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Title: A Second Chance at Love
Pairings: Lily/James; Lily/Snape
Summary: After Neville Longbottom defeated Voldemort the first time, James is attacked at his home while Lily and Hary are abroad. Afterwards Snape helps Lily along with Remus and Sirius in raising her children. AU story.
When Lily parked the car in a secluded area, after dropping James off she immediately turned to Severus, which made him wonder why they were stopping here for.
Lily then turned to Severus and told him, “Now we can talk about this relationship.” Severus just looked at her wondering what she had to say about their relationship.
“Right now, I’m still married to James and am planning on staying married to him, until he dies. He could die tomorrow or ten years from now, it would be unfair to you if you think that we could have a relationship. You need to be with a woman who’s free to marry, not someone like me with a husband whose so brain damaged that he has to be instituionized. I care for you to much to watch you pine away for me,” Lily told him while Severus was amazed that Lily would even think that he would even consider going out with anyone else just for the sake of being married and having children that would carry on his family name.
“I don’t need to be married in order to be satisfied, I’ll wait for you until you’re ready no matter if its in ten or fifty years from now. I don’t want to be married to anyone else but you,” Severus answered her.
“I know that you’ll say that now, but won’t you feel like your missing something if we don’t get married we’ll well into our fifties,” Lily replied to his answer trying to talk reason into him.
“I don’t care if we have kids together or not, I’m not like some other guys who want children in order to carry on their family name and traditions,” Severus answered her. “Yes, but don’t you want to be with a woman that you can freely marry, not wait years for her husband to die. Besides if you are serious about wanting to be with me, then you’ll need to spend more time with my children, since you could become their stepfather, even Harry too since I know that he reminds you of James,” Lily tried to convince him to date other women while wondering how long Severus would wait for her before he decided to settle down with anybody else.
“I don’t mean being there for both Harry and Jamie in order to help you out, besides don’t you already have Black and Lupin helping you out with them?” Severus asked her. “I do, but I want Harry and Jamie to get to know you better since you’re my friend and there is a possibility that you could become their stepfather,” Lily answered him hoping that he realized that if he ever did get to marry her then he would become a parent to both of her children.
“I guess that I could do that, though during the school year it would be harder with me teaching at Hogwarts and having to prepare for lessons plus my other duties at the school,” Severus answered her hoping that she would be satisfied with his answer. “That’s fine, I don’t want you to sacrifice your position at Hogwarts for me or the children,” Lily answered him glad that he would at least make an effort to get to know Harry and Jamie better.
After they had their talk, Snape looked around the area and saw other cars there with other people parking their cars and what they were doing in them.
“Where did you find this place, Lily?” Snape asked her sounding curious. “I found this place quite by accident after we first moved here, and trust me James found a new use for a muggle car,” Lily shyly admitted to him.
“You mean that you and him actually snogged in a car here?” Severus asked trying to get the picture of James even kissing Lily, much less doing other things out of his mind. Severus then leaned over to kiss Lily, while she returned his kiss and deepened it. They snogged like that for the next few minutes until she remembered that she had to go back home and clean up after the party. She immediately straightened herself out hoping that no one would even suspect about what her and Severus just did. Of course when she did return home after dropping Severus off at the apparition point, so that he could get back to Hogsmeade and eventually to Hogwarts. When she returned home, the kids were still at the Burrow and Remus had finished cleaning up after the party.
“What took you so long, it shouldn’t have taken you this long to get back? Did Snape attack you?” Remus asked her sounding concerned.
“No, I just took him to a secluded place to talk and he now understands that I’ll never divorce James. I told him that he’s free to date other people and that’s it,” Lily reassure Remus hoping that she wouldn’t tell that she wasn’t telling him everything.
“How did he take it?” Remus asked her sounding concerned.
“He told me that there was no one else for him except for me. He’ll probably change his mind though and meet someone that he’ll want to spend the rest of his life with though,” Lily answered him.
“Yeah, and what if he doesn’t, Lily not everyone is meant to be married and that could be the case with Severus,” Remus tried to reason with her thinking that he would never marry because of his condition.
“If that’s the case hopefully he’ll realize that you’re still married to James and I hope that you don’t forget that either,” Remus assured her.
