A/N: Chapter 2! Hooray!

Disclaimer: Still do not own. Sadly.

Previously:

"Lily?" He gasped.

"H-hi, Severus," she said miserably.

Severus gaped at his formed childhood friend in a very un-Severus like way.

"Can I come in?" Lily asked hopefully.

Much Time Passes (In Vignettes)

One year later (Harry is 4)

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAA~AAPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUU~" They all sang happily. Harry giggled and beamed then blew out all four of his candles. Everyone clapped and cheered, then Lily began to slice the cake.

It was packed in Spinner's end on the hot summer day. Lily and Severus had thrown young Harry a birthday party, inviting Harry's close friends Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy and their respective parents. Lucius and Severus were old friends and Lily was apparently very close to Alice, Frank and Augusta.

"Thanks for the cake, Mummy!" Harry beamed.

Lily smiled and ruffled her son's hair. "Don't thank me, thank Uncle Severus! He baked it."

Severus blushed and looked down. Lily had been busy setting up the party decorations and potions skilled transferred to cooking! Baking cakes was a perfectly normal activity for a man of his caliber.

"Thanks, Uncle Severus!" Harry sang. He wrapped his arms around the unsuspecting Potions master and gave him a huge hug. "You're my favoritest person in the whole wide world!"

"Hey! What about me?" Lily said laughingly.

"And me!" Draco added.

"And me!" Neville chimed in.

They all laughed as Harry hugged Severus all the more.

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Two years later (Harry is 6)

"That's the last of them!" Lily said triumphantly as she dumped the last box into the crate. They were having all their non-essential belongings shipped directly to their new home in America so they didn't have to worry about them being handled on a plane.

"I'll miss you both!" Neville said tearily. Harry and Draco hugged Neville again.

"We promise we'll owl you lots and lots!" Harry reassured him.

"Every day, if you want us to!" Draco added earnestly.

Narcissa laughed quietly. "Don't worry, you two. I'm sure you'll see Neville again very soon. Now, let's get in the car; we don't want to miss our flight," she said in her silky, calming voice.

"Tell me why we agreed to moving the muggle way!" Lucius hissed in Severus's ear as he carried the last of the Malfoys' belongings out the door.

"Because of our wives!" Severus hissed back as he helped Lucius with his boxes.

"Why the hell did we ever get married?" The platinum blonde moaned.

"Because you love us very, very much and you'll do anything for us, right?" Narcissa yelled in response. Damn women and their uncanny hearing!

"And because we can make your lives a living hell!" Lily said.

"Right!" The men chorused in unison.

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Two years later (Harry is 8)

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. !

The moniter flatlined, and she was gone.

"DAMMIT!" Severus screamed and kicked the wall futilely. He watched as the doctors scrambled pointlessly with the defibrillator and punched the cheap Plexiglas that divided them. He had already knew it was too late when they came here; no magic or science could save her from the rare disease. Lucius put a comforting hand on his back but Severus slapped it away. He screamed and raged around the room.

Out in the hall, he heard crying. Normally Snape wouldn't care, but he could tell it was Harry. Severus's rage was assuaged immensely. He wasn't the only one hurt here.

"Harry?" Severus asked questioningly. The sobbing child looked up through teary eyes and Severus's heart clenched. He swooped down and hugged Harry tightly.

"She-she's gone, Dad! I'll n-never see Mum ag-again!" Harry said through his tears. Severus started slightly at Harry calling him 'Dad' but did nothing.

"I know," Severus said comfortingly, stroking the boy's hair. A lone tear slid down Snape's nose. "I know."

A/N: D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Sad filler chapter is sad. But next chapter, the real plot starts! *is excited*