Chapter 6
Andromeda quickly walked down the halls of Hogwarts to her classroom, looking around as she went, just to make sure Gilderoy or Severus were nowhere in sight. She was just about to turn into her office, when she collided with something or someone, and her papers went flying everywhere. She fell to the ground. "Sorry!" she stuttered, frantically gathering her things. "It was completely my fault." Said a man's voice above her. "Oh, no." she began, and looked up. She couldn't say anything more: she was in a wave of shock. He was tall and handsome, and he had a sweet smile playing across his thin lips. He looked tired and worn out, and although he was very young, there was a streak of gray in his brown hair. Andromeda felt her heart skip a beat. He helped her to her feet and she nervously brushed away the hair that was in her face. "Hello." She said softly. "Sorry about that." "It was mostly my fault." The man replied. "I wasn't watching where I was going." He held out his hand. "I'm Remus Lupin." She shook his hand. "I'm Andromeda Stone." She said, her voice a bit shaky. "You're the new DADA teacher, correct?" Remus asked. Andromeda nodded. Remus smiled, remembering his days as a professor. "I should probably go." Andromeda said, opening the door to her office. "Ok then." Remus replied. She disappeared into her office, and Remus continued down the hall, leaving Andromeda with her thoughts.
At this time Severus was running into Gilderoy in the hallway. "Hello, Severus." Said Gilderoy, cheerfully, feeling sorry that Snape wasn't nearly as attractive as himself. "Gilderoy." Snape replied darkly. "What brings you to the intelligent side of the castle?" Gilderoy didn't understand that comment, so he went on. "I'm just paying a visit on Miss Stone." He said. Snape's brow furrowed. "What business do you have with her?" he asked. "If you must know," Gilderoy said, "I am trying to get her to admit she has feelings for me." "Isn't that lovely." Snape said, seeing right away that Gilderoy was just flattering himself. "I'm sorry to say, however," Snape continued, "That I have a. interest, if you will, in Miss Stone as well, and you will have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat me at anything Lockhart." "But it's twelve o'clock." Gilderoy said, once more confused. "Nevermind." Snape replied, annoyed. "Just stay away from her." "Why don't YOU stay away from her?" Gilderoy retorted, not having a better response. "I am, after all, the pretty one." "Yeah." Said Snape. "Pretty stupid." "Thank you." Gilderoy said. "I do believe I am- wait." Gilderoy furrowed his brow in thought. Snape shook his head. "Why don't we let Andromeda decide?" he suggested. "Fine." Gilderoy said, and they both headed towards the DADA office.
Andromeda was sitting at her desk, thinking about her encounter with Remus, when there came a knock at the door. "Come in." she said. Gilderoy and Severus fell into the room, and came quickly to her desk, Severus on one side of Andromeda, Gilderoy on the other. "What can I do for you gentleman?" Andromeda asked, hoping they would leave soon. "Well," Gilderoy began, "I know you love me Andromeda, and I think it's time for you to just admit it." "What?" Andromeda said, hardly surprised that Gilderoy had brought this up. "I know you're thinking about it right now." Gilderoy said. "Poor girl, constantly wondering if I am with another woman. But don't think about it any more, my dear girl." "The only thing I'm thinking now," Andromeda interrupted, "Is that I am in an idiot sandwich." "You're so funny, Andromeda." Gilderoy said. "You're not in a sandwich!" Andromeda sighed; amazed that someone could live with fluff instead of a brain. "See," Severus said, "She has no interest in you. She's better off with ME." Andromeda turned to Severus. "Severus," she said, "Why would I want to date someone who acts as if a close-hanger had been shoved up his ass." Severus opened his mouth as if to say something, but could only make a type of 'buh' sound.
Severus and Gilderoy silently walked through the halls and away from Andromeda's office. "There has to be a way to change her mind." Gilderoy said. "A way where she could love us but be able to choose who she loves more." Severus stopped. "There's a type of potion that can do that!" he said. "She would spend a day loving one person, the next day loving a different person, and then the next day choose!" "Would you be able to make it?" Gilderoy asked. Snape hit him over the head. "Of course I would!" he said. "I'm the damn potions master!" "What could I do?" Gilderoy asked, eager to be a part of the whole thing. "We could use your books to kindle the fire!" Severus said, opening the door to the potions office.
Ok, so that's the chapter. It's LONGER, for those of you who asked me. It's still pretty short, but they should get longer as they go, if I'm lucky. In the next chapter, Severus and Gilderoy make the potion, and they each have a day with Andromeda. (The chapters to come get more romantic, for those of you who like that kind of thing. I'm a bit scared about writing the Gilderoy one, though.)
