[HP] Aunt of the Savior

When Jody opened the gift box given by Lucius and Narcissa early on Christmas morning and took out the delicate brooch, she couldn't help but be thankful that she didn't leave them out of her gift list.Although she felt that the unmarried couple might not like the gift she gave, it was better than nothing, right?

Holidays are always long and short, and the three-week Christmas holiday passed quickly, as if they had just returned home from Platform Nine and Three Quarters yesterday, and today they are going back to Hogwarts from here .

"Thank you for the Christmas gift." On the platform, Lily gave Jody a warm hug as soon as they met, because Jody gave her a candy gift bag big enough for two people, which contained various magical snacks. "So many varieties of magic candy! It's so much fun! Petunia loves it so much, I think she's not so angry anymore."

Not far behind Lily stood Mr. Evans who came to see her off. He greeted each other gently with the Potter family, but Mrs. Evans and Petunia did not come to see Lily off.This made Jody less confident in Lily's speculation, but she didn't tell her excited friend about the fact.

"I also like your gift." What Lily gave Jody was a Muggle pen. The combination of silver and green made this Muggle product look very Slytherin.

"Great, that's what I saw when we went to the department store before Christmas, I think you'll love it!" Lily looked pleased, but a little embarrassed. "You know, I can only buy Muggle products, I can't let my parents take me to Diagon Alley."

"Oh, never mind, I think it's a great gift."

James sulked when he saw Lily - because although Lily was in Gryffindor like him, she didn't send him any Christmas presents, but gave Jody a present instead.He seemed to have forgotten his previous displeasure when he found Sirius, Lupine and Peter, but this time they weren't crammed into a box with the two girls.

Jody, Lily, Doris and one of Lily's roommates, Mary McDonald, shared a box with the four girls.

Lily was perfectly content without the presence of the boys.Doris was very silent, because she knew that Lily and Mary were both Muggle-born, but for Jody's sake, or because she thought of Snape's amazing deterrent power at Hogwarts, she He just kept as silent as possible and didn't say anything rude.Mary, on the other hand, was not used to sitting with Slytherin students, and was uncomfortable not participating in Lily and Jody's chat.

"You don't have the same attitude as the other Slytherins," Mary told Jody, though, as Doris left to go to the bathroom. "I could feel it, those people looked at us like they saw a bedbug."

Lily was a little embarrassed by Mary's sharp words, and explained: "Before the Christmas holiday, we met Miss Black. Fortunately, Professor McGonagall happened to pass by."

"That's really not a good memory." Jody nodded understandingly, remembering the frightening woman.

By the time the train arrived at Hogwarts, Mary was already very enthusiastic about Jody, and it seemed to her that Doris would never come back.Jody actually went to see Doris, but Doris had decided to stay in the box of one of her Slytherin cousins.This made Jody feel a little awkward, but neither Mary nor Lily noticed it.

As the last day of the Christmas holiday, the weather today was not good. Large flakes of snow continued to fall from the sky until the students got off the bus. When everyone walked into the castle, a layer of snow fell on the cloak Snow.

Jody didn't meet Doris again when she got off the train, and she didn't see James.She parted from Lily and the others in the hallway in a depressed mood, and walked towards the common room alone without even brushing the snowflakes off her shoulders.She walked very slowly, and some Slytherin students passed by her on the road, but she didn't pay attention until she realized that one of them was walking by her side, and she subconsciously turned her head away.

"Severus?" Jody looked at Snape in surprise.The surroundings had returned to silence, and no one else was there, but she didn't notice at all when she was left alone and when he began to appear by her side.No, before that, she should be more concerned about the question, why did he appear here?

"Good evening." Snape spoke in a hurry. "I appreciate your Christmas presents, but I figured if you're not Christmassy and you're at your usual level of thinking, you know I'm definitely not one of those naive guys who just think about snacks. I'm Wanted to say... oh hell, can't you feel yourself getting wet?"

As the footsteps stopped, the melted snow on Jody's body dripped onto the stone floor of the cellar. The quiet underground passage made the small voice extraordinarily clear, successfully distracting Snape's attention.

Snape frowned, raised his wand, and cast a spell at Jody quickly, causing white steam to rise from Jody's clothes. "Quick drying-quick drying spell, I thought that as a woman, I should be able to master this spell proficiently."

"Thank you, Severus." Jody couldn't help but smile.When the boy in front of her was teaching her how to use the quick-drying spell in a sarcastic tone, she suddenly felt that she was in a much better mood.You can never expect Snape to express his concern and kindness like others, but his clumsy way of expression can quickly make Jody feel better every time.

