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Love and Darkness	By : SecretLover Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 969 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Two:

On the last day of Christmas holidays, Lily Evans found herself in the more magical part of London, in Miss Maeve�s Magical Mmms. It was a sweet shop, but it had the word �mmm� in place of �sweet shop� or �candy store� because Miss Maeve needed another �M� word for her business�s title. Lily wondered vaguely what she was doing there as she looked around, grabbing a bag of ordinary, Muggle Tootsie Rolls as she curled one strand of dark red hair around her finger. It was habit, of course, of five years to visit here with a certain friend on breaks and holidays.

Mudblood.

Lily flinched at the painful memory, her heart feeling as though it had been stabbed quite viciously as the word echoed in her mind. Nasty insult for a Muggle born. He had never had a problem with it before. Friends weren�t supposed to treat friends so cruelly, especially after�

No, better not to think about that.

He had been stressed, though. Dealing with OWLS preparations, worrying about his mother, and then to top it all off, having to look over his shoulder every five seconds to see if the Marauders were following him or not. Lily sighed, thinking also of the apologies that had followed, the persistent, sincere sounding apologies. Mary telling her that Snape was outside, wanting to talk to her. How hurt she had felt, how anger had been born of that pain.

Maybe she would forgive him when they returned to school. Maybe. He did truly seem sorry, and she did dreadfully miss his friendship.

She walked up to Miss Maeve and placed the bag onto the counter, pulling out a bag of Galleons, wondering vaguely why on earth she was purchasing these things. Then, she heard the familiar voice that still caused a jolt of pain in her chest from the remembrance from that day.

�Good afternoon, Miss Maeve!�

�Oh, Happy Birthday, Severus!� said Miss Maeve, waving to Snape as she took Lily�s Galleons.

Lily turned, taking in the image of her best friend. His hair was cut shorter and his T-shirt and jeans were far more normal casual dress than she remembered seeing him in (cleaner, newer, better), but he was still the same as she remembered him. The same pale face, the same black hair, same black eyes�Black eyes full of apprehension and sadness at the sight of her. She frowned at this and stepped forward, forcing a small smile to her lips.

�Yeah, Happy Birthday, Sev,� she said softly.

He nodded to her, also taking a step forward to where they were standing about three inches apart. He seemed taller and a little less thin, also. She wanted so badly to hug him, but she didn�t want to shock or embarrass him.

�Lily�I�� he began, seeming unsure of what it was he wanted to say. She shook her head and grabbed his hands.

�It�s okay, Sev, I forgive you,� Lily said. �I know I was�stubborn and angry and hurt�I was so hurt�Especially that you would say that after�after that had happened. You were my best friend. I understand that you were�Humiliated and hurt and stressed and�I should have understood then�You shouldn�t have taken it out on me, though, but I forgive you.�

Snape closed his eyes and sighed in relief before smiling happily. His smile caused Lily to smile, as he rarely smiled, and she gave up on not embarrassing him and threw herself into his arms.

�I missed you so much, Sev!� Lily said, grinning into his chest. He really was tall now.

�I missed you, too, Lily!� Snape whispered. �I have so much to tell you�But I have to get back to my mom and I only came in to get something��

Lily pressed the Tootsie Rolls into his hands, causing him to blush furiously as he accepted the gift, shoving them out of sight, into his jacket. She grinned at this and stepped back.

�Happy Birthday, Severus,� said Lily. �Don�t deny you�ve got a sweet tooth, I know you too well. That�s why you came in here, anyway. See you later, Miss Maeve!�

Miss Maeve waved to the two as they walked out together, Snape moving the Tootsie Rolls from the inside of his jacket to his jacket pocket. Lily noticed Eileen Snape up ahead, standing next to a familiar, blonde girl who was looking all around her, in awe of Wizarding London.

Lily looked from the girl to Snape who, once he spotted her, tried to hide a grin, the grin winning.

�Is that�That�s the new girl, Philomena Masterson, isn�t it?� asked Lily.

Snape nodded, turning pink at this.

�I didn�t know you were friends,� said Lily, then remembering that they hadn�t spoken since�since near the beginning of school.

�Yeah, well�� Snape cleared his throat and nodded to himself, stuffing his hands in his pockets. �Well, we�re dating.�

Lily slowed her pace, turning to grin at her friend, eyes wide. Philomena Masterson was a very wealthy, very popular girl who had transferred to Hogwarts at the beginning of the year from some Italian school. She was gorgeous, and it didn�t surprise Lily that Snape was dating someone so good looking, but the fact that he had the courage to talk to her was amazing! Lily doubted it was Philomena who started talking to Snape, mainly because he was so antisocial and hid himself well in crowds (except when it came to Potter, Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew).

�Congratulations, Sev, I�m happy for you! How did this start?� Lily asked.

�Severus!� exclaimed Philomena, spotting him and Lily. She waved and turned her bright, turquoise blue eyes on Lily, grinning wider. �Lily? Did you make up?�

�Yeah,� Lily replied, stopping when they came to stand in front of Eileen and Philomena. She watched in awe as Philomena snuggled close to Snape, holding her hand in his, taking note of the look of true happiness on her friend�s face.

She grinned at this fact.

�I�m glad,� Philomena said. �He missed you, Lily Evans.�

�I missed him, too,� Lily admitted. �And congratulations. You are dating a very wonderful man, you know.�

Snape blushed again.

�I know!� gushed Philomena, giving him a peck on the cheek.

Snape�s face became redder, causing Lily and Philomena to giggle. Eileen nervously checked her watch, a little habit of hers that Lily had always found odd.

�Come on, Severus, say good bye to the girls,� said Eileen. �Tobias will be home soon and I don�t want him finding out I brought you here to spend time with Philomena.�

Frowning, Snape nodded grimly and hugged Philomena, kissing her on the lips, then hugged Lily briefly before taking hold of his mother�s hand as they Apparated away.

The girls shook their heads in union, then turning to each other.

�It�s still early,� said Philomena. �Want to look around with me? I don�t like shopping by myself.�

�Sure,� replied Lily, happy for a chance to get to know her best friend�s girlfriend better.

TBC

I know that the whole �Mudblood� think happened during OWLS, but I wanted to keep Snapey�s birthday the same and since my story�s going to later become AU anyway, I might as well start changing things, anyway, to fit my own little needs, so I did. Lol! Anyway, reviews are welcome!
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