Mirrorverse

~~Mirrorverse~~

~~Chapter Six: A Good Day Only Gets Worse~~

Remus awoke feeling groggy and disoriented, as if he'd drank one too many Butterbeers, and for him that meant really just one. His mouth was dry, his head felt like cotton, and his limbs felt like lead, or more to the point like something heavy was lying over him. Not daring to open his eyes just yet he let his senses reach out instead, and the first thing he noticed were some very odd scents round him, scents that were not his own. What made him panic was that he smelled blood most of all, although it wasn't fresh blood, it was still there none the less, and it worried him that maybe something had happened he wasn't aware of yet.

Odd sounds came to him as well, ones that were all to close by. He heard the sounds of slight breathing near him, felt slight movements that he knew were not from his own body, and then he felt a tickling on his chest and he wondered what was the cause of it. Opening his eyes he looked down towards the strange sensation, and his eyes quickly enough fell on the source of the tickling, someone was indeed in the bed with him, and it was this someone's hair that was tickling his chest now. From what he could see the person's hair was black as night with intertwined reddish highlights, and from the looks of it, it also reached down to the middle of the person's back. Remus breathed in slightly then gently reached his hand over and touched this person's hair, finding it to be silky to the touch, and it smelled oddly sweet to him, like fresh earth and just cut grass.

He closed his eyes again wondering who it was in bed with him, finding that he oddly couldn't remember anything just yet. A wave of contentment flooded through him though as he kept touching and stroking this other boy's hair and he felt himself relax into the scents and feelings he was receiving. His headache and bodyaches subsided, now only warmth and comfort, fulfillment even flowed through him. He sighed softly, and though he couldn't remember who this other lad was just yet, he found he really didn't care, the feelings were just too good. Somehow he just knew that something wonderful had taken place and he felt complete for the first time in his life.

Remus was so lost within his thoughts and the feelings of such happiness and satisfaction that he didn't even sense the other person wake up, or the way the other person shifted possessively against him. He didn't even feel it as a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves round his body, nor the lips that began caressing his skin needfully. It wasn't until a warm body moved up and placed a heated, rough kiss on his lips that he re-opened his eyes to look at who it was that had been laying with him, who was now causing his body to respond and he become heated and aroused by quickly igniting flames. He gasped in shock as he looked into a pair of eyes that he now fully recognised, though those inky depths were far different then he'd ever seen them. Where once distrust, coldness, fear and hatred had showed, there was now passion weaved within tiny flames of lust, as well as understanding, comfort, trust, and perhaps, though he dared not to even hope...love.

Soft, warm lips then recaptured Remus's own, and closing his eyes Remus moaned softly as the other boy's hands seductively teased him, brushing his fingertips against Remus's naked skin making him light-headed. Then the other boy shifted and lowered his head, kissing Remus's neck, only pausing to lick at a spot there for a few moments hungrily. Remus then felt a sharp pain that made him cry out for a moment, then suddenly a spiraling dizziness washed over him along with the oddest sensations of nothing short of pure pleasure, which in turn caused him to arch himself hard into the other person's body. 'Severus...oh Merlin...Severus...' he breathed in a low, husky voice, astonished at the waves of lustful desires that were flowing through him now.

The rest of Remus's rational thoughts left him then, only wave after wave of passion-filled heat and need flooded through him with an urgency. All he could do was whisper Severus's name over and over, moaning and wreathing beneath him as whatever Severus was doing drove him nearly to the edge. Just when Remus thought he could take no more of this intoxicating pleasure he felt Severus's hand take hold of his arousal, coaxing him, teasing him, torturing him into oblivion. 'Severus...!' he somehow managed to cry out, and not more than a second later he released himself, a wave nothing short of pure ecstasy cascading through him as he collapsed back onto the sheets with a groan as he fell back to earth. 'Oh Gods...Severus...' he whispered, his thoughts still too jumbled to think or say more, and he had to struggle just to even breath again.

