[HP] Mrs. Snape

Arya always felt that the friendship with Lydia Carter was a bit inexplicable. At first, she was only the piano teacher of the young master of the Carter family for two months every year, but unexpectedly, the proud Mrs. Carter and Arya got along very well. Come.After class, the two always have a cup of tea.

Maybe this is how the friendship developed gradually. Arya felt that Lydia was similar to her in some ways. Both of them were the kind of people who knew what they wanted, and once they made a decision, they never allowed Back off and regret it.

"Aaliyah, long time no see." Like old friends, the two hugged each other tightly, Lydia looked much better, the tight-fitting dress showed her perfect figure curves, and there was a gentle smile on her delicate face. Smile.

"Oh, John, remember Arya?" Lydia walked towards her husband on her arm. Mr. Carter was a shrewd tall man, well built, well kept, and looking It doesn't look like he is more than 20 years older than his wife.

Arya doesn't have much contact with Mr. Carter, and Mr. Carter always makes her think of Mr. Dashwood involuntarily—her biological father. His gentle face and polite words can't hide the indifference in their eyes. Interests are their ultimate goal. like.They were originally the same kind of people.

Arya is already familiar with dealing with this kind of people.

Be as frank as possible, of course, not the kind of sincere, unreserved frankness with Snape. When talking to this kind of person, add some ambition to your words appropriately, of course, be careful not to make him feel that you are arrogant. Big, let alone let him think that your ambition is nothing more than that.

Also, you must maintain your value in front of such people, and tell them that you are a person with potential, so that they will look at you a little differently, or under your compliments, reveal a little bit of what you want. information to be obtained.

"So, I said to the boss who was already furious, 'Honey, since this kind of crow-like black robe can sell well, then let them be crows, they won't want to be frogs.'" Ai Leah is talking about the process of opening a shop with herself. Of course, it is a processed and disguised version. These big shots don't care whether there is a shop specializing in Halloween costumes near Charing Cross Road. What they care about is that you can make them laugh laughing out loud.

Aaliyah is doing very well today, Mr. Carter and his partners all raised their glasses and laughed, and Mr. Carter even affectionately called Aaliyah "my child."

Of course, he was not lying about this, and Arya was indeed the same age as his eldest son.

Arya's hard work was not in vain. At the end of the banquet, a friend of Mr. Carter gave Arya the news she wanted. Looking at him wantonly, she had to pretend not to know, and made the man laugh out loud with her lively and lovely tone.

After getting as much detailed information as possible, Alicia immediately ran away from the man under Lydia's cover, rubbing goose bumps all over her body, and said with lingering fear: "Doesn't he know that he has bad breath? Uh, And that white collar, like it's wrapped around a frog's neck!" Arya complained to Lydia on the porch.

Lydia covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course, we all know, didn't we see Carter standing far away? But there is no way, who let him have what we want. My dear, I won't send you Well, there are still guests to entertain inside, shall we have tea together in a few days? Remember to bring Andrew, I miss him a little."

"Of course he misses you very much. Goodbye, Lydia."

"Ah," Arya waved to Lydia, who was already in a hurry, and was taken aback by the figure that suddenly appeared behind the bushes, "Sir! It's not a gentleman to eavesdrop on others!"

"No, God proved that I didn't eavesdrop. In fact, I was here all the time before you came." The man said with a smile.

It was only then that Arya realized that it was a tall young man with a gentle smile on his handsome face, and said to Arya with a shrug.

"Okay, this one, uh,"

"Field, Wilfield," Thomas said, holding out his hand to Arya.

"Oh, Mr. Field, can I expect you to be a gentleman?" Arya held Field's right hand, winked her eyes mischievously, and smiled.

"Of course, my dear lady who likes frogs very much. In fact, I came here just to avoid that Mr. Frog." Wilfield said half jokingly and half seriously.

"Alia, Alia Dashwood, my name." Alia said with a smile.

"Alia, a beautiful name." Field's blue eyes looked at Alia with a smile like an ocean.

"Thank you. Good-bye, Mr. Field, then."

"Goodbye, beautiful lady." Field's voice sounded like a whisper behind Arya. She smiled, and she was quite happy when she was extremely annoyed just now.

When they got home, neither Snape nor Andrew was there. Snape left a note on the table, saying that he took Andrew for a walk. Thinking about it, he knew that he must have gone to a place that only a wizard would know.

Snape didn't like ordinary people a little, and Arya found that when he came to see Andrew, he didn't even want to get in touch with Michael, let alone take Andrew to a park full of ordinary people.

Arya hurriedly sat at the table and wrote down the information she got. Charles' information was accurate. The municipal government really wanted to sell a batch of old houses to tenants, and the tenants had to rent out the whole house first. Arya marked the locations of the houses on a map of London.

