So I'm stuck in a bit of a block. I know how I want to go forward with the story I'm just not sure how to properly write it. So I thought I'd give you a little snippet about what's going on in present day because I've wanted to write this particular scene out for a while. Don't ask me why, I just have. Anyway I hope you enjoy and I'll do my best to get another chapter out to you soon :)
"Does Dumbledore know you're back Severus?"
"Probably," Snape sneered as he shut the door and sat down on his couch.
Remus, smartly choosing not to take the seat next to Snape, instead sat on the chair opposite to the couch.
"We were all worried about you. It took two days to put the fire that you started out. No one believed that you were going to come back."
"Are you?"
"I would have been disappointed in you if you hadn't."
Silence fell over the pair. This was an odd meeting. While neither was comfortable admitting it, they were the only ones that understood what was going on. They had both been there, they had both known her, and now they were the only ones that either one could talk to.
"You can't hate Albus forever you know."
"Can't I?" Snape snarled.
"I cared about her too Severus, remember? And you don't see me running away. You need to man up and realize that Albus did what was best for everyone involved."
"You don't know what you're talking about Lupin. You don't know the things I promised to do for him to honour her. I was nothing more than a pawn in his never ending chess game with the Dark Lord. He never gave a damn what was best for us, or her, or anyone other than himself. He could have told us the truth after she left and yet he waited all these years. What would it have changed Remus? Nothing."
"Honestly Severus you sound like a petulant child!" Remus snapped, "I understand that you're hurt. I am too. But we can't change anything, just be grateful that we're getting her back."
"If the spell had gone right she would have been back by now. It was supposed to bring her back on the same day that she had left. She's dead. I've lost her again."
More calmly Remus began, "You don't know that Severus. There's still a chance. And not to be morbid, but if it does go wrong and she doesn't come back then it's not as though things around here will change. We wouldn't be losing her again, she'd just continue to be lost."
"Would you just shut up!" Severus screamed, "You bloody fool! You don't have the slightest idea what you are saying. You say you cared for her, like hell you did. If you had you wouldn't be able to sit here so calmly and talk as though it doesn't matter whether or not she comes back. If nothing has changed for you then you didn't care. You couldn't have."
Remus had put his head in his hands. Severus was in worse shape than he had thought. He understood feeling sad that they may never see her again but this, this was more than just despair over losing an old flame. This was deeper.
Remus lifted his head out of his hands and asked, "Severus, after all this time, do you still love her?"