Hiding the Truth
Sirius walked through the classroom door and before he knew what was happening Remus had closed and locked the door behind him, but before either of them could stay anything there was a knock at the door.
"We're busy!" Remus shouted.
"Well that should be Electra." Sirius told him trying not to smile, Remus smiled slightly as he unlocked the door to let her in.
"I thought for a moment that you didn't want to see me." Electra told him, as he rushed over to her. "I'm fine Remus before you ask, really."
"Are you sure?" Remus asked her. "You can tell me, no matter what ever it is you can tell me; it isn't Snape he isn't giving you a hard time is he?"
"He hasn't gone anywhere near her, don't worry about that." Sirius reassured him as he walked over to the desk and sat down on the edge of it, as Electra tried not to make eye contact with Remus.
"I wouldn't put anything past him." Remus said as she stared at his sister. "You would tell us wouldn't you; if he did anything or strange things happen?"
"Yes of course." Electra told him as she walked over and sat down on the desk in front of Sirius where Remus joined her. "You're both going to keep an annoyingly close eye on me aren't you now?"
"Of course we are." Sirius answered her truthfully, she smiled slightly at him; she was glad that they were both looking out for her but they could be too much at times.
"You can't balm us can you?" Remus told her. "If we were doing it properly before then you would have been safe, and..."
"Yes I know, and Severus would have been lost as well." Electra said.
"Oh Snape can look after himself." Sirius said dismissively. "Though I am surprised that they caught onto him, I mean come on; he come off as an evil git doesn't he?"
Electra didn't say anything, she wouldn't have minded to say something in his defence but then it would look way to strange and start to think that he had done something else to her; then she wondered if he had, she had mever really given him that much thought. Well not a lot like she was doing now, she did remember him from school and all; but there was something else that was nagging her at the back of her mind. She knew that she couldn't talk to anyone as well about any of this, she couldn't even talk to Severus himself because he might start to get the wrong idea, and there was something when he looked at her, but what was it?
"Earth to Electra, you in there?" Sirius asked waving his hand in front of her face because she seemed to have zoomed out thinking.
"What, oh yeah I'm fine sorry...I was just thinking about something." Electra told him. "It doesn't matter."
"Are you sure?" Remus asked her, they were both looking quite concerned at her; but she smiled reassuringly at them and they both smiled back at her.
"Hey why don't we all go out for a drink, you know to The Three Broomsticks?" Sirius asked them excitedly, both Electra and Remus looked at each other smiling.
"Why not." Electra answered.
"You haven't changed have you Padfoot?" Remus said smiling at his best mate.
"Why would I have?" Sirius said not getting the remark, they both smiled at him again.
Electra left Sirius and Remus to talk telling them that she had a bit of work she need to finish before she could go, so they both let her while they carried on talking; Remus seemed a lot better because he had seen them both together and she seemed just fine, if only he knew what was really going on.
Electra was walking back up to her room when she stopped suddenly and felt her necklace the one Sirius had given her all those years ago, the one she had thought she had lost; but it wasn't really Severus had had it all these years. She turned back around and decided to go down to the dungeons to talk to him.
Electra walked down the corridor, half making sure that no one saw her going down to the dungeon's not that she really wanted to hide the fact that she was going, she just didn't think that it was a good idea Sirius and Remus knowing that she was seeing him.
She stopped outside of his office, she wasn't as sure now that she was here if she going in, what if he got the wrong idea about her being there? But there wasn't really anyway of knowing unless she went inside. She knocked on the door, and was suddenly pulled open from the inside.
"What is it, I'm busy!" Severus shouted, but when he saw her stood there in front of him he stepped back and looked away from her.
"I'm sorry I can always come back another time if you're busy." Electra told him.
"No...no that's alright...I thought that you were one of the student's pestering me." Severus told her, he smiled slightly at her and she walked into his office; she turned back round when he closed the door.
She smiled at him before she sat down and he walked round to the other side of his desk to sit down as well.
"So...what do I owe this visit to?" Severus asked her.
"Well...erm...I was thinking about the wedding." Electra said, and the quickly looked up at him he didn't look at all pleased by the topic of conversion she wanted to talk about. "Well...it was more about the necklace you gave me back."
Severus just stared at her unmoving or so it seemed from the outside, Electra stared at him waiting fro him to say something but it seemed that he wasn't going to unless she said something else.
"Well...I wanted to say...erm thank you for finding it for me after all these years." Electra said smiling at him slightly as she spoke. "I just couldn't believe it when you gave it to me; I had been looking for it for years. I was just wondering, well how did you know and where was it all these years?"
