IT'S CHANGED (SNILY)
CHAPTER 33 Christmas

They sat in silence for a while, the only noises heard were their huffing and sighing. Obviously, they were bored. Shane groaned loudly then, and everyone eyes turned to him.

"Merry Christmas, guys" he said loudly. "Does no one remember it?!"

"Oh, yes… Merry Christmas to you all" Selene sat up straight and gave a small smile.

Lily and Severus spoke together. "Merry Christmas… I almost forgot" they looked at each other and chuckled.

"Merry Christmas!" Charm exclaimed and brought her trunk down from where she had kept it.

"Merry Christmas!" Austin grinned broadly.

Charm took some packets out and gave them to everyone. "Open up"

They were books, though, a little cheeky for the attempt.

Shane and Selene huffed and glared at her. "All you must know about Pregnancy! Honestly, Charm" Selene gave her a mock-disapproving look, while Shane just wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Thank you sounds better, doesn't it?" Charm winked cheekily.

"Thank you, Charm" they both mumbled.

"Ah… A book to know how to get better muscles. Actually, Charm, your stupidity overpowers my comprehension" Austin huffed, gaining a swat from her at the back of his head. "Thank you, by the way"

"Stop being a simp" Severus rolled his eyes. "Now, I totally agree with Austin" he high-fived him.

Charm simply smirked and motioned for Lily to open it. "He is right beside. It's a novel" Lily quirked her lips. "Does it have some smut, Charm?"

Charm's smirk just got longer. "It's from the wizarding world! What do you expect?"

"Well, then, thank you" Lily winked.

Charm huffed. She wanted to annoy her, but she wasn't able to. Dammit.

Austin took his gifts out and gave them to everyone.

Severus opened his. "Coffee candies. What all exists in this world? Thank you, Austin, it's so much better than a stupid book for simps" he spoke on Charm's face and threw one in his mouth, who just ignored him.

"Oh, thank you, Austin for French chocolates…" she trailed off and blushed. "Well, thank you" she took one in her mouth and raised her eyebrows. "I never knew, they tasted so delicious"

Austin smirked. Christmas existed to tease with gifts, didn't it?

"Ah… Cockroach clusters?" Lily looked at Austin. What was special in them, though, it was a huge pack?

"Eat them in front of your sister" he whispered giving Lily a knowing look that she totally understood. Annoying Petunia was one of her most favorite pass-times.

"Thank you" she winked and ate one just then.

"Non- morning sickness pops" Selene looked at him irritated, but that did no effect to him.

"Calm-yourself drops. I am not anxious, am I?" Shane scoffed, that in return got cheeky nods from everyone.

"My turn" Lily got her gifts out gave them.

"A cup!" Selene exclaimed and then slouched by seeing 'Mum' written on it, while there was 'Dad' written on Shane's. "Honestly, idiots, it's not even proved yet"

They suppressed their laughs, while Lily shrugged.

"It is a quidditch player" Austin blushed by looking at the zooming figure over his cup that dived in the cup after every thirty seconds. "Trust, you do something like this"

Charm's gift had a sofa drawn, where two people cuddling. The sofa showed different angles as per the amount of liquid in the cup. "Well, I like the sofa" she complimented to hide her embarrassment. "Thank you, Lily"

Severus opened his gift, that was another cup with a doe, that galloped through its brim. It was silvery while the cup, had the color of a snowy grass ground. "Thank you" he whispered and Lily smiled. When she bought the gift, it didn't hold this meaning but now, it felt extremely connected.

Shane gave them his gifts then. He grinned when they all opened them.

They were all framed pictures.

"That's when we had our first snow ball fight" Charm whispered looking at the framed photo of hers and Shane's when they were young.

"Correctly guessed" Shane nodded.

"We in the book store" Lily chuckled. She remembered, the date with Shane to Hogsmeade.

"Uh huh" he agreed.

"When did you get the picture?" she asked.

"Well, that remains a secret" he shrugged, winking.

"That's when we had a racing match" Austin's eyes shone and Shane smiled.

"That's when I kissed you for the first time" Selene gasped at the picture that showed them near the Forbidden Forest. It was dark, but they were visible.

"The moment was worth preserving" Shane said, kissing her.

"When did you take the picture?"

"As I said, it remains a secret" he waved his finger.

Severus cleared his throat and blinked a few times. "That is from the infirmary, when we met for the first time" he remembered, when Shane was the person who came to talk to him. He himself was smiling while Shane was saying something.

