Disclaimer: Me? Owning anything to do with Harry Potter? You lot are off your rockers…….

A/N: I know that the bulk of this is about Peta and Severus, but there's a hell of a lot of Albus and Minerva (yay) so deal with it.

:-P Embrace…enjoy…

TartanLioness: Mulan rape eh? Sounds...scary...anyways, glad you liked it!

Quill of Minerva: Aw...more AD/MM goodness coming up soon, as soon as I get my notebook back...which will be in four weeks...but I'm afraid there's going to be a bit of a bumpy ride for everyone later on...

ms.understood: Er...no...my birthday's in December...lol. They just had to kiss...it was fate.

Breanna Senese: I hope he's like I'm portraying him, it would be a good contrast.

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Lady Urquentha: Aw...I no, hehe, I'm so modest, but I really think they are so cute...but lets just wait and see shall we?

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Chapter 14: As Long As You're Mine

Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight
I need help believing you're with me tonight
My wildest dreamings could not foresee
Lying beside you with you wanting me
If just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some borderline
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make every last moment last
As long as you're mine...

Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise,
But you've got me seeing through different eyes,
Somehow I've fallen under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell

Every moment,

As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time
Say there's no future
For us as a pair...
And though I may know,
I don't care

If just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine!
Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know I'll be here holding you...
As long as you're mine...

(Wicked)

A/N: This chapter was originally going to be called 'A Whole New World', but after posting the last chapter, my friend gave me the original Broadway cast recording of 'WICKED: A New Musical', and I have gone bonkers over it ever since…and I practically knew all the words in about a week. I love it…Idina Menzel (Elphaba) and Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) have amazing voices. 'As Long As You're Mine' is sung by Fiyero and Elphaba (Fiyero was Glinda's lover, but now Elphaba's, and Elphaba is the wicked witch of the west) and they're singing about how they might not be together because of what other people think…so I thought that this would show exactly what Peta and Severus' relationship was like…aw…I love WICKED…I hate living in the UK sometimes…

Peta woke up early, in the afternoon that is, it didn't take her long to remember the previous night. As the sun streamed in her window (she had obviously forgotten to close the curtains last night) she smiled and sat up, before changing her mind and lying back down. Surely, no one would miss her for another few hours…

Another witch however, had awoken earlier than she would have liked, but decided she would get up anyway. Gradually opening her eyes, Minerva looked over to see a beautiful red rose resting on the other pillow. She smiled serenely, knowing that it could only be from Albus. She put on her dressing gown, not bothering to do it up, and walked into the sitting room, putting the rose in a small vase on the windowsill. She turned around to sit in one of the chairs by the fireplace, and almost jumped a foot in the air when she saw who was sitting there.

"Albus!" She quickly pulled her dressing gown around her, covering up her night dress. "What on earth are you doing here?"

"I woke up this morning and felt very lonely, and I decided to seek you out."

"But how did you know…Oh, of course, you know every password for the castle," Minerva gave him a disapproving glance, before moving to perch on his lap. "But then again, I suppose that's so you could sneak into my rooms and startle me while I'm still in my night things."

"Well my dear, while that does rather sound like something I would do, I actually came to claim the rest of that dance we missed out on last night." He kissed her softly.

Minerva smiled, remembering what had happened. "Poppy and Rolanda do have rather unfortunate timing, don't they?" She got to her feet and pulled Albus with her. The wizard twirled her under his arm and pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waist. Minerva rested her head on Albus' shoulder, as they swayed gently to imaginary music.

"Remind me never to allow alcohol at the staff table at any functions ever again." Albus whispered in her ear. She smiled up at him.

"Oh, but then we wouldn't be able have moments like this, would we?"

Albus kissed her forehead gently, and chuckled slightly. "And you wouldn't have the satisfaction of knowing that two witches will be nursing sore heads right now."

And for a few moments, laughter filled her rooms.

