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The next morning, Severus woke up to the smell of freshly cooked sausage. He jumped up off the couch he had been sleeping on to go get some; he hadn't had a decent breakfast since he left Hogwarts.
"Good morning," said Lily, who was sitting on a chair near him, eating her own breakfast, surprised at his sudden movement. "Hungry?"
"Yes," he said, wobbling on his splinted leg.
"Sit down, I'll get it for you," she said, hurrying into the kitchen.
A few moments later, she came out with a plate of sausages, eggs, and toast.
"D'you want milk or orange juice?"
"Orange juice, please?"
A moment later, she came out holding a cup of orange juice and handed them both to him.
"Thanks."
He began eating his breakfast very quickly, and happily.
"How can you stand not to eat for so long?" Lily asked suddenly. "You're obviously hungry, and I know it's not easy to keep yourself from eating."
"I get used to it after a few days," he said with a mouth full of toast.
Lily rolled her eyes but didn't pursue it.
"Other than last night, how've you been, Sev?" Lily asked. "I haven't seen you in a while."
"Fine, I guess," he managed to say between bites. "Nothing's happened to me, at least. Sorry I make for such a dull conversation."
"It's alright," she said. "D'you mind if I ask what his excuse was for hurting you this time?"
"I dunno."
"He didn't tell you?" she asked, her eyes widening.
He probably did, but I couldn't hear much over everything he doing to me."
"I'm sure it wasn't that bad," Petunia sneered as she walked through to get her breakfast.
"Bitch, stop eavesdropping," Severus growled.
"Freak, stop exaggerating," she retorted.
"I'm not lying."
"I san only see one thing broken."
"You're not very observant. My nose, arm, and leg are all still broken. Your mother fixed my ribs last night."
"You can't do that without cutting you open," she said incredulously.
He nodded his head.
"Yeah, sure. She cut you open in her bedroom. Sure."
"Actually it was in here," he said. "You don't believe me, go ask her."
Petunia went into the kitchen to get her food. A moment later she came out with her plate in her hand and a look of utter shock on her face.
"Freak," she said.
"Bitch."
The pair locked eyes and glared for several seconds. Finally, Petunia left and went to eat her breakfast.
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"You know I'm not going to believe you until you do something to prove it to me," Petunia said as she walked into the kitchen while Lily and Severus were making themselves sandwiches for lunch.
"What could we do to prove it to you?" Lily asked.
"I'm guessing that your father doesn't know everything that girl did to you two year before last?"
"I'm guessing that you do?"
"Lily may have spared our parents the details, but she wasted no time telling me every gory detail," Petunia said. "You can prove it to me by telling him. That should get you as hurt as you were yesterday."
"And if we don't?" he asked.
"Scared?"
"Just answer the question, Petunia, I'm not in the mood for your mind games, today," Lily said.
"If you don't I'll bug you about until one of us dies. And I'll never believe anything you say again."
"You're on," Lily said before Severus could say anything.
"Promise?"
Lily nodded.
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"Lily, how could you just agree to that?" Severus asked when they got up to Lily's room.
"Like she would've let us not."
"Easy for you to say, you're not the one that's going to suffer for it!" he said outraged.
"If you really think it'll be that bad, you don't have to do it," Lily said meekly.
"I haven't broken a promise in almost two years, and the last time I broke one, it got you tortured," Severus said. "I made a vow to myself to never break a promise again, if I could help it. This won't kill anyone, at least, it probably won't…I have to do it."
"I'm sorry, Sev, I knew that, I wasn't thinking," Lily said, a look of horror appearing on her face. "How can I help?"
"Come with me and keep him from killing me," he said. "That's all you can do without killing yourself."
She nodded.
"Oh, and convince your parents to wait in the park for us, in case he somehow hurts you, too, and we have trouble getting all the way here."
"I will."
"Thank you." He paused. "D'you think we could do it now, before my fear gets the better of me?"
"Sure, let me just find my wand, in case I need it."
Severus nodded and went to open the door. There was a loud banging noise and a squeal of pain from the other side.
"PETUNIA!" Lily shouted. "You need to get the Hell out of the way! Stop listening through doors or we will hurt you!"
"I'm two years older than you what could you do to me?" she asked incredulously as she pulled the door open and looked down on her little sister.
"D'you want to find out?" Severus asked, pulling his pocket knife out and flipping it open. He held it to her face and growled, "Get out of the way. Now."
Petunia slowly backed away until she felt satisfied that he couldn't reach her, then she turned and ran.
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Lily noticed that for the first time in two years, Severus was shaking.
"You don't have to do this you know," she said.
"Yes, I do," he said. He walked up to the door. He reached out his arm and knocked. The door flew open and Severus's fears were realized.
"WHAT IN HELL DO YOU WANT NOW?!" his father yelled. He was still angry from the previous night.
A/N
Sorry it took so long for me to update, I'm really into writing my other story We're Lost and We're Found right now, so I haven't been typing this one very much. I haven't updated that one for a couple of weeks because the latest chapter is incredibly long and there have been some things going on in my life, which I will explain on that fic once I update it, which be soon.
Cliffie!!
I will not update until I get a review! I may not update until long after I get that review, but I will not update until I get it!!
I cut a lot out of this chapter because it was really crappy...I just had to tell you that.