Chapter Sixty-two;

Sirius stepped into the Great Hall through the Professors entrance, no one noticed except Aidan, who leaped off Sirius' normal chair and ran towards him. Sirius crouched down and picked his son up into his arms and walked back to the chair Aidan had occupied, sitting down next to Severus and Aidan making himself comfortable on his lap. Aidan began to nibble on a scone, resting back against Sirius' chest. "Little Aidan is adorable, Sirius." Pomona commented.

"Yes, he is, isn't he?" Sirius said, ruffling his hair, Aidan smiled.

"What are you going to do with him during classes?" Rolanda asked, smiling and pinching Aidan's cheek much to his amusement.

"Um…" Sirius hummed, looking at Severus.

"He can't stay with me during classes, it's far too dangerous." Severus said.

"Then I guess he'll stay with me, and on your class breaks he can go with you?" Sirius suggested.

Severus nodded his head. "Yes, that will work well."

Aidan smiled back at Sirius. "I get to spend the day with you?"

"Well, I need to plan my lessons after break out, so yes, and I'm sure Severus needs to catch up on some potions for the jobs he has." He explained, ruffling his hair.

Aidan smiled brightly, finishing up the scones he had on his plate as quick as possible and then chugging some pumpkin juice. "Come on! Can we go now? I wanna see your class!"

Sirius watched in amazement as their son chugged down everything in sight. "Uh, yeah, we can go now." He said, pushing out of the chair and holding Aidan up.

"Wait!" Aidan said, leaning down towards Severus.

Severus quirked his eyebrow and Sirius leaned in so Aidan could wrap his arms around Severus' neck. Severus smiled and placed a kiss to Aidan's brow. "I'll see you later."

"Bye, Papa." Aidan said, pulling back to wrap his arms around Sirius, who walked out of the Great Hall and down towards his classroom.

Aidan turned out to be a big help, he spent most of the morning and afternoon filing all of Sirius' papers and neatly stacking them, and after students began to visit the class, he got a lot of attention from them, and they asked him questions and joked around with him. Just before class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione approached his desk. "Professor Black, may we take Aidan outside?" Hermione asked, smiling.

Sirius looked down at Aidan, who was giving him pleading eyes. "C'mon, Padfoot. Please? We don't have anything to do today, we can watch him, and we won't let anything happen. We'll have him back before dinner." Harry said, grinning.

"Alright, I suppose." Sirius said, ushering the children out of his classroom.

Sirius thought no more of it as he continued on with his other classes, having lunch in his office. He headed down towards the Great Hall for dinner when he was finally finished grading all the classes' homework he was behind on, taking a seat the hall and smiling at Severus who was sitting next to him already. "Hello, love."

"Sirius, please tell me you didn't forget we have a son and lost him?" Severus said, frowning.

"Harry, Ron, and Hermione took him out to play. He should be in here when they arrive." Sirius said, rolling his eyes. "Thanks for having faith in me, love."

"Hmm." Severus hummed, sipping at his goblet and then coughing it and raising his eyebrow. "Damn it, Sirius…"

"Hm?" Sirius hummed, looking over at his husband. Raising his eyebrow when he saw Albus and Minerva both chuckling. "What?"

Severus sighed. "Look." He said, gesturing to the main entrance.

Sirius turned to look and watched as Harry, Ron, and Hermione snuck inside and took their seats quickly, Aidan walking in behind them his clothing covered in mud, even some smeared on his face as if he fell in a mud puddle. Sirius groaned as the boy trotted down the hall up to the table and then circled around it, ignoring the chuckles from the Professors he was getting and holding his arms out. "Up, Father!"

"Up?" Sirius asked, his eyebrows rising.

"In your lap, please?"

"You're… covered in mud."

"Ron said its okay, I'm a boy, and I'm supposed to be covered in dirt."

"I'm going to—" Severus began.

"Severus, don't." Sirius said.

"I'm glad to know our son is in capable hands with you." Severus growled, pushing out of his chair and lifting Aidan into his arms and walking out.

Sirius sighed and rubbed his tired eyes, mentally cursing himself for trusting Harry and Ron with Aidan outside, even Hermione couldn't stop them from getting in trouble, and he knew that. He shrugged and continued eating; ignoring the looks he kept getting from the golden trio of silent apologies. When Sirius finished, he pushed himself out of the chair and walked out of the Great Hall and down the corridor to be with Severus and Aidan, jumping from being startled when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see a smiling Remus. "'Lo, Moony."

"I was wonder if you wanted to get a drink at the Three Broomsticks with me? I could use a break." Remus said.

