Chapter 15
"Potter manor" yelled Severus.
"Yes?" asked an elf.
"Get me Lily Evans please. It's urgent," he said.
"Right away sir," said the elf.
"Can I help you Severus?" asked Lily. Who looked Exhausted, and by the looks of things, she had already had her child. Her stomach was no longer swollen but flat.
"Can you come over to Snape manor please," asked Severus.
"Why?" she asked suspiciously. Severus of course could not blame her for being suspicious. She had never been invited to his manor, why now. She knew that he was on the Order's side; she had after all been there when he told the truth under Veritaserum.
"Please, it's not safe to talk here," said Severus.
"Fine, I will be over soon. But I will have to bring my son with me, there is no one here" said Lily.
"Fine, but please hurry. And it's the Order's full name to get into my home goodbye Lily" said Severus as he pulled out. Leaving Lily to look at the fire a frown upon her face. Something bad must have happened for Severus to fire call her it was after all usually Dumbledore he called. With a sigh, she got everything ready and took Harry from his crib.
Cuddling her child to her, she shouted in "Snape manor the Order of the Phoenix!" And she found herself coming flying out at the other end. Into Snape manor, she looked around and saw the place looked nice not at all how she imagined it. She had thought it would be black full of Green colours.
"What did you name him?" asked Severus to Lily. As he took Harry from her hands. He was going to have to get used to looking after children. Lily seemed to be surprise that he would willingly hold a Potter or a child for that matter.
"Harry. Now please tell me why I am here," said Lily.
"Fine but I will tell you over coffee," said Severus softly.
"Tea please and thee sugars" said Lily.
"Sandy" asked Severus. His normal elf was off buying things for him well technically for his newborn children anyway.
"Yes Master?" asked Sandy.
"Can you get me my usual and a Tea with three sugars please?" asked Severus.
"Yes, master," said Sandy. "Where will you be taking it master?" she asked.
"Please leave it in here Sandy," said Severus.
Lily opened the travel pen before getting covers out and a few teddies'. Giving Harry back to her she put him down. The little boy being sleepy ended up going straight to sleep. Covering him in a warm blanket, not that it was needed much for the fire was shining brightly and warmly heating the manor up.
"What is it Severus?" asked Lily softly.
"Do you remember me telling you I loved someone while at school?" asked Severus. Seeing it was best to start at the beginning of when all this happened.
"Yes"-said Lily. "You liked Jade Avery" she finished somewhat coldly. She of course thought that Jade really would have hurt her. But by the end of tonight, hopefully she would be able to forgive her once best friend.
"Yes, she ended up marrying someone else," said Severus. Not many knew about the wedding Lily looked surprised.
"Married?" she said.
"Yes, Nathan Nott" said Severus.
"What? Him is she totally insane?" Lily shouted.
"I thought so too" said Severus. "But I was also very mad at her, when Voldemort told me to rape her I did it, and a part of me was glad I had revenge on her but a part of me broke that night" said Severus.
"Why did he want his follower…?" asked Lily trailing of not finishing her answer.
"Because she refused to follow him, and I done it. Jade seemed to break right before my eyes, and she begged for Voldemort and me to stop she took the mark. She didn't feel the mark, because she fell right unconscious as soon as she had submitted to the Dark Lord," said Severus pain in his eyes for Lily too see.
"And?" asked Lily.
"I was then told that Nathan had forced her to marry him by both her parents and the threat of me getting killed over her head she agreed and married him," said Severus choking on the last few words.
"She was forced?" asked Lily horrified at the thought of being forced into marriage. But she knew she would have done it if James' life had been on the line. She thought in understanding, she understood Jade better now.
"Yes"-said Severus.
"This is not all you asked me here for is it?" asked Lily realizing something must have happened that he had left out. Other wise she would not be there.
"Nathan was sent on a mission and she was given to me, her Occlumency walls are unbreakable so I told her everything what side I'm really on, it was her who warned you all on the attack we had no idea was going to happen and she saved a lot of family's that night" said Severus.
"That was her?" asked Lily. She knew someone that had been saved and she had thanked the person who had done it repeatedly.
"Yes, anyway we got close you know I'm not telling you the rest I'm sure you realize what happened. Nathan raped her in this home when he got back from his mission, then weeks later it was said she was Pregnant," said Severus.
"Wow and who's the father then?" asked Lily. She knew that Jade was pregnant after all she had seen her that day. It was now common knowledge among the Order.
"They are mine," said Severus proudly.
"They?" asked Lily.
"Yes, they she had triplets" said Severus.
Lily looked shocked after all; it was not every day that a Witch or Wizard had more than one child. In the wizarding world more than one or two children in the pureblood family was not common. It had never been heard of before that someone giving birth to triplets.
"What's happened to them?" she said. Wide eyed, she just hoped nothing had happened to them. She had just Had Harry and the thought of anything happening to him was more than he could bear.
"Sandy bring my children to me," asked Severus quietly. Making Lily's eyes go even wider. With a pop three-house elf's were standing with a child each in their arms. They were still asleep and in blankets, he had given them.
"Are any of the things here yet for the children?" asked Severus.
"Yes, master most of it is here, the others are decorating the room, others are building the cots as we speak master" said one of the elf's.
"Good but make sure to have three bottles ready in a while for the children will wake and be very hungry," said Severus tiredly.
"Oh Severus look at them" she said. Holding the little girl never knowing that she was an Aunt and Harry had three cousins' already. Lily had always wanted to be an Aunty and always wanted a little girl.
Severus took the boys and looked them over, they were looking like him already, but had Jade's nose and hair as well as eyes. But there was not much difference between the hairs; Jade's hair was smoother than his that was all.
The biggest one of them all woke up first, the first-born son. Just as he did one of the house elf's popped in with milk for him and a basket for him to be put in later. Putting the one that was asleep in one of the baskets, he began feeding the little one. Doing so in awe, he could hardly believe that this was his son, something Jade was never going to get to do. And he could not stop the tear from falling from his face. He knew he would probably never see her alive again, or see her sweet face and her green eyes reflect the love she felt within looking at him.
The baby only ate some of what was in the bottle. Before he went back to sleep, the hands getting cold having no clothes on only blankets. He was just about to call for one of the house elf's when clothes appeared on the couch. They were personalized. They had the Snape coat of arms on the middle and were nice colours.
Lily had to help him get the clothes on the children, by the time they dressed the little girl he knew what he was doing. With a sigh he flopped onto the couch glad that was over with he was tired and all he wanted to do was sleep.
"What have you named them?" asked Lily.
"Huh, oh, names. Well I have not decided yet," said Severus quietly.
"You need to name them something Severus," said Lily. "So there names can come up and the birth of a witch and wizard section in the ministry of magic."
"Well the first born Alexander Demetrius Snape" said Severus proudly. "The little girl I guess Heather Jade Snape and the other Sebastian Severus Snape" said Severus looking every inch a proud father.