Disclaimer: I do not own HP, but I won my original character, enough said.
AN: I know the last chapter said this chapter was suppose to be called 'making it official' but I needed this in between chapter and you will see why between chapters 6 and 8. Also this chapter will be show how much time has passed by during the war, remember after the war only about 3 and a half years went by. Oh and lemonyness to come in the next chapter. The and 3 and a half years included the year with Alyssa.
Chapter 5 – First Birthdays
Harry woke the next morning to whimper coming from his chest and gazed up with sleepy eyes to see Alyssa awake and ready to be fed. He felt Draco sit up beside him and looked up at him. Draco bent down to give him a kiss, "Morning, my phoenix." He sat back up and gathered the crying Alyssa into his arms. Harry sat up as Draco got up from the bed gathering his wand and summoning a bottle for Alyssa. "Morning Dragon, Morning Lysa." He watched as Draco sat in the rocking chair he transfigured during the night and preceded to feed Alyssa. Draco looked at Harry, "Already got a nickname for her", he laughed, "That was quick." Harry smiled, "Well she is my daughter too, after all." Draco smiled, it felt good to here that. Harry looked at Draco more serious now and frown, "We'll have to tell you mother sooner or later and I prefer sooner." Draco frowned and nodded, neither of his parents would be happy, but he didn't care he had his phoenix and his little angel and that all that mattered.
"Don't worry, I prefer sooner too. Probably later today, because I've already been hiding it for two months now." Harry nodded, "Right then, I better take a shower." Draco smiled, "okay", he said watching Harry take his shirt off and stroll into the bathroom. Draco gently rocked in the rocker with Alyssa, listening to the water running from Harry taking a shower and watching a Alyssa slowly drifted asleep on the bottle. He rocked her for a while longer, until Harry exited the shower in nothing but a towel, his hair dripping wet. Draco could feel the blush creep across his cheek as he gazed at his lovers body, well toned muscles shone beneath tan skin, but he was also slender. His eyes were as green as ever and stood out against the raven colored hair that hung over his shoulders. Harry smiled as his lovers eyes traveled over him, his lust apparent.
He walked over to Draco and placed a kiss on his cheek, then moving to his ear. His wet hair slicked against Draco's cheek giving Draco a slight chill. "Your turn, Dragon," whispered Harry practically purring. Draco gasped slightly and tried to regain his composure, getting up from the rocker and placing Alyssa on the bed before walking into the bathroom. Draco quickly closed the door behind him and disrobed trying to ignore his slight hardness and decided a cold shower would be appropriate this morning. While Draco took a shower, Harry cast a drying charm on his hair and a scorgify spell on his clothes before dressing and pulling his hair into a loose ponytail, with a small emerald green ribbon. After his was dressed and his hair was a tame as he could manage Harry sat on the bed and gazed at Alyssa, reaching over and gently running his hand over her soft nearly black curls. He smiled at the girl, if one was not close enough, one would assume that the child's extremely dark brown hair was black, but no it was definitely brown.
He was so entranced by the little girl that he did not realize Draco was done with his shower until he spoke. Harry turned to see, while he gazed at his new daughter thinking about the huge turn his life had just taken, Draco was already dressed and his hair was neatly pulled back into a tight, long ponytail at the base of his neck with bangs that hung just past his chin and cover most of his left eye on the left side of his face, due to a natural part more to the right side of his head then to the center. He smiled at the man he loved so, for he was truly a thing of beauty. "My, but don't you look quite dashing. Although when do you not," says Harry making a statement more than asking a question. Draco smirked, " You are looking not too shabby yourself, Phoenix." Harry got up from the bed, made is way over to Draco and gently wrapped his arms around Draco's waist, pulling him close. The pair gazed at each other for a few minutes, just enjoying the embrace, before Draco enjoyed the silence. "Harry?" "Yes Dragon." "Are you really ready for the chaos that is about to ensue, yet again?" Harry moved one hand up Draco back hugging him closer. "I am ready for anything, I will not leave you. Please trust me Dragon. I truly do love you." Draco relaxed into the embrace as Harry spoke and sighed contently, "I trust you Phoenix, I love you too. With all my heart."
