Chapter 3
The next morning Harry woke up from the bright light feeling his whole body ache and especially his head.
"Damn" he moaned as he opened his eyes and tried to adjust to the sun.
"Good morning sunshine" he heard Alex's voice from next to him.
"Shut up Alex" he said as he holding his head.
"Come on" said Nick, handing him an aspirin and a bottle of water.
"Thank you" Harry said.
"It's 7 hours better get back before anyone realizes you're missing" Alex said.
"Yeah you're right" said Harry.
After a few times he went to fall and after successfully climbing the window he took off all his clothes and fell on the bed falling asleep immediately.
"What exactly do you want me to do?" Severus Snape said angrily.
"I think you got it pretty well Severus" Albus said calmly popping a drop of lemon into his mouth.
"No" Severus said crossing his arms.
Albus sighed "The boy is in dangerous Severus."
"Sent him with the Weasleys" Severus said with a sneer.
"The Weasleys can't look after him and on top of that they have Neville to look after as well so it would be quite difficult for them to look after so many children" Albus said calmly.
"He's the same James Potter, actually no, he's worse than James Potter, he made fun of me in my own class, threatened me in my own office and what exactly do you want? Take him to my own house for the summer?" Severus said angrily 'he wants me to put up with the brat for the rest of the summer.'
"You know very well Severus he's not that much like James, if there was someone else to look after him they would but you're my last resort and I trust you and I know you'll protect him if need be, I know you won't let Lily's son get hurt nothing" Albus said looking Severus in the eye.
"Albus....I don't know if I can have him for the rest of the summer, he may not look much like James but he does look like her, I've been told by Lily and his eyes are exactly the same" Severus said with sadness in his voice of.
Albus stood up and walked over to Severus, placing a hand on his shoulder. "It hurts me to see the same kind and happy eyes of Lily looking at me with that cold cold look or mocking me, it reminds me of him" Severus whispered the last part so quietly that Albus almost missed it.
"I know, they are so similar but they are so different at the same time, Tom Riddle was a boy who had no friends but only followers who used others only for his own benefit and hurt others only for his own amusement, Harry on the other hand has real friends, Neville isn't even his friend and yet he protected him and they almost died," Albus explained.
"Where is the boy Albus?" Severus said with a sigh.
Albus smiled "I'm glad you decided to take him Severus" he said with shining eyes.
"Shut up and just tell me where you are" Severus said annoyed by Albus' tricks.
It was 10 o'clock and Severus dressed in black pants and a black shirt crossed the street towards an old building. He was angry with Albus for not telling him where the boy lived. He thought the boy was living with some of his relatives but Albus assured him that the only relatives the boy has is Lily's sister.
After entering the building, he went to a lady who must have been the secretary.
"Hello sir how may I serve you?" The secretary asked politely.
"I would like to speak with Mr. Taylor," Severus replied curtly.
"Wait a minute sir" said the secretary and went to a door on the right.
A little later she went out with a tall thin man with dark blonde hair and brown eyes. "Hello sir..."
"Snape, Severus Snape" Severus replied squeezing the man's hand.
"So Mr. Snape how may I help?" Taylor said.
"It's me to get Mr. Potter," Snape replied.
"Ah, you're the one they sent for Harry, so come on, he's in the room, the rest of the boys have already left, so they won't bother us," Taylor said and walked towards a room in the hall.
He opened the door and entered. Well, the room was big but empty, there were 4 beds, 2 wardrobes and 2 desks and the walls were white and empty and the room smelled of cigarettes. The 3 beds were made and empty but one had a figure lying under the blanket.
"Well Harry's still asleep, I better wake him up" Taylor said and walked over to the bed where Potter was sleeping.
"Harry wake up, they've come to get you" Mr. Taylor said giving Potter a light push.
"Leave me Alex" Potter muttered hoarsely in his sleep.
"Harry, I'm Mark they've come to get you" said Mr Taylor.
"Mark....? " Potter muttered and got out of the blanket.
"Dammit Harry what happened?" Mr. Taylor said and stepped back.
