It Started With Sweet Revenge

The classroom door opened and Sirius sat up a little from the desk to watch Severus from the corner of his eye making his way to his own seat a confused, worried expression on his face. Sirius sighed, this was it today is the big day he had to get this done and over with and hopefully it wouldn't be too hard for him.
He barely even heard the lesson, or Remus muttering to him to get on with his work every five minutes that he appeared to be drifting off (partly to do with tiredness, partly hormones and partly deep in thought about later on tonight).
Sirius barely heard the lesson and when Slughorn finally called for everyone to pack up their stuff and go he had to be nudged twice by Remus to actually get up. Shoving his book into his bag he slung it carefully over his shoulder and turned around spotting Snape scurrying out of the door just ahead of him.
"Padfoot I don't know what's gotten into you today but you're acting completely mindlessly" James said as they headed over to Charms.
"It's nothing just feeling quiet, hormones and that" Sirius half sighed, he shook his head trying to clear his mind of all such thoughts but nothing really seemed to help, hopefully he would feel better by bedtime.
After a long and thoroughly boring Charms lesson it was lunch time, everything seemed to be passing at an alarmingly slow rate for Sirius as he sat barely listening to his friends conversations occasionally butting in to make a random joke or laugh just to keep up appearances. He really wasn't in the mood for anything today he just wanted tonight to be done and over with and of course because he was anxious and worried, the day passed even slower than usual, lessons were far more boring and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
"Christmas next week guys, I tell you I can't wait to get home for a while and just have a rest from all this schoolwork" James yawned as they sat down in History of Magic.
"You still have to do homework though, Prongs..." Remus said.
"Aww Moony don't be so boring"
"I'm not boring I'm just being sensible, if you do it all when you first get home then you can have the rest of your holiday to relax" Remus stated.
"But that's no fun I'd rather wait until the last minute like Peter" James groaned.
"Yeah and look at the trouble that gets him in" Remus rolled his eyes.
"So Padfoot, what are you planning to do on your wonderful knocked up Christmas in the castle?" James asked changing the subject just to irritate Remus some more for his own amusement.
Sirius just shrugged. "Eat, sleep and be merry"
"Traditional" Peter commented.
"Sorry we can't stay though, it would have been a laugh but we're already booked to go home" James sighed thumbing to Peter who nodded sadly.
"Ahh well I've got Moony for company" Sirius smiled to Remus.
"Yeah least you're not alone I'll even leave you my cloak so you can have a bit of fun with it" James said dropping his voice so nobody could overhear them.
"Thanks, Prongs"
The lesson continued much in the same fashion as the others that day only worse, it was History of Magic THE most boring subject the school ever created with the most boring teacher ever alive... and dead.
Sirius yawned resting his head in his arms, he was still feeling tired, he was getting dizzy spells when he stood up too quickly, he got on and off little headaches and he was needing to urinate frequently but thankfully the morning sickness was slowly starting to ebb away on its own. He turned his head his eyes wandering across the classroom once again over the rows of half-asleep students, some scribbling and some chatting away without any fear of being told off. His eyes continued to wander through the Slytherin's until they settled on Snape once again.
His grey eyes narrowed. There he was sitting there on his own scribbling in his note book with a battered old quill, his long greasy black hair hanging down over his equally as greasy face. Sirius wrinkled his nose with disgust, how could he have ever thought about sleeping with something so disgusting. Mind you he was VERY drunk at the time, he couldn't do anything he just sort of let it happen and even with beer goggles on Snape didn't look too horrific, or what he remembered of him didn't anyway.
Sirius continued to stare mindlessly at Snape throughout the rest of the lesson and was surprised when the rest of the students were getting up to leave.
They were heading down to dinner talking but Sirius' mind was still elsewhere, he discreetly checked the time every five minutes waiting for eight thirty to arrive.
"So Moony when are you hanging around with Regulus next?" James asked with a grin.
"Tomorrow actually we're doing homework together" Remus said happily.
"Is 'doing homework' a euphemism for having a heavy make out session?" James chuckled watching Remus' face turn red right to the tips of his ears.
"Shut up, you" he said batting James' arm.
"Oi what do you think of this, Sirius?" James laughed.
"Hmm? Oh I think it's great to see Moony so happy, Regulus too" Sirius replied with one of his usual bright toothy grins.
"Thanks" Remus blushed as they sat down, he looked up and saw Regulus grinning at him and his face lit up into a gracious smile. The other three watched as Remus' face went redder as Regulus discreetly blew him a kiss, nervously he blew one back trying to hide it from the rest of the population but the other three began small whooping and cheers embarrassing him further.
"You've got it bad, Moons" Sirius chuckled waving to his little brother watching him blush and drop his eyes to his dinner.
"Shut up Sirius, stop trying to embarrass me..."
They all burst out laughing at him. Surprisingly dinner was the best thing Sirius had done all day for a few brief minutes he had taken his mind off of Severus fucking Snape.
After a very filling four course meal (in Sirius' case) they headed off up to the dormitory, Sirius caught a brief glimpse of Severus as they were leaving the great hall, he was starting to look increasingly nervous and worried. Sirius smirked triumphantly to himself, the little shit obviously thought he was going to get beaten up or something but boy did he have a surprise in store for him.
They sat up in the common room for a few hours talking, Sirius sat happily in front of the fire stroking his little bump listening to James go on and on about Lily, how beautiful her hair was today, how pretty her pale skin looked, how lovely her clothes were at dinner.
He yawned glancing up at the clock, it was twenty past eight now and he sighed.
"Listen guys I'm going out for a bit I'll be back later don't worry" he said getting to his feet and having a stretch.
"What, now?" Peter said.
"Yeah"
"Where are you off to at this time of night, you're supposed to be up here with us?" James asked grumpily.
"I'm just going for a walk I won't be too long" Sirius replied heading towards the portrait hole.
"Sirius where are you going, do you want us to come with you?" James asked again.
"No!"
They all stared.
