Severus's Apprentice Chapter 36

Daisy had woken up when Severus moved, she was happily curled up half on him, and he had hoped his settle movements wouldn't wake her up, but it had. He did plan on waking her up eventually, but it was still quite early for that especially haven't such a long night, that was not only physically draining for her but emotionally. Rubbing her eyes she got up on her elbows looking around the place, clearly she was wondering where she was. When her eyes found his in the room she smiled softly to him, not longer concerned to where she was so long as he was around.

"Good morning sir" she said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes more. His clothing article, the only one she was wearing was loose on her, and one side was sliding off her shoulder, revealing many of his love bites and kisses that scattered over her skin in many shades of red.

"It's only six, your first exam isn't till nine" he answered instead and she looked at the clock in the room, stretching in doing so.

"I wanted to study more" she sat on the edge of the bed, trying her best to not wince at the pain that shot up her hip. Severus had went to fetch the pain relieving potion for her and she thanked him.

"Make sure you have breakfast" he advice and she nodded. "the house elves have washed your uniform already, they're hanging behind the door in the bathroom." She nodded again getting up to head there. She needed to go anyways. He stood there, he should leave he had setting up to do and he intended on leaving on different times anyways but he simply stood there, all ready till she stepped out. Feeling compelled to say something for just standing there he spoke again. "Do you remember our agreement?" her face washed and more awake now, she nodded yet again. "Use words Daisy" he scolded.

"I'll return tonight" he gave a short nod, turned and left. "Wish me luck!" she called after him. He opened the door to the dungeons, looked at her and with a firm tone he said.

"Luck won't be any use with my exams" with that he shut the door and he was gone.

"He's back to normal" she said to no one. After an hour of rethinking of what happened the night before, blushing madly once in awhile, she finally put on her long stockings and shoes and stepped out of his chambers heading to the Great hall for breakfast. Blaise, Laura, Theodore and Draco were all sitting together surprisingly chatting, for what seemed to be peacefully. She approached them.

"She lives!" Theodore said dramatically and she smiled widely.

"Can't you see? I'm a ghost now" she gave them a 360. They laughed and she sat down.

"Honestly was not expecting to see you so soon" Theodore expressed.

"Yeah, we thought the next time we would, would be after exams" Blaise nodded.

"He can't stop me from taking them" she told them.

"Well we thought he came up with a way to do yours alone in his chamber or something" Laura explained.

"That does sound like something he would do" Daisy nodded and turned to Draco. "You ready for today?" he smirked and said smugly.

"I'm always ready" she instantly quizzed him question after question and he had gotten it all right.

"Nice" she commented.

"Now I feel more anxious about potions" Laura muttered. "Why potions first" she groaned.

"I rather have the tough subjects first to get them over with. You'll do fine Laura" she patted her friends back. They went over some notes after breakfast and stayed there till they needed to go into the exam room. Severus had given a fearful speech about the exam at the front of the room, about the consequences of cheating or a poor mark and it seemed to do the job, and that was to scare the students. Many sat with pasty white skins as it is.

"You have three hours, which should be plenty if you have prepared yourself accordingly" he said eyeing the Gryfindor side of the room before magically formed paper and quill appeared on every table and he told them to begin. Daisy made sure she read the question completely first, answered it and read the question again to make sure she didn't miss any points. She knew the man can be tricky sometimes with his quizzes and tests, even his assignments. Only when she was sure she had answered everything the question asked did she go on. With her eyes never roaming the room in an attempt to remember she got up at the half way mark, strode to the front of the room and handed the man the first completely exam. When she turned many students, mainly on the Gryfindor side had gaped or stared at her as if she had just done the impossible.

She went on out the room to the library to study onto her next exam which she knew she wasn't going to finish that early for any of the others. Her best subject was potions, she had put a lot of effort and time into it outside of school and being around him and physically making potions almost daily helped a lot. That wasn't the case for transfiguration, or divination or care of magical creatures, none of the others. She had an idea about them, and she knew a few spells here and there but she had none practice over them before last year. She had struggled a lot in that year and learned a lot. She had significantly boosted her marks from last year this year and she was intending to boost it more again.

