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Harry ended the floo call and turned back to Severus who was still looking down in shame

" Well we have a week to get used to this situation" Harry said

Severus didn't aknowledge

" We are now going to have a talk" Harry said and he picked Severus up and headed towards the common room and sat on the couch with Severus in his lap, " Now I know you are really embarrassed right now and probably scared and not ready to trust anybody right?"

" Two out of three, I am not scared" Severus thought and held out two fingers then drew a slash in the air and held up three fingers

" Hmm, two out of three? Lets see, you're not scared are you" Harry guessed

Severus nodded his head

" Ok, sorry, but you are embarrassed and you don't trust me very well" Harry said

Severus rolled his eyes, " Obviously" He thought

" Yah dumb question" Harry said and then sighed, " We're going to have to make this work you know"

Severus nodded

" And that means with everything, you have to be a baby, that is the only way this is going to work, you have to notify me when you need a nappy change, when you are hungry... plain and simple, you need to notify me to your needs" Harry said

Severus groaned and Harry heard that

" I know you really don't want to notify me, but you have to, if you don't well then more accidents will happen like what happened today" Harry said

Severus's face turned red again

" I'm sorry Severus but if you notified me sooner, then you wouldn't have had your little accident" Harry said

" How would you like it if you announced to the whole class that you soild your pants?" Severus said but it was just baby talk

" I don't know what you said but you sounded mad" Harry said

Severus elbowed Harry in the stomach, but since he's only a baby it didn't hurt and since it didn't hurt Severus pouted by crossing his arms and sticking out his bottom lip

" That's a yes then" Harry said annoyed about being elbowed in the stomach, " I think I know why you didn't want to notify me in class, the shade of red on your face explained everything"

Severus sighed

" I know it's embarrassing, you probably don't like people stairing at you, I don't like people stairing at me either" Harry said, " I'll make sure that everybody stops stairing at you. Everybody is going to know why we have to leave in the middle of class, nothing will change that, but they understand, everybody was once a baby before and had to go through it, they all know but they are not going to laugh at you or make fun of you in any way, if they do then they will be in serious trouble with the Headmaster"

Severus looked at Harry confused

" I spoke with the Headmaster while you were sleeping last night, he taught me some useful things" Harry explained

Severus nodded in understanding

" I'm going to try to make this as painless for you as possible, which means, nobody is going to talk bad about you, no baby talk, funny faces or any of that stupid stuff" Harry said

Severus sighed in relief

" In time I hope you trust me because we are going to be spending a lot of time together" Harry said

Severus nodded

" So... will you please notify me when you need something?" Harry asked

Severus thought for a minute and then sighed and nodded

" Good boy" Harry said and hugged the little boy even though said little boy went stiff and started pushing Harry away, " Ok ok no hugs I get it"

Severus glared at Harry but then his stomach rumbled and he groaned

" How about a bottle this time?" Harry asked

Severus nodded tiredly, he really hated being hungry all the time and hated being tired and he definatly hated being a baby

Harry picked Severus up and sat him down on the couch then put the spell up so Severus wouldn't fall, then he began making the baby formula

Severus fell asleep while being fed the bottle and Harry put him down in his crib and started reading the parenting books again

The next thing Harry knew is that he was woken up from his nap and heard whimpering coming from the crib

Harry got out of bed and walked to the crib and saw that Severus was having a nightmare, Harry reached down and picked up Severus and started talking quietly to him trying to wake him up

" Severus wake up, come on you're having a nightmare, wake up" Harry said and began patting his back a little firmly but not hard, " Come on Severus wake up, come on... that's it"

Severus woke up and found himself in Harry's arms who was now rubbing his back trying to calm him down. Severus grabbed onto Harry's and buried his face into them trying to calm down

Harry just rocked Severus back and forth while rubbing his back, it took Severus thirteen minutes to calm down fully and to get his heart rate back to normal

" Are you ok?" Harry asked

Severus nodded but he still wasn't letting go, he didn't want to be alone even if he was with Potter, he had a nightmare about his real childhood about his father abusing him when he was little

" Was it you know who?" Harry asked

Severus shook his head no

" Do you want to talk about it?" Harry asked

Again Severus shook his head no

" Ok, but just remember it was only a dream, nothing bad can hurt you here" Harry said

Severus nodded and thought, " I know, my father is dead, he can't hurt me any more"

" Well it's just about lunch time, do you want to go in the Great Hall or stay here?" Harry asked