"No I mean I wanna go out on my own for a little while just to think things over and that" he said resting a gentle hand on his tummy. The others stared at it before nodding.
"Okay be careful we'll see you in a bit" Remus said.
"Don't any of you be following me around like lost puppies either!" Sirius laughed as he left through the portrait hole.
The first thing he did when he got out was breathe a sigh of relief, that was an easier escape than he thought.
Sirius made his way down the staircases towards the fourth floor his mind restless, what was Snape going to do? How would he react? Would he be angry, happy or sad? Would he go around telling everyone straight away? Would he be pleased? And Sirius forcefully pushed the little Regulus voice that popped up in the front of his mind that said that 'What if he already knows' A shiver ran down his spine as he made his way down the final staircase onto the fourth floor.
The corridor was empty and quiet, the wall torches were burning merrily everything seemed perfect for talking, it was too early for Filch and the teachers to even think about going on the prowl and snatching students up out of the corridors to march them back to their common rooms.
Sirius rounded the corner making his way along to the tapestry he stopped in front of it, Snape wasn't there yet.
And now it was time for the nerves to kick in...
Several minutes past and Sirius shifted nervously from one foot to the other, if Snape was here he wouldn't make a show of his nerves he would stand tall and preferably intimidate the smaller Slytherin boy, oh how he loved to see him cower before him to gaze up at him with those innocent, terrified eyes shaking with fear. Sirius smirked with satisfaction just at the thought of it.
He sighed looking up and spotted a slim dark figure moving towards him he immediately recognised as Snape. He watched nervously freezing himself still as the figure walked towards him his hands buried in his pockets and his head down, a nervous gesture Sirius had seen him repeat before.
Severus looked up catching Sirius' eye and finally he stopped in front of him looking worried and defensive.
"I see you bothered to show up then" Sirius said coolly.
"Touché, now tell me what you wanted me here for, perhaps you're planning to beat me up or push me over again or I know, pull some ridiculous immature prank on me again" Severus spat nastily.
"You watch your mouth Snape I've got good mind to hex you one for that" Sirius growled.
"Like I care"
They stood in silence for a few moments before Sirius turned and pulled back one side of the tapestry revealing a fairly wide alcove with a wall torch and a little bench to sit on, rather nice actually and perfectly ideal for what they wanted. Nobody would see or hear them speaking there in fact people rarely went to the fourth floor corridor especially so far along at this time of night.
Severus' mouth opened slightly his dark eyebrows raised with surprise as he stared at it.
"Well what are you waiting for, go in before someone sees us" Sirius said bluntly.
Severus shot him a glare before he slipped through and sat himself comfortably on the bench watching Sirius follow making himself comfortable a few inches away.
"So what did you bring me here for?" Severus asked calmly watching Sirius closely through the corner of his eye still suspecting an attack.
Sirius was quiet for a moment staring down at his shoes before he turned to Snape staring at him closely. "I've got something I need to say to you" he swallowed nervously.
Severus' face turned to look at him full on, his dark eyes shining ebony in the lighting filled with worry, fear, nerves and Sirius detected the slightest hint of malice. Looking at him more closely he could see the finer features of Severus' face, his soft skin didn't appear greasy at all just unusually pale, those small lips shaped rather pleasantly a pretty rosy pink colour and that long dark hair falling nicely around his face, looking at it closer Sirius could see that actually it wasn't very greasy it was just so dark and shiny it made it appear far worse than it really was. Wait- what was he doing he was checking out Snape! Sirius cringed inwardly at himself and tried to shake the revolting thoughts from his mind desperately blaming his hormones, it was his baby's dad after all.
"Well... are you going to tell me or just sit there and stare at me all evening?" Severus quirked an eyebrow, that fine amount of sarcasm echoing around them.
Sirius tried not to blush awkwardly instead he pulled a strange face and shook his head.
"It's not that simple..."
"Then why don't you explain and I'll try to understand" Severus replied.
Sirius sank his teeth into his bottom lip a frown creasing between his perfect eyebrows. "I don't know how you're going to take this, I don't know what will happen but this has been going on too long I can't keep it a secret from you anymore" Sirius sighed. "But first I want to say something else"
Severus just stared at him in confusion.
"Okay, I want to apologise for what I did the other day it made me feel sort of... bad when I saw you coming out of the hospital wing with concussion" Sirius said through gritted teeth, not matter how much it infuriated him to do it, he felt as though he had to apologise for that. "And before you say anything you can't deny you got concussion from smacking your head off the floor when I pushed you so for that I'm sorry" Sirius said looking at Snape.
Severus sat his nose slightly wrinkled looking unsure and confused as anything. "Why the fuck do you care about me all of a sudden?" he spat.
"Oh believe me, Snape, I don't but I'm genuinely a nice guy so I won't stoop down to your level" Sirius replied.
Severus just glared at him. "I still don't believe you..."
"You don't have to little boy all you have to do is listen" Sirius sighed rolling his eyes impatiently.
"How do I know this isn't a trick and your pathetic little friends aren't going to come out of nowhere and beat me up?" Snape growled defensively.
"Because I came alone to talk to you because I've got something really important to tell you so let me just fucking finish" Sirius snarled and Severus instantly shut up.
Sirius rested his head in his hands for a few moments letting out a long exasperated sigh before he turned to Severus his brows knotted chewing his abused bottom lip again. Their eyes met and he took a deep breath.
"I'm pregnant"
Severus' expression was un-readable, Sirius couldn't detect anything apart from possibly shock or confusion on it. His face was so open but so peculiar and it worried him a little.
"What did you just say?" he blinked after some minutes of deciphering what he had just heard. He had a plan.
"I said I'm pregnant" Sirius repeated in a slow quiet voice, his face filled with worry and fear as he tried to search for something in Snape's expression that he could reach out to.
"Is-is it mine?" Severus asked finally.
"Yes" Sirius replied quietly, he shifted slightly closer to Snape who either didn't notice or just didn't move.