“I hope so,” Lily told him not wanting to reveal that she was starting to have feelings for Severus. A couple of hours later after Remus had left she went over to the Burrow to get her children, but she wanted to talk to Molly and, Laura and Augusta if they were there too. When she arrived she saw that the kids were playing a pickup game of Quidditch in the back yard with Molly and Augusta watching them. She immediately joined the two women in conversation and watching their children play giving her a chance to visit with them.
“How have my two kids been doing?” Lily asked her two friends as she walked up to them.
“They’ve been doing well so far, though they were first quiet when they got here,” Molly answered her.
“I guess that they were still surprised at seeing their dad at home for the first time in six years and how much better he looked there than he ever did at St. Mungo’s, even though they visit him every Sunday,” Lily responded to Molly hoping that was the reason for her kids’ reaction to their father.
“Have you heard the news, the Lovegoods plan on sending Luna to a muggle art program this summer? I wonder how she would do around all of those muggles, since she’s never been around them at all,” Augusta informed the two women.
“I don’t know, but I think that its great that the Lovegoods want Luna to see what’s outside of the wizarding world, who knows she might even meet a muggle born witch or wizard there. Besides I was hoping to take the kids to the science museum in London this summer, to show them that there’s other things out there than just magic, hopefully Severus will be able to join us,” Lily told them saying the last part nonchalantly while Molly looked amazed that she would volunteer to take ten kids to a muggle museum, plus she knew that Arthur would just die to go to a muggle science museum.
“What would they do there?” Molly asked sounded interested.
“See muggle things and how they work,” Lily answered her.
Molly groaned at that part knowing that Arthur would be like a kid in a candy shop at a place like that, though she thought that it would be nice to have the house all to herself on a summer day.
“Do you plan on having James come home again or was this just a one time thing?” Augusta asked Lily curious if she would be able to let James come stay with her and the kids again.
“Of course, I plan on having him stay with us the week before Christmas, a lot of the residents there go home with their families over the holidays. They do plan on telling me about the care that he needs and will send his medication home with him. I do plan on hiring someone to stay with him during the day though since Remus will be spending most of his time with the kids and Sirius has to work,” Lily answered her while Augusta looked at her in disbelief.
“If it was my son, I’m sure that Alice would keep him at St. Mungo’s where he belongs, instead of bringing him home and upsetting the children,” Augusta told them, while Lily looked like she wanted to tell Augusta what would probably happen if her precious Frank was like James.
“It isn’t him, since they’re dead but it could easily be him in James’s place and Alice would be right there with him, since when James was attacked they were after me and Harry too.
Knowing you if that was your son and daughter in law who was attacked then they would still be in St. Mungo’s treated like animals,” Lily replied to the older woman while Molly looked at Lily in surprise.
“I’m sure that Harry and Jamie were excited in having their father come home for a few hours,” Molly reassured Lily.
“They were, I think that they were disappointed that he couldn’t stay with him and that James hasn’t been cured. I think that they’ve accepted the fact that James would never be cured nor will he be able to live with us permanently,” Lily answered her.
“I don’t know what I would do if Arthur or any of my kids had to live like that. I don’t know what I would do if I had to see Arthur in a childlike state constantly, you must be stronger than I am,” Molly tried to reassure her.
“You don’t know how strong you are until something like that happens,” Lily answered her.
“I don’t want to hear any more of this talk about James, by the way did you hear that my Neville accidentally set one of my hats on fire. I don’t think that he likes them but it shows that he’ll grow up to be a powerful wizard one day,” Augusta told the two of them trying to change the subject while Molly and Lily rolled their eyes at the mention of Neville’s abilities.
A few minutes later, the kids were done with their game and the Potters were ready to go home along with the Longbottoms.
“How did you having daddy home with us for a little bit today?” Lily asked her children. “It was nice to have him home with us, but I wish that he could live with us for good like other people’s daddies,” Jamie answered her mom with Harry nodding his head in agreement.
“I do too, but right now we have to take what we can get besides I’m hoping that he’ll be able to stay with us for a week over Christmas,” Lily replied hoping that her kids would be excited at the possibility of having their father home for Christmas for the first time that they remembered.
