The left side of the room was full of whispers, some voices carrying further than others. Silence and unsure looks to each other fill the right.
"Professor Snape?" With two words every Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff focus on the front of the classroom.
Slowly Severus opens his eyes and startles at the scene. Looking around at the 2nd years staring at him, a few giggles escape. Minutes before he was watching them read, and now he felt like he was torn in two, still being pulled. The mark was burning.
"Ms. Donovan get Professor Dumbledore." As he falls back to sleep.