Not in the city center, although the location is good, but the price is too expensive to pay by yourself, not in the east area, even if you buy a house, you can’t rent it at a good price, but it can be used as a long-term investment, waiting for appreciation.Well, if it is in the south with better educational conditions, I believe many parents will not mind paying more rent, just to send their children to a good school.

Arya roughly circled her favorite place, and when she was thinking about whether the money in the bank and Gringotts could afford a three-story building, the voices of Andrew and Severus came from the living room.

"Hi, Andrew," Arya asked with a smile as she picked up the child who had fallen into her arms, "Where have you been? Why are you still wearing a traveling cloak?"

"I went to see the deer, Mom, a real deer! It has two long horns, and it runs so fast! Andrew and Dad chased after him, and they disappeared into the forest after a while." Andrew put his hands on his head Show mom how long the deer's horns are.

"Hey? Forest? Did you go to the forest?"

"Well, I went to the wilderness in the north, where there are some small forests." Snape said lightly.

Well, Arya was once again shocked by the abilities of wizards. She now knows that broomsticks can really fly, fireplaces are used for short trips, and wizards will "apparatus" for longer trips. ", that is, disappear suddenly and appear in another place.

"Dad, Dad, come on, bring it out, present!" Andrew said eagerly, bouncing around Snape's leg.

"Hey, is there any more gifts? Oh, it's so beautiful, thank you, thank you Severus." It turned out to be a bunch of flowers, a large bouquet of wildflowers, and Arya hurriedly found the vase.

"Mom, mom, it was Andrew's idea, and Andrew picked it too." Andrew followed behind his mother and said that he also wanted to praise it.

"Really? Mommy's little baby is so sweet, thank you, Andrew, come on, mommy kisses me! What!"

Andrew, who had a big red lip print on his face, grinned and ran to hold Snape's hand, saying that he and his father would organize the plants they picked.

Looking at the backs of the father and son, Arya hurriedly called out, "Andrew, Severus, what do you want for lunch?"

"All right," Snape replied.

"Soup, Mommy, Andrew and Daddy want hot soup!" Andrew yelled.

"Okay, let's make soup then. Severus, remember to help Andrew change his clothes? Be careful of catching a cold."

According to the information obtained, Alia immediately selected a Victorian three-story house in the southern district. The resources of the house are excellent. The first floor downstairs is a shop, and the second and third floors are rented out as a residence. , Alia calculated the family's money, and rented an apartment-style house in the East District.

Three months later, when Alia was about to lose her leg, the house purchase loan she applied for came down, and after the fees were settled, she officially became the owner of the two houses, and the rent itself could already cover the monthly purchase loan , there is still a slight balance.

Before Christmas, after replenishing "Alice's Finished Clothing Store" for the last time, Aaliyah's gold coins in the Gringotts vault were all empty, and most of them were used to exchange them into British pounds to pay the down payment for the two houses. The previously anticipated idea of ​​opening a branch in Hogsmeade can only be delayed for a while.

"Mom, what gift will Santa Claus give me this year?" Arya and Andrew were doing big shopping in the mall, looking at the towering statue of Santa Claus in the lobby of the mall, Andrew asked.

"Well, what will I give you?" Arya hurriedly hid the bag behind her back! "What does Andrew want?"

"I don't know." Andrew held his mother's hand a little sadly, "Mom, are you in a hurry to tell Santa Claus that I want a frog tonight?"

Arya was a little unsure whether to tell the children that there were no frogs this season, well, maybe there were frogs active at Christmas in the wizarding world, but, thinking about what Snape said, she seemed to have some feelings for the children. If you are spoiled, do you learn to reject your child?

"Andrew, Mom thinks that Christmas frogs might hibernate, so it might not be good to disturb the frogs' sleep, right?" Arya even said a little nervously.

"Oh, yes, Dad told me that snakes and frogs hibernate, yes, then I won't bother Santa Claus." Arya didn't expect Andrew to be so easily persuaded!She has quietly prepared a full set of plans to deal with it.It was indeed her baby.

Arya laughed and picked up the child and kept kissing her face.

Arya quickly hid the gift when Andrew was not paying attention when she got home. She prepared a set of zodiac-style Lego for her children this year. When put together, each animal is almost one meter tall. Andrew has always liked it Puzzle toys.

"Mom, Mom, Dad's school is on holiday tomorrow, he can go home!" Arya just came out of the warehouse when she heard Andrew shout happily in front of the fireplace.

