Chapter Four: Insults and Friends
After talking with her friends, both new and old, for a while, Sarah finally headed to her new home. Heading down the dungeon corridor, she ran directly into Snape.
"Watch where you're going, Lupin!"
"Careful Snape; I know where you live."
He stopped. "What?"
"I live right next door to you now. You can take it up with Albus if you have a problem with that."
She began to resume walking down the hall, but stopped. "Look, I'm not sure if you deserve this, but I wanted to.apologize for earlier today."
"What?" (A/N: his word for the day :)
"I.shouldn't have - didn't have the right to say that - about you. I'm sorry."
"Oh, did that hurt Lupin? No, it didn't. You wouldn't know what hurt as you've never felt pain have you? If you did, you wouldn't be living, because you're too weak."
"Snape -,"
"No! You were right, you shouldn't have said that. You know why? Because you don't know why I was a Death Eater, or if I really am. I don't even know why I'm listening to you."
"Sna-,"
"Leave me alone. You are a pathetic excuse for a witch! Why don't you go crying back to the remains of your sorry little group?! Wait, better yet, go back to that rat of a fiancé!"
"Snape, please don't," Sarah said quietly. She was leaning against the wall, holding back tears. "Please don't remind me of that."
"And why not? Too ashamed? What?!"
"Don't yell. Please!" She sounded desperate now, and the tears couldn't be held back any longer. "You, of all people, should understand someone who lives in fear, Severus! Someone who lives in fear of a tyrant, who killed her grandmother, friends, and countless classmates, someone who lives in fear for her remaining loved ones, but not really herself: you should understand that Severus Snape. Why can't you, when that's your life as well as mine?"
"You know NOTHING about my life."
Suddenly, he stopped. He recognized this situation. At one point he had been in her place, being terrorized by his father. He had vowed not to turn into that man he had called that, and now he was. "Oh God, I'm - I'm sorry. I - wasn't thinking."
Walking towards her, he kept saying apologies. Finally, he knelt beside her, and she did something that startled him: she threw her arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder.
Five minutes later, Sarah was able to speak again. "Sorry."
Severus attempted to give her a reassuring smile, and walked her to her room.
"Thanks Snape."
"C- Call me Severus."
"You sure? People might think we're friends."
"That's better than what I am considered."
"Well then - friends?"
She held out a hand, which he shook. "Friends. Definitely friends."
A/N: I know this is short but I've been really busy lately. It also kinda sucks :( I would like to thank Moonlight Muse and and kelpylion - honestly if I don't get more reviews I may abandon this fic. This is not an empty threat - I am VERY serious.
As always - read and review!!!!!!! Flames will be part of my barbecue tonight, after they have been sufficiently laughed at!
After talking with her friends, both new and old, for a while, Sarah finally headed to her new home. Heading down the dungeon corridor, she ran directly into Snape.
"Watch where you're going, Lupin!"
"Careful Snape; I know where you live."
He stopped. "What?"
"I live right next door to you now. You can take it up with Albus if you have a problem with that."
She began to resume walking down the hall, but stopped. "Look, I'm not sure if you deserve this, but I wanted to.apologize for earlier today."
"What?" (A/N: his word for the day :)
"I.shouldn't have - didn't have the right to say that - about you. I'm sorry."
"Oh, did that hurt Lupin? No, it didn't. You wouldn't know what hurt as you've never felt pain have you? If you did, you wouldn't be living, because you're too weak."
"Snape -,"
"No! You were right, you shouldn't have said that. You know why? Because you don't know why I was a Death Eater, or if I really am. I don't even know why I'm listening to you."
"Sna-,"
"Leave me alone. You are a pathetic excuse for a witch! Why don't you go crying back to the remains of your sorry little group?! Wait, better yet, go back to that rat of a fiancé!"
"Snape, please don't," Sarah said quietly. She was leaning against the wall, holding back tears. "Please don't remind me of that."
"And why not? Too ashamed? What?!"
"Don't yell. Please!" She sounded desperate now, and the tears couldn't be held back any longer. "You, of all people, should understand someone who lives in fear, Severus! Someone who lives in fear of a tyrant, who killed her grandmother, friends, and countless classmates, someone who lives in fear for her remaining loved ones, but not really herself: you should understand that Severus Snape. Why can't you, when that's your life as well as mine?"
"You know NOTHING about my life."
Suddenly, he stopped. He recognized this situation. At one point he had been in her place, being terrorized by his father. He had vowed not to turn into that man he had called that, and now he was. "Oh God, I'm - I'm sorry. I - wasn't thinking."
Walking towards her, he kept saying apologies. Finally, he knelt beside her, and she did something that startled him: she threw her arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder.
Five minutes later, Sarah was able to speak again. "Sorry."
Severus attempted to give her a reassuring smile, and walked her to her room.
"Thanks Snape."
"C- Call me Severus."
"You sure? People might think we're friends."
"That's better than what I am considered."
"Well then - friends?"
She held out a hand, which he shook. "Friends. Definitely friends."
A/N: I know this is short but I've been really busy lately. It also kinda sucks :( I would like to thank Moonlight Muse and and kelpylion - honestly if I don't get more reviews I may abandon this fic. This is not an empty threat - I am VERY serious.
As always - read and review!!!!!!! Flames will be part of my barbecue tonight, after they have been sufficiently laughed at!