Severus was still mystified why he had fallen in love with Dolores
Umbridge's daughter. Of course, when he met her he didn't know she was her
daughter and, even if she had, she didn't know who Dolores Umbridge was
anyway. I guess the thing that mystified him was how the daughter of the
devil could be so sweet. And sweet she was, just a sweet, pretty girl.
That aside from the fact that he had fallen in love with her was why he missed her. Sometimes he found himself, in the wee small hours of the morning, longing just to talk to her again. He was lonely. She had made him whole; she had washed away all the pain away. That was her gift, anyone, anytime could go to her and she would make them feel better. Even her mere presence could brighten someone's day.
~FLASHBACK~
"Hey Sev!" a voice called from behind him. He had gathered up his breakfast early and was on his way to the library for a little early morning study period. He swirled on his feet ½ expecting to see a face taunting him but nope, it was his best and only friend, Fiona.
"Hey Winnie," Severus said. Fiona had not only wrought a positive change in Severus's internal self but also in his exterior. He had cut and washed his hair and occasionally wore a smile.
"Tell me again, how'd you find out about my middle name?"
"I have my ways," he said smiling evilly. A lot could happen in 2 months; this was something Severus found out quickly. The marauders didn't bother him that much anymore though they were nowhere close to being nice or civil. His schedule had been switched around so he was in all of Fiona's classes. People actually looked at him and he had a crush.
The only thing wrong with anything was that he still knew nothing about Fiona's family. She had listened raptly to his portrayal of his family. She had hugged him when he talked about his father's constant physical and emotional abuse. She had said evil things about his mother after he told her of his mother's rejection. Yet he hadn't heard about hers. He knew something was bothering her for he had found her crying in the isolation of the room of requirement. She only said one thing over and over again: wanted, wanted, wanted, over and over again. She'd rock back and forth as she said this and Severus started to wonder about her sanity.
"Yeah, well I'm gonna find yours out one day then you'll wish you wouldn't have found mine out."
"Who says I'm ashamed of my middle name?" Severus asked playfully. She was now swinging on his arm. He smiled down at her. "So got you up so early in the morning?"
"I couldn't sleep," she suddenly became silent and her eyes went to the floor.
"Are you sure you don't want me to make up some dreamless sleep potion for you?"
"No, no, it'll be fine. I just have to learn to use that time. I should have been doing my work during that time."
"Slight problem Winnie, you've already finished your work for the next month!" Severus pointed out.
"I know but that doesn't mean I shouldn't' be studying." He shook his head in exasperation. It hadn't seemed possibility 2 months before that anyone could be as studious as himself but Fiona had exceeded him by leaps and bounds. She stayed on his heals all the way to the library.
"I wouldn't be talking to me about homework if I were you Sev. You're the one waking up at," she paused to look at her wristwatch. "6:00 to do extra work." Severus blushed.
"I'm not going to do extra work, I just came for a little pre-break studying. You know in just a few short months we'll be taking the OWLS!"
"No Sev, I've been hiding under a rock! Of course I know that."
"Don't be a smart ass, it doesn't become you." They entered the library and were surprised to find Remus Lupin sitting in the corner with a book propped up on his knees. Severus tried to go the other way but Fiona was already on her way over to him.
"Good morning Remus," she said. "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Fiona, I'm just doing a little studying," he said without even looking up from his book.
"Is it all right if me and Severus sit here with you?" Remus grimaced a little bit but nodded. That was the other thing about Fiona that had impacted his social life positively. Since everybody liked Fiona, very few people completely disliked him. They sat down, (Severus as far away from Remus as possible). "So, Remus, what are your plans for Christmas?" she asked.
"I think I'll go home, maybe over to the Potters for a while. How about you?"
"I'm just going to stay here. Severus?" she had again skirted the issue of her family life.
"I'm staying here, most defiantly." Somehow an entire holiday break with Luca and Ebony didn't sound appealing to him. He knew that his father would spend the whole time hitting him upside the head and/or telling him what a failure he was. His mother on the other hand would ignore his presence completely.
