CHAPTER 13
Severus looked at the gown that he was to wear. "They have got to be kidding me." he said to the only other person in there, Lily.
Lily: *looks at the gown incredulously* Well, apparently they're serious. U should've seen wht they got for my boy
"I am not wearing that infront of Black. God what will Star think when she sees this."
Lily: *grins* Try telling tht to Harry. He doesnt even want to stick out evn an inch of his nose with tht outfit
"Why must they do this?" He sighed. "I bet Black and diggory get night robes to wear."
Lily: *smiled awkwardly* N...ot exactly...
"What do you mean?" He asked, turning to her.
Lily: *puts a finger to her lips n beckoned him to follow her to the groom's room where Siri n Ced were. Peeking in, she showed tht they were fitted dress-robes like the one Ron wore during the Yule Ball, bt a bit more extravagant*
"At least it is pants." he said. "Fine I will do it this once but that is it."
Lily: Hmm, sounds like Harry is abt done now *pops her head in to the changing closet* Oh, will u pls come out of tht closet now, boy? It's not gonna kill u
Harry: *a vry long pause before he came out with his outfit*
"You look nice Harry." Unfortantly Severus had a mint green wedding dress that would hit the floor and trail behind him.
Harry: I...I look like a girl! Oh god, everyone is gonna laugh at me, especially Ron n Mione! N Ced will think me ridiculous. I just knw it!
Lily: Now, now, Har. U knw tht's not gonna happen
"Just think of this. You look like a bride and I will look like a mint candy." He went to change into his and found..."Oh fuck. Hell no. Harry did you get...undergarments?"
Harry: Umm...Yeah, I do. In fact... *lifted his own to reveal a little bit of his*
"Remind me to kill everyone in the Minstry after this." he put on everything then came out. "Ok you can tell me how bad I look. I can take it."
Harry: *looks at Sev wen he was done* W...Wow. U look...pretty good
Lily: I must agree, Sevvy. The colour reli suits u
"Shove it." he went to the mirror. I was not half bad, but that didn't matter. It was still a dress.
Lily: We reli mean it. It's not tht bad
Harry: Yeah, at least u dont look like me. I look like some 12 yr old kid dressed in a fairy costume
"You don't look 12, Harry." He sighed. "Ok lets get his damn thing over with."
Lily: *hid a grin as she accompanied Harry n Severus out*
*at the Ministry Council where it was held, with Cornelius n a preacher as the officiating party of this marriage, Ced and Siri were waiting for the "brides" to appear. It was a rather big crowd, with family n friends of both sides attending PLUS the press*
Sirius: *rolls his eyes* Now I feel worse than a goldfish right now
Cedric was use to being in front of a big crowd. "I just want this over and done with. I don't want to subject Harry to this. They are waiting for the first slip up to write a story about."
Sirius: Typical, especially when Skeeter is involved *gesturing Ced to the woman who was chewing at her quill, writing whtevr she was seeing*
"This is awful." He said. "I just want to get Harry out of her fast."
*soon the wedding march was heard n the "brides" came out, first Severus led by Albus, then Harry led by James*
Sirius: Woah... *sees Sev in his outfit n held his breath. Despite the fact tht he was a wearing a dress, it somehow felt rather...appealing to him, like a sort of beautiful side on Sev he had nvr seen before*
Severus refused to look up at him. He would not give the man the pleasure of seeing Severus's distress.
Cedric was blow away. Harry looked like a dark haired angel coming down from heaven. "Beautiful." He breathed.
*the ppl leading the "brides" soon exchanged hands, Albus passing Sev to Siri n James passing Harry to Ced*
Cedric blushed big time as he took Harry's hand from James.
Severus still did not look up when Albus gave him over to Sirius. ~This is going to be my life from now on.~
Sirius: *took Sev's hand, n despite himself, actually gave Sev a reassuring squeeze*
Harry: *looked dwn pretending to be vry interested in his bouquet of flowers. He could feel hushed talking n laughter behind him, n he just KNEW someone would tease him of his outfit. He felt like crying right now for being so embarassed like this*
Cedric gave a squeeze and tipped Harry's chin up to smile at him. Trying to calm him.
Severus looked up for a split second before looking back down. This was harder than it looked.
