As soon as Severus got over the initial shock of Harmony's sudden kiss, he quickly got his head in the game and began to respond in earnest, pressing hard against the lips that had been softly placed over his.

The feeling that the contact evoked was remarkable, it was like fire and ice and electric and magic were all sizzling through his veins. It was like he'd ingested some wonderful potion.

His mind had gone blank to everything that wasn't the kiss, all the stupid reasons of the last few weeks went up in smoke and he was left wondering why he hadn't just given in and kissed her like they'd both wanted.

Because you're a dickhead.

Fuck off.

Severus felt one of Harmony small hands threading in to his hair, and as they twisted gently through the silky strands, they sent little tingles of pleasure down his spine.

He felt distantly glad that he'd washed his hair for the ball, her actions would've left him feeling more than a little mortified if his hair had been filthy as it normally was.

Harmony suddenly gave a slight tug on the hairs at the base of his skull, causing another pleasurable tingle to race down his spine.

He made a mental note to keep it a damn sight cleaner from now on, if this was going to be the benefit.

He was aware that one of his hands had released it's vice like grip on her waist, intent on finding it way in to Harmony's own hair, as the hand made its way around to her back, it paused in it's endeavour and decided to dally over the silky smooth skin it found there instead, just for a little while.

Perhaps it could find the freckles he'd been so occupied by earlier.

Harmony heard Severus groan just a little as she played with his hair, as the kiss grew more intense she didn't think she was ever likely to feel anything as fantastic as this for the rest of her life, it was like a shot of fire whiskey and the thrill of free fall all rolled in to one.

It was remarkably heady and she was quite sure that if she was given half the chance she could drown in the sensation.

Harmony became aware one of Severus's hands delicately moving in intricate patterns over the chilled skin of her back, the sensation it invoked made her toes curl and something warm and tight settle in her lower abdomen.

Before she could even try and comprehend what this new feeling, she felt Severus's tongue gently probing at the seam of her mouth, gallantly asking for entrance.

She was more than happy to oblige him and opened up for him almost instantly.

As those perfectly plump pink lips parted under his probing tongue, Severus couldn't hold back his groan at what was waiting for him.

She tasted treacle sweet from the desert that she'd consumed at the feast, and perhaps just a little minty, no doubt from when she'd cleaned her teeth earlier in the day, but under all that there was something that was undoubtedly pure Harmony.

It was just a little spicy and a little dark but so very much her, that he didn't even try to stop another groan from escaping.

It was glorious.

Although she'd readily given permission for Severus to enter her mouth, Harmony was positive that it was going to feel more than a little odd to have his tongue in there, and it was in it's own way, but it detracted nothing from the experience and as odd as it might have felt, it felt so very right as well.

With Severus seemingly determined to map every surface of her mouth like it was a new undiscovered world, Harmony decided that there was no harm in doing a little exploring of her own.

As Severus's tongue stroked along the roof of her mouth, she tentatively moved her own tongue in a smooth caress along the side of his. She felt the shudder that Severus released at the contact and did it again, the second time he released an audible moan and Harmony couldn't help but feel extremely pleased with her self.

Harmony would've been quite happy to continue in this manner, until they were both completely depleted of oxygen, but she felt the hand that had been dallying around her chilled back suddenly change directions, it was suddenly heading directly for her hair, she was unsure why this was setting off alarm bells in her head.

It wasn't until the hand was at the top of her spine and nearly at it's destination, that she remembered all the product in her hair.

Internally letting of a string of curse words that would've made even Padfoot blush, she broke the kiss with barely a second to spare.

As soon as the kiss broke the hand halted it's upwards wandering and stilled just below her hairline.

They were both panting, their bodies taking in the much needed oxygen that they'd both been quite willing to deny themselves. In the now increasingly chilly garden, their much warmer breaths, joined together creating a small amount of mist around their faces.

"What's wrong?"

Severus was unsure what he'd done that had caused Harmony to abruptly break the kiss and was worried that his earlier fears might have come to fruition after all.

Severus's face was still close to her own, and as a smile began to tug at her lips, she leant her forehead against his and breathed him in for a moment or two, before letting out a small warm laugh.

Severus immediately relaxed. There couldn't be too much wrong if she was laughing so good naturedly.

"Nothing's wrong. I wouldn't have stopped the kiss at all, but you were about to put your hand in my hair and you need to trust me when I say that, that's not something that you want to be doing; it's disgusting"

Severus rolled his eyes.

"Your hair is not disgusting, it's lovely"

Harmony snorted and pulled her forehead away from Severus's so that she could look at him properly.

"Most people, including myself wouldn't agree with you on that, it's really rather horrid honestly. However I wasn't talking about my hair in general terms. I was thinking more along the lines, that you wouldn't want to be smeared with Sleekeazy's hair potion for the rest of the evening. My heads sodden with it right now".

Harmony reached up and carefully plucked at a caked strand with her finger nails, pulling it away from her head to show him.

"I had to use an entire jar to beat the damn thing in to submission".

Severus looked more closely at the hair that Harmony was gingerly pulling on.

He could see that the unusual sheen that he'd been seeing on her hair all night, was from the over abundance of potion that had been smeared all over the sorry looking strands.

Now that his attention had been drawn to her hair he also noticed that the odd sheen wasn't the only thing that was off with it.

He couldn't smell a single hint of her normal rose and lavender shampoo, all he could smell was the astringent scent of whatever ingredients made up the potion that was covering her head. Severus wrinkled his nose in distaste.

He'd much rather have her hair wild and smelling normal, than tamed and smelling so foreign.

Unfortunately, he could understand why, she'd done what she'd done. Appearances needed to be a certain way tonight and to avoid being a laughing stock she would've had no choice but to beat her hair in to submission, no matter how much he preferred it when it was natural.

