirked at his Father. Severus wrapped his arms around Draco who fitted into the embrace snugly. Harry gave a small laugh and smiled at his Father. "Can I join the hug?" he asked and Severus opened an arm for Harry to fit in next to his twin.
"Father?" Draco asked from where he was laying half on top of his Father.
"Yes Draco?" Severus answered looking down at both of his son's.
"Do you know what Professor Dumbledore wants?"
"I can only guess Draco," Severus sighed, absentmindly stroking both of his sons hair. "It could be a number of things, about you two being my sons, about Tom or anything else under the sun!"
Both twins giggled slightly and smiled up at their Father who returned the smile. Love radiated in the small clearing and all three felt at utter peace, Harry for the first time in his life, he didn't want the moment to end but he knew it would. He buried his head in his Father's robes and took a deep breath. Severus tightened his arm around Harry, knowing that something was up with his son.
"You ok there, Harry?" Severus asked quietly.
"Yeah," Harry whispered back.
"Want to talk about it?" Severus offered.
"Not really," Harry admitted.
"It's about the Dursley's again, isn't it?" Draco asked his twin.
"Kind of," Harry answered truthfully, remembering that his father did not tolerate lying under any circumstances.
"What in all hell did they do to you?" Draco burst out, he really wanted to help his twin.
"Language, Draco," Severus reprimanded.
"Sorry Father, Harry?" Draco then asked.
"It's just, I've never been loved before. Before I came here I never had a real bedroom, I slept in the cupboard under the stairs and this year I got my first real Christmas presents. I'm finally loved," Harry tightened his grip on his father.
Severus hugged his son back and dropped a kiss on his forehead and Draco also threw his arms around his twin. "Well you never have to go back there, right Father?" Draco asked Severus.
"Never again, not if I have anything to do with it!" Severus told them both.
"Good," Harry sighed and leaned against his father, just enjoying the feeling of being loved. He hadn't felt better in his life, not that he could remember anyway.
Draco sighed, "maybe we should get back up to the school, it'll be lunch soon."
Harry also sighed, "If we have to."
"That we do," Severus pushed himself to his feet and dragged both of his sons up with him.
On the way back to the castle Severus wrapped an arm around both of the sets of shoulders. "We'll eat lunch down in our quarters and then you can sit at the back of the classroom again and study. And speaking of studying you two seemed quite absorbed this morning, what were you studying?"
"Defence Against the Dark Arts," Draco told him with a groan, which caused Severus to laugh.
"And you Harry?"
"History of Magic. It's actually quite interesting once you get into it."
"You have got to be kidding me!" Draco yelped.
"Who would of thought," Harry shot back almost doubled over in laughter.
"Are you feeling ok? You sure you don't have a temperature or something?" Draco checked.
"Hey! It's not that bad, is it?" Harry asked whilst making a leap toward Draco, who ran off across the lawn in front of the school, with Harry in close pursuit.
Severus watched them both, the sound of their laughter like music to his ears and the memory of a lullaby that Lily had used to sing to them. He then got the eerie feeling that someone was watching him. It turned out to be Dumbledore, who offered Severus a small smile. "So young and carefree," he commented.
"Young, I'll agree with," Severus told him, "but carefree I'm not so sure about."
"Maybe," Dumbledore said with a sigh. "Are you sure that you want to put them through this?"
"They are my sons and I'll do what I like, as long as their health does not stand in the way. They can handle this, I know they can and they will. My mind is made up, I will not have this conversation again, headmaster," Severus told him.
Dumbledore sighed. "Very well, I will see both you and your sons tonight after the evening meal, please do not be late."
"Never," Severus murmured as the headmaster headed back to the school. He then called to Draco and Harry and they walked back into the school, Harry and Draco talking quietly about something, with their arms around each other.
Yes, Severus knew that both his sons could handle this.
Please, please, please review! Sorry this took so long, the G.C.S.E's have started and I'm busy revising, hopefully they'll go well, I've been panicking slightly and almost made myself ill, so yeah, I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up! Anyway, please review.