Sorry for the late posting-something went wrong and it didn't send the first time around to get beta'd.
Thanks to my awesome beta Shona L. McEvoy!
And without further ado...Chapter Two! (Rhyme! *giggle*)
King's Cross:
Severus wandered the streets after he escaped the hospital. He picked up some clothes from Spinner's End and Summoned most of his old belongings. He checked a newspaper for the date, covering his shock quickly. He had to find his way back into the Wizarding world!
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Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione left King's Cross with Lily, who was too young to go to Hogwarts this year, and headed out for lunch. The Golden Trio had moved on with their lives, and merely enjoyed the sunshine as they discussed the holidays. It was the Weasley's turn to host Christmas at the Burrow, which would inevitably prove a good Christmas.
"We should do New Year's, then." Ginny decided.
"Awww, cmon-" Harry started.
"Uh-uh! They're doing Christmas, we do New Year's!" Ginny scolded.
Harry sighed and acquiesced.
Severus stopped dead. Was that the Golden Trio? And Weasley's younger sister-Ginevra? Who was the young girl? They were all grown up...although Ronald still seemed very immature. Perhaps it was just his nature.
Harry's head turned, and he froze. The others stopped and stared at him. Hermione looked past him, and saw Snape.
"Oh..." she whispered.
Harry ran across the street and threw his arms around his old professor. Severus was stunned. Could his memories prompt such a dramatic response?
As the others crowded around, he figured yes, they could. The family dragged him into the nearest restaurant, insisting he eat something, they had the bill covered, and filling him in on everything that had happened. He was shocked.
"A lot can happen in nineteen years..." he murmured.
"A lots changed, but a lot stayed the same, as well." Harry said bracingly.
"The only thing you can do now is jump right back in. Things will be kind of scrambled at first, but they'll settle down." Ron encouraged, with his mouth full. Hermione raised her eyebrows at him, and he swallowed, quickly focusing all his attention on his plate until it was clean.
"Do you have somewhere to stay?" Ginny asked.
"Not really." Severus admitted. "Realty sold my house in Spinner's End."
"Mum, Mum, can't he come stay with us? Pleeeaaaseee?" Lily begged.
"If he does, you have to behave and not bother him like you do to us." Ginny warned her daughter.
"I promise!" Lily turned on Severus. "Pleeeeeaaaaaseee?"
"Lily! That counts!" her mother scolded.
"It is quite alright. I would like to visit Hogwarts and see if perhaps they have a need of a Potions professor. After a year, I should be able to get a small place of my own." Severus said quickly. Lily looked heartbroken. She took after her grandmother.