However before Remus could attempt to even re-collect himself or even open his eyes Severus released his neck, licking it roughly which to his surprise sent a strange pulse of both pain and pleasure through him. He was then roughly turned on his stomach and forced to his knees, and before he could even protest or say another word Severus was buried inside of him, and once again all rational thoughts fled him. Remus didn't even care that Severus wasn't exactly being gentle with him at the moment, nor that Severus was thrusting inside of him with a need that all too obvious. Perhaps because it was so close to another full moon but the wolf part of Remus broke free now, and he began to enjoy this type of needful, rough treatment, it was something that he'd never experienced before but the wolf part of him almost begged that it would happen again. Letting the wolf take over he began to match each and every thrust with a need of his own, his low growls of pure lust only adding to heighten both their desires.

Remus felt Severus's hand reach round and take hold of his once again hard arousal, and again Severus set out to tease and torment him, matching the speed of their thrusting with his hand movements. Just when Remus thought he could take no more, when his voice was hoarse from growling and moaning Severus's name over and over, when his body ached from then ecstasy he felt Severus tensed up. Remus know what that meant and with a with a final thrust against each other Remus felt Severus released himself into his all too waiting and eager body. With a passion-filled growl Remus followed not more than a few seconds later, his own arousal spilling itself forth it's sweet stickiness yet again into his lover's all too eager and accepting hand.

Sweaty, sore and tired they collapsed back against the pillows and lay there for a little while, neither willing to really move, nor even speak. Severus wrapped his arms round Remus tightly, refusing to even slide himself out of Remus body yet, not that Remus minded in the least. After what seemed like hours, though it was only about fifteen minutes later, Remus shifted and turned round to face Severus, pushing a still sweaty lock of hair away from his eyes. He sighed in blissful contentment for a moment and leaned in and nuzzled Severus's neck gently, smelling the musky scent of the earth, blood and sex on him. Then he kissed his neck tenderly for a moment and leaned back to look into Severus's eyes, noticing that they now held a tinge of red amongst the black, but what he saw otherwise bothered him. He saw traces of pain, fear and worry now, and he wondered why that was.

'Severus?' he asked softly, questioningly.

Severus sighed deeply, painfully even, and closed his eyes a moment, shivering slightly. 'I'm sorry...' he whispered.

'For what?' Remus asked puzzled.

'For what just happened...I'm sorry. I should have warned you...' Severus said.

'I don't understand, Severus. Warned me about what?' Remus asked confused.

Severus opened his eyes and looked at Remus actually apologetic. 'About what it would be like sometimes when...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...to take you...without...without consent,' he said in an odd voice.

'Well...hmm...I would accept that apology...'cept I don't remember complaining about it,' Remus said with a slight grin.

Severus groaned and sat up, holding his head in his hands now. 'This isn't funny, Lu-Remus. All these years...so many years...I've prayed nothing like this would ever happen...and now...'

Remus sat up and pulled Severus's hands into his own, looking deep into Severus's eyes. 'Tell me what happened then. I don't know unless you tell me,' he said quietly.

Severus shivered again and inhaled a deep breath, letting it out slowly. 'Losing control over what I am. Without the potion in me it's a losing battle against the passion, the pure driven lust and desire. The need to have sex and blood whenever...wherever I need it, whatever time of day or night it happens. I'm powerless to stop it, I can't think straight...I have to satisfy the urges...even without asking,' he said in choked up voice.

Remus thought on that a moment. 'Hmm...is umm...the drawing of blood err...like that...all the time? You have to have blood and sex together or just blood?'

Severus sighed and nodded, looking away ashamed. 'The blood makes it worse actually. Feeding only fuels the desires of my body to the point that if I don't have sex...the pain would be excruciating. The Cruciatius Curse would feel good compared to it,' he muttered.

'Is it always that...intense?' Remus mused.

'Err...honestly...I don't know. I've been taking the potion so long that umm...well...oh hell, Remus, you're the first human I've ever fed off of. As for the times I have had sex, it was purely from lust, not the bloodlust, and I can say with all assurance...it was never like...err...that,' he said with oddly a slight blush on his face.

Remus saw his blush and smiled softly, then brought Severus's face round to look him in the eyes again. 'So...is it going to be like that every morning? Or afternoon...or evening?' he said with a grin.

Severus stared at Remus for a moment like he'd gone daft all of a sudden, then shook his head and actually laughed. 'I don't know, are you planning on making this a regular occurrence for me to share your bed, professor?' he said mockingly.

'Depends,' Remus shot back coyly.

'Oh? On what?' Severus replied.

