Over the next week, both Professor Snape and Harry were given many honors as the Defeaters-of-You-Know-Who. Neither wanted all of the attention but withstood it, knowing that eventually the press would quiet down. Severus was finally allowed out of his bed by Madame Pomfrey and began teaching again. Harry enjoyed spending time with his friends but he missed his professor's snarky comments at times.

A couple of weeks later, and right before the week long holiday the Headmaster had given everybody in celebration of the defeat of Voldemort, Harry found himself knocking on Professor Snape's door about an hour before curfew. He had done this a couple of times before but today he had an announcement for his professor.

"Good evening, sir" Harry said when his teacher opened the door.

"Good evening, Mr. Potter. Would you like to come in?" Snape replied kindly, knowing that no one was watching around them and he was free to be much kinder to the boy.

"Yes, sir," was the reply and the two walked through Snape's office, into his quarters. The chess set was sitting off to one side and the house elves, who apparently knew they were coming, had already delivered tea and biscuits.

When they had reached the living room, they both sat down and for a few minutes just enjoyed the silence. Hogwarts was a busy place and it was uncommon to find somewhere that was silent.

"Now that Sirius' name has been cleared, he applied for guardianship over me. It was granted this morning, I received the owl at dinner. I don't have to ever go back to my relatives," Harry started.

"Good. I may not like your godfather but I am happy that you no longer have to live with your relatives. Would you like to play some chess?" he responded, noticing how much Harry seemed to relax after he had approved of him living with his godfather.

"Chess sounds good but I was wondering about your relationship with my mom. I noticed that when you woke up a few weeks ago you called out for my mom," Harry replied timidly.

"I will tell you, only if you promise to not tell your godfather. This news probably wouldn't sit well with him" Snape agreed with a smirk.

"I met your mother in a playground when we were both about nine. I was the one who first noticed that she was probably a witch. Her older sister 'Tunia was always mean to both of us," Snape stopped and raised an eyebrow at Harry when he giggled at his aunt's nickname, "and jealous of our 'freakish' ways, especially once we had started school. Until our fifth year, your mother and I remained close friends. I never understood what she saw in your father, who was, as you know, my archenemy. After I began spying, she was frequently the Order member who helped me heal after the Dark Lord's torture sessions, at least until they went into hiding."

"Oh. Well, thank you very much, sir, for telling me. Its good to know some more things about my mother" Harry said as he watched the Potions Master levitate the chess board over towards the table.

The two spent the time before curfew playing chess and Snape telling Harry about his childhood adventures with his mother. The two went their separate ways, satisfied that they had made their peace with each other and happy that they both had a new friend.

The End

AN: Its finally finished! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and special thanks to HealerPomfrey who inspired me to finish this story. Sorry that the ending is short but I thought a simple but short chapter wrapping everything up would be best.