Second Chance
Sirius had calmed down again and was back in his celebrating mood, they had all gone out to the Three Broomsticks for drinks; even Fred and George, Bill Mr and Mrs Weasley had come as well.
And they had all put a front on so that none of them knew that anything at all had happened in the school with Severus. But of course, Harry and Ron did pull the twins aside to tell them that Sirius had knocked him out though they didn't completely know why; because knew what Lucias had done to her but he had kept his word and not told anyone.
Remus was next to Tonks he was still trying to get the hang of small talk with her, but she seemed to be doing just fine for the two of them.
***
Electra had gone back to work, and didn't spend as much time at the school; she came up on the weekends but stayed at the school on her own during the week. Sirius was glad because she was away from Snape, which they were back to normal after the fight; though Electra was still a little annoyed with Sirius because what he had done but she was coming around.
It had been nearly a month since Sirius had announced that they were going to have a baby, and since she had seen anything of Severus which she was very glad of considering how their meetings were going, he was getting quite scary.
It was a Friday night and Electra had been late home from work again, well she didn't have anyone to come home to because Sirius was at Hogwarts most of the time, and the house seemed awfully big just for her sometimes.
She appeared in the kitchen and put her work down on the table and then walked over to the fridge to get something to eat, but she didn't know what she fancied only that she wanted something to eat. She heard a pop behind her, she smiled to herself as she turned round expecting to see Sirius stood there; but it wasn't him.
Electra stumbled backwards knocking a bottle to the floor, as he walked towards her; he pulled out his wand and cleared up the mess standing only a couple of feet away from her.
"What are you doing here?" Electra asked him. "Sirius should be here..."
"No he won't, he's gone to the pub with your brother." Severus told her. "So he won't be back until tomorrow."
"Really." Electra said, moving away from the fridge because she was getting cold.
"Though personally I wouldn't leave you here alone if you were my wife." Severus told her.
"Yes well I'm not your wife." Electra told him.
Severus stepped closer and reached out, Electra moved away from him but he only closed the fridge, and then turned to her.
"I wouldn't hurt you." Severus told her, but Electra still moved away from him which seemed to annoy him even more. "If I degust you so much then why did you...or did you just want to torture yourself some more?"
"I...it isn't like that....it wasn't like that." Electra told him.
Severus stepped forward. "Then what was it? You were just bored because your husband wasn't a wake?"
This time it was Electra who stepped forward and slapped him as hard as she could across the face, he smiled at her and then grabbed hold of her and pulled her forward and kissed her. At first she fought against him trying to break free of him, but then gave into him; he let go of her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Electra finally got a hold of her self and broke away from him, but she was still in his arms.
"And that was?" Severus asked her, Electra looked up at him and then lowered her head and tried to push him away. "Why do you keep fighting me?"
"Why do you keep pushing me?" Electra asked.
"Because you want me to, because you want me to break you, because you want me." Severus told her.
"You know you're more like Sirius then you like to admit, because you can be so full of yourself some times." Electra told him, at this he let her go, not liking being compared with Sirius.
"What so that's why you like me?" Severus asked her.
Electra turned around to walk away, but he followed her into the living room; she turned back round and he was right there.
"Severus please just leave." Electra told him. "I want you to leave, and leave me alone."
"I can't do that, I'm not really the type to give up on something that want." Severus told her.
"It isn't me you want; you want to get back at Sirius and Remus." Electra shot at him. "And this is the perfect way, isn't it? You sleep with me, I end up pregnant...and now I..."
"And now what, what?" Severus asked, he stared at her hard trying to read her but he couldn't get anything from her. "You do know, don't you...I mean you do know who the father is right?"
"Of course I do!" Electra shouted at him, going to hit him again; but this time he stopped her and just held her. She looked up at him then lowered her head again against his chest.
"Well this is going to be interesting isn't it?" Severus told her, as she started to cry softly but he couldn't hear her as he let go of her and she collapsed into him as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry...I've ruined everything." Electra said. "I do love him, I know that you don't want to hear that, but I do...I hate what I've done to him, and that I did it with someone who doesn't even care that we've hurt him."
