Chapter nine

'I hope that will keep you going love,' Severus swooped quickly, kissing Harry with heated passion.

'It will, but not for long,' Harry grinned then watched Severus head to the table before he sat down. He saw Hermione and Ginny watching him and he did notice they looked confused.

'So, what's going on?' Ron asked.

'Yeah, we've all been worried,' Neville said.

'Oh, sorry, it was nothing, Sev just wanted a fuck, so we did. He said he was sitting at his desk thinking about what we did on his private desk in our room and he just couldn't help himself.'

'Blimey mate, we thought there was some kind of danger,' Ron said as his tense body sagged.

'Sorry,' Harry shrugged, 'it was fun though.'

'So you had sex on his desk?' Hannah asked.

'Not in his office, in our rooms, but yeah, a few times, I love having him bent over it.'

'Oh gross Harry, I said no visuals,' Seamus said acting like he was going to be sick which made Harry laugh. But he glanced up at Severus who was shaking his head in amusement, 'Sometimes he's sitting at his desk with no pants on, I'm under it,' Harry burst out laughing at the looks his friends were giving him, 'I said I'm not shy.'

'I'm never going to be able to look at him when he's behind his desk, I'll be wondering if he has pants on or not or if you're under it.' Ron said grimacing at the thought.

'We never do anything in his office, too many portraits that could watch us. I might not be shy, but I'm not an exhibitionist, even if they are dead.'

'Yeah, imagine Dumbledore watching you, he'll probably have that twinkle in his eye,' Ron chuckled.

'Yeah, he would,' Harry started eating, he would occasionally look around but he really was watching Hermione and Ginny who were whispering a lot and they both looked upset. Seeing that made Harry smile, now he hoped they would back out next week. He didn't fancy having to be examined by a head healer.

Over the next week, Harry kept up his act even though only part of it was. But he always said something about his private time with Severus; he always acted happy and relaxed, like nothing was bothering him. Each night he would tell Severus what he had been saying so now he expected the looks students gave him whenever he was down in the school.

On Friday at dinner, Severus made an announcement, stating that all students and staff much be in the great hall at breakfast the following day, but he did not give a reason.

'Why is he asking us to stay mate?' Neville asked.

'I'm not sure, he never mentioned anything to me, so it must be school stuff. I said he doesn't always have to tell me that type of thing since I'm only a student. I suppose we'll find out tomorrow.'

'Then if he didn't tell you it's probably not important,' Neville said but he caught a look from Harry and realised he did know but he couldn't say, probably because it was serious and they couldn't take the chance of being overheard.

Harry spent a few hours with his friends, studying like normal, then he said goodnight before stepping out of the portrait, but he quickly pulled his cloak on because a few looks from Ginny and Hermione made him cautious. He walked quietly away when he heard hurried footsteps, so he stepped into a dark corner and watched as those two girls hurried past, heading towards the headmaster's office. This time Harry was following them and it amazed Harry that Hermione would forget about his cloak and the map. He saw them standing near the gargoyles, so he decided to listen.

'Do you think he knows what is going to happen and that's what the announcement is about?'

'Harry can act well, he has for years, so yes, I think he knows.'

'He has to come past, if we can hide in the shadows we can see how his face is for real. But I still want to slip him that potion; it might be the only way.'

'We can't now Ginny; it would be too suspicious if a healer from St Mungo's examines him. Let's wait until they find out he really is messed up then we'll get him and you will be Mrs. Potter, hopefully very soon.'

'We can't marry yet, they can't divorce until the year is up.'

'If he is found to be unstable they can force it, so let's just wait. Now over in that corner is the best place to wait.'

Harry waited until Hermione and Ginny moved away but he didn't take his cloak off, he moved away and did something no one knows he can do. He always knew this would come in handy, so Harry transformed into his animagus, a phoenix then flew the opposite way, headed outside then into Severus' office where he was sitting behind his desk. He transformed back, smiling at Severus who looked surprised.

'Okay, did you do that just to surprise me or another reason?'