Severus just stared at her again, but this time she saw a small change in his features; something that he seemed to be trying to hide from her before he decided to speak. She couldn't read him, he was one person she had never been able to read even when they were in school together he was just a mystery to her; and for some reason she seemed to like that, Sirius was all well and good but with him there wasn't that much mystery anymore. She shock her head what the hell was she thinking, she loved Sirius everything about him she was married to him and they were planning to have a family together. Severus was still watching her as though he was trying to read her mind, she hoped that he hadn't because she wasn't very good at protecting herself especially when her thoughts started to wonder like they were doing now.
"Don't do that." Electra told him.
"I'm sorry." Severus said.
"Well my question." Electra said.
"I found it, and I just thought that it might belong to you." Severus answered.
"But why?" Electra asked. "Why did you think of me?"
Severus stared at her before he answered her question with another question. "Do you really want to know the answer to that question?"
"I don't think that should have been the question, it should have been do you really want to answer it?" Electra told him.
Severus smiled slightly at her. "I knew it was yours, I knew that oaf of a husband gave it to you all those years ago...I had it..."
"What, what are you talking about?" Electra asked confused.
"Do you understand?" Severus said.
Electra shack her head and stood up she didn't want to hear this, but Severus had got to his feet as well and moved over to her to stop her from leaving.
"Of course you know or you wouldn't have come down here to see me." Severus told her holding her by the arms but she didn't try to get away from him. "I don't know why I do, but I...that dance when I saw you dancing with him it tore me to pieces...I took it that night the necklace. If I couldn't have you then I would have something that was yours and me, it said E and S; so in away it could have been us couldn't it."
Electra was still in a state of shock and just stood there staring at him, not sure if she was really taking all of this in what he was telling her.
"Severus..." Electra tried to say, but he stopped her.
"What, that isn't what you wanted to hear personally I thought it was." Severus told her. "Now you're wondering if it was true what I told you or am I just playing some game with you, well that is up to you if you want to find out now isn't it?"
"I..." Electra tried to say, but she didn't know what to say to him.
"well then." Severus said, Electra looked up at him and finally moved away from him.
"I have to go." Electra told him, he bowed his head slightly as she quickly left his office.
(A/N: sorry its taken so long but I've been busy and my internet connection isn't working properly, so I can only connect to half the net and not get any of emails; but still do review if you want too, I'll try and update again soon.)
Sirius walked through the classroom door and before he knew what was happening Remus had closed and locked the door behind him, but before either of them could stay anything there was a knock at the door.
"We're busy!" Remus shouted.
"Well that should be Electra." Sirius told him trying not to smile, Remus smiled slightly as he unlocked the door to let her in.
"I thought for a moment that you didn't want to see me." Electra told him, as he rushed over to her. "I'm fine Remus before you ask, really."
"Are you sure?" Remus asked her. "You can tell me, no matter what ever it is you can tell me; it isn't Snape he isn't giving you a hard time is he?"
"He hasn't gone anywhere near her, don't worry about that." Sirius reassured him as he walked over to the desk and sat down on the edge of it, as Electra tried not to make eye contact with Remus.
"I wouldn't put anything past him." Remus said as she stared at his sister. "You would tell us wouldn't you; if he did anything or strange things happen?"
"Yes of course." Electra told him as she walked over and sat down on the desk in front of Sirius where Remus joined her. "You're both going to keep an annoyingly close eye on me aren't you now?"
"Of course we are." Sirius answered her truthfully, she smiled slightly at him; she was glad that they were both looking out for her but they could be too much at times.
"You can't balm us can you?" Remus told her. "If we were doing it properly before then you would have been safe, and..."
"Yes I know, and Severus would have been lost as well." Electra said.
"Oh Snape can look after himself." Sirius said dismissively. "Though I am surprised that they caught onto him, I mean come on; he come off as an evil git doesn't he?"
Electra didn't say anything, she wouldn't have minded to say something in his defence but then it would look way to strange and start to think that he had done something else to her; then she wondered if he had, she had mever really given him that much thought. Well not a lot like she was doing now, she did remember him from school and all; but there was something else that was nagging her at the back of her mind. She knew that she couldn't talk to anyone as well about any of this, she couldn't even talk to Severus himself because he might start to get the wrong idea, and there was something when he looked at her, but what was it?
"Earth to Electra, you in there?" Sirius asked waving his hand in front of her face because she seemed to have zoomed out thinking.
"What, oh yeah I'm fine sorry...I was just thinking about something." Electra told him. "It doesn't matter."
"Are you sure?" Remus asked her, they were both looking quite concerned at her; but she smiled reassuringly at them and they both smiled back at her.