Draco was the first to find her and he sat next to her.

"How did you find question four?"

"Which one was that again?"

"The one on Essence of Dittany" he elaborated.

"Oh, another name for it is burning bush" she explained "Its use makes fresh skin grow over a wound and after application the wound seems several days old."

"Good, I'm safe then" she looked up at him from her notes.

"How are you? I noticed you've been around my friends more often" he hmphed taking out his notes. Draco was the only student that knew of her blood status in the school, he was the only one she could accidentally slip muggle stuff with without being shocked or judged. Although these days she's been wondering if she could tell her friends. They seem nice enough, or understanding enough to take it well, it's not like there wasn't any half bloods in Slytherin but she had kept it a secret for such a long time she wondered if they would still understand her keeping such a secret from them. There were many times she had to lie about knowing certain things, and during the early her early days of Hogwarts Draco had kept an eye on her and it helped, now however, she was beginning to be so comfortable around them that she nearly slipped. More than once.

"I can spend time with whoever I want" Draco said with his nose in the air, she looked up at him and back down.

"You certainly can" she couldn't, she couldn't freely be herself with anyone if she was given a choice, not without them knowing something the Malfoy's didn't want people to know about.

"What's wrong with you?" He shot back at her raising his brows for a second before returning it. He looked her up and down "Is it Severus? I heard he dragged you away last night" she looked up at the blond boy. She had avoided telling him about her relationship with the man having been aware of his feelings to her for some time now. It was nice to finally have her friends on board with her love life. It helped talking about it sometimes. "You had been avoiding him" he added. "Aren't you aware of your souls?"

"I am-"

"He had been ill, he seems fine now but you were hurting him by avoiding him you know" she looked at him feeling a bit of guilt. "Honestly, do you care about anyone but yourself?" She frowned at this, it wasn't her fault she was avoiding the man, he had been cruel to her.

"You don't even know what happened" She said back hotly. Not wanting to be scolded by someone who didn't know what they were talking about she returned back to her book in full focus but he kept watching her "What?" she said looking up at her notes for the tenth time, annoyed and frustrated. He looked away suddenly he looked uncomfortable.

"Nothing" she leaned in suspiciously.

"You keep interrupting my study time, so spill it already" she snapped.

"You just seem different today" he merely stated.

"Like how?" she urged on.

"I don't know, you just seem weird-"

"Gosh that was the hardest exam I've ever done" Blaise, Theodore and Laura came into the library, finding the two of them and sitting around them. "Don't remember a thing from that exam already"

"Let's not talk about it" Laura requested and they moved on to preparing for the next exam which was in an hour. Draco didn't bring anything up after that.

The rest of the day was fine for her, Daisy had finished her exams for the day, it was both Potions and Transfiguration. Professor McGonagoll was watching her quite intently, in a rather pity look on her face, but said nothing after she had handed in her exam. So, Daisy went on with her friend back to the dorms to study for the next day.

"You aren't sleeping downstairs?" Laura asked when the clock turned ten.

"No, Mister Black asked me to come down every night." she said shrugging as she packed her things away.

"But, but I still don't get how to do the summoning spell perfectly." she complained.

"Ask Draco," at the hearing of his name across the table he looked up. Laura's face turned a bit pink and she glared at Daisy for such a suggestion.

"I wouldn't want to bother-"

"I have nothing better to do" he said in a disgusting tone which make Laura freeze.

"Thanks Draco-"

"What about us?" Blaise and Theodore chimed in and Draco glared at them.

"Seriously? All of you can't do it already? I knew how to do it in my third year already" Blaise and Theodore rolled their eyes at him but Laura looked at him with much admiration. Daisy swung her bag over her back.