"Well, yes, I took the picture then too. I had to remember my new friend" Shane patted his shoulder.

"Thank you" he whispered and straightened then. "My gifts now" he gave them.

"It is muggle, isn't it?" Selene placed the eye-pack on her eyes. "Wow…"

"It was muggle but I adjusted it to the magic. It will get to the temperature that you are comfortable with" he told.

"Even though, you must have thought about the pregnancy again. It is so good…" she trailed off.

"Hey, Selene! Don't sleep now" Shane removed the pack.

"Fine" she crossed her arms on her chest. "Thank you, by the way, Severus"

Shane opened his gift. "Candles. Umm… they smell good"

"They'll not extinguish until you want them to" Severus said.

"Thank you" Shane sniffed it again before Selene snatched one of them from him.

"Ah, they really do smell good. I am keeping this one" she kept sniffing it.

Shane rolled his eyes, while the others chuckled.

Charm opened hers next and scoffed. "It's a… you are the stupidest, Severus" it was a French perfume.

Severus shrugged, innocently. "Am I?"

"Though, it smells good, so, I like it… wait the scent, changed!"

He nodded. "It will change with your emotions. Though, it would never smell bad"

"Ah… thank you"

Austin held up a ball that looked like a very small Christmas ornament. It buzzed and then quietened. "What is it?"

"It is an alert that only you will hear at the time when it'll deem danger near you" Severus explained. "Did anyone hear the buzz?"

They all shook their heads except for Austin.

"I did"

Severus nodded, smugly. "Only you will"

"Brilliant. Thank you"

Lily unboxed her gift but before she could fully, the box opened itself and a very light glow, surfaced up. And then something wrapped around her wrist. "It's a bracelet"

"It is" Severus smiled.

The bracelet was of light gold chain with a silver doe, attached in the middle. It was small but it looked beautiful. She didn't think then, just kissed him which he greedily returned back.

The others gasped.

Severus and Lily broke apart and flushed.

"When did this happen?" Selene's eyes were as wide as saucers.

"Or is this the first?" Austin gaped.

"Can't be the first, their faces show that it has happened before, without our notice" Shane narrowed his eyes.

Lily cleared her throat. "When you sent me behind, Sev… that is when we got together"

"Oh… well, then, congratulations" Charm threw her hands up in the air.

Severus rolled his eyes, through the red blotches on his cheeks. "Charm we know that you and Elias got together too"

She flushed red. "Well… yes"

"Do we know about nothing?" Austin gave a mock-offended look.

"For that Austin, you need to get doing something else than jumping on Marlene" Lily smirked.

"You… you both were spying on us" he frowned.

Lily and Severus flustered. "No, we just saw… that's all"

"Well, I am happy it happened after all" Shane grinned broadly.

"Totally" Selene smiled. "And you too Charm. I knew you like French men"

Charm coughed. "Your turn, Selene"

"Oh, yes" she was about to pull the bag down but Shane got it before her.

"No, weight lifting" he instructed.

Selene snorted. "It isn't even any weight, Shane"

"I believe, it is" he said sternly and gave others their gifts.

"That is a sweater" Austin prompted, holding high the white sweater, that again had a zooming broomstick on the waist. "Why are you all obsessed with broomsticks so much?" he reddened.

Selene winked. "Doesn't that suit you, Austin"

"Thank you" he said loudly to avoid any more taunts.

"A sweater for me too… but isn't that too big" Charm showed hers. It was light blue and had a thin line of snowflakes on the waist and was an extremely huge size.

"Well, Lily gave you the cuddle picture" Selene said matter-of-factly.

Charm blushed. "Right, thank you"

Lily picked her out. "Mine is a red one… why the hell is there a snake?" she frowned at the green snake that slithered through the entire sweater.

"Isn't there a snake that rolls around just like that?" Selene winked at Severus, that made both Lily and Severus blush deep red.

Severus hastily opened his, to dismiss the awkward talk. He scoffed and gave Selene with a bored look. "Honestly, Selene, neon pink!"

The others laughed while Selene shrugged, innocently. "There's a SEVERUS ROCKS, written on the neck too and you ignored the glasses"

He looked closely and saw SEVERUS ROCKS written on the neck in silver. He kept that aside and took the Matrix triangle, black Sunglasses.

"Wear them" she asked.

He put them on and crossed his arms of his chest. "Aren't they moronic?"

"No, Sev, they look cool" Lily adjusted them better.

