Affairs of the Dangerous Hearts

Chapter 21: Problems

It had been a few weeks now since Amelia had killed that poor defenseless man. She hadn’t been eating right and was being told off everyday. She didn’t feel like eating, she couldn’t seem to hold her food down. Knowing that she had killed someone made it hard for her to eat or even be happy.

Amelia sat in her class room quietly as the students did their tests. She was feeling sick. There were sharp pains in her stomach that were starting to get the better of her. She clutched at her stomach as the pain intensified.
“Professor are you ok?” A student asked. Amelia replied with a cry of pain. The student stood up and ran out to get some help. Amelia leaned over her desk cringing in pain. She knew there was something wrong with the baby. The students began to stand up and look at her.
Amelia waited and waited until finally she heard the voice she wanted to hear.
“All of you get out!” Snape ordered. The students packed up their things and walked out of the class. Severus ran towards Amelia. “What’s wrong?”
“Severus the baby, my stomach it hurts.” Amelia cried. Severus’ stomach began to churn. He feared that there was something wrong with the baby.
“Hold on.” Severus picked Amelia up from the chair and ran her up to the infirmary. Amelia held one hand to her stomach and cried. Severus was angry he knew why she was like this. He told her off before. He put her down on the bed. “Poppy!” Severus called. Madam Pomfrey came out of her office and looked at Amelia.
“What is it?” Poppy asked.
“There is something wrong with the baby.” Severus replied.
“Oh dear.” Madam Pomfrey looked at Amelia. She was laying on her side crying. Severus felt helpless. “Severus I think its best you leave.” Madam Pomfrey pulled the curtains around the bed. Severus stepped back and stared at the curtains till he could remember what he was actually doing. He sat down in a chair and placed his head in his hands.
“What happened Severus?” Dumbledore asked as he walked into the infirmary.
“I do not know. I think it’s the baby.” Severus sighed angrily.
“I’m sorry Severus.” Dumbledore sat down next to him. “Are you angry?”

“Yes I’m bloody angry for Merlin’s sake.” Severus looked up. “I go through all this to look after her and the baby and now it might be all over for both of them.”
“Severus there is one thing I can say and that is to think positively. Amelia wouldn’t give up on you. If she’s anything like her mother she is a fighter.” Dumbledore assured.


