[HP] Aunt of the Savior

When the footsteps of Voldemort and Bellatrix finally completely disappeared in the corridor, Jody found that he could move again.She breathed a sigh of relief and moved her stiff hands and feet.Perhaps, she should be thankful that their luck is not bad, at least they are safe and sound now-she thought she would be killed before!

But Snape at the side still stood there stiffly.Jody watched Snape carefully.If he hadn't seen his clenched fist, Jody would have thought that Voldemort's magic was still bound to him.

She looked hesitantly at the boy whose face was still pale, not knowing what to do next.Of course she remembered why they came here at this time, it was supposed to be a good way to celebrate, but now... for Snape, such a birthday was really bad.

"Hmm..." Jody subconsciously uttered a tone, trying to break the impasse in front of him.But then she didn't know what to say. She didn't have James's talent for enlivening the atmosphere anytime and anywhere, and she wasn't very good at comforting others.But she can't run away alone now, otherwise the poor boy whose mind has just been exposed will definitely avoid her from now on.After getting along for half a school year, Jody already had a certain understanding of Snape's personality, and she was still very confident in her own judgment.

Snape didn't know how to face the current situation even more than Jody. After the initial sense of shame gradually receded, what followed was the embarrassment of not being able to face reality.His mind was full of wild conjectures and worries, which made his stomach almost clenched: Miss Black knew that he liked Lily, would everyone know about it?Jody also knew that he liked Lily, so what would she think of him?If Lily knows by then...

Of course he could feel that Jody had been staring at him, but he still chose to remain silent.That embarrassing feeling made him feel that it was difficult for him to talk to her like before.He seemed to think that as long as he remained as silent as a rock, Jody would not be able to bear the suppression of this silence and run away.But it turned out that he was wrong. He forgot that since the acquaintance, his guess about Jody Potter had not been correct.

No matter how silent he is, Jody has always stood by his side, looking at him from time to time with a look that he can't ignore, and at the same time moving his hands and feet ridiculously to keep himself warm—the underground passage in winter is not something that people comfortable place.

"I think we need to talk." After Jody started to observe Snape for an unknown number of times, he finally opened his mouth with difficulty.If he continued to keep silent, he should worry about whether he would be more unbearable to be exposed to others suddenly or to be scrutinized carefully for at least half an hour.

Jody nodded, subconsciously relieved.If Snape still intends to continue standing here in a daze, she must pull him away, otherwise they will be frozen here into two ice sculptures sooner or later.Immediately, she felt amused that this dialogue seemed familiar. "I agree, and I was just trying to talk to you."

Snape nodded, his bloodless face regained its usual sallowness a little.Although Jody had always felt that Snape's face looked unhealthy, at this moment she had to admit that this face was much better than the one just now.

Now that a consensus was reached, Jody stretched out his hand without hesitation, grabbed Snape's hand and took a step forward. "Let's go to the old place, at least there's a fireplace."

After being cast with the spell of confinement, and then standing in the cold underground passage for a long time, Snape felt that his whole body had become a sculpture.This directly led to the fact that when Jody stretched out his hand, he failed to avoid the warm and soft touch in time, but let the other party drag him towards their original destination.Before Snape could figure out how to refuse to get rid of Jody's familiar approach, they had already rushed into the empty room that almost exclusively belonged to them.

"It's so warm in here." Jody let out a sigh of comfort as soon as he opened the door.If it hadn't been for the wrong timing, she would have liked to praise the house-elves aloud for their thoughtfulness.

The house-elves at Hogwarts are very responsible, they can always take care of everyone in the castle without anyone noticing.Since they found out that someone was using the room, there were more fireplaces that burned brightly, and the room was cleaned better than usual.

After missing the opportunity, Snape had no chance to protest the behavior of Jody dragging him around the castle just now, so he simply gave up this plan, followed Jody silently to the side of the fireplace with still somewhat stiff steps .The orange flames exuded a comforting warmth, but Snape's face remained frozen as if frozen.He stared at the flickering flames in the fireplace, worrying about how difficult it was for him to talk about next.

"I guess you don't want to see me right now." But Jody spoke first.Her voice sounded as calm as usual. "After what just happened... I know, maybe I should play it safe and pretend nothing happened, but I do want to talk to you, and then you can decide what you want to do next."

"It's true as you said, I don't want to see you now." Snape's voice changed to the dry tone it had when he and Jody first met. "Of course, you must think I'm ridiculous, or disgusting-for example, I may always have some dirty and despicable thoughts when dealing with girls. Well, maybe it feels like getting along with me is blasphemy... He put on a difficult look, spread his spines like a hedgehog, and grinned in a self-deprecating manner, but that smile didn't seem to Jody at all. It's like I'm about to cry. "But I can assure you, I didn't treat you as..."

"I didn't think so!" Snape's look made Jody feel a little sad.She frowned, and snapped at Snape's self-deprecation loudly, interrupting him before he could say something more irritating to her. "I know, you and Lily were friends before school, so..."