"There, perfect" Selene grinned.

Severus took it off. "I am never wearing them again, you know"

Selene waved her hand. "Whatever, I just like annoying you"

"I gathered that"

Shane was about to open his gift, which looked tinnier than anyone's. But before he could Selene grabbed his hand.

He frowned. "What?"

She loosened her hold. "Nothing, open it"

He did and sucked in breath. "Selene…" he breathed. "When…?"

She smiled and shrugged. "You know I have house-elves. I just asked one to take me to Dad"

"And you told him, everything?"

"Not everything… but what I said pleased him more than anything"

Shane gave the box to Selene and she picked the thing out. It was a ring! The very same Selene had showed them earlier. The very same to the one that was on one of her fingers. The silver ring with a golden loop and 'S' written on a huge emerald that graced the center.

She slipped it down Shane's finger who seemed frozen. He seemed out of words and continued to stare Selene. "I-I… I don't know, what to say"

Charm and Austin's eyes were huger and anything while nothing seemed new to Severus and Lily.

Selene shrugged. "You don't have to. It's now, that you are a part of our family and a Solace"

"I am" he breathed and ran a finger on the ring, before locking Selene in a kiss.

"You both just got engaged?!" Charm said slowly.

"Not, today, they were engaged yesterday" Lily said before she could stop herself.

Shane and Selene broke apart. "How do you know?"

"Well, it was an accident-" Severus began.

"You know too!" Selene gasped.

"Wait, is that why the charm on Lily was removed as soon as I mentioned it!?" realization dawned on Shane.

Severus and Lily looked ashamed. "Yes, sorry, we were there and saw you both engaging"

"Jerks!" Selene slapped their heads lightly in disapproval.

"We said we are sorry" Severus gave her the eyes she always fell for.

She rolled her eyes let it go. "So, yes, we both are engaged" she and Shane held their ring hands up.

Austin found his voice again. "C-Congratulations"

"I love it" Charm clapped and hugged them.

They blushed but smiled. "Thank you"

"If you still didn't get our good wishes then here, they are- Congratulations" Lily and Severus said the last word together.

Shane and Selene gave them a mild glare. "You both must have done that just yesterday"

Severus and Lily blinked, trying to make their best puppy faces. "Sorry" they mumbled, though the word held no remorse.

"Yes, fine" Selene waved a hand, dismissing them.

"We are really happy, though" Severus said.

"We know" Shane smiled.

*Page Break*

The time passed by slowly at times and fast at some. They mostly slept, though. Not doing so, the previous night much made them sleep like babies.

The arrived at the King's Cross station soon and they got off the train picking up their bags and trunks with them. They still walked like zombies, leaning on each other while they pulled their trunks behind them. They couldn't use magic here, other than Selene and Shane. Out of whom, only Shane was carrying their bags behind them with the help of magic, because Selene was half-asleep on his shoulder.

"Bye, guys, meet after New Year" Lily waved at them before holding onto Severus' arm.

"Yes, bye… at our place, right?" he asked.

"Yes, we'll be there on the second and well, if everything goes fine, you'll also know, if we are actually pregnant or not" Shane held on Selene tightly, keeping her upright.

"I almost forgot about that" Charm yawned. "Bye, Shane come to pick me up on second"

"I will" Shane nodded.

"Bye" Selene mumbled sleepily before wrapping her arms around Shane and again laying her head on his shoulder.

"Bye, then… Merry Christmas again" Austin gave a lopsided smile.

"Yes, Merry Christmas" they all mumbled.

"Merry Christmas" Selene raised one of her hands in sleep on dropped it to her side again.

"Now, I have to go, get her at her home" Shane gave them a last grin before vanishing away with Selene, with their trunks floating behind them.

Charm and Austin gave them the last waves before disappearing in the crowd.

Lily and Severus sighed before getting their trunks up and began walking, dragging them behind them.

"Would you want my parents to know about us?" Lily asked casually.

Severus didn't fake ignorance. He shrugged. "It's your wish. My parents are anyways dead, so, now, no one cares what is going on in my love life"

"Don't say that" Lily grabbed one of his arms. "We do care, whatever goes on in your life. Never ever say that again. My parents love you like their own son"

Severus looked at her while she wasn't at him and took a deep breath. "Well, still they are your parents and the decision still remains yours"

"Do you think it would seem awkward? We living together, I mean" she quirked her lips.

"Then don't tell them" He kissed her gently.

