Can't Catch Me Now / Severus Snape

11. Body Shame

"So Albus I thought you should know that I'm due in September and I will be taking a short maternity leave." Lilith remarked. 

"Oh wonderful, Harry is so-"

"Perfect, yes I know." lilith agreed. "Sorry but i have to make this quick before I'm barfing in the toilets again."

"Understood." Albus agreed. 

"I dont want you giving my position away, i'm coming back I just need a moon or two, maybe three to be sure-" Lilith decided trying to see how much time she could get from Albus. 

"Of course, of course take all the time you need." Albus agreed. 

"Thanks." Lilith agreed. "I forgot what else I was going to say, well thanks again. I have class."

"Okay." Albus agreed as she headed off. 

"Change the password Albus, harry guessed it this time." Lilith called up the stairs as she scooped Harry up while she still could. 

"Lemon drop!" Harry declared. 

"Seriously Albus, come on." Lilith agreed. 

"I'm an old man sweets are easier to remember." 

"You better not have anything useful up there. Dangerous or otherwise if anyone can just lemon drop their way up." 

"Point taken, thank you, Mrs Snape."

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Lilith was teaching Harry his spelling and his reading while the students took their test. 

"And th-the w-w-wor-d, wa-was-" Harry tapped on the word sounding it out as he went over each word. "Magical!" Harry declared. "I knew that one." 

"You did!" Lilith agreed. "I'm proud of you."

""I'm going to keep going. I can do better." He wrote down the words copying them down as he said them, his writing was lobsided and slanted by he was getting the hang of it. Lilith heard a few quills drop to the desk and she turned around. 

"Done?" Lilith waved the students forward and graded them quickly, dismissing the students that finished. One ravenclaw waited for her test to be graded before leaving. "Very good Ms. Changretta."

"Thank you." She answered taking her test back. "Darn it," She looked at the two she got wrong. "It was this wasnt it?" She drew the symbol beside her wrong one. LIlith nodded. "It was between this and that... what does this one mean?" 

"Nothing... or traveling monkeys maybe." Lilith offered. 

"I made up a symbol." She realized. 

"We all do it at first." Lilith assured. "Good work." Lilith imputed the grade in her master folder as a few more students came up dropping their tests down and heading out. 

Lilith was finishing up grading when Severus came in to relive her of her duties for the day. 

"Come on, you two have worked hard, lets go treat ourselves." Severus suggested. Lilith stored the tests and harry cleaned up his crayons. 

They were at Lilith's favorite restaurant, severus put their name in for a table when they heard Malfoy called out. Harry spun around and saw Draco, he ran towards them. 

"DRACO!" 

"Wow what are you doing here?" Draco questioned. 

"Dad wanted to take us out." Harry answered. 

"My dad didnt want to deal with my mums cooking, the house elves have a weird flu going around." Draco murmured. Narcissa whacked him over the back of the head. "Hey! It was dad that doesnt like your cooking!" Draco assured. 

"Lucius! Narcissa, what a surprise," Lilith hugged them. "What are you doing here- stupid question-" she countered.

 "Are you sitting down now? Or have you finished?" Narcissa questioned. 

"Our table was just called, you should join us!" Lucius declared. 

"Please mum!" The boys begged. 

"Can you add three more to our table." Lucius said it as a request but it was a command. 

"Right away Mr Malfoy."

"Are you working on your numbers yet?" harry questioned as they sat down. "I'm working on my spelling and my reading a lot with mum but with dad I do math."

"My tutors are so bossy." Draco remarked. "It's like they want me to waste my youth!" Lilith chuckled glancing to them as the waitress came around to take their order. 

"You know what you want honey?" Lilith questioned harry. 

"Fancy dragon pasta please." Harry requested. "And apple juice." 

"Oh should get a flight of wine, they have the best wine." Lilith remarked. 

"Well I will never say no to wine." Narcissa assured.

"Lilith-' Severus corrected. 

"What?" She countered, he touched her stomach. "Oh, shoot..."

"Whats wrong?" Narcissa questioned. "Dont you dare body shame this beautiful woman severus."

"He's not." Lilith assured. "I'm pregnant." 

"OH!" Narcissa squealed. "Congratulations! To the both of you! Dinner is on us! Order everything!" 

"Whiskey," Severus requested. 

"Bourbon." Lucius added. Then Narcissa rattled off some fancy wines and draco added one of every appetizer to his order. 

"We should do this on purpose next time." Lilith declared. "It's been so nice seeing you and I know harry misses draco dearly."

"What are you doing for his schooling? He could come to the manor and study with draco." Narcissa offered. Draco shook his head. 

"Can I study with harry instead?" Draco countered. 

"Thats what I just said-"

"No like at Hogwarts." Draco countered. 

"Lilith isnt a teacher-"

"I am a teacher." Lilith corrected. 

"For children, you are just winging it." Narcissa corrected. "I dont think you could handle draco on top of harry and your classes is all i meant. PLus you are pregnant I'm sure thats trying." 

"It is but Draco would be good." Lilith agreed looking to Draco, he nodded then clasped his hands under his chin begging. 

"Please! I hate the tutors!" Draco begged. 

"I suppose we will have to arrange something then." Lucius agreed. 

"We can have a sleep over and MUM!" Harry declared shoving a forkful of cake in his mouth. "Draco hasnt met Pip and Mouse yet!" 

"You got a mouse?" Lucius chuckled. 

"Hootie had babies." Severus corrected. "I want a cat but no, we have three owls that refuse to deliver letters."

"You dont want pets." Lucius corrected. "They are too messy."

"And children are cleanly?" Lilith mused looking at Harry and Draco their faces and shirts smeared with triple layed chocolate cake.