Taken Care Of

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own ANY of JK Rowlings creations, they are hers and hers alone

Hello everyone, sorry its been a while, BUSY week, lol. So now I’m updating, and watching Die Hard starring the lovely Alan Rickman, lol.

I’ve gotten a fairly good idea of what I want to happen in the next few chapters, I’ve had a few suggestions and ideas made by some of my wonderful reviewers, that I will try to add into the fic.

Please if there’s something that you think would be good to add in the fic, let me know, I’ll try to put it in Ü

icestar lol, yea I liked that idea too. I read another fic that had a lot of fainting in it, ((not hp/ss)) and I thought it was hysterical, so I added something of that, lol.

antipyro Ooh I might use that idea of yours. Lol, yea I couldn’t decide what on earth I wanted to do with Sev’s hair. I thought of something like that, like the scissors breaking or something, then I thought of him getting a really sexy short haircut ((but then where would his gorgeous locks be? Lol)) so I stuck with getting it trimmed. Lol

Anon yea thanks! You’re an awesome reviewer, thank you.

Blackrose I’m still not sure what I want to do about the Dursleys, I have somewhat of an idea for old Voldie, but review and let me know what you guys think should happen to them.

takuto-kun Yea I wasn’t too sure about the way I made Sev change from Snape to Sev so fast either. But I just kinda figured that he never really was that person, that he had to act that way so all of the death-eaters children (some of the students) thought him to still be loyal to Voldie, Dumbldore’s idea Ü

Cre Yea I loved the idea of Harry having some kind of family, soon he’ll realize though that family doesn’t have to be blood related, and he’ll see how much family he truly has.



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The group of six decided to end all shopping for the day, seeing as though they had bought enough clothes from Abercrombie to last them a life time. So they headed to the restaurant Jessica had planned for them for dinner.

It was a cute little Italian place, it had a courtyard out front where you could dine outside.

“Do you think we should eat outside?” Blaise asked Jessica. But before she had a chance to answer, Severus did it for her.

“I don’t think so Mr. Zabini. It looks as though its going to rain.” The professor said, gazing up at the sky.

When Severus opened the glass doors to the restaurant, the little group huddled in, and Harry immediately smelt the wonderful smell of something delicious.

“Hello…” A young waitress greeted them. “… Welcome to Luigi’s….”

Soon enough they were seated in a large booth-table, awaiting the arrival of the enormous amount of food they ordered.

“Gods Ron! Did you really have to order 7 appetizers for us? I’m not sure that boy wonder and myself can afford all of that.” Draco said, his trademark smirk in place. He saw Ron giving him a glare. Then Harry cut in.

“Yea I know Ron, I think I’m running a little short on galleons. And you do know that after the appetizers you eat an entrée right?” Harry said, his mouth fixed to a smirk also. All could see that their little game was beginning to annoy Ron.

Blaise came in next. “Yes Ronnykins, I do believe that we’re all going to explode before we get back to school.” He said, making an explosion like gesture with his arms.

“Your all PRATS you know that?” Ron said, causing everyone to giggle.

Goodness this booth is too small. Harry thought as he tried to stretch his leg, stopping abruptly when he hit something.

“OOW Harry! That was my foot you big OAF.” She said, kicking Harry hard causing him to hiss of pain.

“Sorry…” He replied nursing his now bruised leg “.. but you didn’t have to kick me, least I did it on accident.”

I’ll just find somewhere else to put my feet then. Stupid fucking legs, when did they get so big!?

Harry wiggled his legs for a while, until he found a seemingly comfortable position with them resting against the pole under the table. He felt much better, but he still wasn’t comfortable.

Hmm Harry kicked his shoes off and rubbed them back up against the pole, closing his eyes, trying to block out the loud conversation Draco, Ron, and Blaise were having.

Harry first realized that there was something wrong when the lovely pole his feet were perched on moved. He opened his eyes, looking around the table he caught Severus with an odd expression on his face, he was blushing! Then it hit Harry, that it was NO pole that his feet had been resting on.

Now it was Harry’s turn to blush, before he burst into a fit of giggles.

Jessica, sitting next to Harry, prodded his side asking him what was so funny.

“Mr. Potter I would appreciate if you didn’t use my leg as a foot rest.” Severus said, only loud enough so that Harry and Jessica could hear.

Severus gave him a death glare, and Jess and Harry burst out in giggles again.

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Six cokes, Seven appetizers, Six entrées, and three desserts later, the crew were heading back to the floo station in the corner of London.

From what Severus could see there was a problem at up ahead, there was an unusual long line in front of the departing area, and many of them were yelling at the few attendants nearby.

When they had gotten a little closer, Severus began to hear some worrying remarks.

“Not working? How can it NOT be working?”

“What do you mean you shut it down?”

“Why the bloody fuck would you shut down the floo line?”

Severus had heard enough, the last time they had shut down the entire floo line, they had caught a death eater inside the system. Severus informed the group of students that they wouldn’t be returning to Hogwarts tonight, and that they should leave so that they could get a fairly decent hotel room before all others still at the floo station wouldn’t get there before they could.

They renting two rooms at a adequate hotel. Blaise, Draco, and Ron were in one room. While Harry, Jessica, and Severus would stay in the other.

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--- Room 1: Blaise, Draco, and Ron ---

“Gods you guys, you two are BLOODY INSUFFERABLE POUFS!!!” Blaise yelled at the two, who were practically shagging on the bed in front of him “Id say get a room but since we already have one, and I’M in here with you. I SUGGEST that you desist from buggering each other right in front of me.” Blaise had thought that they might actually stop, but the two gave no sign of ‘desisting’ their engagement.

