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Never had a dream come true
Chapter 14 On the way Part 2
15 minutes later
Severus was outside Eve's chamber, and knocked at the door. Eve came and opened the door for him, and asked him to come in. This was not the first time he came to her chamber. Sometimes they would stay in her chamber for Sunday, talked about their work, students, hobbies etc. It was the only time and place that Eve would feel comfortable to take about everything, except her past. He did know bits and pieces of it, but he still didn't get the whole picture yet.
He knew she was the only child in the family, and she had a lot of nosy relatives, as she always got angry while mentioning them. She studied in England for university with her best friends, and someone called Pablo and Tom hurted deeply. That's all he knew. He was also amazed someimes by her talents. Could anyone believe that she had been so into Astrology even before she came to Hogwarts, that Trelawney said there is nothing she could teach her? She was also a great photographer, as she showed him photos she took in the past, although the photos didn't move like the wizard ones, he was still captivated by them.
Although this was not the first time he was here in her chambers, it always felt like homely for him, really cozy. She gestured him to sit by her in front of the fire place. It was just early November, but she was still not used to the early cold weather.
"I have to tell you that I have thought about telling you about my past a long time ago. You had told me about yours, but at that time, I was still unsure. I was reluctantly to tell you about it, as it was not as "dramatic" as yours, and I was not sure of your reaction to it, and... I really don't think there is anything urgent about my past that you need to know. Hot Chocolate? " She handed him a mug of chocolate, and Severus took it and had a sip. "Ready to hear the long story?"
"Hmm."
"As headmaster had mentioned to you before, I had refused the admission of Hogwarts twelve years ago. The main reason why I refused the admision mainly because of my family. I was born into a rather big family, with a lot of relatives. They always competed with each other, from work to place they live, from spouse to daughters and sons. My parents only got me, so there is no way I could go for a magic education. Although studying magic was a dream-come-true, but I couldn't accept the admission. So, I remained in the muggle world. Everything went fine, as I was not bad in school, not as brilliant as my relatives, but I tried everything --- sports, art, dancing... and I achieved quite a lot from these things. My parents were very pleased. Believe it or not, both my golden and darkest time were during my three years in university. "
She drank from her mug, and Severus moved her in to his arms. "Don't rush. We have all day. We can go out for a walk and continue later." She snuggled into a comfortable position.
"It's okay... I am just trying to figure out how to tell you." She took a deep breath. "I was admitted to an university in UK staying a degree in communication and media studies. My parents were so happy about it, and I could still remember their faces when they got the news. My dad had always wanted me to go to UK for university. Unfortunately, my cousins were also admitted to the same university, but not the same course, so I was still somehow under their pressure of, you know, competing.
I had a really happy two university years, I was finally away from the pressure I was under for so many years, and I was doing excellently in both academic and extra-curricular work. I also had Tom, Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda as my best mates in university. Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda are my best friends that I told you before who know about me teaching here. The 'disaster' came in my last year in university. I met this guy, called Pablo, who was also in the same as me and my best mates. We fell in love, or I thought, coz he was the first guy I ever had felt differently... I changed all my habits for him... he loved cappuccino, so I made myself drink it everyday too, although I hate it... he liked me in short hair, I cut my hair short for him... And... and... i...n the e..n..d......" She broke out in tears.
Severus had held her to him tightly, letting her rest her head on his shoulder, trying to calm her down.
"I...t was actually all lies... You see, I was doing extremely well with my academic work, and the professors were expecting me to get a first class honour in my degree. The dissertation was the last assessment for which class honour I got. He, Pablo, stole my dissertation in the last minute, and claimed it as his!!!"
What?!
"I told my professor about it, and it turned out that he had handed in my dissertation as his. Therefore I had to do a new one all over again, which landed me on a second class degree. Bertha knew about it, and she believed that Pablo did it on purpose. She didn't like him right from the first when we became boyfriend girlfriend. Then she and me discovered by chance that it was actually a plot planned by my cousins, Stella and Jenny, and Pablo, to steal my dissertation, and to embarrass me in front of everyone for falling in love with Jenny's boyfriend, who was Pablo...
I could still remember how he and my cousin had came to me saying in front of all my schoolmates, that I was the third person in the relationship, and I was stupid enough to believe Pablo fell for me, for a girl like me... a girl who only had a brain but no looks....
Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda believed all the time that I was the victim, but not Tom, whom I treated as best friend like I treated Bertha and the others... He accused me of lying... refusing to accept that Pablo got a better mark than mine... and because of that stolen dissertation, Pablo was employed by the biggest advertising company in Hong Kong. It was my dream to work in the advertising area, but the dream was now broken, I could never achieve it now, with Pablo also in the area, he would do his best to make everyone despise me..."
