James left Severus's room still angry, he needed to see Lily, they needed to talk, really talk, she seemed to run away every time he tried to talk to her about something more serious, like the fact that he was still living with Sirius when he was supposed to be living with her. And he didn't even want to think about the fact that she was now the mother of two children who were not his and he still didn't know how to deal with that information. After asking a few times he finally arrived at his wife's apartment door and knocked
"James? What are you doing here?" Lily asks surprised
"Mom, may Sara and I go to the ..." The boy stops beside his mother when he sees the man on the other side of the door. James in return just stared at the boy, whose hair was so black that it had a slight bluish glow to it. The boy's eyes were so light blue that it looked translucent. While James stared at the boy, a little girl stopped beside her brother, and the only difference between them was the size of their hair, his hair fell to half his neck, while hers went to half of her back
"Who are you?" The girl asks
"James Potter, you?" He says with a small smile trying his best to look nice
"What are you doing here? And what do you want?" The girl ignores the question of the man she did not know
"This is Harry's father, children"
"Father?" The two speak at the same time frowning and tilting their heads to the left, making Lily laugh slightly as every time they did that
"I will explain it later, now go to your room I need to talk to James"
"We wanted to go see Harry" Sara says and Lily knew who they really wanted to see
"Missy!" She calls and the elf soon appears "Take Sara and Alex wherever they ask, please"
"But of course, Mrs. Lily" The children accompany the elf, but the girl gives the man behind her a penetrating look, making it clear that she didn't like him
"Come in!" She says and closes the door after he gets through it "So, what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to talk to you, we have some things to solve it"
"Sure, have a seat, would you like anything? tea? Water?"
"No, just talk to you"
"About what James?"
"How about the fact that I have been out of the hospital for three months and I'm still living with Sirius?"
"I spend the whole day here James and at night I have to take care of the twins"
"And by the way, who is their father?"
"James, it was five years after..."
"I understand that and it is not what I'm talking about, I just want to know he is" he interrupts
"It doesn't matter who their father is, I'm the mother and that's it"
"I see" He pauses thinking about how to continue "What about us?"
"what do you mean?"
"I'm back and I love you the same way I did all those years ago"
"I ... James, it's been thirteen years, I'm a completely different person now, it's not the same thing anymore and you know it"
"And I would like to get to know you again" He smiles the same one that used to make her melt
"I ..." She gets up without knowing what to say and how to say it, she starts pacing, thinking about how she could explain without telling the whole truth, she finally goes to him and sits on the coffee table in front of him "I'm sorry, James. I have dedicated my life to finding a cure for you, but in the meantime I have built a life for myself, without you in it and I know it's not fair, but unfortunately this is our reality"
"What are you saying, Lily?"
"I'm sorry, James. But you and I, we don't have a future anymore, not together at least
"But you are my wife Lily, the woman of my life"
"I'm sorry, James. I know it's not common in the wizarding world, but under this circumstances it would be the best"
"What?"
"To get divorced!"
"No!" He says getting up and then it was his turn to pace
"What you mean, no?" She raises her eyebrow
"I got you once and I can do it again, you will see"
"James, don't"
"Lily, I lost thirteen years of my life, I won't lose you too, not without first trying to win you back at least"
"You will only be wasting your time, James"
"is there someone else?"
"No" She hesitates for just a second, but it's enough for him to notice
"Yes, there is"
"There is no one now James" She says more convinced of her words
"It doesn't matter either way, I'll fight for you" He approaches her and kisses her cheek
"James, don't!" He without saying anything else gets away from her and leaves.
When James was coming down the stairs to the first floor he saw Snape with Lily's twins
"Da..." The girl was going to say something, but is interrupted by something, the three look around and see Potter some steps above them
"What are you doing with Lily's children?"
"Returning them to her so if you'll excuse me"
"No need, I'll take them from here"
"NO" The two scream and the two adults look at them "We don't like you" The girl says and Snape gives her a small smile
"We prefer to go with Professor Snape" Alexander
"They are smart" Snape says infuriating James even more "Come on kids, I still have a lot to do" He says passing by the other man, taking advantage that he was too surprised by the children's reaction to protest, but after a few seconds he looks at the back of the three and the girl turns and shows him, her tongue and takes the teacher's hand, seeming to know that it would irritate him even more. The boy's smile when he turns to James and takes the teacher's other hand it said clearly that the twins did know.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" Lily asks when she opens the door and sees the three on the other side of it
"I came to return these two"
"Thank you, I would like to come in and have some tea?"
"I think it's late, maybe some other ..."
