The Odd Couple
"Good morning, Severus." Professor Trelawney seemed to float into the Great Hall, greeting him.
"Sybill," he replied gloomily, without even looking up from his plate. "Nice to see you out of your tower."
"Yes, well, there was such great karma about because of Halloween, I decided to share some. Until of course evil falls upon the feast tonight. The way the moons of Jupiter are aligned means a horrible death for Leos."
Professor McGonagall sat quietly, sipping her hot tea, then rolled her greyish eyes in the back of her head. "That's nice Sybill."
Trelawney turned her back to McGonagall, and her focus more on Snape. "You are going to the feast tonight, aren't you Severus?" Her already large eyes seemed to grow even larger in the anticipation of his answer.
"I don't know Sybill... I mean, I AM a Leo." Severus grinned slightly, and sipped from his goblet. A small, stifled, snort could be heard coming from McGonagall's seat.
Trelawney blushed slightly, her cheeks hot from embarrassment. "Well, surely you can make it tonight, though."
"We'll see." Snape rose to his feet, and headed for the door to his classroom.
Trelawney waved to him like a young school girl with a slight crush. "See you there then!"
* * *
"Albus, I must say, this food is delicious!" Minerva McGonagall took another bite of her pudding.
Trelawney nodded her head in agreement as she folded her arms across her chest. "But there's still something evil in the air tonight."
As soon as she finished her sentence, Trelawney's large bug eyes caught the sight of Professor Snape walking through the Great Hall doors.
"Please excuse my absence, but these has been a problem with one of my students who accidentally drank the wrong potion and shrunk his head." Snape pulled a chair from the teacher's table and sat next to Trelawney.
Trelawney's eyes lit up as Snape took a bite of steak from his already filling plate. "So glad you could make it, Severus."
McGonagall rose an eyebrow towards Trelawney and patted the corner of her mouth with her napkin. Dumbledore just smiled, eye's twinkling.
"Please, have more wine, Severus!" Trelawney exclaimed, pouring his goblet full to the brim. She grinned maliciously as he drank it down in one gulp.
"Er... thanks, Sybill..." he choked out as she filled the cup up once more. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to get me drunk." Snape casually brushed back his hair on his head with one hand.
"Oh, don't be silly, Severus. You know I'd never do a thing like that!" Sybill's face flushed a bright red as she stroked the wine bottle in one hand.
As the night drowned on, Trelawney kept up her little games with Snape as he got more and more light headed. 'You really do need to relax more, Severus,' was Trelawney's motto for the night. Before long, student's had started exiting the Great Hall and going to their respective houses for the night.
McGonagall finally rose from her seat, pushing her plate in front of her. "Well, I for one have had enough for tonight." She glared at Trelawney who was practically hanging off of Snape. "I bid you all a good night." She nodded her head slowly, then reached up to push her falling glasses back on her nose. She turned hastily after glancing back at Snape, her long, green robe swishing behind her, and went out the door to her room.
Dumbledore smiled once more at Trelawney and Snape. "Well, I better be off too, ya know. Long day tomorrow. I suggest the same for you two." His eyes twinkled more brightly than ever as he rose to his feet and exited the same way McGonagall had done.
"Well," Trelawney said, sighing. "I guess it's now just you and me."
Snape rose an eyebrow and turned to look around the huge room. He'd been so preoccupied, he hadn't even noticed that all the students and teachers had left. "Guess so." He yawned slightly, and glanced at the small clock hanging on the wall just above him. "I think it's time to turn in myself."
Trelawney reached over and grabbed Snape's robes as he started to leave. "Severus, can I ask you something?"
Snape turned back to look into Trelawney's eyes. "Yeah, sure. Go ahead." He hiccuped a few times after that, and belched loudly. "Err... sorry bout that."
"Um... quite all right. Anyway, I was going to ask you if-- if you ever get--lonely at night." Trelawney drank from her goblet, as trying to avoid eye contact.
"Well, sure I do. In fact, I've never been lonelier than right now at this very moment." He took his hand and laid it out flat onto hers.
She blushed again and they both rose from their seats together. And so they walked, hand in hand outside the Great Hall, down into Snape's bedroom quarters.