Severus didn't know what to say. He was not expecting it would be something like that... betrayed by love, then friends... and then her dream was shattered...
"I am still not sure if my parents knew about the incident, but I am sure my aunt knew all of this all the way... I graduated, went back to Hong Kong, with no choice at all, and became a teacher. I had a peaceful two years, with my parents beside me, as my aunt wasn't brave enough to mind my business with my parents behind me.
Then my parents passed away six months ago. She started to 'mind' my business... trying to fix me up with guys whom, I would say, didn't even meet the meaning of 'decent'. I got so fed up with her messing with my life that, I accepted the offer headmaster gave me straight away.
As you know, I was not supposed to let muggles about Hogwarts, I only told my aunt that I was going back to UK, where I had accepted the offer of a job there. So the only ones who know where I am and how to contact me are my three best friends --- Fayanna, Miranda and Bertha, and Ben. He is Fayanna's fiance.
Now, my aunt must have contacted them to demand my location so much that even Miranda, who is the most patient one among us, would say in the letter that 'I couldn't imagine how you could live with having a relative like that'. Funny to hear that from Miranda, as I have only seen her lost her temper only once. She also warned me not to go back to Hong Kong for Christmas, instead, they will come to meet me in UK. Well, that's the end of my story. Any questions?" Eve was totally relieved now, after telling him all about it. She had not felt so relieved for that long time. She felt so warm and calm in his arms.
"I don't know how you went through all these things, but you have me now. You are not alone with only your best friends on your side." Severus wished to have met her earlier, but he couldn't help her much even if he did, with him being a spy, would only endanger her. He was just glad she was with him now.
"Severus?"
"Yes?" He wrapped around her tighter, stroking her hair.
"I got one more thing to tell you."
"Hmm."
"Emm... you know my friends are coming to meet me in UK?"
"Ya."
"They wanted to meet you too, because... I always mentioned you in my letters to them, but I haven't told them you are my... well... boyfriend." She buried her now burning face in his shoulder.
"You didn't? Why?" He looked at Eve, whose head was on his on his shoulder, sounding a bit hurt.
She looked back up at him for a while, still playing with her fingers... "Because... I know I love you, but I am not sure if you are ready to be seen as my... boyfriend, I mean I know how you hated the students and Hooch gossiping about us...." With that, she buried her face in her own hands.
"God, Eve, of course I am your boyfriend, although I am not young enough to be considered a 'boy'." Eve punched him on his chest. "I hate them gossiping about because I am not sure if you are comfortable to let everyone in school knows about it, and all those 'attentions'. As you told me what the hat said to you that day, I am just afraid whether you have totally recovered from the past yet, you know you did freak me off quite a bit with your collapse just because the hat mentioned his name. You know, as you told me before, you were quite active in university at that time, and was quite comfortable with the attention... before the incident."
"Of course I have recovered totally!!! Or else I won't be sitting on your lap now, with your arms around me, asking if we are boyfriends girlfriends!" She punched him on his shoulder again, " I told you before that I fainted because the hat had told me my feelings for you while I still hadn't figure out yet. I doubt you would faint too if the hat tells you something about you that you don't realize yourself either. I am not that vulnerable like a chinadoll!" She looked away at the fire.
Severus knew she was still angry with Hagrid calling her chinadoll when she went round wih Hermione to visit him the first time. Hagrid came to him the day after saying that he was sorry about calling her that and asked him if he knew of any way to stop her angry with him, as she was still angry after he apologised.
"Eve, love, Hagrid didn't mean you are vulenrable. You know how large in size he is, you do look like a chinadoll for him, as I would quote his words --- small and delicate. You know, it's rare for him to see someone similar to the chinadolls he saw in books. "
"I know, but do I really look that 'small and delicate'?!"
"I don't think now, at least for Hargrid. You did scare Hagrid the hell out of him with your fiery temper, or else he won't come to me for help." Severus could still remember Hagrid's face that day, so worried and scared that it seemed like he was facing Voldermot or something disasterous. It did give him quite a laugh afterwards. "Want to go out for a walk? The snow has finally come." He pointed at the window.
"It's snowing? Of course! I haven't seen snow for so many years." She ran into her bedroom to look for her winter cloak, and her camera, pulled Severus out to the grounds. Severus was just glad that she was happy again.
TBC
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Not sure if Eve's past was sad enough, but that was what I can think of which could bring out her as a character of experience, of course, as ordinary person. I mean, for ordinary person, it would be quite a crisis if you were betrayed, lost your love, friendship, success and dream at the same time, I am not sure if it would be easy to go through though, at least not for me. I GRIEVED FOR LOVING THE WRONG PERSON FOR SIX MONTHS, AND I STILL HAVEN'T QUITE RECOVERED YET.
Please read and review.