"We'll let them find it out themselves and when they do, we'll shout- SURPRISE" she fluttered her palms to the show the 'surprise' action.

Severus laughed and kissed her again. "Sometimes I feel like I can't love you anymore and the next moment you do something that makes me realize that I can"

Lily blushed and looked down to her moving feet. "I feel the same way"

He just shook his head, smiling and dismissed it.

"But when Tuney finds out, she'll surely go bonkers" she chuckled.

"I don't doubt that"

"She would claim that we are having sex all the time" she shook her head.

While Severus froze and then reddened till the tips of his hair. He hadn't even thought about sex. Did she expect him to? Or did she not? Was she feeling obligated to something because of the relationship? And they are living in the same household too. Would that affect it?

"Sev…" Lily looked back. "What happened?"

He broke out of his thoughts and walked ahead. "Nothing. I am fine"

"Tell me" She insisted.

"I-I… you don't have to feel obligated for anything, Lily. You know that, don't you?"

Lily frowned. "Why are you saying that?"

"Because… you said about us having sex" he hesitated, reddening further.

Lily laughed nervously. She didn't mean to say that. Didn't mean to make him uncomfortable. Now, that they were living in the same house, things were going to be pretty different… and awkward.

"It was just a joke, Sev" she dismissed it.

"Right" he did the same.

They both looked at each other then and kissed. They parted a few moments later, smiling.

"It's going to be fine" Lily whispered.

"It's going to be fine" Severus repeated.

They walked till they heard a loud yell. "Merry Christmas!"

They both jumped and looked forward. Mr. and Mrs. Evans were standing there with their hands spread and grinning broadly in welcome. They didn't even notice coming out of nine and three-quarters.

"Mum! Dad!" Lily ran to her parents and hugged them. "Merry Christmas"

"Welcome, my child" Mrs. Evans kissed her forehead.

"Had a fine time at school?" Mr. Evans asked, keeping a hand on her shoulder.

"Absolutely" Lily turned back to look at Severus. "These days were great"

His cheeks went a dark shade of pink but he gave a small smile. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Evans"

Mrs. Evans left Lily's side and came to hug him. She still wanted to comfort him for his mother's death. She had seen him devastated and broken that had been distressing for her.

"How are you, Severus?" she asked him, kissing his forehead too.

"Good. As you can see" he spread his arms.

Mrs. Evans slapped his cheek lightly. "Back with the cheek, aren't you?"

Severus laughed slowly.

"You actually are alright, Severus?" Mr. Evans asked, worriedly. He looked so casual that it brought suspicious doubts to his mind.

Severus' eyes turned to Lily. "Never had been better before"

Lily blushed and cleared her throat. "Tuney is at home or with her friends?"

"Oh, she is here. At home, I mean" Mrs. Evans replied.

"Then let's be there… so, that we can at least spend some of the Christmas at home" Mr. Evans nodded and gestured them to follow.

And they did. Severus and Lily sat at the back seat with their bags between them. Both of them kept looking out of the window, trying to deduce their futures. Then tried to dismiss it, thinking that they were overthinking on a still to mature relationship. But they also knew that it wasn't just a play.

They got to the house soon after, had their trunks in their rooms and slouched on the living room couches. The house was in full Christmas spirits. The room was decorated with artificial snow-flakes, green garlands, wreaths adorned the top-most positions of the room, Santa stockings and -how could they forget- the mistletoe between on the doorway.

This year Lily hadn't helped in any of the decorations, though she seemed happy to at least be on the day with her family.

They heard some footsteps and looked around to find Petunia in her pyjamas. She flushed red noticing all of them looking at her in amusement. It was so early to be in the night clothes. She didn't even have any make-up on her face as it was when they had left for Hogwarts and without which she was rarely seen.

"Merry Christmas, Tuney" Lily hugged her, hesitantly. Petunia instead of pushing her back or calling her names, smiled and greeted her in return. Lily kept looking at her in total disbelief but shook it off soon. "You look different. I mean, in a good way" she hastily added and that was true.

Petunia waved her hand. "You are just meeting me after a long time, that is why" she turned to Severus. "Merry Christmas, Severus"

Hearing the word Severus from her mouth still seemed odd. Severus gave a small smile. "Merry Christmas, Petunia"

"What happened to your knee?" she frowned.

Severus rolled her eyes. "Come on, now, that scratch can't be seen through my trousers"

"That is what's making you keep your leg tilted?" she raised her eyebrow.

