A/N - Sorry it's been a while. I'm at Dad's, the file is at Mum's etc etc. BUT on the upside the final installment will be up tomorrow! (provided I don't forget, in which case it won't be up until I get back from holiday on Wednesday).
Snape
He didn't think it was possible to hate Sirius Black more than he already did. Unfortunately, Severus was wrong. What he'd felt before was mild dislike. Now it was a boiling, burning, hissing rage that seemed to engulf his entire being. He wanted to hurt Black, hurt him more than he had ever wanted to hurt anyone: Potter, Voldemort, his father. All were nothing compared with this.
Yet there was still room in Severus to feel surprise. He had to admit that when the Dark Lord triumphantly announced that they had a spy close to the Potters, Black hadn't even entered his mind. He loathed himself for it. After years of petty adolescent squabbling, despite their differences, Severus had still let himself trust Black. Though Black made it ever so clear he did not return the sentiment.
Severus could not help thinking how tragically ironic it was that Black had been the traitor all along. Even after they had left Hogwarts, Black found a way to take everything from him. If he couldn't have Lily, he would have her be happy. Black made sure that could never happen.
He glanced down at the paper before him, and a single line caught his attention,
Remus Lupin, a close friend of both Black and Pettigrew, is unavailable to give comment at this time.
Perhaps he was not the only one. Perhaps Lupin had lost everything, too. Perhaps he was the only other who understood.
Severus dismissed the thought almost as soon as it occurred.
A/N - I think you are all aware of my fondness for Reviews and the people who give them :)