Severus was very happy that he was all by himself, without his father around to yell at him for his every move. He was glad that he was able to do things that he wanted, without his father there to tell him 'no'. He would read books about spells, and about different creatures, like vampires. He had been very interested in learning about vampires ever since his mother had sent him that letter. He was partly depressed that he had this sort of 'deformity', as he liked to call it. He sent an owl to Haley, telling her that he was sorry for bailing out on her the other day, and that he wanted to know if she wanted to come hang out while his father was away.
Haley sent a letter back to him the following day, telling him that she would be coming over for a little while and that her friend Jessica would be with her too. He read the letter silently to himself, and was happy after reading it, since he would have some friends to have fun with. About two hours after he had received the letter, the two girls arrived. "Hey Severus," Haley said, walking into the house with her friend.
"Hey," Severus replied.
"So, what's goin' on?" Haley asked him.
"Well, you know, just hangin' around, happy my dad isn't here," Severus told them, "If you can call him a dad." He just sort of mumbled that last part, so the others wouldn't hear.
"What do you guys want to do?" Severus asked them.
"You want to go out to the park and torture the little kids there?" Haley asked, with a devilish grin.
"I don't know," Severus said, as he didn't really want to torture any little kids.
"Come on! It'll be fun! We'll throw stuff at them, like water balloons and stuff," Haley told them.
"Sounds fine by me!" Jessica said, joining the conversation.
"Well, if you really want to, I don't see why not," Severus said, now with that same devilish smile as Haley.
"Okay, let's see, where did I put those water balloons," Haley muttered to herself, searching her pockets. She pulled out a bag of water balloons, and they went up the stairs, and into the bathroom.
They filled up the water balloons in the sink, which they could all use, since their were three faucets. They filled up their water balloons, and one by one, they put the balloons in a bag they had retrieved from Severus' room. They had filled at least twenty-five water balloons before deciding that they had enough, and then they walked out the door of the house, heading for the park. They walked up the street, discussing what they were about to do, and Severus started to get cold feet. "Do you really want to do this?" he asked the girls.
"Are you backing out on us?" Haley asked him.
"Oh, no, of course not," Severus said. "I was just seeing if you were going to back out on me." He did not want to back out on something in front of his friends, if they wanted to do it.
"Of course I'm not gonna back out on you guys! I mean, it was my idea in the first place! Alright, then come on! Let's go do this!" Haley told him. They split up the water balloons amongst each other and continued towards the park. They walked through the white steel gateway, and over to one of the trees, where the kids weren't around. They made sure nobody saw what they were up to.
"Man, this has got to be the lamest prank ever," Jessica whispered, "But, hey, what are you gonna do?" They laughed as they got ready to chuck the water balloons at some of the neighborhood kids. In reality, they weren't actually little kids, they were probably around Severus' age. One boy Severus knew as a kid named Erik Anderson. He was Severus' age, and he too was a pureblood, but he didn't dare tell Haley and Jessica, because they would probably ask him if he wanted to help, and Severus desperately wanted to hit that kid with one of the water balloons.
They got ready to strike, each grabbing hold of some water balloons. They jumped out from behind the tree and began to chuck the water balloons at the kids. Severus hit the kid, Erik Anderson, right in the side of the face, and he also hit a few of the other kids. It looked as if Jessica and Haley were having good luck also with hitting their targets, as he heard the yells of the kids screaming about how they were getting wet and how the water was cold. "Pansies," Severus thought as one of the girls started crying when he hit her in the face. Haley and Jessica were all out of water balloons, and Severus only had one left. He decided to throw another one at Erik, who had begun to stand and was trying to run. He hurled the water balloon at Erik, and it hit him right in the crotch-area, causing it to seem as if the kid had wet himself. Severus, Haley, and Jessica all laughed before leaving to go back to Severus' house just to hang out.
They entered the house and saw the one person they did not expect to see. It was Severus' mother. She was carrying a bag which had a lot of things inside of it. "What are you doing here?" Severus asked her.
"I came to get my things," his mother answered. "Why didn't you say good-bye to me before you left?" he asked his mother.
"I didn't have time to," she told him, continuing to gather her things.
"Why are you leaving father?" he said, continuing to interrogate his mother.
"It's just not meant to be," she told him.
"You've found someone else, didn't you?" he stated, rather than asked.
"Yes," she answered.
"It's that muggle boy!" he yelled out. "Calm down Severus. Not you too? You're beginning to sound like your father," she said to him, very calmly.
"I am not like my father! Don't ever say that!" he shouted at her. He could feel the anger building up inside of him. "Leave right now! I do not want your filthy muggle-loving body in my house!" he screamed out, continuing to berate his mother. She ran out of the house, crying, and did not look back at her son once.