"Huh? Baby." Alia watched the child jumping up and down in astonishment. Andrew kept yelling that his father was home all the way to the weekend. Alia thought that the child might not realize that his parents might be the same Her parents were different, so she didn't correct it deliberately, and Snape also avoided talking about this topic. Now, Arya is really at a loss, and Snape in the double-sided mirror It seemed that Andrew had not expected this reflection. Through the mirror, he and Arya's eyes collided with some embarrassment, and the two frowned at each other in unison.

"I thought you told him!" This is probably what the two of them are thinking at the same time.

Well, Arya looked at Snape's already cloudy face, and decided to come by herself, as expected, he was expecting not to know.

"Andrew, can I listen to my mother?" Holding the child who was jumping and jumping in her arms in her arms, and sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, Arya's mind was spinning rapidly: "Andrew, Dad may not I'll be back tomorrow, um, I'm home, Dad still has some things to deal with at work," Snape frowned tightly, and gave Arya a warning look, okay, okay, she knew he couldn't Blame it all on Snape.

"Well, Andrew, mother wants to tell you something, don't laugh, baby, this matter is really serious!" Andrew was still bouncing around on the sofa like a bunny, when he heard his mother say this, he hurriedly Be nice and sit down.

"Andrew, you have to understand one thing. Not all parents in the world live together. Some parents live together like Michael's parents every day, while some parents, such as me and you Dad, we don't live together, we all have our own homes. But child, even if mom and dad don't live together, they will love you no less, mom promises. "

Andrew frowned and looked at Arya, then at Snape who was also nodding in the mirror, thought for a while and said, "Then you two are divorced? That's why you don't live together."

"Divorce?" Arya was taken aback, looking like Snape who was also stunned, and said hastily: "No, we didn't, um, baby, how did you know about divorce? Ah, no, do you understand what divorce means?"

"Bruce's parents are divorced and they don't live together. Bruce lives here with his father and his mother lives in Wales. Bruce said his mother would come to see him every year on his birthday. Mom, then you and Dad Is it divorced?" Andrew sat cross-legged on the sofa, raised his head and asked Arya innocently.

"Well, we, we are about the same, well, let your father explain this!" Facing the child's innocent eyes, she didn't know what to do, she was worried because the child knew the word divorce early , I still feel guilty for not being able to give my child a reason that can be justified.

"Andrew, the situation between me and your mother is more complicated." Arya found that if Snape wanted to, he could convince anyone to believe him. For example, Mrs. Cook next door believed that Snape was a gentle and gentle gentleman. suspect.

"Before you were born, I was with your mother and we separated before we got married, and then I went to teach at Hogwarts, and your mother took you to live in the middle, but these are all in the past It's over, Andrew."

Well, concise and clear, regardless of whether the child can accept it.Alia quickly added: "Yes, Andrew, Dad is right. These are all things in the past. Didn't Mom tell you not to be imprisoned by the past, but to learn to grasp the present and the future? The most important thing is Mom and Dad love you dearly now. Don't you, Severus?"

Aaliyah is not going to let him go, it is obviously a matter between two people, why does it seem that she is the only one explaining to the child!

"Of course, Andrew, of course. I, um, your mother was right."

Well, sure enough, you can't force this person to say "I love you" to the child.

"Oh, I see, so Dad can't spend Christmas with us?" Andrew said with his mouth full of disappointment like an eggplant beaten by frost.

"Of course not," Arya said in distress, "Of course Dad will spend Christmas with Andrew! Isn't it! Dear Severus?"

Professor Snape in the Potions Office at Hogwarts believed at this moment that if he dared to answer "no", Arya Dashwood would definitely use all means to make him change his mind. He had already seen this When a woman faces a child, she can instantly turn into the most vicious female beast, and letting her son, and of course his son, have a perfect Christmas is definitely one of her adversities.

"Of course, Andrew, I," under Arya Dashwood's fierce eyes, Snape couldn't help but soften his tone, and said in the gentlest tone he could, "Daddy will definitely spend Christmas with you."

"Well, Dad, I still think I can see you tomorrow, and I have obediently finished the homework assigned by you, Dad." Andrew was still a little sad, and he said with his head down, "But Christmas is not bad, Dad, I prepared a Christmas present for you, guess what it is?" But when it came to Christmas, the child immediately became happy, smiling and lying in front of the mirror, shaking his legs and saying cutely.

"Is it a book?" Of course Snape would not spoil the child's interest at this time, he made random guesses while tidying up the desk.

"No, dad, if you guess again, it's not potion. I don't know how to make potion yet. Mom said that the gift must be made by myself to show sincerity, so I made it for you. Hey, no, no , I can’t say it.” Andrew in the mirror quickly covered his mouth and shook his head.

Severus Snape couldn't help laughing.