A Second Chance
Chapter 1-I Don't Hate You…
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"Okay, Professor Snape," She all but spat the word,"I'm here for my detention." Severus Snape looked up at the young Harriet Potter. She was the spitting image of her red-haired mother, Lily Evans, with only one difference. She had precisely her father's blue eyes. He sighed. Those eyes…he had grown to hate James, who had stolen Lily-his Lily-from him, but now their orphaned daughter was there to mock him. Why did she have to look so much like Lily? What was worse, they hated him. Lily and Harriet. Lily hated him ever since he used that one unforgiveable word, mudblood, and Harriet had hated him pretty much since first sight.
"Ah, yes, miss Potter. You will be serving your detention organizing the supplies cupboard, in alphabetical order." He absolutely loved the glare in her eyes as she answered, "Yes sir," If he tried hard enough, he could almost replace those blue with green in his mind, and he had 15-year-old Lily with him again. "I just have one question for you, L-I mean, Harriet. Why do you hate me so much?"He had asked without thinking, without being able to stop himself. He realized too late how desperate he must have sounded. She gave him a suspicious look, before realizing it wasn't a trick question, she answered softly,
"I don't hate you. It's just kind of hard to like you when you hate me." Blushing, she turned away. She was just as shy as her mother, as well. She could be as arrogant as James when she wanted to be, but when you caught her off guard, Lily shone through. Every aspect was the same between the two. He was sure, if he had known Lily at all; they must have the same beautiful voice, but was too shy to show it off. He stared at her in disbelief. How could she think that? All those times he had put her on the spot in class were just to try to get Lily to show. She had always been good at potions. He continued to stare at her, speechless, for the 2 hours that followed.
Okay. I know this is short. The chapters will get longer. Basically, it's a what if fanfic…what if Harry was a Harriet? What if Snape saw Lily in her? And what if very slowly, they started falling for each other? Would they fall out, or find true love? I realize that Snape sounds love sick, and that's because he is. He's not quite over Lily yet. What if he gets a second chance with her?
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