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Chapter 6

"One day before the V-Day"

Every day that passed away Severus Snape was getting anxious more and more. It had been almost a year. Almost a year since the day his life began again.

He could not remember much from his final- as he thought then- hours. He recalled that he felt relived because his mission was accomplished. He had protected Lily's son, he have given him all the information that he would need to defeat the Dark Lord, he gave him all the information that Harry Potter needed to know.

Severus could die happy knowing that he had protected Lily's son all these years and now on his final hour hoped that the boy could win giving to the magical community a new future. Now he could see Lily again, but on the same time he felt pain neither because he felt that the Death was close nor because the poison was burning his veins but because of Iris.

Iris was to him an oasis in the desert. She was the only person in the world who could understand him. Severus had met Iris when she was only a mare teenager but from the very beginning he could see that Iris was n extraordinary young lady. She was smart and wit but not at all egoist although she had such a great ancestry. Iris was a dative person and had only love for the others.

Severus saw himself in a way in Iris. Iris had not family at all, they both shared the same passion about knowledge, they both wanted to learn new things. Severus saw how incredibly gifted Iris was, not many wizards and witches at the age of 13 are able to cast the spells she knew then. Not many thirteen years old can brew an excellent draught of Living Death.

Their bond became deeper and deeper throughout the years and Severus could not imagine loosing her. That was his pain in his final hour. Severus needed her in his life, she had became his life the years that had passed.

He had talked to her about his school years and his dreadful childhood and then one day Iris asked him something truly unexpected. Iris had asked him about the woman he was in love with. She asked how he felt when he saw her married to another man when she brought in life the son of somebody else.

That day Severus Snape had left speechless.

No word came from his mouth for quite some time and then Severus Snape gave to Iris the most honest answer he had ever given to his entire life;

" In pain and guilty" was his answer to her question.

After that they came closer. Severus understood that Iris had realized the true nature of his feeling for Lily from the way he spoke about her to Iris and Iris did not judged him for his attitude on the contrary she felt compassion for him.

The years passed by and became one to each other the closest thing that they could name family and in his final hour Severus felt pain because he believed that his death would destroy her. She was so gracious to him that forgave him and now his was going to die and leave her alone in this world.

His death would be his redemption but on the same time it would be her death.

Severus remembered clearly how he was waiting for the Death to come for him, when miraculously he was found by Harry Potter. The only thing he managed to ask Harry Potter was if Iris was alive and how she was.

He remembered Harry telling him that Iris is alive and then nothing more. He had no memory from the rest, only a feeling of never-ending love and prayers for him.

Now Severus was back in Hogwarts and the only thing he wanted in the world was to see Iris again. Iris was special to him, she was more that a friend, more than family. Iris had brought hope in his life again. He wanted her in his life and Severus could do anything to achieve that.

The last month was unbearable to him. He had to stay in Hogwarts anonymously until the end of this schooling year. Order from the Ministry of Magic. Severus had no clue about what was happening but the only thing that could give him the strength to endorse this situation was the only letter that he had received from Iris all these months, just a few weeks ago.

It was a long ten pages letter. A long letter to demonstrate him how mush she trusted him.

Severus could understand from her writing that inside her there was great emotional upheaval. He understood that Iris was trying to put some things, her thoughts and feeling obviously, in order.

That time Severus did not answer to her immediately. Iris's letter was shocking for him and now some days before the first anniversary of Hogwarts battle, Severus wanted her to be there in Hogwarts. He was the unbeatable desire to see her, to speak her about things or better feelings that he had never imagined that it could occurred.

Severus missed Iris so much. He missed her and he wanted her back.

Defiantly, Severus Snape was back and this time he would not make the same mistake.

Iris was sleeping in her warm king-size bed when she heard a noise in her window. She unwilling got up from the bed and went to the window only to find a letter left by an owl and the bird disappearing in the horizon.

She collected the letter and she quickly return to her warm and cozy bed.

Today she had the need to spend the whole day in bed. Iris needed to forget the pain she felt one year ago, the pain that still was hurting her. It was May the first. One day before the victory against the Dark Lord. One day before the greatest celebration of the magical community, one day before her dreadful thoughts come again.

In fact they had never left her alone the last year, there always were inside her mind and her heart. It had been a year full of nightmares and emotions. Nightmares…

It was the same one for her almost every single night; Severus Snape lying down pale, in a small lake made from blood coming from his arm and she could do nothing. She was screaming for help but nobody ever come.

Iris had uncountable sleepless nights. She was denying to brew a sleeping draught, because she knew that she had to face her feelings, to face her fears. Iris knew that she had to fight back her feelings for Severus. She could say that the last month it was clear to her that her interest in Oliver was growing stronger and stronger and that she had developed some feelings for him too but still insomnia was there to stay.

Always the same nightmare, the same fear, the same pain for the man she loved the most in the world; Severus Snape.

That was the reason that her heart trembled when Iris noticed Severus's handwriting on the envelop.

Iris opened it only to find a single page. She knew very well that Severus could say everything that the wanted in few words and always be on the point. She admired him for that; Severus could express his thoughts in few lines but on the same time he could be analytic too.

Iris read his letter several times then she reached the fifteenth time she stopped, she had already learned it by heart.

"I am worried about you all the time. I am worried about how you feel.

I know that one year ago my condition I was caused you incredible and unbearable pain and this letter is not enough to express how deeply sorry I am about that.

Iris I miss you, you cannot imagine how much I miss you…I miss us...

I wish that you could come to the celebration. I need you in my life Iris.

No I do not wish. I am asking you to come.

Iris, I love you, you know that you are more than a friend to me, you are my family.

I hope you are in good health. I hope I will see you soon.

Always yours Severus"

It was like an earthquake hit her when se read his letter for first time.

What she was going to say to this man? How she could explain to him that she could not be there with him for that day? The day that Severus new life will begin.

It was not easy for her to tell him a lie without making him suspicious over her absences, Severus after all knew her very well. He knew her hopes, her expectations, and her fears, as she did for him. The only thing that Severus Snape ignored was the true nature of Iris's love to him.

Iris could not find a way to tell him that tomorrow she would not be back in Hogwarts.

Iris believed that now she had stared develop feelings for Oliver and she should not go back. She knew that very well but she was not sure if her story with Severus had ended or if she could star something new with Oliver.

Severus words echoing in her mind. He loved her and he wanted her back into his life…she waned him too, but how?

She could not answer that now. She needed more time and after all it had left only one month. When May passed she was free to exchange letters with Severus as many times as she wanted, so she took a piece of paper and stared writing a response to Severus letter.

Author's Note: Your reviews and comments will make me understand how you see Iris- Severus and that kind of triangle that is about to be create.

For the title I used the name(the V-Day ) for 8th of May because is the day that the WW II ended and every year it called the V-Day.

I will post the next chapter at the end of February because in a week I start the exams in university, so I will not have any material, unless my imagination decide unilaterally to start writing the next chapter…XD