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Chapter 5: Set My Heart At Ease

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Harry closed the door and walked to sit down beside Severus. They sat in uncomfortable since until Severus exploded.

"Well out with it Potter! Tell me how you think I'm a pedophile from being in love with you while you were still at Hogwarts. Tell me how much you are disgusted with me for having your kids instead of the Weasley girl! Tell me-"

"How much you are a wonderful husband and father." Harry said gently.

Severus looked at the man incredulously. This was not what he was expecting.

"I looked through the photo album Severus. It might was not everything but I could see how happy we were...are."

"What are you saying?" Severus asked.

Harry sighed and stood up. " I'm saying that I don't want to end what we have...or going to have in my case."

"You're accepting this." Severus whispered.

"What do you want me to do? Scream and yell at you. Say all the things you want me to say?! Say you ruined my life?! Well I would but I would just be lying. So if I am stuck here then I might as well be happy right?"

Not trusting his mouth, Severus could only nod.

"Now that we have that established. I do have a lot of questions to ask such as how did fall in love? What happened to Ginny and I? And where the hell is Ron?"

Severus sighed heavily and he knew that this was not going to be easy for him.

"Severus, is Ron dead?"

Severus laughed. "You wish he was."

Harry gasped. Why would I want my best friend dead?

"What happened?" he asked.

Severus looked at Harry and began his tale....

Severus poured the last of his potion into the vial. That should keep Poppy content, he thought.

"Professor! Open the fucking door!" Even with his lab door closed he could hear the loud banging on his portrait and recognize that voice.

Potter.

Getting irritated Severus swept from his lab to the front room and quickly opened the door.

"Potter what in Merlin's name-"

Before he could finish Harry swept underneath his arm and into his potions lab. After overcoming the shock he ran to his potion's lab to see Harry picking out various potions. Various healing potions.

Harry's hands were shaking as he went through each shelf collecting more vials. He found a rack that Severus puts his vials in when taking them to Poppy and took one.

"Potter!" Severus yelled trying to get his attention.

But it didn't work.

"Harry?" he said gently.

"Professor I'll pay you back I promise. But I have to get to Hermione."

"Why doesn't she go to Madam Pomfrey?"

"She doesn't know we know. We didn't suppose to know." he whispered.

"We? Who's we?"

"Seamus, Dean, and I. We didn't suppose to know. But Lavender Brown came to me anyways. Dean and Seamus just happened to be in the room when she told me." He stopped putting vials in the rack and put his face in his hands sobbing.

Severus, not knowing what to do, held Harry close to him.

"What happened to Miss Granger?"

"Ron is what happened to her. You probably notice that some of your potions have been going missing from your personal stock.

"Are you saying Miss Granger has been taking them?"

He felt Harry nod on his shoulder.

"I'm going to guess. He's been using her as his own punching bag."

Harry nodded again sobbing.

"She needs to go to the infirmary Mr. Potter. Against my privacy I would have her come here and I would heal her. Poppy wouldn't know." I can't believe I just offered to heal Miss Granger in secrecy. But I know what my mother went though and I do not wish that on any woman.

"That's not all what happened." Harry whispered.

Severus held Harry away at arms length.

"What do you mean?" Severus asked, but he already knew.

" Last night, while we were out at Hogsmede, he sexually assaulted her." he said barely a whisper.

Severus grabbed a nausea potion and drink it down to settle his stomach. Rape was the thing a wizard nor witch would ever do without a death wish. When alive Voldemort himself forbid any of his Death Eaters to rape. Charged with rape is punishable by death and it changes the victims magic that in some it either kills them or make them insane.

"Take me to Miss Granger now!" Severus yelled.

"But Professor-"

"NOW Mr. Potter!"

With a nod Harry grabbed the rack of potions and left the room; Severus on his heels. They walked to what Severus realized was towards the Room of Requirement. There they saw Dean outside pacing. See both Harry and Severus he sighed in relief.

"Thank Merlin. Seamus manged to keep her stalled but we were running out of excuses."

Harry nodded in understanding and opened the door. There was Hermione standing there tapping her foot. With the look she gave him, she was obviously waiting on him.

