Slowly he became aware of the pain in his body, and the cold hard stone he was lying on. He slowly pushed himself up into a sitting position but the moment he was sitting the dizziness came back. He had to sit still for a while till his eyes came back into focus. He could see he was still in the room they had tortured him. There was blood laying all over the floor and he was sure it was his. He took his wand from his sleeve and was happy to see it wasn't broken.

Testing first he noticed the wards were down enough so he could appeaate out. He tried to focus as much as he could and with a soft pop apparated home.

He landed with a soft thud on the ground. He had miscalculated the fact that he had been sitting and had apparated a little to high. When he hit the ground he fell down again and couldn't get up. He was looking at the door when suddenly it burst open and Lupin came storming out.

"Severus, is that you?" but all he could do was grunt and hope he didn't die.

Lupin quickly came to him and levitated him into the house and into the bathroom. He started to undress Snape and opened the tab in the bathtub. When he had finally peeled all the clothes off he picked the man up and sat him in the tub. He was all covered in bruises and blood and was way to thin.

"potion…" Snape murmured, pointing to a cabinet on the wall. Lupin went to it and opened the door. He saw two potions and took them both holding them in front of Snape

Snape grabbed the blue one and drank it down till the last drop then laid down in the tub. Lupin started to wash of the blood and saw that some of the cuts were already healing. He was careful not to push to hard but a lot of blood had already dried up and was hard to clean off. He noticed that Snape had fallen unconscious again and when he finished he used a drying spell. He didn't want to make the man feel more uncomfortable then he already was.

Picking him up instead of using a levitation charm he carried Snape back to bed and put a blanket over him. He took another blanket for himself and went to the living room to sleep on the couch.

When morning came Lupin woke in a still quiet house. He tiptoed to the bedroom and saw that Snape was still sleeping and looking a lot better already. He made his way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. There wasn't much but he could make eggs and some toast from some old bread. As he set to work he noticed that he was feeling better than usual and opened one of the windows to let some fresh air in. When he finished he took the plates to the bedroom together with coffee and put it on the bedside table.

"Wake up" Lupin softly said not wanting to scare him.

"What do you want fur ball" Snape replied opening his eyes and looking at Lupin as if he wanted to kill him.

"I made some breakfast greasy bat" Lupin said happily and placed the eggs on Snape lap and started eating his own.

"I don't need a maid but I'm sure they still need one in the Leaky Cauldron" Snape replied while stabbing his egg.

"I know you don't just eat that up and when you feel well enough you can give me a check up and I will leave."

"Fine" Snape snapped back and started to eat like he was eager to get rid of the guy sitting there watching him.

"I guess You Know Who wasn't that happy about what happened either" Lupin tried, he wanted to know what had happened and maybe find out what was going on.

"I guess not but at least I'm not dead yet" Although I want to be dead he immediately thought.

"So what are you going to do now? Are you going to stay with him and fight for him or are you still going to try and help us?" This was one of the questions that had been going through Lupins mind since Snape had left for the meeting.

Snape hadn't thought about it much yet and if he thought about it now he knew there was only one answer. He hated the Dark Lord and he knew he could never get away from him because of that damn mark on his arm. He would simply be killed or tortured till he returned and then be killed.

"I would like to still be on the good side but I'm sure none of you will welcome me back with open arms" Snape finally replied.

"I'm sure not everyone will want you back anymore but that doesn't mean all of us. We can make an arrangement you know." Lupin said as he looked expectantly at Snape but when he didn't say anything he continued.

"You could give me information through the box and I will try in the mean time to clear your name a little."

"That would be nice at least I have some purpose then." Snape replied and then got out of bed and put on some clothes.

"Well let's get you checked out and then you can go" Snape said while he got his wand and started to do some spells.

"Am I clear?" Lupin asked with excitement

"Almost 100, I guess that you will hardly notice anything during the next full moon but to be sure I want you here then." Snape replied

"I will be, but I have to go now or they will start worrying." Lupin said

After Lupin had left Snape was all by himself. It had been nice to have someone around to talk to again but now it was again quiet. He checked on the potions in the basement but as they had been unattended to long they were ruined so he vanished them all with a simple flick of the wrist. He made his way slowly upstairs and crawled back into bed. Everything was still painful but it could never overrule the pain he felt inside.

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