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Severus rested his head on the side of Amelia’s bed after hearing the news that she was going to be ok. He looked aside at her stomach and saw that it had risen since she was pregnant but it wasn’t fully noticeable. He raised his hand and placed it on top of her stomach.
Amelia stirred feeling a little pressure on her stomach. Severus took his hand away and looked at her. He felt angry for Amelia’s lack of care for herself and their child. It had only been a short while but Severus was starting too grown on the idea of having a child. Amelia’s eyes slowly fluttered open.
“Severus?” Amelia mumbled. Severus looked at her and nodded in reply. “I’m so sorry.”
“You bloody well should be Amelia.” Severus stood up. “I told you to eat, over and over again. You could have lost our baby!”
“I’m sorry.” Amelia groaned. “I promise I’ll take more care.”
“You better.”
“What’s wrong now? Are we ok?” Amelia asked.
“You’re fine. Luckily enough.” Severus growled angrily. Amelia closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. Severus watched her trying not to show too much emotion. Severus moved his hand to Amelia’s cheek and wiped away her tears. “Don’t cry.”
“I was so scared.” Amelia sniffed.
“So was I.” Severus admitted.
“If I knew what was going to happen I would have eaten.” Amelia assured.
“I know you would have, I know.” Severus stroked Amelia’s cheek. Amelia put her hand over his and held it to her cheek.
“I love you. I wouldn’t have ever done this purposely.”
“I love you too, and I know you wouldn’t have.” Severus leaned forward and put his lips on Amelia’s. Amelia and Severus heard footsteps coming up behind them. Amelia looked up and saw Ron, Harry and Hermione. The threesome stared at them in awe.
“Hi you three.” Amelia said a little more cheerfully.
“Hi.” The three replied. Severus looked at them a little red in the face.
“I have to go.” Severus whispered.
“Go, I’ll be ok. Ron Harry and Hermione will keep me company.” Amelia smiled. Severus stood up, took one more look at Amelia and then walked off. “So?”
“We hear that you’re pregnant.” Hermione walked to Amelia’s side.
“Yeah I am.” Amelia nodded.
“Is it Snape’s?” Ron asked.
“Yep.” Amelia nodded again. Ron and Harry broke out in to laughs.
“I hope it looks like its mother more then its father.” Harry blurted. Amelia laughed with them. Hermione walked up to them and slapped them both. “Sorry.” Harry cleared his throat.
“No its ok.” Amelia waved her hand. “I’ll probably have to get used to hearing things like that.”
“Are you ok now?” Hermione asked.
“Yeah I’m fine.”
“Good.” Hermione smiled.
“Are you two going to get married?” Ron asked.
“Not for a while no.” Amelia shook her head. “You kids have a lot of questions.”
“Yeah sorry about that.” Harry grinned.
“Oh well its good to get some amusing stuff going on.” Amelia tried to sit herself up.
“How long?” Hermione asked eagerly.
“Should be about 4 months now.” Amelia placed her hand oh her stomach. “Oh!” She felt it move.
“Is there something wrong?” Harry asked.
“No, it moved.” Amelia grabbed Hermione’s hand. “Feel.” She placed Hermione’s hand on the top of her belly. Hermione’s eyes widened.
“Oh my god.” Hermione muttered in awe.
“I wanna feel.” Ron jumped forward.
“Ok.” Amelia placed Ron’s hand on the part of her stomach that she thought he would be able to feel best. Harry walked around, curiously wanting to have a feel too.
“Awesome!” Ron smiled.
“Come Harry.” Amelia took Harry’s hand and placed it on her stomach. “Ah! There we go.” Harry felt a little movement in the palm of his hand.
“That’s so cool.” Harry grinned happily.
“That’s really the first time that I’ve actually felt it move like that.” Amelia felt happy. “I have to tell Severus.”
“Yeah, Sevvie wevi poo.” Ron mocked.
“Don’t let him catch you saying that Ron.” Amelia chuckled. “He may take points off.”
“Ok then. I won’t.” Ron stopped mocking.
“So Hermione tell me how’s it going with you and Ginny?” Amelia wondered.
“We’re fine.” Hermione blushed. Ron looked disgusted and Harry just grinned.
“Well that’s good. I’m glad everything worked out.” Amelia smiled.
“Yeah.”
“You know you kids better get to class.” Amelia pointed to a clock.
“Oh yes right.” Harry nodded. “Get well professor.”
“Thanks Harry.”
“Yeah get well.” Ron waved as he walked off.
“Can’t wait to see this baby.” Hermione smiled. “Get well, we want you back in class.”
“Thanks Mione.”
“Bye.” Hermione left the infirmary. Amelia sat there looking at her belly. The baby was ok after all.
“Oh good morning Amelia.” Madam Pomfrey walked into the room. “I’m glad to see that you are awake.”
“I’m glad to be awake.”
“How you feeling?”
“Absolutely ecstatic.”
“Oh good.” Madam Pomfrey smiled. “I want you to stay a little bit longer. I want to see how you go today.”
“Alright.”


