Meant To Be

XXV

You's woke up and Severus looked at the clock - it was around lunch time., he looked down at you and you both smiled at each other., he felt a lot lighter now that he had no secrets he was keeping from you. "How do feel about going on a picnic?".

You smiled and nodded., "I would love to"., you pecked his lips and got up., now you know the history of this house you did feel a bit uncomfortable in here but nevertheless you walked over to the rickety chair and leaned on it as you looked out the window.

About ten minutes later Severus called out from the kitchen., "can you go upstairs to the cabinet and grab a blanket"., "of course, where is it?"., "you'll see it as soon as you walk up the stairs"., you walked up the stairs and he was right, you saw it straight away.

You opened the door, looked at the very few options., after a few moments you made your choice, taking out a red and white checkered one. You started walking down the narrow staircase and saw Severus waiting patiently for you with tan coloured picnic basket in one hand and your guitar in the other.

"Are you ready, Y/n?"., he said while holding out your guitar., "I sure am"., he smiled, you grabbed your guitar and put it on your back as you's made your way out the house. "So Sev, where are we going for the picnic?"., "there is a field about five minutes away from here".

You nodded and started to wonder what happened to his parents., he read your thoughts and sighed., "they moved away when I started teaching Potions at Hogwarts and to answer your question:

I'm not sure where they are now, I'm not even sure if they're still alive...I don't think I want to know either"., you put the blanket under your arm and held his hand, he intertwining your fingers, leaning his down and kissing your temple.

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You's arrived at the field and you laid down the blanket, setting your guitar and yourself down., he placed the basket in the middle of the blanket and sat down next to you., "okay, I've prepared some salami, tomato and cheese sandwiches, some fruit salad and I brought some wine. Which do you want to eat first?".

You thought for a moment., "a sandwich please"., while he started getting out the sandwich he looked at your guitar., "how about you sing a song?"., you grabbed your guitar and as you started getting out your guitar you started thinking of what to sing., you rested it on your lap and and brought your fingers to the strings and started to play Unchained Melody.

~ "Woah, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch. A long, lonely time. And time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much. Are you still mine? I need your love. I need your love, God speed your love to me". ~

Severus watched you with pure love as tears brimmed his eyes, your honeyed voice once again soothing him, there are no flaws on you, you are absolutely perfect to him. ~ "...to the open arms of the sea, yeah. Lonely rivers sigh "wait for me, wait for me". ~

~ I'll be coming home, wait for me. Woah, my love, my darling. I've hungered, hungered for your touch. A long, lonely time. And time goes by so slowly and time can do so much. Are you still mine? I need your love. I need your love. God speed your love to me". ~

"Where did you learn how to play the guitar?"., you let out a sigh., well, when I was 13, I wanted to be like all the great acoustic guitarists in the world so I asked my parents for guitar lessons and of course they denied the request so I started doing odd jobs around my old town so I could get the lessons".

He nodded, handed you the sandwich and you took a bite., "what jobs did you end up doing?"., you thought for a moment, tapping your fingers on your thigh., you swallowed your food and started speaking:

I assembled furniture, organised and cleaned out people's garages, basements and attics, set up for yard sales, take books out from the library for people as well as return them, clean up after house parties, help the elderly and work a little bit in the library".

"So you did everything you could basically do"., "yes and a few weeks later my tutor found out what I was doing for the lessons so he put me in a music class and paid for me to go"., "that was nice of him"., you smiled and nodded.

"yeah, he's very kind, his name is August Cooper, we still keep in touch, now and then"., he cleared his throat and clenched his jaw., "so, how often do you keep in touch with him?"., you sighed sadly., "not as often as I'd like to".

He nodded and you started to see a hint of jealousy in his eyes., he cleared his throat and pursed his lips., you placed your guitar to the side and held his hand., "Sev, there is no need to worry, he has a wife, her name is Anna, she's very nice".

He let out a sigh of relief, lifted your hand up to his lips, placing a soft kiss on your hand., "do you want some wine, love?"., "yeah, sure"., he took out the wine out of the basket along with two glasses., as he poured it you took another bite of the sandwich.

"Mmm, this is a good sandwich"., he passed you a glass, picked up his and took a sip of his glass., "thankyou love"., he took a bite of his sandwich, held your hand and started tracing circles., he looked at you and smiled., "I love you, Y/n".

You blushed, you knew that is something you would never get tired of hearing him say those words., you sent him a sweet smile and sighed in content., "I love you too". After about ten minutes of chatting, eating and drinking, he poured the both of you another glass.

"Could you play another song, love?"., you took a sip, smiled, nodded, and picked up your guitar., "any requests?"., "no it's okay, you can choose". After a few moments later you started to play the intro to Blackbird.

~ "Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise. Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
take these sunken eyes and learn to see.

All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free. Blackbird fly, blackbird fly, into the light of a dark black night. Blackbird fly, blackbird fly, into the light of a dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise, you were only waiting for this moment to arise, you were only waiting for this moment to arise". ~