The pair lingered in the embrace for a small while longer before breaking apart sharing a small kiss, then gather up Alyssa thing and readying themselves to leave. Once everything was all packed away, Draco gathered up Alyssa, Harry slipped under his invisibility cloak and the pair slipped out together. Draco quickly paid the bill and the pair left, no one none the wiser. Once they found a quiet place with no one around, Harry slipped the cloak off and the pair apparated to the gates of the Malfoy manner. Draco release the ward and then he and Draco walked toward the house hand in hand, Alyssa asleep in the carrier, which Harry now carried. Harry gave Draco's hand a reassuring squeeze; letting him no everything would be okay. They made to the house and Draco unlocked the door so they could enter. Draco pushed the door open and walked into the house heading down a very large hall, his and Harry's footsteps echoing as they walked.
Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, blur of long blonde hair pounced on Draco pulling him into a bone-crushing hug. "Mother, please," Draco, pleaded, as he was deprived of oxygen, "Mother, I am fine, just spent the night at the Leaky Cauldron. Please, I can not really breathe." Narcissa slowly released Draco and seemed to take notice that Harry was standing in the hall with the two of them. "What is he doing here," she asked, then looking from Harry to the carrier she said, "Unhand my grandchild and be gone." Narcissa reached out a hand and attempted to take the carrier from Harry, but Draco stepped between the pair. "Mother, leave him be. He is not going anywhere." Harry remained silent while the pair began to argue, as he did not want to make the situation worse. "Draco, surely you cannot forgive Potter after what he has put you through. I will not have him in my house and I do not want him in your life." Draco looked rather annoyed, but sighed; sadly this was what he had been expecting. "Mother, I have forgiven him. We have discussed our mistakes and have come to the conclusion that our breakup was nothing more than a huge misunderstanding …" Draco was interrupted form his little speech by his mother screeching, "Misunderstanding, MISUNDERSTANDING. Surely Draco my darling son, you are not so foolish to believe that to be true. He left you without so much a second look back." Harry quickly cast a muffliato charm around the trio, so the shouting that would get worse would not wake Alyssa.
Narcissa was interrupted from her rant by Harry, "I left him yes and it was in my own stupidity, but you have no right to say that I never so much as glanced back. I thought of Draco everyday, try as I might I could not get him out of my head. He swam through my dreams and I wanted so badly to just go to him and tell him I was sorry and how stupid I was. However he went to America and I figured he had moved on and that I would just have to accept that little fact. When he came back and I saw him with Alyssa, having lunch with his friend and her child, it was like my greatest fear was realized. You will never believe the relief I experience at knowing Alyssa was adopted and Draco was not married. It meant maybe I still had a chance. Last night we talked and realized the mistake that had been made and I told him I love him and he said he loved me too. I DO love him and I want to be with him. I will not leave him again, I WILL NOT LOSE HIM." By the end of Harry's speech both him and Draco were in tears, Draco grabbed his hand to reassure him. However, Narcissa was not convinced, "I am ashamed to call you, you fool hearty boy, my son. This family will not be made a mockery off, be gone both of you. You are no son of mine." Narcissa turned with a dejected look on her face, he back now faced the new family. "I am sorry you feel that way mother." Narcissa pushed back a sob, "just leave. I will come to pick Alyssa up to spend Sundays with her, but other wise I want no part of this union." Draco sighed turning and heading toward the door with Harry and Alyssa, "very well, goodbye mother." With that the new family left, to start a new chapter in their lives.
Time flew by quickly for the trio; Harry and Draco moved in together and began to raise their little one together. As always everything Harry did was big news and his living with Draco made the front page of the Daily Prophet. Harry adjusted to Alyssa, learning to change diapers, to calm her, read her bedtime stories and sing to her. Draco was very happy with his new life. He, Harry, and Alyssa lived in a large manner surrounded by woods and a rather large meadow. He would often watch Harry and Alyssa interact, smiling at the pair, they were his world. He and Draco fell more and love with each other and their child as the months passed. Alyssa learned to crawl, said he first words, Daddy and Papa, eventually to stand and walk. Narcissa kept her word and spent nearly every Sunday with the little girl even staying for dinner on the occasion, although Draco knew it could be years before she warmed up to his relationship with Harry.