" Stay" Severus said but to Harry it sounded like ay

" Stay?" Harry asked

Severus nodded

" Ok do you want another bottle or babyfood" Harry asked

Severus held up two fingers meaning the second thing Harry said

" Baby food?" Harry asked

Severus nodded

" Ok, baby food and then we'll play ball after lunch" Harry suggested

Severus nodded anything if it meant he didn't have to go back to sleep

Harry first changed Severus's nappy before making lunch. This time Severus didn't close his eyes. Harry figured that was because he was still scared about his nightmare

After lunch Harry and Severus played with a bright green ball that had baby snakes on it, what they would do is they would roll the ball back and forth to each other, Harry sat Severus up with him leaning against the couch, Harry moved the coffee table and sat about a foot away from Severus and rolled the ball to him, Severus rolled it back and they continued the game even though they both knew it was childish. The snakes would hiss each time the ball stopped rolling and it actually made Severus smirk a bit

An hour later while Harry was reading to Severus, Hermione and Ron knocked on the door

" Must be Hermione and Ron with your playpen" Harry said

Severus nodded but he rolled his eyes, " Of course the other two of the Golden Trio" He thought

Harry stood up with Severus in his arms and walked towards the portrait and opened it up and let his friends in

" Hi mate, we were wondering why you didn't come back to Transfiguration, McGonagall told us to bring this to you after classes were over" Ron said taking the shrunken playpen out of his bag

" Thanks, just put it in that corner" Harry said indicating which corner

" We also brought your homework" Hermione said laying it on the dining room table

" Thanks you guys" Harry said

" So when are you coming back to Gryffindor Tower?" Ron asked after setting the playpen down and sat in a chair in the dining room

" Um... I'm not" Harry said sitting down in another chair, " I have to stay here with Severus"

Ron's eyes went wide, " Why do you have to stay here? Why can't you... both come back to Gryffindor Tower?"

" Ok Ron fine, we'll come back, but don't blame me when you are woken up in the middle of the night because he either needs a bottle or a nappy change" Harry said cooly

" Honestly Ron, Professor Snape is only four months old" Hermione chidded sitting next to Harry

" Oh... Yah, but he's not going to be that young forever" Ron said

" Mr. Weasley is such a Dunderhead, I don't want to go to the Gryffindor Tower, I'm not a Gryffindor" Severus thought

" Ok first question Ron, do you really want your potions professor in Gryffindor Tower?" Harry asked

" He's a baby" Ron said

" With his adult memories, I told you that already" Harry said

" Oh" Ron said, " I forgot"

Severus rolled his eyes

" And Severus is not a Gryffindor so he shouldn't have to go to Gryffindor Tower" Harry said

" Ok fine, you win, I just want my best mate back that's all" Ron said pouting

" I'm still your best mate, just because we sleep on different floors of the castle doesn't mean anything" Harry said

" When are you going back to class?" Hermione asked changing the subject

" In a week, we both need to get used to the situation" Harry explained

" So are we aloud to come in here and hang out with you at least?" Ron asked

" Yah sure, the password is Snitch" Harry said and Severus turned around and glared at him

" What? The more the merrier" Harry said to Severus

Severus groaned and faced the other two again

" Don't worry Professor, we'll try our best not to annoy you" Hermione said

" You're annoying me right now" Severus thought

" Don't tell anybody else the password though" Harry warned

" Yah we know mate" Ron said, " So are you going to be able to play Quidditch this year?"

" I doubt it, I have to take care of Severus" Harry said

Ron's eyes went wide again, " You can't just stop playing Quidditch, you're the best seeker Gryffindor has ever had"

" I have to take care of Severus, thats more important then Quidditch" Harry said

" You know Harry, there is a way where you can play Quidditch this year" Hermione said

Harry looked at Hermione, " I'm listening"

" I can babysit you know, that's what I do in the summer" Hermione said

" I don't know... what do you think Severus, will you let Hermione babysit you?" Harry asked looking down at the baby on his lap

" What will he do if I say no?" Severus thought nasty, " But then again it'll get me away from him at least for a little while a few days a week, but I'll be in the presence of Granger, but she actually doesn't annoy me that much, she's just too smart for her own good, she promised she wouldn't annoy me and she always tries to do the right thing, oh all right I can't really deny Potter Quidditch no matter how much I want my Slytherins to win" Severus finally nodded

" Yes we got our Seeker back, thanks professor" Ron cheered

Severus rolled his eyes

" How about I take Professor Snape now and you can get started on your homework" Hermione suggested, " I'm sure he'd like a little fresh air"

Severus gasped and shook his head no and started clinging onto Harry's robes again

" Um... I don't think so, it's too early yet to be taking him outside" Harry said, " He's still not comfortable about being a baby"

" Oh... I'm sorry Professor I didn't mean to scare you or anything" Hermione said, she felt really awful at that moment