Lily came and touched his knee, giving him chills in every nerve of his leg. "It's still hurting?"

"Lily. It was just a scratch, I don't know, how can Petunia even notice it"

"Well, it is pretty much evident" Petunia came and sat on couch beside them.

"Dinner's ready, kids!" Mr. Evans called from the kitchen.

Petunia huffed and walked out while Severus and Lily followed her.

At the doorway, Lily held on Severus' wrist that made him stop and look back. She pulled him gently a little back, so, that he was standing just in front of her.

Severus frowned and whispered. "What?"

She didn't speak anything, just kept a hand on her cheek and lifted herself on her tip-toes, pressing her lips on his. Severus' breath froze for a second before returning the sweet kiss. Their tongues intertwined and the world went blank. His hands snaked back to her waist while hers pulling his neck down, urging him to never break the connection. That is when Severus realized that they were standing under the mistletoe. He smiled through the kiss. Of course, that had perched up Lily's desire to kiss all of a sudden.

They broke apart hastily when they heard a gasp. Their eyes widened when they saw, Petunia standing just in front of them. She stood as if was made up of stone. Her mouth agape and her eyes wide.

Severus left Lily's waist and Lily tucked her hands behind her back from his neck. They didn't know what to say. Petunia would surely go and shout about this to their Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who will start keeping a close eye on him from there on. Severus groaned mentally. They'll start doubting him on every step.

"T-Tuney…" Lily began.

Petunia had recovered till now. "You both are… are together, aren't you?"

"Umm… we had never kissed before like this, had we? Obviously, Petunia" Severus's rudeness got him an elbow in the ribs by Lily.

Petunia narrowed her eyes. "I am not telling Mum and Dad, doesn't mean-"

"You are not telling them!" Lily and Severus said together in a suppressed yell.

Petunia frowned. "Yes, I am not telling them-"

"She is not telling them!" Severus and Lily again said in a suppressed yell, looking a each other and grinning. But the grin vanished soon. They turned to Petunia.

"What do you want in return, Tuney?" Lily asked suspiciously.

"In return? Why would I ask for something?"

Severus crossed his arms on his chest. "Because I didn't compliment you making a fine Slytherin earlier, for nothing"

"Fine. If you say so. You"- Petunia pointed at Lily. – "will not call me 'Tuney'"

"Definitely not" Lily agreed. "Never ever again"

"And" she gave a dramatic pause. "You both will not have sex-"

"Not at all" "We won't" "Absolutely not" "We'll obey" they mumbled quickly, reddening dark.

Petunia held her hands out to shut them up. "You both didn't let me complete. No sex in my room or in the living room"

"Why would we do that in your room…?" Lily trailed off, raising an eyebrow. "Did you have sex in my room with someone?"

"NO!" the answer came too early and Petunia blushed deep red.

Severus gasped. "You are not a virgin"

"I-I… Fine. I am not" she said clearly.

Lily and Severus looked too serious before breaking out laughing.

"I thought you were against sex before marriage, Petunia?" he taunted.

Petunia narrowed her eyes. "Don't tell me you both hadn't"

"No, we haven't" Lily and Severus protested together.

"With someone else then?" Petunia lifted her chin.

"I haven't" Lily shook her head.

"I haven't either" Severus echoed her.

Petunia opened and closed her mouth twice but found nothing to speak. "Mum called for dinner" she turned to her heel but Lily grabbed her hand.

"Wait! You said you had sex in my bedroom" she narrowed her eyes.

Petunia flustered. "No! I mean, yes. I did… yours was the closest"

"I hope my covers are fine" Lily gave her a mock-disgusted look. "Who is he, by the way?"

"Umm… it's a she" Petunia looked away.

"Oh…" Lily and Severus replied in surprise. "So, who is she?"

"My girlfriend, obviously" Petunia rolled her eyes.

Lily and Severus slumped. "Of course, but who?"

"You'll meet her soon"

"Mum, Dad, know?"

Petunia nodded, smiling. "They do"

Lily and Severus gave her a small smile. "Then it's good that you found someone"

Petunia blushed. "True"

"Now, to the dinner" Lily pulled both of them to the dining table where Mr. and Mrs. Evans were waiting for them.

"After all" Mr. Evans rolled his eyes. "I don't make food here for it to get cold"

"Sorry, Dad" "Sorry, Mr. Evans" they muttered apologetically and took their seats.

"Now eat" Mrs. Evans ordered them, giving a mock-glare.