Harry: *looks into Ced's eyes n felt calmer a little, although he couldnt get rid of the feeling of wanting to hide in a hole*
Cornelius: *clears his throat n gave a short speech, speaking of unity n divine responsibility n whtnot, giving praise to the brides n grooms for fulfilling wht would be the most life-changing prophecy in the history of magic, giving credits to Trelawney n a few other Seers for revealing the prophecy in time*
~Fat ass. he just wants to hear himself speak.~ Seveurs wanted to knock him out from where he stood. Too bad he didn't have his wand.
Sirius: *fought the urge to roll his eyes*
Harry: *had learnt frm experience to filter out voices tht he didnt want to hear, barely paying attention to Cornelius*
Preacher: *as soon as Cornelius was done with his speech, he took ovr n read out the usual holy matrimony speech before turning his attention to the couples before him* Will the couples pls take each other's wrists?
Sirius: *does so, facing Sev*
Severus took his wrist as Cedric took Harry's
Harry: *followed suite*
Preacher: *looks at the grooms* Do u, Cedric Diggory and Sirius Black, take Harry James Potter and Severus Snape respectively as ur lawful wedded spouse, to cherish, have n to hold, forever honour the magical bounds of ur holy matrimony n fulfill ur prophesied legacy till the end of time?
Sirius: *swallowed a little before replying slowly the rites* I do take Severus Snape as my spouse as per stated
"I do take Harry James Potter as my spouse." Cedric repeated after him.
Preacher: Do u, Harry James Potter and Severus Tobias Snape, take Sirius Black and Cedric Diggory respectively as ur lawful wedded spouse, to cherish, have n to hold, forever honour the magical bounds of ur holy matrimony n fulfill ur prophesied legacy till the end of time?
Harry: *stutters a little* I...I do t...take Cedric Diggory as my spouse a...as per stated... *blinked his tears away in embarassment wen he heard sniggers, sounding like it was Malfoy n his goons*
Severus swallowed his pride enough to get out the words, "I do take Sirius Black to be my spouse."
Cedric mouth 'look at me.' As soon as this was over he would take Harry in his arms and make everything better.
Harry: *looked up at Cedric, trying hard not to spill his guts out*
Preacher: So has been spoken, so shall be it. With the power of Grand Merlin invested in me, I bind u heart, body n soul *waved his wand, spilling a sort of aura ovr Sev n Siri n did the same with Har n Ced*
~Please don't say you may kiss the bride.~ Severus begged in his mind.
Sirius: *felt the chilling sensation as he knew he was finally bonded with Sev. There was no turning bk*
Preacher: I now pronounce u spouses for life. U may kiss the bride
Harry: *his heart jumped at tht. This was it. The kiss tht will decide the rest of their lives*
Cedric decided to show Draco what he was missing. He took Harry in his arms and kissed him, ever so gentely.
Severus gulped and closed his eyes. "Get it over with, Black." He said through clenched teeth.
Sirius: *sighs n leans ovr to kiss him on the lips, vry gently as well n not hard n fast as Sev would've expected*
Harry: *kisses Cedric bk, n he could've sworn he heard the breath caught in Draco n Ron's throat bt he decided to ignore it. He was with Ced now, n tht's all tht matters*
*the press flashed away with their cameras*
Severus was surpised at the kiss. The almost felt like... Severus pulled away before he went to deep in that memory. He took his hand from Sirius.
Cedric didn't want to part. Leave them there to kiss the night away and he would have been fine with that.
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Harry: *he was the one to pull away because he needed the air, bt his lips were swollen n his face totally flushed as he smiled sheepishly up at him*
Sirius: *a little surprised at Sev taking his hand away bt didnt push his luck*
Cornelius: Introducing the Snape-Black couple n the Potter-Diggory couple!
There was the sound of clapping from everyone that did not have a camra.
Cedric blushed to, looking at him.
Severus on the othe hand did not look like a blushing bride. He looked up, his chin square but not looking at Sirius.
Harry: *definitely looked like a blushing bride as he leaned near Ced, looking dwnward n smiling*
Sirius: *smiled a little awkwardly at some of his friends who were cheering n clapping at him, bt he somehow felt rather out of plc seeing Sev like tht*
"On to the reception!" Albus called out and the spectators that had been envited, minus the press proceded out of the room.
"You said nothing of a reception." Severus growled.
"Don't worry, Severus, my boy. After this is over you and Sirius will be sent on carragie to a honeymoon sport that has been preteturmaned. So with Harry and Cedric." The old man smiled as he followed the crowed.
