Severus Snape and the Siren: A Snily Tale

Chapter 4 - Lost and Found

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Severus and Lily didn't allow the Sorting Hat's decisions to end the time they spent together.

Severus found new friends in Narcissa Black, Lucius Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange, while Lily made several girlfriends in Gryffindor.

However, their new allies were the company they kept during the hours the academic day forced them to remain with those in their houses.

Whenever Severus and Lily possibly could, they spent their moments together, side by side as they studied, chatted, or just existed.

Severus's Slytherin friends disapproved of Lily and Lily's Gryffindor girl gang saw Severus as an austere, strange boy, but no one irritated them as much as James Potter.

Whenever Lily saw him approach, she moved closer to Severus, both to annoy James and to remind Severus that her loyalty remained with him.

Their first year of magical education ended with James Potter hurling scowls and insults at the couple, which they once again ignored as they rode home on the Hogwarts Express.

"What's the matter?" Lily pouted at Severus after she noticed the frown on his face while the train traveled through the green hills of the countryside.

"Nothing....." Severus replied as he stared out the window, "I'm just not that excited to go home, I suppose."

Lily had a season of family, smiles, and outdoor cookouts waiting for her in Cokeworth.

Severus knew that weeks and weeks of alcohol-fueled misery and violence lay ahead of himself in his parents' care.

"Well, whenever you tire of being at your home, you can come to mine." Lily offered with a smile.

"I don't think our parents will like that very much." Severus said with a frown.

"Why won't they?!" Lily laughed, "Your Mum loves me....My Mum loves you......As long as you ask first, it should be fine, Sev. We can spend loads of time together that way!"

Severus grabbed onto a longing hope.

As he looked at Lily, he nodded at her and allowed a soft smile to drift across his pale face.

Wouldn't it be lovely if he could escape completely into Lily's world?

Severus felt his heart skip a beat as he silently admired her beauty.

Wouldn't it be lovely if Lily.....became....his world?

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The next few months proved to be the best summer of Severus's young life.

Eileen lacked the ability to leave Tobias, but she understood what a terrible environment that her husband created for their son.

As a result, she allowed Severus to venture over to Lily's whenever he pleased.

His only concern was potentially wearing out his welcome.

If Severus had truly understood that the Evans' family was happy to host him anytime, he would have moved out of his parents' home and into Lily's.

Mrs. Evans was the model picture of everything a loving wife and mother should be; friendly, charming, kind, generous, beautiful.......with the ability to float face down in the water unharmed.

Severus discovered Mrs. Evans' hidden talent by surprise one morning in late June when he walked into the bathroom during a visit to Lily and found her mother floating face down, limp, in a bathtub filled with water.