A/N: Hehe... I just couldn't stop writing...I just had to finish the next chapter...and the next one...but this is all I'm posting for now!
Running Padfoot: Alex isn't a previous affair, he's just a really good friend who is a really big flirt.
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Even Dreams Lie
By Akasha Ravensong
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Chapter Seventeen: The Jealous Type
Severus didn't talk to me the next morning at breakfast. He was too proud I supposed. I didn't hear from him all day and the owl I sent him asking what was wrong went unanswered. Lunch went quite the same. This was absolutely ridiculous. My last class for the night had just left when I heard a knock on the door.
"Enter!" I bellowed. Then I grimaced, realizing how much I sounded like Severus. My mood must indeed be foul. I looked up from my paperwork to see who it was that had entered the classroom only to find Alexander strolling in looking grand in his charcoal gray robes.
"My aren't we all dressed up this evening. What's the occasion?"
"To escort this beautiful woman before me to dinner in the great hall of course."
"no really Alex, " I laughed, Why?"
"Well it's a surprise. Now l;ets go down to dinner so you can find out!"
"I gave him the puppy dog eyes and the sad face."
"Not the face Mione! Please not the face!" He covered his eyes. "I will not give in this time!"
"Ohh fine, be that way." I said with a pout.
"Hey be careful now Mione your face might freeze that way."
"Come off it, Alexander."
I hadn't seen him in so long except for the other night, and I took this chance to study him as we walked arm and arm through the hallways to the great hall. He had grown quite a bit, and looked much less like a boy and more like the man he was meant to be now. The years we had been apart had been kind to him.
He was tall with chestnut hair that was always held back in a pony-tail or a braid at the back of his neck that fell to his waist. He was tall, about 6'3 and had a muscular athletic type build. His tan was still there, he loved the dun as much as I did and spent plenty of time in it during his work on the field.
Alex and I were really close. He had always been there for me. We met shortly after I graduated from Hogwarts. I still had no idea where he was from but it didn't' really matter. Alexander was a few years older then me and was like a big brother. Sure he flirted all the time but he didn't mean anything by it. It was just the way that he was.
Suddenly I thought of Ron and Harry and wondered what had become of them. I hadn't heard a word from either of them. Tears pricked my eyes but I blinked them back. It wouldn't do to dwell on things of the past. They sure as hell weren't helping me now. I had tried to talk to them when I started out on my first assignment as a historian/archeologist for the magickal world, but it nothing had ever been the same after what had happened between us.
My thoughts were interupted as we entered the Great Hall. Severus saw us together and his eyes narrowed venemously. Just great. My best friend and he were obviously not going to get along. I wondered if there was a reaqson behind it or if Severus was just jealous.
When the studentrs had all entered Albus got everyone's attention. In the silence that followed I listened intently.
"Attention all students and staff, in case you haven't already noticed, we have a guest who will be staying here for quite a wile. This is Alexander Malone, he is going to be looking at the chamber of Secrets to find out as much as possible about it for historical purposes."
I gaped at Alex as he made a short piece about the importance of the information that may be hidden in the Chamber of Secrets for magickal and historical purposes for the wizarding world. Ginny looked a little pale but that was understandable. I damn near slapped Alex when he sat back down.
"You dirty rat! No wonder you didn't tell me. You're going to get to go down there while I'm busy teaching classes and have all the glorious fun. How very rude."
"Actually Mione, love, I was hoping you would go down with me the first time to guard my back. We've been in tight spots together, and nobody knows exactly what else might be down there besides that Basilisk that Harry killed. And I know you would love the adventure."
"Oh Alex!" I threw my arms around his neck. "You're the best."
"I know."
Towards the end of the meal I saw Severus try to slip out of the hall unnoticed. He wasn't going to get away that easy, I was going to make sure of it.
"Excuse me, I have some business to attend to." I ignored the knowing twinkle in his eyes.
"Severus! Severus wait up!"
He stopped and waited for me to catch up with him, all the while looking as if it was the last thing that he wanted to do.
"Well, what did you want?"
His tone hurt me and I stepped back unconsciously. "What did I do?" He turned away. "Severus talk to me..."
"Go hang all over that Alexander fellow, I have better things to do then waste my time over a tramp like you."
I just stared at him. How could he be so cruel? Had I really done anything to deserve this. I felt the tears well up in my eyes and he turned away and headed down into the darkness of the corridors. I fell to the floor and let the tears flow, all the while wishing that I could turn to stone and disappear into the floor.
Alexander found me like that a few moments later and picked me up and carried me back to my rooms, with me crying in his robes the whole time.