" It's ok Severus, you don't have to go outside if you don't want to" Harry assured him and started rubbing his back

" Um, I think it's time for us to go" Hermione said and started pulling on Ron's arm

" Yah mate, we'll see you and Professor Snape later" Ron said

Harry nodded

" We'll let ourselves out, see you later" Hermione said

Harry nodded again and watched as his two best friends left

Harry felt Severus relax when Hermione and Ron left

" You want to return to the book?" Harry asked

Severus nodded

" Ok" Harry said and walked back to the couch with Severus in his arms and they got comfortable again and started reading where they left off

That night Severus was fighting Harry, he was making sure he wouldn't get sleepy because he didn't want to go back to sleep, he was splashing in the water during bath time and he wouldn't stay still when Harry was trying to read to him and he wouldn't take his bottle

" Come on Severus you need to drink your bottle" Harry coaxed

Severus shook his head frantically no

" Come on now is not the time for you to refuse your bottle, you've been so good today" Harry said

Severus was throwing a very big tantrum

" Fine you don't want a bottle then I won't force one on you but you are going to bed" Harry said firmly

Severus's eyes widened and he began kicking and screaming and yelled, " NO POTTER I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED" but to Harry he just heard the no part

" Huh, Severus's first word" Harry thought, " Calm down Severus" Harry said picking Severus up and began patting his back

" No no no no no no no no no no no" Severus kept saying

" Severus what's wrong?" Harry asked getting worried, at first he thought Severus was just being difficult but now Harry saw the fear in his eyes

Severus looked at Harry and clung on to his robes and buried his face into the robes

" Is this about your nightmare?" Harry guest

Severus nodded

" Is that why you're throwing a tantrum? Because you don't want to go to sleep?" Harry asked

Severus whimpered and nodded

Harry sighed, " I know how you feel

" I doubt it, your dad wasn't abusive to you" Severus thought

" I have nightmares about you know who killing my parents all the time, or about him returning... tell you what, how about a nightlight?" Harry asked

Severus looked up in confusion

" A night light, keeps the bad dreams at bay" Harry explained

Severus lifted an eyebrow in a you got to be joking way

" I'm serious, it'll work" Harry said

Harry went to the changing table and there was a night light there, it was a black and green cauldron, Harry smiled, " Perfect"

Severus rolled his eyes, " Dumbledore's doing" He said but to Harry it sounded like Dum do

" Yep Dumbledore's doing" Harry said with a smirk then picked the nightlight up and put it on the nightstand by Harry's bed, " Lumos"

The night light lit up in a green glow

" Now lets see what it looks like with the lights off" Harry said and he noxed the lights and in the room there was a green glow, " Now this looks like the Slytherin common room" he said aloud

Severus looked at Harry and glared, " What were you doing in the Slytherin common room?" but it sounded like baby talk

" Uh, did I say that out loud?" Harry asked with a little fear in his voice

Severus nodded and lifted an eyebrow as if to say I'm waiting

" Oh boy... um... well it was in my second year and... I made Polyjuice potion because I thought Malfoy was the heir of Slytherin and I thought he had information so I tricked him into thinking I was Goyle" Harry explained

" Yah right... Granger and Weasley were with you too" Severus said but to Harry it sounded like "ite Wanger and Wley too"

" Um... no they weren't" Harry said

" No yi" Severus chidded and was glaring at Harry the scary teacher glare and pointed to Harry then said, " no ooh pshun" Which was translated into "no lie, you didn't make the potion"

" Ok, ok so Ron and Hermione helped with the potion too, sheesh sorry... wait a minute, you just talked some more... Hmm, I think you aged another couple of months, I'm taking you to Pomfrey tomorrow and we'll see" Harry said, " Maybe you can get your shot eariler"

Severus looked fearful again

" What you're afraid of a shot?" Harry asked

Severus nodded

" I hope that's just the baby you talking because you've been in much more pain then a little pinch" Harry said

Severus nodded again

" Does this also have to do with your nightmare?" Harry asked

Severus nodded again

" It doesn't have to do with Voldemort" Harry said

Severus hit Harry on the arm and glared

" Oh right, sorry... it doesn't have to do with... you know who" Harry said and then thought about last year in Snape's memories and Pensieve, " Does it have to do with your home life growing up?"