"See you guys tomorrow, good luck and make sure you get a good sleep" she reminded them and rushed out the door knowing Severus didn't like to be kept waiting. She hoped she would do some more reviewing before bed. She reached the hall to the dungeons as students were coming in for the curfew.

"Suck up" a guy said walking way.

"Show off" another said.

"Cheater" Daisy ignored them, feeling a bit red in the ears as she rushed down the hall pass them. Her relationship was obvious to the students as more than just student and professor, but she hardly doubted they knew they were an actually thing. They were aware the closeness Draco was to Severus too and most likely they assumed she was something like that too if not slightly more needy.

She reached his door deep in the dungeons and she got in without knocking, turned and closed the door behind her, taking her shoes off and putting it aside neatly. She turned and saw he had a table conjured by the fire and he was marking already the exams today.

"You're late" he said without looking up as he inked his feather in red ink. She looked up at the time. It was only five minutes after curfew.

She went around to the couches in front of him and she sat down letting her bag fall. She sat on the floor though, taking her books out and placing it on the small table in front of her to study some more before he said anything.

"Sorry" she apologized as she took out her feather and ink. "How is marking going?" again without looking up he spoke.

"How I expected. A load of dimwitted answers" he said.

"Even mine?" she peeped up looking at him surprised. He glanced down at her from his table.

"You made some childish mistakes" she got up quickly.

"What, let me see, I was sure I aced it" she went around the table.

"I am far to busy to fetch your exam, nor can you fetch it yourself."

"Was it question ten?" he didn't answer. "Ugh I knew it" she groaned and returned back to her spot on the floor by the fire. He glanced at her stare into the fire for a moment elbow on the table. "Professor, you'll take me to my mom this summer?"

"I recall promising something along those lines. Now be quiet" he flipped the page of the exam and was taking a rather long time reading it, no doubt it was that overachiever in Gryfindor, she always made him do twice the work he normally did because of the extra unnecessary information she adds.

"You asked me to come here" she said back "I could still be downstairs practicing the summoning spell with the others." he shot back at him.

"Along with Draco" he added unpleasantly.

"Draco hasn't done anything for awhile-"

"Merely because you've been away for a month"

"He seems fine"

"Clearly, you do not know the way of a Slytherin"

"I am a Slytherin"

"I'm beginning to question that hats knowledge" she pouted. "You can practice your charm here so long as you don't lose anything" he warned. She kept pouting before sighing taking her wand out. She didn't even know what to summon. She picked up her bag and put it in his room sat back down and summoned it. "Congratulations, you can summon objects merely a thin wall away" he said sarcastically. She glowered up at him.

"Accio pain relieving potion" she said and the potion appeared where her wand pointed on the table and she downed it the moment she felt soreness again. "Have you thought about teaching me occulemency?" she brought up after awhile.

"I shall find someone by summer time" he said putting the exam sheet away ans moving on to the next miserable victim.

"Why can't you? I told you I'm giving you permission what happened last summer won't happen again" she urged on. "Do you really want a stranger to just to enter my mind?" he looked at her with a hard look but said nothing for awhile.

"We shall see" she perused her lips and decided to not talk anymore. She focused on her notes and even when the silence was a little bit unbearable she kept it that way. She heard him sigh finally and he pinched the bridge of his nose in exhausion.

"Daisy" he said looking at her hard at work focused hard on ignoring him.

"What?" she finally answered.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Doing what?"

"You're unhappy"

"I'm frustrated" she corrected. "I don't understand why you put yourself down after making a mistake" she looked up at him finally.

"You make it sound nearly killing you a small mistake"

"It was the crazy centaur that wanted to kill me not you" He stared at her and she stared back. "Please, can we at least get the basics down for me enough that I know some stranger isn't going to see something I don't want them to see?" With his lips on a thin line he looked down back at the sheet of parchment and grounded out.