Severus nodded slowly closing his eyes in a long slow blink. "Okay... okay..."
The two boys just sat there for a little while neither particularly enjoying each other's company, this was the most uncomfortable and awkward situation Sirius had ever been in. Time passed and neither of them said anything they just sat in silence staring at the back of the tapestry.
"Aren't you going to ask me how it happened, a bunch of questions you don't know the answer to blah, blah, blah?" Sirius asked breaking that horrible tense silence.
Severus shook his head slowly turning to face Sirius. They were sitting rather close now under the slight heat of the wall torch and each other's bodies, they both stared at one another unsure of what to say or do. "Just... how far along are you?"
"Thirteen weeks"
"Can I-can I see your bump? You obviously have one given you've been in pyjamas and you're gaining weight" Snape pointed.
Sirius nodded slowly, lifting up his top he exposed his swelling navel and his more curvaceous hips to Severus who just stared at them and nodded signally for Sirius to cover himself back up again.
They sat in silence for a while longer both feeling equally as awkward around each other.
Sirius swallowed nervously, he wasn't sure what he should do. Should he get up and leave? Sit there in silence? Keep staring or perhaps try and make conversation with Snape. A soft tinkling sound caught their attention and they both risked a glance up.
To his horror a tiny piece of plastic was knotting itself around the base of the wall torch, it finished slowly dangling there merrily. Sirius' eyes dropped to Severus' face and they stared at one another.
"Mistletoe..." he breathed.
Severus let out a tiny sigh still staring into Sirius' eyes and very, very slowly they began to lean in. Sirius' mind was in a haze he wasn't even sure what he was doing everything was happening too fast yet far too slow at the same time, his head was spinning as their faces came closer and closer, his eyes were falling half lidded to Severus' closed ones. He gave a tiny jump as he felt Severus' warm breath against his lips until finally their lips touched in an incredibly soft, tender kiss.
Seconds seemed to pass like hours until finally they drew apart their lips barely a centimetre apart as they looked into each other's eyes, a horrible smirk began to curl in the corners of Severus' mouth.
"I knew you were pregnant..." he whispered.
Sirius' face dropped, his eyes widened at first he wasn't sure he had heard correctly. "W-what,-how?"
"Silly Black I knew you were pregnant in the first place" Severus smirked.
"Wha-"
"I knocked you up on purpose"
Sirius hadn't realised what he had done until it was too late, he drew his arm back and backhanded Severus across the face so hard the Slytherin bit the inside of his cheek and blood was on his lips.
Sirius' chest was heaving with anger, confusion and fear. How could Snape possibly have done this on purpose, why? What would he gain from getting another boy pregnant?
To his shock and disgust, Severus turned around his shoulder shaking with laughter. "You really honestly thought I would have put something in that disgusting drink of yours if I didn't know what it was capable of?"
Sirius sat in stunned silence drawing away from Severus in absolute horror.
"Yeah I knew you would most likely fall pregnant from it, I brewed the potion myself, I made it extra powerful, I made sure it was done intricately and I made sure I stored up plenty of sperm for the job and apparently I was very successful" Severus laughed nastily he looked deranged, almost psychotic in fact and for once it actually scared Sirius.
"Why the fuck would you do something like that you, sick, twisted bastard?" Sirius demanded, he tried to suppress his anger, tried to keep himself under control for the sake of his baby.
Severus chuckled shaking his head slightly a grin spreading across his twisted face. "To get my revenge on you, Black, all those years you bullied, harassed me and treated me like scum, yeah now I finally have my own back on you, I ruined your life just like you ruined mine"
Sirius was completely stunned and utterly devastated. He couldn't believe Snape had done this all on purpose and oh fuck- he kissed him! A deep frown of anger and hurt creased between his brows and he gritted his teeth jumping angrily to his feet he shoved a finger in Severus' face.
"You might think you've got one over on me, you might think you've ruined my life and maybe in some ways you have but let me tell you something, I love my baby and when he or she is born we will have nothing to do with you, I'll be sure your life is ruined by stopping you from seeing him or her, I'll make sure you miss out on all the good points, all the important times in his or her life and that will cripple you" Sirius snarled nastily and with that he turned swiftly on his heels, slipped back through the tapestry and marched back along the corridor, red with shame and anger.
His mind was in over drive and by the time he reached the common room he didn't even stop to talk to his friends or answer their bright, happy greetings. Instead he marched straight up into the dormitory, slamming the door behind him he went straight over to his bed and burst into tears.
"Do you think he's alright?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Probably just his hormones he's been all over the place today" James yawned. "We can always check on him before we go to bed"
Up in the dormitory Sirius was sobbing, he lay on his side with his face in his pillow crying for how Snape had humiliated him, crying for the fact his baby wouldn't have two parents in their life, crying for the fact Snape had done this to him on purpose and finally crying for the fact he had actually kissed the bastard!
But no, he couldn't let himself get into a state about this, that's what Snape wanted, he wanted to see Sirius hurt, he wanted to see him upset and broken and most of all he wanted to see him left alone and helpless with an infant.
After some time, Sirius sat up sniffing hard. He knew he had to pull himself together for the sake of his innocent unborn baby. It wasn't the baby's fault he or she was conceived and they didn't ask to be, now it was Sirius' job to take care of it and himself until they arrived and he would finally be able to hold him or her in his arms and raise them up to be a decent person.
He got up and went into the bathroom, he had a wash, brushed his teeth and went over to his bed climbing into his soft clean pyjamas He had never felt so stupid and so hurt in all of his life, how was he actually supposed to know Snape was going to do something like this? It wasn't like he was even going to suspect that it could happen to him, but it did and there's no changing that now he wanted to have his little baby and keep it and he wasn't going to let Snape hurt him anymore.
He drank his potion hurriedly, pulled his bed curtains closed and snuggled down under the covers his mind foggy and unclear. Hopefully Snape wouldn't tell about their rendezvous and hopefully he wouldn't tell anyone about the baby, still, if he did people would wonder how he knew and how he got the information about the baby. Sirius rolled his eyes, that stupid fucking cunt had better not show his face any time soon.
