Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene
is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
Disclaimer 2: I don't own the song "Complicated"
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules. So there is no SARS in Singapore in this fic. (Anyway, the situation has improved greatly in Singapore)
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Chapter 2: Fun at the mall Part 1
Selene looked at her watch and clicked her tongue impatiently. She looked into one of the girls' hotel room and called: "Hurry up!"
Maria put on one of her sandals and said: "Oh come on, Selene, chill out. It is not like the shopping mall will, like, escape if we don't arrive in time."
"I know. But I afraid that the teachers, especially Professor Snape, will not be pleased..." Selene started.
"Why didn't you say so?!" Maria asked, grabbing another sandal, put it on, and run into the bathroom to check her reflection.
"What did I say?" Selene asked herself.
"Are you girls ready?" Lindsey asked and checked her sky blue leather sandals with little white daisies on them to see if they are clean.
"Ready." A girl with blond hair and blue eyes (Inca) said.
"Ready." Sue said, putting on her sandals.
"Me too." Maria said, rushing out of the bathroom.
"Okay, let's go, the teachers are waiting..."
***
"Sorry if we are late." Selene said apologetically.
"It's all right." Minerva said.
Snape was as about to roll his eyes when he saw a lovely woman among the girls. She is older than the rest of the girls, wearing a white shirt with long sleeves, long black pants and sandals. He didn't notice her yesterday because he was too tired from the flight. Now what is her name again?
"Think, Severus, think!" Snape thought to himself.
"Professor McGonagall looks a lot younger in that outfit." Sandie whispered to Carly. Minerva was wearing a Muggle white T-shirt, blue shorts, and white tennis shoes. Her black hair had been pulled back into a ponytail.
"So does Professor Dumbledore." Carly whispered back. Dumbledore was wearing a blue T-shirt, Bermuda shorts and tennis shoes.
"Madam Hooch, you look so cool." Selene said, looking at Madam Hooch with her red tank top and long white pants.
"Thanks." Madam Hooch said. "And call me Mandy, will you?"
"Snape looks wonderful." Maria said admiringly, looking at Snape with his black shirt, jacket, jeans and boots. "Don't you think so, Sue?"
"Um what? Yeah, I guess." Sue said in a bored tone.
"So are we going to take a train to the mall or what?" Inca asked Selene.
"I rent two convertibles. We will drive there."
"Convertibles?! Cool!" The girls exclaimed excitedly.
"Drive?" Maria asked. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. But we are not the ones who are driving."
"We are not?" Maria asked.
"No, you will love to see who is driving, Maria." Selene grinned.
Selene's words reached Snape's ears. "That's it, Maria!" He thought. "But I'm a pure-blood Slytherin, how can I fall in love with a Muggle? Wait a minute, did I just say fall in love? Oh shit."
***
"Oh come on, Selene, who is driving?" Maria demanded at the hotel entrance.
"I'm not telling. Because here they come." Selene said and smiled at the drivers who drove the convertibles to them.
The girls' mouths dropped open at the two drivers: Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape.
"I didn't know Snape could drive." Inca said in awe, looking that Snape, who was wearing sunglasses.
"He told me that when he was a Death-Eater, he learned driving so that he could get around in our world to torture Muggles. Okay, some of us have to sit in Snape's car. Any volunteers? Not me, I am going to sit in Dumbledore's car to give him directions."
Maria raised her hand immediately.
A few minutes later, Maria was sitting beside Snape, Inca, Lindsey and Sue were sitting behind them, chatting excitedly. Carly, Sandie and Selene were sitting in Dumbledore's car.
"Err, Mandy?" Selene said.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure you want to sit there?" Selene asked uncertainly, looking at Madam Hooch, who was sitting behind Carly, Sandie and herself, ON the top of the backseat. (Think of the video cover of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)
"Of course I'm sure." Madam Hooch grinned.
"All right, let's move!" Dumbledore said and Minerva and Madam Hooch put on their sunglasses.
"Cool." Sandie said.
"I better bring my instant camera tomorrow." Selene thought to herself.
***
"Welcome to Causeway Point, in my opinion, one of the biggest shopping malls in Singapore." Selene said to the group like a tour-guide when they arrived in a big, rectangular building. "So, are you planning to walk in separate ways or together?"
