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CHAPTER EIGHT

UNDER HIS WATCHFUL EYES

After breakfast, Blaire went to her room. She was hardly hungry. She grabbed her books and wand and stuff she needed for class, fed Tigger before reluctantly dragging herself to her first class. You know you still have time to run away, she thought to herself.

She could not believe she was not told that Severus was supposed to observe her; she didn't even know they did such things, although she knew it was common in Muggle schools for new and training teachers. She sighed. Severus Snape was not an easy man to please. She knew from all the years as his student. While she was not a particularly a mischievous student, or a trouble maker, being in Gryffindor and being a best friend of George and Fred, did not mean she was a favourite either. It was pretty obvious; he did not like George and Fred or Gryffindors, or her. Hermione faced the same situation as she did; her best friend was Harry and Ron plus she was a Gryffindor, other than being a muggle born. It was little wonder why she was close to Hermione.

She sighed again and shifted her books that she was carrying from her right arm to her left. "Nervous, Miss Watson?" a voice made her drop her books. Blaire turned and resisted the urge to curse as she bent down to pick up her books.

"Merlin, Professor Snape. You always seem to appear out of nowhere." Blaire said. It was definitely not the first time he scared her and it was beginning to get annoying. She hid a surprise when he bent down next to her and helped her pick her books. "Thank you, Professor." she thanked him. "And to answer your question, no, I'm not nervous at all." She lied. Truth was, she had never felt so nervous before, especially since he was next to her than.

He raised an eyebrow and smirked, but said nothing and they walked to class in silence, her mind running with thoughts. This is so weird. She thought. I can't believe that I'm his colleague now, not his student. Well, he still scares me, but I'm surprised I haven't run away yet. She held back a giggle. Fred and George would never believe this. A giggle escaped her lips before she could stop it and Severus looked at her strangely.

Blaire let out a cough. "Professor," she said quickly. "Why will you be observing my class?"

Severus looked at her and looked at her books. "Well, I am merely acting on the Headmaster's orders, to see how comfortable with your classes." He said. "Do you have any problem with it?"

Blaire quickly shook her head. "No! I was just wondering, I mean with you being a Defence against the Dark Arts Professor, and you'll be observing a Muggle Studies class, it's just a little peculiar."

"Are you saying I'm not capable to teach Muggle Studies?" he asked softly.

"No! I mean, you are. I think you are one of the most capable Professors around." she said quickly. "I mean, I could not have gotten an Outstanding for my Potions O.W.L and N.E.W.T.S without your teaching." She said, turning red.

The side of Severus's mouth twitched slightly. "You were one of the better students." He said casually and she looked up at him. Did he just compliment me? Blaire thought and blushed. "But of course, you did particularly for your last year, since your Weasley friends were not there to bother you." He added dryly.

"They were not bothers. They're my friends." Blaire was quick to defend Fred and George, although she knew he was partially right; with Fred and George around it was hard to get some quiet time to study.

They were silent again until they reached her classroom. The students, the seventh years, were all outside waiting for her. She instructed them to go in. Severus sat at the back of the class and she went to the front. Her eyes scanned the room quickly. There were more students than she had expected. There were the seventh years, and some students who were a year older, since they could only finish their studies after the war, like Hermione, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan and Draco Malfoy-

Draco Malfoy? Blaire eyes widened at the sight of the blonde haired boy. She was surprised to see Draco back in Hogwarts along with some Slytherin students; but then again, Muggle Studies was now open to all years and was a main subject. A cough from Hermione brought her back to 'reality'. The students were talking among themselves and Severus looked impatient.

"Right," she muttered to herself and cleared her throat. "Well, Good Morning to all of you." She said loudly and the chattering died down. "My name is Professor Watson." she smiled silently at calling herself a professor. "And I will be your Muggle Studies Professor. Now, before I begin, I would like to inform you that Professor Snape, "she gestured to Severus at the back, "would be here today to observe our lesson," she was surprised at how confident she was.

"For three days." Severus spoke out suddenly and everyone turned to him. "I'm going to be here to observe for three days." He said lazily and Blaire felt her mouth turn dry. Three days? Three, horrible days? She screamed in her head.

"Right. Three days." She said weakly and shook all thought off her head, her confidence wearing off. "Now, let's start on today's lesson." She said and flipped her copy of her Muggle textbook. She started reading the first paragraph and then stopped. Her eyes scanned the book. Muggles and their differences from the wizard society, the first paragraph read. She bit her lip and slammed the book shut. She lifted her herself on her desk and sat on it and put the book to the side as everyone looked at her. "Ok, everyone. Put your books aside." She instructed them. They followed her instructions with confused looks on her faces. "We won't be using the book today." She tossed her lesson plan aside and everyone sat up on their seats and even Severus did the same, curious.

She grinned to herself.


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