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Part Thirty-Two

Severus woke up in the morning to James changing out of his pajamas by the door to the bathroom. He yawned.

"Morning, gorgeous." James hummed. "Sleep well?"

Severus groaned. "Why are you always up so early?"

"Why are you always up so late?"

Severus groaned again and rolled onto his back, staring up at the ceiling. James crawled up onto the bed and leaned over him.

"We're gonna go see my parents again today."

"Alright." Severus sighs. "But we're not telling them we're dating. That's a bad idea."

"Why?"

"We've been 'dating' for two days, James. We haven't even gone on a date before."

"Maybe we have."

Severus paused. "Oh fuck, have we been dating this whole time?"

"Maybe! I don't know! That's the fuck of it all."

"Nah, yesterday was the fuck of it all."

James gasped dramatically and slapped his hand to his chest. "Why, I never!"

Severus laughed. "Why are you talking like that?"

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Euphemia and Fleamont were shockingly lively. The nurse had to push Euphemia into her seat because she tried to stand up and hug James.

"Who's this, dear?" Euphemia said, looking at Severus.

"This is my friend, Severus. He came from Greece with me."

Fleamont squinted his eyes. "Friend?" he muttered. Euphemia nudged him. "Hello, Severus. It's nice to meet you." Fleamont smiled, holding his hand out. Severus hesitated, and then shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you too."

James grinned. He sat down in a seat and started talking with his parents. After about 20 minutes, Severus tapped James on the shoulder.

"I'm gonna head across the street to that cafe and get some breakfast. Do you want anything?" Severus asked.

James nodded. "Just coffee."

"Okay. I'll be right back."

When Severus was out of the room, Fleamont and Euphemia looked at eachother, then back at James.

"Darling, you know we support you and your sexuality, right?" Fleamont quickly said.

"Yes, I know. Why?" James chuckled.

"Well, I just wanted to make sure because... well, it's nothing. Never mind darling."

"Your father is asking if you and Severus are dating." Euphemia scoffed at Fleamont. "Are you?"

James paused. "Yes." he said after a moment of hesitation.

"Well, then why didn't you just say it?" Fleamont sighed.

"Well, we've only been dating since about two days ago, so Severus isn't quite sure yet and I'm just trying to be respectful to him. So i'm really not sure if we are together, really."

"Have you had sex?" Euphemia blurted, earning a shocked look from James as he pushed himself back slightly, and an annoyed face from Fleamont.

"They've only been dating since the other day, Effie!" Fleamont snapped.

"And? Let him respond." Euphemia looked at James. Fleamont did the same, except with a look that just said 'i swear to god i'm gonna kill you if you say yes.'

James took a second to take in what Euphemia had said, another three seconds to think of a way to respond without his parents getting mad at him, and then another second to completely throw all of that out the window. "yeah."

Fleamont gasped, ready to scold him. Euphemia just tossed her arms to the side carelessly. "Then you're dating. Fleamont, don't yell at him."

Fleamont snapped his mouth shut, but kept a glare on his face and stared at Severus the rest of the time they were there. Severus was incredibly confused.