Chapter Four
Later that afternoon, Alzan opened the gate to the entrance of Lauder, "Sev?" (He'd given up on correcting her).
"Yes?" He asked, handing her, her bags.
"Can we meet tonight? For a first lesson?"
Severus thought it over, "Not tonight. Tomorrow.after evening meal."
Alzan nodded, knowing not to try and push her luck anymore, "Okay."
"I'll see you later, Alzan." Severus began to walk in the opposite direction.
"Severus!" Alzan stopped him.
"What is it now?" He turned.
"Look at page one-forty-two." She smiled at him, before making a run for the dormitory.
He gapped at her for a moment, before opening his Flourish and Blotts bag. There was the book.clear as day.
"Damn."
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"So.did you look?" Alzan asked, when he returned the book to her the next day.
"No, I did not."
"Why not?" Alzan asked, pouting.
"Because!" Severus slammed his hand down on the metal table.
"Severus." Alzan put her hands on his shoulders, "I'm just mercifully flirting with you." She sighed, "Your should be-"
"Disgusted?"
"No!" Alzan sighed, "Anyway, you can't tell me you've never had a student with a crush on you before."
"Never."
"Oh really?" She asked, "Never?"
"No. I'm cruel, and black hearted when it comes to teaching. My students are usually afraid of me."
"Well, I'm not afraid." She whispered.
"Maybe you should be." Severus whispered back.
"You're just asking to be pounced upon."
"You speak as though you were some kind of tiger, or she-wolf."
"How about we stick to exotic cats? I find them a lot more sexy then dogs."
"Fine. So.are you going to pounce upon me, like a lioness to her prey, or are you going to BE the prey, and let me make the first move?" Severus asked.
"Oh.what am I, if I'm the prey?"
"Antelope. You like to jump around a lot."
A smile touched Alzan's lips, "How about a rabbit? You know how they just like to keep going.and going.and go.ing."
Neither of then noticed how close their faces seemed to have gotten as they spoke, until their lips actually touched.
"So." Alzan asked, "Who was the lion, and who was the poor old bunny rabbit?"
"Tastes like chicken actually." Severus tugged gently on her bottom lip with his teeth, before releasing her.
"So, I take it YOU where the cat, and I was the dumb bird?"
"Well, in a little while I'm going to be the dumb something or other for not stopping this.but I'm finding it most difficult to stop this.you should have a warning label."
"Oh really? And what should this warning label say?"
"I'm not sure yet.but just so you know, you should have one."
"Well.we'll have to discuss that later, Professor Snape." The voice behind them was cold, and unfeeling. It could obliviously be matched as Thalia's, "But right now, I think Alzan should return to her dormitory."
"Bye Sev." Alzan whispered, jumping off of the table where she had perched herself some where amidst the flirtation.
".Bye." It took him a moment to register what was happening.
"Mr. Snape. I gather that YOU can explain what is going on here?"
"Actually, Thalia.I can't." Severus shook his head.
"Mmm.well then. I think you had better go to bed."
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It was near three a.m., when there was quiet knock on Severus's door, and then a small pop.
"Sev? Are you asleep?"
He groaned, "What are you doing?"
"I wanted to apologize for last night." Alzan leaned down next to him.
"It's fine.GO back to bed." He yawned.
For a moment he had thought she had left. That was only until he felt the bed sink down next to him. Alzan's arms wrapped around his shoulders, and she hugged him.
"I didn't mean HERE, Alzan."
Alzan giggled, "All the same.I'm not moving."
Severus sighed, "It's to warm to be.to be."
"To be what, Sev?" Her hands went down underneath the covers, "What is this warmth you speak of? I'm cold."
"Alzan." He groaned.
"Am I infuriating you, Professor?" She asked, sweetly, pushing away a lock of his sweaty hair.
"Yes, very much so."
"If you'd just.listen to me, maybe I wouldn't infuriate you so." She placed her head against his shoulder, one of her hands beginning to fondle him.
"Oh god. I'm going to lose my job here if you don't stop it."
Alzan smiled, "No, we wouldn't want that would we?"
"No." He shook his head, "We wouldn't."
"Well, we're just going to have to make sure no one finds out, huh?"
"Oh god.don't do this to me." Severus shook his head, almost begging, "Go back to your dorm, and go to bed."
"I wish I could Professor." She shrugged, "But I can't."