"Hmm, it would seem that the potion is obviously making false claims, your hair really isn't that bad, there should've been no need to go to such lengths if the product really worked".

Harmony moved away from him a little, though the hand still resting possessively on her waist wasn't going to permit her to go far.

"Well whether that's true or not, just remember to keep your hands out of my hair for the night and we should be good".

Severus got a mischievous little grin on his face.

"Only your hair Miss Potter?. Does this mean that you wouldn't be adverse to me putting my hands anywhere else that I desire?"

That bought several slightly racy scenarios to her mind, and as much as Harmony willed herself not to, she knew that she was blushing like a tomato.

"Any one would think you were propositioning me Mister Prefect. As much as I would like to say yes, I'm going to have to set a proviso if you want to touch me again tonight".

Severus's eyes widened that wasn't the response he'd been expecting.

"Oh, and just what would this proviso be, Miss Potter?"

Harmony bit her kiss swollen lip before replying, she knew what she wanted, she was just unsure if he'd agree.

"I want you to promise to take me on a proper date, like you said you wanted to originally. I don't care where or when. I just want to have a proper date as boyfriend and girlfriend".

Harmony chanced a glance at Severus to see his reaction to her request, even after the mind blowing kiss some of her uncertainties were still lingering, and she was sure that even if he agreed to the date that the worst of them would take a little time to vanquish.

Severus could easily read the uncertainty in her face as she made her rather benign request. Knowing that he was the one to put this uncertainty in the normally boundlessly confident girl, was a bitter pill to swallow.

There and then he decided to do everything in his power to make up for his previous mistakes, and the first step towards that was to grant her, her request of a proper date.

It not like it was going to be a hardship for him to endure after all.

Harmony watched intrigued as Severus removed his arm from around her waist before standing straight and bringing himself up to his full and not inconsiderable height.

He looked so very solemn as he did so, that Harmony feared for a brief moment that her request had been too much, but then he placed the hand that had been gripping her waist over his heart, and grabbed her left hand in his other.

After pressing a feather light kiss to the back of the hand he was holding, he suddenly and unexpectedly dropped down on one knee, this brought their faces level and Harmony was able to see just a hint of something playful in his onyx orbs.

"I Severus Tobias Snape, solemnly swear I will take Miss Harmony Jacqueline Hosta Potter, on a proper date during the next Hogsmead weekend".

Harmony tried to hold in her mirth and ended up letting out a sound, that was a rather unladylike cross between a giggle and a snort. As he began to rise she could already feel the large, stupid grin spreading over her face, and the giggles that she was trying to suppress finally broke free.

Once he was standing again she slapped his shoulder in mock admonishment, which caused him to begin exaggeratedly rubbing at the supposedly grievous injury.

Harmony rolled her eyes at him, when it was just the two of them Severus could be quite the dork at times. She loved him all the more for it.

Severus felt his heart lighten considerably when Harmony started to giggle. And even though he'd had to make a idiot of him self to do it, Harmony being happy was all that ever mattered.

"You're such a dork sometimes, you just ought to be glad no one else is around. I'll hex you silly if any one ever finds out that one of my middle names is Hosta".

Severus put both his arms around her waist and pulled her to him tightly, while Harmony positioned hers around his shoulders, her fingers automatically starting to twiddle with his hair again.

(Severus did his best to ignore the tingles that had once again started at the touch)

"It's a lovely unique name, for a lovely and unique young woman, it suits you".

Severus watched as Harmony's all but melted at his words, he saw her lick her lips slightly before beginning to move her face towards his.

Knowing what she was about to do, Severus began to bend his head so he could meet her half way, however before their lips got chance to meet in that new, but age old dance once more; they were interrupted, by a mighty ripping of twigs and foliage as something came crashing through the bushes to their left.

I swear to merlin if it's that ruddy statue again, i'm going to blast it to cement.

Severus glanced over to where the crash originated, a fierce glare on his face for whatever had interrupted them.

His glance proved that it wasn't the statue, it was in fact a couple.

A couple that had landed in a heap of limbs on the gravel path, seemingly unbothered by the fact that what they'd been leaning against had disappeared. It was quite clear that the transfigured hedge had been unable to keep supporting them during their.. activities and had finally given way.

Severus sent a nasty sneer in their direction, not that the couple was aware of it, they'd still yet to notice that anything was amiss with their current positions and were quite happily sucking each others faces off with out a care in the world.

While Severus continued to glare and sneer at the oblivious pair, Harmony laughed in to his chest at the absurdity of the situation.

Finally getting control of herself, Harmony wiped her streaming eyes, and put a hand on Severus's face to gain his attention.

"I think that's our cue to leave and go back inside, don't you?"

Severus sent one last glare at the couple, before giving her a wry smile and pressing a chaste kiss to her plump lips.

"You're probably right".

Severus released her from his hold and took a few steps away from her, before holding out an arm for her to take.

"I suppose we'd best be getting back anyway, before Potter thinks I've been having my wicked way with you and really does decide to kill me".

Harmony gave him a slight shake of the head and smile before taking hold of the offered arm.

Severus led them in a wide ark around the amorous couple deliberately making the gravel crunch loudly beneath his feet.

Neither the girl or the boy on the floor noticed Severus and Harmony as they walked passed, but as they left the courtyard Harmony heard the boy let out a loud exclamation.

"Merlin's balls!"

"what!"

"I think I've got a bloody thorn gone in my arse from this blasted bush!"

If Severus happened to have shot a mild stinging hex at the couple as they'd left then no one but him was any the wiser.

Well I hope you enjoyed the more in depth kiss. I know I did ;)

Next chapter should be up sunday if I ain't to busy

See Y'all soon pink X (^^)