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It's coming closer to the original I wrote. Anyways, enjoy!
Dragon Scales
Chapter Six: Sweet Dreams
"Excuuuse me?" Lucius said with emphasis on the 'excuse'. "What am I doing here?"
"Yes, that's what I asked. If you're looking for any kind of help Albus Dumbledore will gladly help you. I am quite busy," I responded, coldly.
"Why the hell would I go to Dumbledore for help? He's a fool, a fool!" Lucius Malfoy seemed frustrated. He noticed this and quickly fixed his hair. "My son was hurt by this MONSTER. I know exactly who the hell it was, and I know you know! I want something to be done by this, and I hope you understand my concern. You're the brightest professor at this school, you will take my side!" he said.
I took a deep breath. "I will find out what is happening," I said.
Dubmeldore walked in swiftly. "Snape, I need to see you immediately," he said. I watched him look at Lucius. "Mr. Malfoy? You should be in the infirmary," Dumbledore said with more concern in his voice than Lucius would ever have for him.
Lucius scoffed. "I'm just trying to help the solution of your dragon infestation. I want this place to be safe for my son," he said.
I quickly cut in, before an argument would start. "Albus, if you don't mind, it's been a long night and the only thing I found in the forbidden forest was large amounts of blood and a mauled Professor Conners. Can we please discuss things in the morning?"
Dumbledore and Lucius raised their eyes simultaneously. "If you really need to Severus. I'm canceling classes tomorrow, and ordering everyone to stay in their common rooms, jus tin case that thing comes back," the way Dumbledore stressed 'thing' with a loathing tone made a chill go up my spine. "Did you take Professor Conners to the infirmary?" he asked.
I nodded. "Yes," I lied. "I'll report to you sometime tomorrow," I said in an unenthused tone.
"Okay," Dumbledore sighed from the stress. "Lucius, I recommend that you do report to the hospital wing."
"Fine, when I finish my PRIVATE discussion with Mr. Snape," he said.
Dumbledore nodded and left the room. "Are we finished?" I asked.
"No," he said. "Did you say Ms. Conners was in the infirmary?"
"Yes," I said.
"You know damn well she isn't," he said.
"Well then I don't know where she went," I said.
His eyes narrowed into a glare. "You're hiding her, aren't you?"
I sighed. "I will search for her in the morning," I said. Lucius Malfoy smiled with an excessive amount of coyness. "I hear you bath running," he got up off the chair and stood by the door to leave with a fancy exit. "Is someone keeping the water warm for you, Severus?"
I opened the door for him. "I'll see you tomorrow," I said, ignoring his comment.
"Who's waiting for you?" he smirked. "Is she even worth it?" he walked through the doorway.
I closed the door and tried to ignore Lucius. His voice seemed to stay in my head. Is she worth it? I wondered his words. I opened the bathroom door, but only a crack so I wouldn't see her nudeness. She still seemed upset. "I AM naked," she stated.
"Which is why the door is only open a bit. I obviously can't see anything."
"Pervert," she muttered under her breath.
I scoffed. "I'm letting you bathe in my tub and hiding you here. You should be thankful I don't turn you in," I said.
She sighed. "Whatever," she muttered.
There was a knock on my door. "Be quiet," I said, harshly.
I walked to the door and opened it. Lenette raced in and Carrie walked in. "Hi," she said and smiled.
She shut the door behind her and I watched Lenette slip into the bathroom. "Hey," I said as she walked closer to me.
She put one of her hands on my chest. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I was going to try to get a couple winks of sleep," I said.
"Aww," she pouted. "Don't you want to spend some time with me?"
"Sure," I said and smiled.
She looked around my room. "Do you have someone over?" she asked.
"No," I watched her walk over to the bathroom.
"Can I use your washroom?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I shook my head. "Lenette is using it," I said.
She laughed. "Your cat?"
"Yeah," I said and shrugged. "She likes her privacy."
She smiled. "Then we're alone," she said and took one of my hands.
I pulled my hand away. "Did Lucius put you up to this?" I asked.
"What?" she asked and stepped back.
She frowned and looked away. "I'm sorry," I said.
"It's alright..." she said. "Maybe I should just go. I think we were all a little shaken up."
"Wait," I said and grabbed her hand. She looked up at me. "What happened when we were in the forest?"
She jumped into my arms. "Oh Severus! It was terrible," she said and sobbed. "You were there and... and... then you weren't... so... I ran to get help."
I wrapped my arms tightly around her. "Thank you," I said. I wasn't sure what else to say to her.
She looked up at me and kissed me. It wasn't a small pleasant kiss either. She took over me. She shoved her tongue into my mouth and shoved me against the wall. I closed my eyes for a moment as she kissed my neck. I opened my eyes and tightened my grip on her. I noticed Katherine peering from the bathroom. Her gray eyes darted away from mine when she realized I saw her. Carrie started to move her hand up the inside of my thigh. Kat shut the door quickly. "What was that?" Carrie asked.
She started to turn her head. I stopped her. "Nothing," I said.
"I think I should go," she said and let go of me.
I looked down. "If you want to," I said.
She smiled and kissed my cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow," she said. "Sweet dreams," she winked and walked from the room.
I shut the door behind her as anger started to build up inside of me. I banged on the bathroom door. "K, are you covered?" I asked.
I heard her move in the bathtub. "No, and you shortened my name. Did I do something?" she asked.
"Damn right you did. Can you cover yourself then?" I asked.
"Why? I'm cleaning," she said.
I moved my hands on the door. "I want to know what is going on, and I plan on coming into the damned bathroom whether you like it or not. I'm giving you a fair warning," I said.
