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Knowing isn't knowledge, it's just obtaining informations other don't know yet...
"Where's You-Know-Who?" Severus asks icily when I sit down for breakfast the next morning. I roll my eyes at his childish behaviour.
"I don't know, isn't that the Orders job to figure out?" I reply sassily. I wasn't in the mood to deal with his mood this morning either. I had listened to my brother tossing and turning all night. Muttering, talking and at one point I'm pretty sure he was crying. I think this is why we've never really shared a room until now. I mean sure once in awhile if I fall asleep talking to him but still, man.
"Fine, where's Potter"
"Same place you left your attitude this morning, in the toilet!" I snap angerily grabbing my plate of food and storming away from the table. Okay so maybe it was a tad too early for my dramatics. However listening to the two of them bicker about each other really wasn't how I wanted to spend my summer, or week, or however long Harry was here for. There was stunned silence behind me as I made my way to the library moodily intercepting Harry as he came down the stairs.
"Where are you-"
"GET BACK HERE YOUNG LADY!" Oh the young lady card, yeah I'll dodge that.
"I'm going to eat, tell him that I may talk to him again when he decideds to grow up" I mutter slamming the door of the library leaving a very confused Harry behind me. Harry didn't really see my relationship with Severus too much outside of school and even then it wasn't normal because he was in his "I hate Gryffindor's" mode. Of course there was one day he did witness one of those bitter sweet moments.
"AND WHAT WERE YOU ACTUALLY THINKING? YOU ARE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FACE THE DARK LORD"
"I WASN'T THINKING! COULD YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, WE SCREWED UP OKAY AND NOW SIRIUS IS DEAD!" I scream trying to move away from the angry Potions Master who was trying to get ahold of my shoulders. I could feel the tears running down my face as I grabbed for Harry who was standing close by wrapped up in his own grief whilst staring at us with a confused expression.
"What you did was stupid and careless"
"You could of at least listened to Harry when he tryed to tell you!"
"Elizabeth Lilian Potter you will not talk to me in such a way, if I had, I assure you, all of you would have still jetted off to save the day" Severus finishes somewhat bitterly pulling me into a rough hug as sobs rack my body.
"You are a stupid girl sometimes Elizabeth"
"What do you care anyways, your not my father" I mutter through tears looking up at Harry who seemed shocked that Snape could hug a person at all.
"I am in most sense, I raised you and you do live with me, and as long as you are not of age I will make sure you stay alive." Severus says quietly patting my hair once before releasing me from his hold.
"Both of you go to the hospital wing" he demands sharply turning on his heel leaving Harry and I in his wake.
"He just, hugged you..." Harry mutters throwing his good arm around my shoulder as we both tiderly limp to the hospital wing.
"He tends to do that sometimes" I mumble a little embarassed.
Sighing I stand grabbing my plate making my way to the kitchen. I couldn't spend my summer hiding from these two they were never going to get along and frankly eating in the Library caused risk of spilling something. I wanted to live to see tomorrow to be honest.
"You eat obnoixiously loud Potter" Severus snaps, probably from behind his tea-cup.
"Can't say I've noticed, sir" Harry retorts behind the closed door. I roll my eyes before pushing it open and noisly plopping down beside my brother who seemed to relax now that I was there.
"Are you finished with your temper tantrum?" Severus drawls with a small smirk. I glare at him swallowing the bite I had just taken. Temper tantrum? That was hardly a temper tantrum that was me having little sleep and being annoyed.
"Are you finished being a twit?" I ask hearing Harry stiffle a laugh behind his hand trying to cover it up as a cough. Oh please Harry no one gets a cough in the middle of summer, that and your laugh hiding skills suck.
"Do you want to be grounded Elizabeth?"
"Grounded from what?" I ask pretending to think, "You usually ground me from Harry, but oh look!" I say in mock suprise, "He's right here"
"Don't test my patience Elizabeth" he warns in a final tone picking up the Daily Prophet and setting it infront of him as a barrier. I stick my toungue out at the paper and make a few face before stabbing rather forcefully at my eggs.
Severus and I never usually were like this but he obviously didn't want to let Harry think that I had fun here or anything. Which was a little silly if you ask me. Apparently he has to act all big and mean rather then tolerant like he usually is.
"Well Harry, Welcome to the Potter-Snape house, where dysfunctional is functional, what would you like to do today?" I ask with a smirk hearing a small tutting noise from somewhere behind the paper.
Harry and I decided to go on a mission, very dangerous and probably life threatening. Our mission, if we chose to accept it, which we did was to get some Dreamless Sleep Potion from the lab. The only problem was Severus was in there so we had to be very stelth and try to get in without being noticed, which would be easy if we had thought to bring the Invisability Cloak downstairs, but we didn't and this was much more fun.
"This isn't going to work. He's going to murder us" Harry whispers, he wasn't really in the mood to tick Severus off and he thought I was crazy to not be scared of him. Please Severus loves me he just has a funny way of showing it. Also, Harry has faced Voldemort how many times, he doesn't get all nervous about that but no little Severus that's scary.
"Just stay close, and put that back on your face" I order pointing to the sheer stockings that I had over my face, and his were just stretched over his hair thus not doing the proper job of disguising his appearence, duh. "No"
"Just do it Harry" I mutter as we creep towards the lab, I could hear Severus walking around inside of it muttering to himself. I had asked him in passing at lunch if he had any Dreamless Sleep, he probably assumed it was for Harry but I knew he'd come give it to me later pretending he didn't know it was for Harry. Glancing back and seeing my brother had ignored my demands I grab the stockings and pull them down over his face squishing and obstructing his features. "Get off!", he yells swatting me away, ignoring him I push him towards the door instead.
The pair of us crouch beside the door glancing in through the door.