Pairings: Lily/James; Lily/Snape
Summary: After Neville Longbottom defeated Voldemort the first time, James is attacked at his home while Lily and Hary are abroad. Afterwards Snape helps Lily along with Remus and Sirius in raising her children. AU story.
When Lily parked the car in a secluded area, after dropping James off she immediately turned to Severus, which made him wonder why they were stopping here for.
Lily then turned to Severus and told him, “Now we can talk about this relationship.” Severus just looked at her wondering what she had to say about their relationship.
“Right now, I’m still married to James and am planning on staying married to him, until he dies. He could die tomorrow or ten years from now, it would be unfair to you if you think that we could have a relationship. You need to be with a woman who’s free to marry, not someone like me with a husband whose so brain damaged that he has to be instituionized. I care for you to much to watch you pine away for me,” Lily told him while Severus was amazed that Lily would even think that he would even consider going out with anyone else just for the sake of being married and having children that would carry on his family name.
“I don’t need to be married in order to be satisfied, I’ll wait for you until you’re ready no matter if its in ten or fifty years from now. I don’t want to be married to anyone else but you,” Severus answered her.
“I know that you’ll say that now, but won’t you feel like your missing something if we don’t get married we’ll well into our fifties,” Lily replied to his answer trying to talk reason into him.
“I don’t care if we have kids together or not, I’m not like some other guys who want children in order to carry on their family name and traditions,” Severus answered her. “Yes, but don’t you want to be with a woman that you can freely marry, not wait years for her husband to die. Besides if you are serious about wanting to be with me, then you’ll need to spend more time with my children, since you could become their stepfather, even Harry too since I know that he reminds you of James,” Lily tried to convince him to date other women while wondering how long Severus would wait for her before he decided to settle down with anybody else.
“I don’t mean being there for both Harry and Jamie in order to help you out, besides don’t you already have Black and Lupin helping you out with them?” Severus asked her. “I do, but I want Harry and Jamie to get to know you better since you’re my friend and there is a possibility that you could become their stepfather,” Lily answered him hoping that he realized that if he ever did get to marry her then he would become a parent to both of her children.
“I guess that I could do that, though during the school year it would be harder with me teaching at Hogwarts and having to prepare for lessons plus my other duties at the school,” Severus answered her hoping that she would be satisfied with his answer. “That’s fine, I don’t want you to sacrifice your position at Hogwarts for me or the children,” Lily answered him glad that he would at least make an effort to get to know Harry and Jamie better.
After they had their talk, Snape looked around the area and saw other cars there with other people parking their cars and what they were doing in them.
“Where did you find this place, Lily?” Snape asked her sounding curious. “I found this place quite by accident after we first moved here, and trust me James found a new use for a muggle car,” Lily shyly admitted to him.
“You mean that you and him actually snogged in a car here?” Severus asked trying to get the picture of James even kissing Lily, much less doing other things out of his mind. Severus then leaned over to kiss Lily, while she returned his kiss and deepened it. They snogged like that for the next few minutes until she remembered that she had to go back home and clean up after the party. She immediately straightened herself out hoping that no one would even suspect about what her and Severus just did. Of course when she did return home after dropping Severus off at the apparition point, so that he could get back to Hogsmeade and eventually to Hogwarts. When she returned home, the kids were still at the Burrow and Remus had finished cleaning up after the party.
“What took you so long, it shouldn’t have taken you this long to get back? Did Snape attack you?” Remus asked her sounding concerned.
“No, I just took him to a secluded place to talk and he now understands that I’ll never divorce James. I told him that he’s free to date other people and that’s it,” Lily reassure Remus hoping that she wouldn’t tell that she wasn’t telling him everything.
“How did he take it?” Remus asked her sounding concerned.
“He told me that there was no one else for him except for me. He’ll probably change his mind though and meet someone that he’ll want to spend the rest of his life with though,” Lily answered him.
“Yeah, and what if he doesn’t, Lily not everyone is meant to be married and that could be the case with Severus,” Remus tried to reason with her thinking that he would never marry because of his condition.
“If that’s the case hopefully he’ll realize that you’re still married to James and I hope that you don’t forget that either,” Remus assured her.
