Severus rolled over and opened his eyes. There she was, the love of his life laying there peacefully. A beautiful smile laying on her face perfectly. Severus brushed some hair out of her face and kissed her forehead. She moaned happily and snuggled closer to him before settling again into whatever peaceful dream she was having. Severus wrapped his arms around her and laid there. He thought about the events that had led him to the point where he was now sharing his bed with one of his students.

6 months earlier

"Professor Snape?" A soft voiced called into the office of the notorious bat of the dungeon. A small figure stood in the dimly lit doorway and looked around. Her hair was a dark shade of red and flowed down to the middle of her back. Her hazel eyes looked around the room and her robes flowed over her small frame.

Severus looked up from his notes and saw the girl standing in his doorway. He looked at the time and sighed. He had been grading papers so intensely that he had lost track of what time it was. He motioned for the girl to come in and moved the papers into a safer location. He then pulled a book from out of one of the drawers and set it on the empty desk. It was old and very worn. 'Advanced Potions' was scribbled across the cover in very old handwriting.

"Good afternoon Minalia. How was your day?" Severus looked at the seventh year Ravenclaw now sitting across from him. Her robe had been set aside and she sat in front of him in her jumper and skirt. She had been his intern for about a month now and Severus had found that her passion for the subject ran as deep as his own.

Minalia smiled happily at her teacher. "It was lovely Professor. Thank you for asking. I trust yours was nice also?"

Severus only shrugged. "Surprisingly there where no major injuries today. If that counts for anything."

Minalia laughed happily. "That is great actually. Perhaps they are finally learning!"

Severus couldn't help but let a small chuckle escape his lips before returning to his normal grim self. He picked up the book and flipped through it before stopping and closing it. Perhaps she was ready to try something new. "Minalia. Before we move onto the lesson I need to ask you a question."

Minalia looked up at him from her assignments. "yes sir?"

"How much are you interested in potions? How far do you wish to go?" He looked at her trying to read her emotions.

"Well sir, I love Potions." She smiled and stood up beginning to walk around the room. "The more time I spend here the happier I become. I don't know where I want to go with this." She stopped by one of the stations as her fingers traced around the rim of one of the cualdrons. "I don't want to become a potions instructor."

Severus looked at the girl with a questioning look on his face. "And why is that?"

Minalia looked down and giggled slightly before looking at him and smiling. "Cause this is your job sir. This school would be nothing without you here." She looked away from him and began to walk around the room again. Her heels clicking lightly on the floor. "I could never take my favorite teachers job."

Severus just stood there starring at the girl. He couldn't believe half the stuff he had heard from her. He was her favorite teacher? Why did she giggle like that. He watched her walk around the room before shaking his head. This girl looked so much like his Lily. Her heart was so warm and welcoming. She was caring and her aura reminded him of Lily. "I see." He cleared his throat and walked over to her. "Then I will show you the potion I made to help with Professor Lupins changes."

Minalia looked at him then nodded. As long as she got to spend time with him she didn't care what they did. She walked over to ingredients cupboard and looked back at Severus. "What ingredients will I need sir?"

Severus looked at the girl and walked over to the cupboard with her. He began grabbing some ingredients and would hand some off to her here and there. "Here, take these to the table please. I'll grab the rest and meet you over there." Severus watched as the girl walked away from him. When she got to the station she smiled at him as she placed the items on the station before walking over and grabbing the tools needed. Severus shook his head and walked over to the station and set his own ingredients down. What was it about her? He couldn't help but smile slightly as he smelled her perfume. Pomegranates, such a sweet scent that always made him smile. He remembered when she first approached him about interning.

Class had just ended and Severus was cleaning up yet another catastrophe of a mess that Seamus Finnigan had caused. Minalia had been waiting for the others to leave before she approached him about the position. During their seventh year all the Professors mentioned taking on interns in their classes. Severus did it only to get it out of the way. No student ever approached him about the spot. Thats why he was so surprised when she asked. Severus had only looked at her smiling face before he had agreed to it. That night he kicked himself for a while. He was only torturing his self by doing this.

Severus was jolted back to the present when he felt a soft hand on his shoulder shaking him gently.

"Professor? Sir? Are you ok?" Minalia looked at him worriedly. Her hazel eyes searching his.

