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5 Summer days.

A few days had passed since Eva's visit; Severus was starting to consider spending some time outside of his home with her. He was going to start a letter to see when she was going to come back to Cokeworth. As he sat at his desk, an owl came in. Severus never saw this owl before. It was a barn owl, not the type the Ministry would send, and it definitely wasn't from Hogwarts. He got up to get the small envelope from the owl. He opened the letter and started to read.

Dear Sev,

How have you been? Yes, this is my owl Persil (means parsley in English) so don't freak out. I hope you are enjoying the book we got you. Would you like to come over to our house for a day or so? Or I can come back up. I saw there was a park not to far from your house. Whatever you want. However, at my house you can try out the potion book, or we can do both! Tell me what you think. It would be nice to see you again.

Yours,

Eva

Severus thought for a moment. It would be nice to get out of the house; especially with his parents fighting going on and on. He didn't want to impose on Eva when he barely knew her. The park seemed better, but that's where he went with Lily. All of his childhood memories with Lily were in that park. A thought came into his mind, "Lily is the past, Eva is your new friend, and give her a chance." He started writing.

Dear Eva,

No, I did not 'freak out'. Why do you think I would? I am enjoying the book, as I have never seen some of these potions before. They are truly fascinating. The choice is yours for the meeting. I am open to either option.

Severus

He gave the letter back to Persil. He wondered what drove her to choose that name for her owl. He was no where near being green. He shook his head, and let the bird out the window.

Severus waited for Persil's return. He sent the bird back early in the afternoon. Eva told him about piano being her 'fun' afternoon plan. He wasn't expecting a reply by the evening but a few hours later, he saw her owl in a distance and waited for it to close his window. Once Persil landed on his desk, he took the letter which was slightly wet from the light rain.

Dear Sev,

You seemed like the guy that would freak out, but I'm glad you like it. Told you the book screamed Severus. So you will be coming at my place all day tomorrow. We will come and get you around eight but, be sure to warn your parents, or at least you mom. You like pumpkin pie? Because that's on the menu tomorrow.

By the way Kristlan can't wait to meet you.

Yours,

Eva

Great he though, his mother hated last minute things, but the other side, he would be far from the yelling for one whole day. His father was home all day tomorrow, so for once he was grateful to be leaving his town. Severus went down stairs to the living room. He found both his parents, who for once, where not fighting. He walked up to his mother.

"Mother, I have something to tell you."

"Yes, what it is?"

Tobias looked up from his paper "It's not another one of those freaky magic tricks is it? Don't bother answering. I'm going out." He slammed the door behind him.

"Don't listen to him. So what is it Severus?"

"I've been invited to Eva's house tomorrow, she said they are coming at eight am sharp."

"Oh, as much as I hate last minute plans, you seem to get along well with her. You may go."

"Thank you Mother."

"Alright then, there is some food on the table for you since you didn't come down for lunch."

Severus went into the kitchen to eat. Once he finished, he went to his bedroom and went right to sleep.

The next day, Severus woke up at seven to give himself as much time as possible to prepare. He went to the bathroom. He wanted to look his best. This was one of the oldest pureblooded families in the country, and he wanted to make a good first impression. His mother was up to make him breakfast. He looked in the kitchen, but his father was not up. At eight am, there was a knock on the door. Eileen opened it to a smiling Eva.

"Hello, Mrs. Snape. Is Severus ready to go?"

Severus appeared from behind his mother. "Yes, I am."

"Great. We are traveling by broom. Don't worry about the Trace; since mother is here they will think the magic is her. There are no muggles out, so the coast is clear."

Eileen watched as her son walked out towards the girl. It seemed she was giving him the choice to either ride with her or her mother. This will be fun, she thought. Her son never did any unnecessary touching of any kind, not even a hug.

"So Sev, are you going to ride with me?"

"I suppose so."

"Great, hold on to my waist."

Severus hated to idea of touching, or being close to anyone. He sat of the broom, and put his arms around Eva's small waist. In a moment they were up in the air following her mother.

