Ch. 1 Snape&Lily

The Curious Case of that of Prof. Severus Snape in the incident involving Mrs. Lily Potter.

"It has come to the attention of many a follower of the papers that a Professor Severus Snape is now deceased, one of hundreds of victims viciously murdered by Mr. Tom Riddle, known previously as Voldemort. As it turns out, the murder which previously was seen as just another vicious attack was in fact the climax and dramatic ending to the never-ending attempt to save the infamous Mr. Harry Potter.

Mr. Potter, who declined an interview, wishes to express his deepest sympathies to the Snape family and has set up a fund for the memory of this heroic man whose life was cut short..."

several years earlier...

"Severus hurry up!" the redheaded girl said as she ran down the hill to their favorite spot underneath the trees.

"I'm coming!" Severus replied, lugging a rather heavy picnic basket. It was insanity, really, how much Lily insisted on bringing with them. I mean, it was just for an afternoon, wasn't it? Why did they need the entire basket? wouldn't a blanket and a book have been enough for a few hours?

"I'm here." he said, putting the basket down at their feet. "and I'm not taking one step further."

"Oh, Severus," Lily replied. "you mustn't be so serious." She spread the blanket under the tree and sat back, pulling out her absolute favorite book and proceeding to read casually, pushing her long hair back behind her ear. Severus sighed. It used to always be like this, just the two of them, before that boy came along. Now they rarely had moments like this, just them, just as it should be. He pulled out his book of potions and sat right next to Lily, just as they used to, leaning against the picnic basket and just reading for hours on end. Somedays they didn't talk for hours, but lately, she always had something to say about him. The mere thought of him made Severus' blood boil. How dare he? After everything they had, everything being perfect, how dare he ruin it. How dare he waltz in, glasses perched on his stuck in the air nose, his mussed up hair just crawling with whatever insects, and his friends, oh, his friends. Many a time had they managed to cook up enough mischief to set hell onto Severus. And Lily, what had they done to her? With him, nothing ever happened, but with them? She was just like them too.

Severus couldn't keep all emotion on the inside, not today, even with spending time with her, they still managed to infest his mind. He couldn't hide it, clutching the pages of his book so tightly, attempting to retain a straight, even face.

"Severus," Lily said. He immediately loosened his grip and changed his expression.

"Yes Lily?" he replied.

"You're doing it again." she said with a little giggle.

"Doing?" he asked her. "Doing what?"

"The face, you know, where you're always upset."

"What face?" Severus said, attempting to seem completely open and friendly.

Lily furrowed her eyebrows and made the deepest frown she could muster on her little round face. Severus laughed. "Oh, it's nothing" he replied.

"See?" Lily said. "You're always saying that lately. What with being really quiet and reading all those thick books really slow, and wearing that face. Careful, Sev, you might turn into a grumpy grouch."

"A grumpy grouch?" Snape asked her. "Why would I ever do that?"

Lily sat up. "Oh look! Here come the boys!" She giggled. "Do I look okay? Is my hair nice? Oh, I hope they don't mind that I brought books. You know how much they hate school outside of school. And my skirt, it's rumpled! Ah, no!"

Snape's face twisted into exactly the kind of frown Lily disliked, but he didn't care. Those boys always ruined everything, including Lily. Stupid Potter and his gang of hooligans.