'On whether or not you and your incredibly mind-blowing orgasmic experiences don't send me to St. Mungo's first from an overdose of too much pleasure. Tell me, are all vampires this...sexually driven?' Remus grinned.

Severus chuckled and pulled Remus back into his arms, kissing him lightly on the nose. 'Wouldn't know, never made love to another vampire, and that was nothing but making love, I wouldn't call what we just did...or what we did last night...sex by any means. The potion's kept me so sedated in that area though that in the past having sex was...well...definitely nothing like this.'

'Hmm, guess we'll have to investigate this new experience more then,' Remus said with a smile, snuggling into Severus's arms with a contented sigh.

'So tell me, are all werewolves as randy as you are near the full moon?' Severus asked with a grin.

Remus chuckled. 'Don't know, never done it with another werewolf. I think though that my being randy has little to do with the moon, and a whole hell of a lot to do with your teeth buried in my neck. Not to mention your hands on my body, or your wonderful hardness buried inside of me to the point where I no longer think or breathe,' he said with a shiver of remembered pleasure.

'Oh really? And here I thought it was my wonderful personality and looks that got you so worked up,' Severus snorted teasingly.

Remus laughed. 'I think even Hippogriffs would steer clear of you on a good day, Professor Snape. Though I do like this side of you just as equally, or at least the wolf in me certainly does.'

'Implying you liked me just as much when I'm bad tempered and grouchy?' Severus replied.

'Mmm...I just like you, full stop, bad tempered was all right, but I like it much better when you're taking command of me like that. You certainly know how to please the wolf, Severus, and I found it be probably one of the most erotic, enjoyable things I've ever experienced to date,' Remus said coyly.

Severus chuckled and kissed the top of Remus's head. 'Well we can find out just how much the wolf did like it later perhaps. I think for now however we're both more than well sated, and it's a good thing you put those silencing spells up last night. Which makes me wonder now how our dear Mr. Malfoy faired last evening. I dare say he had the worst of it,' Severus said grinning.

Remus laughed and nodded. 'I feel sorry for him. If the Lily in this world is anything like the Lily I knew, he better have had a damn good reason to have avoided her bed. James rarely could come up with an excuse and it had to be a good one or she'd hunt him down anytime of the day or night to make up for it.'

'Don't remind me. I once caught those two after hours in the Prefect's bathroom, needless to say that's an image I do not want to remember,' Severus muttered.

'Poor you, at least you didn't have to see them snogging half the day,' Remus sighed. 'Ah well, I suppose we should get up and get ready, don't know 'bout you but I could use a good hot shower.'

'I second that,' Severus said, then quickly peered through the curtains. 'Good, everyone else is still asleep it looks like, their curtains are all closed anyway except for the bed I assume is mine.'

Remus nodded then quietly got out of the bed, reaching for his robe that had been abandoned to the floor last night. He put it on then handed Severus's robe to him, then looked back up at his new lover who was just getting off the bed and gasped quietly. 'Err...Severus?' he said in an odd voice.

Severus put his robe on and then looked back at Remus worriedly. 'What?' he asked in a low voice, puzzled at the look Remus was giving him now.

Remus didn't say anything, instead he grabbed Severus by the wrist and practically dragged him into the boy's loo, placing him before a mirror. 'Look,' he whispered.

Severus shook his head then turned back to Remus. 'Remus, I can't look in the mirror. Remember...I'm a vampire? No reflection and all that rubbish? Sadly Muggle films and books are correct in that respect, true vampires don't have reflections,' he said with a sigh.

Remus blushed. 'Oh...err...sorry. I forgot 'bout that,' he said apologetically.

'What did you want me to see anyway?' Severus queried.

'Err...well...' Remus said giving him another odd look. 'You've ahh...changed.'

Severus raised an eyebrow at Remus in confusion. 'Changed? How so?'

'You're skin's not quite so sallow first off, pale but not sickly...look,' he said taking Severus's hand now and holding it out in front of him. 'Then there's your...ah...hair...'

Severus stared down at his hands and arms, Remus was right in that his skin was pale, but not yellowed and sallow as it had been for so long. Reaching up he then ran his fingers through his hair, only to find where it should have ended at his shoulders, it was now down to the middle of his back, and he pulled some of it round to have a better look. 'What the hell...?' he said in shock now.

