I do not own Harry Potter. I only own Eva and Sarah.

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"Oh," Eva said in surprise as she and Severus kept staring at each other. She didn't want to wait too long to respond because she truly liked Severus, but everything was being so rushed. She wished she could tape the demon's mouth closed as he hissed in her mind that this would happen eventually.

"Severus, I don't know why they're rushing so much, but I, I'm really starting to like you so becoming your mate sounds nice, just not tonight," Eva said shyly and she was blushing at the end of it.

Severus released a sigh that he didn't even know he was holding. He gently pulled her into a kiss before just holding her close to him for a few minutes. "I feel the same, now how about we get some rest?" he asked as the two pulled apart.

"All right but I'm not kicking you out of your bed tonight. Anyways, if we're going to complete the bond soon then what's wrong with cuddling?" Eva said but she was muttering the last part. She looked back when she hadn't heard Severus following her, and she wished she hadn't when she saw the smirk he was giving her. "Forget it, I changed my mind, no cuddling," she yelled and laughed as he chased her to the bedroom.

The demon once again appeared around Eva after she fell asleep, but this time he wrapped himself around both Eva and Severus. He smirked at the sight of the soon to be bonded mates holding each other close as they slept. It was almost sickening with how sweet it was, but as long as his host was happy and alive, then he would deal with whatever the love birds did.

Eva woke up feeling more rested than she had ever felt, and a smile graced her features when she saw a sleeping Severus holding her tight. She gently brushed some of his hair out of his face and placed a light kiss on his lips. She knew he would have to get up soon and teach potions to the students, so why not wake him up in a nice way?

"Good morning," Eva whispered as his dark eyes slowly met hers. "Sleep well?" she asked but was silenced by a kiss. "I'll take that as a yes," she said with a chuckle when he ended the kiss and snuggled her closer to him. "You can't sleep all day. Remember you get to go teach the potion accidents waiting to happen," she said and smiled when he gave a chuckle.

"That's definitely true," he muttered before placing a kiss on her cheek and getting out of the bed. He started gathering his clothes for the day but he paused when he did not see Eva walking around the room as well. He looked back and raised an eyebrow at the form buried under all of the covers.

"So I have to get up and face the day and you can stay asleep all day?" he questioned as he placed his clothes on the dresser and stalked towards the bed. He smirked when the bundle under the covers held the covers tighter to her.

"I don't have to go teach anyone anything," Eva said from her cage of covers. She stopped breathing when she did not hear Severus reply. A shriek left her and a few not so nice words in hisses when the covers were whipped off her and a warm body tackled her to the bed.

"Are you awake now?" Severus said softly as the two of them stared at each other. His heart jumped when he saw her give him a look of desire.

"No, wake me up, Severus," she whispered with a challenging look.

Severus didn't answer her with words. He captured her lips in the most passionate kiss the two had shared so far. The kiss would have progressed into more if not for the sound of Draco knocking on Severus's door and shouting for his godfather.

Eva almost wanted to whimper at the interruption, but the growl that Severus let out made her breathe escape her. She looked up at him in shock before whispering that he should growl like that more often. A laugh filled the air when he gave her a surprised look, and she took that chance to get out from under him and go to the bathroom to shower.

The day passed quite normal for the two of them, even though Eva spent the entire day in his quarters again. Severus joined her for lunch, but unfortunately the two of them could not spend supper together in peace because Dumbledore was throwing them a party tonight to celebrate their engagement.

The students would not be invited to the party, which made Eva a little anxious. She knew that Dumbledore was suspicious of her, and she also knew that the dark lord and Severus wanted Voldemort dead. She had a bad feeling that she would be his reason for dying, but she couldn't focus on that right now. If the demon was supposed to kill the wizard, then she would leave that up to the demon.

"To Severus and Eva," Dumbledore and the other teachers at the school cheered as they held up their glasses.

Everyone was seated at a circular table in an office. Eva was kind to all of the people who thanked her and Severus, but she could tell Severus was stressing the entire time. She tried to calm him down, but with the looks Dumbledore was giving her, she knew that wouldn't happen. The man had been staring her down as if she would kill everyone in the room at any instant.

With another sigh, Eva grabbed Severus's hand and pulled him over to a small section that was set up for dancing. She gave him a smile but he couldn't really return it since he was still worried about what Dumbledore had planned.

The dance was going fine, except when Hagrid stole Eva away to dance for a while, which was fun for Eva, but it made Severus more nervous and paranoid about Dumbledore. The couple were about to dance again when shouts of students about a fire in the potion lab made everyone stop.

"Go," Eva shouted at Severus when he seemed torn between staying with her and helping keep the castle from exploding or burning down. He gave her a kiss before leaving the room along with the other teachers.

The room was silent until the door slammed closed right in front of her when she was about to leave. She spun around tense as she saw Dumbledore was still in the room. She didn't even notice in all the chaos that he hadn't left.

"Who are you?" Dumbledore asked as he held his wand out towards her.