“I hope so,” Lily told him not wanting to reveal that she was starting to have feelings for Severus. A couple of hours later after Remus had left she went over to the Burrow to get her children, but she wanted to talk to Molly and, Laura and Augusta if they were there too. When she arrived she saw that the kids were playing a pickup game of Quidditch in the back yard with Molly and Augusta watching them. She immediately joined the two women in conversation and watching their children play giving her a chance to visit with them.
“How have my two kids been doing?” Lily asked her two friends as she walked up to them.
“They’ve been doing well so far, though they were first quiet when they got here,” Molly answered her.
“I guess that they were still surprised at seeing their dad at home for the first time in six years and how much better he looked there than he ever did at St. Mungo’s, even though they visit him every Sunday,” Lily responded to Molly hoping that was the reason for her kids’ reaction to their father.
“Have you heard the news, the Lovegoods plan on sending Luna to a muggle art program this summer? I wonder how she would do around all of those muggles, since she’s never been around them at all,” Augusta informed the two women.
“I don’t know, but I think that its great that the Lovegoods want Luna to see what’s outside of the wizarding world, who knows she might even meet a muggle born witch or wizard there. Besides I was hoping to take the kids to the science museum in London this summer, to show them that there’s other things out there than just magic, hopefully Severus will be able to join us,” Lily told them saying the last part nonchalantly while Molly looked amazed that she would volunteer to take ten kids to a muggle museum, plus she knew that Arthur would just die to go to a muggle science museum.
“What would they do there?” Molly asked sounded interested.
“See muggle things and how they work,” Lily answered her.
Molly groaned at that part knowing that Arthur would be like a kid in a candy shop at a place like that, though she thought that it would be nice to have the house all to herself on a summer day.
“Do you plan on having James come home again or was this just a one time thing?” Augusta asked Lily curious if she would be able to let James come stay with her and the kids again.
“Of course, I plan on having him stay with us the week before Christmas, a lot of the residents there go home with their families over the holidays. They do plan on telling me about the care that he needs and will send his medication home with him. I do plan on hiring someone to stay with him during the day though since Remus will be spending most of his time with the kids and Sirius has to work,” Lily answered her while Augusta looked at her in disbelief.
“If it was my son, I’m sure that Alice would keep him at St. Mungo’s where he belongs, instead of bringing him home and upsetting the children,” Augusta told them, while Lily looked like she wanted to tell Augusta what would probably happen if her precious Frank was like James.
“It isn’t him, since they’re dead but it could easily be him in James’s place and Alice would be right there with him, since when James was attacked they were after me and Harry too.
Knowing you if that was your son and daughter in law who was attacked then they would still be in St. Mungo’s treated like animals,” Lily replied to the older woman while Molly looked at Lily in surprise.
“I’m sure that Harry and Jamie were excited in having their father come home for a few hours,” Molly reassured Lily.
“They were, I think that they were disappointed that he couldn’t stay with him and that James hasn’t been cured. I think that they’ve accepted the fact that James would never be cured nor will he be able to live with us permanently,” Lily answered her.
“I don’t know what I would do if Arthur or any of my kids had to live like that. I don’t know what I would do if I had to see Arthur in a childlike state constantly, you must be stronger than I am,” Molly tried to reassure her.
“You don’t know how strong you are until something like that happens,” Lily answered her.
“I don’t want to hear any more of this talk about James, by the way did you hear that my Neville accidentally set one of my hats on fire. I don’t think that he likes them but it shows that he’ll grow up to be a powerful wizard one day,” Augusta told the two of them trying to change the subject while Molly and Lily rolled their eyes at the mention of Neville’s abilities.
A few minutes later, the kids were done with their game and the Potters were ready to go home along with the Longbottoms.
“How did you having daddy home with us for a little bit today?” Lily asked her children. “It was nice to have him home with us, but I wish that he could live with us for good like other people’s daddies,” Jamie answered her mom with Harry nodding his head in agreement.
“I do too, but right now we have to take what we can get besides I’m hoping that he’ll be able to stay with us for a week over Christmas,” Lily replied hoping that her kids would be excited at the possibility of having their father home for Christmas for the first time that they remembered.