His mother had never wanted to have children in the first place. Severus had been a mistake, a big mistake at that. The only time she uttered a word to him was to tell him that he had ruined her life. He felt no compassion for them what so ever. She nodded. "Good, we can spend Christmas together." Remus eyed them suspiciously. Fiona quickly got out a book and started scribbling down notes in a notebook she carried with her everywhere. Severus followed suit with a book of advanced DADA. He was just sinking into his rhythm of studying when he felt a small foot slide up his leg. He looked down quickly and saw Fiona's yellow-sock clad foot rubbing up and down his leg.
She didn't even look up at him but a small blush had crept into her cheeks. She continued reading however like nothing had happened. Severus went back to his book with a smile plastered on his face. Unbenounced to the two of them, Remus was watching them from the corner of his eye.
'Sirius isn't going to like this,' he thought to himself. Sirius liked Fiona.a lot. She didn't like him because he was mean to Severus. Remus knew that Sirius would no sooner be nice to the previously greasy haired git them eat slugs, even for a girl that he liked. It was incredibly apparent that the two (Fiona and Severus) liked each other. He had surmised that Severus would fall for Fiona because there was no reason not to fall for her. That is unless you don't like pretty, gentle, kind, smart, loving, giving people like her.
The three continued till about 8:00 when they knew other people would be getting up. Remus defiantly didn't want his friends finding him with Severus so he bolted and Severus was dying to Fiona in private. She liked him; there was no other reason for her to run her foot up his leg!
"Let's go to the room of requirement," she whispered to him, reading his mind. He nodded and followed her up the stairs. They did the ritual of walking past the door 3 times, thinking about what they needed. Suddenly a real door appeared and they went inside. The room was just as it always was when Fiona occupied it. It was a sunny room with soft furniture and boiling hot tea sitting on the coffee table. She, instead of sitting down flung herself onto the Slytherin. She kissed him on the lips, twirling her legs around his waist. "Severus, I love you, I love you," she whispered fervently in his ear.
He was shocked but found himself speaking. "Oh Winnie, I've loved you from the moment I lay eyes on you." She was still clung to him and he started kissing the top of her head then her nose and finally her mouth. It truly was a wonderful mouth, full and soft. He slid his tongue into her mouth and it felt good. It suddenly occurred to him that he had never kissed anyone before. She seemed to no what she was doing though so he followed her lead. Then a strange thing happened, she fell limp into his arms.
He looked down, alarmed. Had he done something wrong? She had fainted, dead cold in his arms. He didn't know what to do. Should he wait till she awoke or should he take her to the Hospital Wing? He decided on the latter. It was a long way there but he went at it at a run. He got there in record time. "Madam Mulch," he panted. "Something's happened to Ms. Umbridge. She just fainted."
"What was she doing at the time?" the short woman asked, coming over quickly.
"She was studying," Severus lied.
"Take her over to the bed and I'll examine her." Those were some of the longest minutes of his life, waiting for Madam Mulch to tell him what was wrong with her. She came out, shaking her head. "She's fine now, I still have no idea what's wrong with the girl. Maybe it was just stress. Would you be so kind as to take her some place quiet where she can rest?" Severus nodded and walked into the curtained area.
"What happened Fiona?" he asked seriously.
"I don't know, probably stress or something. Don't worry," she added with a grin. "You did nothing wrong." Severus looked into her eyes. He was trying to find some scrap of evidence that would tell him what was wrong with his friend, his love. He found nothing except exhaustion.
"You're probably right. You look tired. We can go some place quiet for you to sleep." He helped her up and they headed back to the room of requirement. They found the room with a roaring fire, comfy chairs and a long, soft bed in the corner. He helped her over to the bed and she lay down and fell softly to sleep. Severus had never seen her sleeping and he got a mad urge to kiss her. Her soft curls fell around the pillow and her lashes were curled up. Her lips were gently closed and her knees were drawn up to her chest. She slept with one arm falling over her waist and the other swung over her head. It didn't really look very comfortable to Severus but she looked peaceful enough.