A little while later and the door opened, James, Remus and Peter reappeared whispering to each other. Sirius heard his name mentioned several times and closed his eyes pretending to be asleep when he heard footsteps approaching the bed. The curtains pulled back a little way and James poked his head through.
"Sirius?" he whispered.
Sirius just lay still trying to hold his breathing perfectly even pretending he was sleeping.
There was a pause and finally James moved back and closed his curtain again leaving Sirius in his comfortable, dark dwelling.
With his mind in a mess, Sirius drifted off to sleep hoping tomorrow would bring better luck.
The next morning when he woke he still felt tired and groggy. Groaning he sat up rubbing his tired eyes, this morning nobody had pulled back his bed curtains. He yawned stretching himself out like a cat under his warm covers, he really didn't fancy explaining last night to his friends so he decided to put on his normal happy face and pretend he was just over tired.
Reaching up he pulled the drapes open with the curtain pull and reached for his potion.
"Morning Padfoot, you alright?" James asked immediately.
"Tired"
"Are you sure? You seemed kind of... upset last night when you came back from your walk?" James' brows furrowed with concern.
"I'm fine" Sirius smiled shaking his head. "Just my hormones and the fact I need more sleep, don't forget with every day that passes I become more and more pregnant" he chuckled sipping his potion.
"Yeah and soon you'll be huge and waddling around the school like a penguin" Remus teased and Sirius rolled his eyes playfully at the werewolf.
"And I'll look great doing it" Sirius grinned cheekily. He finished his potion and got himself dressed scribbling a quick note to his mum on a spare piece of parchment asking for a new pair of school trousers in a bigger size stating he wanted them elasticated for comfort (not mentioning the baby of course) and folded it up into an envelope writing his address much neater on that.
"Planning on sending a letter?" James asked.
"Yeah to my mum asking for bigger trousers" Sirius replied sealing the envelope off.
"I'll take it to the Owlery if you want, I've got something I want to send off and those stairs up to it are icy you might fall and hurt baby" James said quickly.
Sirius quirked an eyebrow and shook his head handing the envelope over to James, he tutted. "Acting like a mother hen now are you? Thought that was Moony's job"
"Hey!" Remus snapped.
"Nah just don't want to see either of you hurt, better safe than sorry so I'll take these down now meet me in the great hall" James replied.
"Okay see you" Sirius called.
Sirius washed himself up in the bathroom, combing his hair he followed along with Remus and Peter down to the great hall. It was packed as usual and right before he went in a voice called to him.
"Sirius, Remus!" it was Regulus.
They both turned to stare at him grinning eagerly.
"What's up, Reg?" Sirius asked happily.
"Nothing much I just wanted to make sure you're okay and to ask if Remus is still on for tonight?" Regulus smiled hopefully from one to the other.
"I'm fine but I want to talk to you in private in a minute" Sirius said.
"Okay, Remus?" Regulus smiled warmly shifting closer to him.
"Definitely, see you at seven?" Remus grinned his eyes twinkling with excitement.
"It's a date" Regulus smiled.
"I'm gonna go and get some breakfast, see you in a bit" Remus said to Sirius.
"Okay" Sirius nodded.
"Bye" Remus smiled warmly to Regulus.
"See you later" Regulus smiled with a slight flutter of his long dark eyelashes.
Sirius waited until Remus and Peter were gone before he pulled Regulus into an alcove. "I told Snape"
It took Regulus' brain a moment to register what Sirius had just said. "What?"
"I told Snape-about the baby" Sirius said awkwardly.
"Oh my- what did he say?" Regulus gasped desperately searching his brothers face for some sort of sign everything was okay.
"At first he didn't really say anything he just asked how far along I was and to see my bump" Sirius replied. Taking a deep breath he closed his eyes in a long slow blink. "I don't know what happened after that, you know what this castle is like everything is magic here and things happen for no reason-reappear-disappear..." Sirius rambled.
"Sirius!" Regulus snapped to get his attention. "What the hell are you on about?"
"We kissed..."
"WHAT?" Regulus shouted, several of the students passing by at a distance turned to stare at them over their shoulders.
"Shh I know it's just-"
"You better tell me what happened right now or I'll-" Regulus was cut off.
"Mistletoe! It happened with Mistletoe, it was a complete accident it came out of nowhere I didn't-I-I" Sirius began trying to search for something to say. "Anyway it doesn't matter now because you were right, Snape he... he..."
"He what, Sirius?" Regulus asked worriedly.
"He did know about the baby, right after we kissed he suddenly turned crazy like I don't know a psycho or something, he's a right fucking dickhead he said he knew and he... did it on purpose..." Sirius breathed.
Regulus' jaw hit the floor as he stared at Sirius his face contorted with rage, hurt, confusion, sadness. "He didn't... you have to be joking"
Sirius sighed in despair and shook his head. "I am not joking"
"Oh Merlin" Regulus sighed, he carefully pulled Sirius into a cuddle unsure of what else to do, he couldn't even begin to imagine how Sirius was feeling right now, how fucked up everything was and it was just getting worse by the day.
"What happened after that?" Regulus asked quietly without letting go of Sirius.
"I backhanded him one, he said he wanted to ruin my life as pay back for what I did to him all those times, some sick twisted payback if you ask me he said he's ruined my life but in all honesty I don't think he has, I love my baby and I can't wait to meet him or her" Sirius replied kissing the top of Regulus' head.
"Well that's good but I think he means he's stopped you from being whatever you want, having a full life, he's taken away your teen years and replaced them with adulthood already, I'll bet he also thinks he's taken your family and education away" Regulus sighed.
