CHAPTER 3:

Flashback-

Sirius went back into the kitchen. He saw that there were no pancakes left, and being hungry he decided to make some more. First he poured the batter into the bowl. Then he poured in some water. He knew that there was something else to put into the mix but he wasn't sure.

"Severus? I have a question!"

"What!" Severus answered back quite grumpily because he was hungry and he had made the gigantic mound of pancakes with whipped cream and syrup on them disappear. He was also in desperate need of a nap.

"Do you know what the third ingredient to making pancakes is? I put in the pancake mix, water, but what is the third thing?" Sirius called from the kitchen.

"NO! What did you put in the first batch? You knew then!" Severus angrily spat back. Then just to make it sound like he had really eaten them he added, "They were actually… edible."

"I don't remember exactly… Some kind of powder I think." The front door could be heard opening a few minutes later as Sirius finally decided that it had indeed been some kind of powder, so why not try gun powder? Remus stepped into the kitchen to find Sirius putting the black batter over the oven…and seeing the stuff explode and fly everywhere, including his head.

"Sirius, two questions," Remus said, whipping the gunk off his face. "Why is Severus Snape in my bedroom? And two, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU PUT IN THAT? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US ALL!" Sirius's face whitened.

"K-killed," he stammered. "You mean everyone in the house?"

"No, Sirius," Remus said sarcastically, "Everyone in the Bahamas." Sirius breathed more easily.

"Good," he said, whipping the black mess off his own face. "Anyway, what was the first question again?"

"Why - is - Severus - Snape - in - my - bedroom?" Remus said clearly.

"Oh, um," Sirius said. "You see, he came here and he was hurt and…"

"Why did you take him back to Hogwarts?" Remus asked, deadly quiet. Sirius blushed, of course, he should have thought of that, but…had he wanted to think of that? Remus rolled his eyes.

"Fine, you stay here and clean up this mess," he snapped. "And I'll bring him back. This room had better be clean when I return or you will have to go and stay somewhere else, with Severus for all I care!" That wouldn't be so bad, Sirius thought. He heard Remus mutter a spell under his breath and than open the door.
"Remember, the kitchen must be clean!" The door shut with a click and it felt to Sirius that a hole had been torn in his heart. He waved his wand and the kitchen looked sparkling clean again. Then he went to the bedroom where, just a few minutes before Severus had been. He lay down on the bed and started to sob, wondering if he was ever going to see his Sevvie-poo again.  

End Flashback

Harry looked at Severus, jolted out of distant thought by his abrupt stop in the tale.
"Why did you stop?" he asked.

"Because I wanted to. Do you have such a big problem with that Potter?" Severus's voice changed from the voice of someone lost in a good memory to the voice of the mean teacher who Harry knew so well.

"I wanted you to continue." Harry whined. He knew that now Snape had a softer side, and try as he might, he couldn't forget the way his voice had sounded when he had been talking before. Harry swallowed hard, what was wrong with him? This was his teacher, remember? You do not go around…

Harry leaned forward…

Kissing teachers.

But that didn't stop him.