And they began to eat the delicious food Mr. Evans had made. He was a great cook, they had to admit like they had to every time they ate.

Mrs. Evans had even made her special coffee for Severus, that she claimed to have added love in to make it taste so good. Severus sometimes doubted if she was a witch too. But he was glad that he got the pleasure of drinking coffee at dinner. Petunia gave him the disapproving look though, that he ignored, smirking.

Mr. Evans and Petunia cleaned the table and kept the leftovers in the fridge while Severus and Lily helped with the dishes. Though, the kept spraying water on each other more than doing the actual work.

"Mrs. Evans! Lily is spilling water on me" Severus mock-whined, dropping a half-filled glass of water on Lily's head.

"Lily!" Mrs. Evans warned distractedly, knowing full well that they were just playing.

"Mum! Sev is just threw four cups of water on me" Lily complained, pulling Severus' hair with her soapy hands.

"Severus!" Mrs. Evans warned with the same intensity again.

"Mr. Evans! Lils is trying to drown me into the sink" Severus smirked at Lily as if he just got her good, though he sounded like a stupid little boy.

"Lily! Don't try to drown Severus in the sink" Mr. Evans almost chuckled.

"Dad! Sev is hitting me with your favorite cooking spoon" Lily stuck her tongue out at Severus.

"Severus! Don't destroy my spoon" Mr. Evans smirked and Severus winked mockingly at Lily.

"Dad!" Lily whined at the unfairness.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans and Petunia chuckled as Lily and Severus reddened, realizing that they were acting just like the way they did when they were kids.

"You both are crazy" Petunia swatted their heads while they kept looking away.

"Now, if you both are done with the stupidity, then come to the living room" Mr. Evans asked them and left the kitchen, shaking his head in mirth.

Mrs. Evans came and peeked at the sink that looked like a mess. She tutted and looked at them tiredly. "Leave it, I'll clean it later"

"I'll do it, Mrs. Evans" Severus said meekly.

Mrs. Evans seemed to melt a little as patted his cheek. "Fine, do it fast and Lily help him" she added ordering.

Lily narrowed her eyes on Severus but kept the retort to herself. He always became the good one in front of her mum. She sometimes wondered if her mother loved him more than her. "Okay"

"Good" Mrs. Evans eyed them both then. "And take baths, you two. You both look like an absolute mess"

"I can do that easily by dropping a bucket full of water on Sev's head" Lily smirked.

"Lily! Work, come to the living room, go to bath and then bed" Mrs. Evans glared at her before leaving the room.

Severus laughed at Lily but soon shut up when she kissed him.

He broke away, blushing, but still said rather commandingly. "Merlin, Lily! Work!"

"Idiot" she rolled her eyes and set to work.

They went to the sitting room when they were done. And this time without, playing with water. Their gifts! They almost forgot. Severus almost broke down realizing that how many gifts he was getting this year.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans gave him a set of mystery novels that they knew he loved. He thanked them in a whisper, because anymore number of decibels would have cracked the voice and given him out.

He couldn't have forgotten them. But nothing seemed appropriate for them so he had to kick some magic into place. He gave Mr. Evans a self- working spatula, that works as you command by only wishing. So, he wouldn't have anymore ruined dishes, thereafter, perhaps. Mr. Evans hugged him for the gift and vowed of making multi-dishes at once, now that he had this.

He gave Mrs. Evans something that accommodated everything she loved. It was looked like a glass hexagonal box, without the lid that had a plant growing on inside. The pictures in the hexagons can be set by her at any moment. He had made it out of a normal boring looking box. Severus didn't know if she'd like it but she said that she loved it and kissed his forehead. She said she would keep it in her bedroom, close to herself.

Petunia got him a gift too. It was a wallet of black, silver and emerald green colors. She knew he was a Slytherin. He didn't know that she would get him anything, but then she had been acting extremely weird since he and Lily had gotten here, so he wasn't that surprised. He had thanked her politely. Though the wallet would be useless for him because of the wizarding world 'galleons' but he would perhaps, make and extension to it, to be able to keep them.

He knew that she would be here so, he had gotten her a gift too. He had bought a normal looking handbag that obviously, had to be fixed with magic again. It was a blood red, small beg that could engulf two trunks without even letting its weight on you.

She had liked it. Severus knew that, being the sister of Lily, she'd like the color red.

And that is how their day completed with them being entirely battered and tired till the core, before they retired to their beds.