Is Everything As It Seems

The Visit

Is Everything As It Seems ~ Chapter 12

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The Visit.

Awakening from my short nap, I over heard voices one being of my father and the other I'm not quite sure of however familiar it sounds.

"You should have told me Patrick either way, when she arrived here!" the familiar voice said with a hint of anger traced in the silky voice. My dad sighed before replying to the mystery guest. "I know, I know I should have but we were so overwhelmed with getting our little girl back, you should know that" figuring I had over heard enough of their conversation, I allowed my eyes to flutter open and my limbs to stretch across the couch. "Dad?" I asked "where...where's Bella? She hasn't left me has she?" I rushed out in a panic. The mystery guest who I didn't look at chuckled and I whipped my head around and my cheeks flushed red, much to my embarrassment.

Why? Of all people, why him? If there is a god on this earth he must really hate me. Severus Snape, my crush since third year is standing in my parents lounge. "Um, uh sorry sir for my rudeness but why are you here?" I asked and raised my eyebrow. He seemed to brush off my bluntness and sat down beside me, while I was still on my dad's lap great this is humiliating I thought.

"Well, Miss Lestrange you may not remember much from when you were a baby but I am an extremely close family friend and am just happy to know that you arrived safely, after I got the floo message from young Miss Malfoy we all went looking for you," He stated calmly. I nodded my head letting him know that I understood and then stood up from my dad's lap and stated boldly to the room "I'm going to find Bella since you ignored me" and walked out of the room rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

I wondered round the house following the weird sensation coming from my necklace. I wondered round the manor; turning round corners going up stairs walking along long corridors and going up spiral staircases until I came to a set of cherry oak double doors. I was about to knock when the doors swung open and allowed me to enter. I walked into the surprisingly brightly coloured room and noticed two cribs each different shades of cream, a rocking chair, a sunflower rug in the middle of the room along with toys on the shelves on the walls. What I didn't notice was the body sitting on the windowsill until the familiar voice spoke to me.

"What are you doing here baby princess?" Bella asked, there was that name again I wonder why she is calling me that, I'll ask later on.

"I was looking for you, I t-th...thought y...you l..left m-me" I sobbed out not being able to face with the thought of my big sister rejecting and leaving me. Bella rushed over to my aid and cradled me against her whispering soothing words, which unfortunately made me cry harder. I was crying so hard that I never noticed my body being removed from Bell's arms and into another more masculine and comforting arms. Whoever this man was made me relax into them. This mystery person started to stroke my hair and whisper soothing words which made me calm down and make me fall into a slumber of exhaustion and the last words I heard before slipping into the darkness that was beginning to elude me were "its okay my baby princess."

*Severus P.O.V*

A while after my baby princess left the room in look of her sister I felt a tug in my heart to go and find her. After walking through the manor for a while I found her in the old nursery in the arms of her sister bawling. Bella looked at me with pleading eyes and said "Please Severus, you are the only one that used to calm her when she was in a state like this." Without waiting for my reply Bella started moving Nikki so I kneeled down on the carpet and pulled her into my arms whispering soothing and calming words to her. Once she was nearly asleep from crying so much I took the chance in whispering "It's okay my baby princess, I've got you."

Bella looked at me when she saw that Nikki was asleep and quite boldly whispered to me, as to not wake Nikki, "when are you going to tell her Severus?" I thought it over for a few minutes and then answered "when the time is right." Bella looked in my eyes and then said "just don't wait too long, you don't want to end up jealous and you don't want Nikki to start hurting when she finds out and it's too late, I know what she feels, as do you Severus!"

Leaving it at that Bella left the room and left me with my thoughts which resulted in many scenarios of telling my baby princess but they all ended up in disasters. I continued to stroke her hair in a slow motion while standing up with her, then walking to her room. Once in her room I transfigured what she was wearing into a pair of pyjamas and put her to bed, leaving her with a gentle kiss to the forehead, when in reality I wanted so much more.

By Nikki_Who