By the time Peta felt awake enough to leave her rooms, it was time for dinner. Knowing that people would find it strange if she didn't turn up, she hastily had a shower and threw on some robes, before carefully pinning her hair up in an elaborate style. In all honesty, it wasn't that she was too tired to go down; it was that she was nervous about seeing a certain potions master. She had tried to think over the situation when she woke up, but she got confused about what she felt, and whether or not Severus would regret the past night. Taking a deep breath, she made her way to the Great Hall, noticing that near enough everyone in the castle had decided to turn up. She walked up the aisle between two of the house tables, looking everywhere except for where Severus was sitting. Unknown to her, Severus was doing exactly the same thing. Peta took her place in between Severus and Rolanda, stifling a giggle when she saw the other witch. Rolanda looked as though she had just gotten out of bed, having been rudely awoken by an owl. She looked like she was going to fall asleep on her plate. Having a quick glance along the table, Peta could see that Poppy was almost in the same state. Her eyes returned to her plate, conveniently missing the man next to her, her heart beating faster. Despite being hungry, Peta could only move her food around the plate. She wasn't surprised when Severus excused himself and left the table; Peta soon followed, knowing that it was pointless to sit there when she wasn't eating anything. She noticed that Severus hadn't eaten anything either. Minerva caught her eye as she stood up, but Peta just smiled and made her way to the Entrance Hall. Minerva turned to Albus, who had also watched the witch walk out.

"Do you get the feeling something is going on?" she asked, slipping her hand secretly under the table and lacing it with Albus'.

"I don't know, but I guess they're just tired after last night."

"Perhaps," the witch replied, returning to her dinner.

Peta could feel the dampness and cold seeping in through her robes as she walked towards Severus' office. She knew she had to speak with him once and for all; his silence was worrying her. She knocked tentatively on the door, but got no answer.

"Severus? It's me, Peta," she called, but still no answer came. Instead, a note became visible on the door, addressed to her

Meet me in my rooms, left side of the main staircase, ground floor, door right at the end of the hall. I'll be waiting.

Yours,

S.

She pocketed the note and returned to the Entrance Hall, glad to be out of the gloom again. Before long she found herself standing in front of his door. She was just about to knock, when the door opened sharply. She jumped and Severus almost laughed…almost.

"You do have a habit of making me jump," Peta said, following him. She didn't get to say anything else; she was too gob smacked. The whole place was white, sparkling white, with black and dark mahogany furniture. It wasn't clinical and boring white, it was sophisticated and tasteful white. Peta stood in awe for a moment, before realising that the wizard had moved to the window, and was gazing out at something below it. She remembered what the purpose was for being there, and sat down on one of the black leather sofas.

"Do you regret last night?" Peta didn't dare look at him; she kept her head bowed. She heard his footsteps on the wooden floorboards, and thought he was going to open his door to throw her out (she was going by his past behaviour, which, in all honesty, was a little unpredictable), but instead, he came to kneel down in front of her, taking her hands in his.

"No," Severus replied, placing a kiss on both of her hands, and finally on her lips.

"The why have you been ignoring me?"

"Me? I though you were ignoring me!"

Peta tilted her head to one side and smiled. "I guess we've been ignoring each other, haven't we?"

Severus stood up, pulling the witch with him, and captured her lips.

"Good response," she giggled, when they finally parted. "You do know that we can't tell anyone about us, right?"

"Us?"

"Yes," Peta replied, lacing her fingers through his. "I don't think anyone would understand, you know, they all think we hate each other. Plus there's all war going on, and I wouldn't want to put you in anymore danger than you already are. I hate keeping secrets from my friends, but I think it's for the best."

"I agree," Severus kissed her forehead and sighed softly.

Peta's eyes swept the décor again. "I love your rooms by the way, they're so…so," she smoothed his robes on his shoulder, "so unlike what I expected."

"And what did you expect?"

She grinned. "Not this, that's for sure. How come you're rooms aren't in the dungeons, with your office?"

"Would you want to live next to your office?"

"Fair point."

"Besides, it's too cold and damp down there, and you would rather be warm, wouldn't you?"

Peta smiled seductively. "I'm quite toasty right here," she said, as Severus sat down and pulled her into his arms. They sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, before Peta sat up and turned to face the potions master. "You know what? I'm hungry. Fancy going on an adventure to the kitchens?"

"I could just as easily call a house elf."

"But that's nowhere near as fun. Come on, otherwise I'll go on my own."

Severus held onto her for a few moments more, passionately kissing her, before she jumped up and raced him to the door.

A/N: I am so sorry I haven't updated in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages, but I got writers block, and then I was at competition, and then I came home from university, and now I've just realised that I've left my notebook at university, so I can't write the next chapter because I don't know what I'm supposed to be writing about. Also, I've been composing a new fic about Tonks and Remus, so that's been taking up a lot of my time. Don't like this chapter much, there's not a lot going on, but it'd going to get better, as soon as I get back to uni, which will be in four weeks, so I'm afraid it's a long wait. Enjoy, and I look forward to your reviews..wink wink, nudge nudge.