"Hey why don't we all go out for a drink, you know to The Three Broomsticks?" Sirius asked them excitedly, both Electra and Remus looked at each other smiling.
"Why not." Electra answered.
"You haven't changed have you Padfoot?" Remus said smiling at his best mate.
"Why would I have?" Sirius said not getting the remark, they both smiled at him again.
Electra left Sirius and Remus to talk telling them that she had a bit of work she need to finish before she could go, so they both let her while they carried on talking; Remus seemed a lot better because he had seen them both together and she seemed just fine, if only he knew what was really going on.
Electra was walking back up to her room when she stopped suddenly and felt her necklace the one Sirius had given her all those years ago, the one she had thought she had lost; but it wasn't really Severus had had it all these years. She turned back around and decided to go down to the dungeons to talk to him.
Electra walked down the corridor, half making sure that no one saw her going down to the dungeon's not that she really wanted to hide the fact that she was going, she just didn't think that it was a good idea Sirius and Remus knowing that she was seeing him.
She stopped outside of his office, she wasn't as sure now that she was here if she going in, what if he got the wrong idea about her being there? But there wasn't really anyway of knowing unless she went inside. She knocked on the door, and was suddenly pulled open from the inside.
"What is it, I'm busy!" Severus shouted, but when he saw her stood there in front of him he stepped back and looked away from her.
"I'm sorry I can always come back another time if you're busy." Electra told him.
"No...no that's alright...I thought that you were one of the student's pestering me." Severus told her, he smiled slightly at her and she walked into his office; she turned back round when he closed the door.
She smiled at him before she sat down and he walked round to the other side of his desk to sit down as well.
"So...what do I owe this visit to?" Severus asked her.
"Well...erm...I was thinking about the wedding." Electra said, and the quickly looked up at him he didn't look at all pleased by the topic of conversion she wanted to talk about. "Well...it was more about the necklace you gave me back."
Severus just stared at her unmoving or so it seemed from the outside, Electra stared at him waiting fro him to say something but it seemed that he wasn't going to unless she said something else.
"Well...I wanted to say...erm thank you for finding it for me after all these years." Electra said smiling at him slightly as she spoke. "I just couldn't believe it when you gave it to me; I had been looking for it for years. I was just wondering, well how did you know and where was it all these years?"
Severus just stared at her again, but this time she saw a small change in his features; something that he seemed to be trying to hide from her before he decided to speak. She couldn't read him, he was one person she had never been able to read even when they were in school together he was just a mystery to her; and for some reason she seemed to like that, Sirius was all well and good but with him there wasn't that much mystery anymore. She shock her head what the hell was she thinking, she loved Sirius everything about him she was married to him and they were planning to have a family together. Severus was still watching her as though he was trying to read her mind, she hoped that he hadn't because she wasn't very good at protecting herself especially when her thoughts started to wonder like they were doing now.
"Don't do that." Electra told him.
"I'm sorry." Severus said.
"Well my question." Electra said.
"I found it, and I just thought that it might belong to you." Severus answered.
"But why?" Electra asked. "Why did you think of me?"
Severus stared at her before he answered her question with another question. "Do you really want to know the answer to that question?"
"I don't think that should have been the question, it should have been do you really want to answer it?" Electra told him.
Severus smiled slightly at her. "I knew it was yours, I knew that oaf of a husband gave it to you all those years ago...I had it..."
"What, what are you talking about?" Electra asked confused.
"Do you understand?" Severus said.
Electra shack her head and stood up she didn't want to hear this, but Severus had got to his feet as well and moved over to her to stop her from leaving.
"Of course you know or you wouldn't have come down here to see me." Severus told her holding her by the arms but she didn't try to get away from him. "I don't know why I do, but I...that dance when I saw you dancing with him it tore me to pieces...I took it that night the necklace. If I couldn't have you then I would have something that was yours and me, it said E and S; so in away it could have been us couldn't it."
Electra was still in a state of shock and just stood there staring at him, not sure if she was really taking all of this in what he was telling her.
"Severus..." Electra tried to say, but he stopped her.
"What, that isn't what you wanted to hear personally I thought it was." Severus told her. "Now you're wondering if it was true what I told you or am I just playing some game with you, well that is up to you if you want to find out now isn't it?"
"I..." Electra tried to say, but she didn't know what to say to him.
"well then." Severus said, Electra looked up at him and finally moved away from him.
"I have to go." Electra told him, he bowed his head slightly as she quickly left his office.
(A/N: sorry its taken so long but I've been busy and my internet connection isn't working properly, so I can only connect to half the net and not get any of emails; but still do review if you want too, I'll try and update again soon.)