"But Star." He called after the other man but Albus was too far away.
Sirius: *raised an annoyed brow* Man, this old fogey thought of everything, didnt he? As expected of him
Harry: *saw Albus talking to Sev n Siri bt couldnt figure out at his distance* I wonder wht Dumbledore's up to
"Shut up. I was not talking to you, Black." He frowned. "If you will excuse me I am going to go change." He head back to area where he changed to find out his clothes had already been sent to honey moom location.
"I don't know." He saw Severus leave. "Let's go ask." Cedric took his hand and went over to Sirius. "What was Dumbledore saying?"
Sirius: *rolled his eyes n told the kids everything* Like I said, the old fogey thought of everything. N he bloody didnt have the courtesy to tell us
Harry: Ugh! This is starting to get reli annoying on Dumbledore's part. I knew he was eccentric bt this is a bit much. I'm gonna go change
"Don't be long, Harry." Cedric kissed his head and let him go.
Life seemed to be crashing down around him. What he hoped would be a quick marriage was now too long. He had wanted to take Star home and spendt he night playing games but now he would have to spend it in the same place as sirius.
Harry: *came into the bride's room to change only to find out his clothes have experienced the same fate as Sev's* Wht the...Wht happened to my clothes? Where are they?
"They are at the honeymoon location." Severus got up from the chair he was sitting on. His mask was breaking and felt like he just need to cry. "We can not change."
Harry: Aww, man~! Do they have to do tht? Does tht mean I'm gonna have to wear this girly-girl dress all night?! This totally sucks! *saw Severus looking rather perplexed n came up to him, placing his hand on his arm* S...Severus, u alright?
"Fine, Harry." He tried to give the boy a reasuring smile. "Just tried from the mess we are in." He finaly got his mask back into place. "Lets go back out. We might as well unless we are going to wear the curtins instead."
Harry: *he knew Sev was faking the smile, bt he decided not to push his luck as he nodded* Alright. Let's go n get this ovr with *walks out together with Sev to meet their grooms who were chatting while waiting for them*
Cedric turned to see them coming. "They have not changed, I wonder what is wrong." Cedric was too much of a worry wart.
Sirius: Maybe they like their dresses too much *waits until they approached* Wht happened? I thought u guys wanted to change?
Harry: Our clothes r not there. They've got shipped off to our honeymoon suite. We're stuck with this till then. Ugh~! This dress is so embarassing. Did u SEE the way Malfoy n Ron looked at me?!
"I was not looking at anyone but you." Cedric took his hand. "I like it. It really suits you."
Severus kept walking, by passing Sirius and the rest in favor of talking to Lily and if possiable sitting Lily.
Harry: *looks away* Ur just saying to make me feel better
Sirius: *watches Sev leave n followed behind him* Oi, Snape. Ur not gonna avoid me all day, r u? We're expected to be together at the reception
"I am going to try." Severus said. "I don't want to be ten feet near you." He stop aned faced him. "We maybe married but we are not the happy couple. They are." Severus pointed to the other two. "We hate each other."
Cedric pulled him close. "No, I am not. I am hufflepuff. I never lie." He leaned in to his kiss him. "If we could I would drag you have to some corner and snog you all night long."
Harry: *blushed reli hard* I'd probably prefer something...more than snogging...
Sirius: They've nvr been enemies, I'll give 'em tht, bt Diggory is probably a bi. No surprise there. Bt we could at least be civil. I mean, at least I hadnt tried doing anything stupid today
"I am being civil. I came to this damn wedding and married you and now we have to spend the night in the same place. Not my idea of a wedding night with you." Severus crossed his arms.
"Well..I..." He coughed to hide his embarrassment. "I thought....maybe...that is if you want to."
Sirius: I'm not exactly happy either, bt tht's how it is, isn't it? The least u could do is go along with it. It's not tht I'm gonna have sex with u anyway. I'll be perfectly fine sleeping on the floor, like I always did in Azkaban, if tht's wht u want
Harry: Well...I'm not saying I'm someone who follows the rituals of marriage bt...this is something I'm...not adverse to...
Cedric gulped and felt himself hardening. "I would very much like to...do it with you." he said. "How ever you want."
"And try to make me feel guilty. Hell, no. You can sleep on the bed and I will sleep on the floor, far away from you." He sighed and felt his mask slipping before he got it back into place. "Just take my arm and lead me in." he held it out.
