Chapter Seventy-one;

Sirius – after a long day of teaching classes and telling Aidan over and over again that he can't be a test subject for a student to turn into a bird – he walked to his and Severus' chambers, sending Aidan off to go for a fly with Harry – after getting Hermione to swear she would set charms on Harry's broom to make sure Aidan wouldn't fall off. He stepped inside the chambers and saw Severus asleep on the couch; smiling to himself he crossed the room and crouched down by Severus' head, pushing their lips together. Severus' eyes fluttered open and he returned the kiss, pulling back and yawning. "What time is it?"

"About 6PM, I think…"

"Oh." Severus yawned again, turning away from Sirius.

"Love, why were you in the infirmary?" Sirius asked, noting how Severus seemed to have stiffened.

"I—"

"Don't lie to me either; Irma said she never spoke to you yesterday."

Severus sighed. "Sirius, we need to talk…"

"Okay… what about?"

Severus growled, glancing at Sirius over his shoulder and quickly snapping his head back to stare at the back of the couch. "Um…"

"What…? Is it something serious? Poppy said you weren't ill…"

"I'm not… well, I get sick a bit in the morning, but that's only happened a few days."

"A bit sick in the mor—" Sirius paused in the sentence, widening his eyes. "Wait…" he muttered, his lips growing into a beaming smile. "Sev, are you pregnant?"

Severus growled again. "Yes…"

"Wha—how, I mean… when?"

"Well… when we went to Poppy the night we got back from our honeymoon, she didn't detect it because I was as she figured about two or three days."

"So… that means you're… now about…"

"Roughly two weeks. We'll know an exact day in two or three weeks when I conceived and when my due date is…"

Sirius' grin widened. "Wait, how long have you known?"

"I figured I might be two days ago."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I—we have Aidan… I wasn't sure if you wanted another child just yet…"

Sirius widened his eyes. "Of course I do! I'm actually hoping you're carrying triplets or more."

"What?" Severus shot up into sitting position.

"I'm kidding!"

"You better be kidding!"

"I am… bloody hell…"

Severus lied back on the couch. "Good…"

"So… a baby…"

Severus rolled his eyes. "Yes."

"Wait, you teach potions! That could—"

"Sirius…"

"Yes?"

"The baby will be fine until around the 5th or 6th month – which is September or October… possibly November – and then I'll either find someone to take my place until after the baby is born or just hire an assistant and move my class to one on the higher up floors with bigger windows for the fumes." He explained.

"Oh, good…" Sirius sighed in relief.

Sirius stayed quiet for a few minutes, thinking of other things to ask – risks about the baby, etcetera, though he figured anything that came to mind Severus had already thought about. "Uh… boy or girl?" He asked, smiling.

Severus raised his eyebrow and looked at Sirius. "I don't know…"

"Well, we have Aidan; I think I want a girl."

"Hmm…"

"Though I'm sure Aidan – like any other boy would want a baby brother, to teach things too." Sirius said, shrugging his shoulders.

"I want a girl."

Sirius grinned. "Whatever it is, we'll love it all the same."

Severus quirked his eyebrow. "Yeah."

"I love you." He hummed.

"I love you too." He hummed, pushing his lips to Sirius'.

Two hours later – Severus was sleeping soundly, his head against Sirius' chest, completely exhausted and sated. Sirius grinned at Severus, pulling out of the bed and stretching his body though it protested from movement, standing up and pulling on a pair of pants, and then walking out of the room to get a drink. He raised his eyebrow when he heard a knock, and then Harry walking in with Aidan.

"'Lo, Harry."

"Hi, Siri, I brought Aidan back." Harry smiled.

Aidan ran to Sirius, jumping into his arms. "Daddy! We caught a frog."

"A frog?"

"Yep. It was leaping by the lake, and I told Uncle Harry that you could get it's lungs out and put it in a potion, but he wouldn't let me…"

Sirius chuckled. "Harry, you ruin all the fun!"

Harry's nose scrunched up. "He's been hanging around Snape too much."

"Who's Snape, Daddy?"

"Your papa, that was his last name before we got married."

"Oh…" Aidan hummed, looking at Harry. "His name is papa, Harry."

Harry grinned. "Okay, I'll call him papa next time I see him." Harry winked. "I'm going now; see you later, Aidan and Snuffles." He waved, walking out of the chambers.

"Did you ask papa about the puppy?" Aidan asked, smiling.

"No, bu—"

"What puppy?" Severus asked, glaring at Sirius – Sirius smiled.

"The puppy hidden in Aidan's closet."

"Sirius…"

"Calm down, we don't have a puppy, but Aidan wants one."

Severus frowned. "We'll see, Aidan."

Aidan nodded. "Okay." He smiled, kissing Sirius' cheek and struggling to get out of the hold. "Can I go paint?"

Sirius nodded. "Go on."

"Okay. I need to feed the puppy in the closet too." Aidan joked, running to his room.

Severus glared. "Sirius…"

"I swear there is not a puppy in the closet…"

"There better not be! Knowing you – you'd by him the biggest dog species possible."

"I would not…"

"Sirius…"

"Okay, I would have… but now I know if we ever go into Diagon Alley for a puppy to get a small Chihuahua or something."

"Chihuahua's are mean…"

"Okay… a German Shepherd!"

"Big."

"Uh… a Jack Russell?"

"Mean…"

"You're just being difficult."

"You're trying to be one of those parents who allow their children to hoard animals…"

"Oi, he wouldn't hoard them…"

"Aidan is an animal lover… he would try his best to hoard as many animals in his room without us finding out as he can…"

"He's totally a Gryffindor." Sirius joked, chuckling.

Severus scoffed. "You wish…" He hummed, walking past Sirius and taking a seat on the couch.

"Hey, I'm being serious!" Sirius said, crossing his arms.

"Yes, I know you're being yourself."

"Oh, when I make that kind of joke, you get mad… but when you do it – I'm supposed too—"

"Laugh hysterically, yes."

"Why is that exactly?"

"Because I'm pregnant?"

"Finally I see why you agreed to this, so you can win arguments."

Severus smirked. "No, I also agreed so you'd have to wait on me."

"What?"

"I need a drink." Severus said, glancing over his shoulder and raising his eyebrow.

"… Always the Slytherin…" Sirius sighed, walking into the kitchen.