"We should be leaving now," Haley told him, staring at him disbelievingly. Haley and Jessica, too, walked out of the house, leaving Severus standing there, all alone once again.
He walked up to his room, his head down, and littly droplets of tears running down his face. He entered his bedroom and sat down on his bed. He felt rather depressed as he grabbed a picture of his family that had always been sitting next to his bed. "Why does it have to happen to me?" he asked himself, "Why does everything always happen to me?" He took the picture in his hands and threw it against the wall opposite his bed. He heard the sound of glass shattering as the picture crashed against the wall, sending fragments of glass all over his room. Never had he imagined the sound of glass shattering would sound so pleasant...
When he awoke the next morning, it was because he felt something dripping onto his face. He opened his eyes to see his father standing there, right over him. He tried to figure out what it was that was dripping onto his forehead when he realized it was the grease from his father's hair. That was another trait he had inherited from his father. He had the same greasy hair that his father did. His father was smiling. Severus did not know why he was smiling. His father never smiled. His father was either very angry, and you could tell when he was really angry, or he would just not smile, even if he was happy. "What are you so happy about?" Severus asked him.
"I've found my new wife," his father told him. Severus immediately became interested.
"What? Already?" he asked his father.
"Yes, Severus, and she's downstairs waiting to meet you. So get dressed and come downstairs," his father told him, his smile now faded away. Severus slid out of bed, too lazy to move quickly. He threw some clothes on that were piled on his floor, and headed down the stairs.
A lady with long blonde hair, and green eyes. She looked about 5'5", and was very pretty. "Who's this?" Severus asked, although he already knew the answer that was coming.
"This is Colleen Anderson," his father told him.
"Oh, hi," Severus said to the woman.
"Hello. You must be Severus. Your father has told me a lot about you," the lady said to him.
"Good things?" Severus asked, trying to find out what his father had been saying about him.
"Well, you could say that," the woman told him.
"Oh," he replied, looking at his father, who by the looks of it did not like Severus talking to his 'girlfriend'. "I'll be in my room if you need me," Severus said, leaving the room. He grabbed a cup and poured himself some orange juice, just like he always did in the mornings. He walked up the stairs and went into his room, sitting on his bed. He picked up the book he had been reading the day before about vampires, and began reading where he left off. He still had not told his father that he knew about being a part-vampire. He did not plan to tell his father either. He laid there in his bed and read the book, learning more and more interesting facts about what he would be able to do once he was allowed to practice magic, like his ability to transform into a bat, and his ability to heal himself. He could not wait to develop these abilities once he had learned some magic at school.
Haley sent a letter back to him the following day, telling him that she would be coming over for a little while and that her friend Jessica would be with her too. He read the letter silently to himself, and was happy after reading it, since he would have some friends to have fun with. About two hours after he had received the letter, the two girls arrived. "Hey Severus," Haley said, walking into the house with her friend.
"Hey," Severus replied.
"So, what's goin' on?" Haley asked him.
"Well, you know, just hangin' around, happy my dad isn't here," Severus told them, "If you can call him a dad." He just sort of mumbled that last part, so the others wouldn't hear.
"What do you guys want to do?" Severus asked them.
"You want to go out to the park and torture the little kids there?" Haley asked, with a devilish grin.
"I don't know," Severus said, as he didn't really want to torture any little kids.
"Come on! It'll be fun! We'll throw stuff at them, like water balloons and stuff," Haley told them.
"Sounds fine by me!" Jessica said, joining the conversation.
"Well, if you really want to, I don't see why not," Severus said, now with that same devilish smile as Haley.
"Okay, let's see, where did I put those water balloons," Haley muttered to herself, searching her pockets. She pulled out a bag of water balloons, and they went up the stairs, and into the bathroom.
They filled up the water balloons in the sink, which they could all use, since their were three faucets. They filled up their water balloons, and one by one, they put the balloons in a bag they had retrieved from Severus' room. They had filled at least twenty-five water balloons before deciding that they had enough, and then they walked out the door of the house, heading for the park. They walked up the street, discussing what they were about to do, and Severus started to get cold feet. "Do you really want to do this?" he asked the girls.
"Are you backing out on us?" Haley asked him.
"Oh, no, of course not," Severus said. "I was just seeing if you were going to back out on me." He did not want to back out on something in front of his friends, if they wanted to do it.
"Of course I'm not gonna back out on you guys! I mean, it was my idea in the first place! Alright, then come on! Let's go do this!" Haley told him. They split up the water balloons amongst each other and continued towards the park. They walked through the white steel gateway, and over to one of the trees, where the kids weren't around. They made sure nobody saw what they were up to.