He blinked a few times before looking at Minalia and nodding. "I'm fine Minalia." He gently took her hand off his shoulder. "Shall we begin?"

Minalia looked at him and nodded. Not questioning anything.

3 months later

Severus looked up from his lesson plan and smiled at Mina who was grading some papers. 'Mina' He chuckled lightly and shook his head before looking back at his lesson plan. It was amazing how fast they had progressed in the past few months. They went from being student and teacher to somewhat 'friends'. He called her Mina now and she called him Severus. Of course that was only when they where alone and even then it was still a strain to get her to use his first name.

They had really only been using these names for each other for a few weeks. Everything had changed after the incident that had taken place weeks before. That night still sat in Severus head, yet another earie memory for him. However, the memory still held some form of happiness.

3 weeks earlier

Severus stood in his office waiting for Minalia to arrive. They had a lot to cover that day. Severus was going to test her and if she was ready he was going to offer her the chance to teach the next lesson. Severus paced his office as the minutes ticked by. Minalia was usually early, it was unlike her to be this late. He thought about it for a second before leaving and looking for Minalia.

Severus walked towards the staircase and could hear muffled voices a few floors up. He began to ascend the stairs and turned the corner on the second floor landing. When he did he saw four Slytherins surronding something, a small form was curled up in the fetal position against the wall. Severus couldn't make out who it was. He started walking closer and cleared his throat. "What the devil is going on here?"

The students all stopped and looked at Severus. One of them stepped forward to speak for the others."Nothing Professor, just keeping some filth out of our dungeons." All of the Slytherins began chuckling.

Severus raised an eyebrow to them and looked at each one before looking at the figure that laid on the floor. He could see it shaking. He looked around and noticed stuff levitating in the air. With a flick of his wand the students stuff came back down to the ground. He then moved forward toward the figure to see exactly what student it was. As he got closer he noticed the long dark red hair and quickly turned to his students. "Go to your dormitory now. We will discuss your punishment later." He glared at the students before turning and walking over to the girl.

The students looked at their teacher before turning and heading down to their dormitories.

Severus watched as they left and he quickly looked at the girl. He walked over and moved her hair away from her face and sighed. It was Minalia and her face had a few scratches on it along with tear stains. He sighed and picked her up. She was shaking horribly and Severus couldn't help but pull her closer to him. "Minalia? Are you ok?" He looked at Minalia who only buried her head into his chest. Severus sighed and began to walk down to his office. When he got there he sat her down on his desk and looked her over.

She looked horrible. Her skirt had been torn in places and there was dirt and scratches on her beautiful face. He brushed a strand behind her ear and let his hand linger on her cheek for a second before pulling it away. "Please answer me, are you ok?" He looked her in the eyes and could see she was still upset. He looked around and pulled his cloak off. He took it and wrapped it around her before sitting next to her and pulling her into a hug.

Severus wasn't all that good when it came to consoling upsetting students but Minerva had explained that by letting them cry and by letting them know someone was there they would be fine. He could feel her tiny body still shaking. He really wondered what they had done to her. After about a half hour of them sitting there her shaking had finally subsided. Severus looked at her and could tell that she was slowly coming back to normal. "Minalia? What happened? Please tell me?"

Minalia looked up at him for a second before nodding. "I was walking from the kitchens to here for the lesson when they stopped me. They said they had noticed I was spending a lot of time down here and that they didn't like it. They said..." She looked back down and fiddled with a part of Severus's cloak. "they said a filthy half blood like me had no right being down here." A few tears began to roll down her cheeks. "When I tried to ignore them and walk away they grabbed my stuff and dumped it everywhere. Then they charmed my quills to attack me and I tripped and thats how I ended up on the floor. I could hear them getting closer and my only thought was to curl up into a ball and hope they would get bored soon." Tears had began to fall down her face even faster.

Severus could feel her beginning to shake again. "Minalia don't worry. Everything is fine. You did the right thing not fighting back. I wouldn't have liked the idea of giving you detention." He hugged her tighter and could feel the shaking beginning to subside again. "Shhhh its ok Mina." he felt Minalia's head move and he looked down to see her looking at him.

"Wh-what did you call me?" Minalia looked at him a confused look on her face.

"I'm sorry. I don't know why I called you that." He looked away from her hazel eyes.

"No, I liked it." She looked at him and smiled.

