AN: I was having a bit of writers block for this chapter. I was hoping to be done with this story by new years but as you can see… we got two more chapters to go… Come On Deylyn You Can Do It! (Oh yeah… self motivation!)
Chap8: Eight Month
Severus walked into the hall with his much too light burden. He found the house elf, Hopcup, holding a door open for him, a small bag in her hands. He nodded to her before entering the room. She placed the bag on the bed and popped out again.
The room was large, the king size bed sitting between the two windows on the far wall. On his left there was a desk, next to it a floor to ceiling bookshelf. On his other side two doors, one that led to the bathroom and another he assumed led to a closet.
Severus set Harry down on the bed, trying to ignore how cold and empty his arms felt without him.
Working on cleaning the wound, Severus watch Harry Accio things from all over the room. When they were both done, Harry had a bandage around his foot. On the bed there were four large photo albums, two books, a pensieve, two medium size trunks and a wood box that was about a foot and a half long and half a foot wide. As a last minute thought Harry Accio a piece of parchment and a pen, starting to write on in immediately.
Severus watched in silence, allowing Harry to gather his thoughts. When he was done, he folded the paper in half ( Hamburger style) so that the only think that could be read were the words "Time Line" on the top. Without looking at him Harry pointed to the first aid bag next to him.
"There should be a two Calming Draughts in there, can you pass me one and help yourself to the other if you please." his voice was polite and detached. Severus didn't comment and followed his instructions, signing as the potion took away his turmoil of emotions.
He saw Harry take a deep breath before he started talking, his voice still detached.
"Today's date is December 25, 2002. Five Years might have passed sense then but, you have only forgotten one year of your life. I will explain that when we get there." Severus watched him pull down a bit of the folded parchment, reveling the first two lines:
Time Line
March 12 1997-memory limit
April 1997- Forced to work together by HM
"I can't go over with you what was done on an everyday basis, but I can give you a highlight. In April" he pointed to the tine line. "You started training me at a request from the headmaster. The first week wasn't the best of either of our lives, I ended up with a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder, you only had a broken nose." Severus wanted to do nothing but laugh at Harry's pout over the fact that he had lost that fight. "After that Albus though it would be a good idea to lock us in a room together with a bottle of Veritaserum. Things were better after that…" he stopped, took his wand and pulled out a memory, placing it carefully on one of the phials next to the Pensieve. After a minute of almost biting his lip off, Severus watch as Harry exposed the next three lines on the paper.
Time Line
March 12 1997-memory limit
April 1997- Forced to work together by HM
*June 1997- Stopped lying to myself
*July 12, 1997- You stopped lying to yourself
July 28, 1997- HM dies because of ring
Severus read the paper twice before looking up at Harry, who seemed fascinated by the tread pattern of the bed. A blush spread across his cheeks as he began to speak. "We.. I… I fell in love with you in those two months… I didn't want to admit it, I didn't want to fall in love. but it happen and I fell in love with a snarky potions master that didn't admit his feelings for me until almost a month later, after he caught some girl trying to make a move on me." He stopped again, cheeks still tinted red, not meeting Severus' eyes, yet there was a smile on his face. It feel as he started to talk again. "The headmaster died that month, but being the calculating old fool that he was he made sure to leave me Elder Wand. Narcissa Malfoy and Draco switched sides that week." he signed, pulling out his wand again he extracted memory after memory, when he was done, he exposed the rest of the paper.
Time Line
March 12 1997-memory limit
April 1997- Forced to work together by HM
*June 1997- Stopped lying to myself
*July 12, 1997- WE stop Lying to ourselves
July 28, 1997- HM dies because of ring
*Dec 24, 1997- Christmas together
*March 19, 1998- Night TGH
March 20, 1998- Start of the Hcxs hunt.
*May 2, 1998- Death, end of war
*Dec 10, 1998- Twins are born (8 months later)
*Dec 18, 2003- Twins sent letter
*Dec 25, 2003- Came back
"That year we spent Christmas together. You made me cry… Things were very calm for a while, it wasn't until Hermione found the location of Hufflepuff's Cup that we started to move. The night before we left… we spent the night together, I had slept in your rooms for a while but we had never actually gone all the way… until that night….. anyway I didn't see you until May 2. you… you died that day… Nagini bit you… You.. you…"
Even with the Calming Draught, Severus could see Harry's bottom lip tremble, as the tears ran down his cheeks his whole body shook. Severus debated whether or not to pull Harry close to him, he didn't get the chance as Harry jumped off the bed a made a mad dash to the door, a minute later he heard Flow activate.
Severus sign as he looked down at the time line again, one line caught his attention.
*Dec 10, 1998- Twins are born (8 months later)
He pause, eight months later… eight months…
Eileen and Lyly were his daughters…
He was a father…