Severus pulled her away. "Of course I care."
"Only because now you've got one over on him, with his own wife." Electra told him.
"I care because what its doing to you, I'm not some heartless monster that everyone thinks I am." Severus told her. "I have a heart and I have feelings, I just don't put them on show like the rest of the world."
"Why because you're afraid of getting hurt?" Electra asked, Severus looked at her. "Is that it really it? You're afraid of opening your heart because you might get hurt, that's the whole point of it taking the risk."
"Well I didn't want to take it, and now that I have look where it's got me." Severus told her letting go of her and walking over to the window.
Electra looked at him for a moment before she walked over to him. "maybe you should have taken it sooner."
Severus looked over at her, but she had already walked away from him.
"It would have ended up the same way of course, and then where would I have been?" Severus said with his back to her.
"Well we'll never know now will we?" Electra told him.
Severus turned back round. "You lot all believe in second chances, give me a second chance to prove to you that I could be all that he is to you and more besides."
"This was your second chance, but like I said you chose it to late." Electra told him.
"I don't think I did, I think that its you this time who's afraid to take a risk with their heart." Severus told her as he walked over to her.
"I did take a risk with heart, I let Sirius back into it and it played off; because now I'm his wife and we have a house together." Electra told him. "But..."
"But I came alone, and seem to be ruining your little dream." Severus spat at her, and then said a little softer. "Or maybe I'm here to open your eyes to the truth."
"I love him, I'm sorry but I do...and now you'll just have to live with it." Electra told him, but he stepped closer.
"What if the child's mine?" Severus asked her. "Will he still want to be you, because I will?"
Electra shock her head stepping away from him. "It can't be yours...and..."
"And you can't be sure of that can you?" Severus said. "I'll be here, for your second chance; just don't be too late."
Severus lent forward and kissed her on the cheek, and then apperated.
(A/N: well, what can I say about that; part from well that was a different side to Severus wasn't it? Anyway thanks for the reviews, but I'm still keeping you all hanging on in there to weather or not Severus is the father, I can't tell you straight away now can I?)
Sirius had calmed down again and was back in his celebrating mood, they had all gone out to the Three Broomsticks for drinks; even Fred and George, Bill Mr and Mrs Weasley had come as well.
And they had all put a front on so that none of them knew that anything at all had happened in the school with Severus. But of course, Harry and Ron did pull the twins aside to tell them that Sirius had knocked him out though they didn't completely know why; because knew what Lucias had done to her but he had kept his word and not told anyone.
Remus was next to Tonks he was still trying to get the hang of small talk with her, but she seemed to be doing just fine for the two of them.
***
Electra had gone back to work, and didn't spend as much time at the school; she came up on the weekends but stayed at the school on her own during the week. Sirius was glad because she was away from Snape, which they were back to normal after the fight; though Electra was still a little annoyed with Sirius because what he had done but she was coming around.
It had been nearly a month since Sirius had announced that they were going to have a baby, and since she had seen anything of Severus which she was very glad of considering how their meetings were going, he was getting quite scary.
It was a Friday night and Electra had been late home from work again, well she didn't have anyone to come home to because Sirius was at Hogwarts most of the time, and the house seemed awfully big just for her sometimes.
She appeared in the kitchen and put her work down on the table and then walked over to the fridge to get something to eat, but she didn't know what she fancied only that she wanted something to eat. She heard a pop behind her, she smiled to herself as she turned round expecting to see Sirius stood there; but it wasn't him.
Electra stumbled backwards knocking a bottle to the floor, as he walked towards her; he pulled out his wand and cleared up the mess standing only a couple of feet away from her.
"What are you doing here?" Electra asked him. "Sirius should be here..."
"No he won't, he's gone to the pub with your brother." Severus told her. "So he won't be back until tomorrow."
"Really." Electra said, moving away from the fridge because she was getting cold.
"Though personally I wouldn't leave you here alone if you were my wife." Severus told her.
"Yes well I'm not your wife." Electra told him.
Severus stepped closer and reached out, Electra moved away from him but he only closed the fridge, and then turned to her.