Draco sat in the living room, it was a couple days after Christmas and he was thinking about Alyssa upcoming birthday in January and his up coming wedding, which was to be held the first week and February. Draco sat in his chair and his thoughts drifted back to Christmas Eve. Harry had suggested they all open one gift early and Draco agreed wanting to see how Alyssa would react to opening presents. He was happy to give his little one her kitten early, but had not expected Harry's give. The pair stood in front of the fire place and watched as there little one picked up her kitten and hugged her. Harry turned to Draco, "Dragon, would you like your gift now?" Draco turned to Harry, "Yeah just let me get one of your for you to open." Draco was about to go to the tree when Harry grabbed his arm causing him to turn around and look to Harry. Harry was down on one knee with a small box in his hand. Draco gasped his mind whirled, this couldn't be happening, Harry was about too ask him for his hand. Draco blushed deeply as Harry spoke. "Dragon, you mean so much to me. I have never loved anyone as much as I love you and Alyssa and I know more than ever I want you in my life always. Dragon, would you do me the honor of marrying me." Draco was speechless, he could not say anything, and so he just allowed Harry to slip the platinum band onto his finger. Throughout the band the alternated emeralds and diamonds, it was quite exquisite. Draco flung himself into Harry arms, "I love you so much Phoenix. I can't wait to be married to you." Harry smiled and hugged his love, "I love you too Dragon. So set a date and we will plan the wedding. I am ready whenever you are." Draco pulled back from his love, "In February, on Valentine's Day." Harry nodded and kissed his love.
Draco's memory ended and he got up from his chair, grabbed some parchment and a quill, and then returned to his chair. He started to think about the guest lists that would be needed for the two events, Alyssa birthday and his wedding. He wrote down the names of a few of his Slytherin friends; Severus, Pansy, Theodore, Gregory, Vincent, Blaise, as well as there family members husbands or wives and children; and then he started on the people he knew Harry would want to come; Granger, All the Weasley's added children included, Mad Eye, Tonks, Lupin, and their child, as well as his godfather Black whom, they dragged back from the veil, thanks to Grangers genius (mudblood know it all). He wrote down the names of some important people he wanted to invite, ministry members and business people, then put a star next to them meaning they were strictly invited to the wedding only. He then went back to revise his fiancés list of guest, adding Chang, Lovegoode, Longbottom, Thomas, Finnegan, and all of the Hogwarts professors, which were of course apart of guest strictly for the wedding, minus Chang, Longbottom, and Lovegoode, whom were invited to both events. He looked back over the list and marked Mad Eye for wedding only, he didn't want to scare the children.
Once his list was completed he called on one of his house elves to ready dinner, as Phoenix and Lysa would be home soon. They were out for the day looking for things for the best men to wear. Ron, Sirius, Severus and Blaise would be acting as best men, and although Draco thought them not needed, Ginny, Hermione, Ashlynn, Luna, and Pansy would act as their brides maids. Draco smiled to himself, he was really looking forward to his wedding, but first he needed to finish planning Alyssa first birthday party. Draco summoned another sheet of paper and went about planning things for his daughter's party, starting with presents, things she needed, things she wanted and things he wanted he to have. He didn't even notice the door open or the sound of little feet padding over until Alyssa tugged on the parchment in his hands. "Dada, na na bum de bloo bar," she mumbled out her nonsensical babble. Draco picked up his little on and hugged her, "Hello, sweetie, just going over some things for special day." Harry waltzed over with a smirk on his lips, "No doubt a list of things you are going to give her that she does not need." Harry picked up the list and smiled, kissing his fiancé on the forehead, "I know you to well my love. Now, I believe Dobby and Twinky have dinner waiting for us in the kitchen." Draco's stomach growled, as he rose, "Dinner sounds quite nice," he admitted.
