He waited for a minute before trying to calmly say "Alice?"

Her head snapped up to him, a little fear in her eyes. Then Alice realized it was only Severus. "Yeah?" she responded.

After one more nervous breath, Severus asked "...Will you go on a date with me next weekend?"

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Alice stared at Severus for a moment as her cheeks flared red. It took her a moment to register what he said, thinking that she might be in some sort of dream. "Uh... y-yeah. Sure" Alice stammered. She thought she looked like a complete idiot but Severus thought it was amusing. Someone had actually made the great Alice Sage blush. "To Hogsmead right?" she asked.

"Yes. I'll just meet you outside the Great Hall." Severus told her. Alice nodded, "Alright. I'll see you around then. Good night Severus."

"Good night Alice." He replied, watching her stand and go to the girls dormitory.

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Alice was in a bit of a hurry. She ran as fast as her heeled boots would let her. Stupid Narcissa made her change her clothes after breakfast. She was now wearing a red long sleeved button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a black tank top underneath, dark blue jeans and knee high black boots. She pulled her hair back as usual but Narcissa had made her red strands sit almost evenly on the sides of her face.

Just as Alice was reaching Severus, Potter sent a hex at her, making her slide into a nearby wall. "Are you alright?" Severus asked, going over to her.

"Well I've had more graceful entrances but I should be grateful nothing's broken." Alice replies, rubbing where she had hit her arm. she mentally scolded herself a bit for quoting a video game line, thinking she probably looked like a fool when she did it.

Severus took her gently by her uninjured arm and lead her outside, away from the laughing idiots. It was quiet most of the way, both unsure what to say. They went to Madame Rosmerta's and got a table in a quiet area. After they got their drinks they managed to break the awkwardness. "Hey Severus. Did Bellatrix set you up to asking me out?" Alice asked.

"No. Was she going to?" He replies.

"Hell if I know. She tried to figure out who I was... Interested in."

"Interesting choice of words"

"Heh i suppose."

"No, it wasn't Bellatrix who set me up to asking you. Truth be said, I've developed a bit of a crush on you since we returned from the summer holidays. Kiara and Lily told me I should ask you out."

"Oh really? Well that makes two of us. Minus Lily and Kiara"

"Have you ever dated anyone?"

"Eh, I've had a few flings with some French guys but they never lasted long. Have you?"

"No, I haven't"

By that time, the place had began filling up with more people. "Do you want to get out of here?" Alice asked. Severus nodded and they payed for their drinks before leaving. The couple wandered off towards the Shrieking Shack, just so they could get some privacy.
At some point, Severus had nervously took Alice by the hand. She smiled at him while twining their fingers.

"So, I don't mean to ask you anything too personal or anything like that, but what's your family like?" Severus asked as they sat down on a fallen tree.

"Oh you're not." Alice responds "Well let's see. We're purebloods on both sides of the family. Mom's side is larger than my dad's. We're sort of spread out in America but more or less we mainly live in Arizona or New Mexico. My Aunt Beth owns a shop in New Mexico that I usually help out with in the summers. One of my cousins goes to Beauxbatons while she lives in Arizona and my other cousin from that same state goes to Durmstrang."

"Ah, well you've certainly got an interesting family."

"Love, you have NO idea." Alice told him with such seriousness in her voice, he believed her.

"Well if this continues to go on any further I would certainly like to meet them"

Alice looked at Severus for a moment, unsure if he had just asked her to be his girlfriend or not. "D-did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?" Alice asked nervously.

"To put it bluntly, yes. That is, of course, if you will have me." Severus told her.

Alice leaned forward and kissed his cheek, making him blush as he kept a straight face, "Of course. I would love to have you as, shall we put it bluntly, a boyfriend."

And from their it was official for them. They were a couple, yet to announce it to their friends but interested to see how it would go.

AN: And there is chapter 10 guys! So I wanted to get this up because I honestly don't know if I will update this week because I have some junk that will take FOR-(CENSORED)-EVER to get done. I may post on Wensday but no promises there. I hope you guys liked this. Please read and review and thank you to all of you for reading this! Never thought this would actually be read.