Chapter Five: Drink Away The Pain, The Inevitable.

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Severus Addicted

Harry slowly sat up still with his eyes wide in panic. "I-I don't know what you're talking about Professor."

Severus raised his eyebrows and said, "Potter I am not going to play this game with you. You know perfectly well what I am talking about, now how did it happen?"

Harry started to rack his brain for an excuse, "Um I got in a fight with the boy down the street."

Severus put up one finger and said simply, "One."

Harry scrunched his forehead in confusion, "What the hell are you doing?"

Severus raised his eyebrows and gave him a stern stare, "Language Potter! Two." Severus held up two fingers.

Harry sighed impatiently then said, "I already know how to count Professor."

Severus rolled his eyes then said, "Oh really? What do you think will happen if I get to three?"

Harry's eyes widened in realization, "Oh."

Severus raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes 'oh' now either you tell me the truth or I will get to three and pull you over my lap for a good behind smarting."

Harry winced at the thought of a spanking right after the beating from his uncle. The wince did not go unnoticed by Severus.

"Mr. Potter?" Severus asked softly.

Harry sighed, "Fine I didn't get in a fight with the boy down the street…. I um-"

Severus slowly sat down on the bed beside Harry and said, "It was your uncle wasn't it Potter?"

Harry looked away and whispered, "You weren't supposed to find out."

Severus felt his anger boiling up, "Mr. Potter why have you never mentioned the abuse to anyone?"

Harry bit his lip then said, "I told Austin."

Severus quickly looked up at the child and asked, "And who may I ask is Austin?"

Harry left a single tear fall down his face as he whispered, "No one anymore."

Severus sighed, "Harry."

Harry looked up so fast Severus thought he would get whiplash. "Y-you called me Harry."

Severus nodded his head, "I know I did. Now will you please answer my question?"

Harry swallowed and said, "H-he was my first friend… He listened to my problems, and…" Harry dropped his head into his hands and sighed.

Severus closed his eyes and forced himself to be patient with the boy, "What do you mean by 'was'?"

Harry's head snapped up once again and Harry gave him a cold glare, "I don't want to talk about Austin anymore. Can't you just pick on me about how I get abused by my only living relatives all ready? Because I know you will! You're an asshole like that; you don't care if someone was beaten to an inch of his or her death when they were a child! You wouldn't care if I died by the hands of my uncle so I don't see why you are even bothering now!"

Severus stood and glared down at the child before him, then he yelled angrily, "You do NOT know what I care about young man! I am not going to pick on you for something you could not stop! This was not your fault so I will not allow you to think so!"

Harry stood too and yelled, "It is too my fault! I should have died when my parents did! I should be dead now! You don't understand what its like to have your only living relatives abuse you, you don't know what it is like to know they hate you with a passion and wouldn't bat an eye if you died! You have no idea!"

Severus swallowed and whispered, "I do know what all of that feels like! Want to know why?"

Harry immediately shut his mouth and stared at his Professor in shock.

Severus continued, "My mother and I were abused by my father, one day I came home from kindergarten and found him leaning over her with a hammer. He killed my mother and then he came after me, I jumped out the window and ran into the woods behind our house, I hid in a hole inside a tree for three days waiting for my father to find me. So don't you dare tell me that I have no idea what you are going through because I do know! I know more then you could imagine!"

Harry didn't know what to say, he was in shock and he felt bad for his Professor.

Severus sighed and lightly pushed the child onto the bed, he then sat down beside him and said, "Mr. Potter I need to get you out of here so if you could hold onto my arm I will apparate us back to Hogwarts so you can get checked over."

Harry silently nodded and lightly held onto his Professor's arm. Harry felt a light tug in his torso then suddenly he saw the white walls of the Infirmary at Hogwarts.

Severus lightly pushed the boy onto the bed then walked into Poppy's office to get her.

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Severus paced back and forth in front of the Headmaster's desk and waited for him to get to his point.

"Headmaster you are seriously not thinking about sending the boy back to his relative's house are you?! I have seen the bruises with my own eyes; you can not send that child back to that house!" Severus objected angrily.

Albus sighed, "Well then who Severus? Who do you think would be able to take care of him? He is a famous child!"

