Chapter Seventeen

Surprise

I paced the room in front of the fireplace. Poppy wouldn't let me in the room while she was working on Severus. Once in a great while I would hear her telling him to lay down or she would make it hurt on purpuse and if she was me she would have let him out there. I looked up at the clock. I hadn't heard anything coming from the bedchambers in quite a while. It was 4 in the morning. I rubbed my eyes. Pomfrey had been in there with him for 4 hours now. This fact worried me. There was a knock on the door and I walked over calmly and opened it. Dumbledore gave me a small sad smile.

"Has Poppy come out yet?" He asked genuine worry etched on his face. I shock my head and he hugged me tight. "Have you been up all this time?" He asked gently. He used the same voice he used when I was little and I would come out into the living room after having a night mare. I nodded and yawned. I was so tired and I could now sleep if Father left me. Dumbledore guided me to the couch sitting first and then I sprawled out on the couch my head in his lap as he gently stroked my cheek. "I promise I'll wake you as soon as Poppy comes out." I smiled up at him and left darkness take me.

Two hours later I woke and saw a tired Poppy looking down at me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I extended my arms and stretched with a yawn.

"How is he?" I asked. She looked at Dumbledore and then back to me. She sighed and looked back in the room.

"I'm afraid he'll be very weak. God only knows how long they had the Crucio curse on him. He's weak from it," She stood shut the door to the room and then put a silencing charm on the room and then used a spell to properly seal it. "He has cuts all over his body no doubt from the diffindo curse. They also used the confusion charm on him. He has permanent bruises all over his body. I'm afraid they can be reopened very easily for the first week or so...so he'll have to be very careful. I don't want him out of bed for two weeks. He needs his rest." Poppy nodded concluding her speech. I felt tears gathering in my eyes. All of this because of me. Pomfrey saw this and put a comforting hand on my leg. "He'll be alright. You can go in and see him if ya'd like." I nodded and stood moving toward the bed chambers. Pomfrey's voice stopped me though.

"One last thing Jas." She sighed, "They used the Sectumsepra spell on him and he is the only one that knows it's counter but he wouldn't tell me. He's bandaged now, but if we don't get the counter." She didn't need to finish I moved through the door and shut it behind me.

Severus had a bandage above his left eye and one on his nose. His lip was split and he had a nice gash on his cheek. His arms were cut up and bruised. He was asleep and all seemed right to his sleeping form, but I knew better I could feel it. There was a change in him. I moved over to the edge of the bed and knelt beside it. I took his hand gently and kissed it. A single tear fell on his fingers.

"I'm so sorry." I sobbed. "This is all my fault." I wiped my eye and laid my head on the bed. This couldn't be any worse. Just then I felt him squeeze my hand back.

"Don't give yourself that much credit." He groaned a small smile playing at his lips. I stood and ran my hand over his cheek.

"How can you joke now? Don't you understand that if we don't get the counter for this you're going to die?" He looked away and sighed.

"Maybe it would be better that way." My eyes widened and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I turned and ran from the room and finally collapsed in front of the fireplace. Dumbledore rushed to my side and wrapped me in his warmth. As tears ran down my face I suddenly felt sick. Standing I ran to the bathroom and made it just in time. Father ran his hand gently over my back the way he had when I was younger and I was sick.

"He said he didn't care." I gasped as another dry heave came and shook my body violently. I finally sat on the floor of the bathroom and with father's arms around me I let sleep over take me.

When I woke I was in the Hospital wing of the school and Father was sitting beside me. He smiled down at me but said nothing. I took that as my cue and laid there patiently waiting, but what I was waiting for was still uncertain. I looked up at father once more.

"Albus!" That was Pomfrey's voice I knew that much. Father stood and smiled down at me then moved over to Poppy's little office near the rear of the wing. As Dumbledore entered Poppy's office and sat in a chair by her desk. Pomfrey hurriedly shut the door and stood in front of him.

"Well you were right Albus. She is pregnant, but what gets me is why with Severus. No one has ever been interested in him the way she is." Albus said nothing just smiled.

"We can use this against him Pomfrey don't you see. If he knows that he has a child to her this will only make him wanna live more. This will persuade him to tell us the counter for it." Pomfrey smiled openly.

"Should I tell her or would you like to do the honors?" Pomfrey said excitedly. Dumbledore stood and stretched his back then looked at the closed door.

"I'll tell her Poppy. I think she wont be as scared if I tell her." Pomfrey nodded and left it at that. Dumbledore turned and left the room. He walked back out to the bed where I was laying and sat down beside him. I looked up at him and waited patiently.

"Well?" I asked and he ran his long fingers through his beard the way he always did when considering how best to tell me something. "Why am I always getting so damn sick in the mornings?" I asked impatiently. He ran his fingers through his beard one more time and then cleared his throat.

"Jasmine, Pomfrey ran some tests. We couldn't figure it out. You are perfectly healthy but yet you are getting sick in the mornings. So we ran the only test that we could think of to explain this." He sighed and I sat up. I could tell where this was going and I didn't like the sound of it. "Jasmine darling, You're pregnant." The last words hit me like a knife. My mouth dropped and I couldn't believe it.

"How?..." I blinked a few times and sat up, "I have to tell Severus. This could change his mind all together." Dumbledore nodded and helped me up.

"Let him know easily Jas. The last thing we need is for him to have a heart attack on top of his condition." I smiled.

I moved through the living area and smiled softly at Minerva.

"Heard about you and Severus' tiff earlier." I looked away and my smile faded. "This will show him how much you care and he'll come around." I gave a small. I moved through the door to the bed chambers.

Severus looked paler than usual. I walked over and sat on the bed. I ran my fingers through his silky hair. He shifted uncomfortably.

"Severus, please stay with me I need you, especially now." A single tear slipped from my eye. It landed directly on Severus' cheek. His eyes opened slowly and he looked at me.

"What are you doing?" He hissed and his words were poison to me.

"I came to talk to you."I said leaning down to kiss him. Right before my lips touched his, he moved his head away. More tears fell frommy eyes.

"I'm not giving you or anyone else the counter. I'd rather die.": Anger took hold of my body and I stood quickly.

"Fine I understand, but that's not the reason I cam here. I came to inform you that I'm pregnant and the baby is yours! Your going to be A FATHER! If I'm not a good enough reason for you to stay in this world and for you to SHOVE your stupid pride than maybe our baby will be!" I screamed not caring who in this castle heard me. I was proud to be the woman that got to carry his child. I didn't wait for a response I turned and left the bed chamber slamming the door. Poppy and Dumbledore had just arrived. Being pregnant had started to take it's toll on me. I was completely exhausted and fell to my knees.

"Jasmine?" No sooner had Dumbledore said my name, Poppy was at myside.

"She's fine Dumbledore, she just needs rests. Let's put her on the sofa." Poppy looked down at me smiling sadly.

"He should be ready to tell you." With Minerva's help I was able to make it to the sofa. "I think after I rest here a while I'll go back to my chambers. I don't want to see him, not now anyway." Dumbledore nodded as Poppy went into the bedchambers.

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