"Good morning, Severus." Professor Trelawney seemed to float into the Great Hall, greeting him.
"Sybill," he replied gloomily, without even looking up from his plate. "Nice to see you out of your tower."
"Yes, well, there was such great karma about because of Halloween, I decided to share some. Until of course evil falls upon the feast tonight. The way the moons of Jupiter are aligned means a horrible death for Leos."
Professor McGonagall sat quietly, sipping her hot tea, then rolled her greyish eyes in the back of her head. "That's nice Sybill."
Trelawney turned her back to McGonagall, and her focus more on Snape. "You are going to the feast tonight, aren't you Severus?" Her already large eyes seemed to grow even larger in the anticipation of his answer.
"I don't know Sybill... I mean, I AM a Leo." Severus grinned slightly, and sipped from his goblet. A small, stifled, snort could be heard coming from McGonagall's seat.
Trelawney blushed slightly, her cheeks hot from embarrassment. "Well, surely you can make it tonight, though."
"We'll see." Snape rose to his feet, and headed for the door to his classroom.
Trelawney waved to him like a young school girl with a slight crush. "See you there then!"
* * *
"Albus, I must say, this food is delicious!" Minerva McGonagall took another bite of her pudding.
Trelawney nodded her head in agreement as she folded her arms across her chest. "But there's still something evil in the air tonight."
As soon as she finished her sentence, Trelawney's large bug eyes caught the sight of Professor Snape walking through the Great Hall doors.
"Please excuse my absence, but these has been a problem with one of my students who accidentally drank the wrong potion and shrunk his head." Snape pulled a chair from the teacher's table and sat next to Trelawney.
Trelawney's eyes lit up as Snape took a bite of steak from his already filling plate. "So glad you could make it, Severus."
McGonagall rose an eyebrow towards Trelawney and patted the corner of her mouth with her napkin. Dumbledore just smiled, eye's twinkling.
"Please, have more wine, Severus!" Trelawney exclaimed, pouring his goblet full to the brim. She grinned maliciously as he drank it down in one gulp.
"Er... thanks, Sybill..." he choked out as she filled the cup up once more. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to get me drunk." Snape casually brushed back his hair on his head with one hand.
"Oh, don't be silly, Severus. You know I'd never do a thing like that!" Sybill's face flushed a bright red as she stroked the wine bottle in one hand.
As the night drowned on, Trelawney kept up her little games with Snape as he got more and more light headed. 'You really do need to relax more, Severus,' was Trelawney's motto for the night. Before long, student's had started exiting the Great Hall and going to their respective houses for the night.
McGonagall finally rose from her seat, pushing her plate in front of her. "Well, I for one have had enough for tonight." She glared at Trelawney who was practically hanging off of Snape. "I bid you all a good night." She nodded her head slowly, then reached up to push her falling glasses back on her nose. She turned hastily after glancing back at Snape, her long, green robe swishing behind her, and went out the door to her room.
Dumbledore smiled once more at Trelawney and Snape. "Well, I better be off too, ya know. Long day tomorrow. I suggest the same for you two." His eyes twinkled more brightly than ever as he rose to his feet and exited the same way McGonagall had done.
"Well," Trelawney said, sighing. "I guess it's now just you and me."
Snape rose an eyebrow and turned to look around the huge room. He'd been so preoccupied, he hadn't even noticed that all the students and teachers had left. "Guess so." He yawned slightly, and glanced at the small clock hanging on the wall just above him. "I think it's time to turn in myself."
Trelawney reached over and grabbed Snape's robes as he started to leave. "Severus, can I ask you something?"
Snape turned back to look into Trelawney's eyes. "Yeah, sure. Go ahead." He hiccuped a few times after that, and belched loudly. "Err... sorry bout that."
"Um... quite all right. Anyway, I was going to ask you if-- if you ever get--lonely at night." Trelawney drank from her goblet, as trying to avoid eye contact.
"Well, sure I do. In fact, I've never been lonelier than right now at this very moment." He took his hand and laid it out flat onto hers.
She blushed again and they both rose from their seats together. And so they walked, hand in hand outside the Great Hall, down into Snape's bedroom quarters.