"Well I don't give a shit about mum and dad, my teen years? What of them I'm still going to be a teenager and I'll still have fun but I do have to grow up some day anyway why can't that be now? I'm not mature yet I know that I can admit it but I'll have a few months left before I need worry about it, baby will be here in six months that's time to mature"
"I know but let's not talk about it for now I think we should let the dust settle first" Regulus replied pulling back to smile up at his brother, the most Sirius needed right now was his brother to take care of him and be a good friend to him.
"You're right no point getting upset it's not good for baby" Sirius chuckled resting a hand carefully on his bump. "So tell me, what do you think of Remus?" he asked eagerly watching a light sprinkle of pink appear on Regulus' ivory cheeks.
"He's really nice, kind, funny, caring, he seems really down to Earth and I think he's rather handsome" Regulus admitted shyly.
"Aww so you like him then?" Sirius beamed.
Regulus nodded. "Yes, I wouldn't be dating him if I didn't think he was special"
"Aww, Reg, I hope everything works out for you both and by the way I'll let you in on a little secret" Sirius winked. "Remus REALLY likes you too, you should see the way he blushes and goes all girly about you"
"He does?" Regulus asked excitedly.
Sirius nodded.
"How about we go get some breakfast?" Regulus grinned.
"Sounds good to me I'm starving, oh and please still keep the pregnancy and a father to yourself my friends still don't know about Snape" Sirius said.
"Don't worry I figured that" Regulus chuckled.
They headed into the great hall, after a quick hug and kiss on the cheek each they made their way to their separate tables of friends, some of Regulus' friends shooting glares in Sirius' direction obviously thinking he was corrupting his little brother or something.
"Everything okay?" James asked, he had finally come back from sending off the letters.
"Yeah just talking to Regulus" Sirius said piling his plate with his usual fruit on toast and buttered crumpets tucking into them greedily. "By the way, Moony he really is quite smitten with you" Sirius smirked enjoying the fact any mention of his brother and Remus together turned Remus' face beetroot red.
"That's great" Remus smiled.
As breakfast progressed they were in the great hall for quite a while, Sirius being purposely slow as his eyes roamed the Slytherin table for that familiar crop of ebony hair.
Severus Snape was nowhere to be seen.
After breakfast they headed along to potions, standing outside to Sirius it felt uncomfortably strange that Snape wasn't there staring at him with those cold, hard eyes that were trying to burn holes in his skin.
"Only a few days left of term, can't fucking wait to be out of lessons" James yawned.
"Same I can't wait to spend all day in bed asleep" Sirius chuckled.
"Oi you're not going to leave me on my own all Christmas are you?" Remus asked grumpily.
Sirius couldn't help but laugh. "No Moony of course I'll spend time with you... just not while I'm asleep"
Professor Slughorn arrived to let them in the classroom, they walked in and took their seats as usual. The lesson started perfectly normally but Sirius couldn't get that awful, crawling feeling that Severus wasn't there, something bad was going to happen. He shuddered and continued with his work trying to ignore the fact that Severus Snape, boy whom never missed a class even when he was ill was late to his favourite and best subject.
About halfway into the lesson and the door opened.
"Ahh Severus good you could join us, did you get your text book sorted?" Slughorn asked.
Sirius' blood ran cold and he froze, everything seemed to stand still but only to him. Everyone around him was carrying on as normal, nobody gave a damn whether Severus was late or not.
"Sorry Professor and yes I did, it turned out some first year had taken it and thrown it on top of one of the storage cabinets on the second floor" Severus replied. Sirius vaguely heard him walking over to his seat. How could he even show his face after what happened last night AND pretend that nothing was wrong?
Sirius didn't even want to look at him right now but curiosity got the better. Snape was sitting getting his things from his bag focused on his own table and his own work like nothing was out of the ordinary.
Sirius shuffled in his seat and continued on with his work trying desperately to focus on it, he could still see Snape through the corner of his eye working away as usual without even a glance in his direction.
When the lesson ended, Severus got up and left without even looking back. By the time Sirius and the others were out in the corridor, Snape was nowhere in sight.
Sirius' next period was free after not taking Care of Magical Creatures anymore due to health and safety, he decided to head over to the library and actually do some of his homework that was assigned for the holidays, but the sooner he did it the more time he would have to kick back and relax.
Madame Pince appeared rather surprised to see him there as he walked through quietly and headed for one of the back tables, as he passed down one of the aisles of bookcases two girls were standing looking through some heavy text books they giggled as he approached winking at him.
"Hi Sirius"
"Hey" he flashed them a grin as he passed, the two girls immediately began twittering away excitedly to one another, gushing and fluttering their eyelashes to his back.
He continued right to the back making himself comfortable at a table and pulling his work out. It wasn't hard to get into the swing of things, just filling in sheets and writing paragraphs explaining the theory behind things and of course reading the next chapter of his potions text wasn't that complicated.
After a while, Sirius became bored and quickly packed up his things, not one for the lack of mental stimulation he headed back to the common room. On his way up the stairs he stopped dead in his tracks, right in front of him was Snape standing with his back to the wall reading something off a small piece of paper, murmuring to himself. Sirius' eyes narrowed, he had literally no choice but to walk past him if he wanted to get to the common room.
Taking a deep breath he made his way towards the smaller Slytherin boy. Snape looked up a vicious smirk spreading across his face that Sirius didn't like one bit, he had seen it before and that usually meant that Snape was going to do something bad.
"Alright Black, feeling well today? I do hope the morning sickness isn't keeping you too hung over" Severus spat.
And that was enough to set Sirius off.
"You listen to me you filthy little weasel" Sirius snarled lashing round and jabbing a finger into the side of Snape's cheek effectively pinning him to the wall. "If I hear one more word out of your vile little mouth I am personally going to smash your teeth down your throat, do I make myself clear?"
"You weren't making any comments about my mouth last night when you kissed me, were you, Black?" Severus smirked.
Sirius drew back instantly the words stinging him more than they should of, he stared at Snape unsure of what else to do. He drew back his hand but Snape let out a snort.
