Chapter Seventy-nine;

Sirius' eyes fluttered open to meet Albus' twinkling blue. "Hello, my boy. All calmed down, yes?"

"Yeah…" Sirius said groggily as he sat up. He glanced around and saw Remus, Harry, Tonks, Hermione, Ron, McGonagall, Poppy, and… Lucius Malfoy. His eyes flared in anger and he leapt off the bed to charge at the man with a tackle but was grabbed by Remus.

"No! Sirius! Stop!" Remus yelled as Sirius struggled to reach Lucius.

"I'll kill you!" He shouted with a growl.

Remus growled as well though much deeper in the back of his throat, his eyes turned from their normal brown to a rust color before he grabbed Sirius' arms and shoved him back until he hit the wall rather hard. He bared his teeth and continued to growl, showing his opponent that it'd be best to calm down and he wouldn't wish to fight with him. Sirius struggled before looking up so grey met rust and he halted in all movements.

"Remus, let him go," Tonks said calmly which did the trick as Remus' eyes turned back to normal and he smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry… full moon soon…"

"I-it's fine, mate," Sirius nodded as he was released.

"Ahem, now…" Albus began. "We've asked Mr. Malfoy, and he says that Severus left his house at 10PM, he arrived by floo from an unknown location at midnight, we've checked his memories, put him under Veritaserum, and many other tests, nothing has shown that Mr. Malfoy is lying."

"Black, Severus is… my best friend; I would not do anything to harm him." Lucius assured him.

Sirius narrowed his eyes and gave a curt nod – which was the best they were going to get out of him – with that he walked over to Severus' bed where the man was still sleeping; he claimed a seat next to the bed and intertwined their fingers. He looked better to say the least, the bruising on Severus' face was gone except a very light black eye that was still healing, his chest or the upper part of it at least was covered in bandages and the rest of his body was covered in by a sheet.

"H-he's…" Sirius began.

"We've been told he is perfectly fine, he's in a potion-induced sleep until his bones repair." Albus stated.

"B-bones?" Sirius repeated.

"Several ribs, I'm afraid, were broken, his wrist was as well, he had been kicked multiple times in the chest and stomach area—" Albus began to explain.

Sirius' eyes went wide. "H-his stomach!"

"Shh," Remus shushed, placing his hand on Sirius' shoulder. "The baby is fine, Siri."

"I-It is?"

"No worries," Poppy said as she came back from her office with a calming draught, handing it to Sirius. "Take that all, and the baby is perfectly fine, um, listen everyone needs to go, I need to speak to Sirius alone."

Everyone nodded and walked out leaving only a sleeping Severus, Sirius, and Poppy who was pulling a bigger blanket over Severus. "S-something's wrong…" Sirius whispered.

"No, dear."

"Then why did you want to talk to me alone?"

"I have some things to explain to you."

"O-okay." Sirius nodded, squeezing Severus' hand.

"Now, magical pregnancies as you should know happen different than muggles. The magic core helps the child grow quicker."

"S-so early birth?"

"Possibly. Some carry full term – nine months – they could have them healthily as early as the seventh month."

"Okay."

"Now, I did some scans. Everything is perfectly fine-" she paused to smile. "You and Severus have made quite a strong little witch."

Sirius glanced up. "W-witch?"

"Witch," she repeated. "Growing fast too, and now to tell you everything I've gotten from my scans: She's roughly at seven weeks in size, Severus will more than likely be ready to have her at seven or eight months. Her magic core gave off that she is indeed a girl. I also suspect something else, but I needed yours or Severus' permission to check."

"Um… o-of course. Check whatever you want," Sirius said without taking his eyes off Severus' stomach, grinning goofily at the thought of a baby girl.

Poppy nodded and waved her hand, a light pink aura came over Severus' stomach as the scan ran through and then the pink aura from the middle a darker blue aura spread out – when the scan was done after a minute or two, the aura was green. "Okay, all done." She smiled.

"What did it say?" He asked as he mentally wished he had read up more about scanning charms.

"I'll show you," Poppy nodded, pulling her wand out and waving it over Severus' stomach, a 3D looking black and white blob appearing and moving. Poppy pointed to the top of the blob. "That is your daughter."

"Wow…" Sirius beamed, leaning forward to get a better look.