Andromeda quickly walked down the halls of Hogwarts to her classroom, looking around as she went, just to make sure Gilderoy or Severus were nowhere in sight. She was just about to turn into her office, when she collided with something or someone, and her papers went flying everywhere. She fell to the ground. "Sorry!" she stuttered, frantically gathering her things. "It was completely my fault." Said a man's voice above her. "Oh, no." she began, and looked up. She couldn't say anything more: she was in a wave of shock. He was tall and handsome, and he had a sweet smile playing across his thin lips. He looked tired and worn out, and although he was very young, there was a streak of gray in his brown hair. Andromeda felt her heart skip a beat. He helped her to her feet and she nervously brushed away the hair that was in her face. "Hello." She said softly. "Sorry about that." "It was mostly my fault." The man replied. "I wasn't watching where I was going." He held out his hand. "I'm Remus Lupin." She shook his hand. "I'm Andromeda Stone." She said, her voice a bit shaky. "You're the new DADA teacher, correct?" Remus asked. Andromeda nodded. Remus smiled, remembering his days as a professor. "I should probably go." Andromeda said, opening the door to her office. "Ok then." Remus replied. She disappeared into her office, and Remus continued down the hall, leaving Andromeda with her thoughts.
At this time Severus was running into Gilderoy in the hallway. "Hello, Severus." Said Gilderoy, cheerfully, feeling sorry that Snape wasn't nearly as attractive as himself. "Gilderoy." Snape replied darkly. "What brings you to the intelligent side of the castle?" Gilderoy didn't understand that comment, so he went on. "I'm just paying a visit on Miss Stone." He said. Snape's brow furrowed. "What business do you have with her?" he asked. "If you must know," Gilderoy said, "I am trying to get her to admit she has feelings for me." "Isn't that lovely." Snape said, seeing right away that Gilderoy was just flattering himself. "I'm sorry to say, however," Snape continued, "That I have a. interest, if you will, in Miss Stone as well, and you will have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat me at anything Lockhart." "But it's twelve o'clock." Gilderoy said, once more confused. "Nevermind." Snape replied, annoyed. "Just stay away from her." "Why don't YOU stay away from her?" Gilderoy retorted, not having a better response. "I am, after all, the pretty one." "Yeah." Said Snape. "Pretty stupid." "Thank you." Gilderoy said. "I do believe I am- wait." Gilderoy furrowed his brow in thought. Snape shook his head. "Why don't we let Andromeda decide?" he suggested. "Fine." Gilderoy said, and they both headed towards the DADA office.
Andromeda was sitting at her desk, thinking about her encounter with Remus, when there came a knock at the door. "Come in." she said. Gilderoy and Severus fell into the room, and came quickly to her desk, Severus on one side of Andromeda, Gilderoy on the other. "What can I do for you gentleman?" Andromeda asked, hoping they would leave soon. "Well," Gilderoy began, "I know you love me Andromeda, and I think it's time for you to just admit it." "What?" Andromeda said, hardly surprised that Gilderoy had brought this up. "I know you're thinking about it right now." Gilderoy said. "Poor girl, constantly wondering if I am with another woman. But don't think about it any more, my dear girl." "The only thing I'm thinking now," Andromeda interrupted, "Is that I am in an idiot sandwich." "You're so funny, Andromeda." Gilderoy said. "You're not in a sandwich!" Andromeda sighed; amazed that someone could live with fluff instead of a brain. "See," Severus said, "She has no interest in you. She's better off with ME." Andromeda turned to Severus. "Severus," she said, "Why would I want to date someone who acts as if a close-hanger had been shoved up his ass." Severus opened his mouth as if to say something, but could only make a type of 'buh' sound.
Severus and Gilderoy silently walked through the halls and away from Andromeda's office. "There has to be a way to change her mind." Gilderoy said. "A way where she could love us but be able to choose who she loves more." Severus stopped. "There's a type of potion that can do that!" he said. "She would spend a day loving one person, the next day loving a different person, and then the next day choose!" "Would you be able to make it?" Gilderoy asked. Snape hit him over the head. "Of course I would!" he said. "I'm the damn potions master!" "What could I do?" Gilderoy asked, eager to be a part of the whole thing. "We could use your books to kindle the fire!" Severus said, opening the door to the potions office.
Ok, so that's the chapter. It's LONGER, for those of you who asked me. It's still pretty short, but they should get longer as they go, if I'm lucky. In the next chapter, Severus and Gilderoy make the potion, and they each have a day with Andromeda. (The chapters to come get more romantic, for those of you who like that kind of thing. I'm a bit scared about writing the Gilderoy one, though.)