The first thing Harry noticed in the morning was that there was something odd about Snape. It was breakfast time and he was not there. This was an unusual act knowing that his Professor never really skips meals.
Harry looks over at Hermione and Ron. "You see it too, don't you?" His bushy haired friend spoke.
"What do you mean?" Harry wondered.
"Do not act like you do not know Harry," she replies, "it is Professor Snape. He has not shown up for breakfast. I thought that is why you kept on glancing at the staff table." Harry nodded.
"Wouldn't it be funny if he overslept?" Ron said laughing. Harry laughed too and Hermione just stared at them. Harry looked over at the staff table, wondering if Snape actually did oversleep. 'Nah that would be odd behavior from him.' But then again so was this.
Snape woke up in a rather foul mood. His throat was feeling awful. Summoning a glass of water from his small kitchen he gulped it all down to see if it would help a little. He cursed when it did not help. He groaned, this was not the way he wanted to wake up. He decided to see if a bath would do some good. He went to the bathroom, and filled the tub with hot water. He looked at his muggle alarm clock. It was coming close to breakfast.
Severus sighed as he slipped slowly into the hot water. Groaning at his throat that was pretty sore. He probably also looked awful. More awful than usual. He sank his head into the tub, keeping his nose above the water. The warmth felt good on his neck. He summoned two potions from his personal store. The first one to numb his sore throat for a few hours, and the other one for his eyes, to clear them from any kind of sign that he was coming down with something. He loved his potions, they were a perfect mask for him. Why do you think he had become a perfect spy and he had been able to hide any type of emotion that were threatening to reach the surface? The potions professor decided to skip breakfast and instead stay in the bath a bit longer. He sighed happily at the relaxation.
Snape did show up for lunch but Harry noticed that something was not right with him. He kept grimacing while holding his throat with one of his hands. Harry also noticed a couple of times that Snape was rubbing his temples. That would probably be because he had a headache coming. Snape caught Harry staring and Harry quickly looked away and started paying attention (or at least pretending to pay attention) to what his two best friends were talking about. It was not an interesting topic for him.
"Are you alright Severus?" Albus wondered, concerned.
"I am fine Albus," Snape replied back. But it was a lie; in fact, he is feeling awful. He had thought that potions would help, but he was wrong. They only helped a little bit; and now, while sitting at the staff table his throat was feeling awful.
Dumbledore looked at his personal spy, worry clearly written on his face.