History

Year; Fifth Year

Moment; Just like Mum

Idea by; 917brat

Severus Snape POV

Severus Snape knew that he was in a complicated situation, and it was all for Lily. His Lily. The girl that he'd fallen in love with, the woman that he wanted to marry one day – before she died. This was all to protect all that he had left of her – her daughter.

Jade Potter was the spitting image of a younger Lily minus the red hair, and that in itself was painful for him. He disliked even sparing the girl a glance, because she reminded him of what he's lost, what he could never have.

But he'd still protect her from the shadows, for Lily. Everything he did was for Lily. He risked his life for a girl that would not, could not ever love him the same way he loved her. Severus often wondered if any of this was even worth it.

He was sitting in the back of the room in Black's old house, not very sure why he was still sitting there. He was just sitting there, staring at Jade Potter transfixed, trying to piece together why he was willing to risk his life for this girl. This… child.

She could have been his, Severus mused. Jade could have easily been his daughter if it wasn't for Potter. James Potter – Severus inwardly seethed. How he hated the man, even in death, James had always had everything he wanted.

Lily, and a family with Lily.

Severus remained still as he watched Jade interact with those around her. Pausing in her happy façade for only a few minutes to yell at George Weasley. George Weasley… He was a shoe-in for James Potter, just without the black-hair.

It made him hate George Weasley with a passion, the passion that he would have hated Jade with if she didn't look so much like her mother. Jade was just like her mother, a spitting image, she had the attitude and even the friendships to prove it. Jade was a mini-Lily.

"Just turn Hermione's hair back, come on George! How old are you!?" Jade was yelling pointing at the grinning red-haired boy. Severus rolled his eyes at the boy's very obvious attempts to get her to recognise him.

He had the problem that he'd only been recognised for his pranks, liked for being a bully. He assumed that Jade would like him for the same reason that everyone else did. Not Jade though, that wouldn't work with Jade. She was too much like Lily, and Lily never did like bullies.

Severus resisted the urge to sigh and alert the others to his presence. For reasons unknown to him, he continued to watch. "Come on Jade, it's a laugh!"

"It is not!" Jade fired back. "Now's not the time for your childish…. Your childish…!?"

"My childish what?" George asked with amusement.

"Immaturity!" Jade snapped back throwing her arms up, in an oddly remints of what Potter did when he was annoyed. Severus glared at the offending arms.

"My childish immaturity?" George asked, his voice confused but there was a huge smile on his face. "That doesn't make sense, love."

"Don't call me that!" Jade screeched. Severus winced, resisting the urge to run out of the room screaming like a little girl, like he would have done if that was really Lily. Jade was Lily, so much like Lily…

"They act so much like Lily and James," Sirius Black – that bastard, should have been kissed…. He was sitting there in amusement, a far-away look in his eyes. Like he too was thinking of a better time, a time with his best friend.

Black would see James Potter in the idiotic Weasley boy.

"What!?" Jade screamed and Severus swore he saw Lily in that moment. It almost had him on his feet, but his brain, his mind, he knew it had to be a trick. Lily was gone. Forever.

Black nodded his head brightly. Severus glared at him hatefully, wishing that black would suffer though more pain. Like he did. "Mmmhmm, Lily was always telling James off for his pranks. Always. We all knew Lily liked the though, after all, she wouldn't have married him if she didn't."

Jade's jaw had dropped to the ground and George looked thoughtful, he could practically see the ideas forming in his mind. Did Black not see what he was doing? The ideas he had brought forth in the boys mind? Of course he did, Severus scowled, Black was like that.

He would set up James and Lily, his Lily. He would set up George Weasley – the new James, and Jade – the only thing he had left of Lily. Black was still trying to bring him pain. He was trying to relive the past.

"Does that mean… you really do love me?" George concluded his face bright and full of excitement.

"Of course I don't you toe-rag!" Lily….Jade shouted.

Severus knew the worst had come. Jade was just like her mother…. Oh, Severus knew that Jade would end up dating Weasley, it was in the pages of history. Lily went through that past, Jade was Lily. There was no need to overthink it.

Dumbledore was right. History did have a funny, horrifying way of repeating itself. To bring him more pain. Severus closed his eyes briefly and wondered why he bothered.

With a dark look over the fuming Jade Potter and the overly happy George Weasley, Severus realised he couldn't take it anymore. He had to leave.

A/N- I'm back. Inspiration is at a high, and I'm stronger than ever. Thank you to all my amazing readers with their support; I really was overwhelmed by it all. And you were all right, I was impulsive, lost a bit of my faith in humanity and you all restored it. Now, I'm writing again, of course… This chapter has been written for a little bit, to be honest, I was afraid of posting it.

Words can hurt more than someone imagines. What pushed me to update again, was the reviews, which made me more confident. I'll be honest and say that I really am not confident with my writing. But I've come out of this with a thicker skin.

I would like to say, that I wasn't going to update, I thought I'd need more time, but I really just couldn't stop writing. I love it, it's more than a hobby, and it's a passion… It helps relax me? I don't think I could ever give that up. I never want to give that up for months again. I thought I could, but it got to the point that I was trying to dance and all I could think about was Jade blasting George and if you read my other Fic how Naruko and Kakashi will get together.

Thank you for sticking by me, and this way too long A/N. I love you all, really.

TBC ~Akari-Chaan!

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