I decided to put up another chapter. Lemme know hat you all think so far!!!! I still need a beta too
Chapter Three
It was only 7:30 in the morning when Alex made her way down the stairs into the dungeons. She had dressed in jeans and a pale blue shirt with navy blue robes over it, even though she was half-tempted to dress in something that Snape would find inappropriate. She chose not too since she was hoping that maybe they had just started out on the wrong foot. Nothing like a new day for a new start, right?
The classroom door was open and Alex leaned on the wooden doorframe watching Snape as he set up for the first class of the day. He really wasn't that bad looking when you got past the horrible personality. Yes his hair look greasy but Alex knew that it was more limp then greasy due to standing over the steaming cauldrons all day. That was why she always wore her hair pulled back while working. It would also probably help if he had some better air circulation in the room. It was humid as all hell!
"Are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to help?" Snape said not even looking up from his work. Alex, slightly startled at being caught, moved into the classroom.
"What do you want me to do?" she asked.
"Start crushing those snake fangs. You will be instructing the class on making a simple sleeping potion." Snape said as he set up a cauldron in front of the classroom.
"Me?" Alex asked looking at him in surprise. That was the last thing she had expected. She thought he would be having her take roll and stand around, being bored out of her mind.
"Yes you, Miss. Harper." Snape snapped coldly as he placed some glass vials on the table.
"Well I thought…" Alex started hesitantly.
"You thought what?" He said whirling around, catching her in a cold stare.
"Nothing." Alex replied curtly, moving to the table to start on the snake fangs. Now was definitely not the time to start questioning him.
"If you do not feel that you are up to the task…" Snape smirked as he watched her pour out some snake fangs on the table.
"I never said that!" Alex snapped, facing him with defiance clearly etched over her features. So much for a new start. Just then the fifth year Gryffindors and Slytherins came filing into the classroom. Snape moved to stand by the door, missing the dirty look Alex flashed him as she ground up the needed amount of snake fangs for the demonstration, imagining that it was his arrogant face that she was grounding up.
Alex quickly finished the tedious task, quite happy with the quality of the powder that the fangs were now transformed into. Looking up, she made eye contact with Harry, Ron, and Hermione and gave them a warm smile as she wiped her hands off on her robes. She could see that many people did not like the potions class, especially a slightly chubby boy towards the front who was nervously looking through her notes. Alex could imagine that she would probably be the same way if Snape were her Professor.
Another Gryffindor that caught her eye was a dark-haired girl sitting with her feet propped up on the desk, her red and gold stripped socks showing from underneath her school robes. Now this was a girl who didn't take anything from anyone. Alex could feel someone watching her, and met eyes with a tall Slytherin girl that was regarding her with cold eyes. Yes, Slytherin was definitely the house to watch out for. No wonder why Snape was their head! Most of them seemed like the arrogant prick that he was. Especially the blonde boy laughing cruelly along with some of his friends. Well, you couldn't really call the noise that his friends were making, laughter. It was more like short grunts.
The door slammed closed, startling Alex slightly. Snape moved to the front of the room, sending a look that silenced each and every student. Alex took this as the signal that class was starting.
"Today you will be learning how to make a sleeping potion. Miss. Harper, a student teacher from America, will be demonstrating how. I expect all of you to take extensive notes since you will be tested on this in the very short future." Snape said, studying each student to see if they were all paying attention. Alex could see the students muffle their groans and had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Snape shot them all another dark look, silencing the noise. His eyes fell upon the Gryffindor side.
"Miss. Black! Feet on the floor as I have been telling you for the past five years! And change those ridiculous socks!" Snape growled out. Ayla Black rolled her eyes and let her feet fall to the ground with a loud bang.
"Miss Harper, I believe the class is now yours." Snape said and moved to lean against the wall by the door.
"Thank you Professor." Alex said forcing a smile in his direction. "Now a sleeping draught is actually not that hard of a potion to make." Alex stated to the class, pausing as they all pulled out some parchment and quills in order to take notes. Alex went on explaining the first half of the instructions without fault. It was when she was about to add in some powdered root of asphodel that she realized that something was wrong. What she held was aconite, which would cause the potion to turn into the draught of living death instead of a harmless sleeping draught. She stopped, looking at the bottle in confusion. Where did this come from? There was no reason for it to be with the rest of the ingredients.
"Is there a problem, Miss. Harper?" Snape asked from the corner, watching her closely. Alex looked up at him and saw that he looked at her as if he was eager for her to mess up.
"No. Everything's fine." Alex said quickly realizing that he had purposely put the aconite with the other ingredients. Placing the bottle off to the side, she continued on with the lesson. Soon, the class was over and the last student filed out of the classroom. Alex turned to Snape and looked at him with such intensity and anger, that if looks could kill he would be six feet under.
"I supposed you think that you're rather funny." Alex stated, ice in her voice.
"I have no clue what you are talking about." Snape said as he started to clean up from the class. Alex picked up the bottle of aconite and practically shoved it in his face. She was pissed and it wasn't going to be pretty.
"Do you think I'm that big of a moron that I wouldn't know what this is? Do you hate me so much that you want to humiliate me in front of the students? And what if I had made the draught of living death and ended up testing it on one of the students? What then?!" Alex shouted looking up into his face. Snape only looked at her then proceeded to push past her.
"I have the antidote on hand. There would have been no damage if that had happened. But it didn't, so I don't see why you are so upset about it." Snape stated as if the welfare of his students were of no difference to him. Alex stared at him in utter shock and disgust. This man was supposed to be a Professor?! Unable to look at him any longer, she stormed out of the room before she said or did something she would regret.
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