"What are you going to do, hit me again? Like that does any good I've got the upper hand here, Black, not you, ME so I suggest you try and find a new way of keeping me quiet the old ones don't seem to be doing the trick anymore"
Sirius' hand delved into his pocket ripping out his wand, Severus on the hand stayed perfectly still just smirking at him.
"Then I'll hex you into oblivion"
Severus let out a short, shrill laugh of pleasure. "Oh I think not, you see, last night you told me you love that little bratty kid inside of you and now you're willing to go around fighting with people and hurling dangerous hexes around, that doesn't sound like you care much at all for your kids well-being, not that I'd hit you of course I have morals"
Now Sirius was helpless, all he could do was tuck his wand back into his pocket and stand there glaring at Snape hoping he would just drop dead, or better fall down in agony and lie helpless on the floor in front of Sirius waiting his punishment like a good little Slytherin.
Severus laughed again at Sirius' silence. "Feeling pretty helpless now aren't you, Black? What a pity and it used to be so much fun our little hexing wars but sadly enough they can't continue right now but I do hope we can find another way to... fight the good fight as one would say"
Sirius walked closer grabbing Snape by his tie pulling their faces really close. "I don't care what you fucking say, Snape, your words can't hurt me I've got better things to worry about than you and don't you worry, if you give me any trouble my friends will come after you in a heartbeat, take this as a warning to shut your mouth before you're being fed through a hospital tube"
Severus' dark eyes widened slightly a small amount of panic flickering across his face, he was still afraid of Sirius Black.
After some time of staring each other down, an odd shiver ran down Sirius' spine and he drew back letting go of Severus shooting him a spiteful look, he turned and began to walk away when Snape called back to him.
"Oh and Black?"
Sirius paused but did not turn.
"Nice lips"
Sirius cringed a blush scattering across his face, he continued to walk without looking back. There was no way he would give Snape any sort of satisfaction.
The rest of the day passed and by bed time Sirius was tucked up in bed reading through his pregnancy book quite happily in full view of his friends. He lounged on the bed in just a simple t-shirt and his boxer shorts feeling rather sick of wearing his pyjamas all the time.
"So what's going on with baby and yourself this week then?" James asked flopping down on his own bed.
"My morning sickness should be wearing off by itself around this time- which it is thank fuck- I should be gaining weight a bit more rapidly, my clothes will feel like they're shrinking, my chest apparently should be enormous-" Sirius, James and Peter burst into fits of laughter.
"I don't think you've got to worry about that one, mate" James laughed.
"No probably not but I have got a tiny bit of puffiness there and my nipples look fucking huge and pink all the time" Sirius admitted.
"Too much information, I don't want to see your wangs" James replied.
"Oh and look at this" Sirius said excitedly. "Baby should be around just over three inches in length, my baby's intestines and stuff are in his or her tummy now instead of dangling in the umbilical cord like last week"
James and Peter both gagged at the sound of it.
"Shut up" Sirius laughed rolling his eyes. "Baby can't help it"
"Go on" James chuckled.
"The ribs should be starting to appear, the bones especially the skull are solidifying and his or her vocal cords should be formed" Sirius mused happily giving his bump a gently stroke.
"Can it move around in there?" Peter asked curiously and Sirius stared.
"Of course it can, it's been able to move around good for a few weeks I just can't feel anything right about now" Sirius replied.
"Do you actually like being pregnant or are you hoping the birth will come nice and quick?" James asked curiously.
"I'm actually enjoying it now, I think I'll enjoy it more I'm starting to feel less tired and just more comfortable even if my trousers don't fit" Sirius chuckled resting his book on his bedside table and lounging back to stroke his bump a bit more.
Just then the door opened and Remus appeared blushing, looking almost giddy with pleasure. The others faces instantly lit up.
"Oooh Moony's all red again" James teased.
"Fuck off" Remus laughed taking a playful swing for James as he passed his bed making his way towards his own.
"So I take it your date went well again?" Sirius grinned watching Remus flop himself down on his bed grinning amusedly to himself.
"It went very well, very well indeed" Remus said happily.
"Seeing each other again?" Peter asked.
"Of course, we're going Hogsmeade together this weekend before the Christmas holidays and we're hanging out on Thursday as well" Remus replied with a happy sigh.
"Regulus is very keen on you" Sirius grinned.
Remus flushed. "I know he is, he told me so"
"And...?" James asked grinning.
"I said I really like him too"
"AWW!"
"See I told you, you two would get along now I'm really pleased about introducing you properly" Sirius beamed, seeing Remus happy and his friends feeling good drastically cheered him up. Poor Remus had been sort of moping in the background for so long, shy and quiet and too nervous to find a boyfriend and now he had one there was a real spring in his step.
"So when are you two going to come out to people?" Peter asked eagerly.
"Well actually we're thinking about doing it in the New Year just after Christmas" Remus sighed reaching under his covers and pulling out his night shirt.
"That's great, are you nervous?" James asked.
"Not really I think everything will be okay, maybe not so much with Regulus' Slytherin friends and obviously not with his parents but he's going to wait a while before telling them but I guess I'll be more nervous closer to the time" Remus mused pulling off his clothes and slipping into his nightshirt getting into bed.
They were all quiet for a little while until Remus finally broke the silence again.
"Sirius?"
"Hmm?"
"What was up with you last night?" he asked quietly.
Sirius didn't reply.
"Sirius mate, you can talk to us if something's happened we might be able to help you" James added and Peter nodded with agreement.
"It's nothing I'm fine" Sirius replied slipping under the covers and reaching for his goblet of pumpkin juice.
"Sirius you looked furious and when we came to check on you, you were hidden away without even saying goodnight" Remus said.
"It's nothing that need concern you, I'm fine, the baby is fine everything is okay it's just my hormones" Sirius replied.
"Alright but if you do need someone to talk to you can talk to us" James said seriously.
"I know and thanks but it's nothing, honestly just leave it" Sirius said quickly.