"Please, Professor" The two children say and Lily looks at the two finally realizing that they were not completely alone, now that she stopped to think about it, there was not that much time since James left, maybe they met on the way and he followed the three there
"Come on Severus, as a thank you for bringing them here" She smiles a little "I won't take no for an answer" She says and pulls him by the arm, soon the four were inside her rooms and the door locked, he then pulls out his wand and puts a silencing charm, since he knew she hadn't one
"Let's get you two ready for bed, I won't be able to stay long" He says taking his daughter in his arms and Lily takes their son in hers
"How is that man Harry's father if Daddy is his father?" Alex asks while the couple changed their clothes
"Before your mother agreed to be with me, she was married to that man" Snape says and the two children look disgusted which makes Severus smile
"Why?" Sara asks and the two adults laugh because of her tone
"It's a complicated and long story, when you are older, maybe we'll tell you" Lily says and the two take the children and lay them in bed "Anyway, Harry was born at the time I was still married to him"
"And how is he daddy's son too?" Sara
"When I entered his life, he was very small and Potter was in the hospital in a coma, he saw me as a father figure and chose me as his daddy"
"Now that he is back, will you stop being Harry's dad?" Alex
"Defenetly not, he's my son now just like you two"
"I see, is he going to have two dads now?"
"Yes" Lily
"Can I have two dads too?" Sara
"Why aren't you happy with the one you have? You'll make daddy sad"
"NO!" The girl gets up and jumps on he father's neck "I don't want another dad, you are the best dad in the world, don't be sad" She says hiding her face on his neck
"Don't worry, my flower, I'm not sad" He says with a big smile "Now you two go to sleep" He puts her back on the bed and kisses her on the forehead and does the same with Alex, Lily repeats the process and the two gets up, turns on the lamp and turn off the light
"Good night dad, good night mom" The two wish already getting ready to sleep
"Good night" The couple wishes and leave, not closing the door all the way, as soon as they are in the room he pulls her in for a quick kiss, they didn't have much time, before it started to look suspicious
"What was he doing here?"
"He wanted to talk about us"
"And?"
"And I asked for a divorce, but he said he won't give up that easily" She says throwing herself on the couch
"And what are you going to do now?"
"Start with the process and I can just see how long it will take, it would be slow with his cooperation, with the Ministry as it is, I can only imagine how it will be now, with him trying to stop at all cost"
"I could talk to some people"
"No, it will be worse if you get involved"
" True, I just hope it doesn't cause too many problems"
"My only fear is that if he wishes he can try to take Harry from me"
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that and if it does I can help, you were desperate not to lose your son and your only way out of it was to make a pact with the devil"
"It could work. Okay"
"Not to mention that it would only damage their relationship, I don't know if he would want that" He pulls her into a hug "And by the way, Harry saw my memories of our time in Hogwarts, including Potter's and company treatment to me"
"What? How" She says letting go of him and looking into his eyes
"I took all my memories to help control the occlusion that I would need to use today, he went to look for me and curiosity spoke louder"
"It looks like it runs in family" She says with a small smile "And how bad was it?"
"He was ready to never speak to Potter again and it didn't help that soon after he saw it he heard Potter tell me to stay away from you all, very rudely, I might add"
"What? When was that?"
"Today earlier, probably just before coming here, anyway I made him realize that Potter was young and that he made mistakes, but he is a different person now and that he was at least supposed to know his father as he is now, before making any big decisions"
"And how difficult was that?" She says smiling
"You have no idea, I almost allowed it, but it wouldn't be fair to Harry and I knew you would kill me if I did that"
"I really would"
"I think I should go, I can bet that he's waiting on the other side of the door"
"I could too" They get up and she takes him to the door and before opening they kiss each other passionatly for a few long seconds, maybe even minutes, despite being a deep kiss, they didn't let it evolve, so they wouldn't start something that they couldn't finish "Thanks again, for bringing them back" She says while opening the door
"You shouldn't leave them alone, you never know what lurks in the shadows of this castle, they could get lost" Snape says in a low voice that could be interpreted in countless ways, depending on each view they have of him. For example: Lily saw it as a joke because they knew of James Potter's presence, James in return interpreted it as a slight threat.
It was the closing ball for the tournament, Cedric Diggori had brought the cup to Hogwarts and the festive mood was undeniable, Harry was dancing with Daphne Greengrass and Draco and Hermione were near the food table.
"Have you comforted Krum in his defeat already?"
"Not yet, but I will later"
"Good luck and don't let the carrot get in the way this time" He smiles "Or do, I made good use of the last time he did got in the way" She just rolls her eyes
"You are impossible"
"But you still love me" She rolls her eyes again, but before they can say anything else Dumbledore calls for everyone's attention
"This tournament, for a long time was banned for being too dangerous, this year we proved that it is possible to perform one that tests these young wizards safely and it was because of this success that it was decided that the tournament will be held again in three years, we don't know which of the schools will be held at next, more details will be released in due time, I hope the next one will be a success just like this one. I would also like to congratulate all the participants who did an exceptional job, but I wanted to ask for a special round of applause for Mr. Cedric Diggori, from Hogwarts school of withcraft and wizardry the great champion" Cedric smiles and waves to everyone.
A little fun fact about this story: When I first thought of this I thought that Harry would have seven years when Severus and lily reconnected, but in between my first idea and put it in writen words I heard a song called "He didn't have to be" by Brad Paisley and it fitted really well, but in the song the boy was five, and that is the reason Lily rekindle her friendship and relationship with Severus when Harry was five.
So who of you heard this song? And if you haven't , you should.
I had this chapter translated for a while now, but I couldn't post it, because I only found out how to access desktop mode again today, so sorry for the delay, hope you all enjoy it