Severus's eyes went wide and he gasped

" What was the nightmare about Severus?" Harry asked firmly

" No" Severus said with a glare

" Tell me Severus" Harry said more firmly

" No" Severus said louder with a glare

" Fine then if you won't tell me then I guess it's time for you to go to bed" Harry said and went over to Severus's crib and laid him down

" NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO" Severus was screaming but Harry wasn't listening to him, he covered Severus up and left the room

Severus sat up and began screaming and yelling out and began kicking the crib bars but he wasn't going to cry, no not cry, he'd throw a tantrum but he'd be damned if he cried like some kind of baby. After about five minutes Severus began to wear himself out and another ten minutes he fell asleep

The next morning Harry was shocked, Severus slept through the whole night

" He probably wore himself out from all that screaming" Harry thought and began to get ready for the day

Severus woke up on his own and waited for Harry to finish getting ready before announcing he was awake, he himself was surprised he slept through the whole night and after his surprised subsided he remembered the tantrum he had last night all because Potter wanted to know what his nightmare was about, " Well he isn't going to find out, it's none of his business" He thought and then glared

" Morning Severus, sleep well?" Harry asked looking down inside the crib

Severus was still glaring

Harry rolled his eyes and picked him up and set him on the changing table to change his nappy and dress him, " Well you must have, you slept through the whole night"

Severus rolled his eyes, " Obviously" he thought

" We're going to go see Madame Pomfrey today and see how old you are, I think you aged to six months but you never know" Harry said closing the nappy and then putting Severus in blue pants and a red sweatshirt much to Severus's complaining

" Oh stop your whining you can't wear black and green all the time, be lucky I didn't put you in red and yellow" Harry said

" NO" Severus yelled

" Then shape up" Harry said

Severus crossed his arms and pouted with his bottom lip sticking out

" Pout all you want, you're still not going to get your way all the time" Harry said and picked him up and carried him to the dining room and sat him down in the highchair, put a bib on him and made the breakfast baby food

" Baba" Severus said

" No, that puts you to sleep and you didn't want it last night" Harry said

" Baba" Severus said more firmly

" No" Harry said, " You're eating baby food"

" Baba baba baba" Severus chanted and was in the middle of another tantrum

" You're not getting a bottle until nap time" Harry said

" Baba baba baba" Severus kept saying not listening to Harry

Harry groaned and took out his wand and pointed it at Severus which made Severus stop his chant and he looked fearful

" What ooh?" Severus asked but didn't get to finish his sentence

" Silincio" Harry said and Severus was quiet

Severus's eyes were wide and then he glared his teacher glare

" Glare all you want Severus, you are being a very naughty boy" Harry said sternly, " Now you are going to eat your baby food and you can have some water with it and then we are going to go up to the Hospital Wing, and we'll go on from there. Understood?"

Severus stuck out his bottom lip but he nodded

" Ok, glad we're on the same page" Harry said and then put the baby food in front of Severus and began feeding him giving him drinks of water every few spoonfuls

After Harry finished feeding Severus and cleaned his face off Harry carried Severus to the playpen and got rid of all the toys in the playpen

Severus looked at Harry confused

" Time out for throwing a tantrum last night and this morning" Harry explained

Severus stuck out his bottom lip again and pouted

" Lets see if you can keep quiet for five minutes" Harry said

Severus glared at Harry, " You silenced me you Dunderhead" Severus thought

Harry took out his wand again and pointed it at Severus, " Finite incantatem... there now be quiet on your own for five minutes" Harry went back to the dinning room and got out a bowl and cereal and finished his breakfast in five minutes

Harry went back to the playpen and looked down at Severus who looked up at Harry

" Good you were quiet for five minutes, I'm really proud of you, you ready to get out?" Harry asked

Severus nodded and lifted his arms up to be picked up

Harry lifted him up and packed a diaper bag just in case and headed out of the rooms and headed towards the Hospital Wing

On the way to the Hospital Wing Harry's day got even worse then how it was, because Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle and Parkinson appeared

" What do you want?" Harry asked

" We want you to hand over Professor Snape" Malfoy said, " He shouldn't be in your care"

" Well he is, now leave us alone, we are heading up to the Hospital Wing so we can know how old he is" Harry said

" He should be with his own kind, Slytherins, not a stupid Gryffindork who dresses him in Gryffindork colors" Parkinson said

" Give me a break, he's wearing a red shirt and blue pants, not Gryffindor colors" Harry said

" Give us Professor Snape" Goyle said looking scary

" No, Dumbledore put him in my care and he's staying in my care, now out of my way" Harry said taking out his wand

" What are you going to do Potter? It's four against one and your arm is full of baby" Malfoy said

" He's not alone" Ron said and right behind him was Hermione and Neville

" Oh look it's the Weasle, Mudblood and Longbottom, come on we can take these losers" Malfoy said