The youth settled himself in a chair opposite her and soon found himself bored out of his wits. That's when his eyes caught the bookshelf on the left wall. He got up and browsed the titles. They were all books that one would read in bed. Seeing none that particularly flared his interests he flicked a random book from the shelf. It was a book of fairy tales. He let out a hollow laugh. He had never read or heard a fairy tale in his life but he opened it anyway.
The one he opened to was sleeping beauty. He thought it was quite fitting giving the situation so he read it. It was interesting if not particularly riveting but he thought that Fiona looked a lot like the sleeping beauty that was described.
Fiona slept for hours and he poured through story after story. When she finally awoke a tray of sandwiches had appeared. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. "What am I doing here?" she asked in a groggy voice. He grinned at her and she gave a lopsided grin herself.
"You've been sleeping for hours," he answered. "We have some lunch," he gestured to the tray. She got up and joined him around the little table. She rubbed her arms, which were bare for he had taken off her robe revealing a T-shirt and jeans. "Are you cold," he asked concerned. Knowing the answer he gave her her robe and she pulled it on.
"You didn't have to stay you know," she said seriously, biting into an egg salad.
"I know, I wanted to, I had nothing better to do anyway." She smiled at him.
"I really did like it," she said in a low voice.
"Liked what?"
"The kiss, you were good." He was shocked a girl actually liked it when he kissed her.
"Yeah, um, m-m-me too," he stammered, blushing.
"I honestly don't know why you'd want to do it with me though. There are tons of girls who want to go out with you."
"That's not true and, well, you're a prize," he felt so stupid when he said that. A prize he thought to himself wildly. 'Why can't you think of anything productive to say?' She grinned and laughed.
"Do you want to, you know, by my boyfriend Sev?" He couldn't believe his luck. Fiona Umbridge wanted to go out with him!
"Yeah, yeah I do." She smiled and climbed into his lap.
"Good, now I won't have to pursue you." She snuggled into his chest and for the first time in his whole life he felt on top of the world. He felt loved..
A/N- I hope you liked that. I know there was some confusion on the subject. Severus did not fall in love with the Umbridge in the 5th book. He fell in love with her daughter. So, if I write this story right you'll hate Dolores Umbridge even more. Anyway, I hate the Umbridge in the 5th book too, everybody does.
That aside from the fact that he had fallen in love with her was why he missed her. Sometimes he found himself, in the wee small hours of the morning, longing just to talk to her again. He was lonely. She had made him whole; she had washed away all the pain away. That was her gift, anyone, anytime could go to her and she would make them feel better. Even her mere presence could brighten someone's day.
~FLASHBACK~
"Hey Sev!" a voice called from behind him. He had gathered up his breakfast early and was on his way to the library for a little early morning study period. He swirled on his feet ½ expecting to see a face taunting him but nope, it was his best and only friend, Fiona.
"Hey Winnie," Severus said. Fiona had not only wrought a positive change in Severus's internal self but also in his exterior. He had cut and washed his hair and occasionally wore a smile.
"Tell me again, how'd you find out about my middle name?"
"I have my ways," he said smiling evilly. A lot could happen in 2 months; this was something Severus found out quickly. The marauders didn't bother him that much anymore though they were nowhere close to being nice or civil. His schedule had been switched around so he was in all of Fiona's classes. People actually looked at him and he had a crush.
The only thing wrong with anything was that he still knew nothing about Fiona's family. She had listened raptly to his portrayal of his family. She had hugged him when he talked about his father's constant physical and emotional abuse. She had said evil things about his mother after he told her of his mother's rejection. Yet he hadn't heard about hers. He knew something was bothering her for he had found her crying in the isolation of the room of requirement. She only said one thing over and over again: wanted, wanted, wanted, over and over again. She'd rock back and forth as she said this and Severus started to wonder about her sanity.
"Yeah, well I'm gonna find yours out one day then you'll wish you wouldn't have found mine out."
"Who says I'm ashamed of my middle name?" Severus asked playfully. She was now swinging on his arm. He smiled down at her. "So got you up so early in the morning?"
"I couldn't sleep," she suddenly became silent and her eyes went to the floor.