The trio headed down to the dining room to see their food set and waiting for them. They took their places at the table Alyssa in he high, a small plate of cut up food in front of her, with Draco beside her and Harry beside him. The tucked and started to eat. Draco turned to Harry, "Did you find a color that would work with all the different shades of skin as well as We – Ron's hair." Harry nodded at Draco, "I decided it would be best to go with a dark blue, not so dark that is navy, but not so light that it makes Pr – Severus or Sirius look odd. Both of them are way to pale." Draco smiled, "I think dark blue will work fine, and if the were dark blue I think the girls should were a powered, pale, or baby blue." Harry nodded again, "Powered, then." Draco chuckled, "well that was easy. Now for Alyssa birthday, do you think you could get Hagrid to get some unicorns the kids to pet? I think Alyssa would enjoy that." Harry frowned, "I don't know, you know unicorns are fussy around boys, but I will talk to him. For Alyssa, I think I will be able to convince him." The trio finished their dinner and continued to hammer out the details for Alyssa's party, Alyssa herself, being mostly oblivious to what was going on and more focused on how much food she could drop to kitty while daddy and papa talked.
The days passed by and the couple continued working on the details of the party. Hagrid had agreed on the unicorns and even offered up Buckbeak as entertainment, but Draco quickly pushed that though out of Hagrid's mind. The Weasley's were coming early to help with set up, purple, white and picks streamers were going to be put up on the trees and shiny colored unicorns were charmed to float in the air around the trees and over the tables, well out of reach. Sirius would entertain the children with his transformation and play mutt for a while. Harry was going to demonstrate his patronus later on in the day, while Hermione was going to spend some time floating the children for fun. Ginny agreed to charm the kinds faces be painted like different animals and the twins would be providing fireworks once the sun went down. Remus was going to some kind of magic with fire and light, Draco still wasn't quite sure he knew what it was or likes the idea all that much. Lastly after Hermione finished he first task she would was going to do something special for the kids, Draco was worried because he knew Hermione would never do anything dangerous. Draco walked into the clearing in the woods closest to the house and immediately began dictating where things should go and making sure everyone stayed on task, without actually doing any work, but he was after all a Malfoy.
About an hour later Harry can out carrying Alyssa, wore a pretty lilac colored dress. All the decorations were up and the guest had begun to arrive. Alyssa looked around excitedly before she caught sight on the unicorns over by the trees and squealed. She tried valiantly to be released from Harry arms, but to no avail. Harry quickly gave his fiancé a peck on the cheek, "Darling I think we should allow her to pet the unicorns, otherwise I think she might just get dropped." Draco chuckled and followed his love over to the unicorns which were quickly becoming a hit among the children mostly girls. Ashlynn held Jonathan up to pet the unicorn and the unicorn tolerated this as Jonathan was only to boy or not. Little Victoria Weasley was on her tiptoes petting the unicorn, her shimmering long strawberry blonde hair trailing down to her waist, she was about 4 and a half now. Harry held little Alyssa out to the unicorn so she could pet the beautifully creature and little Teddy Lupin walked over standing beside his godfather, the little 5 year old boy staring wide eyed at the creature, his hair currently a shocking shade of cyan.
Tonks waltzed up with Fleur and the pair scooped up the children so they could pet the unicorns. "Wotcher Harry, Draco," Tonks greeted the pair. "Ello 'arry, Draco, is a pleasure as always," greeted Fleur. "Hello, Tonks, Fleur. It is good to see you, I can see the little Victoria and Teddy are doing well," says Harry and Draco just smiles happy to let Harry do the talking. "Oh yes, 'arry Victoria is juz fine," says Fleur. "Yeah, Harry, plus Victoria and Teddy get on great, best of friends you know. Draco turned to Ashlynn and started to talk to her about how life was and how Jonathan was, after a few minutes he took Alyssa from Harry, as she seemed to be done petting the unicorn and ventured over to Ginny, who was currently charming Fred or was it George's face. Draco rolled his eyes, they we so childish sometimes. He looked over to Fred's little boy who was about the same age as Alyssa and was just a troublesome as his father. His face was painted like a tigers and he was looked rather amused into the mirror beside Ginny.