Sirius gave a slight shrug. "Yeah, okay. Let me just tell Sev—erm, actually, I think he might be a bit upset with me still. Let's just go."

"Sirius, is that a wise choice?" Remus said, a bit worried.

"Yeah, it's cool. C'mon." He said, tossing his arm over Remus' shoulder and walking with him out of the castle and towards Hogsmeade.

When they arrived in Hogsmeade, they grabbed a table to the side and ordered two glasses of firewhiskey, then began to talk about Teddy and Aidan, and how they could be close like brothers just as they were with James and Peter growing up. They also decided Aidan needed a Godfather and little Prongs was perfect just as he was for Teddy, he noted he would need to discuss that with Severus. After their third round, Remus pushed out of his chair and shook his head. "'Nuff for me. Shall we head back?"

"No, I'm going to stay for a bit more." Sirius said, ordering another.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow." Remus said as he patted his shoulder and walked out.

Sirius nodded. "Yup." He muttered mostly to himself as his drink arrived and he slowly sipped at it, taking a look around the room at everyone.

Sirius stared down at his glass, wondering on a scale how mad Severus would be when he got back. He let out a sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose, closing his eyes for a moment and then blinking when he felt someone tapping on his shoulder. He glanced up at widened his eyes. "Whoa. Adi?" He asked as he pushed out of his chair and wrapped his arms around the brown haired, blue eyed girl. She giggled and hugged back.

"I knew it was you, Sirius! You cut your hair! It looks great." She claimed as she pulled back and smiled brightly. "Mind if I sit?"

"Yes, of course! Bloody hell, it's been how many years?"

"About twenty. Wow, you look great, honestly. Not changed at all since you were 18, have you?" She asked.

"You haven't either. How've you been?"

"Oh, I've been okay. I run a shop of used books down the street."

"Really? I'll need to visit it one day. I work at Hogwarts-"

"Yup. Transfiguration, I heard. That's amazing. I always knew you would be great at teaching that subject."

Sirius grinned. "Yeah."

"Oi, I read about your marriage. To Snape? I never would've… just, wow."

"Oh, yeah."

"Are you happy with him?"

"Oh, well… yes, uh."

"Oh, please don't look awkward… that's not a way of asking you out or anything. I'm married as well."

"Really?"

"Yep. Adeline Sharp."

"Sharp?"

"You know, Sharp, Ravenclaw, our year."

"Right! He's a lucky man." Sirius said, winking and smirking.

"I'm the lucky one. We have four kids."

"Four?"

"Yeah. Insane, isn't it?"

"Very. We have one."

"Really?" She asked, gasping.

"Yep. We adopted him, actually. Aidan, he's adorable. We'll need to arrange a playdate."

"Yeah, we so should!" She said, resting her hand on his arm. "We really need to catch up more, you know."

"Yes, we do. When I'm not a bit drunk would be great." He said, chuckling.

"Yeah, I've been staring over here the last hour and a half, you've had how many?"

"Four."

"Better slow down at your age, old man."

"Pft, says the woman who is three months older than I."

"Never bring a woman's age up, Siri." She said, slapping his shoulder and smiling.

"Oh, right, sorry." He said, rolling his eyes.

Sirius sat for well over an hour speaking with Adeline, they spoke about old times, even when they dated back in 7th year for seven months, it wasn't awkward, which worried Sirius in the back of his mind, he got to see different pictures of her kids and her husband, he promised to get a lot of pictures of Aidan for her to see next time they spoke. When they were ready to leave, Sirius pushed out of his chair, opening his arms. Adeline stood up and hugged him closely, smiling. She pulled back and placed a kiss to his cheek. "Night, Sirius. I'll owl you." She said, punching his shoulder in a joking manner and walking out. Sirius watched her go, a smile planted on his face as he walked out of the Three Broomsticks.

He never saw Severus who was sitting near the door, glaring at the two as they spoke, he couldn't hear what they were saying, but the way she kept touching his arm and smiling at him irked him. He kept trying to push it out of his head that he was cheating, and when he finally got the thought away, they both stood up and Severus couldn't get a very clear view but – to him at least – it looked as though they kissed on lips instead of the cheek. He began to see red, clenching his fist tightly and glaring at the two.

He stood up and walked out of the pub a few minutes after Sirius did, rushing towards Hogwarts. When he arrived, he went to Pomona's chambers and picked up the now clean Aidan as he had given him a bath during dinner, walking with the boy to their chambers. He was surprised when he didn't find Sirius in the chambers, not caring where he was, he waved his wand and all his personal things began to pack for his daily routine, as well as clean clothes, the same for Aidan.