"By the way, what you said just now, can I understand that the reason why you appeared here was to complain about the Christmas present I gave you?" Jody asked casually, and by the way, he used the quick-drying spell he had just learned to put his feet on the ground. The stagnant water dried into a cloud of steam.

Jody's presents to Snape and Lily were all snacks.She felt that it was very appropriate and fair to give the same type of gift to friends who are often together. Of course, there were other reasons, but seeing Snape's expression, she did not mention it for the time being.Because, she didn't receive Snape's return gift.

"Yeah, uh, no..." Snape breathed heavily, as if he was brewing emotions.Finally, he finally said it: "Thank you for the Christmas present. I'm sorry, I..."

"I guessed it, you definitely won't give Christmas presents." Looking at Snape's embarrassed look, Jody's tone seemed very understanding, but with a hint of disappointment. "You can't do Christmas shopping at school, can you?"

Snape hesitantly and embarrassingly tugged at the pocket of his robe, as if he could find a present he could return to Jody.

Lily is very aware of his situation, so she never makes it difficult for him to give gifts back.He has long been used to Christmas without Christmas presents, so that regarding the package that appeared at the foot of the bed on Christmas morning, his first thought was to suspect that someone might want to take the opportunity to deliberately tease him.

However, that was no teasing.The exquisite packaging box was tied with a green ribbon trimmed with silver, and there were various snacks he hadn't eaten in it, and there was a greeting card underneath.He has been familiar with the straight and slightly slanted font on it for the past few months, and the person who gave the gift was Jody.

That morning, Snape stared blankly with the box in his arms.It was the first Christmas present he'd ever gotten from a friend, but he wasn't going to return it, and he didn't have the money to buy it.He knew he should write Jody an apology, and maybe she would forgive him.But such a letter was too difficult to write, so in the end he decided to thank her in person and apologize, but it seemed to be a bit of a bad start.

Hearing Jody's disappointed tone, Snape hated himself for not being able to express himself well.

"This is for you." Finally, he took out something from the pocket of his robe, his voice was very low, and he lost the usual difficult feeling. "It's not a Christmas gift, it's... it's a pledge. You can exchange it for a real gift from me in the future."

Jody looked at what Snape was holding in surprise. It was a mass of silver-green fabric that looked familiar.

"..." As Jody watched, Snape's ears started to turn red, and he forced something into Jody's hand. "This is the ribbon on the box you gave me."

"Have you been keeping it?" Jody's voice also became unnatural.Just now she purposely made herself look a little disappointed, originally she just wanted to tease and take revenge on the boy who forgot to give her a Christmas present, but now she understands that he might not have forgotten.

He took the ribbon that was removed from the gift box she gave him so carefully, and said such a promise so seriously, which made Jody feel apologetic from the bottom of her heart, and she felt that she was joking this time. It's really bad.

She forced herself to smile at Snape, then quickly put away the ribbon, and took out another thing from her pocket——

"This is for you, that snack gift box...I thought you might not take the initiative to give Christmas gifts, so...this is the Christmas present I want to give you." It was a delicate golden cauldron, its small Lying in the palm of Jody's hand, it looked very cute, obviously under the shrinking spell. "It's not very expensive, but it's made of brass, which is easier to use than pewter. I think you can use it, so I bought it."

"No, I can't accept two Christmas presents..." Snape tried to take his eyes off the small cauldron that was so attractive to him, and coughed lightly, "Those, I mean you I have already eaten the ones that were delivered, so I can't return them to you."

"Oh, that's okay."

"but……"

Snape's eyes told Jody that he was determined not to accept this gift, so Jody had to give in a little, "Okay, let's treat it as a birthday present, is it okay?"

"You know? No, I mean..." Snape was taken aback, but even though he shut his mouth immediately, Jody noticed something odd.

She asked tentatively, "Severus, when is your birthday?"

"That doesn't matter." Snape's eyes wandered and refused to meet Jody's, until he was completely defeated by her aggressive gaze. "Well, January ninth."

"Today?!" Jody held the cauldron under Snape's hooked nose. "Severus, I don't blame you for not telling your friends about your birthday in advance, but now you have no reason to refuse it!"

She paused, as if thinking about how to stop her friend from refusing the gift. "If you really want to send a gift back, how about using this cauldron to boil some potions for me then?"

"You're always like this," Snape muttered under his breath, as if complaining about Jody's self-talk, but this time he didn't refuse the gift again.

"Happy birthday, Severus." Jody ignored Snape's ambiguity.She put the small cauldron into Snape's hand, and suggested cheerfully, "Maybe you'd like to try your new cauldron? The old place?"

Snape finally showed a very light smile, "Good idea."