Hey! Sorry I haven't been updating lately but I have been terribly sick for the last week but I am here now and I hope you enjoy it

PS: Assuming every one in James's year was sorted in 1971, according to the Harry Potter wiki, this would place them in the summer before their sixth year and Susan's fifth year.

I do not own Harry potter.

( 1977: Two months and two weeks later)

The school year had drawn to a close and over those months since the Marauder's bombed prank in Hogsmead village Susan and Severus had gone from awkward lunchmates to thick as thieves. Over the summer they corresponded by letter, and sometimes Susan would convince her parents to apparate her to Spinners ends so she could surprise him.

James had given up his plight to keep her from going and had stuck to teasing her mercilessly about her odd ball "Boy friend", about which Sirius and he took great sport in creating sing songs about the two.

"James Potter, we are not children anymore! Now give me my letter!" Susan shrieked and jumped up and down to get the letter that was being held captive over her older and taller brother's head. "Why so miffed Suzie Q? Can't wait to send a love letter to your boyfriend?" he mocked and ruffled her straight, shoulder length blonde hair.

She growled with irritation then smirked knowingly, "If you don't give me my letter, I'm going to tell Mum about the dirty magazines you hide under your mattress." She threatened with a menacing grin, "You wouldn't dare." James said unconvinced, "You don't have any proof"

Susan grinned and pulled a folded up magazine with a scantily clad woman posed over a broom on the cover , "And I'll tell Dad that you and Sirius were out past curfew last night and about the time you snuck aged fire whisky out of the liquor cabinet" She listed off his crimes.

"Why you little….!" He didn't finish the sentence as he pursued her around the house, "I am going to kill you!" he reached for her as she darted around the corner, narrowly avoiding their mother's expensive vase. "Muuuum!" Susan called.

"James! Susan! If you two don't stop running in the house I am going to send you out side in the rain!" called out the stairs. Susan clobbered down a hallway but was met with a dead end. "Bugger."

"I got you now!" James grinned, Susan grabbed both covers "I'll rip it, and don't think I won't." she warned. James dangled her letter, "I'll rip this, and don't think I won't." he countered. They stood at an impasse, "Alright." James said finally, "We'll trade, you give me the magazine, and you get your letter."

"You first." Susan insisted,

"Ladies first."

"Age before beauty."

"How about I put down the letter down on the floor and you that on the floor, then we just walk away, you with the letter, me with the magazine." James reasoned. Susan thought it over, "Alright, but nothing funny." She warned, slowly setting the tabloid on carpet, keeping eye contact with James who set the letter down. "Okay, now we just walk away." James said slowly as they circled each other like territorial wolves, once they were facing each other once more they picked up their respective items and retreated to their rooms.

Susan closed her heavy door with a hollow thud and a sigh. After a second James knocked on her door when she peeked out, "What now?" she asked, "How did you know I stole Firewhiskey from Dad's cabinet?" her older brother asked, "Can you keep a secret?" she whispered, sticking her head out more, "Of course." James nodded and leaned in.

Susan leaned into his ear and whispered, "So can I." she pulled away and grinned, James rolled his eyes, "Well what about being out after curfew?" he asked expectantly, Susan leaned against the door frame lazily, and shrugged. "I didn't, I took a shot and you caved."

She closed the door once more and sprawled across her four poster bed with a bored groan, content to lay there for hours.

"Susan!"

Her mother's voice called up to her, and Susan propped herself up on her elbows, "Oh what fresh Hell is this?" she muttered, "Coming Mum." She yelled, hopping she could be heard downstairs. She stood up and looked in the mirror to adjust her shin length, orange, beaded, sundress which was apparently all the rage with American Muggles.

Susan's beads jingled merrily as she plodded down the steps quickly, "Yes Mum?" she peeked her head over the mahogany railing, "There's someone at the door for you…. A young man." Susan stopped then jumped down the rest of the stairs to verify this.

"I beg your pardon?" she asked and skidded across the wood floor with her bare feet past the front door, taking the rug with her. She stumbling back.

"I said there is a young man here to see you." repeated and motioned to the closed door,

"Oh Happy day Mother!" Susan grinned and rushed to the door "I thought I was going to have to use my Dowry on Booze and Pills to numb the loneliness" She sighed dramatically "A Gentleman Caller, Hurrah!"

"Alright, Alright, I'll leave you to it." The mother winked and walked into the parlor. Susan opened the door slightly then jerked it open and threw herself on Severus who almost dropped her from sheer shock, "Severus! What are you doing here?" she squealed.

"Sue? Susan, I'm falling!" he Teetered, "Oh, oh sorry." She jumped from his arms and pulled him in out of the rain. "How did you get here?" she asked, "I asked a friend to apparate me here." He said sheepishly, "I should Have warned you but I wanted it to be a surprise."

"It's a wonderful Surprise." Susan grinned, "Severus, nice to see you again." Mrs. Potter poked her head out of the parlor with eyeing them from behind his paper. "Hello again Ma'am, I'm sorry to show up so suddenly, I just wanted to surprise Susan." He smile as politely as he could, "Oh don't worry yourself dear, and you're welcome to stay for dinner if you wish." She welcomed him.

"Well I…"

Susan cut him off with pleading for him to stay, "I suppose if I'm not imposing ma'am."

"And I don't get a say in this?" James asked from the stairs bitterly with Sirius Black hovering beside him, "You most certainly do not James Potter." Susan informed him firmly.

"Sirius, when did you get here?" Susan eyed her brother's friend who was kind to her most of the time, but was mostly like a second annoying big brother, "not long ago." He sniffed.

