Harry Potter or Harry Snape?
by Hsi Chan
Lily Potter gathered the small baby in her arms. It was impossible, it just couldn't happen! They had only done it once, but apparently once was enough. How could she have been so stupid to do that! It must've been the fact that her marriage was in trouble.It all started on a cold morning in fall.
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James Potter was reading the morning paper and a steaming cup of coffee sat on the table in front of him.His wife Lily was drying the dishes from breakfast and looking out the window above the sink.The garden outside was in a sorry display of brown bushes and dried up flowers. But with autumn on the way, what could you do.
Lily knew her husband of six months wanted to say something or otherwise he would be complaining how sorry the garden looked and how he should pull all the plants out and put in a porch. But Lily loved her garden and James subconsciously knew that and would never put in a porch. It was when he didn't complain about something that he wanted to talk. Finally without so much as a warning James said the five words that started their marriage on the road to hell.
"I'm going on a trip." he said as he put his paper down. Lily stopped drying turned around, James was looking at the coffee in his cup, although the coffee was barely lukewarm James took a sip. Clearing his throat he continued. "The Ministy is sending me to Edinburgh. For a month. The Dark activity in that area has gotten out of hand. The wizards are close to killing each other in the middle of Muggle streets." After taking another sip of cold coffee James looked up. Lily had turned around again but she wasn't drying dishes anymore.
"You'll have to stay with Sirius, or Remus." James said pushing his chair away and getting up. He went to put his arm on her's and before he touched it, Lily turned around and stalked past him. She walked out of the kitchen and proceeded to the end of the hallway and picked up the hamper filled with dirty clothes. Walking toward the laundry room she fumed at the man who had been her husband for six months, and her partner in Dark Activity Prevention for three years.
Getting down on her knees she took the clothes out of the dryer and put them in a clothes basket. She knew James behind her watching her put the clean clothes in a basket. Getting up she took the basket with her. "Hard to beleive that the Ministry would break a good team like ours." she said with a slight edge to her voice.
"Lily." James said reprovingly. "No of course they would break us up," Lily said flying full into a tiraid, "Now that we're married we just can't work together anymore. Apparently one of us can't defend ourselves!" Lily was folding clothes quickly, and they landed in neatly piled stacks without so much as a crinkle in them. "I mean, I am such a good house wife, Lord knows if I died you wouldn't have anyone to cook and clean for you!" By now she was so angry she didn't even realize that he wasn't there anymore.
"And also-" Lily turned and saw no one there. Quickly passing the kitchen and living room she headed for the bedroom. James was already packing and he was in the process of getting several pairs of robes in a suitcase.Spotting her in the corner of his eye he looked up at the storm cloud that was his wife's face. Her green eyes that had before today held affection for him, now were as hard as agates. Her small pink lips were pursed from having to hold in her angry words.
"You don't think I can take care of myself anymore, do you?" She said in a seemingly calm voice, "That's not what I said Lily-" he started to say, "You don't need to! I can read you like an open book James Potter!" Lily did I 180 and stomped into the bathroom and promptly shut the door.
After about ten minutes in the bathroom Lily heard the door open and shut, a few seconds later a large boom signalling the arrival of the Knight Bus was heard from the front lawn. Lily stood up and brushed off invisible crumbs from her apron.Opening the door she walked to the big Victorian window in the living room. She saw James's back as he got on the bus and the doors closed. Then a large bang announced the exit of the Knight Bus.
Lily drew in a ragged breathe and closed her eyes. She did some housework, not really accomplishing much, her mind wasn't on the task at hand. Finally, she lifted her chin and felt steel enter her spine.
"I'm going to the Three Broomsticks!" she declared.
AN: Sorry about this chapter being so short but the next one will be extra long... Next chapter will tell all you folks at home about who Lily meets at the Three Broomsticks, and here is a little secret- This is pure Severus/Lily. ^_^ But only if I get at least five reveiws. Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
