Chapter eleven

Harry moved passed his friends and stood with Severus, they put their arms around each other and stared at Hermione and Ron who were gaping at Severus.

'Say something.'

'Professor Snape,' Hermione squeaked.

'Bloody hell Harry, how can you be with him, after the way he treated you, treated everyone. What about Neville and the others, he allowed them to be tortured,' Ron yelled.

Harry felt Severus flinch, 'It's fine love,' Harry kissed him softly before turning back to his friends, 'That's only what you think, you don't know everything. Sev stopped them being killed by allowing certain punishments, if he didn't they would have killed Neville, Seamus, even Ginny. Sev and I worked on some plans, made it look like he was really Voldemorts and not Dumbledore's, you know he could look into people's minds, Severus was one he didn't. There's so much to go into, just know that the way he acted was just that, an act. When I had to have those occlumense lessons, we got to know each other.'

'Let me love,' Severus said, 'I was giving Harry a hard time, like I normally did. One day Harry just shouted at me, started to yell, telling me to ease up that he had enough on his mind, that he just couldn't do it anymore, he couldn't put up with all my shit anymore. I was shocked at the way Harry looked, it scared me. So I went into his mind and saw how close to losing his mind he really was. The stress and danger he had been in for years, it was finally taking its toll, he was just too young to handle all that stress,' Severus tightened his arm around Harry, 'I was afraid that Harry was finally being pushed too far. So after calming him down, that only worked after I gave him a drink of Firewhiskey, which he choked on,' Severus saw Harry smile up at him, 'I decided to tell Harry everything, that I had been protecting him since the time Voldemort thought the prophecy meant Harry. I was best friends with Lily Evans, Lily Potter, we had a fight in our sixth year, not long after that, James and Lily became involved. I was a death eater at that time, but the moment I knew he was going after Harry, I stopped being one and haven't been one since that night. Even after Lily was killed, I promised Albus to keep Harry safe, as my last favour to an old friend and that's what I have been doing for seventeen years.' Severus smiled down at Harry.

'We did try to fight our feelings, even though at the time we were friends, but we couldn't. So not long after I turned sixteen, we snuck out of Hogwarts and got married.'

'Okay, but why marry so young, sixteen Harry,' Hermione said looking disappointed.

Severus chuckled, 'This is you call love.'

'I want them to know everything babe,' Harry smiled then looked back at his friends, 'From the time we got together, the only thing we did was kiss, Severus refused to take it further, not matter how much I tried to talk him into it, he wouldn't. So we spoke about getting married, at first we thought once I was an adult, but I didn't want to wait and I didn't want to wait for sex either. So after Dumbledore signed the form, we got married and it was the only way Severus would make love to me, which we did and do all the time,' Harry groaned softly, then shook his head, 'Sorry, back on track,' he heard Severus laugh, 'Stop it babe, you know what you do to me.'

'I know my love,' Severus said in a low seductive voice.

Harry slapped Severus on the chest, 'Stop or I'll never get through this.'

'So the looks he gave you, the detentions, was that all an act?' Ron asked but he wasn't yelling anymore.

'Yes, he had to make the Slytherin's believed he hated me, that he was still behaving like he always was. The detentions were mainly when we wanted to get some time together without anyone finding out. What Sev was doing was dangerous, he was pretending to be a death eater and a spy for Voldemort when he really was a spy for Dumbledore and protecting me. So please, I will explain more later, can you just accept that what you thought you knew, you didn't and accept we're married and Sev is the man I love and want to be with, forever,' Harry said but even to him he sounded frustrated.

'I just want you to be happy Harry, that's all I wanted for you,' Hermione stepped closer, 'So if that's with Professor Snape, then yes, I accept your relationship and what we thought was true, wasn't.'

Harry released Severus and hugged Hermione before he looked at Ron who had walked over and hugged both Harry and Hermione, the three friends stood with their arms around each other and Severus smiled knowing this is what Harry needed to really heal, his friends accepting him as Harry's partner.

When the three friends let each other go, Harry put his arms back around Severus. 'That memory Sev gave me before we thought he died, it showed me some things. First was Dumbledore was dying and planned his death with Sev, it showed his friendship with my mother. I know that my father and Sirius used to torment Sev when they were students, but Sev showed he used to do the same, he wanted me to know everything. But it was near the end of the memory that I need to explain and I hope you can handle it, but just know that if you can't, I understand.'

'Harry, don't,' Sev said softly.

'No Sev, they need to know everything, even that, no matter how much it hurts me or makes me feel sick. I need to get…every…fucking…thing…out,' Harry sighed, 'Once and for all, I'm sick to death of lies and secrets, I don't want it anymore.'

'Alright, please don't get upset, it won't help,' Severus caressed Harry's face then kissed him, 'This will help, think about what I'm going to do to you tonight when we are in bed…my love,' Severus smiled and it was a very sexy smile.

Harry groaned and sagged in Severus' arms, 'Can you fuck me now, that will make me feel better.'

'Harry,' Hermione squealed looking shocked.

'If you are staying here Hermione, you might have to get used to Harry asking me that,' Severus smirked.

'Um, um, yeah, um,' Harry shook his head, then slapped Severus' chest again, 'You are a tease babe, stop it, I'm raging here.'

'We don't want to hear that mate,' Ron grimaced.

'Sorry, but let's sit so I can tell you the last bit,' Harry waited until Severus sat then sat on his lap, which made him chuckle, 'So you not so immune to me babe.'

'I never said I was,' Severus flexed his hips pushing them into Harry's arse.

'Oh,' Harry groaned softly.

'Can we please get serious here,' Hermione chuckled.

'Right, serious, keep that still babe or you will be in for it later.'

'Really,' Severus smirked, 'sounds interesting, but Hermione is right, you are supposed to be telling them something.'

'Right,' Harry blew out a huge breath then looked at his friends ready to tell them the horrible truth and hoped they didn't feel as disgusted as he did. 'Okay,' he lifted his hair off his forehead, 'This wasn't caused because of the killing curse,' Harry opened his shirt, 'neither was this one.'

'Oh Harry, when did that happen?' Hermione asked staring at the new lightning shaped scar over Harry's chest.

'The night he died,' Harry sighed, 'Seventeen years ago when he went to my home, he tried to kill me, you know this. He went there to do that but also to use my death to make another horcrux, which he did,' Harry ran his finger down his new scar, 'I walked into the forbidden forest and let him kill me, I didn't expect to survive, I think that surprised me most. But he hit me with the killing curse and destroyed the piece of soul that had been inside me my whole life,' Harry did his shirt back up and felt Severus tightened his arms around him, then he slowly looked up at his friends. Hermione looked saddened, Ron had his mouth hanging open but neither of them looked disgusted with him and it gave him hope that they could handle this shocking news.