"Are you sure you don't want me to make up some dreamless sleep potion for you?"
"No, no, it'll be fine. I just have to learn to use that time. I should have been doing my work during that time."
"Slight problem Winnie, you've already finished your work for the next month!" Severus pointed out.
"I know but that doesn't mean I shouldn't' be studying." He shook his head in exasperation. It hadn't seemed possibility 2 months before that anyone could be as studious as himself but Fiona had exceeded him by leaps and bounds. She stayed on his heals all the way to the library.
"I wouldn't be talking to me about homework if I were you Sev. You're the one waking up at," she paused to look at her wristwatch. "6:00 to do extra work." Severus blushed.
"I'm not going to do extra work, I just came for a little pre-break studying. You know in just a few short months we'll be taking the OWLS!"
"No Sev, I've been hiding under a rock! Of course I know that."
"Don't be a smart ass, it doesn't become you." They entered the library and were surprised to find Remus Lupin sitting in the corner with a book propped up on his knees. Severus tried to go the other way but Fiona was already on her way over to him.
"Good morning Remus," she said. "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Fiona, I'm just doing a little studying," he said without even looking up from his book.
"Is it all right if me and Severus sit here with you?" Remus grimaced a little bit but nodded. That was the other thing about Fiona that had impacted his social life positively. Since everybody liked Fiona, very few people completely disliked him. They sat down, (Severus as far away from Remus as possible). "So, Remus, what are your plans for Christmas?" she asked.
"I think I'll go home, maybe over to the Potters for a while. How about you?"
"I'm just going to stay here. Severus?" she had again skirted the issue of her family life.
"I'm staying here, most defiantly." Somehow an entire holiday break with Luca and Ebony didn't sound appealing to him. He knew that his father would spend the whole time hitting him upside the head and/or telling him what a failure he was. His mother on the other hand would ignore his presence completely.
His mother had never wanted to have children in the first place. Severus had been a mistake, a big mistake at that. The only time she uttered a word to him was to tell him that he had ruined her life. He felt no compassion for them what so ever. She nodded. "Good, we can spend Christmas together." Remus eyed them suspiciously. Fiona quickly got out a book and started scribbling down notes in a notebook she carried with her everywhere. Severus followed suit with a book of advanced DADA. He was just sinking into his rhythm of studying when he felt a small foot slide up his leg. He looked down quickly and saw Fiona's yellow-sock clad foot rubbing up and down his leg.
She didn't even look up at him but a small blush had crept into her cheeks. She continued reading however like nothing had happened. Severus went back to his book with a smile plastered on his face. Unbenounced to the two of them, Remus was watching them from the corner of his eye.
'Sirius isn't going to like this,' he thought to himself. Sirius liked Fiona.a lot. She didn't like him because he was mean to Severus. Remus knew that Sirius would no sooner be nice to the previously greasy haired git them eat slugs, even for a girl that he liked. It was incredibly apparent that the two (Fiona and Severus) liked each other. He had surmised that Severus would fall for Fiona because there was no reason not to fall for her. That is unless you don't like pretty, gentle, kind, smart, loving, giving people like her.
The three continued till about 8:00 when they knew other people would be getting up. Remus defiantly didn't want his friends finding him with Severus so he bolted and Severus was dying to Fiona in private. She liked him; there was no other reason for her to run her foot up his leg!
"Let's go to the room of requirement," she whispered to him, reading his mind. He nodded and followed her up the stairs. They did the ritual of walking past the door 3 times, thinking about what they needed. Suddenly a real door appeared and they went inside. The room was just as it always was when Fiona occupied it. It was a sunny room with soft furniture and boiling hot tea sitting on the coffee table. She, instead of sitting down flung herself onto the Slytherin. She kissed him on the lips, twirling her legs around his waist. "Severus, I love you, I love you," she whispered fervently in his ear.
He was shocked but found himself speaking. "Oh Winnie, I've loved you from the moment I lay eyes on you." She was still clung to him and he started kissing the top of her head then her nose and finally her mouth. It truly was a wonderful mouth, full and soft. He slid his tongue into her mouth and it felt good. It suddenly occurred to him that he had never kissed anyone before. She seemed to no what she was doing though so he followed her lead. Then a strange thing happened, she fell limp into his arms.