Ginny finished with Fred and then moved onto Jonathan, who got his face painted like an alligator, Draco mused over the spell she had used the spell made the child appear to made the child's face look like a human form on the animal. "Well, hello there little miss birthday girl. I know exactly what to give you," greeted Ginny. Ginny pointed her wand at the paint on the table and muttered a spell then pointed it at Alyssa and closed her eyes. When she opened them Alyssa looked as though a beautiful colorful butterfly landed on her have wings open. "Wow," exclaimed Draco as he put the little on down in front of the mirror. She squealed and babbled pointing at the mirror. "My Ginny, that is some spell, so realistic, where did you get it from?" Draco chatted with Ginny about the spell, which she had apparently gotten Severus to invent after agreeing to scrub all of the cauldrons in his lab clean. Alyssa toddled over to Hermione with Luca, Fred's son and following behind her, she watched excitedly as Hermione floated her own six-month-old Alison up and down. She tugged on Hermione's robes trying to get her attention, which she did successfully and quickly found herself in the air laughing while Alison had been sat down. Hearing Alyssa laughing many people started to gather around and the children all lined up for a turn. Severus picked up his goddaughter once her turn was over, "Hello, Alyssa. I missed you little one." Alyssa hugged her godfather, one of the four she currently had. She touched he face and babbled, assuming about how it was charmed to look like a bat, Ginny's pay back for the cauldron cleaning. He took out his wand and banished the face paint. Harry walked up, "Hello Severus, if you don't mind it is time to eat and have some cake, and to do so we need the birthday girl." Severus frowned slightly, but his face quickly returned back to normal. "We shall continue this conversation later little one," he said.
Everyone gathered around the table and sat down before the food appeared and everyone tucked in and jumped into conversations catching up and exchanging stories while eating. Draco was currently having a conversation with Blaise, who sat beside him, about jobs and ministry happenings. Hermione, who was rather interested in the hairstyles dresses and thing, had dragged Harry into a conversation about the wedding Harry wasn't really thinking about at the moment. The finished eating about forty five minutes later and proceeded onto the cake, most everyone rising and gathering around Alyssa smiling. The large group began to sing happy birthday to the girl and waited patiently at the end for Draco to get her to blow out the candle. Draco cut it the very large unicorn shaped cake and handed out pieces of it to the guests. Everyone enjoyed the cake and when they were finished Sirius stood up on the table.
"Alright kiddies, uncle Sirius has a big surprise for all of you. Who wants to see it," he announced loudly. All the children turned around and shouted me, even Luna shouted me although she was far from being a child, and Neville frowned at his fiancé. "Alright," shouted Sirius as he jumped from the table, all the children watching and transformed midair landing behind the children who spun around. "Yay," they all shouted and clapped as they ran over to pet and cuddle doggy Sirius. Sirius allowed himself to be petted, poked and prodded for while, but then took off and the children gave chase, running around him for a while. Sirius ran between the legs of different people and the children followed him through his makeshift obstacle course and once they got the idea, Sirius slowed down so that the youngest could keep up. He ended his game by jumping up onto Severus and giving him a sloppy dog kiss on his cheek, before jumping off and watching Severus be pounced on and kissed, by the kids, one by one. Sirius changed back while the children were preoccupied and with Severus, who looked extremely annoyed and rather livid. The last on the children was removed from Severus and he got to his feet turning to Sirius, "Black," he roared, " I am going to curse you into the next millennium." Sirius was known not to take the threat lightly as Severus approached him, but he wasn't thinking and Gryffindor impulse to over, so he suddenly found himself with his arms around Severus' waist, pulling him close. "I'd much rather you kiss me," he whispered in Severus ear. That only resulted in several shocked gasped as he was magically thrown into a tree and Severus stalked off saying, "Ugh Black so like you to ruin a party for me, I'm so bloody tired of your ridiculous advances. Just because you are of your particular persuasion does not bloody well mean that I am as well." Sirius stood wincing and walked in the opposite direction, hurt written all over his face.