"Harry where have you been? I've been waiting half an hour and these two wouldn't let me out. Ron is going to be mad and-"

"Fuck Ron!" Dean yelled startling the four.

"Dean...why-"

"Hermione we know." Harry said.

"We know what happened to you." Seamus said gently.

Hermione went pale. She was about to walk away but one professor stood in her way.

"Professor, please excuse me."

Severus shook his head. "I'm afraid I cannot do that Miss Granger. You need help. You're a smart girl you know what will happen without proper help."

"Professor I'm fine. Ron got upset. It was my fault, I-"

"This is not your fault Miss Granger!" he yelled.

"Then whose fault is it?! I didn't mean to make him upset."

"This is his fault Miss Granger. No one deserves to be rape no matter how much they upset you!"

Finally Hermione couldn't take it anymore and broke down. The four of them comfort her as she told all.

Harry hugged his knees and rock gently and Severus held him. He hasn't cried so hard since Sirius' death.

"What happened after?" he asked.

"She went to Madam Pomfrey who alerted St. Mungos. With her permission I told the Headmaster who I had to shove at least four calming droughts down his throat before I let him leave his office. Poor McGonagall had to be forced to transfer into her animagus and into a cage so she wouldn't kill the son of a bitch. Hermione was admitted to and after a few weeks her magic was stable. She's a healer now."

Harry smiled in relief.

"What happened to Ron?" he asked.

"Azkaban. We all wanted him to get the death penalty as were the law but Hermione decided she wanted him alive. So he got life instead. But don't get me wrong we did not not try to kill him. We tried so many times to kill him while in Azkaban that you, me, Dean, Seamus, and Remus are officially banned from going there. Unless we commit a crime of course."

"And Ginny?"

"She believed it was a lie. That Hermione was lying on her brother. You immediately broke up with her."

"And us?"

Severus sighed. "We didn't fall in love overnight if that's what you're thinking. We became friends first and then one day you asked me out. I thought you were joking and I began to swear until you kiss me. And one thing lead to another and here we are."

Harry nodded.

"So tell me about the kids. How old are they? How old are the others?

Severus laughed. "Well the twins are 21 years old. They along with Dean and Seamus son Makalo or 'Kalo as we like to call him share a birthday. He's 21 as well so you can imagine how havoc the labor room was with me and Seamus in labor within hours of each other. You would think they were triplets than twins. Remus Adrian or "Remy" as we like to call him is 22 and the oldest. Prudence or "Prue"

is 17 who just graduated from Hogwarts. And then there is James Anthony who was born early this morning.

"So what about career wise?

"Well Rosie is studying too be a Potion's Mistress." Severus said proudly. "Alex is studying to be a curse breaker. 'Kalo is studying for his masters in Charms and once done will take over Filtwick's position. Remy is an Auror and Prue wants to become a healer."

"Wow. Everyone is so successful."

"Well when you have an uncles and/or fathers working at the school, you damn well better do your best." Severus smiled.

"So are we okay?" Harry asked.

Severus frowned a little. " I hope so. It will still take some time to get use to the face that my husband of over twenty years his gone."

Harry smiled understanding and put Severus hand in his. "I know it's going to be hard, but it's worth a try."

"You're right." he said as he held his hand tighter. They leaned forward for a kiss but there was a knock at the door.

"What!" Severus yelled.

"Well...are you guys like doing it or something? Because we want to see the baby."

Harry burst into laughter as Severus rolled his eyes.

"We will be out in a minute."

"Hi Uncle Severus! Hi Uncle Harry!" said a deep voice

"Jesus." Severus muttered.

"Good afternoon 'Kalo." he said.

"Hi Uncle Sev and Harry!" said another voice. Harry fell on the bed in a fit of laughter.

Severus groaned. "Hi Remy."

"Hey Uncle Sev! Hey Uncle Har! HURRY AND GET UP!!

Harry laughed harder as Severus laid on the bed, his hands in front of his face.

"Let me guess. That's Prue."

Severus nodded.

"Well." he said taking Severus hand in his. "Let's go visit the new edition of the family."

"Yes. Lets." Still holding hands the stood up and left the room.

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