"And get lost in this 8-storey building? No way." Inca and Madam Hooch said in unison.
"Girls?" Selene asked.
"We don't mind walking together in a group." The girls said.
"Albus? Minerva? Snape?" Selene asked.
"Fine with us." Dumbledore said.
***
When they walked past a hair salon, Madam Hooch spotted a sign that says: "Dye Your Hair for just $15!" She grinned and grabbed Snape's arm. "Hey Severus, how about giving your hair a change of colour?"
Snape frowned at the sign. "No way."
"Come on, I dare you." Madam Hooch dared.
"Go ahead, Severus, you can change your hair colour back if you don't like the results." Dumbledore said kindly.
"I am not interested in this stupid Muggle invention." Snape said, folding his arms.
"I think that it will be cool if he really dyes it." Maria said to Carly.
Snape raised one of his eyebrows slowly when he heard that.
***
"I wonder how the Slytherins will react if they sees your new hairdo." Minerva grinned as Snape stepped out of the hair salon with a streak of sliver and green hair (think of Rogue in the movie X-Men).
"They will probably freak out." Madam Hooch said and pretended to faint.
"Can it, Mandy." Snape snapped as the group laughed.
Maria sighed. "He is so cool."
***
"Hi, Madam! Want to buy some musical instruments?" A salesman asked as the group walked past a shop with a combination of a music school and a music instrument shop.
"No thanks." Madam Hooch said.
"Or do you want to play them?" The salesman asked.
"Love to, but I won't buy them." Madam Hooch said and continuing walking with the group.
"It's all right, you can still play them." The salesman said kindly.
Madam Hooch stopped and pulled Dumbledore and Minerva to stop them from continuing walking. She grinned. "Really?" She asked and strolled into the shop.
"Mandy? Mandy!" Minerva called. "We have shopping to do!"
"That can wait! I want to try out this baby!" Madam Hooch said, taking a green electric guitar from the salesman and slipped the guitar strap around her neck.
"And you, sir, would you like try our drums?" The salesman asked.
Snape shook his head slowly.
"Oh go on, Severus, it is not like you get to play drums everyday!" Dumbledore smiled.
"Fine." Snape said unwillingly and took the sticks from the salesman. The group applauded at his willingness to join.
"Ready, Severus?" Madam Hooch asked.
"Ready." Snape said, sitting down behind a set of drums and beat one of the drums softly to see if it is working.
"On the count of three, 1, 2, 3..." Madam Hooch counted and she struck a few cords of the guitar. Then Snape joined in, Madam Hooch cleared her throat and they started to play Avril Levigne's "Complicated".
Uh huh, life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is
Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
and you're talking to me one on one but you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are and where it's at you see
you're making me
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back, like you can't relax
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like your somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake this
no no no
The group applauded when they finished. Madam Hooch and Snape handed the things back to the smiling salesman and they bow as the group applauded harder.
"Good singing! Mandy!" Inca called.
"Did you see that, Selene? Snape is so wonderful! He can even play the drums!" Maria said excitedly.
"Yep! I didn't know that Mandy and Snape could perform! " Selene said cheerfully.
***
When they arrived at the 5th floor, the group decided to go separate ways because Dumbledore and Snape wanted to check out the game arcade. The girls decided to shop for clothes.
"Severus, are you interested for a match?" Dumbledore asked, looking at the car-racing video games.
"No." Snape said in a bored tone, shaking his head.
"Ooooo, looks like the Head of the Slytherin house is getting cold-feet." Dumbledore said mischievously. He heard Minerva mentioned to him that Snape hates people to call him that.
Snape narrowed his eyes. Minerva's attitude for him seems to be rubbing off on Dumbledore. He frowned and said: "You are on, Albus!"
***
"Have you chosen your car yet?" Dumbledore asked as he entered his selection of car and ran his long fingers on the plastic steering wheel.
"Yes." Snape said, blowing a few strands of sliver and green hair out of his view.
Both of their screens show the words:
Ready
Set...
Go!
Dumbledore stepped on the gas pedal and started driving.
Snape turned his steering wheel sharply to the right. "You will never catch me, Albus!"
