Severus followed his mother home, both of their arms full of groceries.
As they were putting them away in the pantry, his mother finally spoke to him. "You have been acting strange since you returned home, Severus."
"It started about the last week of school according to Lily." Severus countered.
His mother looked to him, concern in her eyes. "Did something happen? Are you okay?"
Actually, something very hard to explain (or even believe) happened. And it was probably one of the best things to ever happen to him. He had his complaints but he wouldn't trade this second chance away for his old life if given the choice.
"Nothing bad. I just realized a few things...or rather, I have acquired a different perspective."
This only made her look more worried. "What happened, Severus?"
What could he tell her? What should he tell her? He could continue to be honest with her... the worst that could happen is she think him a liar as she already did.
Or mad...
"I have already lived a terrible life, was murdered, then woke up as my teenage self a couple weeks ago. I am a bit upset with having to go through adolescents again, but if that is the price of having the people I care about in my life again, I will enjoy the suffering."
She had an unreadable expression while she stared at him.
Then she laughed. Truly laughed, which was something he had never seen her do.
She calmed down enough to speak. "That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Did you make that up just now?"
Severus answered with a shrug. He then left her in the kitchen to draw her own conclusions and went up to his room.