Hermione piped up trying to drawn attention away from the pair, "How about that surprise now, huh kids?" Hermione rounded up the children who quickly forgot the incident and became excited about the surprise. Remus and Harry went after Sirius, while Draco went after Severus. Hermione conjured several canaries out of thin air and made them to air tricks for the children while the situation was resolved. It was not too long before Harry, Remus and Sirius returned, followed a few minutes later by Draco and Severus, all looking much better. Draco and Harry smiled and announced it was time to open presents because the sun would set soon, so everyone gathered around and the spent all of the sunset opening the many presents that Alyssa had been given. When the sun finished setting Harry rose and announced it was time for his bit of fun and gathered the children over him, "Now, this is only work if you all give me a happy memory okay, so close you eyes and think of something happy. Then count to three and open your eyes okay." Harry smiled as all the kids who were old enough to understand, did as instructed, and he was surprised to see them producing small wisps of white foggy light. He chuckled to himself, he hadn't been expecting that but the memories must have been really happy and he knew emotions gave way to accidental magic. He mustered up his own happy memories and whispered Expectum Patronus, watching his white stag burst forth as the children opened there eyes and stared with glee at the wisped in front of them, then oooed and ahhhed when Harry's patronus collected up the small wisps as it trotted by.
Harry patronus disappeared and Remus came over to the children, "Now for my surprise before the last surprise of the night. Severus if you would, please shield me." Severus walked over and encased Remus in a partially open magical shield. Remus took out his wand and whispered incendio. The children watched awestruck as flames spouted from Remus' wand and he began to a slow and deliberate fire dance for them, whilst Severus held the shield and made small lights dance about the flames magically. Everyone was in awe at the display, all eyes watching and all conversations silenced. When the pair ended the display, they received a standing ovation, Sirius seemingly cheering the loudest, although no one was sure whether it was for Remus or Severus. Severus spoke up, "Now before we all return to the comfort of our homes, the Twins Fred and George, had a special nighttime spectacular to end Alyssa's birthday. Fred, George." Fred and George came up, " we have to go to the meadow, so gather up your children and lets get going."
Fred and George lead the group to the meadow, where they had conjured several blankets so the families could watch the spectacular comfortably. Harry, Draco and Alyssa took a blanket. Ashlynn, Blaise, and Jonathan took another blanket. Pansy and Theodore got onto another blanket; Neville and Luna took another; Fred, Luca and Angela took another; George, Cho and Hannah, took another, Gregory and Vincent another; Ron, Hermione, and Alison, another; Remus, Tonks and Teddy to another; Ginny and her mom, dad, to another; Percy and new wife Rebecca to another; Charlie and his husband Blake, and there son Adrian to another; Bill, Fleur and Victoria to another, leaving one blanket left. Sirius took the last blanket and Severus sat begrudgingly on the blanket with Sirius, as far away as possible. Sirius gave Severus a somber look, then settle down on his side of the blanket in his dog form. Fred and George waved their wands to begin the spectacular and settle down to watch. Alyssa watched and gasped in surprise as there was a loud boom, that startled her then very pretty light in the sky, "Wook, papa," she said before talking assumedly about the light in babbles. The first fireworks to go off spelled out 'Happy Birthday Alyssa' and everyone smiled with several of the children going ooohww. The next fireworks went about spelling each persons name out and each family cheered when they saw their names appear in the sky.
Sirius looked around at all the couples and families, all cuddled up and enjoying the show. He then looked back to Severus, staring for a moment and then began to inch closer slowly. Severus noticed immediately that Black was getting closer to him, but he promised Draco, that no matter what he would not cause another outburst. Severus watched the mutt inch closer until Sirius head was in his lap and the mutt looked up at him with big blue and very sad eyes. Severus looked around to make sure no one was watching and no one was, they all seemed to be enraptured by the fireworks to pay him and Sirius any heed. Severus wanted to hex the mutt and he rolled onto him back and shifted back to his human form, his head still in Severus lap. "Severus, I am sorry. Sorry for everything, for assuming you were gay, for making unwanted advances, for torturing you in school, for the werewolf trick, for the lose of your best friend. I know that you will probably never forgive me, but I wish you could at least try. Ever since I have gotten back from the veil, I have thought about everything I did wrong in my life and everything I missed out on." Sirius looked up at Severus, who was looking at him and locked eyes with him, then continued on happy he was listening. "I have thought about all I have tried to overlook and things that I tried to ignore. One of those things was my feeling toward other men and another my feeling toward you. I know it was stupid, but the whomping willow trick was all because that morning I found myself lusting after you, after a particularly intimate dream." Sirius blushed deeply at his confession, stopping for a moment, but continuing on not wanting to be interrupted.