"Very well" Feeling a bit better, and slightly guilty for interrupting his work, even though she could tell the man was very tired. She decided to get up and make him some team and snacks in case he forgot to have some. She placed the cup into the side of his table with a clink, as well as a plate with some sandwiches and biscuits. Feeling a bit more daring she went around behind him, and peeled back his cloak from his shoulders and then places her hands on the area between his shoulders and neck. It felt tense and hard, and she began to put pressure with her thumbs, rolling them around and pressing them in.

"You look tense" she said awkwardly as if she needed an excuse to do this for him. With her cheeks rosy from shyness she had expected him to say something to make her stop or that she was distracting him, but he hadn't said anything and had already taking a few sips from the tea. She smiled to herself, it was hard to feel needed or useless when the man you love was already a grown man who had a really well paying job. She can't buy him anything he can't get for himself and she certainly didn't have the experience or intellect that he does so she had always done things around the house for him. He wasn't as organized as you would think so she would help in those cases or making him something to eat, which she felt he neglected sometimes when it came to a busy time of year. Yet he always stressed onto her to eat well, to drink water, to not be careless and reckless and to take care of herself and he made sure of all this when they lived together.

She continued to massage his shoulders and she'd go up to his neck and all the way down to the edges of his shoulders, occasionally she'd get her thumbs down to her shoulder blades and she felt his muscle loosen up under her touch as it was easier to massage as time went on. She licked her lips as she stared at him at work from standing behind him. She felt an urge to want some attention to, a neediness growing in her and she fought it back and forth. He was working her mind said logically, and that he needed to focus. Yet another part of her mind told her it was his fault for asking her to come here in the first place. What did he expect from a young, sexually active villa in the same room with her mate? She bit her lips and was going to go down to bit his ear or neck or even turn his head towards her to kiss him. But his hand went up without looking at her.

"That's enough" He said simply, his voice seemed to have softened. Her hands stopped moving and the fell down to her side after a squeeze on his shoulders. She paused there and her standing there without moving certainly didn't go unnoticed, he turned to see if something was wrong, only for his face to be grabbed and his mouth to be attacked in an inexperienced kiss that was wetter than needed and sloppy, but it was filled with neediness and desire. Taken aback, her made a noise in the back of his throat before grabbing the front of her shirt and pulling her down on his lap, and the lead for the kiss. Fixing it up, and dominating it. They fought back and forth until she gave in, losing all power as he completely conquered her lips, pulling away only because she was begging to breathe. A smirk on his lip as she panted softly for air. "You have all intentions to distract me tonight don't you" It wasn't a question.

"I" Feeling a bit guilty her cheeks rosed up. "I did not, I just...wanted to help" He was holding her in a place that was far below her waist, making her blush as she looked at him.

"Perhaps you'd like to keep my lap warm then as I work"

"How much more do you need to do?" She asked glances at the many stacks of still unfinished paper.

"I merely wanted to completely thirty for tonight" she looked back at him "have you completely studying?"

"I don't think my brain will take anymore information anymore"

"Understandable" he said groping her a bit. There was a sudden knock on the door, and Daisy jumped back and off of Severus so fast and so far that she nearly fell out of control. Severus had a displeased look on his face, and went to open the door. Albus Dumbledore stepped inside in grey robes, with his long bread trimmed neatly as usual and a long, pointed hat sat on his head that was so long it nearly covered his who back.

"Headmaster" Severus greeted.

"Good evening" he greeted and his eyes landed on Daisy's blue ones. "Ah, I thought I would find you here, excellent" She greeted him and quickly went to pour more tea. Unfortunately Severus did not carry much sweets in the dungeons, and she knew the headmaster had a sweet tooth. The only thing remotely sweet they carried were plain tea biscuits, which she doubted was the headmaster's first choice of a sweet. Nevertheless she put them some in a plate, with tea next to on a tray, and brought it over to where the two men were sitting. "Daisy" He said with a kind look in his face. "thank you, please, have a seat" Daisy did, she felt nervous, her hands on her knees, she felt like she was in a room with a teacher and her parent in a parent teacher conference, and that her teacher was going to now expose you to her parent. Dumbledore however didn't seem in like he was in a hurry as he enjoyed the tea.

