Deleted Voice Mail

The awkward silence that follows when you discover that your phone still has a memory of deleted voice mails….

And the seconds that feel like an eternity when you think to yourself….can this be real?

And you scroll…..

Down

and down

And there….in the list of many deleted voice mails sits the one that you were secretly afraid was there. Out of sheer curiosity you tap the screen icon for play….

Tears begin to well in the corners of your eyes as the sound that you thought you would never hear again fills your ears,
The sound that once was of angels but now of the demons of your darkest dreams.

The one person who was your truest love, your deepest desire, your everything.

Now your nothing.

Is she my Lily Potter and I am Snape?

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows