I don't own Harry Potter or the characters.
Summer Changes Chapter 2
I wake up early and look around my room. I want to grimace at the thought of a new day, but I force myself to see it as a good day. I smile as I get out of bed and make myself a coffee.
I look out the window in my kitchen and think of what to do today. The beach is my first option, I'll get sunlight, and I can get fit by swimming. I nod to myself as I go to have a shower.
I find a pair of board shorts I have had since I was about 17 and pull them on. I feel a bit self-conscious about not wearing a shirt, so I get one of my undershirts and leave the house.
I have a small satchel with me which has a towel and my wand in it. I apparate onto a small stretch of beach and smile. The ocean is gorgeous. I take off my shirt and hide my things before I run towards the water.
The sun feels great on my skin, and the water does too. It seems like only a few minutes when I get out of the water, dripping wet and warm. I check the time and I'm amazed to find out I've been at the beach for almost 5 hours.
I go home and get something to eat before going to the local gym. I'm not sure why I want to get in shape so bad, it's just something I want to do… The good thing about the gym is the people there are so nice, and it really helps you to meet new people.
By the end of the day, I'd made a group of friends who were asking me to come out clubbing tonight. I thought for a moment and it was a good idea, more time for being social.
"Okay, I'll come with you. But when, and where?" I smile at the three guys I was sitting with.
"We'll come pick you up. Where do you live?" Luke asks me.
"Spinners' End." I reply quickly hoping they know where that is. Kyle smiles widely.
"So you're one of us?" Nathan asks seemingly shocked.
"I'm no Muggle." I reply airily. Luke, Nathan and Kyle nod in agreement. How interesting is it that I just happen to meet 3 wizards on my first day of being social.
I am in a way glad they aren't Muggles because I don't know what I would have done later that night when they came to my house to see a blank patch of grass.
"We'll come over at 7, or there about. Be ready to party!" Nathan smirks quite charmingly, he reminds me of Draco Malfoy with his blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Are you opposed to going to a gay bar?" Kyle asks, he reminds me of Theodore Nott with his lank dark brown hair and brownish eyes.
"No, not at all. I'd rather not go to a straight bar." I say honestly, it's surprising that we are all also gay. I never would have picked it. Luke smiles and waves as the 3 of them leave. Luke is a smart looking boy, he has brownish red hair and blue eyes, and he's the prettiest of the 3. I wave to them as I too leave and apparate home.
They come by at around about 7 as they said and they take me to a few gay bars. I meet people, I smile, I joke, and I even get drunk and make out with a couple of guys… Or so I am told!
I go to the beach and the gym daily, but we go clubbing only on weekends. The weeknights, we just hang out at someone's house and watch TV.
About 3 weeks later, Kyle says he has to go to France for a while and so he leaves, kissing Luke, Nathan and myself on the cheek. I smiled sadly as he disapparated. Nathan grins and looks at Luke. Luke nods.
"Sev, now that Kyle is gone, we're going to give you a bit of a make over!" Luke tells me, his blue eyes tell me that it's a good thing and I smile.
"Sure! What first?" I ask happily.
"We'll cut your hair, and dye it blonde, I think it'll go well with your skin. And we're going to go shopping in the Muggle world to buy contacts. You need blue eyes!" Nathan beams brightly.
We join hands and apparate to a large Muggle shopping center. We walk around trying to find a hairdresser. We find one for men and go in.
"Can we please book a haircut and colour?" Luke smiles kindly at the man behind the register.
"Name?" The cashier asks.
"Snape, and if possible, today?" Luke replies.
"Of course, half an hour?" The cashier smiles back.
"That sounds great! We'll see you then!" Luke grins broadly before leading us out of the shop. We walk down the center and find a shop that sells contacts.
"These look nice!" Nathan yells over to us. We look at the bright blue contacts he's holding. I nod and we buy them before leaving.
Luke drags us to a clothing shop and buys me a sexy outfit, which I tell myself I must wear to the Welcoming Feast. I smile as we rush back to the hairdressers.
"Hello! Appointment for Snape." I say sitting down.
"What would you like done?" The woman asks me.
"Cut, not too short though, a little longer than his," Nathan says for me, pointing to the cashier. "And blonde, like hers." He adds pointing at a girl cutting someone's hair a couple of seats away.
"Of course." The woman says putting the coat around me. She takes me to wash my hair and then sits me down to cut my hair.
Not many people know why I have long hair, it's not because I don't want to cut it, it's just that I get nervous when people go near my hair. I hold onto Luke's hand as she cuts my hair short. After my hair is cut short, another lady comes over to dye it.
