The Traitors Daughter (Completed)

Chapter Twenty Two

It was finally the weekend where Lilliana would give Severus his surprise. Dumbledore had booked the table, he had said it was the most unusual experience he had ever gone through. Lilliana had spent the last month doing odd jobs for the staff. 

They were all incredibly helpful, the knew how much Severus deserved this and they all loved the young girl so much that they were happy to help. Minerva was the most helpful, she would give her a galleon for every ten papers she would mark. She had even gone and gotten it exchanged for her at Gringotts, saving Lilliana the trip.

Needless to say, she was very excited. She had almost given it away the night before as you couldn't sit still to the point where her dad had noticed and questioned her on it. Even offering her a potion so she would calm down but she just laughed and said she was excited for the weekend. Which technically wasn't a lie as she was.

She had arranged their little rendezvous on the perfect weekend too. Her dad was quite stressed at how many owl and newt papers he had to mark and, in the end, finished them within a week causing him to be a grumpy man who had gotten no sleep whatsoever. 

She had already experienced Grumpy Snape after exams last year but now she lived with him and it was worse. She did not mind though as she always saw the look of guilt and regret in his eyes when he did snap at her. Which was quite often but by now she was used to it.

They had got it all planned out. Dumbledore was going to ask him to go with him somewhere and then he would apparate both Him and Severus to the location of the main entrance to the park where Lilliana would be waiting, having been apparated their by Minnie only moments before. Minerva had also told her that she had a bottle of fire whiskey that Lily could give her dad as a present seeing as she was too young to buy it herself.

Minerva nodded at her and then took her by her arm.

'Be careful and keep hold of me tight okay lily?'. Lilliana nodded before being pulled into something. The feeling only lasted a few seconds but when she landed she felt so nauseous and she fell on her arse.

'Put your head between your knees' Minerva instructed and gently pushed down on the girls head. After a few minutes, she was able to stand up properly again.

'I never want to do that again.' Minerva laughed as she watched her student shiver in disgust. Lilliana finally took a look at her surroundings and gasped.

'Merlin's Beard! I see why dad loves this place. It's stunning.' Minerva agreed with her.

'Right, your dad should be arriving a minute so why don't you go and stand over by the gate. I will be watching in the shadows until he gets here to make sure you're safe. Merlin knows what he would do if he found out I left you on your own in a strange place!' The pair shared a short laugh before Lilliana did exactly as Minerva had said.

It wasn't long before Dumbledore and Severus appeared in front of her.

'Lily?' he dad exclaimed whilst reaching out to pull her into a hug which she accepted. 'What are you doing here?'

'I thought I would treat you today' She replied with a huge smile on her face. Severus turned to Albus.

'You helped with this I'm guessing?' He turned his head to where a cat was sat on a wall. 'You too Minerva?'

Minerva transformed into a human again.

'Dammit, I forgot you knew what my feline self looked like. But yes we did. When Lilliana first came to us with the idea of treating you I jumped on the bandwagon straight away. You deserve a treat and a relax and where better to do it.'

'Well anyway, Minerva and I better be off.' Said Albus smiling. 'We will leave you too alone to enjoy yourselves. Severus, you know how to open the school gates should you arrive after they are locked. Have fun'

They both sent a smile towards the pair before apparating back to Hogwarts. Lily smiled at her dad.

'Right, I know you will probably want to walk around the gardens but I do actually have a reservation booked at The Botanical Gardens restaurant so can you go after?' She smiled cheekily. He couldn't say no to her and she knew that. And so the pair headed off towards the restaurant.

'This is my favourite restaurant did you know?' Severus told his daughter.

'Dumbledore might have mentioned it' She laughed in response.