Contretemp

A/N : Wow ... I\'ve been having some major writer\'s bloq with this story lately, and I have also started another Harry/Sev fic (Don\'t Lie). I\'ve also been real busy with arranging my trip to England...I leave on August 12th and come back September 3rd-ish. So this chapter will have to hold you over until then. When I do come back, I\'ll definatly write you a big long chapter and a nice smut fest in Don\'t Lie :D Nyaa! So here is chapter six, and remember - I LOVE REVIEWS!!!

Jaima : Nope. Ron took it quite well actually... minus the whole murder thing =D
Hambares : Ron is very odd, something I picked up on after I wrote the chapter. And Ron is also very lucky - if he tried to kill me I definatly wouldn\'t let him get away with it so easily !!
Zelphie : ... You read my mind hun! Have you been going through my PC lately?!?!?! *hides plans for future chapters from Zelphie*
jademerald : Cute ^.^ I love making everything cute ^.^
Katie K : *Cries with you* Here\'s a tissue. I bawled my eyes out after I finished the book (took me about 6 hours-ish). I think JK Rowling wants us Sevvie-poo worshipers to suffer!! *shakes fist* And that is fine that you didn\'t review, this one made it better ^.^ Hopefully the fan fiction world doesn\'t die because of silly JK Rowling, although everything so far seems fine ... *creepy music begins signaling that something is bound to screw up*
Missi : Yes it would !! Let\'s hope Dumbledore and Sev don\'t find out or else Ron is going to be going six feet under ^.^ Nyaa! And thank you for the compliment ^.^
NightOwl : Aww! I\'M SORRY KITTY! Ha ha, yes...me and my evil Dumbledore joke >.< And thanks for the tip ... I\'m not a mother ... yet. Sometime in the near future when I settle down I\'ll definatly have kids and realize that it really isn\'t as bad as I made it out to be >.< And your english is actually quite good - better than some msn lingo I tend to use sometimes!!
canis lupis : Heh heh, I love Cute!Snape and Cute!Harry alot more than their canon counterparts ^.^ I guess because I am a person who likes to twist things around...alot! My wording is weird, as I have mentioned before - my english teachers hated me because I suck at the language! And I\'m so glad everyone is loving the story, I love being loved ^.^ Or at least know that my stories are loved, nyaa!
mirage : Yes, I know. God I hate me and my dislike of canon *beats head in* Oh well...I like being cute. And hopefully the world shall understand that. Obviously you do *smile widely*
harryhollow : Ha ha...again...CUTE! Aww...you worry too much. We will see what happens ;) And I shall email you, not a problem-o!!

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Chapter Six


Harry laid on his bed and smiled weakly, turning to his side slowly. He then stared at a calandar that the Gryffindor Boys Dorm had been given at Christmas. A lioness and her young one were playing in the grass, while a gold banner on top read \'May\' in red block letters. Harry counted the days until he left Hogwarts forever ... 42 days. The school year ended on June 25th, and that night was the seventh year\'s graduation party. The seventh years were then to spend that night at the school, and leave the next morning, having the train all to themselves. Harry eyed the dorm carefully to make sure no one was there, and strained his ears to hear any footsteps. When he was sure that no one was around, he drew his curtains closed around his bed, laid back on his stomach and pulled up his shirt. He then tapped his wand on his stomach three times.

\"Appareo abdomen,\" he whispered, and suddenly his stomach had grown rather large and round. Harry smiled as he ran his hand down his stomach, pausing once in a while to feel the baby kicking and punching the hand that disturbed it. Harry giggled as he amused himself, and silently wondered if Sev would do this. If Sev would touch him the way he was touching himself. Harry burst out laughing at this thought - it was the exact same thought he had in Sixth Year, but not for this reason. Harry couldn\'t stop laughing - it was weird to realize that this time last year he was hoping for the same thing, hoping that Sev would hold him ... but not because he was carrying his child. After Harry got over his giggles, he tapped his stomach three times again. \"Abeo abdomen,\" he said and watched his stomach flatten out. He pulled down his shirt and straightened out his robes, and slowly got out of the dorm. Just because no one could see Harry\'s stomach, he sure as hell could still feel it. He looked around the common room, and wasn\'t surprised that no one was there. There was a Quidditch game going on between Ravenclaw and Slytherin that had started a few minutes earlier, but Harry had refused to go. Since he had left the team, Harry didn\'t have the heart to watch any of the games. He missed the thrill way too much. He climbed through the portrait hole (with much more grace then previous times) and decided that he would go visit Sev. He was bound to be moping around the dungeons, since he rarely watched Quidditch anymore even if it was Slytherin playing. Harry made his way to the dungeons, and knocked quietly on the large oak door that led to Sev\'s chambers.

