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Chapter Six
It had been two weeks since Alex and Snape had declared war on each other. Alex knew that Snape was up to something. He had stubbornly questioned Lia, Fiona, and Remus about how she had learned his middle name, since they were the few who had known it. She caught him watching her during mealtimes and throughout the daily classes. His eyes always seemed calculating and the silent interrogation unnerved her greatly. He was definitely up to something.
Within these past two weeks, tension had noticeably increased between the two. They were always openly fighting about something. In fact, Fred and George Weasley had opened a betting pool and almost every student was placing bets on either Snape or Alex.
It was right before the fifth years Gryffindors and Slytherins had potions when Ayla Black and Amaya Grace ran up to the twins. Ayla slammed down three Galleons on the table in front of the two boys.
"Alex!" Ayla said declaring her bet. The girl had taken a liking to the student teacher and the way she stood up to Snape. Alex was almost like a worshipped icon in the eyes of all those who detested Snape, saying the things that many had only dreamed of saying to the man.
"Snape!" Amaya stated with a defiant glint in her eye. George marked down both the bets on a roll of parchment, as Fred gathered up the money into the collecting tin.
"Snape? You're betting on him?!" Ayla cried out as they headed off to class.
"Yeah. He's going to win! I mean come on, he scares everyone." Amaya said. She felt the need to stick up for her head of house, and truly felt that he had the upper hand on the student teacher. It was a weird friendship that the two had, being from rival houses and always competing with each other. But somehow they had found a common ground where their friendship was based.
"Not Alex! She just laughs at him." Ayla defended.
"Miss Grace, Miss Black take your seats." Snape said seeing the two girls walk in. They both took their seats on the designated sides of the room, eagerly waiting the bickering to begin.
The class actually went pretty smooth for once, much to the disappointment of the students. Unfortunately, it did last that long. Towards the end, tension started up again. Alex was up in front of the class teaching the fifth years a glow in the dark potion.
"It seems, Miss. Harper, that you have forgotten to explain the purpose of the dragonfly wings." Snape said talking to her as if she was a child. Alex gave him a dirty look.
"Thank you for reminding me, Stanley." She smirked. She could hear the fifth year's snickers but over the noise boomed Severus' reply.
"It's nothing…Alexandra." The glass bottle of dragonfly wings fell from Alex's hand, shattering on the floor. Memories came flooding back to Alex in a whirlwind. The faces that she longed to forget flashed before her eyes and she could hear his taunting voice. 'Alexandra…' Quickly pushing away the memories, she turned and faced Snape with a dark look across her face.
"What did you call me?" she asked, cold rage in her voice.
"Alexandra. That is your name after all." Severus smirked, oblivious to the pain that Alex was fighting in her heart.
"No one calls me Alexandra." Alex stated, her eyes glittering with anger. Severus couldn't help but notice how attractive she looked when angry. Shaking the thought from his mind, he turned to the class.
"You may go. We will continue this next week." The class filed out and as Ayla passed by Snape, she couldn't help but let out a cough that sounded very similar to the word Stanley. She bolted out the door before he could deduct house points or give her a detention.
"I'm telling you now. Don't ever call me Alexandra again." Alex stated firmly looking up at him. Snape just smirked down at her.
"I don't think that that will be possible seeing that you have taken to calling me by my middle name." He stated calmly.
"This is totally different." Alex argued.
"No, Alexandra, I don't believe it is." Snape stated and turned away from her. Glaring angrily, Alex stomped out the door, ignoring the chuckle that followed.
'How did he find out? Who told him?' Alex thought to herself. She stopped and leaned heavily on the windowsill one the corridors.
'Get a grip, girl! It's just a name! Scott can't hurt you anymore!' Alex yelled in her head.
"Are you all right, Alex?" an elderly voice asked from behind her. Turning around, Alex saw Dumbledore standing there with the usual twinkle in his eye but this time it was mixed in with concern.
"You told him my name." Alex stated softly, turning back to the window, looking out across the grounds.
"I take it that you are talking about Severus." Albus said.
"No, the tooth fairy. Yes Severus. Why did you tell him?" Alex asked running a hand through her hair.
"He had asked. I didn't see any harm in it. May I ask why it bothers you?" Dumbledore inquired, ignoring her blatant sarcasm
"It's just something from my past." Alex sighed. Dumbledore gave her a look in efforts to have her continue. Alex turned to face the headmaster.
"I've put it behind me. It's nothing to worry about." Alex said but wondered if she was trying to convince the headmaster or herself.
"You cannot run from the past, my dear. You will eventually have to face it." Dumbledore stated. Alex smiled sadly and walked away, continuing on to her room. All she wanted to do was take a long hot bath and fall asleep.
Next Chapter: Alex loses her temper and it results in a small potions lab accident! Oops! LOL
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