Chapter 2: The Holidays

Sitting in the park she'd played in when younger she began to think about the last five years of her life. At the end of her fifth year she had found herself in a passionate embrace with none other than Severus Snape. Professor Slughorn her potions teacher had asked herself and Snape to help him with an extremely difficult potion he wanted to demonstrate to his classes. He had asked there help as he needed two people with excellent marks as there was less chance of them ruining the potion.

They had started to make the Polyjuice potion two months before the end of term. With each minute she and Severus spent working on the potion the closer they got. Two weeks before term ended there was a trip to Hogsmede the local village, Professor Slughorn had asked that they stay to finish the potion. They had agreed and because they were responsible enough to be left to finish the potion alone Slughorn left.

She remembered that day like the best of her life although it started with an argument. "Are you going to shred it like that", Snape sneered as she shred the Boomslang skin.

"You do it if you can do better", she retort whilst throwing the skin at him. Why did he have to be so perfect in everything he did?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you or anything", he replied minutes later, "I just thought you were doing things the wrong way and didn't want to feel responsible if the potion went wrong and I didn't help you."

"Why would you help me, you don't talk to me I don't even think you know my name. All I am to you is a filthy mudblood, remember." she enquired.

"Lily Evans, of course I know your name, I have watched you from afar for years the smart girl who is top in practically everything, you're perfect. I didn't want to call you that but I had to, don't you see if I hadn't people would become curious as to why I was being nice to you", he replied before pulling her into an embrace impossible to escape. Not that she wanted to.

Things had flown past since then, it was 3 weeks into the holidays. She hadn't spoken to the boys properly since that night in the dungeons. She had however been corresponding with Sev each day since then.

Dear Sev,

How are you? I'm fine. Thank you for the lovely letter you sent me, it cheered me up no doubt. Petunia is driving me mad, but what's new. She says that I seem a lot different than at Christmas as though I'm hiding something. She can't stand secrets. I was wondering if it were possible to meet up tomorrow at 2pm at the Leaky Cauldron.

Love you loads

Lily

An owl had arrived with a letter from James and the boys about an hour ago. It read:

Dear Lily,

How are you we've been worried about you? We are all fine. Remus wants to know if he can borrow your copy of Hairy Snout, Human Heart as he has lost his copy. Sirius wants you to know that he has managed to beat me in a game of Quidditch (I was going easy on him, he'd had a bad day). Peter wants me to congratulate you on your OWL's. And I want to meet you next week in Diagon Alley so we can talk about us.

Love

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter

She didn't know what to say. There was no "us". She however sent a reply saying,

Hi boys,

I'm fine. Remus, there are a few pages missing but just the index etcetera. Sirius congratulations, I bet you're pleased. Thank you Peter. James, I will meet you on Wednesday outside Florian and Fortescues at 12noon.

Have a good holiday boys, I'll see you on September the first.

Love

Lily

P.s. Remus don't lose my book.

She was still sitting in the park when Petunia walked past walking her fiancé to his car. She is now studying to be a teacher and is engaged to Vernon Dursley, whose father owns a drill company called Grunnings.