Snape watched as Lily Potter sat trembling in the arm chair of his house, the grey murky sky outside casting shadows inwards on them both. As Lily's face became damp with tears, Snape stood calm and poised starring blankly at Lily.

Even in this light, in this situation she looked beautiful. Even when her eyes where filled with tears and her hair knotted and messy, she still looked beautiful. But his thoughts where interrupted by what he was about to say next.

"I suppose you're telling me this, because it does not belong to…James?" His face was cold and his voice stern.

Lily nodded and began to weep even more. Her once strong and brave mask was cracking under the pressure of her mistake.

Snape sat down heavily beside her on the arm of the chair and awkwardly put his arms around her. She leant into him still sobbing. It was just like when they where back at school and James Potter had frustrated Lily into tears. She would come crying back him and every time his love and care for her grew stronger.

"Severus…it was a mistake. James and I had… been arguing. He left the house in a rage, Oh I can't remember what it was about, something silly"

She stopped and waited for his response while he nodded silently.

"Sirius came over and comforted me…because we where friends and that's what friends do"

Lily began sobbing again before continuing.

"He poured some drinks- told me that James would come home and then we could kiss and make up. That James was just on edge about the Dark Lord"

Again Snape nodded.

"After a while I was tipsy. And so was Sirius because we both must have had about a bottle, maybe half"

"I didn't now what I was doing until I did it Severus I swear to you. But I kissed him and I think he kissed me back but I can't remember."

As she broke down Severus stared at her stomach. It looked normal apart from a slight bump, which was placed where a baby should be.

"I couldn't remember anything after that. Apart from the morning because James hadn't come home and Sirius was still asleep next to me. We both had moved to the bedroom and it was clear what I had done. I woke him up and he told me that it was a mistake on both our parts. That I was to forget everything and I should enjoy my life with James"

"Severus I didn't think about the precautions. When I realised I was pregnant, I saw something. Something which made me make up my mind. I can't keep it- This baby needs to go. Its not it's time yet"

Snape stood from the arm and moved over to the window. He looked at Lily before speaking.

"What did you see? How can it not be time?"

Lily shook her head. Although she was upset, Snape could see it in her eyes. She was going to play that one close to her chest. Snape knelt down in front of Lily and took her face in his hands. Although his look was hard and cold, Lily could see past it into his eyes. He let the corners of his mouth twitch up. Reassurance for Lily.

"It won't be gone forever"

She rubbed her tummy and stared blankly into space.

"What are you planning to do with it?"

Lily Potter looked at Snape one last time. Her eyes now starring hard into him.

"I…"

The memory broke off and both Dumbledore and Snape where cast back away from the Pensieve.

Dumbledore placed a hard hand on Snape's shoulders.

"Severus, what was she going to do?"

Severus looked back at Dumbledore and shook his head.

"I never found out."