Chapter Thirteen
Petunia was running around, dragging Lily everywhere she went. Petunia and Vernon were getting married at the end of the week. Severus helped around the house as much as he could. They got the cake finished and the napkins folded. The plates were ready and the punch was in the fridge.
"Severus," said Mrs. Evans, "You need a break. Go on, Lily and Petunia will be back soon. Go wait for them outside."
It was the last day before the wedding. Severus had gone out with Vernon earlier that day to pick up the suits. Severus was very happy for his soon to be sister in-law. She was going to have an extravagant wedding and she couldn't have picked a better man.
Petunia and Lily dove up to the house. Severus was waiting on the steps for them. They came back with boxes upon boxes of wedding supplies. Severus got up and took most of them in his hands. As he was in a muggle community, it was very dangerous to use magic outside of the house. Severus put the boxes down on the kitchen table and Lily took him by the hand and led him back outside.
They walked towards the river that Lily and Severus had frequented so much as children. Severus sat down in the grass and pulled Lily into his lap. They watched the fish swim up the river. Severus remembered when Lily and him had skipped rocks all the way across and had seen a deer on the other side.
"Do you remember that deer we saw?" Severus asked. "The doe?"
"Yes. She was so pretty. I wonder what ever happened to her," said Lily.
Severus gave out a deer call and a few moments later, two deer showed up. A mama doe and a little baby. He had the showings of antlers out of his scalp. Then a few moments later, the daddy buck showed up.
"See, Lil? That's her. You can see where that hunter nicked her ear," said Severus. "She has a family and a big strong buck to look after her and the baby."
"Oh, Sev. They look so happy together," Lily whispered. "Do you think we will ever be like that someday?"
"I know we will, Lil," responded Severus. "I am as happy as that buck was when he first laid his eyes on that doe. She was pretty then, and she's pretty now. Just like my doe."
Lily smiled at Severus. He was madly in love with her. There was no changing that. Night soon fell, and Severus and Lily looked at the stars on the way back home. There was a wedding to go to tomorrow and they knew that Petunia would be very angry with them if they were tired and irritable. As soon as they got home, Severus and Lily went straight to bed.