He sat down on my couch still holing me in his lap. "Tell me all about it, 'Mione. You know that I'm here for you."
Running Padfoot: Alex isn't a previous affair, he's just a really good friend who is a really big flirt.
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Even Dreams Lie
By Akasha Ravensong
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Chapter Seventeen: The Jealous Type
Severus didn't talk to me the next morning at breakfast. He was too proud I supposed. I didn't hear from him all day and the owl I sent him asking what was wrong went unanswered. Lunch went quite the same. This was absolutely ridiculous. My last class for the night had just left when I heard a knock on the door.
"Enter!" I bellowed. Then I grimaced, realizing how much I sounded like Severus. My mood must indeed be foul. I looked up from my paperwork to see who it was that had entered the classroom only to find Alexander strolling in looking grand in his charcoal gray robes.
"My aren't we all dressed up this evening. What's the occasion?"
"To escort this beautiful woman before me to dinner in the great hall of course."
"no really Alex, " I laughed, Why?"
"Well it's a surprise. Now l;ets go down to dinner so you can find out!"
"I gave him the puppy dog eyes and the sad face."
"Not the face Mione! Please not the face!" He covered his eyes. "I will not give in this time!"
"Ohh fine, be that way." I said with a pout.
"Hey be careful now Mione your face might freeze that way."
"Come off it, Alexander."
I hadn't seen him in so long except for the other night, and I took this chance to study him as we walked arm and arm through the hallways to the great hall. He had grown quite a bit, and looked much less like a boy and more like the man he was meant to be now. The years we had been apart had been kind to him.
He was tall with chestnut hair that was always held back in a pony-tail or a braid at the back of his neck that fell to his waist. He was tall, about 6'3 and had a muscular athletic type build. His tan was still there, he loved the dun as much as I did and spent plenty of time in it during his work on the field.
Alex and I were really close. He had always been there for me. We met shortly after I graduated from Hogwarts. I still had no idea where he was from but it didn't' really matter. Alexander was a few years older then me and was like a big brother. Sure he flirted all the time but he didn't mean anything by it. It was just the way that he was.
Suddenly I thought of Ron and Harry and wondered what had become of them. I hadn't heard a word from either of them. Tears pricked my eyes but I blinked them back. It wouldn't do to dwell on things of the past. They sure as hell weren't helping me now. I had tried to talk to them when I started out on my first assignment as a historian/archeologist for the magickal world, but it nothing had ever been the same after what had happened between us.
My thoughts were interupted as we entered the Great Hall. Severus saw us together and his eyes narrowed venemously. Just great. My best friend and he were obviously not going to get along. I wondered if there was a reaqson behind it or if Severus was just jealous.
When the studentrs had all entered Albus got everyone's attention. In the silence that followed I listened intently.
"Attention all students and staff, in case you haven't already noticed, we have a guest who will be staying here for quite a wile. This is Alexander Malone, he is going to be looking at the chamber of Secrets to find out as much as possible about it for historical purposes."
I gaped at Alex as he made a short piece about the importance of the information that may be hidden in the Chamber of Secrets for magickal and historical purposes for the wizarding world. Ginny looked a little pale but that was understandable. I damn near slapped Alex when he sat back down.
"You dirty rat! No wonder you didn't tell me. You're going to get to go down there while I'm busy teaching classes and have all the glorious fun. How very rude."
"Actually Mione, love, I was hoping you would go down with me the first time to guard my back. We've been in tight spots together, and nobody knows exactly what else might be down there besides that Basilisk that Harry killed. And I know you would love the adventure."
"Oh Alex!" I threw my arms around his neck. "You're the best."
"I know."
Towards the end of the meal I saw Severus try to slip out of the hall unnoticed. He wasn't going to get away that easy, I was going to make sure of it.
"Excuse me, I have some business to attend to." I ignored the knowing twinkle in his eyes.
"Severus! Severus wait up!"
He stopped and waited for me to catch up with him, all the while looking as if it was the last thing that he wanted to do.
"Well, what did you want?"
His tone hurt me and I stepped back unconsciously. "What did I do?" He turned away. "Severus talk to me..."
"Go hang all over that Alexander fellow, I have better things to do then waste my time over a tramp like you."
I just stared at him. How could he be so cruel? Had I really done anything to deserve this. I felt the tears well up in my eyes and he turned away and headed down into the darkness of the corridors. I fell to the floor and let the tears flow, all the while wishing that I could turn to stone and disappear into the floor.
Alexander found me like that a few moments later and picked me up and carried me back to my rooms, with me crying in his robes the whole time.
He sat down on my couch still holing me in his lap. "Tell me all about it, 'Mione. You know that I'm here for you."