Severus' Daughter: Year One

Chapter 9: The Morning After

Rosalie woke the morning after her birthday with a small smile on her face. She still couldn't believe that this was her life now. That she was loved. That she had people who cared for her and wanted to spoil her.

She got out of bed and got ready for the day. Walking downstairs she heard her father and grandmother talking in the kitchen as they cooked breakfast.

"Mum, you really have to stop trying to get me to go on dates. I'm not interested in dating anyone." Her father groaned causing Rosalie to grin, knowing that it was time for herself and her grandmother to have the chat with her father that they planned out a couple of weeks ago when he had gone out for a few hours.

"Severus, I know you still love Lily, and that you always will love her. But you won't be betraying her by falling in love with someone else, Lily would want you to move on, and be happy. Also, Rosalie needs some siblings, and I need more grandchildren to spoil." Minerva said.

"Mum, I am perfectly happy the way I am."

"No, Severus, you're not. Yes, you are happy that you have Rosalie back in your life. And you are happy in general, but you aren't the happiest that you could possibly be. I know that, and you know that too. I know that you feel like something is missing. I see the way you look at Remus and Sirius with a wanting for something like that in your own life. So, go out and find it, Severus. Find someone who can make you and Rosalie happy. Find someone who can fill that whole that has been in your heart since Lily died. Rosalie needs another parental figure in her life, and you need someone who can make you feel as happy as you were when you had Lily and Rosalie in your life."

Rosalie enters the kitchen to find the table set for just the three of them and her father and grandmother standing by the oven making breakfast. They turn and smile at her, and she smiles back.

"Good morning, Rosie, how are you today?" Severus asked his daughter as he plated up some food and placed it in front of her.

"Good morning, daddy. I am good thank you. How are you?"

"I am good, also. Though I really wish your grandmother would stop nagging at me." Rosalie laughed lightly.

"I agree with her, though, daddy. You should find someone who makes you happy."

Severus sat down next to his daughter with his own plate of food, smiling gently at her as he gently stroked her cheek. Minerva sat down opposite them and smiled.

"I am happy, Little Snake. I have you." Rosalie smiled.

"I know, daddy. But you need someone else, mummy wouldn't mind. She would want you to find someone to love you the way adults love each other. The way Uncle Padfoot and Uncle Moony love each other. Also, I really want some siblings. And I know mummy would want me to have some siblings also. You can still love her and love someone else as well." Severus smiled at her.

"How do you know about the way adults love each other?" Severus asked.

"Compulsory sex education in my last year of primary school. And I read a lot of love stories, not ones that actually have sex in, but ones where the adults are happy and in love. I want that for you daddy. I don't want you to be alone."

"I'm not alone, Little Snake. I have you, and your grandmother, and Remus and Sirius. As well as all my other friends."

"That isn't enough people, daddy. What if something happens to one of us? What about if Remus and Sirius move out? What about when I grow up and get married and I move out? You need someone to be here with you. You need someone to make you really happy, the happiest you can be. And as I said before, I really, really want some siblings. And grandma really, really, wants some more grandchildren to spoil."

Severus smiled, shaking his head, "I will think about it, Rosie. But, just out of curiosity, how many siblings do you want?"

"Well, Lee was telling me about the Weasley family, and I couldn't help but think that having six siblings would be amazing. I also think that you could handle having that many children with the fact that you have been teaching a lot of children for a long time."

Severus choked on his pumpkin juice, causing the two others in the room to laugh.

"You are joking, right?" Severus asked his daughter with a pleading look in his eyes.

"Nope. I've always liked the idea of big families. I reckon Uncle Moony and Uncle Padfoot should have seven kids as well, you know, then we will be a very big family. And that would make me very happy."

"See, Severus, Rosalie wants siblings. Please go out and find yourself a man to make you happy. I know that Lily was the only girl you liked, and that other than her you were attracted to men. It's not as if we would leave you to be pregnant on your own, we will be here to help you through all six pregnancies, or however many there are since you could have some sets of twins. Maybe even triplets." Severus glared at Minerva as she said this with a bright smile on her face.

Rosalie laughed at the glare, causing Severus to turn his glare to her, but she kept laughing.

"Please tell me you were joking." Severus growled slightly.

"Nope. I honestly, really want a lot of siblings, daddy. And I can tell that you don't mean the glare, and that you want to find someone to be in love with and make babies with. The corner of your mouth is twitching slightly like you are trying to hide a smile. And your eyes, even though it looks like your glaring, don't actually have any heat in them. They are showing love, and happiness, and a hope for a happy future."

Severus stopped glaring and smiled sadly at his daughter. Knowing why she was so good at reading him, because she had to be good at reading people to know what to expect from them.

"I will consider it." Severus said, causing Rosalie to beam at him.

"Where are Uncle Padfoot and Uncle Moony, anyway?" Rosalie asked.