Never had a dream come true
Chapter 14 On the way Part 2
15 minutes later
Severus was outside Eve's chamber, and knocked at the door. Eve came and opened the door for him, and asked him to come in. This was not the first time he came to her chamber. Sometimes they would stay in her chamber for Sunday, talked about their work, students, hobbies etc. It was the only time and place that Eve would feel comfortable to take about everything, except her past. He did know bits and pieces of it, but he still didn't get the whole picture yet.
He knew she was the only child in the family, and she had a lot of nosy relatives, as she always got angry while mentioning them. She studied in England for university with her best friends, and someone called Pablo and Tom hurted deeply. That's all he knew. He was also amazed someimes by her talents. Could anyone believe that she had been so into Astrology even before she came to Hogwarts, that Trelawney said there is nothing she could teach her? She was also a great photographer, as she showed him photos she took in the past, although the photos didn't move like the wizard ones, he was still captivated by them.
Although this was not the first time he was here in her chambers, it always felt like homely for him, really cozy. She gestured him to sit by her in front of the fire place. It was just early November, but she was still not used to the early cold weather.
"I have to tell you that I have thought about telling you about my past a long time ago. You had told me about yours, but at that time, I was still unsure. I was reluctantly to tell you about it, as it was not as "dramatic" as yours, and I was not sure of your reaction to it, and... I really don't think there is anything urgent about my past that you need to know. Hot Chocolate? " She handed him a mug of chocolate, and Severus took it and had a sip. "Ready to hear the long story?"
"Hmm."
"As headmaster had mentioned to you before, I had refused the admission of Hogwarts twelve years ago. The main reason why I refused the admision mainly because of my family. I was born into a rather big family, with a lot of relatives. They always competed with each other, from work to place they live, from spouse to daughters and sons. My parents only got me, so there is no way I could go for a magic education. Although studying magic was a dream-come-true, but I couldn't accept the admission. So, I remained in the muggle world. Everything went fine, as I was not bad in school, not as brilliant as my relatives, but I tried everything --- sports, art, dancing... and I achieved quite a lot from these things. My parents were very pleased. Believe it or not, both my golden and darkest time were during my three years in university. "
She drank from her mug, and Severus moved her in to his arms. "Don't rush. We have all day. We can go out for a walk and continue later." She snuggled into a comfortable position.
"It's okay... I am just trying to figure out how to tell you." She took a deep breath. "I was admitted to an university in UK staying a degree in communication and media studies. My parents were so happy about it, and I could still remember their faces when they got the news. My dad had always wanted me to go to UK for university. Unfortunately, my cousins were also admitted to the same university, but not the same course, so I was still somehow under their pressure of, you know, competing.
I had a really happy two university years, I was finally away from the pressure I was under for so many years, and I was doing excellently in both academic and extra-curricular work. I also had Tom, Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda as my best mates in university. Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda are my best friends that I told you before who know about me teaching here. The 'disaster' came in my last year in university. I met this guy, called Pablo, who was also in the same as me and my best mates. We fell in love, or I thought, coz he was the first guy I ever had felt differently... I changed all my habits for him... he loved cappuccino, so I made myself drink it everyday too, although I hate it... he liked me in short hair, I cut my hair short for him... And... and... i...n the e..n..d......" She broke out in tears.
Severus had held her to him tightly, letting her rest her head on his shoulder, trying to calm her down.
"I...t was actually all lies... You see, I was doing extremely well with my academic work, and the professors were expecting me to get a first class honour in my degree. The dissertation was the last assessment for which class honour I got. He, Pablo, stole my dissertation in the last minute, and claimed it as his!!!"
What?!
"I told my professor about it, and it turned out that he had handed in my dissertation as his. Therefore I had to do a new one all over again, which landed me on a second class degree. Bertha knew about it, and she believed that Pablo did it on purpose. She didn't like him right from the first when we became boyfriend girlfriend. Then she and me discovered by chance that it was actually a plot planned by my cousins, Stella and Jenny, and Pablo, to steal my dissertation, and to embarrass me in front of everyone for falling in love with Jenny's boyfriend, who was Pablo...
I could still remember how he and my cousin had came to me saying in front of all my schoolmates, that I was the third person in the relationship, and I was stupid enough to believe Pablo fell for me, for a girl like me... a girl who only had a brain but no looks....
Bertha, Fayanna and Miranda believed all the time that I was the victim, but not Tom, whom I treated as best friend like I treated Bertha and the others... He accused me of lying... refusing to accept that Pablo got a better mark than mine... and because of that stolen dissertation, Pablo was employed by the biggest advertising company in Hong Kong. It was my dream to work in the advertising area, but the dream was now broken, I could never achieve it now, with Pablo also in the area, he would do his best to make everyone despise me..."