Severus shrugged, "What about the Weasley's?"

Albus thought about it for a minute then slowly shook his white head, "No, no they could not give him individual attention with all the children they already have. Plus the financial ability for a growing boy is pretty big. No they will not do."

Severus sighed and nodded his head in agreement. Then a thought struck him and he looked up at the Headmaster, "Why don't you take on the guardianship of the boy, Albus?"

Albus stroked his long white beard and said, "I would have to speak to Minerva about it… She always wanted to have a child… But in all actuality I do not think it would be completely wise for him to live with me."

Severus huffed in impatience then said, "And why not? You could keep him safe; you do not have to worry about the financial. You have a family! What is wrong with any of that?"

Albus shook his head and said, "No that is not what I mean, my boy. You see I am getting old Severus, I don't know how much longer I will be alive and seeing how the boy needs a stable home, it wouldn't be wise to put him with Minerva and me… Even if she would be thrilled."

Severus sighed and sat on the chair in front of the mahogany desk, "Then who, Headmaster?"

Albus looked up with twinkling eyes then said, "You."

Severus stood immediately and hit his hands off the front of the Headmaster Desk, "Absolutely and positively no! Why would you even suggest something as horribly stupid as that?"

Albus sighed, "Severus you have lived with the boy for almost a week and a half now, you have punished him already and you understand what he is going through. Please get to know the boy, he is not his father, Severus and it is time you realize that."

Severus sighed in defeat, "Fine I will do it, but the child will not be happy about this!"

Albus smiled happily and clapped his hands. Papers appeared and Severus quickly signed his name for guardianship. Once his signature was written down the papers popped away.

Albus clapped his hands, "Now it is time to invite Harry in and inform him of the plans."

Severus took that as a cue to take down the silence spell then open the door. Harry was seated in the chair looking extremely bored, he was swinging his feet back and forth and hitting his head against the wall behind his head. "Mr. Potter come in, it is time we go over some plans."

Harry stood and followed his professor into the office. Once he was fully into the office he knew something was up. Harry slowly sat down in the seat across from the Headmaster and said, "You um wanted to see me sir?"

Albus nodded his head, "Yes my boy, you see we can not send you back to your relatives during the circumstances so you will be going to live with Professor Snape. He already agreed and signed the Guardianship papers, so it is already done."

Harry grew angry at that, "What? Why don't I even have a choice in the matter?"

Severus glared at the child beside him and tried to ignore the confusing pain that ached in his heart as he heard those words, "Because Potter if you haven't noticed we are kind of in a tight situation right now! We may not send you back to your relatives so do not even dare to mention that, and the Weasleys are out of the question! I-I don't even know why I am arguing over this matter!" With that said he stood abruptly and said to the Headmaster, "If you need me Albus, you know where I will be!" then with a last glare thrown at Harry he strode out of the room with his robes flying behind him.

Harry rolled his eyes at the dramatic exit, "We'll have to buy a cat walk for him, and then he can really strut his strut." Harry burst into a little fit of giggles at that but immediately sobered up when he remembered the "Model Man" was now his guardian! "Why does it have to be him?"

Albus sighed and slowly began to explain, "Because Harry he knows what you are going through right now, he knows how to deal with it. Plus he has already lived with you for the last week. Now Mr. Potter, Professor Snape really isn't that bad if you get to know him, which I am sure you will seeing how he is now permanently your guardian. I am sorry if you do not like this but you will need to get used to it." Albus said exasperated with the child in front of him, he understood that the child was going through a rough time at the moment but that did not mean he had the right to go around acting like a King of the world, right now he needed a stable home and he needed it quickly.

Harry huffed in annoyance, "I will not live with that bastard."

Albus suddenly stood from his seat and slammed his hands against his desk making Harry jump and look up at him with wide eyes. "Young man you are getting on my last nerve! I understand that you do not get along with Professor Snape! I understand you don't feel that this is fair! I understand you would rather be someone else's ward! But damnit Harry give the man a chance! Right now you have no other place to go, he agreed to take you into his house and get to know you. Why can you not try to do the same? Get over yourself and think about what needs to be done!" Albus then flicked his wrist and the door banged open.