"Okay"
The next day flew by and Sirius had barely even seen Snape, when he had caught his eye during lessons Snape had grinning maliciously at him, it worried Sirius to some degree but for the most part he was fine, he still couldn't get over what happened the other night, he couldn't believe he had actually for some reason kissed Snape, he loathed the little Slytherin with his long hair of silk, his rosy pouted lips, those dark innocent eyes and that sharp tongues smooth voice.
Sirius shuddered at the thought of him an odd sensation tingling throughout his body. He was up in the dormitory alone, the others had gone searching for new ways in and out of the castle and of course, secret passages. Sirius had declined their offer to go with them on the grounds he wanted to relax and not end up scrubbing floors from Filch in his pregnant condition.
So up on his bed he lay in his underwear staring up at the canopy trying to make sense of this whole ridiculous situation.
"When did things get so complicated?" he sighed closing his eyes. The room was dark anyway and wonderfully warm, Sirius hadn't felt so comfortable in weeks. He sighed stretching himself out, his mind wandering back to Snape.
The only good thing that came out of Monday was the fact that he actually announced it to Severus, even though Snape already knew it felt good to confess it no matter how hurtful and embarrassing it turned out to be, he still couldn't believe that someone-even Snape- could be so cruel, cunning, spiteful and a complete and utter "Wanker" Sirius growled angrily.
It had also been one of the first times he had gotten a proper look at Snape close up, he had always made fun of Snape for being positively ghastly looking when actually... he wasn't that bad at all. Sirius closed his eyes picturing that soft yet angular face again, his dark groomed eyebrows, that pale ivory skin, his long raven hair, those little pouty, surprisingly pleasant lips, those dark, dark eyes that spoke more than words ever could. Sirius sighed softly a familiar tingling going through his body. Just the way he did things so efficiently, quickly and smoothly with those long slender fingers, the way he could move in a ghost like fashion, his elegance and grace for a boy was outstanding in fact Sirius wondered why he was no good at flying. An image came into his mind of Severus slowly and elegantly slipping one of those skinny little legs over the polished broom handle his supple pale skin gliding delicately over it as he perched like a small proud robin sitting there, those dark eyes sparkling with emotion, his curtains of hair falling gently around his face and those lips pouted and pink his small tongue poking out very slightly, and Sirius groaned. He barely noticed the way his right hand made its way very slowly down his body, over his bump towards them hem of his rapidly tightening boxer shorts.
He sighed to himself continuing his little fantasy of Severus perched atop of the polished broom his dark eyes looking so stunning his pale skin in perfect contrast. Sirius groaned again his fingers dancing over his erection straining against the fabric, a small part of his mind was screaming 'no no no no no' but another was screaming yes.
His hand slipped beneath the fabric to slowly stroke his hard member as his eyes fluttered closed against to picture Severus dressed in his snowy white school shirt, those same few buttons undone exposing his pale soft chest he was lightly flushed a soft pink hue. Sirius groaned stroking himself faster as he pictured Severus poised so gracefully on top of the broom in his dark baggy boxer shorts, his slender legs so pale and slender.
Sirius groaned stroking himself faster squeezing a little quickening his pace, he spread his legs a little his other hand moving across his chest to tease one of his growing over-sensitive nipples. Sirius let out a soft breath moan as he pictured Severus slowly opening the buttons on the shirt pushing his over his slender shoulders allowing it to flutter to the ground exposing that skinny soft chest and those gorgeous nipples. Sirius moaned picking up his pace a final time sinking his teeth into his bottom lip to hold back louder moans stroking faster and faster as the pre-cum trickled down the side of his erection he pictured Severus slowly reaching down hooking his fingers into the waistband of his underwear pulling them down exposing his throbbing erection, he began to stroke himself those pout lips more so than usual as he moan biting his bottom lip bringing himself closer and closer until-
Sirius came with a cry the image of Severus pleasuring himself to completion. Sirius moaned loudly milking himself for every drop before finally he slumped back against the pillows with his eyes closed panting for breath.
It took him a good few minutes to come down from his orgasmic high. Slowly his breathing returned to normal and he opened his eyes staring up at the canopy above him. Getting out of bed he made his way into the bathroom and cleaned himself up in a rush before slipping into bed and snuggling down under the covers. What had he just done?
Down in the Slytherin dormitories...
Severus sat on his bed a rather nice book on his lap, his emerald drapes drawn shut around him as he sat writing carefully into the book. This was one of those many things he kept secret about himself, something he didn't want anybody knowing not even his dorm mates. Every night before bed he would write in this book, what he had done, his thoughts and feelings during the day and his new plans or schemes if any should occur.
'I can't help but wonder if I've done the right thing, sometimes I wake up and I feel yes I have that I've righted wrong and my persistence and talents have finally paid off but then it hits me later on that I've done something so awful to another person. I like to think of myself as fairly compassionate towards others and I like to treat them the way I want to be treated (with exceptions of course) but in this case I have some serious mixed emotions. As much as it pains me to admit it, yes I am jealous of Sirius fucking Black but on the other hand I can't help but dare I say it? Like him. I know what I did to him was awful and I feel very fulfilled that my plan worked to success as they often do but I have in theory ruined his life I've taken from him what he's taken from me which is great even if he won't admit to it, but I have also given him the biggest thing someone could give another human being, I gave him a baby and it's not as if it is just his, it is also mine and I can't help but worry...'
Severus stopped writing as he heard the door open and quickly hid the book inside his pillow case, if ever the curtains were drawn back (which sometimes they were) and his dorm mates saw him writing a diary they would stop at nothing until they read it.
Severus sighed, curling into a ball on his side, he had honestly shocked himself with this one and in some ways he felt guilty. But no, this wasn't a time for things like that the next stage of his plan was fast approaching. Severus smirked maliciously to himself, now he was finally going to have payback on Sirius Black.
The next day approached and it was Thursday, Remus woke very merry and almost skipped into the bathroom, he always tried to suppress his excitement and it always never worked.
