"You must be joking", Harry cried out.
"It's for your own safety, Harry", said Dumbledore, with a calm tone.
"But why do I have to stay with Snape?", Harry said angrily.
"Professor Snape, Harry!", Dumbledore said calmly, "because he was the only one we could find a replacement for. You are still in danger and we have to hide you until we have eliminated the danger."
"But I don't want to stay with him", Harry said sulkily "he will try to kill me when I sleep."
"I'm sorry Harry, but this is how it must be. You and Professor Snape will be transported to a safe house in the morning at six o'clock", Dumbledore said, and then proceeded to write down something on his parchment. Harry stays a few seconds before he gets up and leaves Dumbledore's office.
"So what did Dumbledore want?", Ron asked when he had returned to the common room. Harry explains the situation and is met with surprised looks.
"You must be joking!", Ron said "he will try to kill you while you sleep."
"I said that too", Harry sighed and sat in one of the armchairs by the fire.
"Everything will work out Harry", Hermione said, and gave him a compassionate gaze. Harry toke a deep breath before they went to Transfiguration class. Harry could not focus in class and afterwards he didn't remember a thing.
Harry goes to bed early that night, because he had to get up early the next day. He does not look forward to tomorrow. He twists and turns for several hours before he slides into a restless sleep. The next morning it feels as if he is going to be thrown into hell. He packs up his things and then goes up to the Owlrey and fetches Hedwig. Five minutes to six Harry knocks on the door to Dumbledore's office.
"Come in", said Dumbledore. Harry enters and sees Snape standin in a corner looking really pissed off.
"Good morning, Harry", Dumbledore said, "are you ready?"
"Mhmm", Harry said sulkily. Dumbledore smiled a bit and then picked up an antique gold statue.
"This is a portkey that will take you to the safe house. Get ready!", Dumbledore said. Harry and Snape takes a step forward and gives each other an angry glance.
"Be ready, 3, 2, 1", said Dumbledore. Harry and Snape grabs the portkey and is sucked up and pulled to the house that will change their lives forever!
Chapter 3 - Living with Severus!
Harry is sucked through time and space before landing with a thud on a hard wooden floor. He gets up and stretches. Snape looks at him for a moment before he snorts of contempt.
"Next time, you should try to land on you feet, Potter", Snape said before he takes his things and moved in to the next room. Harry follows him slowly behind to the kitchen.
"I have to do something! I'll be back soon, so try not to die during that time", Snape said before he sweept by Harry and walked out of the front door. Harry stands still a while before he decided to explore the house.
The house was not very big, but it was in good condition. Harry goes through all the rooms but when he comes upstairs he finds only one bedroom. Harry looks into the bedroom. It was quite large and had a large four-poster bed in the right corner. Harry does not understand how Dumbledore had thought this through, he can not have thought that they would share a bed! Harry went down to the kitchen again and sat down at the kitchen table and wondered what Ron and Hermione were doing. After twenty slow minutes, Snape came back. He carried two large bags of different food items.
"Since I bought it, you can unpack", Snape snaped to Harry before he left the room. Harry looks after him until he slowly began to unpack all the food.
He put everything in the fridge and in the cupboard. When he is finished he does not know exactly where he should go. He decided to take his things up to the bedroom. As he approached the door, he saw Snape standing outside with his mouth open.
"He can not mean ...", Snape begins before he saw Harry. He quickly closed his mouth and gave Harry a mean look.
"Do not think that we will share a bed, Potter!", Snape said angrily.
"Well, then you can sleep on the floor", Harry snaps at him. Harry is so annoyed with the whole situation that he just wants to scream.
"Don't you dare to argue with me, Potter!", Snape said, taking a step closer to Harry. Harry looks hatefully back at him.
"And what are you gonna do about it, Snivillus?", Harry snorted. Snape's eyes turned black before he rusheed towards Harry and pressed him up against the wall. Their faces were just inches apart, and Harry felt Snape's body pressed against his.
"Don't ever...call me...that", Snape said angrily. Harry looks hatefully back at him. Harry felt every muscle in Snape's body pressed against him and felt an electric shock go through his body. All the anger dissappeares and is replaced with shock. Snape let Harry go and then disappeared quickly downstaires.
Harry slumps to the floor, breathing heavily. What was it that just happened? I do not like guys, and especially Snape! I feel nothing for him, it was just my body thatbreacted to the intimate situation! Harry got up, and ignored everything his body just told him, and went into the bedroom and packed up all his stuff. Harry opened the window and released Hedwig so she could stretch her wings. Harry layed down on the bed and wondered if his life would ever be normal. He closed his eyes and fell into a dreamless sleep.
