Forever Yours

Chapter 12: St. Augustine's

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the people or places that belong to the wonderful world of Harry Potter, as they belong to J.K. Rowling. The OCs (Katherine, Septimus, Helena, Christoph, Elisa, Henry, Nick, Justin, Kyle, Carlos, Mike, Nurse Canter, Headmaster Jeremy Mickels, Hunfrith, Olwen, Huffie, Sorsek, Bilik, Fossum, Lars, Sven, David Suttington, Darius Prescott, Gerard's, Grace and Zielinski's) are entirely my own.

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"Septimus!" Katherine yelled from the living room, early Monday morning. Her and Severus were getting ready to floo to St. Augustine's Hospital, that was located in the wizarding section of Northern Milwaukee.

"What?" the boy's voice echoed down the stairs from the upper level.

"We're getting ready to leave," Katherine said, as Septimus' footsteps were heard from the staircase. "You're welcomed to join us, you know, if you want to."

"Are you just going to the hospital, or are you going to do some shopping too?" Septimus asked, as he rounded the corner.

"Your mother's going to show me the Apothecary on Rynek Lane," Severus stated, as he came out of the bedroom. "I said that right, didn't I...Rynek?"

"Prefect," Katherine smirked, as she finished tying her shoe. "Leave it to the Polish wizards to come up with the simple name Rynek, which actually means market in English." She looked up at Septimus, only to find the boy gaping in his father's direction. Katherine turned her head towards Severus, and gaped as well.

The elder wizard was dressed like he was ready to walk straight back into the potions' classroom and begin to hiss out instructions once again. He was fully dressed in his black trousers, white dress shirt, the black frock that was button all the way up, and the billow black robe.

"What in Merlin's name are you wearing?" Septimus finally asked, as he eyed his father up and down. "You look like you just stepped out of the Victorian era or something."

"What are you talking about?" Severus frowned, looking down at himself.

"Do you normally dress like that?" Septimus frowned himself, as Katherine covered her mouth with her hand to stifle a laugh.

"Yes," Severus grumbled in response.

"People are going to stare you know," Septimus said, looking towards Katherine, whose shoulders were shaking slightly.

"What's wrong with the way I'm dressed?" Severus scowled.

"Love, to tell you the truth," Katherine said, composing herself. "American wizards don't normally dress like that. Plus it's going to be about seventy degrees outside."

"So how should I be dressing?" Severus sneered lightly.

"Well," Katherine said, rising from the chair. She was dressed in a black pencil skirt and a flowing blue blouse, one that wouldn't show the slight swell that was forming beneath. "For starters, you can drop the frock for today. I only wear mine to brew around here, or when I'm attending Potion seminars."

"Fine," Severus pursed his lips. "Anything else?"

"The robes," Katherine said pointedly. "Only teachers and members of the Wizarding Legislator wear them. You can wear the lightweight cloak, though. Milwaukee tends to be a little bit on the chiller side, with being so close to a large body of water."

"Fine. Just give me a moment," Severus sighed, before disappearing back into the bedroom.

"People really would have been staring you know," Septimus said again, as he put on his navy blue cloak, which had the New Salem school logo and his Quidditch Varsity patch sown on it.