*****

Amelia sat in the bed, having been checked on by Severus 10 times now and it was only the beginning of the 3rd class of the day. She had counted all the movement she had felt since the morning. Amelia could hear footsteps and saw a head pop around her curtain.
“Hello Draco.” Amelia said pleasantly.
“Hi.” Draco said dully.
“Aren’t you missing class?” Amelia looked at him for a moment, realizing why he might be a little down.
“Yeah I am but in had to come here.” Amelia raised an eyebrow. “Is it my fathers?”
“No.” Amelia shook her head.
“Are you sure, because I won’t get mad, I mean if it is then that kid is my half brother or sister.” Draco couldn’t shut up.
“Draco no, it is not your fathers. It is Professor Snape’s.” Amelia assured.
“Oh.” Draco sighed. “Good.”
“I’m sorry about what you saw Draco, I didn’t know.”
“No it’s ok. I’m sorry for how rude I was to you. I was just angry it’s not like I didn’t know my dad was cheating on my mother, it’s just seeing you and him made me angry.” Draco frowned.
“What made it different being me?” Amelia wondered.
“Because I like you... As a professor of course. I didn’t think that you would be like that.”
“Ah, appearances are deceiving.” Amelia chuckled. “Don’t worry Draco I don’t like your father.”
“No neither do I, actually I never did.”
“There we go, we have something in common.” Amelia laughed.
“Yeah.” Draco chuckled. “Um, so how are you?” Draco sat down in the chair next to Amelia’s bed.
“Oh I’m fine. The baby moved today.” Amelia softly patted her stomach.
“Cool, I’ve never met a… pregnant woman before.” Draco flashed a look at Amelia’s stomach.
“Well now you have. Come here, you might be able to get a feel.” Amelia took Draco’s hand and held it to her stomach. Draco stared down at his hand. “You might need to wait a while.”
“That’s ok.” Draco looked up.
“While we wait, tell me why you don’t like your father?” Amelia thought that it would be good to make some conversation.
“Well, um he cheats on my mother and he used to…” Draco stopped talking and frowned.
“Its ok, if you don’t want to talk about it then don’t. I just want you to know that you can talk to me when ever you want to.” Amelia patted Draco’s hand.
“He used to hurt me when I was younger.” Draco whispered.
“Oh!” Amelia felt the baby move, not such good timing. Draco stared at his hand.
“I felt that!” Draco said in an oddly high pitched tone.
“Yeah, I think it’s a little uncomfortable, probably like its father.”
“I think so.” Draco pulled his hand away.
“I’m sorry about your father Draco.” Amelia frowned.
“It’s ok, I’m just glad that that kid doesn’t have to go though what I went through.”
“You’re very caring Draco.”
“Ah, yeah. I just don’t want to be like my father.”
“That’s a very good thing. You’re girlfriend or wife what ever will be happy to know that.”
“Yep. I better get to class.”
“Let me write you a note just incase.” Amelia stopped him.
“Ok.” Draco pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill.
“Thanks.” Amelia wrote a little note.

Dear Professor,
I am sorry that Draco was late for class, I had to have and urgent talk with him.
From Professor Amelia Riddle.

“There you go.” Amelia gave the note and quill back to Draco.
“Thanks Prof.” Draco put the note in to his pocket.
“How about you call me Amelia in private?” Amelia whispered.
“Oh sure.” Draco nodded.
“Good, I’ll see you later Draco.”
“Yeah see you Amelia.” Draco turned around to walk off when he walked into a standing figure that was not there before. Draco looked up to see Snape with his arms crossed. “Congratulations professor.” Draco grinned and walked off.
“He causing you any problems?” Severus asked, protectively.
“Nope not at all,” Amelia shook her head. “You missed another move.”
“Oh.” Severus sat down next to her. “I’ve had blasted children asking me about you and the baby all bloody day.”
“Well you need to get used to it.” Amelia laughed.
“Hmm, yes I know.”
“We need a nice daddy for the baby.” Amelia leaned down to her stomach. “Don’t we?” Severus looked at her oddly. “There he goes.” Amelia grabbed Severus’ hand and placed it on her stomach again. “I don’t think he wants you to be nice.”
“Well then that child is mine.” Severus felt the slight movement underneath his palm.
“Yes, I can’t wait to feel the continuing kicking when it’s a little older. I bet you it will be a winger just like its father.” Amelia tease.
“I assure you I was no winger.” Severus flicked his nose up at her.
“Oh what ever Sev. Like you weren’t.” Amelia snorted.
“You think what you think and I think what I think.”
“Good enough for me.” Amelia shrugged. “Don’t you have a class?”
“Nope, free time.”
“Good, so what do you think the sex of the baby is?” Amelia asked curiously.
“A boy.” Severus replied simply.
“Same here. I can tell it’s a boy. But we won’t know.”
“Do you want to know?” Severus asked.
“No, I want it to be a surprise.”
“I don’t like surprises.” Severus snapped.
“Well you’re going to have one.” Amelia giggled.