Aidan stood by the fire, watching as their things began to pack, a worried expression on his tired freshly awakened face. "Papa?" He muttered.

Severus stopped and turned to the boy, stepping over and picking him up in his arms. "We're going to my house, would you like that?"

Aidan raised his eyebrow. "Your house? But papa, we live here."

"I just… we need to get away, Aidan."

"What about Father?"

"He… don't call him that." He spat. "Now come on." He said as he turned and stepped over towards their bags, levitating them into the fireplace and tossing some floo powder. "Snape Manor, Spinner's End." He muttered, the trunks disappearing in a green fire and then stepping through himself whilst carrying Aidan.

Meanwhile, Sirius was walking back to Hogwarts, stopping in his tracks when he saw Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment open. He grinned and turned to go inside the store, taking his time to look around at all the wizarding gadgets they had. He was in the store a good twenty minutes, trying to find something for Severus and Aidan, but came out unsuccessful, though he did make a purchase, which was a camera which developed moving pictures instead of the pictures having to be charmed.

He headed back towards Hogwarts, grinning to himself, he knew Aidan was probably asleep as it was a little past midnight, but at least he could see Severus. He said the password and entered their chambers, placing the camera down on the table and then walking towards Aidan's house to kiss his forehead goodnight, raising his eyebrow when he opened the door and saw the bed was empty, as well as all the drawers opened and the clothing gone. "What the hell?" He muttered, turning back and walking to his and Severus' bedroom, widening his eyes when he found the same results.

He stepped back into the living room, frowning. "Whisper!" He called.

Whisper appeared, glaring at the man. "Yes, sirs." She spat.

Sirius gave a confused expression. "Where are Severus and Aidan?"

"Why should I tell you?" Whisper said in an angry tone.

Sirius raised his eyebrows. "Because they are my husband and son. Now where are they?"

"Master does not want to see you! Whisper refuses to tell you." She spat, jumping onto the table and stepping towards him. "Whisper should kills you."

Sirius widened his eyes and backed away. "Wh—what? What did I do?"

"Hmph." Whisper grunted, crossing her arms over her chest. "You know what did you, sirs!" She shouted. "Adultery!" She shouted, disappearing once again.

"Adul—what?" He shouted, but she was gone. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to figure out what the hell was going on. 'Who the hell would I be cheating on him with?' He thought angrily, flexing his fists open and closed tightly, glaring at everything in the room as he paced. 'The only people I've been with are Remus and Ad—' he paused in his thoughts and steps, quirking his eyebrow. 'No. It can't be. We're just… we're friends. Plus how could he know? Unless… unless he came into the Three Broomsticks?'

Sirius shook his head clear of the thoughts and stepped out of their chambers and headed up a flight of stairs to the second floor and walking down towards Remus' chambers. He loudly banged on the door several times, tapping his foot in an impatient manner until a very sleepy Remus pulled the door open, glaring at Sirius. "Wha—"

"Did you run into Severus?" Sirius asked.

"Huh?" Remus muttered still half a sleep.

"Tonight. Did you run into Severus?"

"Oh. Yeah, he was… uh, taking Aidan to Pomona, to go find you. I told him where you were and he said he was going to get you. Or, or something." Remus said, shrugging and his gaze throughout the explanation fell to the ground. When he raised his head, Sirius was already walking down the hall and away from him. Remus sighed and closed the door, going back to bed.

Sirius traveled towards their chambers, his jaw clenched. 'Okay, so he must've come to the Three Broomsticks, saw me talking to her, and decided to assume shit, /again/.' He thought angrily, shaking his head. 'Why the git can't ask me about something like this, I'll never understand!' he shouted in his head, coming to their door and shouting the password as he entered. 'Now where the hell would the arse go? Hmmm…' He thought, trying to think of anything said whilst they dated that would give him a clue. He dropped to his knees in front of the fireplace, trying to desperately think of something, and then it hit him, in Harry's sixth year, Albus had mentioned something about a Snape household where Severus spends hols, in Spinner's End, which he knew where that was because of James dragging him over summer to meet up with Lily just near there.

Sirius sighed, wishing he knew the exact address. He knew it was far too late to wake up Albus. He pushed off the ground and laid down on the couch, curling up into a ball and closing his eyes to get some sleep, which came easy due to the alcohol in his system, though the sleep was very light and he kept half-waking up throughout the night to reach out for Severus but his hands would only hit the table each time and nothingness.