Authors Note: Thought that I'd mention the strange words, just like the previous chapter all new Chapter titles will be in Latin, I've come to really love the language so I'm considering learning it. Okay I hope you enjoy, here goes nothing.

"Doing what I'm doing, what does he mean?" asked Lily turning to the former Slytherin, her smile still on her face, but her brows were now furrowed.

"I have no idea, but I do know, that the plan worked," replied Severus smiling at the redhead knowing he'd be able to sleep tonight now that James Potter no longer had anything on either of his guests, as Lily placed Harry on the floor as he had been squirming in her arms.

"I can change my name back to Evans right?" asked Lily knowing very little about how family blood disownments worked as she saw Harry peer under the couch a small giggle escaped her mouth as he sneezed in response to the invasion of dust mites that he must have inhaled in.

"I'm not entirely sure how that works, we'll have to speak to Lucius in the morning, he's well versed on disownments," replied Severus as he struggled to hold a smile, he knew that it was unlikely she would be able to get her maiden name back, choosing not to tell her that until they were sure he chose to allow Lucius be the one to deliver the bad news.

"I couldn't have done this without your help either Sev," murmured Lily as she looked up at him, fidgeting with her fingers as she twirled a strand of hair around her left hand.

"It was nothing, honestly," replied Severus not liking the sudden attention he was being given, when he knew that the witch should hate him for what he had said to her previously.

"It wasn't nothing Sev, and I promise you me and Harry will get out of your hair as soon as possible, I can book a room at the Leaky Cauldron for tomorrow, so that you can go back to your solitude," replied Lily feeling slightly embarrassed at how she had completely barged into his life.

"No!" exclaimed Severus surprising even himself at his sudden outburst, Lily stepped back slightly and gave him a confused look.

"I mean no, you don't have to, and it's no problem Lily I enjoy your company and Harry hardly seems to be too much of a problem, nothing I can't handle anyway," replied Severus hoping that he could convince her to stay, at least for a little while longer.

"I don't want to be a burden Sev, and the Leaky Cauldron will hardly be a problem," replied Lily feeling slightly uncomfortable; she didn't want to owe more people any more than she already did.

"Lily you're divorce will be in the papers within a few days, and the Leaky Cauldron is not only very public, but quite expensive for any more than a few nights, and you don't have the Potter Vault anymore," replied Severus.

Lily gulped, and begun to panic. With her rush at ensuring both herself and Harry's safety she had not thought of the financial side of things. She had a 3 year old child and no money to raise him with, James had took it all, they'd signed a wizarding premarital agreement, though at the time neither thought they'd ever had use of it, Dumbledore had been insistent that it was to be put in place, just in case. Now that Harry had been disowned he too had no inheritance, she'd stripped her son of his rights.

"I took everything from him, Harry I mean, I took his inheritance from him, what have I done?" spluttered a distraught Lily as her hands flew to her mouth in despair.

"Lily, Lily stop no you didn't, Potter was just too thick to realise it, he'd have done so anyway, you know that Lily, stop none of this is your fault," replied Severus attempting to prevent the woman from hyperventilating in front of him.

"Of course it's my fault, I married the bastard!" exclaimed Lily her brash Gryffindor attitude shining through.

"And I pushed you towards him, so it's as much my fault as it is your own now stop blaming yourself that isn't going to fix anything," exclaimed Severus as he grasped her shoulders in an attempt to ground the redhead.

"That wasn't what happened," she mumbled knowing that in some ways it had been away to spite him, but it wasn't not really; James Potter was there when he wasn't.

"Lily I think you just need to calm down, take some time to ground yourself, spend time with your son, you can worry about financial issues at a later date," replied Severus set upon helping the witch.

"How is that going to work Sev, I'm not James Potter I don't have an inheritance to fall back on and never have to work, I divorced a Potter, Severus I have no name no one will want to employ me, I'm James Potter's cast offs…" begun Lily beginning to regret everything she'd ever done.

"STOP!" he shouted, the woman froze and looked at him taken aback by his sudden outburst.

"You are not a nobody, you are not James Potter's cast offs, you divorced him Lily, and maybe he won't allow the press to believe that but the paperwork has your name on it first, he can't edit that, no one can, and maybe you don't have James Potter, but you have me, if you'll let me help you both," replied Severus as he tried to calm her down, Harry was innocently staring up at the two confusion on his face.

"You want to help us?" asked Lily knowing that whilst he may have once been her friend, but she hadn't thought he'd still want to be as such.

"Lily you're my best friend, and I may never be able to make up for the things that I have said but I want to at least get the chance," replied Severus.

"I forgave you for calling me that name Sev, a long time ago," replied Lily presuming that was what he was alluding too.

"Not that," murmured Severus sadly.

"Then what?" asked Lily confused now as to what could be upsetting the dark haired wizard so much.

"It was my fault Lily," continued Severus looking very much a broken man at this point which was really beginning to freak Lily out.

"What was your fault Severus?" asked Lily dropping the nickname as she begun to get worried at what was ailing the man.

"I told him Lily, I told him about the prophecy, it's my fault he targeted you," replied Severus a tear in his eye as he prepared for her to scream at him.

"What?" asked Lily her accidental magic flaring as she reached for Harry of the floor, sensing his mother's distress Harry begun to cry and scream blue murder.