\"What?!?\" He heard Sev bark, and Harry opened the door. He saw Sev brewing what seemed to be an extremely hard potion, and he looked livid. Sev looked up and his face softened when he saw Harry. \"Oh, it\'s you.\"

\"What a wonderful greeting Sev. I\'ll remember that one, along with \'get out\', \'not now\' and...what was that other one? Oh yes. \'Bloody hell Harry, you look good enough to eat in that outfit!\' \" Harry giggled as he hugged Sev tightly. He heard his lover snicker a bit, and Harry pulled back. \"You real busy right now?\"

\"Yes. I shouldn\'t be more than fifteen minutes though, I need to add some more newt eyes to this and then let it heat up for about an hour or so. You can wait here or in the bedroom if you want.\" Sev said quickly as he rushed over to the potion and began stirring it again. Harry sat down on Sev\'s desk and watched his lover put forth his best to make the potion. He sighed a few times, and soon became bored with watching. When Sev had stirred the potion three times counter clock wise, added a newt eye, stirred it four times clockwise, and added another newt eye, Harry got back to his feet and wandered to the bedroom. He left the door open and slid onto the bed. He sprawled out quickly, and stuffed his face into the fluffy pillows. He always felt so safe in Sev\'s bedroom - whenever he was upset or angry, one moment in this bedroom could calm him for hours. He heard the door click shut and felt a warm body settle beside him soon afterwords.

\"Sev, I was wondering, is there any way we can find out the gender of the baby? I\'d like to pick out a name...you know...before hand?\" Harry said as he turned to his side to face Severus.

\"If muggles are capable of such thing, there is no doubt in my mind that we can as well. You\'ll have to ask Poppy though yourself...she\'s been paying too much attention to me, I think she suspects something.\" Sev replied as he let Harry nuzzle his neck.

\"Sev?\"

\"Yes Harry.\"

\"You wanna see?\" Harry looked up and smiled. Sev nodded his head a bit. Harry didn\'t come by as often anymore, and when he did it was only for a quick hello. In classes, Severus couldn\'t find a reason to keep the boy afterwords or for a detention. In truth, it felt like he never got to see Harry anymore. Harry laid flat on his back and pulled up his shirt. He took out his wand and tapped his stomach three times, and muttered something that Sev did not catch. Severus\' eyes went huge as he saw Harry\'s belly expand, and Harry\'s smile widened. \"Weird, isn\'t it? Here, feel!\" Harry grabbed Severus\' shaking hands and placed them on his stomach. Severus gasped a bit, as Harry guided his hand gently up and down his stomach. Harry then stopped, and Severus could feel something prodding at his hand.

\"Is that..?\"

\"Yeah,\" Harry sighed happily as his eyes drifted shut. Severus stared down disbelievingly at Harry\'s stomach. He couldn\'t believe that there was life in that stomach...life that he and Harry had created. Unintentionally...but still...he never thought it was possible...never in his wildest dreams did he think he would be a father...

\"This is amazing Harry,\" Severus awwed as he pressed his cheek up against it. \"It\'s just....\"

\"I love you Sev,\" Harry said, and Sev kissed Harry\'s stomach.

\"I love you too Harry. And I love you...\" Sev replied, then gently poked Harry\'s stomach. Harry heard Severus giggle, and couldn\'t help but laugh. He never heard Sev giggle before. Severus brought his head up and licked Harry\'s lips, then gently nibbled on his collarbone. Harry moaned a bit, and Severus kissed his neck softly.

\"Hey Sev? What will happen...with us...after the baby is born?\" Harry questioned, his voice a mere whisper.

\"Well...you will definatly stay with me...and you will have to tell everyone that you are with me...there\'s no point in trying to deny it...\" Severus began, but Harry butted in.

\"No...I mean...like...\"

\"Marriage, Harry?\"

\"Yeah.\" Harry let out a deep breath and stared down into black eyes. There was a moment of silence, and Severus broke the eye contact.

\"We\'ll see.\"

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Harry sat on the hospital bed, swinging his legs back and forth. Madam Pomfrey was in her office, and Harry was waiting to see if the baby was a boy or a girl. He was hoping for a little girl - one with black eyes and black hair ... like Sev. Harry grinned stupidly as he tried to imagine Severus rocking a bay to sleep, or changing a diaper. He giggled unintentionally, and saw Madam Pomfrey stick out her head from her office.

