COMPLETE Book 2: Amortentia (SnapeLove)

Memory Lane

I go to Albus's office and see Fawkes looking quite dreadful. "Fawkes, you really need to just go," I tell the bird and he looks up at me and caws. I pet him softly, I always enjoyed Fawkes. He is a good phoenix. Maybe I should get Alexandria one when she gets un-petrified. 

"Severus, what has brought you here?" Albus enters the office area from the back room. "I came to let you know that we have a dilemma on our hands. Potter speaks parseltongue and just did it in front of the entire school, it seems as if Voldemort has definitely had an effect on him." I tell him. Albus sits down and ponders this for a moment. "I truly don't believe that Potter is the one who opened the chamber of secrets. Yet, I am unsure as to who or how any student is involved." I say to him and he nods. "I see, I believe that only time will tell. It seems as if young Harry Potter might have to go against Voldemort once more this year. We will have to wait and let this unfold itself." Albus tells me as he takes a sweet candy from his drawer. "What if another student gets petrified? What if someone gets killed like last time? What are we going to do about it?" I question him. "We will do what we can to keep the students safe, but there is nothing more we can do, Severus. Harry must find out how to do it on his own." He says to me and I begin to get upset. "You mean, Alexandria is petrified, and until a damn 12-year-old boy figures out how to stop a monster within the walls of Hogwarts, we just have to wait?" I clench my fist, this is when if Alexandria was here, she would step in and calm me down. But she isn't.  "I am afraid so, Severus." Albus calmly tells me and I sigh heavily, honing in on my anger and I leave without saying another word. 

Several weeks pass and I go about my business as normal as I can. Potter, Weasley and Granger are up to something, however I decide to listen to  Albus and ignore whatever they were doing, as to hopefully have them end this mess.

As I lay in bed, I think about Alexandria. I think about all the good times we have had together and my memory takes me back further when she was still a student here. 

"Miss Lovecrest, for the love of Merlin, what are you doing?"  I ask the blundering idiot that is Alexandria Lovecrest. A Gryffindor of course, sad shame she would have done well in Slytherin. However, sometimes I am glad I don't have to deal with her constantly. She is a smart student however she was the most annoying know it all in the world. She has great potential and I can see her going far in her future, but the people she hangs around with definitely won't help her. She stays with the Weasley bunch, a pureblood family, but a poor example for one for sure. 

"I am doing nothing, sir. What are you doing? Playing favorites as always?"  She retorts and the Gryffindors in the class all laugh. "10 points from Gryffindor, Lovecrest. See me after class is over." I sneer at her. After class, the room trickles down to just Alexandria and me. "What can I do for you, sir?" She rolls her eyes at me and stands in front of my podium. "It would be wise of you to stop the attitude you have with me, I am not one to deal with intolerable dimwits." I snarl at her and she stifles a laugh. "You're not one to deal with anyone, probably the reason you why you have no one. You will never have anyone, with the way you present yourself. Try smiling for once, try being nice for a change. Maybe students would actually enjoy your class more. I love potions, but you make it 10x harder than it has to be, and I'm not sure why." She argues and turns to head out the door. I would stop her, however, she had a point. I don't have anyone. The only person I ever had was Lily, and I never truly had her. She reminds me much of Lily, her no bullshit attitude, and the awful people she's always around. And her eyes. Lily's exact eye shape and color...

I feel tears on my cheeks and wipe them away, I don't ever cry unless I'm drunk; this was refreshing almost. The last time I cried sober was when I found Lily dead at her house. I knew then I would never get to make up for what I said to her, and we our friendship would never rekindle. In a way, I am glad now that it didn't. I would have Alexandria, and having her makes me complete. I decide to go visit her and see her beautiful face. Even petrified she is still gorgeous.

As I enter the Infirmary, I notice there was someone laying the bed next to Alexandria. I walk closer to get a better look and find Hermoine Granger with a mirror clutched in her hand.
"Potter and Weasley will definitely be troubled now." I say to myself and I walk back over to Alexandria.
She was still in the same position, and still had the same confused and horrified expression.
I take her hand and hold it in mine.
" Alexandria. I promise you, when you get unpetrified I will never ever take any moment with you for granted. I want to make you mine forever. I want to marry you, and I never thought I would ever say those words let alone think them. However you have changed me as not only as a man but as a person in general. I love you, Alexandria Lovecrest." I begin to cry again. She is my everything and I cannot wait for her to come back to me. I stay for about an hour before leaving back to my room and head to bed for a long day.