"No, you don't know! I..." Snape stopped suddenly. He couldn't keep his cool when talking about it, and he almost said something that Jody didn't know, which would undoubtedly make him It's even more embarrassing now.So he decided to change the direction of the conversation: "I remember that I reminded you here before that you don't need to pay too much attention to me, so now you don't need to act like you understand and forgive me. .That was completely unnecessary for me. Obviously, I just need you to keep it a secret right now—I just want to tell you that.”

"Listen, Severus. I understand you're in a bad mood." Jody took a few deep breaths, trying to keep her composure and explain her thoughts to Snape, instead of being overwhelmed by his refusal Get angry and lose your temper thousands of miles away.She tried to convince herself with the reason that "since Snape has just been greatly stimulated, any unreasonable reaction can be tolerated now". "Of course I will keep a secret for you, but what are you going to do in the future? From now on, pretend you don't know me? Turn a blind eye to me? Just because I was forced to hear others expose your secret love, you have to give up the relationship between us friendship?"

She continued without waiting for Snape to reply. "But that would be weird. Do you think Lily won't notice that we're suddenly strangers after just one Christmas break?"

"..." Snape was speechless.He admitted that Jody was right, that Lily would not only notice, but would definitely try to get them back together.By then, the situation will of course be more embarrassing and inexplicable to him.

"So, I suggest that you'd better not consider this approach." Jody waited a moment, seeing that Snape didn't refute his words, and then continued: "Besides, before you make a decision, I have one more thing I want to tell you. Maybe you haven't realized it because of the impact of what happened just now, but I know very well that you are not the only one who is isolated by other Slytherins now."

This time Snape was no longer silent, he looked at Jody for the first time after entering this room, with disbelief in his eyes: "You mean..."

"Yes." Jody showed a complicated smile. "I found that I probably became one of them. I think you should be able to understand why I have encountered such a thing."

Snape gasped heavily, as if he couldn't believe Jody's words.

"Of course, you may think that my idea is to catch wind and shadow. But please let me remind you that Miss Black once said before that she thought the Slytherins should all be in the common room or dormitory. Why did she say so confidently? This sentence? Unless he has enough reasons to support her thinking so."

"So, maybe she had told the Slytherins not to leave the common room at that time, but...neither of us knew..."

Snape began to put the embarrassing experience behind him and think about the question Jody raised.Finally, he stared into Jody's eyes, and slowly said the answer he didn't want to admit.

"Yes." She confirmed his guess with a soft sigh.

Jody didn't seem to care about being isolated.But Snape could tell from those eyes that she didn't really care that much, but she didn't seem to have been hit particularly hard, on the contrary, she seemed to have a proper pair of chips happy.

He suddenly understood why she suddenly wanted to say this at this moment.The reason why she encountered such a situation was because she chose friends like him and Lily.When others rejected him, she chose to stand by them.Now, she is in trouble because of this choice, and he can't choose to alienate her because of his ridiculous self-esteem and face problems when she has unilaterally sacrificed for him.

— Jody reminding Snape that he couldn't let go of their friendship in a way that was very characteristic of her.

"Severus, Lily is also my friend just like you. I don't want to see my friends encounter embarrassment and trouble. So I will never tell Lily what happened today." After the cunning means of coercion awakened Snape's reason, Jody said to Snape sincerely: "You can choose to tell her yourself in the future, and when you are sure to tell her about it in the future, I will definitely I will bless you."

A blush finally appeared on Snape's sallow face, whether it was from emotion or from the burning fireplace.

"Finally, if you still can't decide what to do. I have another proposal." Jody didn't seem to notice the change in Snape's expression, and said as if he had made up his mind. "If you still worry about me no matter what... Maybe forgetting everything is a good spell. As long as you forget it, you can rest assured, right?"

However, Snape did not applaud this "good idea", but glared at Jody, and spoke in a gloomy tone. "...You don't know how dangerous this spell is, do you?"

"Of course I know, but it's a good idea, isn't it?"

Snape could tell that Jody was serious about suggesting the Forgetting Charm.But even if his spell level surpassed that of the average first-year freshman, this spell was not something he dared to use.The memory damage is very serious and irreversible. Even if he wants to make her forget about it, he will not try this method that may cause serious consequences.If there are witnesses, he would rather choose the unbreakable spell, maybe even that is safer than forgetting the spell!

"Yeah, great idea, Jody Porter! Do you finally want to replace all your brains with muscles?" He glared angrily at the girl who made unimportant suggestions in front of him, with the narrowed expression that had completely returned to her usual state Her tone was sarcastic. "Or should I thank you for your trust in me? Do you think I have the confidence to use the Forgetting Curse accurately to erase a memory just now?"

"Are you kidding?" Jody narrowed his eyes. "Although you are indeed very powerful, I certainly won't let you tamper with my head."

Snape froze for a moment, suddenly feeling that he couldn't keep up with her train of thought. "But you said just now that you can forget everything..."

"Ah, yes, that's what I proposed. If you really mind that I know about your crush on Lily..." Jody still looked very calm, but there was a sly smile in his eyes, " Of course, I can use a Forget It All to make you forget that I knew about it!"

Snape stared at Jody who acted righteously, speechless in astonishment.He fell into her trap again, he was worried and moved by her words, but damn she tricked him again!

But the strange thing is that he couldn't get angry with her - because thanks to her, he seemed to have successfully forgotten some embarrassing memories for a moment.