"Now, Sirius…"

"Yes?"

Poppy pointed to another blob that had moved separately from the first. "That's your second daughter."

Sirius' eyes widened. "M-my… twins?"

"Twins." Poppy confirmed. "Both girls. Strong magical cores-" she pointed at two small pure white dots in the middle of the blobs. "You're going to have some powerful little witches."

Sirius grinned from ear to ear. "Twins…" He repeated once more, pulling Severus' hand up to place a kiss to it.

"When he wakes up, which should be soon I'm sure you're staying: His date of conception was April 1st, he's three weeks tomorrow, but like I said, the babies are growing much faster than that. His due date is between October and November, I'll give you an exact date around the third or fourth month," Poppy nodded. "I'm going for some lunch now; I'll have elves send you and Severus something up in a bit." With that she was gone.

Sirius watched Severus sleep, stroking the back of his hand with his thumb, the same goofy smile still on his face. He stayed like that for twenty six minutes before Severus' eyes fluttered open and he let out a yawn. "S'rius?" Severus said groggily as he turned on his side and squeezed Sirius' hand.

"Hi," Sirius whispered, leaning his free hand over to move Severus' hair behind his ear. "How are you feeling?"

"Hm, numb…"

"Love, do you remember anything?"

Severus shook his head. "Nu uh, I left Lucius'… then I… I apparated somewhere," he shrugged.

"It's fine. Don't think on it right now." Sirius smiled, leaning in and placing a kiss to Severus' lips. "I love you… so-so much, Severus. Did you know that? I do."

Severus quirked his eyebrow. "Why are you smiling?"

"I'm just… I'm so happy. Do you know what Poppy told me?"

"No, no I don't," Severus responded in a smart-alecky tone. "What did she say?"

"Twins."

Severus' eyes widened and Sirius' grin grew. "T-twins?" Severus repeated.

"Twins." Sirius said once more, bringing Severus' hand to his lips and placing a kiss. "I know their genders too, if you want…"

"Genders? It's only been two and a half weeks, Sirius, she can't know their genders yet."

"She can. Did you know magical babies grow faster than muggles? You're going to give birth in November or October instead of December or January."

Severus blinked. "Oh. Well… what are they?"

"Both girls," Sirius smiled.

Severus chuckled. "/Both/ are girls? We're going to die when they're teenagers…"

"Girls!" Aidan gasped, running over towards Sirius and climbing into his lap. "Sisters?"

"Yes, Aidan. Why aren't you at lunch?" Sirius asked.

"I couldn't eat, I was too worried… Wh-whisper told me you were in the infirmary, papa…" Aidan frowned.

Severus ran his hand through Aidan's locks and smiled. "I'm fine, love."

"Good." Aidan smiled. "So sisters! Yay. Can I name them?"

Sirius chuckled. "What names do you have in mind?"

"Um… will they look the same? Twins, right?" Aidan asked.

"Yes," Severus responded.

"Oh, girl 1 and girl 2." Aidan nodded.

Sirius bit back a laugh. "Girl 1… and girl 2…"

"Or Girl 1 and Girl A, then we don't need to worry about confusing them!" Aidan grinned.

"It's genius." Sirius smirked.

"We're not naming them Girl 1 and Girl A…" Severus rolled his eyes.

"You ruin all the fun Aidan and I plan, Severus." Sirius pouted.

"Yeah!" Aidan agreed, crossing his arms.

"Both of you hush," Severus said as he closed his eyes.

"Papa, are you tired?" Aidan asked, climbing out of Sirius' lap and into the bed.

Severus smiled and scooted over so Aidan would have room and pulled him under the covers. "A bit."

"When will I be able to feel my sisters' move?" Aidan asked as he placed his hand on Severus' stomach.

"I'd say… in about three or four months, Aidan." Severus smiled.

"That's a long time!" Aidan groaned. "Can you feel them move?"

Severus raised his eyebrow. "I will be able to… in probably two and a half to three months."

"Lucky…" Aidan grunted.

Sirius chuckled. "You two sleep and hush."

"Someone's bossy…" Aidan complained as he snuggled to Severus and closed his eyes.

"Very bossy," Severus smirked and leaned in to the kiss Sirius pushed to his lips before laying his head back on the pillow and closing his eyes, wrapping his arms around his son and falling asleep.