Do Over Chapter 2

Two months after Lily and Severus had their meeting in the park a man in brown trousers, a gray button up shirt, and a purple raincoat rang the doorbell of Lily Evans's house. Lily's father answered the door. He gave the man a strange look upon seeing his attire. The man smiled at him and held out his hand. "Hello, you must be Mr. Evans. I'm Morris Cobblestones, I work for the Muggle Relations department of the Ministry of Magic. I'm here to talk about Lily's education. I assume you got the letter?" Morris inquired at seeing Mr. Evan's expression.

"Yes, yes we received the letter." He replied. He was smiling now. He and his wife had been so proud when they got the letter, but it had occurred to him that it might have been some cruel joke. Morris was living proof that it was not, and he couldn't have been happier.

"May I come in?" Morris asked after sometime.

"Oh yes, of course!" Mr. Evans opened the door further and motioned to the couch as he yelled for his wife. He noticed his oldest daughter, Petunia, watching him from the stairs. "Petunia, could you get your sister for me?"
He asked.

"Sure dad." Petunia said. She gave Morris a very dirty look as if to say that he had no business being at their house. Morris merely smiled nervously at her. She frowned at him and marched up the stairs to fetch Lily. Mrs. Evans came out of the kitchen and greeted Morris and listened intently to him as he gave her the same speech he had just given her husband.

In Lily and Petunia's room

"Lily, there's some man out there to see you and mom and dad. He's wearing the most ridiculous outfit!" She added.

"Someone to see…me?" Lily asked. She was confused. No one ever came to see her. Then, an expression of delight came over her features. "Must be from Hogwarts!" She thought excitedly. As if she had read Lily's mind, Petunia said,

"I'm sure he's from that school. People there sure do dress rather oddly. Her expression was a casual one, but Lily detected a hint of jealousy in her voice. She was slightly angry at Petunia for going through her things and reading her letter from Hogwarts, but mostly she felt bad for her sister. She pushed all these feelings aside as she got up.

"I better not keep him waiting, then." Petunia said nothing, and did not return Lily's gaze. Lily walked out of the room and shut the door quietly behind her. When she got downstairs she had to try very hard not to laugh. The man was dressed strangely. She sat down in an armchair next to the ones her parents were sitting in. Morris smiled at her as he introduced himself.

"Now Lily, I'm sure you've read your letter and I'm sure you are both excited, and nervous, am I right?"

"Yes." Lily answered. She could hardly believe this was real. She waited to hear Morris say he was sorry but the whole thing had been a mistake, but his response was quite different.

"Well I can assure you, you have nothing to be afraid of. But before I answer your questions, I need to address your school supply list. As I'm sure you noticed, you can't get those items in any muggle, er non magical person, store. I will return on August twenty-first to take you to get your supplies. Your parents will come with of course.

"But I told Severus I'd go with him!" Lily blurted out.

"Severus? Oh, you mean the Snape boy who lives down on Spinner's end? Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have him come with too. You'll have to ask his mother if she would mind, but I'm sure it can be arranged. He said quickly. His blue eyes seemed to smile at her as Lily expression went from one of doubt to one of pure joy.

"Why Lily, you didn't tell us your little firend was going to Hogwarts too! I'm so happy that you've met someone!" Lily's mother said smiling happily She was grateful that her daughter had met someone who could help her out, though she was not particularly fond of Severus.

"So, do you have any questions?" Morris asked. Lily could think of hundreds of things she was just bursting to ask him, but she held her tongue.

"Will she be able to contact us?" Lily's father asked.

"Oh yes. The school has owls she can use to send letters." Mr. and Mrs. Evan's looked astonished at the idea of owl mail.

"Will she be home for the holidays?" Lily's mother asked.

"If she chooses to come home she may." Morris said knowing full well that she would probably want to go home.

"Will Petunia be able to come too?" Lily asked hopefully. Her parents glanced nervously at their daughter and then at Morris, who frowned.

"I'm sorry, Lily, but your sister has no magical abilities. She will not be able to attend Hogwarts."

"Oh." Was all Lily had to say.

"Well, if that's it then I will see you all again on August twenty-first. There was a crack and Morris was gone.

"That was certainly interesting. I should go finish making supper." Lily's mother said. "Oh!" She exclaimed as she walked through the dining room. Lily and her father rushed into the room, to see that dinner had already been made and put onto plates.

"I bet Morris did it!" Lily exclaimed excitedly. Her parents stood in the doorway and stared at the food in awe and disbelief.

"Well, you better go tell your sister that dinner is done, then." Lily's father said finally. Lily found Petunia sitting on the stairs, crying.

"'Tuney, what's wrong?" Lily asked in a worried tone.

"Nothing, just allergies is all." Petunia said wiping her eyes. Lily did not bother to point out that her sister was sitting at the middle of the stairs, or that she had been giving Lily a very hateful look the entire time.

"Well, you better come on then, dinner is ready." Lily said after a moment. Petunia got up and dried her eyes, and then the two of them walked to the dining room and had a very nice dinner with their parents.