1 Chapter 2
Reinstatement
Snape sulked into the great hall to see that Mia had arrived already and was talking animatedly with Professor McGonnegal. 'Not surprising,' Snape thought to himself as he slid through the tables full of second year and higher students. Minerva had always been Mia's favorite teacher. The feeling had been mutual. Mia's eyes had darted to him as he slipped into his seat at the high table. She had gracefully finished her conversation with Minerva, suggesting that perhaps she go and check to make sure that the first years hadn't arrived yet. Minerva hurried toward the entrance hall to wait for the first years and Mia took a seat on Snape's right side. She looked at him pointedly before beginning to speak.
"Hello, Severus," she had said in a voice as silky as her flaxen hair. When he didn't reply she decided to push him further. "Please don't tune me out. I deserve more than that as does our relationship."
"Our relationship," Snape had repeated sarcastically.
"Yes, Severus. Like it or not you and I have a relationship. We have a past. And believe it or not I don't hold a grudge against you for casting me aside like an old robe. So you should not hold a grudge against me for questioning your reasons for joining the dark side. I knew that you were better than that."
"You can't even begin to understand my reasons for joining his ranks."
"How could I? You refuse to talk to me about it. I was never good at divination, and I am not a mind reader Severus. But I would like very much to be told why you did what you did."
Words failed Severus. Could she possibly be serious? Could she still feel something for him after the way he had treated her so long ago? He looked at her face, all peaches and cream, and saw the pleading look in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Mia," he said after a full minute of gazing into those engaging eyes. "I can't tell you why I've done what I've done. I can tell you that I've changed. That will just have to be enough."
"It will be. For now," Mia said with a familiar mischeivious smile playing on her supple lips. "I knew that you couldn't deny me Severus."
By now a few students had begun to watch Snape with interest as a smile was actually contorting his lips as well. Few people had seen this phenomenon before. It was like witnessing the northern lights. Or a shooting star. Snape turned to face Mia with a renewed vigor in his face. It was as if he were shedding years before her very eyes.
"So our relationship is reinstated," Mia asked hopefully.
"I suppose so," Snape said in an act of being put out. Selene reached out her hand and took Snape's in a vigorous handshake. His students were visibly taken aback. He pretended as if it had been totally unexpected and unwelcome.
Reinstatement
Snape sulked into the great hall to see that Mia had arrived already and was talking animatedly with Professor McGonnegal. 'Not surprising,' Snape thought to himself as he slid through the tables full of second year and higher students. Minerva had always been Mia's favorite teacher. The feeling had been mutual. Mia's eyes had darted to him as he slipped into his seat at the high table. She had gracefully finished her conversation with Minerva, suggesting that perhaps she go and check to make sure that the first years hadn't arrived yet. Minerva hurried toward the entrance hall to wait for the first years and Mia took a seat on Snape's right side. She looked at him pointedly before beginning to speak.
"Hello, Severus," she had said in a voice as silky as her flaxen hair. When he didn't reply she decided to push him further. "Please don't tune me out. I deserve more than that as does our relationship."
"Our relationship," Snape had repeated sarcastically.
"Yes, Severus. Like it or not you and I have a relationship. We have a past. And believe it or not I don't hold a grudge against you for casting me aside like an old robe. So you should not hold a grudge against me for questioning your reasons for joining the dark side. I knew that you were better than that."
"You can't even begin to understand my reasons for joining his ranks."
"How could I? You refuse to talk to me about it. I was never good at divination, and I am not a mind reader Severus. But I would like very much to be told why you did what you did."
Words failed Severus. Could she possibly be serious? Could she still feel something for him after the way he had treated her so long ago? He looked at her face, all peaches and cream, and saw the pleading look in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Mia," he said after a full minute of gazing into those engaging eyes. "I can't tell you why I've done what I've done. I can tell you that I've changed. That will just have to be enough."
"It will be. For now," Mia said with a familiar mischeivious smile playing on her supple lips. "I knew that you couldn't deny me Severus."
By now a few students had begun to watch Snape with interest as a smile was actually contorting his lips as well. Few people had seen this phenomenon before. It was like witnessing the northern lights. Or a shooting star. Snape turned to face Mia with a renewed vigor in his face. It was as if he were shedding years before her very eyes.
"So our relationship is reinstated," Mia asked hopefully.
"I suppose so," Snape said in an act of being put out. Selene reached out her hand and took Snape's in a vigorous handshake. His students were visibly taken aback. He pretended as if it had been totally unexpected and unwelcome.