Remus reached out and touched Severus's, aware now that he had actually noticed this particular change earlier before they had made love, but at the time it hadn't registered. 'It's so soft and silky...and...oh, cor Severus...it's actually really brill looking now. The red highlights make it look just smashing!' he said running his hand through Severus's hair for a moment longer before pulling back.

'You...you like it?' Severus asked hesitantly.

Remus nodded. 'It's lovely, honestly. You don't even look like a vampire should...at least not how I remember reading 'bout them.'

'You know, you're starting to sound like you did when you were seventeen? Did you know that?' Severus said giving Remus an odd look.

'I am? How so?' Remus asked puzzled.

Severus smiled and shook his head. 'For one you're using words like 'cor', 'brill' and 'smashing'. You used to use those terms back at school. Secondly you're accent's thicker then it has been in a long time.'

'Oh, yeah I guess I lost the accent a bit as I got older, since I kept moving round so much as an adult. Haven't been back to Wales in years now actually,' Remus said, then he looked up and saw Severus's smile and stared at him full on. 'Merlin, Severus, your teeth!'

'What? What about them?' Severus said now worriedly and put his finger up to his mouth.

'They're...they're white! I mean...they're completely spot on!' Remus said in awe.

'Huh?' Severus said and wished now he could see into a mirror. 'You sure?' he asked in surprise.

Remus rolled his eyes and nodded. 'Sure as sure can be. Trust me, Severus, they're as white as the purest pearls, and bloody straight too. No fangs though, not that I can see anyways.'

'You're really losing your speech, Remus,' Severus said after a moment. 'As for the fangs, no, I wouldn't have them, not unless I choose to bring them out or when I'm feeding. Though if you see them it's a sure sign that I need blood, they drop on their own when that time comes,' Severus said. 'Still...all these changes...I wonder if...' he mused.

'If what?' Remus asked curiously.

Severus chewed on his lower lip, thinking rapidly on all of this. 'The potion. Remember last night when I told you that some of the adverse effects of my taking it were what it does to my hair, skin and teeth?'

Remus thought for a moment then nodded. 'Yeah, I remember that now.'

'Well...since in this world it's obvious I haven't been taking the potion...and add in the fact that I've now had blood from a human, or well from someone mainly human that is...I wonder if somehow the effects have caught up with me. If you want the truth, suddenly I'm beginning to think last night...and this morning...wasn't the first time I've had human blood in me or umm...that we err...have...' Severus said blushing slightly and looked away from Remus quickly.

'I think I know what you're getting at, I'm suddenly getting that same feeling. I feel as if...and maybe I'm going off the wall thinking this but...I feel as if you've drank from me before last night, and yeah, I think we've ahh...done that too before. Also how you look now...is how you've always looked in this world unless you don't feed, then you look...err...like you do in our world which is why maybe no one noticed the difference when we arrived here. Does that sound strange?' Remus said quietly.

'To be honest, sounds just about right,' Severus sighed. 'I think we're slowly being affected by the 'Remus and Severus' of this world. I don't know how or why, but that's what I'm thinking.'

Remus nodded. 'I'm not getting anything tangible, not really 'memories' or anything, but I am getting 'feelings'. Not unpleasant ones...just...odd ones.'

'I agree,' Severus said, then closed his eyes letting himself relax, sending himself into a self hypnosis state to try and make sense of all of this. He stayed like that for a few minutes before he re-opened his eyes with a sigh. Remus noticed the red tint from earlier was gone, replaced by his now obsidian black gaze, which was focused directly onto Remus. 'I think I know why no one stepped forwards yesterday as my servant, Remus,' he said quietly.

'Why?' Remus said getting lost in his black murky gaze.

'Because in this world you and I...have always been together. We were friends even before Hogwarts, in fact as far back as we could both 'remember' we have been. We grew up together, our parents are friends even. However...we have also been lovers for the past two years, sharing the same bed, the same desires...the same needs. Not just those either,' he said hesitantly and gave Remus an odd look.

'What do you mean?' Remus asked confused.

'In this world, the same night that I first took your blood into me, claiming you as my servant, you marked me as your lifemate...taking my blood into your body, making us one person. Binding us for the rest of our lives, because in this world we were always meant to be together,' he said quietly.