"I was so confused. How could I think about you in that way when I was supposed to hate you? I wanted to get you I thought maybe you had slipped something into my food, but now that I think about it that was foolish. The fact that I could even think that tells me you didn't do any such thing and it was your dark, mysterious manner, that made you sexy as hell, and Merlin I wanted you. Even after your hate for the other and I increased ten fold. They were upset because of what I'd done and you would never forgive me and still won't, but please so forgive Remus, he had nothing to do with it." Sirius finished his little speech, his confession and watched as Severus thought it over. Severus looked at Sirius, he could not even fathom forgiving he, but then why did he want to. He knew why, this man sounded so desperate for forgiveness even if it was for his friend and not for himself. He sounded desperate for a reprieve, for a second chance and also sounded desperate for these things to come from Severus. Severus would forgive him, even if it was not given lightly. Severus growled in annoyance, stupid Black making him go all Gryffindor, "You and Remus are both forgiven," he hissed, "Draco and Harry are both right. It is high time the past remain in the past."
Before Severus knew what was happen Black had popped up and was hugging him for all he was worth, as well cutting on his oxygen supply. He was about to force the man off of him when he felt his shoulder becoming wet and heard a whimper sob in his ear. Was Black crying? Severus pulled the man back from him and saw his eyes wet with tear, he was indeed crying. Severus felt a pang of sorrow in his heart and his hand responded instinctively, wiping the tears form the man eyes. "Thank you," he whispered, "You don't know how much this mean to me." Severus just nodded as Sirius looked into his eyes searching for something, that he did not seem to find, as he looked down dejectedly. Severus became annoyed, "Will you quit it Black and act like you annoying Gryffindor self, for heaven's sake Black. One would think you'd turned into a bloody female" That was all it took, Sirius' Gryffindor impulse took over and he found himself kissing Severus fully on the mouth. Sirius and Severus were both surprise when Severus began to respond to the kiss. Sirius broke the kiss and looked around and Severus quickly did the same thing. They both let out a sigh of relief, very happy no one was watching, apart from Harry and Draco who quickly pretended not to be looking but Severus and Sirius did not notice.
Sirius leaned over to Severus ear and growled seductively, "I want you Severus and I always get what I want." Severus nodded momentarily at a loss for words, had he just heard Sirius correctly. Sirius moved around Severus, seating himself behind the potions master, slipping his arms around the man and pulling Severus back to him. "Black what the bloody hell are you doing," hissed Severus his voice low and deadly, his trademark scowl on his face. Sirius rolled his eyes, "holding you," he answered. "Typical Slytherin cannot even tell we you are being held." Severus made no effort to get away but hissed for Black to let go of him, but Sirius pointedly ignored him, and resumed watching the fireworks. Severus settled more comfortably into Sirius embrace and resumed watching the fireworks; he most certainly did not want to draw attention to the fact that Black was bloody holding him. Everyone continued watching the fireworks, as a dragon danced through the sky, followed by a lion, a snake, a raven and a badger. By this time all the children and most of the adult to were asleep. Harry and Draco watched as Snape tried to cling to consciousness, but was helplessly being lulled to sleep by Sirius' rhythmic breathing and gentle embrace as the fireworks died down. It was not long before Severus was taken over by the desire to sleep and Sirius as well not long after, the pair curling up on the blanket, Sirius still holding Severus.
Harry smiled at the couple before noticing his fiancé was no longer watching and was asleep as well. He looked around everyone was asleep and the last fireworks went off writing 'goodnight' in the sky and the blanks sprouted walls becoming tents. Harry laughed lightly, the twins knew that it would be a long show and most would not make it though, so it appeared the party was no a sleepover. He summoned Dobby and Winky, asking them to take the present in the house and then finally allowed sleep to overcome him and settled down with his family for the night.
An: Severus and Sirius pairing was thrown in for a reason, due to a plot change in my head. Plus I couldnt resist, I love them together lol. Also sorry, if the two seem a bit out of character. Thanks to all who reveiwed, keep them coming, I love reviews, they give me inspiration to write and to update.
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