'Severus' the soft voice called, it sounded as if the owner was upset. The door to his room swung open with the voice and he looked up from thick book which he held in his hands. Severus barely had time to put the book down before the owner of the voice had settled herself against him and buried her face against his robes. Her soft sobs were wracking her skinny frame. Sighing he wrapped his arms around her waist carefully and waited in silence until she had stopped sobbing. After a brief period of silence from the sobs she looked up at Severus knowing that he would be annoyed at her presence. His cold black eyes were fixed on her and she looked up at him innocently.
'Mona that was dangerous, what were you thinking?' He asked her and she was glad that he did not sound as annoyed as she had expected him to but she still looked away biting her bottom lip gently, she knew that she should not have gone to his room but at the time she was not thinking logically, if someone saw her they would both be in big trouble for it and she simply could not risk that for something so stupid. Disappointment started to play in her mind, she had overreacted to some petty comment which she had overheard in the corridors and risked losing the one happiness which she had left for it.
'I know, I'm sorry' she whispered fiddling with a loose strand of brunette hair which had fallen in front of her face in the chaos. 'But can we meet later to talk?' She whined hopefully looking up into his black eyes which for once had a hint of softness in them. He thought for a moment deciding if it would be worth risking a meeting and he nodded hesitantly after the pause.
'But stay away from my office' He growled at her and she giggled before pressing her lips briefly against his and smiling to herself as she withdrew from his. Severus sat for a moment softly stroking her long hair for a moment his mind whirring as he considered things. For a moment she admired the way he looked when he was thinking but eventually she buried herself against his chest again and sat listening to his heart beating 'You have to leave now' He said after a moment hooking his fingers under her chin and lifting her face up to look up at him. Her eyes filled with sadness for a second and she pulled herself onto her feet and away from his warmth. His expression never changed but she knew that he would want her to remain. She traced her way back to the door wishing that she had more of an opportunity to look around the dark room.
'Goodnight, Professor' she called back to him as she reached the door and gave him a wishful look at the professor who had returned his attention to the battered book. As she closed the door Severus eyes flickered up to the door for a moment before focusing his whole attention to the book. Mona shivered as the cold dungeon air hit her and she longed to be back curled up against Severus. After a few seconds she started to walk the complex dungeon her eyes paying close attention to the soothing clicking noise which her heels made as they came into contact with the stone flooring. A faint smile pulled at the corner of her lips as she made her way back to the Slytherin common room and it started to fade as she got nearer. Her eyes scanned the room quickly as she got inside and her body remained tense as she made her way across the room her head held him and her body standing strait and tall as she could manage.
'Tramp' was thrown in her direction as she walked through the common room into the girls dormitory which thankfully was empty. She crawled up onto her bed and sat attempting to forget the world around her and just remember the time which she had to enjoy with Severus. A tapping knocked her out of her daydream and she looked around her suddenly alert but the room was still empty. The tapping continued and eventually her emerald eyes focused on the small black crow tapping at the window. Quickly she jumped up to open the window and the crow flew in cawing in annoyance at her. She watched it until it settled on the end of her bed and she edged over to it fearfully but attempting to appear uncaring. The crow cawed again as she approached and showed the small piece of parchment which had been strapped onto its leg. Mona leaned towards the crow and worked on untying the note carefully and the second it had been released the crow started to peck angrily at her hand which was still nearby and the note dropped onto the ground. Mona swore at the bird which cawed again and Mona was sure that it sounded like it was laughing at her. The crow flew back out of the window and Mona shut it behind him. Her eyes turned back onto the note after a moment of watching the bird fly away and down and she jumped at the female who was standing holding the scrap of paper in her arms. Her lips were twisted into a sneer as she read the elegant handwriting on the note. Mona rushed forward and attempted to grab the note but the other girl managed to keep it away from her.
'Give it back' Mona yelled at the other girl with anger burning her eyes. The other female shook her head but yelped as she was pinned by the throat against the wall behind her and Mona ripped the parchment away from her grip sneering angrily.
'Freak' the girl coughed as she was released and she returned to the common room leaving Mona alone again. Sighing Mona settled herself back onto her bed and drew the curtains around her before warding it so that nobody could disturb her again. Her fingers carefully unravelled the note and frowned at the elegant writing which appeared jumbled and unorganised. After a moment of attempting to work out what it could mean she raised her wand to it and whispered a decoding spell and the letters started to rearrange themselves but she was disappointed at the small amount of writing which had been written.
Mona,
The shrieking shack, Midnight
S.S.
Mona ran her fingers along the lettering carefully making sure not to miss any of the lines and sighed as she pulled out a small wooden box which she had kept hidden from other people and she placed the note with other scraps of parchment. Her fingers brushed against a delicate metal chain and she smiled as she pulled the heart pendant free from the papers and watched as it twirled and stray strands of light flickered and bounced across the curtains which surrounded her like a protective barrier. She looked out the window again wishing that they was a way in which she could cause time to go faster so that she could meet with Severus. Sighing she tucked the necklace and box away and warding it so that nobody would be able to get to it without some unpleasant side effects.