A/N: This is a squeal to Protecting Potter. If you haven't read it, the gist is: Snape and a female HP growing past their differences during the struggle of defeating Voldemort. Protecting Potter ends with her defeating Voldemort and then Snape asking Neville Longbottom (her boyfriend) to let him speak to female Harry in private, where he then invites Adrianne to his home for the summer. I've also included an excerpt from the last chapter… Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Is this really necessary? We all know I don't own HP. (^_^) Although, I wish I did.
"Longbottom, I need to speak to Potter, alone. If you could go ahead to the castle," Snape asked. Neville nodded, giving a smile to Adrianne before taking off. Adrianne watched Neville run off towards the castle as she waited for Snape to speak.
"The school year is almost over," Snape stated. Adrianne didn't understand where he was going with this. Snape then seemed to be at a difficulty for words, "Potter, I don't know if you have any plans for the summer holiday or if you wanted to go back to your muggle relatives," Adrianne giggled at that last statement. Snape the corners of Snape's mouth turned up in a small smile, "I didn't think that was the case after what happened there last summer."
Snape then paused. Putting his hands on Adrianne's shoulders, looking at her seriously, "But, I… Well, I wanted to… I wanted to offer you residence at my summer home, with me." Snape finished quickly.
Adrianne looked at Snape speechless, not expecting an offer like this.
After Adrianne didn't answer immediately Snape began, "this is just an offer, you may turn it down-" Adrianne then interrupted Snape.
"Professor Snape, I can't imagine any other way I'd like to spend my holiday." Adrianne said, being downright truthful.
A wide smile stretched across Snape's face as Adrianne took his hand and then they returned to the castle together.
The End.
1.
Adrianne was packing her trunk for the end of the school year was only moments away. Adrianne still in complete disbelief of everything that has recently happened to her, Voldemort had fallen, and Snape had offered her residence in his home for the summer.
It was almost a year ago that Dumbledore had come and rescued her from her horrid relatives, the Dursley's and since then her bond with the potion's master had grown. Adrianne couldn't imagine another person she would want to spend her summer with, well other than her friends or boyfriend, Neville.
If someone had told her before that in this past year she was going to be spending her summer with Professor Snape, Adrianne would have never believe it. How times had changed. She never imagined the love and respect she could have towards Severus Snape. He was more like a guardian to her than anyone else in her life.
2.
"Adrianne? You almost ready?" Hermione asked as she snapped her trunk shut.
"Yes, of course," Adrianne answered. "I'll finish my packing after everyone gone on the train. I don't need to be ready until later this evening after Snape's fixed his classroom and office for the summer holiday."
Hermione smiled and nodded, she still couldn't believe how things have changed. Although she was glad she and her potion's professors weren't at each other's throats anymore. Adrianne helped Hermione get her trunk out of their dormitory and into the emptying common room. Then Adrianne felt someone's arms wrap around her from behind. She twirled around and was faced in the arms of Neville Longbottom who then cupped her cheek in his hand and pulled her face towards his.
"I'm going to miss you this summer!" Adrianne sighed as she reached her arms around his neck and pulled herself in for another kiss.
"Miss Potter and Mr. Longbottom, that isn't behavior I would expect from Gryffindors, especially ones that are going to be seventh year students soon!" McGonagall exclaimed as she enter the common room. "However, being the last day of school I can't take points away or give out detentions," she said lightheartedly and with a smile.
Neville's cheeks reddened as he went to grab his trunk and then taking Adrianne's hand in his they stepped out of the common room, Ron and Hermione following close by. And soon they all stood before the Hogwarts Express, they all boarded the vast red train and found a compartment.
"Adrianne, the trains taking off soon shouldn't you be going off to Snape's?" Ron said, still in complete disbelief of where she's spending her summer.
"I've got a few minutes," Adrianne said carefree and she snuggled closer to her boyfriend, except for then the train lurched forward.
"Maybe not," Hermione chimed as she quickly lifted her head to plank a quick kiss on Neville and hummed a goodbye to all her friends and then in a quick moment she was out of their compartment and was back on Hogwarts grounds, watching the train begin to emit smoke and trail off into the distance.
3.
Adrianne watched the train until it was a speck in the distance. Then she heard a small crack behind her and felt a hand rest of her shoulder. She turned around feeling startled and saw Professor Snape behind her
"How'd you aparate?" She said instantly.
"Once the students leave for summer holiday Dumbledore removes the charm inhibiting it."
"Mmm…" Adrianne said in response still looking at the spot on the horizon where the train has disappeared to.
"Potter, you don't have to spend this summer with me if you have somewhere else you'd rather be."
