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Chapter Four
Good Bye
LPOV
Over the next couple of days Sam and I spent every waking minute together, cherishing what little time we had left. Oh, I don't want to leave him. I wish he could come with me, but then I quickly remind myself, you're a witch Lily, he's a muggle. You go to a magic school, and it's not like he can just transfer in. I know I'm going to have to tell him, eventually, just not yet. Maybe over Christmas, or next summer, or never. No, I don't want to hide who I am. He'll either accept me or he won't, but he loves me, and I love him, of course he'll accept me, right?
It was the morning of September first, nine o'clock to be exact and I was being held tight in his arms. He did not want to let me go, and I didn't want to let him go either.
"Oh Sam, I don't want to leave you." I tightened my arms around him nuzzling my head into his chest.
"I don't either, but it's only temporary." He tried to reassure me, kissing me on top the head.
"You'll write me, right?"
"Every week." He said, his lips gently brushing mine.
"Remember you have to-"
"Send it to your home address and your mum will forward it, I remember."
"Sorry, it's just easier that way."
"It's okay, I don't mind." Sam's bright blue eyes gazed lovingly into mine, but then his look of love, suddenly had a hint of lust. This was confirmed when crashed his mouth to mine, and before long we were in the middle of a rather passionate snog on the sitting room sofa. His right knee was positioned between my legs, pushing against my left thigh as he motioned himself over my body. My hands ran up and down his chest as our tongues collided in each other's mouths. I moved my hands from his chest around his back pulling him tighter to me. Merlin I wanted more! I arched my back so our body became even tighter against each other. "Oh god I love you." He moaned as he trailed wet kisses down my neck.
"I love you too, Sam." His lips again moved swiftly over mine, parting my own he slipped his tongue in and-
'That's enough!' I gasped as I felt my cheeks burned red and we pulled apart. My mother narrowed her eyes and gave us a disapproving glare. "I know you to love each other, but please!"
"I apologize, Mrs. Evans." Sam said suddenly as he struggled to regain some semblance of composure.
My mum shook her head, clearly uncomfortable with finding us in such a compromising situation. "Lily, you're going to miss your train if we don't get going soon."
"Okay." I sighed, taking Sam's hand and reluctantly walking him to my front door.
"Think of me every day, okay." He whispered, pulling me to a hug.
"I don't think that will be a problem." I gave a small laugh as I tried to ignore the horrible feeling in my chest as he gently pulled away from me.
"I love you." He said as he kissed me the top of my nose.
"I love you too." I replied, hoping that I didn't sound as broken as I felt. Before he left, Sam kissed me one last time, his hands stroking my face so tenderly until—inevitably—unavoidably—and much too soon—he pulled away and left. I didn't even make it to my room before I started crying.
SPOV
I think that was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Oh, Merlin, this is going to be torture. I ambled back to my own house, and quickly finished packing my things.
"You ready?" It was my father. He had offered to take me to the station, rather than making me take a taxi like I had been for the past few years.
"I guess." I said, shrugging my shoulders and banging my trunk shut.
"Usually you're excited to be going back."
"That was before Lily."
My father gave a snorted laugh. "You are defiantly in love, that's for sure. Come on, I'll let you drive."
"All right. Oh, um, I don't want the Mustang to just sit, so if you could take it out everyone in a while. You know, let it get some air or something."
"Oh, I think I can handle that." He tried not to show his excitement, he failed.
"The keys are on my dresser. Please remember to put in back in the garage every night. Oh, and no using it to pick up girls."
"Very funny, son. Now, come on, we don't want you to be late."
The drive, though it took an hour and a half, seemed to go by fast enough. Unfortunately, I was forced to listen to country music the entire time, at my father's insistence. After what seemed like an eternity of men and woman moaning about their lost love and crying their hearts out into shots of bourbon, we finally arrived at the station. After unloading my things, and getting them onto a cart, I was caught completely off guard when my father…hugged me.
I stiffened up for a moment, too shocked to move, and then asked him if he was ill.
"No," he laughed. "I know we have never had a close relationship, Severus, but these past few months," His eyes drifted down while his hand scratched the back of his head. "Well, I think we have actually started to, I don't know, bond I guess." He finished with an almost disbelieving smile on his face while I tried to figure out how to respond.