“Fine then I’ll just have to separate you two!” That caused both boys to stop and glance up at him. “ I swear if you two do not end this charade right now, I WILL separate you two. And one of you will end up sleeping on the floor. So I recommend that you stop this instant.” At that the two boys separated themselves from one another.

“Yes mother.” Draco said once Blaise had returned to his own bed. Blaise snorted, and Draco continued. “Can we go to bed now, I’m rather tired.”

“Yes” Blaise replied “But I swear, if I hear anything going on over there, I will personally Avada
you both.” He finished, smirking

“Goodnight then.” Ron said turning out the lights.


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--- Room 2: Harry, Jessica, and Severus ---

“Okay, first things first. I get this bed, you two get that bed. Understood?” Severus said. Both of his students nodded. “Good, now you two get ready for bed. I’m going to see if I can get a hold of Albus.”

With a flick of Severus’ wand, a projection of a strange looking house elf appeared in front of him.

“Hello Professor Snape sir. I is Mindy. How can Mindy be of service to Professor Snape this evening?” Mindy asked.

“I would like to speak with Headmaster Dumbledore.” He answered

Soon enough, the projection flickered, and Dumbledore came into view. “Ahh, hello Severus. I take it you’ve heard of our little problem?” Albus greeted him

“Yes Albus, I was just calling to tell you that we’ve rented a hotel room for the night. What’s happened to the floo? “ He asked, still curious as to why it had shut down in the first place.

“I’m not sure my boy. We’ve detected a curse placed upon the entire system, and we haven’t figured a way to remove it yet.” Even on the projection, Severus could see the headmasters eyes twinkling madly. Something must be up “ I’m sure all will be sorted out soon, until then, enjoy your vacation.” Albus said, quickly ending the conversation before Severus had a chance to get another word in.

What? Vacation? What’s the old coot up to now?

Just then, Jessica came out of the bathroom. She was wearing this cute little pajama set that she had gotten from Abercrombie.

“Well don’t you look adorable?” Severus said, surprising himself.

Jess giggled “ Yes I liked this outfit a lot, cute isn’t it?” She asked, but Severus didn’t answer, because Harry had come out of the bathroom.

It had been hard for him to act normally after Harry had returned to Abercrombie no longer as a scruffy boy, but a beautiful man. And it had gotten even harder when Harry had accidentally played footsie with him at dinner. But now, coming out of the bathroom, wearing nothing but his new pair of pajama pants, Severus doubted he could make it through the rest of the night.

Before he could do anything stupid, he went into the bathroom and got ready for bed also. When he returned, the three turned out the lights and went to sleep.

Not much later, Severus was awoken by a ear piercing scream. He immediately knew who it was, and what to do. So, first he cast a silencing charm around the room. Then he got Jessica off the bed, and sent her to the other room.

“Draco probably woke up when Harry started screaming. So go over there, and tell them everything is alright. And stay there.” He told her quickly, ushering her out of the room.

“And Jessica…” Severus stopped her “… Don’t do anything, stupid. Goodnight.” And with that, she left the room.

Severus quickly ran over to the bed, where Harry was still screaming and thrashing violently. He got onto the bed with him, and put his arms around the boy.

Surprisingly, not two seconds after he had his arms and legs wrapped tightly around Harry, his screaming and thrashing stopped. Now only shivers and whimpers. This time, Severus tried rubbing soothing circles on the younger wizards back while sang to him.

Soon enough, Harry woke. He glanced up at Sev first, his eyes with a questioning and confused look. There was a fire in his eyes, it was hidden by the other occupants, but still it was there, and Severus could see it. He stopped searching the boys eyes, because Harry had wrapped his arms around him and begun sobbing into his shoulder.

Severus held Harry, like he had done before, but it seemed different to him this time. The other times he was confused by Harry, and he wanted him to be okay. But now, he didn’t just want Harry to be okay, he wanted to be the one that would make it okay for him. He didn’t know when his feelings changed for Harry, but they were growing. It was no longer just a physical attraction, but Severus didn’t love him, not yet. But he was beginning to think that he could, that Severus Snape could love Harry Potter.

Severus continued to ponder while Harry stopped sobbing, and fell asleep in his arms. Severus moved from his sitting position on the bed, to a lying one next to Harry. As soon as his head had hit the pillow, Harry snuggled closer. His head was now right under Severus’ chin, while he had his arms wrapped around his stomach, and one leg wrapped around Sev’s left thigh.

Interestingly enough, Severus didn’t protest, he just pulled the boy even closer and fell asleep also, content with himself and his feelings for the first time in quite some time.

Severus picked his head up off the pillow, and placed a chaste kiss on Harry’s forehead. If he would have looked at Harry a moment longer, he would have seen his green eyes snap open.

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Harry awoke again in the middle of the night, to a strange sensation. He was more comfortable then he had been when he fell asleep last night, and he was lying up terribly close to something. He hadn’t opened his eyes yet, but it didn’t take him long to figure out that the thing he was snuggled up next too wasn’t a thing, in fact it was a person, for it was breathing. Harry opened his eyes to see Severus laying next to him.

He didn’t remember how they ended up like this, but from the pain in his throat he could guess. He tried to think back to earlier, and he remembered what happened, including the kiss that Sev gave him before they both had fallen asleep.

But he didn’t move away from the body next to him, he simply snuggled up to Severus once again, and fell asleep once again.


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Okay, that’s chapter 11. Glad to see more reviews coming in, and I hope you guys like the story. I have an idea of what I’m going to do next chapter, but if you want to see something happen MAKE SURE that you leave a review or email me, because I check both of those daily.

Hope you like the fic. Love you guys! - Jessica