Harry: *grins with a tint of pink on his face* Well, first, ur gonna have to lead the bride to the reception *held out his hand for Ced to hold*
Sirius: *sighs* We'll figure tht out once we're there. Alright, c'mon *took Sev's arm n led him into the reception where everyone was wining n dining*
Cedric blushed again and nodded takeing his hand. He followed Sirius and Severus. As they come in there was clapping and cheering. Cedric smiled brightly. Whereas Severus had his mask on place and hoped no one would ask him if he was happy. But he was good at lying.
*by far, out of the crowd, Lily was the only one who could see tht Sev had his mask on, bt at least he was being civil n not blowing his gourd, n at least Siri wasn't up to his usual tricks again*
Cedric lead Harry to a long table at the head of the room where there was four seats. A server helped them into there seats, making sure Severus and Harry were the two in the middle.
Harry: *sat on his designated spot beside Cedric, looking away with an awkward face wen he caught sight of Draco grinning jeeringly at him*
Sirius: *followed behind and sat at his designated spot, Severus being btwn him n Harry while grinning awkwardly at a colleague*
Severus looked out to see Star sitting next to Cassi. Who had just told him two days prire that she was getting married sooner due to the fact that she was pregnant. He looked over at Sergeo. The man was very good looking, nothing like Severus looked.
Sirius: *noticed Sev looking at Sinistra n Star's direction n had a look at Sergeo Star was talking abt, then whispered quietly* Hey, Snape...D...Dont beat urself up abt it
"Cassi deserves to be happy with a man that loves here." He said. "I could never give her what she wanted." he held his head up. "Don't worry about me, Black. I would ruin your reputation."
Sirius: My reputation? *smiled sadly* Wht reputation? Total rebel n casanova who couldnt evn straighten out his life? Pls. Not exactly the best reputation.
"Better than a geasy old bat that stays in his cave." He picked up the champagane that as sat in front of him and drank half.
Sirius: *chuckles n sipped his drink* Fair enough. I just hope there would be no "bloodshed" wen I offer to adopt Star. Star maybe OK with it bt I cant say the same for Cassi
"Oh there will be, Black. Trust me on that. Neither of us give her up with out a fight." Severus drank a bit more and felt tingely but he just thought it was the bubbles from the drink.
Sirius: Well, I'd hate to see Star becomes collateral damage of ur war. She has the right to choose as well *feeling pins n needles in his guts bt dismissed it*
"I do to. But she would never forgive me if I just let her go and join custody about be ideal but shipping her back and forth form Russia and I want to go to Howarts not some Russian school. She doesn't even know Russian."
Sirius: Trust me. I've been to Russia. Not a bloody easy language to learn. Dont speak it right, u'll offend everybody. If I had a kid, I'd like them to go to Hogwarts too where I can be close to
"Exactly. And I have met those daughters of his. I don't like them. They remind me of Narcissa when she was their ages. Like they know everything there is to know. Star is still a tom boy and they are teasing her about wearing pants to my wedding. Althought I admit I would have loved to see her in a dress. It is ultamatly her choice." The liquor was lostening his tongue.
Sirius: *surprised to see Sev so articulate wen booze was involved, bt not tht he complained, since he got to at least knw a different side of him* Yeah well, the freedom to make our own choices nowadays is so hard to come by, especially in our predicament now. Bt u wanna knw something? Honestly?
Severus turned to him as his drink was refilled. "What?"
Sirius: I have no regrets making this decision to adopt Star neither do I regret abiding to this prophecy *turns to Sev with a serious face* And I no longer regret marrying u
Severus gulped. "To be honest, Black. I can't say they same." He said his drink down to be refreshed. "I am still trying to trust you and maybe one day I will trust you enought to tell you why, but not now. I just know that I have knots in my stomach about tonight."
Sirius: Hmm? Why would u have knots? I thought we agreed with the no sex clause. So there's no need to worry tht I will jump u, since I have no desire of it
"I know." He took a breath. "I still worry." He took his second drink and downed it in one gulp.
Cedric took Harry's hand. "What have I told you about looking at Malfoy?"
Harry: *looks dwn* S...Sorry, Ced. I just...feel so stupid...We were life-long enemies who had a drunken one-night stand. Letting him see me like this is like...total defeat on my part...
"I don't care. You are my 'wife' now. I might get jealous if you look at him more." Cedric smiled.