Remus's eyes grew round at that, then he subconsciously looked down at Severus's neck, and gasped at what he was seeing. As he watched a circle that was clearly a bite mark appeared on Severus's skin, shining a deep blood red that stood out clearly against Severus's pale skin, and it was all too clear what that bite mark was to Remus. Reaching his hand up he touched the mark, tracing it with his fingertips and feeling tiny sparks of electricity shoot through him. Pulling his hand back he looked back into Severus's eyes with fear and hesitancy. 'Severus?'

Severus took Remus's hand in his own, and held it tightly. 'I know, I felt it too, your bite is on me now...isn't it,' he said quietly.

Remus nodded and sighed. 'Yeah, it is. I don't understand, how are we seeing physical proof...changes like this? What does it all mean?' he asked confused.

'It means we're starting to get affected by this world somehow. The longer we stay here, the more of the other Severus and Remus will begin to take us over, our thoughts, our actions, our needs and everything else. Whatever our counterparts had...whatever they were together here, is what we are becoming. Just as they had each other, I now belong to you as much as you belong to me,' he said softly.

Remus shook his head, lowering his gaze and sighing sadly. 'I'm so sorry...I didn't expect something like this, Severus, believe me. You know I wouldn't have...that I didn't want...' he trailed off, afraid to even finish his words.

Severus took Remus's face in his hand and turned him back to look in his eyes. 'It's not your fault, Remus, anymore than it is mine. It's what this world is doing to us, not what we would or wouldn't have done on our own world. Much as I admit that I felt...things...for you in our world, I would never have forced myself on you either in this way. We have no choice but to see where this takes us now, and go along with whatever is going on until we find our way home.'

'And what happens if we don't? Or...if we do?' Remus asked quietly.

'I for one very much want to go home, and I will hope we find the way soon. Once we do get home...we'll worry about the rest when the time comes. For now we should concentrate our efforts to first just get home, all right?' Severus said firmly.

Remus nodded, a wave of relief suddenly flooding through him. 'All right,' he said then by sheer chance glanced down at Severus's arm and gasped again. 'Severus?' he said in a shaky voice now.

'What's wrong now?' Severus said pulling his hand back quickly and looking at Remus wearily.

Remus grabbed Severus's left arm, looked at it for a moment, then looked back up at Severus in a daze. 'It's...it's gone...' he whispered.

Severus looked down at his arm and stood stock still. The thing that had been a part of his life for the past twenty plus years, the stigma that had basically ruined his life and made him the callous, cold-hearted, bastard he'd become as an adult...was gone. His sign of servitude, the thing he had sold his soul for, was no longer a sickening reminder of his life, vanished as if it had been no more than a dream. 'How?' he said in a weak voice.

Remus shook his head and thought quickly. 'Like you said, it's this world, Severus, that's what must have done it. No Voldemort I'm assuming...so no Death Eaters...therefore no Dark Mark. This world is taken away what has never been here in the first place.'

'Then...that means...I'm free?' Severus whispered in awe, still gazing down at his left forearm. 'For the first time in over twenty years, I'm free from it? Oh Gods...' he said stepping back to the wall and then sliding down it slowly. 'No more pain...no more suffering...no more killing...no more being tortured and cursed...no more...'

Remus knelt down and looked at Severus, taking his lifemate's hand into his own and gazing into his eyes. 'Yes...yes, you are free now. Free to enjoy a life without what you have been, but I beg you, Severus, don't let it corrupt you even worse than if it was there.'

'What do you mean? I gave up everything when I took that damned mark, and now you want me to just forget that I'm rid of it? Pretend that I'll be glad...grateful to take it back?' Severus said angrily.

'No, that's not it at all. What I don't want you to forget is that you had it in the first place. That this...all of this...is not us, Severus. This isn't our world, we don't belong here, even if it means returning to the hate and the death back home...it's where we belong. It's who we are,' Remus said firmly.

Severus groaned and shook his head, trying to clear out the odd thoughts he was beginning to have. 'I know...I know, Remus...but it's so hard to do...to remember for some reason. I know we have to go home but now...after seeing this...suddenly I don't want to. I don't want to kill anymore, I don't want the pain, I don't want the torture of being what I am. I'm not talking about being a vampire, but as a spy...a killer. It hurts me, Remus, it hurts me more than you could possibly know,' he said perilously close to a sob.

