Authors Note: Due to the fact that my school starts in 3 weeks I'm going to try and finish this story before that time, so that 3 months waiting for the next chapter will not happen again. So here's chapter 4 of Life as We Know It.
Disclaimer: I do now own nor profit from this fic.
As Harry and Snape approached the door, Harry felt as though his stomach was doing somersaults. He was so nervous; he was starting to get very scared of getting caught. He thought of what the Snape guy had said earlier about if he got caught that he would probably be killed and started shivering. He was now starting to wish that he hadn't run away. Even though he hated the Dursleys, staying with them was way better than getting killed, and dying at the age of 8 was definitely not in his running away plans.
"Remember Potter, you are Aaron Stone and I am your tutor. You are to not talk to anyone without my permission. Do I make myself clear?" Snape said looking down at him with the huge greasy hooked nose.
"Yes sir." Harry mumbled, nervously awaiting his certain doom.
When the two finally reached the huge wooden door, Snape reached out and knocked on the door with the huge metal knocker that was shaped like a snake coiled up.
After about a moment of waiting the large door sprung open, and in the doorway was a man who looked uncannily similar to Snape. The man was about 6 feet tall, had black hair and cold black eyes and the same hooked nose as Snape, Harry guessed that these two were related. Still, Harry didn't like this man. There was something in the man's eyes that told Harry to watch out.
"Severus, about time you came. We've been waiting for you." The man said in a cold sharp voice, making Harry shiver.
"Perus, surprise seeing you here, the ministry let you out of Azkaban early?" Snape said snidely.
The man smiled coldly at him, then looked down at Harry.
"Who's this?" The man asked suspiciously.
Harry shifted nervously; he had a bad feeling about this.
"This is my student Aaron Stone, his father is a friend of mine. I promised him I would watch his son for the evening. Now will you move so that we may come inside?"
The man continued to study Harry, but moved aside to allow them inside.
Harry looked around the room in awe. The room was huge. The walls were decorated in silver and green draperies. Harry also was shocked to note that the pictures on the walls were moving!
"Follow me Mr. Stone." Snape said interrupting Harry's thoughts.
The man named Perus then led them to a dark gloomy hallway, which led into a sitting parlor filled with about a dozen people all who closely resembled Snape, except for a tall blonde man and his blonde son whom Harry guessed looked around his own age.
"Severus! About time." The tall blonde man exclaimed. "We were starting to think you weren't going to come."
"Hello Lucius." Snape said while examining the room.
"Who's the little one Severus?" The blonde named Lucius asked making Harry shift nervously again.
"A friend of mines son, I tutor him. His father asked me to watch him for today." Snape answered calmly.
Harry looked up at Snape in awe, admiring how great the man could lie without even showing a single sign of nervousness.
"He looks to be around Draco's age, they could go play somewhere while we talk." Said Lucius.
"Yes, Aaron, this is my godson Draco. Draco this is my student Aaron."
The little blonde boy looked at Harry and gave him a small smirk.
Snape then leaned down and whispered in Harry's ear so that only he could hear him.
"Remember Stone, don't give away to much information and if possible try to talk very little, understand?"
Harry just nodded, and then gulped with anxiety. He was going to have to be on his own with this boy.
AN/ Not sure if this is longer than the other chapter so sorry if it's short. Also, I'm going to be on vacation, so the next post might not be for a while since I'm probably not going to do any writing on vacation, but I'll try to have an update next week sometime. Please R/R!