A couple hours after going to sleep, Lily woke up to go to the bathroom

She remembered what had happened before going to bed last night…

Severus had insisted on brushing his teeth before going to bed- so she didn't have to smell his bad breath. Once he finished his spell she was already in bed. Lily didn't need to because she brushed her teeth after supper, which finished half an hour before Severus came. She sat on the bed, waiting for him – because she didn't trust him enough to know for sure that he would come. He might believe she would be better off with out him.

Never the less he had come. Severus sat on the opposite side of the bed, took off his socks, and lay down.

"Sev-er-us! I don't bite! Come over here."

Severus, however, didn't move closer to Lily, who by then had gotten under the covers. "You may not bite, but you sure can hex me."

"True, but not now, or not tonight any way." Lily moved over and placed herself in Severus's care. She placed her head on Severus's chest, and her arms around him "Good night Severus"

"Goodnight Lily, Sweet dreams, I hope for you"

"Thanks- and the same to you" Lily replied, snuggling even closer to Severus, all the while displaying a huge smile. And it was like that that she had fallen asleep.

Lily smiled at the memory as she returned to Severus, after checking on Harry. He looked so peaceful as he was sleeping.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – For Harry

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – For Lily

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - For Severus

The next morning when Lily woke up she found her self alone. And for a moment, she panicked. Where's Severus? Did he leave? She got up and looked into Harry's crib. He was gone. NO! I trusted him. He wouldn't take Harry away from me! He wouldn't take Harry to Voldemort. As she reached the door another, horrible idea reached her. Severus wouldn't kill Harry himself and leave him for me to find. He loves me. He proved that to me with his patronus!

Lily peeked around the doorway and she heard Severus say; "and that is the end of the tale of three brothers"

"uh-gain" said Harry in his baby voice.

"But Harry, I've already read it to you four times now- surly you want a different one by now- perhaps the fountain of fair fortune would interest you- or maybe-"

"Good morning Severus, Harry" said Lily, interrupting Severus.

Severus looked up, surprised. "You're awake- I put a charm on the door so Harry and I wouldn't wake you- Dumbledore wants to see us immediately following you breakfast"

"Oh- Ok. Have you eaten?"

"No, I wanted to wait for you, but I fed Harry some crushed banana" Severus responded, glancing at Harry, who was crawling onto his lap.

"That's good- banana is healthy for him."

"Would you like waffles for breakfast? A quick spell and they are done-"

"Sure, let me take Harry."

A couple minutes later Severus and Lily had finished eating, and had begun walking toward Dumbledore's office.

"Mummy- I like Sevawus- how long is he staying wif us?" asked Harry.

Lily beamed. "You like Severus? That's great! –He'll be staying with us for a long time."

"Yay!" exclaimed Harry.

Lily looked at Severus as they stopped at the gargoyle. He looked relatively surprised that Harry was glad that he would be spending a lot of time with him.

When they made it to the top of the stairs, Dumbledore was waiting for them. On his desk were three envelopes.

"Hello, I am glad you have come. We have much to discuss…"

"The first thing is what happened after you left the house last night. I sent order members, and found the place in ruins. Alice Longbottom received these envelopes, now sitting on my desk, a little after you left. James sent that to her by turning them into a port key-"

"But why didn't James just send them here then?" interrupted Lily.

"Incase Voldemort came and put a tracking spell on them before they went off. One of them is for Harry, one for Severus, and the other is for you Lily."

"And when did he have the time to put in what ever is in them?" asked Severus.

"He wrote them in advance, in case this happened, which it did. James included a small note to Alice, explaining this."

Dumbledore took a break from speaking for a moment, so he could give out the envelopes; he gave Harry's to Lily, Severus's to Severus, and Lily's to Lily.

"So which of you will be accepting which post?"

"Severus, can do potions, I'll do astrology."

Severus turned to Lily. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Lily replied firmly.

"It's settled then." Said Dumbledore "You will begin teaching after Christmas, since there is no sense attempting to control a class, as a new teacher, this close to Christmas. This will give you plenty of time to study the curriculum…"

"Agreed." Said Severus, and he turned to leave. Lily gave Dumbledore a small smile, and followed.

"Wait!" exclaimed Dumbledore- "Severus, you are not to return to your house, it's too dangerous- and seeing that Tom knows you aren't on his side…"

"Understood." Severus said coldly.

