Disclaimer: I own absolutely none of the characters except for Essie, Loki, and Anyanka Draca. Everything else is certainly not mine. But then again, you probably knew that, right?

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"Well," said Dumbledore, sitting down, "it seems we have a lot to talk about, Miss Lei."

Essie sighed. It had been two hours but her eyes were still glowing a little. And her voice was STILL kind of deep. "I don't know what happened. It's never happened before. I was all mad a Snape when he grabbed my wrist and then I was floating and he was on the ground looking like shi-er, looking very bad."

Dmubledore chuckled. No wonder Harry liked this girl so much. And he was amazed how she had attracted Severus. It was unnatural how much Snape was in love with her. Of course, he was dating Professor Draca now, but he was sure Severus would come to his senses soon.

"If I may, Professor Dumbledore-" said Snape, interrupting Dumbledore's chain of thought, "But I think it is time to escort Miss Lei to her dormitory?"

Dumbledore nodded. "Come to me if you find out anything," he commanded Essie. He turned to Snape. "I trust you're going to be doing the escorting, Severus?"

"If that is what you wish, Sir."

"Oh, but it's what YOU wish Severus."

Severus scowled and grabbed Essie and stalked out of the room.

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Essie waited until they were out of the infirmary before she yanked her arm out of Snape's grip. "OW! What is it with you and grabbing my arm? I'd think you'd have learned your lesson by now. Unless you want another flying lesson?"

"Shut up, you silly little girl," hissed Snape

"Why? Afraid your girlfriend will hear us? You shouldn't have offered to escort me then. In case you didn't notice, MY VOICE IS HUGE NOW!" she yelled so loud that one of the vases in the hall fell and broke.

Severus clapped a hand over her mouth. "Shut up before you break anything else-my eardrums in particular." He was slightly shocked by the red tinge that was growing in her eyes. But that didn't shock him nearly as much as the warm, wet, slightly slimy thing he felt on the palm of his hand. He yelped and wiped his hand on his robes.

Essie's eyes were quite brown and sparkling with laughter.

"What WAS that?"

"My tongue. You shouldn't have looked at my eyes. Otherwise you would have seen the muscles in my mouth working."

"Your tongue?"

"Yeah. Why? You didn't seem so squeamish when it was in your mouth."

"Oh, you," growled Snape. He grabbed her and planted a firm kiss on her lips. He was about to let go, but she kept holding on. She was right. He wasn't nearly so squeamish about her tongue when it was in his mouth.

Suddenly, Essie felt very tired. She sighed as she closed her eyes and very suddenly fell asleep, her arms still around him.

Snape decided to oblige her and swung her into his arms as he started walking to her dormitory.

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AN: and that wraps up this very short chapter. Hell, that was the shortest thing I ever wrote. Whatever. Just review por favor. It would do me very good. And where is risquer? Are you still there? Please review. I wrote this all because of your prodding. So yeah. I dedicate this chapter to you.