Disclaimer 2: I don't own the song "Complicated"
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules. So there is no SARS in Singapore in this fic. (Anyway, the situation has improved greatly in Singapore)
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Chapter 2: Fun at the mall Part 1
Selene looked at her watch and clicked her tongue impatiently. She looked into one of the girls' hotel room and called: "Hurry up!"
Maria put on one of her sandals and said: "Oh come on, Selene, chill out. It is not like the shopping mall will, like, escape if we don't arrive in time."
"I know. But I afraid that the teachers, especially Professor Snape, will not be pleased..." Selene started.
"Why didn't you say so?!" Maria asked, grabbing another sandal, put it on, and run into the bathroom to check her reflection.
"What did I say?" Selene asked herself.
"Are you girls ready?" Lindsey asked and checked her sky blue leather sandals with little white daisies on them to see if they are clean.
"Ready." A girl with blond hair and blue eyes (Inca) said.
"Ready." Sue said, putting on her sandals.
"Me too." Maria said, rushing out of the bathroom.
"Okay, let's go, the teachers are waiting..."
***
"Sorry if we are late." Selene said apologetically.
"It's all right." Minerva said.
Snape was as about to roll his eyes when he saw a lovely woman among the girls. She is older than the rest of the girls, wearing a white shirt with long sleeves, long black pants and sandals. He didn't notice her yesterday because he was too tired from the flight. Now what is her name again?
"Think, Severus, think!" Snape thought to himself.
"Professor McGonagall looks a lot younger in that outfit." Sandie whispered to Carly. Minerva was wearing a Muggle white T-shirt, blue shorts, and white tennis shoes. Her black hair had been pulled back into a ponytail.
"So does Professor Dumbledore." Carly whispered back. Dumbledore was wearing a blue T-shirt, Bermuda shorts and tennis shoes.
"Madam Hooch, you look so cool." Selene said, looking at Madam Hooch with her red tank top and long white pants.
"Thanks." Madam Hooch said. "And call me Mandy, will you?"
"Snape looks wonderful." Maria said admiringly, looking at Snape with his black shirt, jacket, jeans and boots. "Don't you think so, Sue?"
"Um what? Yeah, I guess." Sue said in a bored tone.
"So are we going to take a train to the mall or what?" Inca asked Selene.
"I rent two convertibles. We will drive there."
"Convertibles?! Cool!" The girls exclaimed excitedly.
"Drive?" Maria asked. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. But we are not the ones who are driving."
"We are not?" Maria asked.
"No, you will love to see who is driving, Maria." Selene grinned.
Selene's words reached Snape's ears. "That's it, Maria!" He thought. "But I'm a pure-blood Slytherin, how can I fall in love with a Muggle? Wait a minute, did I just say fall in love? Oh shit."
***
"Oh come on, Selene, who is driving?" Maria demanded at the hotel entrance.
"I'm not telling. Because here they come." Selene said and smiled at the drivers who drove the convertibles to them.
The girls' mouths dropped open at the two drivers: Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape.
"I didn't know Snape could drive." Inca said in awe, looking that Snape, who was wearing sunglasses.
"He told me that when he was a Death-Eater, he learned driving so that he could get around in our world to torture Muggles. Okay, some of us have to sit in Snape's car. Any volunteers? Not me, I am going to sit in Dumbledore's car to give him directions."
Maria raised her hand immediately.
A few minutes later, Maria was sitting beside Snape, Inca, Lindsey and Sue were sitting behind them, chatting excitedly. Carly, Sandie and Selene were sitting in Dumbledore's car.
"Err, Mandy?" Selene said.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure you want to sit there?" Selene asked uncertainly, looking at Madam Hooch, who was sitting behind Carly, Sandie and herself, ON the top of the backseat. (Think of the video cover of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)
"Of course I'm sure." Madam Hooch grinned.
"All right, let's move!" Dumbledore said and Minerva and Madam Hooch put on their sunglasses.
"Cool." Sandie said.
"I better bring my instant camera tomorrow." Selene thought to herself.
***
"Welcome to Causeway Point, in my opinion, one of the biggest shopping malls in Singapore." Selene said to the group like a tour-guide when they arrived in a big, rectangular building. "So, are you planning to walk in separate ways or together?"
