Thanks for all the reviews, guys! I know alot of you are surprised/shocked/angry that Sev is warming upto Harry so fast - but don't you fret. I intended do writer that, see!! oo; Don't get angry with me, all will be revealed in this chapter. Or something.
WARNING: This chater will be horrificly short.
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Harry was still studying the clear bottles when he suddenly had a thought - what date was it?
"Professor? What day is it?"
Albus smirked, "The day before you come back to school. There really is no point in leaving and coming back tommorow, so I guess you can have Gryffindor tower to yourself tonight. If you're all well now, you can go there."
Harry started to get out of bed, making a mental note - first thing he should do is find Severus...Snape, and thank him.
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Severus was confused. Only a few hours ago, Severus had felt such sympathy towards Potter that he had sent him a full case of Dreamless Sleep Potion to him.
Good Lord, what WAS he thinking?
What was he feeling, for that matter?
"...I HATE him...what on earth is happening to me..."
Was it..guilt? Was it something that just...had to be done? Or was it the fact that Severus went through exactly the same thing when he was Potter's age?...
Severus got himself up from his armchair groggily, and set off for the staffroom.
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Harry was half way to the staffroom when he spotted Snape, slowly striding down the corridor which echoed his footsteps.
"Professor! I just wanted to - "
"Thank me?" Severus finished him sentence for him, "I thought as much. I suppose it comes as a second nature for you when so many of your friends have saved you, countless times."
Harry's heart stopped - what was he saying?...
"Well, don't thank me. I don't need thanks - to be honest, I only sent you those so I wouldn't be woken in the middle of the night my Poppy, alerting me that you've seen more visions, or something along those silly lines. Now that school is starting tommorow, I don't want any of this, and I don't need it either. Don't expect anymore gifts from me, Potter."
The same sneer Snape usually wore in his potions class returned to his face, yet this time it pierced through Harry like an arrow. Usually it would only make Harry roll his eyes, yet this time it went straight to his heart, making it ache.
"...Last year...ever since I attended Hogwarts, you've hated me and I've hated you. And I know why now. It was my dad, wasn't it? Well, I'm sorry, alright?! I'm sorry my father was such a stupid bloody asshole to you, alright?? And if he was still around I'm sure he'd feel the same way."
Harry stared at the floor, not daring to see Snape's reaction.
"...I thought you had changed. I didn't expect you to actually like me more after this, either, just show a little more gratitude. But when Albus told me that he had asked you to ADOPT me...jesus christ, I was scared, but something told me that it might work, and I was willing to accept if you were...but, yunno what?..."
"Potter, I don't care what you have to say. Anything that escapes your mouth is irrelevant, I don't need to hear it-"
"I thought men were supposed to mature in their late twenties? You're being so childish, SEVERUS, it's almost laughable."
Harry 'ughed' in digust and sadness, before turning his back on Severus and storming back to the hospital wing. There was a long awkward silence, as both started to walk away from the scene. Harry heard a near inaudible sigh escape Severus, who's pace had quickened as he made his way back to his chambers.
"Oh, one more thing!" Harry called down the hallway.
Snape didn't turn around, but he didn't have to to find out what Harry did. Harry whipped out the small boz that held the vials, and let it fall to the ground, obviously breaking something within it. Severus didn't even so much as wince. He merely turned around, shouted "Accio Box", then "Reparo" as it soared through the air, catching it with his free hand.
"Well, if you don't want them, I can put them to better use," he said simply, before turning around and storming off, leaving a brokenhearted Harry to take in what had just happened.
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Told you it would be short.
WARNING: This chater will be horrificly short.
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Harry was still studying the clear bottles when he suddenly had a thought - what date was it?
"Professor? What day is it?"
Albus smirked, "The day before you come back to school. There really is no point in leaving and coming back tommorow, so I guess you can have Gryffindor tower to yourself tonight. If you're all well now, you can go there."
Harry started to get out of bed, making a mental note - first thing he should do is find Severus...Snape, and thank him.
- - - - - - - -
Severus was confused. Only a few hours ago, Severus had felt such sympathy towards Potter that he had sent him a full case of Dreamless Sleep Potion to him.
Good Lord, what WAS he thinking?
What was he feeling, for that matter?
"...I HATE him...what on earth is happening to me..."
Was it..guilt? Was it something that just...had to be done? Or was it the fact that Severus went through exactly the same thing when he was Potter's age?...
Severus got himself up from his armchair groggily, and set off for the staffroom.
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Harry was half way to the staffroom when he spotted Snape, slowly striding down the corridor which echoed his footsteps.
"Professor! I just wanted to - "
"Thank me?" Severus finished him sentence for him, "I thought as much. I suppose it comes as a second nature for you when so many of your friends have saved you, countless times."
Harry's heart stopped - what was he saying?...
"Well, don't thank me. I don't need thanks - to be honest, I only sent you those so I wouldn't be woken in the middle of the night my Poppy, alerting me that you've seen more visions, or something along those silly lines. Now that school is starting tommorow, I don't want any of this, and I don't need it either. Don't expect anymore gifts from me, Potter."
The same sneer Snape usually wore in his potions class returned to his face, yet this time it pierced through Harry like an arrow. Usually it would only make Harry roll his eyes, yet this time it went straight to his heart, making it ache.
"...Last year...ever since I attended Hogwarts, you've hated me and I've hated you. And I know why now. It was my dad, wasn't it? Well, I'm sorry, alright?! I'm sorry my father was such a stupid bloody asshole to you, alright?? And if he was still around I'm sure he'd feel the same way."
Harry stared at the floor, not daring to see Snape's reaction.
"...I thought you had changed. I didn't expect you to actually like me more after this, either, just show a little more gratitude. But when Albus told me that he had asked you to ADOPT me...jesus christ, I was scared, but something told me that it might work, and I was willing to accept if you were...but, yunno what?..."
"Potter, I don't care what you have to say. Anything that escapes your mouth is irrelevant, I don't need to hear it-"
"I thought men were supposed to mature in their late twenties? You're being so childish, SEVERUS, it's almost laughable."
Harry 'ughed' in digust and sadness, before turning his back on Severus and storming back to the hospital wing. There was a long awkward silence, as both started to walk away from the scene. Harry heard a near inaudible sigh escape Severus, who's pace had quickened as he made his way back to his chambers.
"Oh, one more thing!" Harry called down the hallway.
Snape didn't turn around, but he didn't have to to find out what Harry did. Harry whipped out the small boz that held the vials, and let it fall to the ground, obviously breaking something within it. Severus didn't even so much as wince. He merely turned around, shouted "Accio Box", then "Reparo" as it soared through the air, catching it with his free hand.
"Well, if you don't want them, I can put them to better use," he said simply, before turning around and storming off, leaving a brokenhearted Harry to take in what had just happened.
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Told you it would be short.