Chapter 4
Snape sat down in the teacher's room, reading his paper, when Flitwick sat down next to him. "So Severus, how did your date go?"
"It wasn't a date," Snape replied not looking up.
"The young lady said 'date' in her letter. So come on, was it awful?"
Snape looked up, thinking. "I don't know. It could have been worse."
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Tonks looked at her nails. "This is useless! How can I choose what to wear if I don't even know where we're going! Grr!" Tonks looked down and changed her nail colour again.
"Your best bet is pink," came a voice. Tonks turned around.
"I knew you cost too much money. . . you really think so?" Tonks asked the mirror.
"Of course dear. Open your wardrobe and let me see. Not like I've got anything better to do, hanging here!"
"I can always take you with me?" Tonks laughed.
"It's okay dear. Now open the wardrobe." Tonks did so. "Now, take out what I tell you. That black skirt. That red top, and the other red one next to it. That's it. Those black trousers with the jewels on. And take out that dress there!"
The outfits lay on the bed, and the mirror, with invisible eyes, scanned through them. "There! That one. And the boots. . ."
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Callie and Anna sat down in the Three Broomsticks. "Do you really think she'll pull it off?" Anna asked.
"I do actually. I spoke to her this morning. She sounded quite sure about it really."
"Oh well. It's just a load of fun. I hope she does do it actually. I mean, it's been ages since she's really been out with a guy!"
"They're not going to fall for each other Anna! Could you imagine that!"
"I can. I really do think they'll fall for each other."
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Tonks met a well dressed Snape outside of Madam Puddifoot's. Dressed in black trousers with jewels across the top of it, and a red gypsy top, Tonks felt as though she wasn't wearing the appropriate dress. "Do I look okay?" she asked.
"You're fine. Come on. I'm going to take you to that new place, Lumières Rouges. What do you think?"
"No one can get in there! That place is always booked!"
"Well, I, Miss. Tonks, have special contacts. C'mon." They walked in Lumières Rouges and Tonks looked around in awe.
"It's beautiful!"
"Wait until you tri the food. I've often come here since it opened. Not with anyone as. . ." Snape suddenly cut off. "There's our table. Come on."
They were just starting their desert when Tonks caught Snape looking at her curiously. "What?" she asked.
"Your eyes. They're blue today," he replied.
"Yeah, I know. Why?"
"Tonks, can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"You change your looks constantly. It's like you never stop. Can you please tell me what never changes about you." Tonks looked confused. "There's something about you. Every time I see you, it doesn't change, but I don't know what it is."
Tonks smiled. "Then you'd be the first to notice." She lifted her chin slightly, to reveal a tiny freckle, the only one on her face. "Most people, in fact, no one, has ever pointed it out. It's too light to see usually."
"And there's something else. . ." Snape leaned over the table slightly, looking into her eyes. I leant back again. "The shape and size of your eyes never change."
"Well done. You truly do have acute eyesight Severus." He smiled slightly, but at that moment, a voice sounded from a table.
"Sevvie! On a date!? A look at this Jamsie! This is a sight you don't see everyday!"
"Cut it off Sirius!" a pregnant Lily Potter said. James Potter kept staring at the couple.
"Sevvie! This is a sight you don't see everyday. James Potter, miss. And why you waste your time with this guy, when you can have Remus over there is beyond me!" Tonks looked at his outstretched hand.
"Nymphadora Tonks," she said shaking his hand. "And if you don't mind, we were talking."
"Certainly, certainly." James, Sirius, his date and Lily walked away, talking.
"Severus, I think you better explain something to me now."
A/N: Could this put pressure on the relationship and the bet? Hahaha! The date will be continued in the next chapter as I'm evil.