Severus looked back at her and smiled. "Really?"

"Mhmm it means a lot to me actually. Call me that for now on?" Mina looked at him her eyes searching his.

"Are you sure about that?" Severus looked at her and when he saw the determination in her eyes he nodded. "Alright Mina ."

Mina looked up at him and smiled before closing her eyes.

Severus looked at the girl and smiled before brushing a strand behind her ear. He then looked up at the ceiling. "I was going to test you today." He felt her head move and looked down to see her looking at him a confused look on her face. "I think your ready to try teaching a lesson."

Minalia sat up and looked at him. Was he serious? "S-sir..."

Severus raised a hand and stopped her before she could continue. "Seeing as we are working on first name basis, please call me Severus."

Mina looked at him for a second. "Severus,I don't think I'm ready to be teaching students." She looked at him with a scared look in her eyes.

Severus only shook his head and stood up. "You will be fine. You'll teach them a simple sleeping draught. Nothing too hard. Plus it will get you out of your other classes."

Mina thought about it for a second before nodding. "Alright. But could we put it off for a few days?"She didn't feel ready. She needed more time.

Severus looked at her then nodded before he walked over and grabbed some papers. "Take tonight off." He sat down at the desk and began to grade them. He looked up and saw Mina just sitting on the desk starring at him. He could tell she didn't like the idea of taking the night off. He sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Alright Mina, You can stay here just help me grade some papers?"

Mina looked at him and nodded before jumping off the desk and grabbing some papers. When she turned around Severus could see the extent of the damage done on her and her clothing. Her jumper was ripped in a few places revealing her shirt underneath, as for her skirt the tear in it went a decent amount of the way up her thigh and stopped what seemed to be just below her pantie line. Severus felt his body stiffen as he saw her soft skin. He looked at her leg for a couple of seconds before shaking his head and going back to the papers he was grading.

Mina looked at him for a second noticing his eyes. She felt her cheeks redden again before she sat down across from him. She smiled sweetly an began to grade some papers.

3 Weeks Later

Mina looked up from the papers she was grading and smiled sweetly at Severus. Somehow over the past few weeks she had found herself developing feelings for him. It wasn't that she didn't already have feelings for him, she greatly respected him. However, due to the large amount of time she was spending with him she was finding herself starting to develop deeper feeling for him. She tried to tell herself that she was crazy and it was just a stupid school girl infatuation. Mina had tried her hardest to push it out of her mind but found she couldn't. Now that she stopped and looked at him she found that he was in his own way handsome. She couldn't tell her friends, they would laugh at her and most likely avoid her. So she kept it to herself. She would steal glances here and there before blushing and quickly looking away.

Severus looked up from his lesson plan and noticed Mina smiling at him before her cheeks flushed and her head turned back to her work. Severus looked at her confusingly before looking back at his lesson plan for the next day. Her cheeks had blushed, did that mean? Severus mentally shook his head and tried his hardest to focus on the task at hand. He soon found that he couldn't. Over the course of these last 3 months Severus had found himself developing feelings for this girl. Her beauty was exquisite and her smile infectious. When Severus was around her he found that he was happier, the room seemed brighter and she could make the dullest things seem fun. He found himself thinking about her at night before he went to bed and in the morning when he woke up. Severus found that he looked forward to their sessions everyday.

Severus had found it harder and harder not to think about her. It was hard as he knew that her being a student and himself being a professor they could never have anything until after she graduated.

"Not that it matters" Severus whispered to himself.

"What was that sir?" Mina looked up from the paper and looked at Severus who was now looking like he wanted to shoot himself.

"N-nothing Mina. Talking to myself about some...ummm...lesson plans." He looked at her hoping she would buy his excuse. "Trying to figure out which potions to try and teach them even though they wont really matter."

Mina looked at him before nodding and looking back to her work.

Severus felt like he was going to die. That was probably one of the worst things to ever happen to him. He felt like a complete fool. He looked at her once more before going back t his lesson plans.

Authors Note:

Oh wow...my first Snape X Oc Fanfic and its a time skip filled one. Jeez I have lost my mind. Well I hope all of you liked the first part of this. I will hopefully have the second part up by the end of the week if not the following week. I'm on spring break and have a lot of time to kill.

Also don't forget to check out my other fan fic "A State of Affairs" I'm almost to the completion of it.

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