Chapter 2

On To Shopping

One day. . .two days. . .three days. . .four days. . .four days with no sleep. Nothing funny about that.

Severus Snape has been having trouble sleeping the last few days. His dreams had been plagued with thoughts of Lily Potter's death. Lily Potter's death. Who would want to harm such a sweet person?

Snape, for what felt like the fiftieth time, rose out of bed like a morning zombie. He walked into the bathroom and over to the mirror. He looked at his reflection and noted the dark bags under his eyes, how pale his skin looked, and not to mention that he looked as if he shared a dormitory with Nicolas Flamel.

He looked over at the tub thinking that he'd take a bath, rather than a shower, before breakfast. Actually, he was afraid of getting in the tub all together. If he took a shower he might collapse and hit his head. If he took a bath he might fall asleep and drown in the water.

To drown or not to drown? That is the question, he thought. In the end, he decided to take a bath, but not fill the tub so much that he could put his face in the water.

After being cleansed and groom, Snape made his way into the kitchen to have his favorite breakfast: Cornflakes.

Snape search the cupboards. No Cornflakes, no Frosted Flakes, no Honey Bunches of Oats, no Fruity Pebbles, no nothing.

Snape headed over to the fridge deciding to have a large stack of pancakes with maple syrup. He opened the fridge and saw that the only thing he had in there was an opened box of Baking Soda.

Okay, thought Snape, I'll go to the store later. Now I'll have some toast and oatmeal.

Snape looked at the top of his refridgerator and groaned. There was no bread. He went over to the pantry and opened it. There was oatmeal, but not enough to fill a rat.

Snape slammed the pantry door closed and looked around his kitchen. Where had all the food gone? Had he been so worried about Lily that he'd done nothing but eat? He looked down at his stomach. It looked as if he had not gained a pound.

I guess I better go to the store now, he thought. I'll pick up some doughnuts while I'm out.

Ten minutes later, Snape was heading out of the door. He glanced up and down the street before apparating to Godric's Hollow. He figured that Lily might be outside with her family and was hoping that he could get a glimpse of her.

He walked down the streets occasionally bumping into young children, being asked for candy, or someone begging for change. He ignored all of the pedestrians and continued on to the store.

It wasn't far. He walked for about five minutes when he came to a large, red-bricked building. It had a neon side ready 'Godric's Grocery'.

He walked inside. The store was enormous and had everything from Apples all the way to his favorite snack cakes: Zebra Cakes. Snazzy Jazz music was playing, which fit the store perfectly.

Snape looked around for a shopping cart and saw the customers, cashiers, butchers, and all sorts of other people dancing to the music as they shopped, worked, or talked. Even Snape was tapping his foot to the beat.

He spotted a shopping cart and danced his way across the floor. Even as he pushed the carts down the aisle he danced. He danced as he placed food in the cart.

He stopped at the breakfast aisle and started to load his cart with all of his favorite breakfast items: Cornflakes, Oatmeal, Jam, Cereal Bars, doughnuts, and grits.

He moved on to the next aisle. The song was very catchy that it lightened everyone's spirit. Snape sped his cart up and jumped on the back of it. He could hear people making up their own lyrics to the song as he glided down the aisles.

He began to sing his own lyrics:

Ooh

I'm in the spotlight too

It's just me and you

Ooh ooh

I'm in the spotlight too

I'm in the spo-ot light

Oh, I'm in the spot light too, ooh

I'm in the spot li-i-i-ight too

Snape cut across random corners singing the lyrics he had just made up. People over heard him and began to sing along with him.

He had just rounded another corner without looking where he was going.

". . .I'm in the spot li-i-i-ight t- look out!"

Snape didn't see her and he was going too fast to slow down. His shopping cart collided with Lily's. Lily fell face first into her cart while Snape went flying into the air and crashed into a shelf that held ladies personals.

A whole mountain of sanitary napkins fell onto Snape and he was buried underneath.

Lily immediately whipped out her wand and cried, "Wingardium Leviosa!"

The napkins floated into the air and with another flick of her wand, she neatly placed them back onto the shelf.

Snape stood up. He was speechless as he looked at Lily. She was just as beautiful as he remembered. Maybe even more.

"Sorry," said Lily, breaking Snape from his thoughts. "I didn't see you coming."

"No," said Snape. "I'm the one that should apologize. I should have been looking where I was going."

"True," she said breathlessly. Snape looked as handsome as she remembered. The only difference was that he looked ill. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. Looking for me they were only sanitary napkins. Had we been in the can food aisle, I'd be a goner."

Lily laughed nervously.

"So," said Snape trying to strike up some conversation. "How have you been?"

"Fine. I'm fine. Harry's fine. James' fine. In fact, I was just doing a little weekly shopping," she rambled. "You know how it is? Running out of tissue, toothpaste, deodorant, food. Stuff like that."

Snape nodded. He wasn't really listening to her. He was lost in her eyes. Her bright emerald green eyes. He noticed that he was staring at her and quickly looked away.

This was the first time he noticed that all of their groceries were on the floor.

Lily noticed too.

"We better pick this up before someone slips."

They began to pick up their items, Lily muttering a song as she worked.

Snape caught words like spotlight and too. She had heard the song.

Snape froze.

"You heard me singing?" he asked. He felt his face going red.

"Yes," she answered. "I thought they were very catchy lyrics. Made it up yourself?"

Snape nodded. Lily smiled and began to sing out loud.

Lily thought that his song was catchy. She actually liked his song. More important she was speaking to him as if they never stopped being friends.

"What's wrong?" she asked when she noticed he wasn't repacking his cart.

"Err. . ." he shook his head then continued working.

When they had finished, they started walking towards the checkout line. More like danced to the checkout line.

After another ten minutes, they were outside. It was time for Lily to return to her family and Snape to go home alone.

Snape nodded at her and turned in the opposite direction. He had only gone about ten steps when Lily called out.

"See you, Sev."

Snape turned around and saw her waving. He waved back and began to walk a few more steps. He then turned around again.

"Hey, Lily," he called out, acting on a sudden impulse.

She walked back to him.

"Yeah?"

He hesitated. "How would you err, like to go out to dinner with me?"

Lily blinked at him.

"N-never mind," he stammered. "You might wanna get back to your family," he swallowed. "Sorry, I asked."

He turned around and began to walk away when he felt a hand on his arm. He turned around and saw Lily smiling back at him.

"I'd love to have dinner with you, Severus," she whispered.

Snape nodded, then said, "I'll meet you at the Leaky Cauldron at seven."

She nodded and started towards home. Snape watched her until she disappeared behind a set of buildings.

He had a date with his Hogwarts sweetheart. Today was the best day of his life.

He smiled at the thought of Lily in a fancy dress coming to dine with him. He thought, perhaps, that he should wear something fancy too.

Author's Note: I had a lot of fun with this chapter. The thought of Snape dancing and singing. This chapter reflected the spirit that I was in. I had two good days straight.

The song about being in the spotlight was a song I made up when I was a kid. I got the beat off the game Streets of Rage 2. You know, the one on Genesis? Some of you might not remember. Anyway, please read and review.

Who wants to see Lily and Snape date? Me.