First Kiss Chapter one. Trying to work up the nerve!

Chapter 81. He's back

Chapter 81. He’s back

Snape walked around his office, he was feeling worried and very agitated. The time had come for Lily’s son to come back to the wizarding world. Snape was not though surprised that Dumbledore had so many problems getting a letter to Harry, telling him about Hogwarts. Snape figured Petunia or as Lily called her Tuney would make it difficult and if she was still married to the large ugly beefy man she had dated as a teenager then the chances were even better that Harry wouldn’t even know about the Wizarding community. Snape knew from his time with Lily that Vernon had spent a lot of time telling Petunia it was not real and that Lily was most likely involved in some evil cult and was going to be hauled off to prison at any time. Snape wondered how she was feeling now that her only sister was dead and she had to raise a magical boy.

Snape paced a while longer, looking at the shelves around his office filled with pickled specimens of all kinds.

“I bet she hates it, she hated Lily for being a witch, I can’t see her liking anyone else for it.” He laughed bitterly “All because she wasn’t a witch. Well at least not a magical one.” Snape laughed thinking of the Muggle ideas of witches, ugly with large noses and a hairy wart on the end. “I think Petunia would fit the ugly part quite well.” Snape told no one. He of course was not aware that for a little while Lily was visiting him as he paced and talked to the walls.

“I don’t know if I’m ready for this. What if the kid is a Dark Lord, what would Lily say if her only son turned out evil?” Snape shuddered at the thought.

Snape walked over to the cabinet and pulled out an aged bottle of elf wine and a pewter goblet, with a large S and L entwined on it. “Here’s to you Lily and your son, may he be like you in every way possible.” Snape gulped down the wine then replaced the bottle and cleaned the goblet.

Lily bit her ghostly lips. “I think my dear you’re in for a bit of a surprise.” Lily whispered nervously to him even though he could not hear her.

Snape had looked at a large hourglass with snakes along the four corners to make the stand for it. It was nearly drained into the bottom half.

“It is time Lily; I know you’ll be here for this. I wonder whose house he’ll be placed in.”

Snape had gone to the Great Hall to sit with the other teachers; they were all talking excitably about the arrival of Harry Potter. Most of the students didn’t know yet that the famous Harry Potter was due back. Although the ones who did know were rapidly telling their friends so that most were learning that this night was to be a night to remember.

Professor McGonagall had walked in leading the students to the front of the hall in front of the teacher’s table. The wooden stool was already there with the old fray-sorting hat sitting upon it. Snape quickly scanned the first year students to see if he could recognize Lily’s son standing among them. Then he saw a face he knew well, very well as a flood of painful old memories came flooding back to him.

Snape couldn’t believe his eyes when he watched the first years walk in with McGonagall. There was Lily’s son who looked just like… HIM! Snape tried not to scream out as he looked at the little boy standing in line with the other first years. After all this was not James he just looked like him.

Snape would not yell at Dumbledore to explain why he had never mention that Lily’s son was the splitting image of his father to the last out of place hair.

Snape averted his eyes taking them away from the boy who looked so much like the one who tormented his childhood days here in school.

The sorting went on; Draco had just been sorted into Snape’s house, Slytherin. This not at all surprised Snape. He’d have been more astounded had he not been in Slytherin.