"Yes, I suppose we have." I didn't know what else to say. These past few months had been a bit, dare I say it, decent actually. I wasn't really used to it.
"I do love you Severus. I know I don't tell you that often, but I do."
My father had just told me he loved me—in public—with witnesses. I think he is ill.
"Yah, well, I guess I love you too father." As odd as it was to hear myself say that, I did mean it. He was my father after all.
"Have a good term." He said, giving me a friendly pat on the back.
"I will, I'll um, see you at Christmas." My father nodded before turning back towards the trunk. I headed toward the platform.
I saw her, my Lily. She was saying good bye to her mum just a few feet away from platforms 9 and 10. I took a deep breath and walked right past her. I'm not Sam. I'm Severus. Lily isn't my girlfriend, she isn't even my friend anymore, and I just have to remember that.
LPOV
I saw Severus. He passed by me when I was saying good bye to my mum. I thought for a moment that he would say something to me or even look at me, but nothing. He just walked right past me like I was just any other girl. No, Lily, put him out of your mind. With a final wave to my mum, I boarded the train and headed to my usual compartment where I found my friends Mary and Alice. We greeted each other with hugs.
"So, how was your summer?" I asked as I sat down across from them.
"Mine was good." Alice grinned. "We went to China for a few weeks, it was amazing."
"Really, I wish I could travel the world like your family." Mary sighed.
"What did you did this summer?" I asked Mary. "Besides, dealing with your parents having kittens over your brother eloping."
We all laughed.
"That was about it. Though, Lindsey, my brother's wife, she's pretty nice. She works in the fashion industry in wizarding Spain, though she does a bit of work in the muggle fashion mag's too. She was even featured in Witch Weekly a few times."
"That's neat." Alice grinned.
"We all know you had a fantastic summer now, didn't you?" Mary said, grinning like a Cheshire cat. It was obvious she wanted me to spill the beans about Sam, and in all honesty, I was happy to do it.
"Yes, I did."
"What did you do?" Alice asked curiously. I had written her a couple times over the summer but never mentioned Sam.
"Um, well I started seeing this boy."
"Really?" Alice always perked up at the possibility of hearing boy gossip.
"Yes, some boy name Sam, who apparently has the most amazing eyes she has ever seen." Mary volunteered the information I had written her in the letters.
"Where did you meet him?" Alice asked.
"A park by my house. He found me crying over…well, he cheered me up, and we haven't spent a day apart since we met."
"How romantic." Alice cooed. "Do you have a picture?"
"Oh, yes, a few." I dug into my rucksack, pulling out not only the pictures we took at the beach, but a couple my mum had taken of us as well. There was one of him and I lounging on the porch swing in our back garden, and another one of us watching just watching TV Actually, he was watching the TV, I was watching him.
SPOV
As soon as I found an empty compartment, I closed the door and locked it behind me. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just needed to be alone. Yes, that is the way Severus Snape prefers to spend his time, devoted to study and research. I pulled out my Potions book and began to read through it. I think a good dose of quality studying in the library is just what I'll need this year. Yes, there's nothing quite like a room full of musty old tomes to pour over—just the thing I need to keep myself on the right track. I must put Lily from my mind, far from it. It should be simple, really. I will not think about her beautiful emerald green eyes, her flawless red lips, the way she twirls the ends of her hair with her finger when she's...damn it!
This wasn't going to work. Tossing the textbook aside, I pulled out a piece of muggle notebook paper and a pen, and began to compose a letter.
My dearest Lily,
It's been only hours since last in your presence, and I already feel lost without you. I can think of nothing but you. I do not know if I can bare three and a half months without you in my life, I may go mad. I love you Lily, I love you more than life itself, and the next time I hold you in my arms, I may not let you go.
Love forever,
Sam.
After writing the letter, I tried to distract myself by putting a few unnecessary last minute touches on my summer homework, and then grabbing a bite from the snack cart. The entire time, my mind was still wrapped around Lily. As the rolling countryside changed from sparse farmhouses to dense woods, I felt my eyelids begin to grow heavy. Perhaps, I thought as my mind began to drift, I'll dream of her.
A/N: Parting is such sweet sorrow. Anyway, don't worry they won't be apart forever.