Remus gathered Severus into his arms, holding him tightly. 'I do know, Severus, I do know. I have been fighting my monster...my bloodlust too for so long. Knowing what I become once a month, knowing that I have only myself to hurt...to blame...for the torments I go through. But we have to somehow fight this world and what it wants us to believe in. You just told me that we will be going home, you told me we will find the way back and I believe you. We will find it, Severus, we have to,' he said quietly.

Severus sniffed back a few tears, angry with himself for letting his teenage hormones and fears overrule him. 'You're right, of course you're right, we do have to go home. We don't belong here, we have our life back there for better or worse, and this isn't a part of it much as I wish it was,' he said sadly, and hugging Remus back tightly he let him go and stood up, brushing away the few tears that had escaped. 'Let's get our shower in and get ready, I'm feeling hungry all of a sudden,' he said with a weak smile.

Remus stood up with a nod and smiled back. 'Vampires can eat human food?' he asked curiously now.

Severus nodded. 'We don't err...process it the way humans do, but we can eat it. It ends up getting absorbed into us rather than having to ah...well you know. It's sort of a replacement for blood if need be, though we have to be careful not to eat too much at a time. With the potion in me I can actually eat quite a bit, it breaks the chemicals in the food down rather quickly. Without it though...I'm not sure...maybe half a plate of human food might suffice for me.'

'Interesting, never knew that. Looks like I'm going to have to really grill you before I start teaching on vampires next term,' Remus said chuckling.

'As long as you leave out certain oh...aspects...of what vampires are or do rather...I'll be more than happy to be...grilled,' Severus said coyly now.

Remus laughed and swatted at him, though somehow he found Severus on the other side of the room before he had gotten within half an inch of him. 'Whoa, how d'you do that?' Remus asked in awe.

Severus grinned then before Remus could blink again was back standing next to him. 'Preternatural reflexes, Remus. We can be damn quick when we want to be.'

'So does that mean the comments 'bout you being an 'overgrown bat' has substance then as well?' Remus teased.

Severus chuckled and shook his head. 'Some choose to have that form, I personally never liked it. I actually chose a different form long ago for when I needed it.'

'You mean an animagus form?' Remus asked.

Severus shook his head. 'Similar, but not quite. For a vampire it's an inherent part of who we are to become certain types of animals, no potions or spells involved. We can actually choose from several forms, though most of them were not to my appeal.'

'Seems there's quite a bit that the books don't tell you about vampires,' Remus mused.

'More than you could possibly know. There isn't just one type of vampire either, there are many types and forms. Before you ask however, that will have to wait for another time my dear inquisitive professor,' Severus chuckled. 'For now, let's shower.'

Remus grinned but nodded. 'All right, I'll turn off my teaching instincts for now, only because I agree with you on the latter issue. Let's shower before the others wake up.'

Not more than ten minutes later, just as they were getting out of the shower actually, the door burst open with a loud bang. A half naked figure darted across the room gasping for breath, then dashed behind Severus, making a pathetic attempt to hide from something or rather someone. 'For the love of the Gods...save me!' a voice pleaded.

'What the fu-' Severus began to say but before he could get another word out the door burst open again, and a very angry looking person was now standing there.

'DRACO MALFOY! What the hell do you think you're playing at now?' the person yelled, obviously this was the person the gasping figure had been hiding from, or trying to anyway.

'FOR THE LOVE OF GODRIC, LILY!' Remus screamed, trying to cover himself quickly to no avail, not to mention blushing in pure embarrassment. 'This is the bloody boy's loo, girls are not invited in here incase you've forgotten!' he muttered whilst grabbing the first thing he got his hands on, which thankfully was indeed a towel.

'Oh sod off, Remus. It's not like I haven't seen you and Severus naked hundreds of times before,' Lily said angrily, then reached round the still very naked Severus and grabbed hold of a very unhappy Draco.

Severus nearly doubled over at what Lily said, and quickly grabbed up a towel now himself, turning red as a beetroot. Perhaps the Severus in this world hadn't a problem with Lily Evans seeing him naked, but he certainly did. 'Err...Po-Lily, care to explain just what in the bloody hell is going on here?'

'Ask him!' Lily said pointing to Draco now, who had been trying to sneak out of the loo whilst her back was turned. 'Oh no you don't, get back here!' she scowled and pulled him back into the centre of the room.

