"Get your hands off my godson this instant!" Sirius released the boy instantly, as though he had suddenly been burned, and Draco ran, sobbing, to Snape who gently picked him up and cuddled him close, still glaring furiously at Sirius.
"I thought you wasn't coming back!" Draco choked, gulping hard, "I thought you didn't like no more…why-why did you leave me here?" Severus hesitated, huge waves of guilt washing unpleasantly through him,
"I thought I was doing the right thing." He admitted, as Draco rested his head against his shoulder, "I thought you'd be safe here. But, clearly, I was wrong. I'm sorry, Draco. I'm so sorry."
" 'S okay." The boy told him, "Lupin an' Tonks an' the strange eye man an' Mione are nice but…" He sniffed hard and quickly stuck his thumb into his mouth to stop himself from saying anything horrible. But Severus nodded understandably,
"Don't take it personally," He said bitterly, "He's always had something against Slytherins."
"Well, maybe if you lot weren't a load of self-centred phsycos, you might be like a bit more!" Sirius snapped, glaring evilly at the pair of them,
"Us the self-centred phsycos?" Snape snarled, "You're the one who was caring the life out of a six year old for no good reason!"
"Yeah, but he's not six, is he?" Sirius retorted, and was about to say more, when Tonks hastily covered his mouth with her hand,
"Shut up, Sirius!" She hissed, "He doesn't know yet, does he? Do you want to freak him out even more?"
"I am too six!" Draco said indignantly, "I am six and six months exactly!"
"Not exactly, Dragon." Severus reminded him gently, "Your birthdays on the fifth, isn't it and today's the twenty-second." Draco frowned, working it out in his head. Finally, he came to the conclusion the his godfather was right and nodded in agreement,
"Oh, okay. Almost exactly, then." He looked up hopefully, "Is that right?"
"Yup." Draco grinned,
"Yay! Almost seven months! But I'm still six." He told Sirius, gravely. The dark man sighed and decided it was easier, quicker and safer to give in,
"Fine." He said torturedly, turning away and walking slowly from the room.
"D'you want some tea, Severus?" Lupin asked good naturedly, putting the kettle on for, what had to be, at least the seventh time that day,
"Oh, thank you."
Izzy sat on the edge of Draco's bed reading a book of fairy tales to herself.
'How unrealistic.' She thought as she flicked thought as she flicked through another story with the ending 'And they lived happily ever after.' 'As if everyone can have a happy ending.'
"Umm, excuse me?" The Aengel looked up, to see Hermione hovering by the door,
"Oh, hi!"
"I just thought you'd want to know, Snape's come back. He's down in the kitchen."
"So, have I missed anything?" Severus asked, ten minutes later as he sat on the steps to the garden, Izzy resting her head against his shoulder,
"This and that." She replied, "I would've thought they'd have told you already."
"True." He laughed, "I thought maybe they had missed something."
"I know I missed something." The Aengel continued, her manner teasing. Snape raised an eyebrow,
"Oh yes? And what was that?" But Izzy didn't answer. Instead she raised her head, purple eyes sparkling mischievously and kissed him gently on the lips. Snape looked slightly surprised as she pulled away, grinning impishly,
"Oh, umm…I think I may have remembered what I've missed now."
"Really?"
"Uh huh." And with that, he pulled her closer for another kiss.
A/N: Hiya! Right, for the last few chapters, i have had absoloutly no idea where my next goal was...last night, i had a break through and i know exactly whats going to happen and >sniff how it's going to end. So, the chapters, from now, are going to be better, maybe not longer, but better. Oh yes...I can't write romance so, i apologise. :) i did try though.
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