"And get lost in this 8-storey building? No way." Inca and Madam Hooch said in unison.
"Girls?" Selene asked.
"We don't mind walking together in a group." The girls said.
"Albus? Minerva? Snape?" Selene asked.
"Fine with us." Dumbledore said.
***
When they walked past a hair salon, Madam Hooch spotted a sign that says: "Dye Your Hair for just $15!" She grinned and grabbed Snape's arm. "Hey Severus, how about giving your hair a change of colour?"
Snape frowned at the sign. "No way."
"Come on, I dare you." Madam Hooch dared.
"Go ahead, Severus, you can change your hair colour back if you don't like the results." Dumbledore said kindly.
"I am not interested in this stupid Muggle invention." Snape said, folding his arms.
"I think that it will be cool if he really dyes it." Maria said to Carly.
Snape raised one of his eyebrows slowly when he heard that.
***
"I wonder how the Slytherins will react if they sees your new hairdo." Minerva grinned as Snape stepped out of the hair salon with a streak of sliver and green hair (think of Rogue in the movie X-Men).
"They will probably freak out." Madam Hooch said and pretended to faint.
"Can it, Mandy." Snape snapped as the group laughed.
Maria sighed. "He is so cool."
***
"Hi, Madam! Want to buy some musical instruments?" A salesman asked as the group walked past a shop with a combination of a music school and a music instrument shop.
"No thanks." Madam Hooch said.
"Or do you want to play them?" The salesman asked.
"Love to, but I won't buy them." Madam Hooch said and continuing walking with the group.
"It's all right, you can still play them." The salesman said kindly.
Madam Hooch stopped and pulled Dumbledore and Minerva to stop them from continuing walking. She grinned. "Really?" She asked and strolled into the shop.
"Mandy? Mandy!" Minerva called. "We have shopping to do!"
"That can wait! I want to try out this baby!" Madam Hooch said, taking a green electric guitar from the salesman and slipped the guitar strap around her neck.
"And you, sir, would you like try our drums?" The salesman asked.
Snape shook his head slowly.
"Oh go on, Severus, it is not like you get to play drums everyday!" Dumbledore smiled.
"Fine." Snape said unwillingly and took the sticks from the salesman. The group applauded at his willingness to join.
"Ready, Severus?" Madam Hooch asked.
"Ready." Snape said, sitting down behind a set of drums and beat one of the drums softly to see if it is working.
"On the count of three, 1, 2, 3..." Madam Hooch counted and she struck a few cords of the guitar. Then Snape joined in, Madam Hooch cleared her throat and they started to play Avril Levigne's "Complicated".
Uh huh, life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is
Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
and you're talking to me one on one but you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are and where it's at you see
you're making me
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back, like you can't relax
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like your somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake this
no no no
The group applauded when they finished. Madam Hooch and Snape handed the things back to the smiling salesman and they bow as the group applauded harder.
"Good singing! Mandy!" Inca called.
"Did you see that, Selene? Snape is so wonderful! He can even play the drums!" Maria said excitedly.
"Yep! I didn't know that Mandy and Snape could perform! " Selene said cheerfully.
***
When they arrived at the 5th floor, the group decided to go separate ways because Dumbledore and Snape wanted to check out the game arcade. The girls decided to shop for clothes.
"Severus, are you interested for a match?" Dumbledore asked, looking at the car-racing video games.
"No." Snape said in a bored tone, shaking his head.
"Ooooo, looks like the Head of the Slytherin house is getting cold-feet." Dumbledore said mischievously. He heard Minerva mentioned to him that Snape hates people to call him that.
Snape narrowed his eyes. Minerva's attitude for him seems to be rubbing off on Dumbledore. He frowned and said: "You are on, Albus!"
***
"Have you chosen your car yet?" Dumbledore asked as he entered his selection of car and ran his long fingers on the plastic steering wheel.
"Yes." Snape said, blowing a few strands of sliver and green hair out of his view.
Both of their screens show the words:
Ready
Set...
Go!
Dumbledore stepped on the gas pedal and started driving.
Snape turned his steering wheel sharply to the right. "You will never catch me, Albus!"