To all those reading this from the HarryPotter.com Slytherin common room,
Severussnapeprof is going to kill me for this!
I did a sort of double take. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
"What?" I said, with a little bit more sharpness than was intended.
"Don't make me say it again, please."
She had knocked me for six. I fell back onto the floor from my kneeling position and stared at Lil, who was now crying into her legs again. I half hoped I would wake up soon, or that she would tell me it had been a really cruel joke, but then it dawned on me I was very much still awake, and that she would NEVER joke about anything this serious.
"Lil, are you sure? I mean, you're 100% certain, right?"
She looked up again, wearing the puppy dog face again.
"110% certain. What am I going to do, Ren? Please help me."
I couldn't. For the first time in my life that Lily had come to me for help with something, I didn't have a clue what to do with her. I think I was almost in shock as much as she was, and then, I said the stupidest thing I could have, and as soon as the words were out of my mouth, I could have kicked myself.
"Whose is it?"
She just looked at me through her red raw eyes, with a really quite nasty expression that said "Who the hell do you think?"
"Sorry. Stupid question."
"Yeah! I agree!"
"I know but I kind of don't know what to say! I haven't really been in this situation before. Umm... Can I just please ask a few more stupid questions? Just to put my mind at ease...well, more at ease than it now."
"Yes, alright. I can't see anything better to do about it."
"You are certain, and I mean there is no tiny little possibility in the whole wide world that it could be someone else's?"
"Yes. Dead certain."
"OK, umm... any ideas how far gone you are?"
"Not a clue. Can't even make a guess."
"Have you told anyone else? Severus?"
"NO! That's the last thing I want to do!"
"So you aren't going to keep it then?"
"Are you mad? I'm not going to kill it! That's barbaric!"
"Well I hate to tell you this, Lil, but people are going to notice! Especially Severus. Have you been to Madam Pomfrey?"
"No...I can't tell a teacher."
"Like I said, people are going to notice at some point, and anyway, Madam Pomfrey doesn't ask many questions, and she keeps everyone's details confidential. She may not be that nice, but we can trust her!"
There was silence for what must have been a few minutes, but seemed like an eternity. Neither of us had a clue about what could possibly be done, and as she had no clue when this happened, then we didn't know how much time we had to find a solution.
She looked up, and I swear that puppy face was getting worse.
"I'm screwed, aren't I?" Her voice now sounded helpless too, and if I hadn't been holding myself together for her, then I would have burst into tears of frustration myself.
"Well, its pretty obvious you have been!"
We both laughed at this. It cleared the air, and some of the tension was lifted, but the big problem was still there.
I did a sort of double take. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
"What?" I said, with a little bit more sharpness than was intended.
"Don't make me say it again, please."
She had knocked me for six. I fell back onto the floor from my kneeling position and stared at Lil, who was now crying into her legs again. I half hoped I would wake up soon, or that she would tell me it had been a really cruel joke, but then it dawned on me I was very much still awake, and that she would NEVER joke about anything this serious.
"Lil, are you sure? I mean, you're 100% certain, right?"
She looked up again, wearing the puppy dog face again.
"110% certain. What am I going to do, Ren? Please help me."
I couldn't. For the first time in my life that Lily had come to me for help with something, I didn't have a clue what to do with her. I think I was almost in shock as much as she was, and then, I said the stupidest thing I could have, and as soon as the words were out of my mouth, I could have kicked myself.
"Whose is it?"
She just looked at me through her red raw eyes, with a really quite nasty expression that said "Who the hell do you think?"
"Sorry. Stupid question."
"Yeah! I agree!"
"I know but I kind of don't know what to say! I haven't really been in this situation before. Umm... Can I just please ask a few more stupid questions? Just to put my mind at ease...well, more at ease than it now."
"Yes, alright. I can't see anything better to do about it."
"You are certain, and I mean there is no tiny little possibility in the whole wide world that it could be someone else's?"
"Yes. Dead certain."
"OK, umm... any ideas how far gone you are?"
"Not a clue. Can't even make a guess."
"Have you told anyone else? Severus?"
"NO! That's the last thing I want to do!"
"So you aren't going to keep it then?"
"Are you mad? I'm not going to kill it! That's barbaric!"
"Well I hate to tell you this, Lil, but people are going to notice! Especially Severus. Have you been to Madam Pomfrey?"
"No...I can't tell a teacher."
"Like I said, people are going to notice at some point, and anyway, Madam Pomfrey doesn't ask many questions, and she keeps everyone's details confidential. She may not be that nice, but we can trust her!"
There was silence for what must have been a few minutes, but seemed like an eternity. Neither of us had a clue about what could possibly be done, and as she had no clue when this happened, then we didn't know how much time we had to find a solution.
She looked up, and I swear that puppy face was getting worse.
"I'm screwed, aren't I?" Her voice now sounded helpless too, and if I hadn't been holding myself together for her, then I would have burst into tears of frustration myself.
"Well, its pretty obvious you have been!"
We both laughed at this. It cleared the air, and some of the tension was lifted, but the big problem was still there.