"Remus has taken Sirius out so that they can spend a romantic day together. Which is why your grandmother started on about me finding someone of my own." Severus explained to his daughter.

"Cool. Out of curiosity, if you were to get pregnant and have a baby, would you be their mummy or their daddy? Because, really you are their mummy because you had them in you and gave birth to them, but you are a man so would you be their daddy instead?"

"I would be their mummy. In the wizarding world the mother is whomever carries the child, whether they are a man or a woman. The father is always the person who sires the child. I am your father because I sired you, but I would be the mother of the children I carry." Severus explained.

"But, couldn't I call you mummy anyway? I mean, if you did have children then it wouldn't be as confusing for them if I called you mummy. Me calling you daddy would confuse them because they wouldn't know what to call you. Unless you would rather be called daddy by all of us, but then what would whoever you marry be called? And you have been motherly towards me, kind of how I imagine mummy would be if she were here."

Severus smiled at her, moving to stroke her hair gently, they had all long since finished their breakfast.

"You can call me whatever you want, Rosie. I don't mind. And I know Lily wouldn't mind either, so long as you were happy. She would want you to have a mother, and a father."

Rosalie grinned, "Well then, you can be my mummy and whoever you marry can be my daddy. Because I want a mummy and a daddy as well as lots of siblings."

"This morning has been a very good morning." Minerva beamed at the two of them. "Severus, you have made me, and your daughter very happy people this morning."

Minerva and Rosalie grinned at each other and high fived, causing Severus to groan.

"You two planned this, didn't you? I don't see how, but you did. And you somehow got me to agree as well. This is a disaster. Next you're going to tell me that you have a list of people that you find acceptable enough to date me." Severus groaned, his head in his hands.

"Yes, we planned this. But it is for your own good. We want you to be happy." Minerva said. "And yes, I do have a list, but you don't have to date any of them if you don't want to. You are free to find whoever makes you happy."

Severus groaned, "May I see this list."

Minerva summoned the list and gave it to him. He read it.

"Why did you include the oldest two Weasley children? I am sure they would hate dating me, and I have had enough of Weasley's to last a lifetime."

"You like them, really, Severus. You have a soft spot for that family because Molly insists on mothering you and Arthur insists on fathering you. You also like the children, no matter how much they annoy you. But if you don't want to date them that is up to you."

"Why did you include Hagrid? How would that even work? He is a half giant; I am a normal sized human."

"There are potions you can use to make your… birth canal bigger for short periods of time. But again, if you don't want to date him you don't have to."

"Why did you include Mad-Eye?"

"Because he is incredibly trustworthy and will be able to protect you and your children."

"He is way too paranoid."

"So are you. But you don't have to date him if you don't want to. Are there any on the list that you deem acceptable?"

"I don't know, because I have never dated any of them. Though some of them do make me want to question your sanity. Gilderoy Lockhart?"

"He's good looking and rich."

"He's a fraud, and an idiot. Also, we are plenty rich enough, we don't need his fame, and his idiocy, ruining our lives. I want someone who will be able to help me protect our children, not someone who barely knows how to use his wand."

"What about Kingsley, you like him?"

"As a friend, yes. He would be able to protect our children; however, I do not like him in the romantic way."

"Is there someone you like in a romantic way, Severus?"

"Maybe. You will have to wait and find out, though. I'm sure you two can entertain yourselves for a few hours whilst I brew the potions Poppy needs for the hospital wing." Severus grinned sneakily before leaving the room for his potions' lab.

Minerva and Rosalie smiled at each other.

"I honestly didn't think he would agree that fast." Minerva said.

"Maybe he already likes someone. Maybe he is already in a relationship. He has gone out quite a bit recently." Rosalie suggested.

"Hmm, maybe. But I am sure we will find out soon. What would you like to do today?" Minerva asked happily as she levitated the plates and other things used over breakfast towards the sink and used a spell to wash them, dry them and send them to their cupboards.

"Well, I was going to name my new pets, then I was going to do some art. If that is alright with you, anyway."

"Of course. Do you mind if I watch?"

"No, that's fine."

The two entered the living room and whilst Rosalie set up her art equipment, they discussed possible names for her new animals. It didn't take them too long to find the perfect names. Her snake, which was a girl, was named Serena. Her cat was named Felix. And her owl was named Hedwig.

Hello, I hope you are all very, very well. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I am going to have you all vote for who you want to be Severus' partner, because I don't know who to choose. Here is your list of who to choose from, who were also on Minerva's list:

Bill Weasley

Kingsley Shacklebolt

Alastor Moody

Rubeus Hagrid

Xenophilius Lovegood

Lucius Malfoy (supposing something happened or happens to Narcissa and he isn't a true Death Eater)

Rabastan Lestrange (supposing he isn't actually a Death Eater)

Regulus Black (supposing he wasn't a Death Eater and isn't dead)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!