'Draco? What's wrong?' Remus said feeling sorry for the lad at the moment. He knew the Lily from his world all too well, and this was definitely sounding like the Lily Evans Potter that he'd grown up with. She boasted a temper that did justice to the fact she was a part Scottish Highlander red-head.

Draco felt like a deer caught by a pair of headlights as he just stood there staring at Remus like he'd been wounded. He was dressed in only a pair of red and gold coloured boxer shorts that obviously must have belonged to the 'other' Draco, and sported a blush on his face as red as Lily's hair. 'She...err...she...wanted to...ahh...' he stammered, refusing to look at Lily or anything now but the floor.

'She what, Draco?' Severus asked mildly amused now at all of this.

Draco muttered something under his breath and then turned even redder than he was already to both Severus and Remus's amusement.

'I didn't hear that, did you Severus? Mind repeating it for us, Draco?' Remus said with a grin.

'Shewokeupwantingtohavesexwithmeallright?' Draco said irritated now, he personally did not see what was so funny about all of this.

'Ah...I see. Is that all?' Severus said dryly, trying to stifle back a laugh.

'This is not funny, Pr-Severus!' Draco bit back coldly. 'I don't want to have...err...do that!'

'Since when? You never used to complain about waking up and wanting to shag, Draco!' Lily said back haughtily and glared at Draco.

'Since...I don't know...since now all right? Do I need a reason not to want to shag first thing in the morning?' he said bitterly.

Lily looked at Draco coldly for a moment, then surprisingly she started to sniff, then outright bawl. 'Is it...are you already finding me fat then? Is that it, Draco?'

'Fat? I didn't say anything about fat! I just don't...err...I'm not in the mood is all, not...ah...not right now I mean,' Draco said stepping back a pace in confusion.

'Just like you weren't last night either?' Lily sobbed and began to cry even harder now.

'I told you, I was just tired that's all. It was a rather err...long day for me. Please...don't cry...err...Lily...please?' Draco asked, feeling guilty now for making her cry even though he hadn't a clue as to why she was.

'Lily, there's really no need to cry. It was rather a long day for all of us, it's not your fault,' Remus said stepping in and putting a comforting arm round her shoulder.

Lily sniffed back a few tears and sighed deeply. 'All right, I can understand that I guess, you three have been putting in overtime studying for the N.E.W.T's and all. I just thought that maybe you were already thinking I was getting fat or something. I'm...I'm not yet am I, Drake?' she asked looking pleadingly at Draco.

'Err...no, of course you're not, you're...err...you look just fine, Lily. Really, you're ahh...very pretty, glowing even,' Draco said with a small smile.

Lily smiled then and wiped her face of her tears then threw her arms round Draco lovingly, kissing him on the cheek. 'Oh, Draco, you always know just what to say to me! No wonder I love you so much! For a moment I thought...'

'Thought what?' Draco said a bit dazed, unsure of what to do about the very emotional woman holding him.

'Well you know...that you didn't want me anymore because of...of the baby and all,' she said looking at him now and sniffed back more tears. 'Silly of me right? You wouldn't leave me because of that...I mean, I know we're going to make the best parents, I just know it!' she beamed suddenly and kissed Draco full on the lips. 'Well come on, we've got to get ready for Hogsmeade, you can't go round in your skivvies m'love and you promised me I could have anything I wanted in Honeydukes, so I'm going to hold you to that. We'll see you two downstairs in a bit then, don't be late!' she said considerably happy now, and with a wave she led the totally dazed Draco back out of the boy's loo by the arm, leaving behind a very confused Remus and Severus.

'Did...did she just say...what I think she said?' Remus asked in a hitched voice.

'Umm...I believe the word 'baby' did make an appearance, yup,' Severus said in a hushed voice.

'No, I didn't hear that,' Remus said shaking his head slowly.

'Yes, afraid you did,' Severus said nodding at him firmly.

Remus groaned the sighed a long, deep sigh. 'I think this day just took a turn for the worse,' he said.

'I do believe you're right on that point, Remus. Somehow though, I have a feeling this day is far from over yet,' Severus said with a sigh himself.

'On that...I think you just might be right, Severus,' Remus replied. Together they both gathered up their robes and went back to their dorm to get ready for the day, both of them having a very bad feeling that they were in for one hell of a day, and they now wondered what else could possibly go wrong.

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