Welcome to My Life
Prologue: July 1979
Nineteen year old Severus Snape walked down a street on his way to his house on Spinner's End. He was walking back from a long day at the Malfoy's place. He had just discovered that his best friends were going to be married. He was happy for them, he really was, and he just wished that something like that could happen to him. Severus was just approaching his house when he saw a red-headed figure sitting on the river bank. "Lily?" he asked as the girl turned around.
"Oh, Severus, I was- uh, hoping you would come by here, seeing as you live by here and all," Lily said, embarrassed. She needn't be, thought Severus. It was him who should be embarrassed. He had called his best friend a mud blood four years ago and she hadn't talked to him since. This made him wonder why she was here, speaking to him now. Why wasn't she with her husband, Potter?
"Why are you here?" he asked with certain coldness in his voice that he immediately regretted.
She didn't reply but gave him a look that asked, 'I don't know, why don't you tell me.'
"Would you like to come over to my place?" he asked. He winced as he said it though; his mother was going to be furious. But despite that, he held out his hand and helped her up off of the ground.
"Sure." Lily gave Severus a weak smile and then the reunited friends walked off into the darkness of the night.
Chapter 1: July 1979
Severus and Lily walked through the front door of the Snape's household, and were immediately met with a loud shriek. "WHERE THE BLOODY HELL HAVE YOU BEEN BOY!" The shrieking was accompanied by loud footsteps walking down a flight of stairs.
Severus pushed Lily behind him and answered his mother, "At the Malfoy's."
"I KNOW THAT! DO YOU THINK I'M AN IDIOT?" his mother continued to shout, "I MEANT AFTER THAT!" There was a pause in which Severus tried to lie to his mother that he was there all along, and had not wandered off by himself to think, but his mother got to his mind before he could use occlumency. "DON'T YOU EVEN TRY TO LIE TO ME, BOY! I AM A STRONGER LEGILIMENS THAN YOU ARE AN OCCLUMENS, I CAN READ ALL YOUR THOUGHTS! YOU BROUGHT SOMEBODY HOME! WHERE IS SHE?" During that yelling, poor Lily had gone off to hide behind a couch.
"Why does it matter who I bring home, I'm of age, I don't have to listen to you!" Severus's remark earned him a good hard slap in the face.
"What did I tell you idiot child about bringing people into this house without permission?!" Her voice had lowered, but she still spoke with a dominating tone. She sneered, "Are you deaf, or just retarded? " She turned towards that direction of the one was full of false sweetness. "You can come out dear, I won't harm you." Lily crept out from behind the couch and Eileen spoke to her, "Would you like to introduce yourself, seeing as my son here is too retarded to do so?"
"Sorry ma'am." Lily managed to say, "My name is Lily…" Lily paused and looked at Severus; he gave her a look that said, 'please don't say Potter.' "Evans," Lily finished.
"Nice to meet you Lily," Eileen said. Severus looked at Lily in thanks. It was bad enough that his mother knew that he had been in a few fights with a boy names Potter, and his mother needn't know that this was his wife. "Severus, do go make yourself presentable, since we apparently have a dinner guest."
Severus walked up the stairs deliberately, and slammed his door. Why did his mother have to be, well, his mother? Then he realized that this was his chance, his opportunity to get away, while his mother was preoccupied. But then again, he couldn't leave Lily here to deal with his mother all alone. So, Severus changed and made his way back downstairs and Lily, Eileen, and Severus ate their dinner in silence. After dinner Eileen made Lily leave, and Severus was so angry at his mother. This was the first time in a long time that Lily would even speak to him. Why did his mother have to do this to him? For the Dark Lord's sake he was old enough to handle taking care of a guest, but she always had to be in control.
Severus stormed up to his room and locked the door. He then proceeded to blast his music up all the way, so that he could scream, and punch a near by wall. That was until his mother interrupted. "TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN!" Eileen shouted through the locked door. She unlocked it with her wand and opened it, but Severus was not there, he had disapparted.
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There was a loud pop in front of Lily at the end of the road as she was walking down Spinner's End, trying to take her time before she had to go home to James. She really had no desire to get there anytime soon. Married life isn't what she thought it would be, even after a year or so. She just needed someone to talk to, she had been hoping that Severus would escape his evil mother's clutches, and to her great surprise, here he was.
"Severus!" She ran over to him and gave him a hug. He looked down at her awkwardly and then patted her head. "I never knew," she sniffed, "I mean—I guess I always knew that they fought, and then when he left, but Sev—oh Severus—"
"Don't." Severus said, and Lily pulled out of the hug.
"But, Sev," Lily protested, "I understand."
Severus looked into her piercing emerald green eyes, "Do you?"
"Yes, Sev."
"No, Lily, I don't think you do." She couldn't understand what he was going through, he knew she couldn't. Her parents had always been so kind to her, not ever fighting, or beating their child.
Severus walked away from a stunned Lily and headed back home. He was only going back to collect his belongings, and then he would be done with his mother, for good. He didn't know where he would go. Severus looked down at his Dark Mark, he would go to the Dark Lord, but first he had to apologize to Lily, for everything, the past and the future.
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his way back downstairs and Lily, Eileen, and Severus ate their dinner in silence. After dinner Eln;'t wandered off by himself t
"Hey Lils," James said giving Lily a kiss on the cheek. "Where've you been?"
Lily decided that she could be honest with James; after all he was a changed person. (Winkwink) "I was talking to—" Lily got cut off by somebody knocking on the door.
"I'll get it, "James said, handing her a nice hot cup of tea and leaving her sitting on the couch.
James opened the door and sneered, "Hello Snivillus," James taunted.
"Please, James, I'm willing to call a truce if you are willing." Severus protested.
"Okay. Sure, you can call a truce, but I'm not going to." James laughed, and then, being the bully eh was, pushed Severus down the cold hard stone steps, leaving him with a few cuts. James closed the door and walked back inside to Lily. "Who was that?" She asked.
"Nobody," James replied, "Probably some kids pranksters, or Sirius." James laughed at his own joke and Lily found herself laughing along, and after that night Lily forgot all about Severus Prince Snape, much to his dismay.
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Severus apparated to an old bridge where he used to sit to get away from the pain of everything. A few times before, he had considered jumping, but he could never do that. He could never kill himself while Lily was still alive, he loved her too much, and even if he had to watch from afar, his heart would always be hers.
A/N: Okay, quick authors note. PLEASE pay attention to the dates at the beginning of every chapter. And if anybody get's confused just ask and I will explain, I have a whole calendar set up. And this does contain Deathly Hallows spoilers, and I tried to keep everything I could canon. So, this was a little side project of mine off of Disinherited, and there are a total of four chapters, it's short, but it's also complete. I just have to type it all. Okay, so review!