Adrianne tweaked a smile, no matter how their relationship might grow, Snape still rarely called her by her first name.
"No, of course not," she said honestly, "I've just never watched the train leave before, I just got a little caught up in the moment."
"Understandable," Snape responded as he began to walk back to the castle, Adrianne noticed he had left her and she dashed after him to be by his side as they walked back together. Adrianne followed her professor all the way back to his office. Soon she was sitting comfortably in his office, in his desk chair, with her ankles crossed and her feet resting on his desktop. Snape snickered when he noticed this and continued to finish packing his belongings into cupboards for safe keeping over the summer holiday.
4.
Before long Snape had turned to Adrianne, "that's the last of it, Potter. Ready to be off?"
Adrianne gave Snape a staggered look and she slowly moved her feet off of his desk. "I uh, haven't completely packed yet."
Snape gave her an exasperated, but affectionate look, "I thought you were done and that's why you were just sitting around here."
"Yeah, I kind of forgot, Professor." Adrianne shrugged her shoulders in endearing innocence.
Snape gave a small grin, rolled his eyes and motioned for her to go off and finish. Adrianne gave a grin, looking Snape in the eyes and bounced out of the office.
"Maybe a summer with a young girl won't be as easy as I imagined…" Snape pondered to himself, but before he knew it he heard thumping outside his office. Stepping outside he saw Adrianne dragging her trunk down the stairs of the dungeon, her trunk thumping on each step. Snape rolled his eyes and walked out, levitating the trunk into his office, Adrianne following behind it.
"Now are you're all set?" He asked. Adrianne nodded. "Very good, now I have the port key right over here," Snape motioned to a potion vial. Adrianne and Snape neared it, both with their luggage in one hand. Snape began to speak, "one, two, three."
They both grasp the vile and Adrianne felt a tug and she was lifted off the ground.
5.
Adrianne fell with a hard thud onto the floor of a dim room.
"Lumos," Snape said from above Adrianne. He clearly landed much more gracefully. With a few flicks of his wand, Snape had illuminated the room, and upon seeing Adrianne in an uncomfortable position on the ground, he reached his hand down to help her up.
Adrianne gratefully accepted; placing her small hand into Snape's he strongly lifted her from the ground, she then began to take in her surroundings. She stood in the great room of what seemed to be a cabin.
The walls around her were of log and even being indoors she could smell the scent of fresh summer air. The room that held her had a massive stone fireplace against one wall with dark emerald seating before it.
The rest of the walls were covered in floor to ceiling windows. Adrianne tried to look out the stunning windows that covered the walls, but the sun was down now, making it difficult to see what the outside really beheld.
Adrianne continued to look all around the room and she noticed wood beams running overtop her. This was an immaculate summer home.
"The kitchen is down the hallway, along with a den and bath. Your room and bath are the entirety of the downstairs, and mine is above this level."
Adrianne nodded, in surprise that the usually cold potion's master would own such a warm, comforting home.
"Thank you, Professor." Adrianne smiled, and then a small yawn escaped her mouth.
"I see it's time for you to sleep."
Adrianne nodded and grabbed her trunk.
Snape gave a gentle look as he cast a spell levitating her trunk, "I don't want you scratching up my stairs."
Adrianne smirked humorously as she followed Snape down a handsome set of wooden spiral stairs. At the bottom Snape set her trunk down on a stoned floor forayer, with a large wooden door and a smaller wooden door.
"The smaller door is your room, the larger one leads to a porch outdoors, although I would like you to tell me if you are going out, just for your safety."
Adrianne nodded in agreement and Snape bid her goodnight as he resided back up the stairs. Opening the door, Adrianne felt excited and then suddenly her heart soured. She looked into an elegant bedroom with vintage white furniture, and an enormous four poster bed. She'd never had a bed this big before. Pulling her trunk inside and shutting the door behind her she began to explore her new space.
Huge windows swept across the room, much like the great room upstairs. She then noticed a room to her side, pushing the door back a grin emerged on her face. An enormous bath stood before her, with more windows and nestled in a corner was a luxurious bath with vials of bubbles sitting next to it. In another corner was a rain shower, surrounded by rock privacy walls. This was nothing she had seen before.
Feeling more awake Adrianne filled the bath of warm water, poured some delicious smelling bubble bath into it and shed her clothes and dipped inside. She sunk below the water as her long dark hair absorbed the liquid. Pulling herself back over the surface she felt complete relaxation. Voldemort was gone; she never had to return to the Dursley's again. This was it, the highest her spirits had felt in a long time.
