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Hogsmeade was always a treasured event. Who doesn't love a nice short vacation from school?
For this particular occasion, Willow had dyed her hair red. And apparently, Severus hated it.
"Those are colors for Gryffindor, Willow!" He hissed. Willow shook her head.
"No, that's scarlet," She pointed out.
Severus refused to let her leave the common room until she died her hair either silver or green.
She chose silver.
Which brought her to the present, where Severus was informing her that she looked like an old woman.
"I don't look like McGonagall!" She protests.
He snorts. "You so do. If you had glasses, I would expect you to be teaching me Transfiguration."
Unknown to Severus, Willow was hoping to get Severus to take a fancy to her on this trip to Hogsmeade. Which can be quite difficult, if you look like an old woman.
"Do you think I should go back and dye my hair green instead?" Willow asks anxiously.
Severus shakes his head. "No way. We don't have time for that. I want to get Potter to buy me something, and then rub it in his face."
"Do I really need to be there for that?" She sighs.
He nods, with a slight smirk. "Of course. I need someone to witness his embarrassment."
Willow shakes her head once, smiling a bit.
As the pair walks along the snowy trail, trying to track down the black-haired teen, Willow decided to make her first attempt to get Severus to like her.
And she was definitely not going to be trying the whole: 'It Sure Is Cold Out Here' thing again. That was a low-key disaster. No, this time, Willow would try something different. He couldn't ignore this!
Willow slowly, ever so slowly, reaches for her companion's hand. Then, she grabs it. Severus glances at her, a single eyebrow raised.
"Willow?" He asks.
"Yeppers?" She replies, awkwardly.
"What are you doing?"
Willow pretends to look confused. "What do you mean?"
He shakes his head. "Your hand is freezing. Don't touch me."
Heat rushes into Willow's cheeks, and she yanks her hand away from Severus'.
"Yeah. Sorry-I just…yeah," She nods.
Severus ignores her response, and continues to look for the group.
He finds them at Honeydukes, of course- raiding the shelves.
"Willow, go find out what they're buying," He commands her.
She snorts. "I'm not your minion."
She goes anyway.
She hides behind a shelf, as if she was a normal shopper; looking for items. She stands on her tiptoes, to find the group laughing together over a pack of 'Drooble's Best Blowing Gum'. She snorts, and goes back level to the ground. She starts on her way back to Severus.
"They're buying some Gum," She informs him.
"That doesn't help me," He rolls his eyes.
"Well you asked!" She defends herself.
Severus shakes his head, and walks over to the group. Willow reluctantly follows him.
"Hello, idiots," He says by way of greeting. Peter looks up at Severus, eyes wide.
"We have tasks for you!" Severus declares. The other three boys look up at him.
"Can't it wait?" James rolls his eyes. "We're at Hogsmeade."
"No shit," Severus snorts. "No, we need you to buy us stuff now. Don't we?" He turns towards Willow expectantly.
Our hero, however, is staring intently at a pack of Jelly Slugs. She doesn't look back until Severus nudges her. She shakes her head and brings her attention back to the conversation at hand.
"Oh! Right. Yeah. We do," She confirms.
Severus rolls her eyes, and heat rushes to Willow's cheeks. She crosses her arms over her chest.
Sirius raises an eyebrow.
"What do you want?" James asks, a tinge of annoyance in his voice.
A grin comes to Severus' face. "I'd very much enjoy having a new quill."
"What kind of quill?" James snorts.
Severus narrows his eyes. "I don't know. Figure it out."
James snorts.
"Also, Willow wants something too. Right, Willow?" Severus turns towards our Hero once more, whose attention is currently 100% invested in studying the Jelly Slugs.
"Do you think those are actual slugs?" She asks, absentmindedly.
"Willow!" Severus hisses. "The mission!"
Willow shakes her head, and turns her attention back to Severus. "Yes! Right! That!"
Remus smiles a little.
"Can I get like, a pack of Jelly Slugs?" She asks.
Severus elbows her. "Idiot! Make it more complicated."
"Shut up, Severus! I know what I want, and what I want are whatever the Hell Jelly Slugs are," She says, crossing her arms.
Severus rolls his eyes, defeated. "And get her Jelly Slugs `too."
"Noted," James frowns. "Can you leave us alone now?"
Severus glares at the group. "How are we supposed to know you'll actually carry through on your promise?"
"Our promise to literally buy you two things?" Sirius grins.
Severus growls. "We're leaving, Willow. Come on." Severus spins around, and as dramatically as humanly possible, exits the building.
Willow pouts, and turns back to the group of teenagers. "Do not forget the Jelly Slugs."
"We won't," James rolls his eyes.
"Also, maybe like, a pack of Sugar Quills," She says as she begins to walk out the door, still facing the group.
"We won't forget," James says again.
"Willow!" Severus calls from outside.
"Coming!" She shouts back. She quickly turns back to the group. "And Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans."
"Yep, got it," Sirius nods, with a hint of a grin.
"And a Peppermint Imp, and Treacle Fudge, and Exploding Bonbons, and whatever that is-," She pointed at a pack of something that was glowing. "and Fizzing Whizzbees, and Sugared Butterfly Wings, and-!"
"Oh my God!" Severus reaches inside the shop and pulls Willow out the door.
The second the pair is out of earshot, Remus explodes into laughter.
Sirius frowns, in thought.
"Something wrong, Padfoot?" James says, with a slight smile.
Sirius shakes his head slowly, and a grin begins to spread across his face.
"Well, I think we just found some leverage against them. At least one of them." He says.
James raises an eyebrow. "And what might our leverage be?"
(A/N – To be continueddddd! :DD I hope you enjoyed this chapter! There will most likely be only two parts to this chapter, so don't worry about it turning into a five-part kinda thing. :PP If you enjoyed this chapter, please leave me a review or Favorite this FanFiction! I love hearing your thoughts! :D Anyways, as usual, I hope you have an absolutely wonderful day, and see you next time!)
