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Chapter 5: A New Found Respect
The year went by quickly for Severus. It slipped away; he got little done with distractions like Lily and horcruxes to fill his mind. And suddenly it was Easter, and two months from his wedding day. He couldn't believe it, a life time wishing she could be his and now she was about to be. And she slapped Potter, he thought reminiscing.
According to Lily it was Good Friday, though what was good about it, he couldn't tell. Dumbledore called them again to his office. Another horcrux Severus thought, surely he'll want Lily to come again. I wish he'd leave her out of this; I can't take having her in such danger. They knocked at his office door.
"Enter." Was Dumbledore's reply from inside. They did so. Once inside they found him seated behind his desk. "Please be seated." With only one chair opposite him this was a problem, Lily was quickest to the mark ahs conjured a comfortable chintz armchair and promptly sat down on the small straight backed wooden one. Leaving Severus with no choice but to sit in the armchair, which Lily had conveniently made emerald green. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled behind his glasses.
"You've found another one?" Lily asked eager for Voldemort to be gone, Then at least Sev won't be in mortal peril every other day.
"Yes" Dumbledore answered her.
"Where?" Severus asked, before Lily could manage it.
"It's in Gringotts." They both gapped at him. "In the Lestrange's vault to be exact."
"You're serious." Severus said not as a question but as a statement. "And just how do you propose we get it out of Gringotts?"
Let the man finish Sev. Lily thought at him. Severus heard her, of coarse and gently touched her knee to show her.
"We're leaving at 3am, in 16 hours please be here at 2:30am. You'll have to get the polyjuice potion and we'll use disillusionment charms as a precaution, though no on will be there. I've got a goblin imperioused he'll get us in. It's that simple with a goblin's help and the proper planning it's not difficult at all."
"Not to mention as Supreme Mugwump they've given you the spare key." Severus added
"Yes that does hep." Dumbledore said chuckling slightly "I'll need you to get us a few hours stock of polyjuice potion Severus. You'll both need black robes. Lily you'll need an emerald cloak with silver fastenings and Severus a black bowler. I've already got hairs here for who we'll be changing into. Lily you wouldn't mind if I had a private word with Severus before I sent you both off to get ready?" He asked
"Not at all." She answered "Sev I'll be in the staff room waiting."
"Yes Lil," He said smiling at her pet name for him. "I'll be there as soon as we're done here." Lily left the room leaving the men alone. I wish he'd find someone else to send out to die, I will not stand for my fiancé dying before out wedding.
Severus got up, vanished Lily's beautiful armchair and sat down in her seat, That woman need to get used to being treated with more courtesy, after we're married I'm not standing for this kind of thing. Severus though of Lily sitting on this hard wooden contraption while he lounged in the armchair.
"Severus," Dumbledore said, straight to the point "As you climbed the stairs to my study you were thinking, you were hating the danger Lily is being put in. You mustn't think for one moment that what you're feeling is any different from what Lily has been feeling everyday since you first came to me all those years ago. This is more difficult for her than you can imagine, Seeing you walk into danger everyday and wishing she could take your place. Think about it Severus." He said
Severus understood himself to be dismissed. He left the study with a new found respect for Lily, Dumbledore was right. She went through this everyday, yet she was always there for him, her face rarely looked pained and never had the look of the agony he now felt raging through himself at the thought that she might be hurt. Severus sped up to the staff room, to Lily. They had plenty of time to get ready later, first he wanted to ravish her, to hold her close and feel her heart beating.
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