They threesome soon made it back to Lily's room.

"Sev? Perhaps later today you would like to go shopping with me, I am going to need more then one pair of clothing, and seeing as my house was blown to pieces-" Lily stopped and began crying.

"Whys Mummy crying?" asked Harry.

Severus stopped walking and put his envelope down. "Oh Lily, of course I'll go shopping with you- I dare say I'll need some stuff too, seeing as I'm not allowed to go to my own house either." She still calls me Sev, I wish she understood how beautiful she is even when she's crying.

"Severus- all my pictures GONE! There gone forever!"

"Lily, I have a copy of all our child hood pictures, and I'm sure your friends have wedding pictures and others with you in them. It will be o.k., I'm sure."

"Thanks Sev. –And I'll pay for what ever you need when we go shopping today- No! Don't argue with me! I need to thank you for saving my life, and Harry's. Beside, James and I shared an account, which has enough money to practically make another Hogwarts."

"Let me read James letter to me before we go, though."

"But you envelope is so puffy, it will take ages!"

"I'm a fast reader."

"Fine. I'm not reading my letter now, though." Truth be told Lily felt a little bit guilty. She had not even cried for James. And all she could think about was her wanting Severus.

Severus left the room, and went out the hallway to his neighboring room. He let himself in, and opened the envelope.

First he pulled out several photo albums, which had been downsized to fit the envelope. He enlarged them, and found they were all Lily's. James may not be as stupid as I once thought…

He continued emptying the envelope, and found a picture of Lily sleeping. Severus smiled. That was the last picture he needed to complete the scrapbook he had started when he met Lily. He was going to give it to her as a gift on their last day of school- but that obviously didn't happen. When Lily told him it was over, he had continued working on the scrapbook, but he never managed to get a picture of her sleeping, which he needed for one of his pages. He told James about the scrapbook, and James promised to get him a picture, as a thanks for saving his life from the Dementors, twice.

Severus began to read the letter, the last of the contents…

Severus-

If you are reading this it means Voldemort came for me and my family. I am writing this, presuming you saved Lily, and Harry, which I must thank you for. I never had a right to her, and the only reason she married me would be because she no longer had you. It is now your turn to have her. Don't kid yourself, she loves you. Take your time with her, though. Lily never rushed into relationships.

Lily is meant to be yours, and she already is yours. I was kidding myself when I thought Lily was mine. I wrote in my letter to her about everything; both the good and bad things that you have done, as of late. She may need time to adjust, but she deserves to know. When she finds out, I think you should look after Harry. I think she needs time to handle all the sudden changes of emotion. I also told that you have my blessing to be with her. This stretches the truth in the sense that I still hate you, and no doubt you still hate me for stealing Lily. But if I tell her this she might get together with you sooner, when will mean I can rest in peace, because Lily needs to know she's loved.

Lily needs you more then she needs me. I find her crying over your picture in our bedroom often. I can't even picture her crying over my death. Lily's your Princess and its time for me to face the truth. And even as I know this I can't let go of Lily. I wont divorcé her, or get an annulment. I am trapping her in a marriage she doesn't want. You have proven yourself to love her more then I do. If you knew she would be happier with someone else you would have let her go. Even if it meant never seeing her again. You've risked you life for her. You're braver then me. You could have been in Gryffindor.

Good day,

James.

Severus scowled. Typical of James to tell him he could have been in Gryffindor.

Suddenly a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Severus quickly put the picture of Lily sleeping under his pillow, and he opened the door. It was Lily, with Harry.

"I just finished, Lily. The letter wasn't long. James included all you photo albums, that's what made it puffy."

"Did you say he gave you my albums?"

"Yes- They're on my bed." Severus moved out of the way so Lily could come in. He was still clutching the letter in his hand.

"Yes!" exclaimed Lily. "So what did he tell you?"

"He told me I should have been in Gryffindor!"

Lily laughed, and Severus immediately felt better.

"Well let's go shopping- if you're brave enough!"

Authors Notes:

I am not too familiar with babies. Can Harry walk yet, seeing as he must be 15 months old now (which is a year and three months)? And could some one tell me what babies eat?

Sorry for the wait, I was at camp for the past two weeks, and last week I had Lawn bowling Nationals. I came in forth! I got a medal, and a proof silver coin of the first flight!