Sirius chuckled getting out of bed and downing his potion, he felt unusually perky. Stretching himself up he pulled on his uniform glad that after today there was only one more school day left until the holidays and on Sunday over half the school would be leaving to go home for Christmas. He grinned to himself as he lazily threw his things into his bag and once Remus was out of the bathroom he went in there. Humming to himself he spent a much longer amount of time on his hair than normal trying to occupy himself with every second, the longer he was occupied the less he would think about... last night...
Finishing up in the bathroom he made his way down to the great hall laughing and talking with his friends, James had stayed up pretty late last night wrapping Lily's present and writing in her card, he planned to give it to her later on today he wanted to do it in person and he didn't want to leave it until the last day of term in case she refused to accept then at least he could scrounge her home address from someone and send her it there by owl.
"So what's first?" Sirius asked happily munching his toast.
"Potions" James replied.
"Ahh I doubt Slughorn will be making us do too much work he never does during the last week" Sirius replied.
"Yeah but don't forget we have exams at the end of the year" Remus pointed out. "Which reminds me, Peter you had better get a bloody move on or you'll fail everything and they will hold you back"
"Ahh, lay off him a bit Remus it's Christmas" James waved.
"Yeah Moony cheer up" Peter snorted.
"Hope you aren't planning to badger me like that" Sirius chuckled.
After breakfast they made their way along into the dungeons, thankfully the classroom was already open so Sirius didn't have to worry about Snape's eyes lingering on him, he didn't feel like he could even look the boy in the fact after pleasuring himself to the image of Severus stripping the previous evening.
They took their seats and sure enough the lesson wasn't too hard, drawing diagrams and reading from their text books but Slughorn didn't seem to mind the fact that most of the students were sitting talking. The potions master was thankfully one of the nicest most merry Professor's around Christmas time and could very easily get into the holiday spirit, well it was hard not to with the amount of vibrant decorations all over the castle and the grounds covered in a thick white blanket of mostly virgin snow.
"So have you thought of any names yet?" James asked as the four of them sat facing one another on their desks.
Sirius chuckled. "Oh don't even get me started I haven't even thought about thinking of names"
"Oh come on there must be some names you like" Peter whined.
"Probably I just haven't thought of any yet, I don't even know what I'm having" Sirius said quietly, he had turned his back completely on Snape but every so often he couldn't shake the feeling he was being watched.
"You must at least want to look at names, girl or boy what are you hoping for?" James asked eagerly.
"I really don't mind"
"Oh come on you're being so non-Sirius about this" Peter groaned.
"I'm not I just haven't had time to think I don't know what name I'll end up choosing" Sirius laughed.
"Call it James" James grinned.
"No, Peter"
"No! call it Remus" Remus grinned.
"I'm not naming my kid after any of you lot" Sirius laughed. "Besides what if it's a girl?"
"So what if it is? James is a fine name" James sniffed proudly.
"Oh yes a little girl dressed in wonderful pink dresses and cloaks named James" Sirius rolled his eyes playfully.
"Hey it could be a boy" Peter pointed.
They all burst out laughing.
At the end of the lesson, the Marauders headed out into the corridor, Sirius completely ignored the fact that Snape had was calling his friends around him in a little huddle whispering to them.
"You've got a free next, right?" Peter asked as they headed into the entrance hall.
"Yeah so I'll see you lot at lunch, meet me in the common room and we can get some food" Sirius replied.
"See ya" James called as they parted ways and Sirius headed off up the staircases.
Sirius was being as purposely slow as possible making his way up to the Gryffindor tower, the longer he waited the longer he could put off thinking about both of those certain incidents involving Snape. Sirius shuddered at the thought.
"Chocolate frog" Sirius said to the portrait of the fat lady who fluttered her eyelashes at him and allowed him access, Sirius could swear he didn't need the passwords to get in he could just charm his way through the Gryffindor tower, no, the whole school.
Grinning to himself he went into the bathroom, washed up and curled up on his side on his bed stroking his bump. It seemed funny how so much time had passed and so much was going on with him yet it felt like it was moving at a snail's pace it wasn't even Christmas yet and Sirius wasn't going to actually have the baby until late May, early June time.
"I wonder what I'll be like when I'm nine months pregnant" he mused then smirked, probably the same cheeky sod as ever, flirting with the girls (which he still did now and then) getting into trouble, sauntering around like he owned the place and charming his way through every lesson, even some of the male teachers were taken aback by how well he could get what he wanted with little or no effort.
Sirius yawned his eyes falling heavy and minutes later he was asleep, sleeping peacefully.
By the time he woke it was only a few minutes into the lunch break. Sitting up he cast himself for a goblet of water and gulped it thirstily then picking up his bag he headed down into the common room. He definitely felt much better after a decent nap during the day, even though his energy levels were drastically replenishing to some decent degree he still got very tired at times and he did need a good nap every now and again.
He smiled to himself seeing his three friends sitting on the sofa in front of the fire looking at one another, they hadn't seen him approach yet. Surprisingly enough the common room was empty apart from them and by the time Sirius reached the bottom dormitory step, they looked up.
"Hey guys are we going to get some food or what I'm starving!" Sirius beamed.
They all turned to stare at him worried and upset expressions on their pale faces. Sirius' face dropped, something wasn't right.
"What's wrong?" he asked worriedly looking at each of them in turn.
They exchanged glances before James spoke.
"Sirius I don't know how to tell you this..."
"Have I missed something?" Sirius could feel the panic rising inside of him, his friends never behaved his way, not even when something was wrong this could only mean something very serious had happened.
"Sirius you might want to sit down..." James spoke slowly.
"N-no tell me here, what is it, what's wrong?" Sirius swallowed the lump that appeared in his throat.
Remus took a deep breath and closed his eyes momentarily. "Someone's let slip about the baby..."
Sirius' heart skipped a beat at first he wasn't sure he had heard the werewolf correctly. "W-what?"
"Everybody knows..." Remus said slowly.
Sirius felt his world come crashing down around him. Someone had let slip about his pregnancy...