"What? It's nothing Mark, now why did you wake me up?" Potter said.
"Because Mr. Potter I came here to get you" Severus said making his presence known.
"Snape" Potter said looking shocked and stood up.
Severus let out a sharp breath at the sight. Potter body had bruises and some scratches and are these hickeys? Lily would kill him if she was here to see him and then there was his face, he was pale with a dark bruise on his left eye and one on his right jaw, his eyes were red with black circles underneath and that's it tattoo? Yes, Lily would definitely kill him.
"What are you doing here Snape?" Potter's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Mr. Taylor could you leave us alone for a while?" Snape asked turning to Mr. Taylor who looked hesitant but under Severus' gaze agreed.
Once he was alone with Potter he turned to his side. He walked over to his place and he could smell the cigarette smell getting stronger and he smelled alcohol as well.
"Get dressed Potter and pack your things, we'll be leaving and then we'll have a nice big talk" he said looking at Potter disgustedly.
"Leave ?" Potter asked with a frown.
"Didn't you read the letter Albus sent you?" Severus asked irritably.
"Which letter? I didn't get any," said Potter as he put on a pair of black shorts.
Severus sighed, the old man hadn't sent anything to explain the situation and now he would have to explain to a teenager who hated him that he was staying with him.
"For some particular reason the headmaster has decided that you will be staying with me for the rest of the summer" Severus said.
Potter suddenly started coughing, obviously choking on his saliva after what Severus said. Not that he blames him, he felt almost the same when Albus told him.
"Who am I going to stay with? I think the headmaster has gone mad, his age must be catching up with him" muttered Potter who had once again been lying on the bed without wearing a shirt.
This almost brought Severus a smile, almost "I agree with you Mr. Potter, but they are the headmaster's orders and they are for your own good."
"For my good? I've been living like this for 11 years and now suddenly the manager is interested in me? A little strange don't you think?" Potter said looking at him.
Severus sighed, he did it a lot today "There is an assassin who escaped from Azkaban a prison."
"And what do I have to do with him" Potter said with narrowed eyes.
"The headmaster has reason to believe he may be looking for you for personal reasons," Severus said.
"And what could these personal reasons be?" Potter said getting off the bed. "I can not tell you."
"And what is the name of the murderer who got away?" Potter asked walking over to Severus' side.
"Sirius Black" Severus said searching the boy's eyes for recognition.
"Sirius Black" muttered Potter "Why does he remind me of something?"
"I don't know Potter but you need to start packing your things and let's go, you're wasting precious time" Severus said and watched as Potter began to gather his things which weren't many because he had most of them already packed.
"Where are we going ?" Potter asked, examining him.
"You'll see, follow me" Severus said and left the room with Potter following him.
After Potter said goodbye to Mr. Taylor they went outside.
"I have to say goodbye to my friends, they don't know I'm leaving" Potter said.
"We don't have time for such things Potter" Severus said and continued walking.
"They don't know I'm leaving, they'll be looking for me," Potter said in exasperation.
"Mr. Taylor will inform them of your absence" Severus said starting to feel irritated himself.
"You don't understand Snape, they are my friends and they will worry about me" Potter said crossing his arms and stopping.
Severus stood up, walked over to Potter, grabbed his arm, and apparated into a small courtyard.
Potter lost his balance a bit but once he got it he looked at him with pure anger "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Potter we don't have time to contact your friends, it's dangerous, you can send them a letter" Severus said as he walked towards the house.
"They are my friends, I can't just walk away like this" Potter grumbled but followed him.
After they reached the door Severus took out his wand unlocked the door and they went inside.
"Where are we?" Potter asked looking around.
"My house, this is where we will stay for the rest of the summer, follow me" Severus said walking in "to the left is the kitchen and across to the right is the living room, next to the kitchen is my potion lab that you are not allowed to enter , you will enter only with my permission and opposite is the bathroom" they went up the stairs to the second floor "on the left is my room which you are also not allowed to enter and opposite is the room where you will stay for summer, you can settled yourself I'll have you down at 2 for lunch" Severus said and left Potter in the room to get settled.