Severus didn't know what to say. He was not expecting it would be something like that... betrayed by love, then friends... and then her dream was shattered...
"I am still not sure if my parents knew about the incident, but I am sure my aunt knew all of this all the way... I graduated, went back to Hong Kong, with no choice at all, and became a teacher. I had a peaceful two years, with my parents beside me, as my aunt wasn't brave enough to mind my business with my parents behind me.
Then my parents passed away six months ago. She started to 'mind' my business... trying to fix me up with guys whom, I would say, didn't even meet the meaning of 'decent'. I got so fed up with her messing with my life that, I accepted the offer headmaster gave me straight away.
As you know, I was not supposed to let muggles about Hogwarts, I only told my aunt that I was going back to UK, where I had accepted the offer of a job there. So the only ones who know where I am and how to contact me are my three best friends --- Fayanna, Miranda and Bertha, and Ben. He is Fayanna's fiance.
Now, my aunt must have contacted them to demand my location so much that even Miranda, who is the most patient one among us, would say in the letter that 'I couldn't imagine how you could live with having a relative like that'. Funny to hear that from Miranda, as I have only seen her lost her temper only once. She also warned me not to go back to Hong Kong for Christmas, instead, they will come to meet me in UK. Well, that's the end of my story. Any questions?" Eve was totally relieved now, after telling him all about it. She had not felt so relieved for that long time. She felt so warm and calm in his arms.
"I don't know how you went through all these things, but you have me now. You are not alone with only your best friends on your side." Severus wished to have met her earlier, but he couldn't help her much even if he did, with him being a spy, would only endanger her. He was just glad she was with him now.
"Severus?"
"Yes?" He wrapped around her tighter, stroking her hair.
"I got one more thing to tell you."
"Hmm."
"Emm... you know my friends are coming to meet me in UK?"
"Ya."
"They wanted to meet you too, because... I always mentioned you in my letters to them, but I haven't told them you are my... well... boyfriend." She buried her now burning face in his shoulder.
"You didn't? Why?" He looked at Eve, whose head was on his on his shoulder, sounding a bit hurt.
She looked back up at him for a while, still playing with her fingers... "Because... I know I love you, but I am not sure if you are ready to be seen as my... boyfriend, I mean I know how you hated the students and Hooch gossiping about us...." With that, she buried her face in her own hands.
"God, Eve, of course I am your boyfriend, although I am not young enough to be considered a 'boy'." Eve punched him on his chest. "I hate them gossiping about because I am not sure if you are comfortable to let everyone in school knows about it, and all those 'attentions'. As you told me what the hat said to you that day, I am just afraid whether you have totally recovered from the past yet, you know you did freak me off quite a bit with your collapse just because the hat mentioned his name. You know, as you told me before, you were quite active in university at that time, and was quite comfortable with the attention... before the incident."
"Of course I have recovered totally!!! Or else I won't be sitting on your lap now, with your arms around me, asking if we are boyfriends girlfriends!" She punched him on his shoulder again, " I told you before that I fainted because the hat had told me my feelings for you while I still hadn't figure out yet. I doubt you would faint too if the hat tells you something about you that you don't realize yourself either. I am not that vulnerable like a chinadoll!" She looked away at the fire.
Severus knew she was still angry with Hagrid calling her chinadoll when she went round wih Hermione to visit him the first time. Hagrid came to him the day after saying that he was sorry about calling her that and asked him if he knew of any way to stop her angry with him, as she was still angry after he apologised.
"Eve, love, Hagrid didn't mean you are vulenrable. You know how large in size he is, you do look like a chinadoll for him, as I would quote his words --- small and delicate. You know, it's rare for him to see someone similar to the chinadolls he saw in books. "
"I know, but do I really look that 'small and delicate'?!"
"I don't think now, at least for Hargrid. You did scare Hagrid the hell out of him with your fiery temper, or else he won't come to me for help." Severus could still remember Hagrid's face that day, so worried and scared that it seemed like he was facing Voldermot or something disasterous. It did give him quite a laugh afterwards. "Want to go out for a walk? The snow has finally come." He pointed at the window.
"It's snowing? Of course! I haven't seen snow for so many years." She ran into her bedroom to look for her winter cloak, and her camera, pulled Severus out to the grounds. Severus was just glad that she was happy again.
TBC
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Not sure if Eve's past was sad enough, but that was what I can think of which could bring out her as a character of experience, of course, as ordinary person. I mean, for ordinary person, it would be quite a crisis if you were betrayed, lost your love, friendship, success and dream at the same time, I am not sure if it would be easy to go through though, at least not for me. I GRIEVED FOR LOVING THE WRONG PERSON FOR SIX MONTHS, AND I STILL HAVEN'T QUITE RECOVERED YET.
