"Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you"
It had been another two years in which nothing thrilling happened for the Blacks. The Lupins had been visited by a woman.
"Good afternoon Mr and Mrs Lupin. I am here to ask you if you want to take care of six-year-old William," asked the woman.
"Well, I don't know, I…" Linda began, but said Remus he first wanted to discuss it with his wife.
"Linda, we must take care of him," he said.
"Why?"
"He's a werewolf, that's why she came to us," said Remus.
"How do you know he's a…"
"I recognise my own species, alright." spat Remus.
"Alright, he can live with us," sighed Linda.
It was night and the full moon shone bright at the sky, the children were in bed. Sirius was at the Lupins and Anne was home alone, she wanted to stay with the children. Then the doorbell rang, Anne wondered who it could be, and therefore answered the door.
"Good evening Severus. What brings you here?" asked Anne.
"I wanted to talk with you," he said friendly.
"Come in," and Anne stepped aside to let Severus in.
They sat down on the sofa in the living room, Anne noticed Severus sitting closer to her than he usually did, when Sirius was around. It startled her, but she didn't let him notice.
"Well, what is it you wanted to talk to me about, Severus?"
"You're married to Sirius for four years now, right?" he asked.
"Yes, why do you ask?" asked Anne.
"Well, when we were still students at Hogwarts, I was deeply in love with you." He began. "Then Lily Evans came in my world, and Harry and Draco were born. But Lily has died after Draco was born (A/N: Sorry, I hadn't mentioned it in the story, but Severus' speaking the truth, Lily has died.), I noticed I still deeply loved you…"
"Sev… I can't love you anymore," said Anne.
"I know, but just for one evening…"
"No. I'm a married woman and mother of three children. I can't afford to have an affair with you," spat Anne. "I'm sorry, Sev," she whispered. Before she had time to react, she felt his lips press upon hers and his strong arms pulling her close to his warm body. He's strong, she thought. When she didn't answer his kiss, he broke off.
"Anne, I love you…" he whispered in her ear.
"Severus, I thought we were good friends, but now I have reasons to hate you," she whispered back. Severus shot an angry look at her and let go of her.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because you know I don't and won't ever love you, but you're ignoring it by kissing me. I thought our friendship meant more to you."
Severus looked away.
"I… I'm sorry… but… but I couldn't resist the urge… the desire to kiss you…" he then looked straight into her eyes. "I'm really sorry." The he stood up and went to the door.
"Where are you going?" asked Anne.
"Home, before I make more mistakes," replied Severus gravely.
"But you said you wanted to talk to me," asked Anne surprised.
"Yes," he answered. "That's what I said, I said that because otherwise you wouldn't let me in if I told you I no longer could resist my feelings towards you…"
"I see," said Anne.
"But I'll leave before Sirius comes back and finds out," said Severus quickly.
"Don't worry about that, he will find out sooner or later," said Anne, and let Severus out.
After two hours, Sirius came back home.
"Did Remus' Wolfsbane Potion work?" asked Anne.
"Yes."
"Did Linda have something important to tell you?"
"No, not as far as I know…" replied Sirius. "How were the children?"
"They didn't wake up… I think…" said Anne, and left to check them. A few minutes later she came back.
"And?" asked Sirius.
"They're still asleep, and Alex was lying with Chris in Chris' bed…" said Anne.
"Real brother love…" grinned Sirius.
"Looks like it, yes!"
"Something else, have you received Dumbledore's letter?"
"Dumbledore's letter?
"Yes, he wants you to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts," Sirius explained. And right in cue a small, brown owl appeared on the windowsill.
"There must be his letter," said Anne and picked the owl up. She freed it from its burden, which she opened and read.
"He wants me to teach there…" said Anne.
"Well, write a letter in which you tell him you'll take the job," suggested Sirius.
"I don't know…"
"Why?"
"Because… never mind," said Anne, while scribbling down she would take the job, then she folded is again and sent it away.
Anne set down next to Sirius on the sofa, who put an arm around her shoulders. She laid her head on his shoulder and fell asleep. Sirius softly kissed her hair, which woke her up again.
"I'm sorry if I woke you, love," he said, apologising.
"Doesn't matter, there was something I couldn't sleep of…" she replied.
"Oh really? Tell me… is it important?" asked Sirius.
"When you was at Remus and Linda's earlier this evening, Severus was here," she said.
"So? He's a friend of yours, he comes more often," shrugged Sirius.
"Yes, well, this time he went over the line. He said he was in love with me and…"
Anne's voice failed to continue her sentence.
"And what, Anne?" encouraged Sirius her.
"And he kissed me…" admitted Anne.
A/N: oh, I'm so mean to stop with such a huge cliffhanger! I'm pretty sure I'll receive a lot of dead treats in the reviews *shrugs* oh well, I'll get over that! ;)