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Disclaimers: Still not mine, sad to say.
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I was sitting in the kitchen, the latest Daily Prophet spread out on the table before me, but my mind was not on the contents of the page I had been staring at for almost an hour, it was on what my darling Molly had revealed to me just days before about a girl friend of hers from school. What was the name? Ah yes, Evelina Guthrie. Wait a minute, I know that name! She was Severus's girlfriend in the fourth year on! Stunned by my own stupidity, I slap myself on the forehead. Well, that certainly cleared up why Molly hadn't said anything about this friend before. Evelina and I had met in passing once and the incident had left me with a bad burn on my forearm and toasted robes and her with a long cut running along her jaw. I had complained to Molly about the incident, and then forgotten it promptly as I tend to do with unimportant, unpleasant adventures.
Satisfied that I had identified why the woman's name had been nagging in the back of my head, I turned my attention to what Molly had actually told me about Evelina and why it could possibly be important. I frown. Molly had told me several other people had known... unfortunately, most of them were dead. Damn He who must not be named...
"Arthur, you've been staring at that page for at least 20 minutes now," a familiar snide voice cuts into my thoughts. I scowl darkly and look across the table where Severus Snape has seated himself.
"What do you want Severus?" I snap with just as much ice in my voice as when he had addressed me. He smirks a little and folds his fingers together neatly.
"Your wife is keeping secrets Arthur," he explains calmly. I frown at him.
"About what?"
"About Evelina Guthrie... surely you remember? She would be the girl who set fire to your-"
"I know who she is Severus."
"Mm, yes, I suppose you would, now wouldn't you? Alright, what has she told you about her?"
"What business of yours is it?" I ask, scowling darkly at him. Despite their being together through their last years at Hogwarts, I had heard nothing of them afterwards.
"If I knew something about your wife, wouldn't you want to know what it was?"
"Well... yes... but she's my wife."
"And Evelina was my fiancé." I stop and stare at him, surprised at his bluntness. My natural hostilities towards Severus had always stopped me from questioning his past too much, but to miss out on the fact he had had a fiancé...
"Molly's mentioned her a few times..." I say hesitantly, debating whether to tell him or not. I am saved when Dumbledore suddenly strides in, his robes slightly dirty and his face weary. Severus is immediately on his feet, offering Dumbledore his chair.
"Thank you Severus, but I've only stopped by for a moment to make sure that Harry has arrived alright," Dumbledore says calmly, smiling warmly at the greasy-haired fellow.
"Yes he has... I believe Arthur was in charge of the operation..." Severus's gaze turns toward me at the same time as Dumbledore's.
"Everything went marvelously Sir, not a whisper of trouble."
"Good, good. Then I'm afraid I must be on my way again. Please tell Molly that I'm afraid we're going to need a lot of food tonight, everyone has been entirely too busy to eat and we're all quite famished. I should say we will be back around seven."
"Of course Dumbledore, please take care." There is a moment of silence as we wait for Dumbledore to exit, and then Severus turns his gaze back to me.
"You were saying?" he asks coolly, crossing his arms across his chest.
"I don't know what else to tell you." I lie, not wanting to tell him what I knew. He scowls slightly before turning and storming out without a word. I breathe a silent sigh of relief as the door closes behind him. Severus always did make me nervous.
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Ow... I think I hurt myself with that one.
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Disclaimers: Still not mine, sad to say.
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I was sitting in the kitchen, the latest Daily Prophet spread out on the table before me, but my mind was not on the contents of the page I had been staring at for almost an hour, it was on what my darling Molly had revealed to me just days before about a girl friend of hers from school. What was the name? Ah yes, Evelina Guthrie. Wait a minute, I know that name! She was Severus's girlfriend in the fourth year on! Stunned by my own stupidity, I slap myself on the forehead. Well, that certainly cleared up why Molly hadn't said anything about this friend before. Evelina and I had met in passing once and the incident had left me with a bad burn on my forearm and toasted robes and her with a long cut running along her jaw. I had complained to Molly about the incident, and then forgotten it promptly as I tend to do with unimportant, unpleasant adventures.
Satisfied that I had identified why the woman's name had been nagging in the back of my head, I turned my attention to what Molly had actually told me about Evelina and why it could possibly be important. I frown. Molly had told me several other people had known... unfortunately, most of them were dead. Damn He who must not be named...
"Arthur, you've been staring at that page for at least 20 minutes now," a familiar snide voice cuts into my thoughts. I scowl darkly and look across the table where Severus Snape has seated himself.
"What do you want Severus?" I snap with just as much ice in my voice as when he had addressed me. He smirks a little and folds his fingers together neatly.
"Your wife is keeping secrets Arthur," he explains calmly. I frown at him.
"About what?"
"About Evelina Guthrie... surely you remember? She would be the girl who set fire to your-"
"I know who she is Severus."
"Mm, yes, I suppose you would, now wouldn't you? Alright, what has she told you about her?"
"What business of yours is it?" I ask, scowling darkly at him. Despite their being together through their last years at Hogwarts, I had heard nothing of them afterwards.
"If I knew something about your wife, wouldn't you want to know what it was?"
"Well... yes... but she's my wife."
"And Evelina was my fiancé." I stop and stare at him, surprised at his bluntness. My natural hostilities towards Severus had always stopped me from questioning his past too much, but to miss out on the fact he had had a fiancé...
"Molly's mentioned her a few times..." I say hesitantly, debating whether to tell him or not. I am saved when Dumbledore suddenly strides in, his robes slightly dirty and his face weary. Severus is immediately on his feet, offering Dumbledore his chair.
"Thank you Severus, but I've only stopped by for a moment to make sure that Harry has arrived alright," Dumbledore says calmly, smiling warmly at the greasy-haired fellow.
"Yes he has... I believe Arthur was in charge of the operation..." Severus's gaze turns toward me at the same time as Dumbledore's.
"Everything went marvelously Sir, not a whisper of trouble."
"Good, good. Then I'm afraid I must be on my way again. Please tell Molly that I'm afraid we're going to need a lot of food tonight, everyone has been entirely too busy to eat and we're all quite famished. I should say we will be back around seven."
"Of course Dumbledore, please take care." There is a moment of silence as we wait for Dumbledore to exit, and then Severus turns his gaze back to me.
"You were saying?" he asks coolly, crossing his arms across his chest.
"I don't know what else to tell you." I lie, not wanting to tell him what I knew. He scowls slightly before turning and storming out without a word. I breathe a silent sigh of relief as the door closes behind him. Severus always did make me nervous.
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Ow... I think I hurt myself with that one.
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