" NO Ako" Severus said

" No?" Malfoy asked

" No ite" Severus said

" What did he say?" Crabbe asked

" No Draco, no fight" Harry interpreted

" How do you know?" Malfoy sneered

" Read the books" Harry said and walked past the Slytherins to get to the Hospital Wing

When they got to the Hospital Wing Harry called for Pomfrey

" What is it Mr. Potter?" Pomfrey asked

" Madame I would like to know how old Severus is, he's been aging rapidly and I was wondering if we can get the shot over with" Harry said

" Well set him down on the bed and we'll do a diagnostic spell" Pomfrey said

Harry sat Severus down on the bed and waited as Pomfrey waved her wand above Severus's head

" Severus is seven months and two weeks old, by this time he should start teething which would make him throw fits" Pomfrey said

" Yah we already had two of those" Harry said, " But it had nothing to do with teething"

" Hmm, is Severus being naughty?" Pomfrey asked

" No" Severus said and stuck out his bottom lip

" Were you being naughty Severus?" Pomfrey asked

" ... No" Severus said

" Severus" Pomfrey started

" Me want baba" Severus said

" Ah and Mr. Potter didn't give one to you right?" Pomfrey asked

Severus nodded

" Well Mr. Potter did the right thing, he's trying to wean you off the bottle" Pomfrey said

" No" Severus said and stuck out his bottom lip

" Yes Severus, you're seven months now, its time you start learning how to drink from a sippy cup" Pomfrey said

" Baba" Severus protested

" Only during nap time and at night, all the other times you drink from a sippy cup" Pomfrey said

" You'd think you'd be happy about this, you're getting older and soon you'll be back to normal" Harry explained to Severus

Severus stuck his tongue out

" It's the baby in him, all babies at this age want their bottles instead of a sippy cup, he'll get out of it" Pomfrey said

Harry nodded, " So when will he start crawling?"

" I'd say when he is eight months old" Pomfrey said

" So what in like a day or two?" Harry joked

" No, it looks like he has stopped aging for now, I'd say about a week he'll start crawling" Pomfrey said

" So what should I do about his teething?" Harry asked

" A teething ring works, baby teething salve to be put on the gums would help, a cold washcloth on his gums" Pomfrey said

Harry nodded then looked down at Severus who put his tongue back in his mouth, " So Severus you want to go back to the room and play ball again?"

Severus nodded and lifted his arms to be picked up and Harry did

" Thank you Madame Pomfrey" Harry said

" You're welcome, I'll see you both in a couple weeks" Pomfrey said and ruffled Severus's hair that annoyed Severus

Severus slapped Pomfrey's hand away

" Ooh crabby isn't he?" Pomfrey said

Severus whined

" I think he's afraid his hairs going to look like mine" Harry joked

" Oh great, hair jokes at my expense" Severus thought, he really hated being a baby

" I suggest he is put down for a nap soon, since he's crabby" Pomfrey said

" No" Severus said

" Yah I'll put him down soon" Harry said

" No" Severus said again

" Well we'll see you later Madame Pomfrey" Harry said

" Bye" Pomfrey said and watched as the two left

" No" Severus protested with fear in his voice

" Did you have another bad dream last night?" Harry asked

Severus nodded

" Huh, usually night lights work" Harry said, " Do you want to talk about it?"

Severus shook his head no

Harry sighed, " Ok we won't talk about it right now, lets just go to the room and play ball how does that sound?"

Severus nodded

Harry walked back to the room and moved the coffee table out of the way and sat Severus on the floor so that he was leaning against the couch, Harry then got the green hissing snake ball and sat two feet away from Severus, he figured since Severus was a little older he would be a little stronger

The two boys rolled the ball back and forth for a half hour and each time the ball hissed at Severus, Severus would look like he was about to smile but he never did, Harry could just tell in his eyes that he was happy playing ball

Harry was really amused with the snakes, since he is a parcelmouth he can talk and hear the snakes and every time the ball was rolled to Severus the snakes would say "Hi Sev"

" Wha nake eh?" Severus asked after fourty five minutes of rolling the ball

" They're saying Hi Sev every time" Harry said

" Why Sev? Not Sevus" Severus asked

" I don't know, I'll ask" Harry said and then hissed at the snakes

" He's a cute baby, he should have a cute nickname" The snakes hissed

Harry smiled and said, " They say you're a cute baby and that you should have a nickname"

Severus scowled and sighed, " Mama called me Sevy"

" You want to be called Sevy?" Harry asked surprised

" No, Ony Mama Sevy, ooh Sevus... or Sev like nakes" Severus said

" Ok, sounds good, now can you please call me Harry instead of Potter?" Harry asked

Severus thought for a minute and nodded, " Tay"