Chapter 4:
*No One's POV*
Professor Snape waits for his former student to arrive at the Three Broomsticks. He doesn't want to call her his "date" because it's not a date. Hoping everything will go according to plan.
Raven enters the pub and immediately notices her former professor sitting at one of the tables. A blush appears on her pale cheeks when she sees Professor Snape.
"He's so handsome," she thinks to herself. "Hello, professor," Raven greets him softly with a smile, walking over to her side of the table.
"Miss Nightshade," he greets back, coldly. "I have bought you Butterbeer," he mentions the drink.
"Oh, thank you so much," she smiles again, sitting down on the seat. "How are you this morning?" she speaks up first to make talk.
"Fine."
An awkward silence draped over the two.
This isn't what Raven had in mid of this date.
"So, umm," she speaks up once an idea comes to mind, "what got you interested in Potions?"
"Because it's the second-best thing than Defense Against the Dark Arts," he answers. "Miss Nightshade, why did you ask that question if you already knew I prefer Defense Against the Dark Arts?"
"I want to get to know you more than just my professor," she admitted softly as her head lowers a little.
"But why me, though?"
"The truth?" He nods his head once. "I am not sure," Raven confesses, her ears turn red from blushing a little embarrassed. "I don't know why I have this attraction towards you."
"Attraction?" Snape asked, a little confused and surprised.
"Yes, professor," Raven replies with a slight nod. "I guess your intelligence and charm got to me," she confesses shyly.
"Charm?" he asked, confused.
"Your demeanor, the way you put passion into the potions that you teach us, also your desire for the Defence Against-"
"That's enough, Miss Nightshade," he cuts her talking coldly.
"Oh, gosh, I am so sorry," she apologizes quickly, nervously. "I didn't realize I am talking too much."
"Miss Nightshade," he speaks up again. "I do appreciate your attraction towards me, but at the end of the day, I am still nothing more than just a professor."
Raven looks at him, surprised and a little scared of what he said. "I understand, professor," she says, standing up sadly. "My apologies for wasting your time."
Professor Snape watches her walk away, ignoring the ache in his cold heart. He then sees that the Butterbeer that he gave her is almost gone.
Raven manages to get away from Hogsmeade in the winter snow. Without anyone looking or even noticing her, she drops down to her knees, crying. She just got rejected by the human being that she thought could understand her more so than Tonks, but she was so wrong.
"Why doesn't he like me as a being and not as a student?" she thought to herself as more tears run down her pale cheeks sobbing.
*Later*
"He rejected you!?" Tonks screamed out in complete shock. "What do you mean, he rejected you?"
"Professor Snape only sees me as a student and nothing else," Raven admits sadly.
"Back in school, you did everything that a perfect Slytherin student does, sure you were smarter than the Ravenclaws, but you always stayed true to the Slytherin House."
"More smart, Tonks," her best friend corrected.
"Exactly!"
"I don't know, Tonks," Raven sighs, laying on her couch. "Maybe I should forget about Professor Snape. He was pretty clear that he is not interested."
"Hey, hey, hey," Tonks says, motioning for Raven to move her legs to the side. "Come here," she offers a hug to her best friend.
Raven sits up and accepts her best friend's hug. "You always know how to calm a girl down," she comments, hugging back.
"After knowing you for eight or nine years, I picked up a thing to two," Tonks chuckles, making Raven smirk.
