He is too old for me, or is he?
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Sylvia had detention with Professor Snape. "Lovely...well I will see you guys later" Sylvia said to her Slytherin friends. Mainly Draco and Pansy. Sylvia knocked on the door. "I'm here Professor." Sylvia announced. She walked in the room and didn't see the professor. She spotted him a corner messing with potion vials. "What do you want me to do?" She asked.
Severus turned around and looked at Slyvia with disgust. "Put the ingredients in alphabetical order than tell me when you're done." He barked in a rough tone then turned back to his vials. He was checking to make sure everything was there since recently students had started to take potions. It sickened him to have someone else there but he had to punish the annoying girl somehow.
Sylvia looked back at the Professor. "Was it really worth it?" She asked herself..She had to admit the prank was funny. "Alright Professor." Sylvia said. She hated organizing things...being the unorganized person she was. It took about half an hour. There was so many potions. It wasn't technically A through Z...but rather A through W...since that's what the last potion started with. "Sir I'm done...If i am correct...Wolfsbane is the last potion?" She asked.
Severus looked back at the girl. "So you do listen during class." he said sarcastically. "And you know your alphabet too. What a surprise." He said and turned back to his long coming work. Reaching down he picked up a list of all the potions and ingredients he had. Severus handed it over to Slyvia. "now make sure every potion and ingredient is there. It's seems alot of my things for love potions is gone." He added and continued to work though he was becoming more aware of Slyvia being right there.
Sylvia smirked. "Yes I do listen and yes I do know my alphabet." She said. She heard him say that some love potions were gone. "Well...I do imagine most girls would use that on their crushes." Sylvia said. "I will get right on it." Sylvia added. She looked to make sure everything was there. "You are missing some Ashwinder eggs...I would think that some girls stole it to make their own love potions. You are also missing some love potions." Professor..."But everything else is there." She added. "Professor...may I ask you 2 questions?" Sylvia asked. That being the first question...The second one is something that had been on her mind for a while now.
Severus sneered. "I'm surprised at just how many desperate students we have here. Idiots." He mumbled then turned his black eyes on Slyvia. "What? If it's anything stupid I'll assign you more detentions." He was used to students asking for ingredients but he rarely gave them out. Other than that Severus had no idea what Slyvia would possibly want.
Sylvia smiled.."I find it weird that you didn't notice how desperate some are." Sylvia said. Sylvia stared at him with her Blue eyes. "Do you ever get lonely professor?" Sylvia asked. She imagined it would be very lonely down here with only potion vials and ingredients and weird creepy floating things in jars. She looked at one of the creepy things in a jar that looked oddly like a brain.
Severus stiffened and turned back to examining vials. No one had ever asked him such a personal question so he was caught off guard. " I don't see how that's relevant." Severus answered curtly. "It really doesn't matter whether or not one is lonely. Rather trivial really.
"I'm sorry Professor..I would just think being down here without anyone else would be...boring,depressing and lonely." Sylvia said. She looked back at that thing in the Jar. She should really have kept her mouth shut. Sylvia felt that was a little too personal. She wanted to poke the thing in the jar. But at the same time she didn't
"And what about you? Are you happy and crowded by adoring friends? The perfect little package right?" Severus knew the type; Popular, smart, funny, and completely fake. He didn't doubt Slyvia was just like the rest of them.
"It's not that fun really...I prefer to have a small group that I can trust with my secrets." Sylvia said. She hated being so popular...everyone wanting to be her friend...Being called a fake. She didn't mind being smart or funny. What bugged her the most is she can't be mean to anyone. "I would rather not have my popularity." Sylvia said to the professor.
"I'm sure," Severus grumbled in a tone that said he obviously thought she was lying. "Popularity sucks, you wish you were more normal, and you're not as fake as everyone thinks. That about right?" Severus had never met one genuine person who didn't want popularity. Everyone acted as if they hated it but he knew they loved the lime-light.
"I'm serious...I hate being popular...if I could trade lives with someone else...i would." Sylvia said. She detected that he thought she was lying. "I'm not lying professor..." Sylvia said. She knew no one would believe her. But she didn't care, she had to get it off her chest.
"Any reason why you're telling me this? I'm not a therapist." Severus was curious as to why this girl was spilling her heart out to him. He was not one for sentimental feelings and was unused to having such a long conversation with a student, especially one in detention.
"I am sorry professor." Sylvia said. "Maybe I should see a therapist.." Sylvia said actually smiling. "At least it would save you the time you could spending somewhere else...not listening to my problems." Sylvia said. "Why didn't you just tell me to be quiet and take points like you usually do?" Sylva asked. Why was she pouring her heart out to a professor for that matter.
"I'm not completely sure," Severus admitted and turned to face Slyvia whilst leaning against a shelf. "Maybe you just got so bothersom that I knew this would work better than taking away house points. Obviously I was wrong." He said with a slight shrug. Whu had he given her detention instead? The question sat in his mind uncomfortably.
Sylvia stared deep into the Professor's eyes. Sylvia finally broke her stare. "What is up with me today?" Sylvia asked herself. She shifted her stance. "I guess you were." She said with a shrug. Sylvia...get a hold of yourself! Why are you having such a long conversation with a professor that isn't about your detention?" She thought to herself.
Severus shook his head, frowning at the girl. "Sometimes you get too loud. Be a good little girl and sit down with your mouth closed." He was tired and not sure why he was speaking to this girl at all. He hardly talked this much to proffessors let alone one of his more bothersome students.
Sylvia stared at the professor and smiled. "Sometimes? I will try to behave a bit more then." Sylvia said to the professor. He seemed tired, "I would think he had a potion for that." Thought Sylvia. Sylvia never talked this much with a teacher. She looked down and then looked back up into the professor's eyes.