Harry took that as his cue to leave. He swallowed heavily and scrambled from his seat to get away from the raging Headmaster. He had never seen Dumbledore act like that, he was so mad!

Harry blinked back the tears that threatened to fall as he ran down the hallway. How could that man be so mean to him? Harry shook his head sadly and rushed up the astronomy stairs.

Harry choked on a sob as he sat on the edge of the tower, 'He doesn't understand at all! How could he be so mean to me? I have never done anything to him, although I guess I never need to do anything to people to get them mad at me. I don't want to live with Snape! This is so fucking unfair! Why don't I have a say in this? I would rather live with Ron or even Hermione! Anyone but Snape. Hell even Voldemort would be better! How could Dumbledore say those hurtful things to me?! I am not living with him, he hates me and I do not want to live with another person who hates my guts!' Harry thought depressingly.

Harry's other part of his brain was telling himself that he wasn't being fair and that Snape doesn't hate him, Snape already explained that to him. He also felt a slight guilty feeling creep into his stomach for being so stubborn and childish. But of course Harry ignored those thoughts and feelings then continued to fume.

Five minutes later Harry was entering the kitchen where the house elves cook to get himself a drink.

A small creature came up to Harry and said in a squeaky voice, "Hello Young Master how we can helps you?"

Harry looked around at all the other hard working elves and said, "I want a drink."

The elf nodded his head and said, "What kind Young Master?"

Harry looked over at the cabinet filled with Firewhiskey, "I want a Firewhiskey."

The elf looked as if it were having an internal struggle, "I… I's sorry Young Master but aren't you too young to drink Firewhiskey?"

Harry snapped his head to glare at the elf while he said threateningly, "Isn't there enough elves working here?"

The elf's eyes went wide and he started to panic, "I is sorry Young Master please don't get me fired! You see Master Dumbledore gave us a strict order not to allow anyone under the age of 18 to drink the Firewhiskey, I is sorry Young Master but would you like something else?"

Harry shook his head and mentally cursed the Headmaster, "Close your eyes then."

The Elf immediately closed his eyes and Harry gave a small smile as he turned and headed for the cabinet where he grabbed a Firewhiskey bottle. Harry sighed in relief then began to make his way back up to the Astronomy Tower.

Harry didn't know however that the little Elf opened his eyes and watched him with wide eyes as he carried to bottle away. The Elf popped away to the Headmaster's office.

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Severus didn't understand this new feeling. Why did he even care if the brat wanted to be under his care in the first place? Why should he care if Lily's child didn't want to be his ward? He didn't! But he did, he did horribly and it was eating him inside out!

Severus glared at his glass cup filled with Firewhiskey then suddenly he threw the glass cup against the wall making it shatter into millions of tiny pieces.

Severus slowly stood and walked over to the Fireplace where he floo'd over to the Headmaster's office leaving the shattered pieces of glass lying on the floor just like his shattered heart.

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Severus stepped out of the fireplace to see a very agitated Albus Dumbledore, "Albus are you alright? What happened?"

Albus took a deep breath then said, "Well let me just say that Mr. Potter did not take the news well at all and then I lost it. I lost it Severus and I never lose it! I stood up and smacked my hands against my desk! I scared the boy! But he was making me so mad; can't he see we are doing this for his own good? He needs a place to live."

Severus nodded his head, "I under-" Suddenly a popping sound interrupted Severus' sentence.

A house elf bowed to each of the men before saying in his small squeaky voice, "Master Dumbledore, Master Snape good afternoon." He then turned to the Headmaster and played with the hem of his "shirt." "Master Dumbledore I am here to tells you that Young Master came to the kitchen and took a bottle of Firewhiskey, I tried to tell him he wasn't allowed to have any but he said some nasty things."

Albus sighed and stood, "That is quite alright Vyney. You may head back to the kitchen now. We will go find Mr. Potter and fix the problem."

Severus sighed, "That child is going to be the death of me."

Albus nodded his head seriously and said, "You and I both."

A/N: Hey thanks for reading and please don't forget to review! I know another Cliff Hanger :] Sorry about that but I have to go to bed, I am quite tired actually. So yeah sorry about the cliff hanger and the shortness but because of that it just means you will be getting a faster update :]

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Severus Addicted