November 15th
James and Sirius, freshly graduated from Hogwarts just 5 months prior, were surprised to find their school nemesis coming out of a flower shop, a bouquet of white roses in hand.
"Who would've thought the great snivellus would be found parading around a flower shop?" Sirius jabbed a snickering James in the side.
"Girlfriend Snape? Do I feel bad fo her!"
"Poor thing must've been bewitched!" Sirius exclaimed,"Tell us, what potion did you use?" Laughing to hard to stand, he hooked an arm around James shoulders to keep himself upright.
When James noticed Snapes hand digging around in his pocket, he immediately went for his wand. Grabbing hold of it, he was about to cast a hexing spell when Snapes hand appeared holding a small silver item.
Snape held a pocket watch in his hand. He checked the time and then returned it to his pocket. "If you will excuse me, I have matters to at-"
"Who are the flowers for Snape, hmmm? We're just so curious!" Sirius stepped in front of Snape, blocking his way.
Snape opened his mouth, but just at the moment a lady called out his name.
"Severus!" James and Sirius averted their eyes from Snape to witness a young woman hurriedly walking towards them. Snape turned around just in time to be forced into a bone-crushing hug. When she finally released him, he tried to catch his breath as she fixed her hair. Her gray eyes shined and glistened in contrast with her magnificently pale blonde-almost-white hair. Her pink lips drawn up at the edges to create a truly breathtaking smile that illuminated her face.
-is that?
"I have splendid news!" She exclaimed.
"I take it you got the ring."
"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's absolutely gorgeous, don't you think?" She held her hand up her hand up for everyone to see.
There embedded on her right ring finger was a dark green oval surrounded by miniature diamonds forming a line across the silver band.
"It's wonderful, Narcissa." Snape smiled. At this Narcissa was just glowing.
Sirius and James were so quiet that the two Slyther-exSlytherins seemed to forget that they were even there. James gaped at the two. Was he really hearing what he thought he was? Or was this just someone's thought of some sort of sick joke?
"I want the wedding to be in March!" That brought James back to the harsh sense of reality.
An indignant squawk reminded Narcissa and Severus that there were still two other people present. They both looked to Black and Potter.
"Oh, that's right." Snape took the silver watch out of his pocket and once again checked the time. Upon seeing the watch Narcissa darted her eyes to his other hand, confirming that he was, in fact, holding a bundle of white roses. Her delightful mood dimmed down, leaving her with a sad smile and an understanding look in her eyes.
James was quite confused with her reaction.
"We can talk about this another day, tell her I said hi, and I apologize that Lucious and I couldn't come." Snape was silent for a moment and then nodded. Then she left as swiftly as she came. With Narcissa gone Severus began to walk down the road.
"Soooo, was that what I think it was?" Sirius broke the silence. James swallowed before responding.
"Snape and Narcissa getting engaged?"
"No, I think meant Malfoy." James let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.
They were silent again.
"So… Snape is meeting with a girl. Do you wanna follow?" Sirius turned to ask James, but he was already running.