"Certainly you came to do more than drink my tea and interrupt my time headmaster" Severus growled, clearly still annoyed that his time with Daisy was interrupted right when it was getting good.

"Ah, yes" The old man acted as if he just remembered, and then his head looked down in a sad way. "I'm afraid it is not good news to both of you" Daisy gulped. "As I am aware of your bond, but it seems, after more research about this bond I have come to realized that Miss Malfoy can no longer continue staying overnight with you Severus" Daisy's mouth went dry but Severus sat still, and she could feel the aura around him growing unhappily.

"And, why not?" He tried to sound calm but all Daisy heard was anger.

"As I am aware the need to be near each other is important, that symptoms of fever or even blindness can occur otherwise, but it has come to my awareness that if Daisy were to sleep along side you Severus that she does not see a Seer dream" Daisy's eyes widened. That's perfect, that's what she wanted. "Daisy's gift is rather important in our cause, I'm sure you understand Daisy" He said using her name "I have prepared for you a small place to stay at during the summer, I'm sure the Malfoy's could afford a much luxurious place, as this is my causing I have taken it upon me to buy for you"

"But sir, Professor and I had plans-"

"Ah, you misunderstand me my dear" He said smiling reassuringly. "While I may urge you to keep the closeness to a minimal, I merely wish you to not sleep together, there is no restrictions in spending the day together"

"We could just sleep in separate rooms then-" Dumbledore gave her a funny look, she couldn't put her finger on it but it was almost cheeky, like he was telling her he doubted that would stay that way during the whole summer and her cheeks rosed up a bit.

"I hope you understand Daisy, your gift is very important" He put out across and placed it on her shoulder. "I would also like to speak with Severus privately, I'm sure he has many things to say" Daisy glanced at Severus he merely glowered at the old man then down at the floor. This is the headmaster's nice way of saying to leave. With a heavy heart Daisy picked up her backpack and went towards the door and opened it.

"If I may say" She said before leaving "You speak of my gift" She said loosely, she didn't consider it a gift at all. "As if it's something to be envied of sir" She said holding the doorknob. "I do not think of it that way" with that said she disappeared out of the room. The moment it clicked shut Severus spoke.

"What are you playing at?" He growled at the man.

"Now Severus-"

"You plan on using her" He went on. "She's just a girl, do you know what she tells me about her gift?"

"No, Severus, I do not"

"She hates it, she's always on edge when she goes to sleep scared to know what she will see next, what it means, what can she do to prevent it"

"Severus, I understand your concern, but Voldemort has tried to raise three times now" He insisted. "there's no doubt he will keep trying and succeed eventually, with her gift, we may have some hope in preventing that" He said looking at the dark haired man that glared at him with a thin lip.

"How am I suppose to wed her when she doesn't even live with me"

"Plenty of pure-bloods family wed and live separately" He glared even harder at the old man. "It is either that, or letting Voldemort succeed Severus, we have no choice" It wasn't long till the man left and when he did Severus fell into his chair angrily. He hated that man, he hated how right he always was, or how right he always made himself to be. With that tongue of his and mind he wondered if that man was truly a Gryfindor, or a Slytherin in disguise with the way he could twist his words up to the way he pleases it. Or how he could bend people to do want he wants them to do easily. He had looked forward to summer more than any other, only to have it crushed. He had hoped Daisy would fight more, as the old man had a soft spot for children more so than adults like himself, but the girl had tried. He sighed and pitched the bridge of his nose, he had to be the understanding one, he was the adult, he had to be the one calm and collected. It was like the old man said, they could spend the whole day together and he could simply drop her off at her place alone. No doubt the man had picked a place for himself so he could ward it, to ensure Severus didn't spend the night there, that would explain why she wasn't staying at the Malfoy Manor too.

He stared at the pile of exams he had to grade, cursed that he already missed her presences got up and went back to work.

Two chapters in a ROW? Whatttt? Deserves a review no?