Later that afternoon, Alzan opened the gate to the entrance of Lauder, "Sev?" (He'd given up on correcting her).
"Yes?" He asked, handing her, her bags.
"Can we meet tonight? For a first lesson?"
Severus thought it over, "Not tonight. Tomorrow.after evening meal."
Alzan nodded, knowing not to try and push her luck anymore, "Okay."
"I'll see you later, Alzan." Severus began to walk in the opposite direction.
"Severus!" Alzan stopped him.
"What is it now?" He turned.
"Look at page one-forty-two." She smiled at him, before making a run for the dormitory.
He gapped at her for a moment, before opening his Flourish and Blotts bag. There was the book.clear as day.
"Damn."
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"So.did you look?" Alzan asked, when he returned the book to her the next day.
"No, I did not."
"Why not?" Alzan asked, pouting.
"Because!" Severus slammed his hand down on the metal table.
"Severus." Alzan put her hands on his shoulders, "I'm just mercifully flirting with you." She sighed, "Your should be-"
"Disgusted?"
"No!" Alzan sighed, "Anyway, you can't tell me you've never had a student with a crush on you before."
"Never."
"Oh really?" She asked, "Never?"
"No. I'm cruel, and black hearted when it comes to teaching. My students are usually afraid of me."
"Well, I'm not afraid." She whispered.
"Maybe you should be." Severus whispered back.
"You're just asking to be pounced upon."
"You speak as though you were some kind of tiger, or she-wolf."
"How about we stick to exotic cats? I find them a lot more sexy then dogs."
"Fine. So.are you going to pounce upon me, like a lioness to her prey, or are you going to BE the prey, and let me make the first move?" Severus asked.
"Oh.what am I, if I'm the prey?"
"Antelope. You like to jump around a lot."
A smile touched Alzan's lips, "How about a rabbit? You know how they just like to keep going.and going.and go.ing."
Neither of then noticed how close their faces seemed to have gotten as they spoke, until their lips actually touched.
"So." Alzan asked, "Who was the lion, and who was the poor old bunny rabbit?"
"Tastes like chicken actually." Severus tugged gently on her bottom lip with his teeth, before releasing her.
"So, I take it YOU where the cat, and I was the dumb bird?"
"Well, in a little while I'm going to be the dumb something or other for not stopping this.but I'm finding it most difficult to stop this.you should have a warning label."
"Oh really? And what should this warning label say?"
"I'm not sure yet.but just so you know, you should have one."
"Well.we'll have to discuss that later, Professor Snape." The voice behind them was cold, and unfeeling. It could obliviously be matched as Thalia's, "But right now, I think Alzan should return to her dormitory."
"Bye Sev." Alzan whispered, jumping off of the table where she had perched herself some where amidst the flirtation.
".Bye." It took him a moment to register what was happening.
"Mr. Snape. I gather that YOU can explain what is going on here?"
"Actually, Thalia.I can't." Severus shook his head.
"Mmm.well then. I think you had better go to bed."
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It was near three a.m., when there was quiet knock on Severus's door, and then a small pop.
"Sev? Are you asleep?"
He groaned, "What are you doing?"
"I wanted to apologize for last night." Alzan leaned down next to him.
"It's fine.GO back to bed." He yawned.
For a moment he had thought she had left. That was only until he felt the bed sink down next to him. Alzan's arms wrapped around his shoulders, and she hugged him.
"I didn't mean HERE, Alzan."
Alzan giggled, "All the same.I'm not moving."
Severus sighed, "It's to warm to be.to be."
"To be what, Sev?" Her hands went down underneath the covers, "What is this warmth you speak of? I'm cold."
"Alzan." He groaned.
"Am I infuriating you, Professor?" She asked, sweetly, pushing away a lock of his sweaty hair.
"Yes, very much so."
"If you'd just.listen to me, maybe I wouldn't infuriate you so." She placed her head against his shoulder, one of her hands beginning to fondle him.
"Oh god. I'm going to lose my job here if you don't stop it."
Alzan smiled, "No, we wouldn't want that would we?"
"No." He shook his head, "We wouldn't."
"Well, we're just going to have to make sure no one finds out, huh?"
"Oh god.don't do this to me." Severus shook his head, almost begging, "Go back to your dorm, and go to bed."
"I wish I could Professor." She shrugged, "But I can't."