He looked down, alarmed. Had he done something wrong? She had fainted, dead cold in his arms. He didn't know what to do. Should he wait till she awoke or should he take her to the Hospital Wing? He decided on the latter. It was a long way there but he went at it at a run. He got there in record time. "Madam Mulch," he panted. "Something's happened to Ms. Umbridge. She just fainted."
"What was she doing at the time?" the short woman asked, coming over quickly.
"She was studying," Severus lied.
"Take her over to the bed and I'll examine her." Those were some of the longest minutes of his life, waiting for Madam Mulch to tell him what was wrong with her. She came out, shaking her head. "She's fine now, I still have no idea what's wrong with the girl. Maybe it was just stress. Would you be so kind as to take her some place quiet where she can rest?" Severus nodded and walked into the curtained area.
"What happened Fiona?" he asked seriously.
"I don't know, probably stress or something. Don't worry," she added with a grin. "You did nothing wrong." Severus looked into her eyes. He was trying to find some scrap of evidence that would tell him what was wrong with his friend, his love. He found nothing except exhaustion.
"You're probably right. You look tired. We can go some place quiet for you to sleep." He helped her up and they headed back to the room of requirement. They found the room with a roaring fire, comfy chairs and a long, soft bed in the corner. He helped her over to the bed and she lay down and fell softly to sleep. Severus had never seen her sleeping and he got a mad urge to kiss her. Her soft curls fell around the pillow and her lashes were curled up. Her lips were gently closed and her knees were drawn up to her chest. She slept with one arm falling over her waist and the other swung over her head. It didn't really look very comfortable to Severus but she looked peaceful enough.
The youth settled himself in a chair opposite her and soon found himself bored out of his wits. That's when his eyes caught the bookshelf on the left wall. He got up and browsed the titles. They were all books that one would read in bed. Seeing none that particularly flared his interests he flicked a random book from the shelf. It was a book of fairy tales. He let out a hollow laugh. He had never read or heard a fairy tale in his life but he opened it anyway.
The one he opened to was sleeping beauty. He thought it was quite fitting giving the situation so he read it. It was interesting if not particularly riveting but he thought that Fiona looked a lot like the sleeping beauty that was described.
Fiona slept for hours and he poured through story after story. When she finally awoke a tray of sandwiches had appeared. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. "What am I doing here?" she asked in a groggy voice. He grinned at her and she gave a lopsided grin herself.
"You've been sleeping for hours," he answered. "We have some lunch," he gestured to the tray. She got up and joined him around the little table. She rubbed her arms, which were bare for he had taken off her robe revealing a T-shirt and jeans. "Are you cold," he asked concerned. Knowing the answer he gave her her robe and she pulled it on.
"You didn't have to stay you know," she said seriously, biting into an egg salad.
"I know, I wanted to, I had nothing better to do anyway." She smiled at him.
"I really did like it," she said in a low voice.
"Liked what?"
"The kiss, you were good." He was shocked a girl actually liked it when he kissed her.
"Yeah, um, m-m-me too," he stammered, blushing.
"I honestly don't know why you'd want to do it with me though. There are tons of girls who want to go out with you."
"That's not true and, well, you're a prize," he felt so stupid when he said that. A prize he thought to himself wildly. 'Why can't you think of anything productive to say?' She grinned and laughed.
"Do you want to, you know, by my boyfriend Sev?" He couldn't believe his luck. Fiona Umbridge wanted to go out with him!
"Yeah, yeah I do." She smiled and climbed into his lap.
"Good, now I won't have to pursue you." She snuggled into his chest and for the first time in his whole life he felt on top of the world. He felt loved..
A/N- I hope you liked that. I know there was some confusion on the subject. Severus did not fall in love with the Umbridge in the 5th book. He fell in love with her daughter. So, if I write this story right you'll hate Dolores Umbridge even more. Anyway, I hate the Umbridge in the 5th book too, everybody does.