'Hermione and Ginny are hiding in that dark section of the corridor right opposite the gargoyles, they want to see how I look, how my face really looks. They believe this announcement tomorrow is about what they did. Ginny said that she wants to give me that potion; Hermione talked her out of it but she did say she thought I was really unstable. So I wasn't going to take the chance in case they did decide to do something.'

'Then it is time for two Gryffindor's to receive detention, but stay behind me and watch my back, just in case.'

'I love watching your back or backside.'

'Behave love.'

Severus and Harry moved down the spiral staircase, Harry staying behind Severus. The moment the gargoyles leapt aside, Severus flicked his wand lighting the whole corridor.

'Twenty points from each of you and a detention with Filch over the next two Saturdays. Now get back to your house, now.'

Harry chuckled at the surprised looks on Hermione and Ginny's faced, 'They were wondering how I snuck past them, I knew it would come in handy.'

'Yes, it has, now let's go to bed, tomorrow is going to be stressful and long.'

Harry and Severus headed straight for their rooms, Harry showered then climbed into bed beside Severus. They never made love, Harry just wanted to hold Severus but his hopes stayed on everything turning out alright the following day.

Harry left Severus in his office and joined his friends to walk down to the great hall for breakfast. He still smiled and laughed, mentioned his sex life because Hermione and Ginny were not far in front. But he did tell his friends about the detentions Severus had given the girls, then he whispered how he was able to sneak past them and into his rooms.

'Here comes Snape with the minister and two other people. I wonder who they are?' Ron asked.

'The taller one is the head auror, I remember Tonks showing me a picture of all the aurors and Kingsley mentioned he gave him the job as head,' Harry got a smile from Kingsley as he walked past then all the students turned to face the staff table.

'I wish to explain something to you before I tell you who these two gentlemen are. Now aurors and healers receive hundreds of letters every year. The letters the aurors receive are about this dark wizard or this person is using dark magic or a potion. Naturally we need to investigate before an arrest can be made. We do not just take the word of the letter writer. Healers will also receive letters stating this person looks ill or someone is hurt, maybe someone has some mind damage. So again the healers will investigate before proceeding with any type of test or treatment, if treatment is needed,' Kingsley gestured to the two men.

'This is head auror Gawain Robards and next to him is the head healer at St Mungo's, healer Swain. Now the healers have received a few letters from students here in regards to a student's sanity, again nothing will be done until it is investigated. But what some of you might not know is that to investigate we need to know who wrote the letters then they will be questioned as to why they believe this person is unstable. Now something else you may not know, the governors put forth some new rules, maybe you never read the notices. But one rule is if anyone, student or staff is found to have caused emotional problems for another person inside this castle then they will be asked to leave, immediately, not expelled, if they are a student, just leave before they can do their test and they can never return to this school. So as to these letters, we need the two people who wrote them to come forward or there is nothing we can do. We know these two tried to make it seem like five different people wrote the letters but aurors are trained in handwriting so we can detect forgeries. If these two people come forward then they will be investigated first, by healer Swain using some of his techniques and by head auror Gawain Robards but he will be using veritaserum to get to the truth,' Kingsley looked around at all the students, his gazed lingered longer on Hermione and Ginny.

'We have already done a small bit of investigating, the headmaster spoke with the staff and received reports on how this student is doing in class. Now if a student was unstable then their reports would show they were having a problem, but this student happens to be top of every class, so we do not believe there is anything wrong, but as I said these things need to be investigated. So right now eat your breakfast and if these two people have not come forward by the end of breakfast then this will be passed off as just normal students causing problems for another,' Kingsley sat down next to Severus, the head auror and the head healer also sat, but the healer sat beside Poppy and they started talking.

Harry instantly noticed Ginny and Hermione whispering, they looked very nervous and they were both shaking their heads. Harry also caught a look from Neville and Ron; he gave a very minute nod before dishing himself up some breakfast. He knew his two friends very well, they realised Hermione and Ginny had said something about him, now they had to wait and see if they would come forward.