"I wouldn't hurt you." Severus told her, but Electra still moved away from him which seemed to annoy him even more. "If I degust you so much then why did you...or did you just want to torture yourself some more?"
"I...it isn't like that....it wasn't like that." Electra told him.
Severus stepped forward. "Then what was it? You were just bored because your husband wasn't a wake?"
This time it was Electra who stepped forward and slapped him as hard as she could across the face, he smiled at her and then grabbed hold of her and pulled her forward and kissed her. At first she fought against him trying to break free of him, but then gave into him; he let go of her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Electra finally got a hold of her self and broke away from him, but she was still in his arms.
"And that was?" Severus asked her, Electra looked up at him and then lowered her head and tried to push him away. "Why do you keep fighting me?"
"Why do you keep pushing me?" Electra asked.
"Because you want me to, because you want me to break you, because you want me." Severus told her.
"You know you're more like Sirius then you like to admit, because you can be so full of yourself some times." Electra told him, at this he let her go, not liking being compared with Sirius.
"What so that's why you like me?" Severus asked her.
Electra turned around to walk away, but he followed her into the living room; she turned back round and he was right there.
"Severus please just leave." Electra told him. "I want you to leave, and leave me alone."
"I can't do that, I'm not really the type to give up on something that want." Severus told her.
"It isn't me you want; you want to get back at Sirius and Remus." Electra shot at him. "And this is the perfect way, isn't it? You sleep with me, I end up pregnant...and now I..."
"And now what, what?" Severus asked, he stared at her hard trying to read her but he couldn't get anything from her. "You do know, don't you...I mean you do know who the father is right?"
"Of course I do!" Electra shouted at him, going to hit him again; but this time he stopped her and just held her. She looked up at him then lowered her head again against his chest.
"Well this is going to be interesting isn't it?" Severus told her, as she started to cry softly but he couldn't hear her as he let go of her and she collapsed into him as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry...I've ruined everything." Electra said. "I do love him, I know that you don't want to hear that, but I do...I hate what I've done to him, and that I did it with someone who doesn't even care that we've hurt him."
Severus pulled her away. "Of course I care."
"Only because now you've got one over on him, with his own wife." Electra told him.
"I care because what its doing to you, I'm not some heartless monster that everyone thinks I am." Severus told her. "I have a heart and I have feelings, I just don't put them on show like the rest of the world."
"Why because you're afraid of getting hurt?" Electra asked, Severus looked at her. "Is that it really it? You're afraid of opening your heart because you might get hurt, that's the whole point of it taking the risk."
"Well I didn't want to take it, and now that I have look where it's got me." Severus told her letting go of her and walking over to the window.
Electra looked at him for a moment before she walked over to him. "maybe you should have taken it sooner."
Severus looked over at her, but she had already walked away from him.
"It would have ended up the same way of course, and then where would I have been?" Severus said with his back to her.
"Well we'll never know now will we?" Electra told him.
Severus turned back round. "You lot all believe in second chances, give me a second chance to prove to you that I could be all that he is to you and more besides."
"This was your second chance, but like I said you chose it to late." Electra told him.
"I don't think I did, I think that its you this time who's afraid to take a risk with their heart." Severus told her as he walked over to her.
"I did take a risk with heart, I let Sirius back into it and it played off; because now I'm his wife and we have a house together." Electra told him. "But..."
"But I came alone, and seem to be ruining your little dream." Severus spat at her, and then said a little softer. "Or maybe I'm here to open your eyes to the truth."
"I love him, I'm sorry but I do...and now you'll just have to live with it." Electra told him, but he stepped closer.
"What if the child's mine?" Severus asked her. "Will he still want to be you, because I will?"
Electra shock her head stepping away from him. "It can't be yours...and..."
"And you can't be sure of that can you?" Severus said. "I'll be here, for your second chance; just don't be too late."
Severus lent forward and kissed her on the cheek, and then apperated.
(A/N: well, what can I say about that; part from well that was a different side to Severus wasn't it? Anyway thanks for the reviews, but I'm still keeping you all hanging on in there to weather or not Severus is the father, I can't tell you straight away now can I?)