\"Is there something wrong, Mr. Potter?\" She asked sternly. Harry waved her off as she disappeared from sight. Harry was about to go back into his thoughts when a sneer made his blood turn to ice.

\"Ahh. I see Potter beat us here. What\'s wrong, Potty-Poo? Scarhead\'s Miracle not working out so great?\" Malfoy chuckled, as Crabbe and Goyle laughed with him. Harry dropped his head and groaned.

\"I\'m not in the mood Malfoy,\"

\"Not in the mood? Pity. You make it sound as if I care,\" Malfoy sniggered as he made his way to Harry. He put out his hand as if to grab Harry, but Harry heard him yelp instead. Looking up, Harry saw Madam Pomfrey grabbing Malfoy\'s ear and dragging him out of the hospital wing.

\"Mr. Malfoy there is nothing wrong with you, if you do not count the lack of brains you have! No go, shoo!\" She scolded, as she booted them out and shut the door. She then turned to Harry and smiled. \"Well Mr. Potter. I have the gender of the baby.\"

\"And?\" Harry straightened out, anticipating the outcome.

\"You shall be the father of a baby boy, Mr. Potter.\" She smiled. Harry\'s mouth dropped, as he stood up. A baby boy...Harry quickly hugged Madam Pomfrey (who was almost knocked down by the sudden force) and he ran out of the hospital wing. He pounded on Sev\'s door and flung it open. Sev was sitting on a chair reading, and looked up.

\"Sev - it\'s a boy!\" Harry exclaimed as he literally threw himself across the room and into Sev\'s arms. Severus\' reading glasses went askew and Severus managed to grab the boy before he could fall onto the floor.

\"A boy?\" Sev asked, thinking maybe he heard wrong.

\"Yeah! A boy! I was hoping for a girl, but oh Sev it\'s a boy and this is going to be so great!\" Harry laughed as he clung onto Severus\' neck. He felt Sev go limp in his arms, and Harry pulled back. \"Sev?\"

\"Harry...you left the door open....\"

Harry\'s jaw dropped as he turned to the door. He didn\'t see anyone.

\"Sev? Was anyone there?\" Harry whispered, as he got up and silently shut the door.

\"I don\'t know....\" Sev replied, the colour draining from his already pale face. Harry\'s heart stalled as all the happiness that was rushing through him was zapped out of his body. \"I don\'t think so...\"

\"I hope not...\" Harry said as he climbed back onto Severus\' lap and cuddled him slightly. Severus wrapped his arms around him, and the two sat there in silence.

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\"Aww Harry!\" Hermione cooed as she kissed his large stomach rather friendly. Ron laughed, but was still a bit freaked out. He had decided that he didn\'t want to touch Harry\'s stomach - not just yet. Harry smiled as he watched Hermione press her hand and her face on his stomach, seeing her enjoy herself.

\"So, have you picked out a name yet?\" Ron asked.

\"Yeah...he is either going to be Aaron, Skyler or Jacob.\" Harry replied. He had come up with the three names, since Severus told him that if it were his decision to name their child, Harry wouldn\'t be able to pronounce it right. Hermione took a seat beside Harry.

\"I like Skyler. You don\'t hear that name too often,\" she remarked. Harry nodded.

\"That\'s why it was one of my favourites.\"

\"Skyler Potter-Snape...it actualy doesn\'t sound that bad!\" Ron laughed.

\"Ron, don\'t be dopey. It could be Skyler Snape-Potter,\" Hermione smiled. Harry laughed as he watched Ron stick out his tongue at Hermione. He glanced at his watch, and realized that dinner was to be served in less than five minutes. Harry tapped his stomach and his two friends gasped a bit as his stomach flattened out. The trio then made their way downstairs to the Great Hall, and joined everyone else. Harry sat down and began piling food on his plate, when he heard a few whispers amongst the crowd. Ron nudged him in the shoulder. Harry looked up and saw a large tawny owl flying towards the Gryffindor table.

\"That\'s odd...mail only comes in at breakfast...\" Hermione said, and everyone watched the owl whizz by Harry and drop the letter infront of him. Harry took the letter and ripped it open. There was a small note inside, and Harry opened it slowly. His heart stopped as he read the crimson red words that were written on the parchment.

I know your secret. Snape must be a wonderful lover, you let him get you pregnant, after all.

Hermione and Ron watched as Harry crumpled the note and shove it in his pocket. Harry then looked down at his plate, and suddenly lost his appetite.

\"Harry?\" Hermione asked.

\"It\'s nothing..I need to go....\" Harry replied as he ran out of the Great Hall. This was not good...not good at all.