The Past and the Present

by Silverblue55

Summary: HPSS. Severus from the Marauders era travels to Harry's 7th year. Here he falls in love with his archenemy's son.

A/N: I managed to write another chapter before I leave, so here you go. Hope you like it.

To separate between the young Severus Snape and the older, I'm going to call the young one Severus and the older one Snape.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters.

"speak" and 'thoughts'

Chapter four: Detention

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Last chapter: Before he could blink he had arrived outside of the potions classroom. The way down was in his opinion to short. With dread in his stomach he knocked on the door softly, and the familiar silky voice spoke.

"Come in."

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Anticipation ran through his body as he reached for the door handle. A small knot of angst lay in his stomach. Snape looked forbidding where he sat behind his desk.

"Well sit down" Snape said. A smirk playing on his lips.

Severus hesitated before he looked over at him and sat down in on of the chairs in front of the desk. Snape looked amused.

"You're not in trouble. I simply gave you this detention so I could talk to you without being interrupted."

'Oh' Severus thought. 'When he said it like that it made sense. But then why...'

"Sir. Then why were you acting like that in class?"

Snape's face became shuttered, and his eyes was glassed over. It was like he was looking at something Severus couldn't see.

"You are a Gryffindor here, and I have to treat you like I would with any other Gryffindor. If not it would look suspicious."

"But why do you act like that towards them in the first place?"

"I can't tell you that, and the main reason I gave you this detention was because I wanted to tell you something."

It took some time before Snape continued, and it looked like he was in deep thought.

"While you are here you will fall in love. I want you to promise me that you will tell him that you love him."

By now Snape's piercing eyes had locked with his, making it impossible for him to look away. Severus was terror-stricken, and it took a long time before he found his tongue again.

"That's impossible. I don't fall in love."

Snape smirked. "Ah, but you will."

"In who?" he asked, but then he realized in could only be one person. "It's Harry isn't it?"

Snape didn't answer him. "Promise me" he demanded instead.

Severus couldn't hold his gaze any longer and looked away. After a while he gave him a small nod.

"Good" Snape said and looker over at the clock. "It's getting late. You should get up to your dormitory."

He tried to refuse, but Snape only held up his hand. Severus realized it was no use. He wouldn't get anymore answers. At least not tonight. He walked out of the classroom, and closed the door softly behind him.

When he reached the Fat Lady he was still engrossed in his thoughts. Absentmindedly he gave her the password and climbed inside. Severus looked up startled when a voice spoke. He had forgotten that Harry would be waiting up for him.

"Hi Darian. So how was it? What did he make you do?"

"Oh" he answered, thinking fast. "I just had to scrub some cauldrons."

"Well that don't sound to bad. It could have been worse." Harry smiled. "It looks like you're still alive."

Severus returned the smile. Feeling exhausted, he tried to stifle a yawn. Harry chuckled.

"Seems like your beaten, and so am I. Let's go up to bed."

Severus had no objections against that, and followed him up the stairs to the seventh year dormitory.

Laying in his bed, Severus couldn't stop thinking about what his older self had told him. 'Would he really fall in love? And with a Potter? Even if Snape hadn't told him, he knew it would be Harry. But say he did fall in love, there was no guarantee Harry would fall for him. Hell, he didn't even know if Harry was gay!'

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A/N: Again a huge thank you to all my reviewers. I appreciate it. Some have pointed out that I have written Griffindor instead of Gryffindor, and I have now tried to correct it. Please keep on reviewing.

I know this chapter is short and goes a little fast, but I'm leaving to the USA tomorrow night and I wanted to get it up before I leave.