Title: Meant to Be?
Author: Requiem of a Dream
Disclaimer: I don't any of these characters.
*Harry's POV*
All too soon it was time for us to go to class. I ran to catch up with Hermione and Ron. I called out to them, "Hey guys."
Ron turned around and waved back at me. "Hey Harry, how things going?"
"Good. Who are you taking to the Halloween dance tomorrow?"
"He is taking me, and you, who are you taking?" Hermione answered for him.
"I don't know. I can't take Severus, I may not take any one; just go by myself."
"Oh we'll see you later Harry, have to get to Transfiguration." Hermione said.
"I'm going with you guys."
"But you can't Harry; you're an apprentice now." Hermione said thinking that I had forgotten.
"Yes I'm an apprentice, but when Dumbledore came to set up my schedule last night Severus asked him if I could stay in my classes."
"But why?" Ron asked in confusion.
"Yesterday when I had learned that I was to be an apprentice I got upset. It meant that I would have to leave behind my house and me friends. Severus told Dumbledore that I would like to stay in my classes and he agreed to it."
"Ok. Well good to know that we aren't losing you. Hermione was kinda stressing about it."
"Really Hermione?" I asked her.
"Well how would you feel if suddenly Ron or I were to just disappear from your life? After knowing someone for six years you get kinda attached." She said in a sarcastic voice. She had been upset but not as much as Ron had made it out to be. She knew all the details of apprenticeship and knew that I wasn't going to disappear. With that we headed to class.
When I walked in everyone was surprised to see me but none the less greeted me with their usual smiles, being that it was Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. The day went off without a hitch. I went to all of my classes and I enjoyed myself.
*Severus' POV*
Classes came and went and I taught them with my usual sneers and comments about their lack of concentration or ability to brew a proper potion. Lunch time came and I headed up to the Great Hall. I was thinking about my last class, 2nd year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. The worst class of this year. I had two cauldrons blow up, sent four students to the infirmary and now had to work out who the four students were going to serve their detentions with. I didn't even realize I was heading straight towards Harry until I literally ran into him.
"WILL YOU WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING?"
"Sir, I'm sorry I didn't see you there I should have been paying attention."
"Harry . . . just watch your step."
I hated yelling at him. I didn't know that it was him I had ran into. He walked off and I walked behind he and his friends. We both walked up to the Head Table and began to eat lunch. I slipped my hand under the table and put my hand on his. He gently squeezed it, then the Headmaster began to speak to me.
"Severus how are you?"
"I am well Albus, and yourself?"
"Fine. I was wondering if maybe you and Harry could come to my office after you both are finished eating?"
"Yes of course Albus." Then he got up and left. I turned towards Harry and told him that when he was done eating we had to go to Albus's office when we were done. We finished our lunch within 15 minutes and then left headed towards the Headmasters office.
We walked up to the Gargoyle and I muttered 'Snickers'. 'That man is way too obsessed with muggle sweets.' The Gargoyle jumped aside and Harry and I stepped onto the stair case. He grabbed my hand and pulled me down into a short sweet kiss. I kissed him back but we had to break contact when the stairs stopped moving. I knocked on the door and then let myself and Harry in.
"Ah Severus, Harry it's good to see you. Lemon Drop?"
"No thank you Albus. What is it that you needed to talk to us about?"
"Never were one to beat around the bush were you Severus? Well I might as get on with it. I called you here to ask you if either of you have considered a Wizard's Bond. The equivalent to a muggle marriage Harry." Dumbledore said after seeing the confusion on Harry's face.
*Author's POV*
Harry and Severus glanced at each other and then back at Albus. "No Sir we haven't. Why do you ask?" Harry asked Dumbledore.
"Well I figure that after a while it is going to be hard to hide your relationship and I figure this would explain everything to everyone without incident."
"Ok. Well what do you think Severus? I won't mind."
"I think that we should be legally bonded. But only if you are sure. A Wizard's Bond is forever and it should not be taken lightly."
"I know and I am sure that I want to be bonded with you forever. I love you. I want to be with you."
"Well then it is settled the two of you will be bonded in front of the school two weeks from now." Dumbledore ended the conversation there. He had seen the shocked expression on Severus' face and decided they needed to talk.
"Thank you Sir." Severus said in almost a whisper and then left the room. Harry was a little confused and followed just steps behind Severus.
"Sev where are you going?" Harry asked.
"I am going to my classroom to prepare for my next class. It would be wise if you thought about doing the same." Severus said.
"What is your problem? Severus . . . Sev . . . WILL YOU JUST STOP AND LOOK AT ME?"
"Alright," Severus stopped and turned around to face Harry, "I'm looking at you, what do you want?"
"Why are you running from me?"
"I am not running from you I am walking to my classroom as I have already explained."
"Fine go." And with that Harry turned away from Severus and stalked off.
'What the hell is wrong with that man? I didn't do anything to him, and now he is treating me like I dealt the final blow to kill him. I will never get him. Oh well it seems that we will have our whole live to get to know one another.' Harry walked off towards his next class. This was going to be a long day.
*Harry's POV*
Seeing as how everything had just gone from good to bad I figured that it couldn't get any worse. Boy was I wrong. My next class was Potions and I knew that things were not going to go well in that class. But it never occurred to me that I might actually wish that I had elected for tutors instead of classes. True I wasn't being taught by Severus during that class period but I was his assistant; and that was not good at all.
It started out that I walked in and I was early so I walked over to my desk and sat down. I took out some of my homework from History of Magic and started it. Severus came out and didn't notice me. He just went over to the chalk board and began to write the ingredients to the potion that the class was going to be making that day. By two's and three's the students of Gryffindor and Slytherin trickled in. It was when all of them were in and the class had began that Severus noticed me. He also noticed that I wasn't paying attention to him, I was doing homework for another class.
"Mr. Potter, what do you think that you are doing?"
"My homework Sir."
"For what class?"
"For History of Magic Sir." I said sir with as much bite and sarcasm as I could.
"And is this History of Magic Mr. Potter? Because I don't think it is. In fact I do believe that this is Potions class, am I correct?"
"Yes Sir you are correct. But I don't have this class right now and I haven't been assigned any homework from my Potions tutor . . . . Sir." Severus just glared at me and I swear that he was trying to kill me with that glare.
"Then go and help the students in the class." He growled dangerously low.
"Yes Sir."
So I stood up and began to circle around the class. I was seething and no one dared to ask me for help. I wanted out of that class and I couldn't wait until it was over. I walked up to the front of the room grabbed my book bag and left the room. I wasn't sure where I was going to go, but I was going to get as far from HIM as possible.