The room held a cold tension so thick you could cut it with a knife, "Uh Mum, could Severus and I going upstairs to my room?" Susan asked, Mr. Potter almost threw down his newspaper, "Now hold on…."

"Harold please." Mrs. Potter stopped him, "Leave your door open." She warned her daughter, "Thanks Mum." Susan Pulled Severus up the stairs past the scowling teen boys and into her room, carful to leave the door open.

"So, how have you been?" she asked as he stood awkwardly, obviously never having been in a teenage girls room. "All well, considering." He shrugged, Susan winced and led him to her bed, throwing off some stray clothes and pillows to make room. "Is it still bad?" she asked quietly, "Well either the old man is getting soft in his age, or I'm getting hard in mine." Severus noted bitterly.

Susan sighed and leaned her head on his shoulder, "I'm sorry Severus, you'll be seventeen next year, then you can move out." She reminded him to get his hopes up, He shrugged, "Yes, seventeen, then I'll have to leave Hogwarts, and you." He leaned back on the bed, "Oh, I won't be far, and you can always write me." Susan chuckled and hit him with a pillow.

"Have you seen Lily recently?" Susan asked. Severus scowled and buried his face into the flower shaped pillow Susan hit him with groaning. "I'll take that as a yes." Susan sighed. The end of the year had been Hell because Severus had royally screwed up and called Lily a Mudblood.

Susan had stopped talking to him after that and only forgave him when he locked her in a room and forced her to listen to him, when she was convinced he was sorry for what he did, she tried to help him with Lily. Which led to Lily being angry with both of them, she soon forgave Susan but she hated Severus with a passion, so did James and Sirius and practically everyone else in Gryphindor.

"That was indeed a dick move." Susan concurred, when he finally stopped mourning into her pillow, "Now are you going to just wallow in a puddle of self-loathing and pity, or are you going to strap on a pair and earn back her forgiveness?" she asked as he peeked over the pillow at her.

"No, I'm just going to curl into a ball of self-loathing." He informed her, Susan made an alarm, "EEEHHH wrong answer. You are going to remove your head from your rectum and beg for her forgiveness." She jerked the pillow from him and hit him again. "Would you stop that?" He asked "Only since you asked nicely."

"Don't worry big guy, you just need to sacrifice every ounce of pride and dignity you have and put it in an apology and hope to god she accepts, and if she doesn't believe you, repeat." Susan reasoned.

Severus eyed her, "You know the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting a different result." Susan sighed, "Yea, well have you got any better ideas?" she asked.

"No I suppose not." Severus sighed and sat up. "On to happy subjects, all Os and Es this year, as per usual, what about you?"

Susan sighed unhappily, "Os, Es, and two Ts" she whispered the last one, "Two Ts? After all we studied, come on Potter, you're better than that." Severus scolded her. "I know I know I know," She muttered. "Supper should be done soon." She noted.

"Okay, I just have to ask, what are you wearing?" Severus almost laughed at her jingling dress and dangling earrings. "I'll have you know that is the height of fashion in America I assure you." She sniffed haughtily, "Oh really? And you would know this how?" he looked her up and down.

"Research," Susan put plainly, "Don't you think it's strange your brother and Black haven't come to harass us yet?" Snape eyed the open door, "No, I've made sure he won't" Susan assured him, "How?"

"Blackmail." She explained, "You're so evil, I love it." Severus praised, "I try" she preened

"So Have you got a girlfriend at Hogwarts?" Susan asked, "Uh, no I think my complete and total lack of appeal has already shot that horse in the face."

"Oh." She lay flat on her stomach, "Got a boy friend?" she tried once more. He looked down at her, "Noooooo….. Why? do I come off as gay?" he asked as if that was why he was still single.

"No, no, I'm just curious." She laughed it off.

"Soo, uh, Have- Have you got a boyfriend then?" He asked, back, "No, no boyfriends, No girlfriends." Susan chuckled before he could ask, "Okay, good, I mean, not good as in I hope you stay single I mean good as I, you know just a general reply and…"

He was cut off by Susan pushing him over on the bed and pressing her lips to his, and he was just as shell shocked as before, compliant but unexperienced as before, until she pulled away, "You talk too much." She grinned, "Are you going to kiss me back?"

He regained some sense of being and nodded, "Okay, give it a go then." She offered and rolled off of him, He sat up and awkwardly leaned forward a bit and after a bit of maneuvering slowly kissed her, she giggled and returned the kiss, glad to finally get a response. They were both inexperienced but learned together until Susan stopped in a panic.

"What's wrong?" Snape asked, afraid he did something wrong, "Some one's coming." She whispered and pulled away from him and into the sitting position as Her brother slid into the doorway eyeing them both with extreme suspicion.

"Mum says dinner is ready." He informed them. "Thank you James, we'll be right down." Susan nodded innocently, James stood there for a moment eyeing them both, them left the doorway.

When He did Susan erupted with giggles, "That was close." She chuckled. "too close" Severus concurred, "Well be better get down there." Susan fixed her dress in the mirror, "By the way," she turned to him, "I haven't kissed very many guys, that was great." She grinned.

"And I have only kissed two girls, and one was on a dare, so you have been the best." Severus grinned right back, "Do you think He knows?"

Susan peeked out of the door way, "Most likely, but like I said, I have blackmail on him to so…" she turned around and was caught off guard by Severus standing a few inched away, "So, what are we now?" He asked shyly, Susan grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his swiftly, "It makes us that." She explained.

"Now let's go, I'm starving." She laughed and pulled him through the hall.