Forever Yours

Chapter 15: Birthday Kisses

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, Zielinski & Wakanda) are entirely my own.

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It was settled. After Christoph and Severus returned from Wakanda's that afternoon, the two wizards decided on confronting Katherine about her decision as soon as possible. Severus was furious at first; he was bound and determine to all but chew her up and spit her out.

Severus paced wildly across the living room, as he barked out possible dates that would work for the revising of the spell. Christoph sat in the chair with pen and paper in hand, writing as quickly as he could.

"Any dates in January?" Christoph asked. Severus' pacing faltered for a moment, but he resumed quickly.

"No," Severus stated, as a deeper scowl appeared on his face.

"Are you sure?" Christoph frowned. "Isn't your birthday in January?"

"Yes," Severus spat. "But that date does not hold meaning for both of us."

"Oh, I don't know about that Severus," Christoph said, as he leaned back in his chair. "Katherine celebrated your birthday every year. They would light a candle and say a blessing for you. They did this every year, and when Septimus went off to school...she was lost. She'd lock herself away here, alone."

"I didn't...I didn't know," Severus sighed, as he stopped his pacing. "Katherine was the only one who ever made anything out of that day. I've been a fool. I never remembered hers; I only would remember after Narcissa would send her something, and then it was usually too late."

"Look at it this way," Christoph said. "You have the rest of your life to make it up to her. Alright so, January's out. What about February?"

"No," Severus snarled. "And don't even bring up Valentine's Day. I almost lost her that day over a year and a half ago, so I rather not think about that day at all."

"Okay," Christoph muttered, as he scribbled on the paper. "March. Katherine's birthday, or..."

"The twenty-fourth," Severus murmured.

"The twenty-fourth?" Christoph frowned at first, but then his eyes went wide. "The date of your bonding."

"Yes," Severus sighed.

"That's about three months after the baby's born," Christoph stated.

"I know," Severus said, running a hand through his hair. "It will be three months too long as far as I'm concerned. But it's the closest date we have."

"Are we still going to talk to her about this today?" Christoph asked, as he threw down the paper and pen onto the coffee table.

"Yes," Severus snarled. "I want to find out why she did such an idiotic thing. She was far more important to the mission than I was. She knew more, heard more, saw more. Why would she do such a foolish thing as to risk her own life?" Both wizards dropped into silence, contemplating Katherine's choice.

"Love," Christoph stated finally.

"What?"

"Did you ever think it could be because she loves you?" Christoph asked curiously. "How many women out there would willingly split their soul to protect the man they claim to love? I think...that many would say they would, as where far fewer would actually do it.