Courting Contractions
Chapter One
Meeting the Parents
set one year after complications
I know I haven't written in a while but as an update I'm now seventeen and that's about it. The rest has been pretty boring actually but lately I need to write again because remember Sydney? Well she claims that she's my guardian so she has a right to meet the man I've been dating pretty much since I was eleven so about six years now. It's the summer before my last year of Hogwarts I'm going to be a nurse and Severus will brew the potions. I'm the apprentice for madame Pomfre and Sydney wants us to have dinner with her Marco Patricia and Amio and the only thing I'm realy worried about is the reaction between Sydney and Severus. this will not be fun at all.
Well any way were about to leave Severus is waiting for me out side so I better go. When I came out of the bathroom Severus was passing across the floor mumbling something about being late and bad first impressions. I can't help but smile at him and giggle that also made him notice the fact that I was in the room he instantly swirled on the balls of his feet to look at me. He looked as if he was about to say something to me but immediately after he saw me in my babe blue dress robes that came down to my ankles but had a slit on both sides that went up to about 4 or 5 inches below my hip bone so that the silk floated. He just stopped and was quiet then after a moment he seemed to catch himself and readjusted as he said. "We'll be late if we don't leave now." I just smiled at him because at least to me it was so obvious he was nervous and it was so adorable but I took his arm any way and he apparated to the same ally he's been apparating to and from for seven years now. First we'll be at Sydney's house for lunch and the time between lunch and dinner then we'll go to a realy fancy restaurant that doesn't have menus. You ask for what you want before you go when you get your reservation but the food at the restaurant will probably be the only thing good that'll happen today.
We knocked on the door and were let in with a forced smile from Sydney as she led us into the surprisingly clean house. Normally when I come back from Hogwarts it's littered with coke cans and frozen dinner packages and every thing but for once the house was actually clean without me cleaning it. Severus seemed to be even more nervous now as Sydney led us into the living room and gestured for us to sit down on the couch. Beside me on the left was Marco still playing the perfect vegetable sitting in a recliner on Severus's right was Sydney and to the left of Marco was a love seat that had Patricia and Amio. Severus was looking around at the house and frowning at the pictures no dought confused at the fact that there weren't any pictures of me or any one old enough to be Marco's parents and Amio's grandparents.
Almost politely Sydney spoke to me. "So Tristan exactly what is your boyfriend's name?" Not only was she asking me something she should be asking Severus and she knew for a fact he was my mate yet she deliberately said boyfriend. I smiled forcedly at her and replied. "Don't you think thats something you should ask my mate?" She seemed taken aback that I would challenge her choice to act as if Severus wasn't there at all. She slightly glared for a moment and both Patricia and Severus seemed slightly confused Severus seemingly having forgotten his nervousness as she tensely turned to Severus and asked. "So what's your name again?" Severus seemed to remember he was nervous as he started to fiddle with the hem of his shirt and his reply seemed a lot more confidant then I could tell he was. I wondered if he'd always shown his emotion and you just needed to know what to look for but my mind couldn't think any more as my mate spoke in his sultry and fact full teacher voice. "My name is Severus Snape and yours?" Severus raised an eyebrow expectingly as Sydney was appalled that he was even speaking to her let alone expecting her to speak back but she gritted her teeth any way to replied shortly. "Sydney." She turned back to me and asked in an almost polite voice. "So Tristan what does severin do?" She did that on purpose! Not only was she totally destroying the most perfect word in the entire universe but she also was yet again asking me something she should be asking Severus. This time I didn't say any thing or even respond. If she wanted to know something about Severus for real she'll ask him and say his real name with out destroying it.
When we went to the restaurant it was just as I expected very fancy every one in ties and skirts and stuff. The entire time Sydney was either glaring at me or Severus the entire time while making polite conversation with Patricia and Amio about the new house the baby and she completely ignored me and Severus except to glare. I don't know about you but I think that it's rude to invite someone to lunch and dinner and then just ignore them for over an hour now.
Eventually she either herd my silent cursing of her or she decided that not talking to guests in public was a highly embarrassing topic for her next womens meeting and she turned her attention to me and Severus and again was as rude as possible while sounding polite. Argh! That woman annoys the hell out of me she opened her mouth and said. "So Tristan Amio tells me sevrin's a teacher at your school?" That got Severus's attention. He looked disgusted at her and I was proud that he finally realized she wasn't something to respect but despise. I refused to answer her and as she did in the living room she glared then turned to Severus looking for all the world like an angel as she repeated herself to Severus. "So severin Amio tells me that your a teacher at his school?" Severus seemed shocked that she spoke to him like that. He politely smiled at her as he set down his glass of white wine. "sindey. Yes I do teach at Hogwarts but as you would do well to remember I am a professor and as you seem to have trouble pronouncing my name you may call me professor Snape." He then turned to me and said "Tristan would you happen to know where the mens room is?" I smiled at him proudly for standing up to my step sister and pointed to where the bathrooms were.
As Sydney was utterly shocked out of her mind but I knew I had to talk to her because next time we meet if she treats Severus like that again I will knock her out. At this point I was pissed I was seeing fire I was so mad. I didn't want to yell in public and make a scene so I pointed to the door and just said two words teeth gritted into place. "Talk now." I got up put the silk napkin on the table and had to nearly physically stop myself from stomping trying to remember that I was in a fancy restaurant and it would be realy bad to be thrown out. I left the restaurant hearing Sydney's foot steps following me as I turned into an ally half way down the road walked far enough into the shadows so passerby didn't see us and stopped. Sydney had to catch herself on an open a garbage bin to keep herself from toppling over me onto the dirty ground that would ruin her expensive dress that I was sourly tempted to through in the mud. I then caught my breath so I didn't end up doing any thing I would regret later. I turned to face her my face red hot with my temper.
She is and was the bane of my existence for seventeen years but not any more I'm not putting up with it any more just because she raised me and took care of me doesn't give her the right to treat Severus like that. Sydney seemed almost confused as to why I was glaring at her but soon enough she would understand exactly why. I herd my voice but I wasn't controlling what I was saying it just happened. "You can drop the innocent act now Sydney were alone. Why did you talk to Severus like that after you yourself invited us here especially for the reason of meeting him?" She came to her senses and dropped the act. She glared at me and smirked. "You cant just leave me here to take care of your brother all by myself i wont let you." Wait a minute thats her lame excuse and she said it as if I should have already known that and what she says goes. I wasn't leaving but if thats what she thinks shes got another thing coming. I raised a brow at her crossed my arms and cocked a hip mouth gaping at her stupidity. She just raised her eye brow at me arrogantly as if I was gum on her shoe and I just wanted to wipe that stupid smirk off her face as she said. "You herd me. I didn't stutter." I saw red and I knew that if I didn't get out of there I would literally maul her with all my strength but I had to say something first so I had to calm down I took a deep breath. "Look if thats all your worried about then I don't care if Marco has to come live with me and Severus but I am leaving and I'll go where ever the hell I want to so stay out of it. You can't just-" She rudely interrupted me and shrieked. "Yes I can! I can do what I want." Ok now I was pissed "No you can't I'm not nine years old any more Sydney I don't have to listen to you any more were through so leave me the fuck alone!"
I tried to calm down and stop screaming before people on the main road noticed us and made a scene I just shook my head at her and walked away as far as I could get. I was still seeing red and my head started to hurt. It felt like little bombs going off in my head and the next thing I knew was darkness.