Chapter Four
Eileen stared at her reflection in the long mirror that was standing in the corner. It was her wedding day. She kept staring at herself. Could she go through with this without telling Tobias the truth?
The long white dress covered her pale skin well. Her long black hair fanned out around her shoulders. Her white shoes weren't visible under her dress. Eileen felt the silver necklace around her neck. Tobias asked her to wear it today, for his mother. She had worn it at her wedding.
Tobias' parents were outside waiting to see their son get married and have a family of his own. Eileen hadn't really discussed children with him but surely it was expected. Eileen's parents did even acknowledge their invitation. Eileen went to the house and she was told to leave and never come back. They were disappointed in her choice of mate.
Eileen tried to talk them around a few times but nothing worked. It didn't matter what she said. Nothing made any difference.
Eileen sighed and picked her veil up from the chair beside her. She carefully placed it on her head and pulled it over her face. Eileen wasn't sure how a Muggle wedding worked but she had to either do it or tell Tobias the truth about her.
Eileen knew it was wrong to keep it from him. She knew he had a right to know and she knew she should have told him on their first date, or even before that. Eileen kept telling herself it was too late and what was done is done.
Eileen sighed again and rubbed her dress down with her hands, just to make sure it was neat looking.
'Are you ready?'
Eileen turned and looked at the woman standing in the doorway. It was Benjamin, an old friend of Tobias' from school. He was going to walk her down the aisle and be Tobias' best man. Eileen smiled and nodded slightly at him.
'Yeah, I think I'm ready,' she whispered.
Benjamin walked over and kissed the back of her hand. 'You look beautiful,' he said smiling.
Eileen blushed slightly. 'Ok, off we go.'
They both walked to the door and down a small hallway until they reached the main double doors. Eileen looked up at the altar and she could see Tobias standing there proudly waiting for her. She could see him smiling from here.
The music started and Eileen took her first steps down the aisle with Benjamin holding her arm. When she reached Tobias he took her hands and kept smiling at her. Eileen smiled faintly and blushed even harder.
'We are gathered here today to join this two people in holy matrimony,' the priest began, 'Tobias, do you take Eileen Willow Prince, to be your lawful wife. Will you honour her, take care of her and love her all the days of your life?'
Tobias nodded. 'Yes, I will.'
Eileen couldn't help but grin. The priest then looked to her. 'Eileen will you take, Tobias Sebastian Snape to be your lawful husband. Will you honour him, care for him and love him all the days of your life?'
Eileen giggled inaudibly and nodded. 'Yes, I will.'
Eileen felt wonderful as Tobias placed a round pale gold ring around her finger. She did the same and she sighed inwardly as Tobias kissed her gently.
'Please congratulate Mr and Mrs. Snape.'
All the people in the room stood up and applauded politely as Tobias and Eileen walked, together hand in hand, down the end of the room.
Eighteen Years Later
A thirty-seven year old Eileen Snape sat in the lounge room waiting for her husband to return home from work. Eileen and Tobias lived at Tobias' house in Spinner's End. Eileen sometimes regretted agreeing to live here and not getting a place somewhere else.
When Eileen moved in properly she tried to fix the place up a bit but Tobias didn't like it very much. Eileen also only notice Tobias' possessive streak after their honeymoon. Eileen started to notice he would get angry if she spoke to other men and if she stayed out for hours.
He had never hit her, but she had been shoved and pushed a few times. Eileen was glad it never escalated to anything more but she was afraid that one day it would.
Tobias still didn't know that she was a witch. Eileen was carefully to only use her wand when Tobias was at work. She only had to use it a couple of times when he was home but it was only when Tobias was asleep.
Eileen heard the door open and she stood up and straighten her shirt and skirt. Tobias came into the living room and looked his wife up and down.
'What?'
Eileen walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. 'I wanted to talk to you about something.'
Tobias put his work things down and took his coat off which Eileen took and placed on the hat rack.
'I want to know how you feel about starting a family,' she said softly.
Tobias walked over to the small couch and sat down. 'I suppose we could have a child.'
Eileen smiled and walked to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Three nights later Eileen got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom. She and Tobias just made love and Eileen really wanted to have a baby.
She opened the small cabinet in the bathroom. She took out a small vial full of pink potion and drank it in one go. Eileen made a face and it went down. It tasted sour. Eileen found the potion looking through one of her old Hogwarts potion books.
Eileen took out her wand and cleaned the basin and herself. Eileen yelped and dropped her wand as Tobias opened the door sharply.
'What are you…?'
He stopped and his eyes darted to the wand on the floor. Eileen picked it up but Tobias lunged forwards and snatched it from her.
He looked it over slowly. 'What the hell is this?'
Eileen took two steps back from him. She wasn't sure what to do. If she was ever going to tell Tobias, this wasn't how she wanted it to happen.
'Tell me what this is?' Tobias repeated.
Eileen let out a shaky breath. 'It's a wand.'
Tobias laughed. 'A wand, are you fucking serious?'
Eileen said nothing.
'Ok, prove it,' Tobias said holding the wand out to her.
Eileen took it with a shaky hand. She walked over to the bathroom door and closed it. She locked it manually then walked back to where Tobias was standing. Tobias stood watching her with his arms crossed over his chest.
Eileen waved her wand, 'Alohomora.'