"Bet you can see your house from here!"

He gave a look he knew she wouldn't see. "Well that is a very original saying."

The trip lasted about fifteen minutes. That's the advantage of broom; much faster than cars, and no traffic lights. They arrived at Eva's house earlier that expected. Once off the brooms, the three wizards made their way to the door. Severus saw it being opened by one of the house elves Eva told him about in Potions. Alexandrina made her way through the door without looking at the elf.

"Ah, Miss Eva has returned! Kristlan has waited for her return."

"Hey, Kristlan what's up? This is Severus."

"Please so pleased to meet you Mister Severus. Kristlan has heard all about you. Kristlan is very happy to welcome you into Miss Eva's home. Come, please."

The pair entered the house. Kristlan took Severus and Eva's jacket. Eva started telling him about Kristlan being the Easgriff elf, and since her mother brought with her the Alisgton elf, Kristlan doesn't serve her, but still has to obey.

Eva admitted it was rather difficult to understand. She gave Severus a tour of her house. It was a good sized home. It contained a large living room and kitchen, with a small bathroom on the main floor. The second floor was composed of five bedrooms and two baths. When the tour was finished, they went to the kitchen were Kristlan had tea ready for them.

"Ah Mister Severus! Did you enjoy the tour? Kristlan hopes you did. Kristlan even made tea for Severus and Eva, because Kristlan doesn't know if Severus ate this morning."

"Thanks Kristlan, you can go now."

"Thank you Miss Eva, Kristlan will now go clean."

"I sure hope you like tea. This is all Kristlan will make. You see why I said no tea the other day."

"I think tea is decent."

She gave him a smile and invited him to sit at the table. Severus didn't say much, but enjoyed being in a house where arguing was not an Olympic sport. Eva him upstairs to the 'potion room' where her father would do 'crazy' mixes and matches. Severus was pleased to be able to use his book at last and was glad he brought it.

Before they knew it, it was lunchtime. They both came down and sat at the living room table were Alexandrina was waiting for them.

"So Severus is you enjoying yourself?"

"Yes, madam."

"We did some potions, we cleaned up don't worry."

"I'm glad. I hope you like chicken Severus. Danio makes fine chicken recipes."

Eva leaned close to Severus "Of course he does, mother praises anything that's from her side of the family."

Lunch was calm, with a few words spoken here and there. Dessert arrived and Eva happily served Severus a generous piece of pumpkin pie and whipped cream. "Is she trying to stuff me to death?" He thought, "Although this is very good."

Once finished, Eva and Severus excused themselves from the table. She grabbed his hand and dragged him outside, where Kristlan was waiting for them.

"Eva, what are you doing?"

"Well you need to have a little fun. Apart from potions, which is very academic, you don't seem to do much."

"I do plenty."

"Really, is that so?"

"Yes it is."

"Ok then, I trust you have had a water balloon fight before."

"Pardon?"

"Ah ha, you haven't!"

"I have!"

"Fine, then I challenge you to one."

"Are you serious?"

"No, I'm Eva. Of course I'm serious."

"You want me to do that? Are you mental?"

"Over reactive, hotheaded, annoying, loud, and fun but no, not mental. Come on! One fight."

"Just one and you will leave me alone?"

"Yes one, and then we can do something else."

"Fine."

"Excellent."

Kristlan gave out the balloons. "Now remember, fair fight, Miss Eva and Mister Severus. Kristlan doesn't want to get in trouble like last time. Kristlan would like to see nothing but good play."

Kristlan clapped his hands and the game started. Severus didn't know what to do; he had done this once before with Lily on hot summer days but that was it. He couldn't believe Eva was able to push him into this. Although he knew by now she was a pushy. He turned for a minute and got hit in the chest by one of the balloons. He looked up to see Eva laughing, eyes closed. Severus smirked and threw one back; it hit her in the stomach.

"Oh, it's going to be like that now. Alright then, you asked for it Snape!"

