Potions, Unicorns, Dragons, and Love
Chapter 1: Embarrassment
It is the last week of classes for my sixth year, but that doesnt stop me from doing extra credit work for next year. I am currently in potions, I guess thats where it all begins:
Snape sighed as he watched Miss Leza finish up her potions. She was always coming in for extra credit work. He could see why Hermione Granger looked up to her. Well, Hermione kept it hidden that she looked up to her, even liked her a little bit. After all, a Gryffindor was not supposed to like a Slytherin, but he knew.
Jaci heard Snape sigh, but did not look up to meet his intense gaze. She added the lace wings, and then took her journal out to begin writing in it. When the timer rang, she put her journal away, and wrote down the notes that Snape always wanted.
Snape sighed again, and stood up. He walked towards his books, and shuffled through them, not really paying attention to them. He could feel her eyes on his back, but when he turned around, she was not looking at him, she was looking at her notes.
Now it was Jacis turn to sigh as she took out her journal again, and began writing. She stopped and pondered, as she got stuck. She smiled, because she was alone with Snape in his classroom. Somebody had told her she would be doing this, and she grinned as she remembered who it was.
Professor Remus J Lupin was very reluctant to let Jaci into his office after classes, because she was a Slytherin. They had ended up being good friends after hed trusted her, it was actually as if he was one of her close friends, and not her teacher. Of course that was only when they had been alone, never during class. One day while they were talking, Snape walked in carrying some sort of potion.
Lupin noticed the cold way Jaci acted around Snape, and how she would gaze at him when he was not looking. For three years, since before Lupin had been appointed at the school, she had been able to fool everyone, including herself. Lupin, on the other hand, hadnt been fooled at all.
When Snape left, Lupin drank the potion and smiled. 'You enjoy Professor Snapes company?' he asked her. Jaci turned to look at him somewhat confused. Remus burst out laughing. '"I expect one day youll be in his classroom, alone with him, making a potion. Ill have to be sure and walk in on you.'
After that he did, three weeks later. He walked into potions without Jaci knowing it, in fact she had been talking to Professor Snape at the time, and giving him the cold hard treatment she always did. The next second, she looked up and was startled when she heard a chuckle. Spinning around, she saw Lupin and at the stunned look on her face, Lupin started laughing.
How could Lupin even think I like Snape?
She came out of her daydream, and found that she was still holding her journal and it was wide open.
Hey, where is Snape?
Suddenly, she froze. She knew exactly where Snape was. He was behind her, and he was gazing over her shoulder.
Snape had always wondered what it was Miss Leza would write about in her journal. Grinning, he now knew why she kept it well hidden, all the time. Jaci slammed her journal and blushed.
Jaci never let anyone but her cousin read her stories, because they were private. Now someone had gotten a glance at one, and this person was the one she really didn't want to give that much freedom too. Jaci turned slowly, and then looked at her potion notes again.
'Well Miss Leza, I know what you think of now,' Snape said, somewhat amused. Jacis ears turned pink, and she closed her eyes tight. However she was no longer blushing, because now she knew hed read it. Jaci wrote stories, and some of them of course, were romance. She had been writing on particular thing when hed read it. It was a scene where the main character and the man she's in love with were sharing a long, romantic, detailed kiss, by the sunset.
Jaci looked up to meet Snape's extreme gaze. 'I dont like people reading over my shoulder,' Jaci told him coldly. He smiled.
'So, is that a hobby?' he asked grinning.
'If you must know, professor, its not what you think it is. Its a fiction story about a girl who loses everything, but gains a friend, without realizing that this friend is the love of her life. It was one scene that you read, but I can assure you that is where it ends,' Jaci said. Quickly she began putting her things away in her bag.
Snape smiled. 'Let me read it,' he said. Jaci froze as she stood up to look at him.
'I do not think so, professor, that is personal.' Snape just smiled again.
'Is that the only story you have?' Jaci froze once again, and turned to look at him curiously. 'No,' she said cautiously. 'I have others, on different subjects, humor, mysteries, horror, adventure, romance.'
'Ok Miss Leza, if you want to pass next year, I need to read one of them,' Snape said with a smirk. Jaci gaped at him.
'No, uh-uh. You can not, and I mean not read my stories,' she said.
'Oh, no, not all of them, just one. Unless that is, you want to flunk next year.' Jaci stared at him in disbelief.
'Thats not fair,' she said.
'Nothing is fair in life, might as well get used to it.' He smirked. 'Now Miss Leza do you have a copy of one of your stories?'
Jaci did, but she wasn't about to tell him that. Instead she crossed her arms across her chest, because she wasnt going to give it up without a fight. Snape did the same.
'How about it Miss Leza, one measly story, or failing Hogwarts?' Snape asked. Jaci sighed. She handed him a story. 'So, romance?' Snape asked with a grin.
'No,' Jaci said, handing him the notes he wanted. Then she gave him a smirk to match his own. 'Its about werewolves. Youre favorite.' Jaci grinned as she walked out of the classroom.
She hated Snape for telling everyone about Remus. She had known of course, because she had recognized the potion. Shed told Lupin shed known, and that it didnt bother her either. But that morning when Snape told all of the Slytherin house what Remus was, she hated him.
Now she hated him even more, for threatening her grades, something she prided herself in, and for making her give him one of her stories. But shed gotten him back. It had been a story about werewolves, and if he made one comment, she would have to kill him.