The door magically clicked and unlocked itself. Tobias walked over to the door and turned the handle. The door opened.
Tobias turned back to Eileen. 'You're a…a witch?'
Eileen just nodded.
Tobias grabbed Eileen and dragged her back into the bedroom. He threw her onto the bed. 'Explain,' he said roughly.
Eileen sat up quickly and looked at the floor. She knew Tobias was getting angry, she wondered how far it would go.
'I was born a witch. I told you I went to a boarding school which was true, but it's a school for wizards and witches. There are different kinds of wizards and witches. There are Muggle-Borns, Half-Bloods and Pure-bloods. I'm a Pure-Blood.'
Tobias growled slightly. 'When I helped you with that guy outside this house many years ago you asked if I was a Muggle, what were you talking about?'
'You're a Muggle. It's just someone who has no magical ability.'
Tobias kicked the desk chair and Eileen jumped. 'You're a witch? It's unnatural. It's wrong. Why didn't you tell me?'
'I don't know. I was going to tell you but I kept putting it off.'
Tobias walked over to Eileen and smacked her hard across the face. Eileen didn't remember much more.
In the morning when she came to, she looked around. She felt groggy and her vision was slightly blurry. Eileen's hand immediately went to her pockets where her wand still was. Eileen got up from the bed and noticed her clothes were different. They were not in the same place that they were last night.
Eileen walked slightly, then stopped and hissed loudly. She felt very sore. Eileen walked downstairs and went into the living. Tobias was lying on the couch. He was asleep, snoring loudly. Eileen looked to the floor where an almost empty liquor bottle lay.
Eileen ran through a street full of people. She looked behind her and she could see her husband quickly following her. She felt her heart beating extremely fast, she found out she was pregnant a few days ago and she didn't want to lose her baby.
Eileen wiped her long black hair off her face as it flew around her as she panicked to get away from Tobias. She turned a corner into another cobble stones street and found it empty. She walked cautiously to the end of the street. She saw and heard no one. Eileen stopped and took a deep breath in relief, she lost him.
When she turned back around she bumped into Tobias, she gasped and wanted to scream, but nothing came out.
'Did you think you could get away from me Eileen?' Tobias asked seizing her arm. Tears slowly leaked from her eyes as she looked up into her husband's face. His pale thin face was contorted with rage as he looked at his wife.
Eileen wrestled in his grip. 'Please Tobias, you're hurting me,' she rasped.
Tobias kept hold of her as he dragged her back up the empty street. Eileen continued to wrestle; she turned her body and struggled to reach for her wand which did not go unnoticed by Tobias, he turned to face her and smacked her hand as hard as he could and her wand flew to the other side of the street. Eileen grabbed her hand as it throbbed with pain. Tobias let go of her and picked up her wand. He placed it in his pocket.
'You won't need this,' he said roughly. 'Now, you need to shut the fuck up and come home with me, and if you make another scene you'll be sorry.'
Eileen felt as though her feet were rooted to the ground. Tobias moved forwards and grabbed her wrist, and forced her back home. Tobias pushed her inside the front door and Eileen walked quickly into the living room. Eileen placed her arms around herself, she heard Tobias follow her.
'So, you're pregnant,' he stated.
Eileen looked at him. 'Yes, and I don't want to get rid of it. You said we could have a child,' she stammered shakily.
Eileen looked around the room. Tobias was making her nervous, as was becoming normal. Eileen looked in a corner of the room and her eyes fell on a few photos. Two were wedding photos and the other was from when they were dating.
Tobias walked over to Eileen and shoved her backwards. She fell hard onto the floor, she tried to lift herself but she felt her back twitch in pain. Tobias strode over to where Eileen laid. Eileen moved back and propped herself against the wall slightly, gasping in pain all the while. Tobias kicked Eileen in the legs and Eileen yelped weakly.
'You will get rid of it, I will not have any child of mine a freak,' Tobias screamed.
Hot tears ran down Eileen's face rapidly. 'The baby won't be a freak,' she said inaudibly.
'It will be, because you're a fucking freak. Stupid magic crap, it's unnatural,' Tobias said cruelly.
He kicked Eileen in the legs again, but more violently. Eileen wept harder.
'You get rid of the fucking thing before I do, understand?' he said viciously.
Eileen just nodded and watched as Tobias left the room. He left the house slamming the front door behind him. Eileen then shook her head. He wasn't the man she married anymore.
Eileen slowly picked herself up from the floor and she went into the bathroom. She a potion from the cabinet and drank it. It was a healing potion. Within seconds all the pain in Eileen's body disappeared. Eileen looked at herself in the mirror. Could she keep doing this?
Nine months later Eileen gave birth to a baby boy. He was pale, but healthy. Eileen had decided to name him Severus. She saw the name in an old Hogwarts text books. Eileen thought he was beautiful. She hadn't seen Tobias since the birth. He dropped by the hospital to make sure she was alive. Then he left. Eileen thought he wanted to make sure she was alive so he could continue to torment her.
As Eileen held Severus in her arms she thought he was beautiful.
Author's Note: To anyone who read this story in its entirety, I'm sorry. The story went nothing like I had planned and I took out many parts of the story and I shortened it a lot. I tried re-writing it but it didnt do much good. And, yes, I know the writing was bad. Definitely not my best story.