"Man, this has got to be the lamest prank ever," Jessica whispered, "But, hey, what are you gonna do?" They laughed as they got ready to chuck the water balloons at some of the neighborhood kids. In reality, they weren't actually little kids, they were probably around Severus' age. One boy Severus knew as a kid named Erik Anderson. He was Severus' age, and he too was a pureblood, but he didn't dare tell Haley and Jessica, because they would probably ask him if he wanted to help, and Severus desperately wanted to hit that kid with one of the water balloons.
They got ready to strike, each grabbing hold of some water balloons. They jumped out from behind the tree and began to chuck the water balloons at the kids. Severus hit the kid, Erik Anderson, right in the side of the face, and he also hit a few of the other kids. It looked as if Jessica and Haley were having good luck also with hitting their targets, as he heard the yells of the kids screaming about how they were getting wet and how the water was cold. "Pansies," Severus thought as one of the girls started crying when he hit her in the face. Haley and Jessica were all out of water balloons, and Severus only had one left. He decided to throw another one at Erik, who had begun to stand and was trying to run. He hurled the water balloon at Erik, and it hit him right in the crotch-area, causing it to seem as if the kid had wet himself. Severus, Haley, and Jessica all laughed before leaving to go back to Severus' house just to hang out.
They entered the house and saw the one person they did not expect to see. It was Severus' mother. She was carrying a bag which had a lot of things inside of it. "What are you doing here?" Severus asked her.
"I came to get my things," his mother answered. "Why didn't you say good-bye to me before you left?" he asked his mother.
"I didn't have time to," she told him, continuing to gather her things.
"Why are you leaving father?" he said, continuing to interrogate his mother.
"It's just not meant to be," she told him.
"You've found someone else, didn't you?" he stated, rather than asked.
"Yes," she answered.
"It's that muggle boy!" he yelled out. "Calm down Severus. Not you too? You're beginning to sound like your father," she said to him, very calmly.
"I am not like my father! Don't ever say that!" he shouted at her. He could feel the anger building up inside of him. "Leave right now! I do not want your filthy muggle-loving body in my house!" he screamed out, continuing to berate his mother. She ran out of the house, crying, and did not look back at her son once.
"We should be leaving now," Haley told him, staring at him disbelievingly. Haley and Jessica, too, walked out of the house, leaving Severus standing there, all alone once again.
He walked up to his room, his head down, and littly droplets of tears running down his face. He entered his bedroom and sat down on his bed. He felt rather depressed as he grabbed a picture of his family that had always been sitting next to his bed. "Why does it have to happen to me?" he asked himself, "Why does everything always happen to me?" He took the picture in his hands and threw it against the wall opposite his bed. He heard the sound of glass shattering as the picture crashed against the wall, sending fragments of glass all over his room. Never had he imagined the sound of glass shattering would sound so pleasant...
When he awoke the next morning, it was because he felt something dripping onto his face. He opened his eyes to see his father standing there, right over him. He tried to figure out what it was that was dripping onto his forehead when he realized it was the grease from his father's hair. That was another trait he had inherited from his father. He had the same greasy hair that his father did. His father was smiling. Severus did not know why he was smiling. His father never smiled. His father was either very angry, and you could tell when he was really angry, or he would just not smile, even if he was happy. "What are you so happy about?" Severus asked him.
"I've found my new wife," his father told him. Severus immediately became interested.
"What? Already?" he asked his father.
"Yes, Severus, and she's downstairs waiting to meet you. So get dressed and come downstairs," his father told him, his smile now faded away. Severus slid out of bed, too lazy to move quickly. He threw some clothes on that were piled on his floor, and headed down the stairs.
A lady with long blonde hair, and green eyes. She looked about 5'5", and was very pretty. "Who's this?" Severus asked, although he already knew the answer that was coming.
"This is Colleen Anderson," his father told him.
"Oh, hi," Severus said to the woman.
"Hello. You must be Severus. Your father has told me a lot about you," the lady said to him.
"Good things?" Severus asked, trying to find out what his father had been saying about him.
"Well, you could say that," the woman told him.
"Oh," he replied, looking at his father, who by the looks of it did not like Severus talking to his 'girlfriend'. "I'll be in my room if you need me," Severus said, leaving the room. He grabbed a cup and poured himself some orange juice, just like he always did in the mornings. He walked up the stairs and went into his room, sitting on his bed. He picked up the book he had been reading the day before about vampires, and began reading where he left off. He still had not told his father that he knew about being a part-vampire. He did not plan to tell his father either. He laid there in his bed and read the book, learning more and more interesting facts about what he would be able to do once he was allowed to practice magic, like his ability to transform into a bat, and his ability to heal himself. He could not wait to develop these abilities once he had learned some magic at school.