Chapter 2. Decision to woo

A/N: so chapter 2 is here! I'm very proud of myself for making time to write this as I am in college and have a paper I am supposed to be working on for my comp.1 class. It's on sexism in super bowl commercials and it frustrates me. I'll stop complaining though so you can get to the story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own harry potter! Duh!

I would also like to say thank you to young Wiccan for the review!

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Harry woke up knowing exactly what to do the next morning. He was going to woo Snape!

He knew this plan was likely to fail but he figured it was the only way Snape would know how he felt and if Snape knew then he could decide whether to give harry a shot or kill him. Harry was fine with either.

His dream had shown him exactly what the future could be like and he was willing to risk anything to get it.

So he had done a very Hermione-like thing and made a list.

1. Find out everything he could about Snape.

2. Use that new knowledge to get Snape to like him.

3. Wedding on the beach

Ok so Hermione would have made a more detailed list but this was perfectly fine for harry. Now to start on step one: find out any and all information about Snape from anyone willing to talk about the sinister man. And then use his cloak and super sneaking ninja skills to find out the rest. The first person to ask about him would be lupin or Sirius. They might not have got along but they had gone to school with Snape so they would know something about the man. And any information would be helpful.

He pulled out a pen and started writing. Two casually inquisitive letters later and Hedwig was on her way. It would take a few days to get a reply back and there was no telling if what they said would be helpful at all. Harry had about two more weeks before he went to Grimmauld and that time would be all he had to acquire the information necessary to carry out his plan. He would be sharing a room with Ron for the summer and as much as he loved Ron, he knew he wouldn't handle Harry's crush very well.

Hermione would help him but with the house so full of people there wouldn't be any privacy so they wouldn't be able to talk about it.

Oh well; he would just try his best and go from there. With his letters sent there was nothing to do but wait.

He headed down stairs to fix lunch for his aunt. His uncle was at work and Dudley was at a friend's.

As he was mixing a salad, harry suddenly remembered that his aunt had known Snape when they were younger. If he asked the right way he might be able to trick her into telling him.

"Hey Aunt Petunia." Harry gently tried to get her attention.

His aunt looked up from her garden magazine and gave harry a bland look. " what boy?"

Harry winced at the name but pushed on with his question. "I heard that one of my professor used to hang around when you were younger. Hes an ill tempered, greasy man. Do you remember him?"

His aunt got very still and then she actually smirked. "It doesn't surprise me that he wound up teaching freaks! He was very freakish even as a boy. I can't imagine the type of freak he must be now. He was always following us around and trying to get Lilly involved in his freakishness. He's the reason she went off to that school you know. Always bringing her flowers and reading her silly little things from nasty freakish books. I was so happy to hear she hadn't taken up with him. It was the only thing I was happy to hear during those years."

Petunia drifted off into silence and harry could tell she was reliving the past. He quietly slipped out of the kitchen and went to his room to think. He had learned more than he had hoped from his aunt.

He now knew Snape was, or had been at least, a romantic but there was no way he could use that on Snape. It would bring up painful memories for the man and remind him of Harry's mother.

He would just have to see if his letters came back with anything useful.

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A/N: Well there's chapter 2! Hope you like it! It took me longer than I thought it would to get this chapter out. I will start on the next but again it may take a while as I have finals this month. So don't hold your breath!