I have to sit for half an hour before they wash it out and so I read through some Muggle magazines. I'm reading about Sirius Black and I have a memory flash back to me.
It's Sirius telling me how to get into the Whomping Willow. I remember James Potter grabbing me around the waist and pulling me back to Hogwarts. I was in total shock; I'd just seen a Werewolf. James was touching my face, trying to get me to snap out of it; he was leaning in –
"Mister Snape come with me, your hair's done!" The girl who dyed my hair giggled cheerfully.
I followed her back to where my hair was washed the first time. She took the plastic off my hair and rinsed my hair clean. She rubbed in some conditioner and gave me some shampoo and conditioner to take home. I smiled and thanked her as she blow-dried my hair.
I looked at myself in the mirror. "Wow." Luke gasped as I exited the hairdresser. I smiled shyly and flicked my hair out of my face.
Nathan handed me my contacts and I read the instructions. I followed them carefully and looked at my two friends.
This time Nathan gasped and smiled widely. "You look great!" He said as we joined hands to apparate back to Luke's house.
"Thanks!" I smiled widely.
"We're going clubbing tonight!" Luke exclaims as we collapse onto his couch.
"Agreed!" Nathan and I beam hopping up to get dressed.
I wore my new outfit and look at myself in the mirror. I look so much better!
The three of us go to our favourite club. We stay there until about 3 am when they finally kick us out. Laughing at nothing at all, we take the Knight Bus home to our respective homes.
The next 2 weeks go way to quickly and before I know it, I'm saying goodbye to Nathan, Luke and Kyle who had come back to say goodbye.
"I'll miss you guys heaps! We'll have to write okay?" I say to them on the 25th of August.
"Of course we'll write you idiot!" Kyle grins kissing me on the lips.
"And we'll miss you heaps too!" Nathan smiles kissing me too.
"And we'll come to Hogsmead, unless you have a guy you want…" Luke laughs knowingly, though he too kisses me.
"Well there is a guy… But I'm not sure anything will happen!" I chuckle lowly shrinking my suitcases and storing them in my pockets.
"Well good luck!" The three men say. I wave as I turn on the spot and find myself in Hogsmead. I trek up to the school and go straight to my rooms to fix them up.
I put all the jars of grotesque things into a cupboard and magic carpet into all of my rooms. I make the lamps a bit brighter and make my walls have wallpaper, nice green and silver wallpaper.
I change the chairs to squishy soft sofas and armchairs. Then I go to my bedroom. I change the same things I make my closet larger and clean my bathroom.
I make my bed softer and fluffier. I take away the glamour charm over the large window near my bed and open it. Sunlight streams into my room and I smile.
Just as I finish unpacking all my new clothes and things, an owl soars through my window. The letter is from Albus and it reads:
Dear Severus,
I hope you had a good holiday! I am looking forward to seeing you soon!
I will allow you to write up your class plan for the year, and I would like you to bring it up before the end of the holidays!
I have told your 7th years to buy advanced Potions. If they need any other books, please inform me as soon as you can!
Yours Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore.
P.S. I like TipTop Tootie Fruities!
I smile to myself thinking how shocked he would be by my change. I write up a plan and spend the next 5 days in the dungeons refining the plan and my rooms. The classroom I have been assigned has four tables one in each corner, with my table in the middle. That's for the full class on Wednesday. My single class is a normal classroom with four rows and 7 seats in each row. My desk is directly in front of the 4th desk.
I make the rooms more homey and welcoming. I hope the students like it better than what they used to be like.
On August 31 I go up to Albus' office, my class plan in hand. I smile at the ghosts I pass, and I murmur a small greeting to the paintings. When I cross a person, I greet them cheerily, stopping long enough to shake their hand before I carry on.
"TipTop Tootie Fruities!" I grin at the gargoyle. It splits in two and allows me to step onto the staircase. I knock at Albus' door and walk in when he calls me.
"Hello Albus!" I beam shaking his hand over the desk.
"May I ask who you are, young man?" Albus asks, a look of utter confusion passing over his aged features.
"Why I'm Severus Snape! Potions Master!" I laugh sitting down.
"Are you really?" He asks me. I can feel him trying to enter my mind and I let down my barriers. I allow him to see anything that will suggest that I am who I am. "Severus!" He smiles brightly "It's great to see you! Have you got your class plan?"
"Indeed I do," I say handing over my pages of paper.
He flicks through it quickly, nodding. "Good, good! Now, I won't say a thing until after the Welcoming Feast! Now, you may run along young chap!" He chuckles deeply amused.
I smile and wave before leaving his office and rushing back to my rooms.
Another chapter up, reviews leave me feeling warm&fuzzy
xxDenna.