Chapter 1: Embarrassment
It is the last week of classes for my sixth year, but that doesnt stop me from doing extra credit work for next year. I am currently in potions, I guess thats where it all begins:
Snape sighed as he watched Miss Leza finish up her potions. She was always coming in for extra credit work. He could see why Hermione Granger looked up to her. Well, Hermione kept it hidden that she looked up to her, even liked her a little bit. After all, a Gryffindor was not supposed to like a Slytherin, but he knew.
Jaci heard Snape sigh, but did not look up to meet his intense gaze. She added the lace wings, and then took her journal out to begin writing in it. When the timer rang, she put her journal away, and wrote down the notes that Snape always wanted.
Snape sighed again, and stood up. He walked towards his books, and shuffled through them, not really paying attention to them. He could feel her eyes on his back, but when he turned around, she was not looking at him, she was looking at her notes.
Now it was Jacis turn to sigh as she took out her journal again, and began writing. She stopped and pondered, as she got stuck. She smiled, because she was alone with Snape in his classroom. Somebody had told her she would be doing this, and she grinned as she remembered who it was.
Professor Remus J Lupin was very reluctant to let Jaci into his office after classes, because she was a Slytherin. They had ended up being good friends after hed trusted her, it was actually as if he was one of her close friends, and not her teacher. Of course that was only when they had been alone, never during class. One day while they were talking, Snape walked in carrying some sort of potion.
Lupin noticed the cold way Jaci acted around Snape, and how she would gaze at him when he was not looking. For three years, since before Lupin had been appointed at the school, she had been able to fool everyone, including herself. Lupin, on the other hand, hadnt been fooled at all.
When Snape left, Lupin drank the potion and smiled. 'You enjoy Professor Snapes company?' he asked her. Jaci turned to look at him somewhat confused. Remus burst out laughing. '"I expect one day youll be in his classroom, alone with him, making a potion. Ill have to be sure and walk in on you.'
After that he did, three weeks later. He walked into potions without Jaci knowing it, in fact she had been talking to Professor Snape at the time, and giving him the cold hard treatment she always did. The next second, she looked up and was startled when she heard a chuckle. Spinning around, she saw Lupin and at the stunned look on her face, Lupin started laughing.
How could Lupin even think I like Snape?
She came out of her daydream, and found that she was still holding her journal and it was wide open.
Hey, where is Snape?
Suddenly, she froze. She knew exactly where Snape was. He was behind her, and he was gazing over her shoulder.
Snape had always wondered what it was Miss Leza would write about in her journal. Grinning, he now knew why she kept it well hidden, all the time. Jaci slammed her journal and blushed.
Jaci never let anyone but her cousin read her stories, because they were private. Now someone had gotten a glance at one, and this person was the one she really didn't want to give that much freedom too. Jaci turned slowly, and then looked at her potion notes again.
'Well Miss Leza, I know what you think of now,' Snape said, somewhat amused. Jacis ears turned pink, and she closed her eyes tight. However she was no longer blushing, because now she knew hed read it. Jaci wrote stories, and some of them of course, were romance. She had been writing on particular thing when hed read it. It was a scene where the main character and the man she's in love with were sharing a long, romantic, detailed kiss, by the sunset.
Jaci looked up to meet Snape's extreme gaze. 'I dont like people reading over my shoulder,' Jaci told him coldly. He smiled.
'So, is that a hobby?' he asked grinning.
'If you must know, professor, its not what you think it is. Its a fiction story about a girl who loses everything, but gains a friend, without realizing that this friend is the love of her life. It was one scene that you read, but I can assure you that is where it ends,' Jaci said. Quickly she began putting her things away in her bag.
Snape smiled. 'Let me read it,' he said. Jaci froze as she stood up to look at him.
'I do not think so, professor, that is personal.' Snape just smiled again.
'Is that the only story you have?' Jaci froze once again, and turned to look at him curiously. 'No,' she said cautiously. 'I have others, on different subjects, humor, mysteries, horror, adventure, romance.'
'Ok Miss Leza, if you want to pass next year, I need to read one of them,' Snape said with a smirk. Jaci gaped at him.
'No, uh-uh. You can not, and I mean not read my stories,' she said.
'Oh, no, not all of them, just one. Unless that is, you want to flunk next year.' Jaci stared at him in disbelief.
'Thats not fair,' she said.
'Nothing is fair in life, might as well get used to it.' He smirked. 'Now Miss Leza do you have a copy of one of your stories?'
Jaci did, but she wasn't about to tell him that. Instead she crossed her arms across her chest, because she wasnt going to give it up without a fight. Snape did the same.
'How about it Miss Leza, one measly story, or failing Hogwarts?' Snape asked. Jaci sighed. She handed him a story. 'So, romance?' Snape asked with a grin.
'No,' Jaci said, handing him the notes he wanted. Then she gave him a smirk to match his own. 'Its about werewolves. Youre favorite.' Jaci grinned as she walked out of the classroom.
She hated Snape for telling everyone about Remus. She had known of course, because she had recognized the potion. Shed told Lupin shed known, and that it didnt bother her either. But that morning when Snape told all of the Slytherin house what Remus was, she hated him.
Now she hated him even more, for threatening her grades, something she prided herself in, and for making her give him one of her stories. But shed gotten him back. It had been a story about werewolves, and if he made one comment, she would have to kill him.