Sorry It's so short, I promise the next one will be longer.. I also need a beta, so if you would like to.. Let me know.. Please review, I love them.. This chapter has themes of suicide, so be warned! Also, whenever I put in "St Mungo's" it seems to just come up as "'s" so if you see that, it's supposed to be St Mungo's.
Severus Snape was angry. After everything that had happened between Dumbledore and himself, the headmaster still hadn't visited him. He requested a meeting with the headmaster and presented himself outside Dumbledore's study at eight o'clock.
"You didn't visit me," Snape shot at Dumbledore.
"I'm sorry," said Dumbledore. "I've had things to do."
"I've never felt so alone," shouted Snape. "Hermione Granger has shown me more support over the past couple of days, she's a remarkable person. But you have shown me nothing. You didn't even ask how I was. You sent me to a hospital and then nothing."
Dumbledore could see that Snape was very angry. "Severus, you need to calm down."
"Don't tell me what I need," yelled Snape. "You don't know anything about what I need."
"Severus, I made a promise to you that I would keep Lily Potter safe. I thought, giving the nature of things, that I would be the last person you wanted to see. I can see I was wrong."
"Of course you were wrong!" bellowed Snape. "I needed you, Albus."
Snape stormed out of the study, and went back to his office. He didn't blame Dumbledore for Lily's death. It was not his fault. Snape knew the blame rested with him. He paced his study, his mind racing. He was the cause of her death. Therefore, he was a murderer. No sooner than he reached this conclusion, the solution formed in his mind. If he was a murderer, then he deserved to die.
Hermione stopped in her tracks. She had just seen Professor Snape storming down towards the dungeons looking agitated and upset. She immediatly ran to Dumbledore's study. "Professor," she said quickly. "I'm worried about Professor Snape. I think he shouldn't be alone, he's very upset."
"I agree," said Dumbledore quickly. "We must find him, we'll go to his office."
Together they walked quickly through the castle. They found the door to his office locked.
"Severus, are you in there?" called Dumbledore urgently.
There was silence. Dumbledore pointed his want at the door, which burst open. Hermione gasped. Snape was unconcious, blood pouring from both his wrists.
"Quick, run and get Madam Pomfrey," Dumbledore shouted.
Hermione returned in less than 2 minutes with the matron, who happened to be in the entrance hall. Snape was still breathing but he had lost a lot of blood. He was taken up to the hospital wing. Hermione followed. At the entrance to the hospital wing, Dumbledore stopped her.
"I suggest you go back to your dormitory now," said Dumbledore.
"No," said Hermione firmly. "I won't leave him now. He felt so alone in St Mungo's. I won't let him wake up alone."
"Very well," said Dumbledore looking surprised. "Wait here until Madam Pomfrey has finished working on him."
Hermione waited outside the hospital wing for half an hour before Madam Pomfrey said she could go in. Snape was still unconcious. She took a seat next to his bed and looked out at the darkening sky, thinking how bad he must have felt, to do something like this.