Harry: *grins at Cedric* Didn't take u for the jealous type there, Ced. I hope ur not planning on putting a 10 foot leash on me
"No." He shook his head. "I just don't want tha prick to ruin the best day of our life."
Harry: *giggle* Ur confident tht this will be the best day of our lives? *took his drink n sipped at it*
"I am sure. Unless it be the birth of our child. But for now this is the best day." He took his drink and sipped it.
Harry: Eh heh, I wouldnt be thinking of kids right now *felt a chill dwn his spine wen he drank some more* I mean, horror stories told by Fred n George abt their mother's pregnancy was enough to scare a Dementor away
"I meant when the day comes, Harry." Cedric pointed out. "I would not mind trying...for the baby."
Harry: *blushed* Well...I guess if it's u, then...I'm not against it. Though ur gonna have to bear with all the symptoms of pregnancy, especially mood swings. I gotta warn u, I'm not pretty wen I'm pissed
"We will plan it around my away games. How about that?" he sipped more.
Harry: *smiled* Yeah, I'd like tht very much. Means u'll have more time to be with me
Cedric wanted to lean down and kiss him, but he gave it up in favor of sipping his still half full drink.
Harry: *finished his drink n was getting seconds, bt he had tht disconcerted feeling tht something was slightly amiss going on inside him*
Albus: *glanced at the brides n grooms sipping their drink n had a knwing twinkle in his eye*
Harry: *had excused himself to go chat with his classmates at another table*
Sirius: *downed his drink as well, asking for a refill*
Soon the dinner was served and everyone was asked to be seated.
Harry: *returned to sit beside Ced again*
Severus lightly picked at his food, not really eating, but looking like he did.
Cedric starting eating.\
Harry: *ate his food n saw Severus doing wht he always do when he's not in a mood, n he quietly reached under the table n patted his knee reassuringly*
Sirius: *wasnt reli into eating as well, bt managed to stomach a little bit of everything, trying to distract himself by talking to his friends tht sat near him*
Severus looked at Harry and reached under to pat his hand. 'I'm fine' he mouthed. He turned back to his food and tried eating it as best he could.
Cedric really didn't notice. He was too happy with his life now to be pulled down.
Harry: *was sipping his drink as he caught sight of Cho Chang looking at him venomously frm a few tables away designated for Ravenclaws n swallowed nervously*
Cedric saw where Harry was looking. "I didn't want her to come but they insisted on it." He said.
Harry: Who...Who did...? *shrank as Cho gave him one last angry look before turning away*
"My parents. They thought it would be a nice gesture to let her come. But the didn't see what I saw." He sighed.
Harry: They do knw tht inviting her is just rubbing salt on wounds now, dont they? Now I feel evn bad tht I agreed to this
"Please don't." he took Harry's hand. "Don't feel bad at all. I would rather be marring you then her." He turned Harry's head to his face him.
Harry: *blushes* W...Why r u so nice to me...? This...is a platonic marriage anyways. I...I thought u loved her... *looks dwn*
"I thought we said it might not be platonic." He let his hand go. "I still like her but I got to see the real side of her more than I have wanted to. I don't know. We just don't fit anymore."
Harry: I...I'm sorry...I didnt mean... *looks dwn* Mione's right. I nvr knw when to shut up...
Severus pushed his plate aside. He was ready to go.
Albus: *sees this n quickly stood* Ah, it seems it is almost time for our newly weds to be enjoying their first night as husbands n wives *accio-ed some new refilled glasses for the couples* Let us propose a toast to their new lives ahead of them!
*everyone shouted "Hear! Hear!" n toasted to them*
Severus took a few drinks from it before sitting it down.
Cedric tosted with the best of them and downed the whole drink.
Sirius: *followed Ced as well, downing the whole thing just to get it ovr with*
Harry: *down abt half of his drink, smiling at Ron n Hermione, his two best friends in the whole world*
Albus took the newly weds to a floo network. "Sirius and Severus your place is Cornwall and Harry and Cedric yours is Denver. Once you are in there the floo and doors will be locked for a full day to give you all the privocy you need. I wish you all a happy and merry wedding night."
Sirius: *rolled his eyes n held out his hand to Sev, jerking his head to gesture him to come with him*
Harry: *looked dwn n held onto Ced's edge of the sleeve, still feeling a little embarassed abt wht he said to him before*
Severus followed him, flooing to there room.
Cedric took Harry hand and pulled him into the floo. Saying the name, they were off.
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