They went at it for over two hours. Severus hadn't felt like this since Lily, and it made him happy. Eva snuck up behind him and dumped all the water on him from a bucket. The fight ended with buckets of water being spilled. To Severus, he was just getting even.

The two walked back to the house, soaking wet. Luckily Eva's mother was out, so they wouldn't get the discipline talk. They headed to the bathroom, but Severus stayed in the hallway.

"Sev, it's okay, I can change in my room, I'm just getting a towel. You can change here. Oh and use this. It's a drying towel that mother bewitched. Just pass over your clothes and they will be dry."

"Alright."

She gave him a nod, and left towards her room, leaving Severus alone.

Once all dried up, Severus came out of the bathroom. He walked down the hallway looking for Eva, not knowing what to do with the towel. She peeked out her room, inviting him in.

"I don't bite Sev, you can leave the towel there, Kristlan will take care of it."

Severus did has told, and walk in to Eva's room. He felt very uncomfortable.

"Don't worry it won't take long. I'm just looking for something."

"What is it exactly?"

"I just forgot, crap oh well. Let's go downstairs. I hope you like cookies."

"More food! Do it look like a turkey!"

"Maybe, I'm just messing with you. You don't have to."

"Good."

They went down to the living room, and Eva went towards the piano, she invited Severus to join her.

"You play?"

"No."

"Would you like to learn?"

"No."

"Ok, is there anything you want to do?"

"You're asking me?"

"No the piano, of course you."

"I don't know."

"Well it's almost five o'clock, we should be bringing you home in about an hour or two."

Severus nodded; the day went by very fast. He really enjoyed spending the day with Evangeline. It was very different from with Lily, where they would go to the park and lay on the grass. Eva on the other hand pushed him to do different things. He wouldn't say she was better than Lily, but that their way of fun with him was different.

They decided on a simple game of cards, where Severus beat her at every game. At six o'clock, Eva's father entered the living room.

"Hello father, this is Severus Snape. Severus this is my father Henry Easgriff."

"Evening, sir."

"Hello Severus, I will be taking you home tonight. Eva you will be accompanying us, I presume."

"Of course father, what are we taking?"

"The car since Severus lives in a muggle area. I will not take the chance of being caught."

"Understood Father."

The three wizards made their way to the car. As Severus sat on the back seat, Kristlan appeared. "Mister Severus, Kristlan wishes to give you some cookies that Kristlan made. They are chocolate flavored sir."

"Umm thank you."

"You are most welcome, good day to you."

Eva sat next to him "You will love them."

Severus turned to her and raised a brow.

"What? You will."

Mr. Easgriff started the car and drove towards Spinner's End. The drive was quiet; no one spoke, only the occasional "Is this the right way? Left or right?" or the famous "Watch were you're going you fool! Stupide muggle driving man." The last line made Severus chuckle, which made Eva smile.

When they arrived, Eva told her father she would walk Severus to the door. He didn't object saying he was going to make a big turn around the block and come back.

Severus thanked Eva's father for the ride home, and got out, followed by Eva. They made their way to the door, and rang the bell.

"I hope you had a good time today, Sev."

"Actually, surprisingly, I did."

"Great, I hope you will enjoy the rest of your vacation. We are going to New York to see my mother's parents, tomorrow. I will be back in two weeks. We might see each other at Diagon Alley."

"Indeed."

The door opened, and Eileen stood there looking at her son, who didn't notice her presence.

"Oh, hello Mrs. Snape."

"Hello Evangeline. Did you have a good time?"

"Yes we did. See ya Sev." With that Eva went back to the car, and the Easgriffs drove away.

Severus went back inside the house he had not seen all day. His father wasn't home or was passed out somewhere, he didn't care.

He went to his room, and put down the basket of cookies Kristlan made him. He looked back at what had happened, the potion making, lunch, water balloon fight, cards, laughed… Severus for once had a great day.

~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER~~~~~~~~

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Until next time *takes bean* "Yum pumpkin my favorite."