"Okay, you go in first" I tell Harry who gapes at me with a look of shock.
"Yeah right" he mutters shoving me , I whimper my head hitting the floor as I fall back off my heels. Stupid twit that was going to leave a mark. Why couldn't I have a normal brother like...Neville Longbottom who wouldn't even think of pushing a girl. Not that he'd do anything else to her either, HA!
I mumble a Warming Charm hearing the alarm go off and Severus swear in his lab. Oh honestly the onle reason that is there is because he found out I would use Lumos to read muggle books when I should have been in bed.
"What was that?" Harry asks, I hold back a laugh."Disillusionment Charm, now go first he can't see you" I lie pushing the door open slightly seeing Severus glance over eyebrows raised. He was used to my shenanigans, I had once magic'd my hair off and pretended to be Harry cluching my head all through dinner pretending my scar hurt. Needless to say he wasn't very amused but he did laugh a bit. I made him swear never to tell Harry though. I mean it was Severus' birthday I had to do something special.
"Are you sure"
"Positive" I lie, Harry was a little dumb if he didn't notice he could actually see himself. Harry sighs pushing himself into a standing position, the leggings were over his head pushing his eyebrows around in a odd way and squishing his nose. He was wearing one of my black t-shirts which was oddly tight on him. I told him he looked fine but in reality he looked a little gay with the v-neck and tightness of it. He was wearing a black pair of sweat pants which were too big on him, he had to keep pulling them up. I told him just to shrink them but he said he didn't mind. Load of crap I was going to shrink them later.
"Which one is it again?" Harry asks, I roll my eyes we learned that last year it was on our O.. "The dark one in the glass cup on the edge of his desk". With a nod Harry pushes open the door a bit more sliding his way through. Severus looks up from his work frowning deeply at the sight of Harry tip-toeing towards the Potion he has just finished a few mintues prior. Then there was me sitting on the floor by the door trying not to laugh. Just as Harry reaches the cup Severus decideds to speak rather then acknowledge my shaking head and waving arms.
"What are you doing Potter?"
Harry pauses swaying on the spot slightly and waving his hand infront of Severus's face whome looked like he wanted to laugh and yell..a lot.
Harry glances back briefly reaching for the glass once more, " Again I'll ask.." Severus starts making Harry pause once more, "I can see you, you know just because you hold you breath doesn't mean I can not see you" Severus drawls in a patranoizing tone.
"Lizzie!" Harry yells as I fall to the ground clutching my sides in laughter.
"Abort mission! You've been spotted!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
"Potter's, out of my lab!"
"YOU MAY BE ABLE TO CONTROL HER BUT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ME!"
"YOU WILL LISTEN TO ME AS LONG AS YOU ARE STAYING UNDER MY ROOF"
Hard to believe they were fighting over weather or not Harry could go to the Order meeting because he got wind Hermione and Ron would be going. Not to the actual meeting just to Grimmald.
"I'M NOT GOING TO JUST LISTEN TO YOU, MY BEST INTRESTS HAVE NEVER BEEN YOUR CONCERN, WHY START NOW?"
This was a good point, Severus didn't really care,but I suppose he just didn't want me to go to the Order meeting and he didn't want to leave me here alone. Then again I had only set the kitchen on fire once, he really shouldn't worry about me I have Diddy.
"I'M GOING"
"YOU ARE NOT!"
"YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER"
"I AM WELL AWARE, IF I WAS YOU'D NEVER TALK TO ME IN SUCH A WAY!"
I roll my eyes stepping into the library where the two men were standing wands drawn and glaring at eachother. "You both sit now" I demand pointing at the both of them in turn. Severus head snaps in my direction and I raise my eyebrows daring him to say anything. "Lizzi-" Harry starts before I interrupt, "You shut up, and you too" I tell Severus who looked smug that he hadn't been told to shutup.
"Harry, if you are here you do have to listen to him. You listen to Molly don't you and we both know you don't argue with her like this. You're my brother, my family and you know I will always stick by you. However, grow-up and stop this fighting or I'll go to the Weasleys and you can both stay here and kill each other" I threaten even though they both looked hopeful at that idea.
"And you!" I round on Severus who's smirk drops almost instantly."Grow up, how old are you 36? 37? Theres no need to act like a twelve year old with a bad temper. You raised me and you know I'll listen to you but stop fighting with Harry, I get it, you don't like each other it's nothing new but you don't like a lot of people and don't act like this, so man up, and grow a pair" I pause.. did I just actually tell Severus to ..'grow a pair'..oh damn I was so grounded it wasn't even funny.
I hear some snorting as Harry trys to cover up his laughter, after a few seconds he gives up and his laughter errupts filling the room. I try to look serious but the laughing becomes too much and I end up giggling, especially after looking at Severus' face which seemed to be frozen in shock.
There it was,that dysfunctional but functional feeling. I look back up at Severus who was frowning, obviously not happy with my little display.
And there that was, the you are in so much trouble young lady look...
Dear Severus,
I would like to invite you and your lovely daughter over to have tea with my son and I this afternoon. Hopefully it is a good time for the both of you and we hope to see you at 13:00 today.
Narcissa Malfoy.
"Yuck, we're not going are we?" I mutter tossing the letter back into the middle of the table.
"Yes we are, why do you think I allowed you brother to go over to the Weasleys for the night?" Severus asks bitterly, Harry had been rather suprised when Severus told him to pack this morning for the Weasley's. He'd only be gone for the night but he seemed over joyed.
"Because my talk made you both think about how thick you are"
"Elizabeth" he warns sharply, I was still in trouble for telling him to 'grow a pair'.
"Fine, fine. I'll go get ready. Charm me" I say waiting for the Glamour to set in. I really don't like the Malfoy's, especially their 'darling' son.