Severus felt his wards triggering as the accidental magic begun to shatter glass in every direction. "I didn't know it was you," continued Severus looking alarmed and upset but Lily didn't hear him as she screamed right back at him.
"HOW COULD YOU, YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND," replied Lily angry, upset and feeling very betrayed.

Lucius and Abraxas suddenly interrupted the scene as they stepped through the fireplace having been warned that there was an extreme overuse of magic. Both of them took a step back from Lily when they noticed what was going on, Harry had created a shield around the two, but Lily still looked really angry.

"Severus why don't you go out for a bit, maybe to the manner perhaps Draconian would like to see you, or a walk?" suggested Abraxas as he led Severus towards the fireplace. When the man had stepped through the two Malfoys shared a look and Lucius begun casting extra spells to hopefully avoid any more damage.

"Lily, you need to calm down, you're upsetting Harry and so much accidental manage could harm him Lily, I know you're upset but we can talk about this, without Harry getting hurt," stated Abraxas hoping that this would cause the woman to attempt to get a grip on her emotions. It took a few minutes but Lily had calmed down, though the shield remained as Harry stared lovingly at his mother, fear and confusion coated his face though. Lily looked at Lucius who had his arms outstretched indicating for the child, hesitating for a moment Lily finally gave Harry to Lucius and told them both he was going to go for a walk around the house. Once the two left the room Abraxas indicated that she should perhaps take a seat.

"I know you're upset and extremely stressed and I'm sure whatever your argument was, was only the catalyst how about you tell me what caused the argument Lily," suggested Abraxas slipping into his fatherly mind set.

"He's the reason he targeted us, he's the reason James's parents are dead he's the reason…." Started Lily but Abraxas interrupted.

"You're still alive," continued Abraxas.

"I know I'm still alive," snapped Lily misunderstanding the man.

"No Lily, he's the reason you're still alive," replied Abraxas.

"What do you mean?" asked Lily confused.

"Do you know what caused him to be a death eater? Do you know what caused him to Defect? What caused him to volunteer to be a spy for the light?" asked Abraxas firing his questions without a pause in between.

"No," replied Lily mumbling slightly, as she begun to understand what the older Wizard was getting at.

"Yet you are so quick to judge, so Gryffindorish you didn't even ask for the facts before you lash out and hurt him," replied Abraxas feeling particularly protective of the younger Slytherin.

"HE BETRAYED ME TO THE DARK LORD," replied Lily angrily.

"He didn't know that the boy it mentioned was Harry, he wouldn't have put you in danger if he'd have known Lily," replied Abraxas.

"He was still a death eater," countered Lily angrily.

"Who risked everything to save you, the moment he found out that The Dark Lord believed it to be Harry, it was him who went to Dumbledore begging him to save you," replied Abraxas. Lily didn't know what to say.

"When The Dark Lord knocked James out to deal with him after, when he climbed up those stares when you stood before him, what was it he said to you Lily?" asked Abraxas but before Lily could respond he answered his own question, "He told you to step aside," finished Abraxas.

"How, do you know, I didn't tell anyone," replied Lily confused.

"Because he told me, he told me after Severus found out that Pettigrew had betrayed you, after Severus begged the dark lord to save you, to spare you, how he risked his life escaping that day to get to Dumbledore to warn him, but Dumbledore was reluctant to trust him, and he took too long," snapped Abraxas.

"Why would he do that?" asked Lily confused at how far Severus had gone to ensure her safety.

"Because he's a fool, because he's been in love with you for as long as I've known the man, and you were blinded, for I swear to god if you've been toying with him I'll make you pay," snapped an aggressive Abraxas his Malfoy side shining through viciously now.

"He's not in love with me, explain what he called me, explain what he said!" argued Lily angrily.

"Mudblood?" asked Abraxas, and when she nodded, "He used it to push you away and it took everything he was to do so, they threatened him, the others that forced him into the threatened him that he got rid of you or they'd get rid of you permanently, everything he's ever done has been ensuring your safety, since the day he met you, you were his first friend, his escape from his abusive father, and then you go and scream blue murder when he confesses to one small mistake that you've made," continued Abraxas, by this point in his explanation Lily was in tears, on the border of having a panic attack, her hyperventilation a clear sign of such.

"I don't know you Lily, but I know him, and he's broken, you should have seen his face, you've hurt him Lily, and now you have a choice to make," replied Abraxas his voice more gentle now.

"A choice?" asked Lily confused.

"If you're going to hurt him, I want you to go, I'll give you enough money to live comfortably for a year then you're on your own, but if you're going to stay Lily you have to be prepared to hear him out, you have to care too, I'm not saying you have to love him, he wouldn't be an easy person to love Lily, but you have to care for him, as a friend, which I'm sure you do I just want you to be sure Lily," replied Abraxas hoping, praying to any god out there that for Severus's sake his feelings were reciprocated.

"I don't know what to say I don't…"

Authors Note: Kay I'm not going to lie I ended it there not because I love cliff-hangers, because I don't but because I had some time, and I wanted to update for you guys, but I really haven't decided how their relationship is going to pan out, I've decided a plan for the long run, but it's about putting that plan into action, and I'm not sure where the right point for that is going to be, so I have no idea when the next update will be but we're hoping for less than a week, Sunday at the latest! Thank you for reading please review your opinions on where you'd like to see their relationship taken, and any other suggestions/complaints.