I heard her get out of the tub and take a towel off the door. "Fine," she said.
I shoved open the door and saw her sitting down on the counter. Her legs were crossed and Lenette sat on the lap. She was soaked and was shaking a bit from the chill in the room. I felt my anger melt away as her gray eyes looked into me. "What?" she asked.
"Explain," I said sternly.
"She was lying you know," she said.
"What?" I asked.
"Carrie," she said. "She didn't try to get anyone to help."
"How exactly would you know?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Because I was outside and heard you. I didn't see her," Kat said.
I shook my head. "She could have run another way, but please explain the other... problem we have," I said.
She opened her mouth to protest, but spoke anyway. "It's probably obvious," her eyes lowered. "I'm a shape shifter."
"And the fight with Lucius?" I asked.
She sighed. "Our past was never really together," she said.
"Dating?" I asked.
She started to laugh. "Dating? My name is Katherine Malfoy. I got my name changed. He's my brother."
"Ah," I said looking at her towel wrapped body. "What do you really look like?" I asked, realizing she looked much different than when I found her on the ground.
She rubbed her feet together awkwardly. "Like this," she said, changing her hair to a platinum blonde. I remembered it from where I had picked her off the ground. "You don't remember me, do you?"
"I'm afraid I don't," I said and threw some sleeping garments at her.
She didn't catch them and watched them fall to the ground. I looked at her. "If you plan on staying here, I do suggest them," I said.
She bent over and picked them up. I turned around so I couldn't get a glimpse at anything. After a while, she tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to face her. She looked a lot different than Katherine Conners. She no longer looked young, but her eyes were still the stunning gray. I stepped back to observe her entire body. Her white hair was shoulder length. Wrinkles surrounded the corners of her eyes and bags hung from the bottom. She looked worn out and tired. He noticed a mass amount of scars on her arms. I sighed lightly. She did remind me of someone. "Do you want to sleep in the bed?"
She shook her head. "I'll sleep in your bathtub, I've grown quite fond of it," she said and smiled.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
She nodded. "Yeah I'm sure."
I walked over to my bed and grabbed an extra pillow. "I'll get some extra sheets for you as well," I said.
"Are you going to turn me in?" she asked as I walked in.
She took the sheets from me. Her face was dangerously close to mine. "No," I said, watching her.
Kat smiled. "Thank you, Severus," she said and walked away from me.
I walked back into my bedroom. I sighed and quickly readied myself for a sleepless night. I lay myself down on my bed. I closed my eyes and hoped that Carrie would invade my dreams. I still didn't know what to say to Dumbeldore.
I found myself in a familiar situation. I looked up from my desk and took a deep breath, I had just been yelling at someone. "Mr. Smith, do NOT add the rat's tail," I heard myself say.
He chuckled. "I wasn't planning to Professor Snape," he said.
I walked up to him. "Then what WERE you planning to do with it?" I asked.
He held in a laugh and motioned to the girl next to him. She was listening to some sort of tape player. Rumor is, his parents, muggles, gave it to him and since she had tapes, he gave it to her. Chuck Smith pointed to the page of his textbook that was opened. He leaned over to whisper in my ear. "I want to make her this," he said.
I rolled my eyes. "Please stay on task," I said.
"But I really want to do this for her," he protested.
"Do not argue with me. Do it on your own time," I said.
The girl beside him looked up. I recognized Kat immediately. She pulled out one of the black things in her ear. "What did he do?" she asked.
Chuck looked up at me. "I thought he was making it wrong," I covered for Chuck. "If it was a mistake I would have suspected that you were helping him."
Why the hell did I say that? She looked down. "At least I did this one right," she said, handing me the goblet.
I looked at it. "As good as you could do," I said giving it back to her.
I didn't seem to have any control over what I was doing or saying. Why was I so mean to her? "Thanks," she still smiled at me.
Chuck looked at her and smiled. She seemed to ignore him and watched me for a second. "Carry on Miss. Malfoy," I said, strictly.
I noticed the seasons start to change, and I watched Chuck get on the train to leave. I then recognized the situation. I quickly walked to my classroom. I wondered were she was. Upon entering, I heard something in my classroom. I quickly looked around and searched for the hidden person, being as quiet as I could. I noticed Kat stand up. "Sorry Professor Snape. I thought you'd be in the great hall," she said.
"I sensed someone in my room," I tried to hold in my chuckle. "Why aren't you having your meal?"
I walked closer to her. Her eyes were red and she was rubbing her wrists nervously. "Dunno, don't wanna," she said.
She sat down carefully on her stool. I heard myself sigh and sat down on the stool beside her. She looked over at me and then looked back down. "Are you alright?" I asked, as if she was a burden.
She shook her head. "Nope," she said. "But I wouldn't want to vent on a professor, 'specially you."
I noticed that she wasn't listening to her tape player. It was on the floor. I got up off the stool and picked it up. I noticed a knife on the floor as well. "Miss. Malfoy, explain yourself?" I asked, sternly.
She moved off the stool and onto the floor beside the knife. She played with the blade against the tip of her middle finger. "No," she said.
"Excuse me?" I said, feeling angry.
"I said, NO," she said, not looking up at me.
She watched the blood drip from her finger onto my floor. I noticed the fresh wounds on her wrist. I knew that she could easily heal cuts like that by now. I sat down beside her. "What, Miss. Malfoy, is going on?" I asked, feeling myself melt.
"You know what it's like," she said, moving herself closer to me.
"What what's like?"
She looked up, since she was shorter then me, and spoke again; "Being alone." I waited to let her explain herself. "I have no one in this damned school. Think about it. Chuck was just recently expelled this year, and the remainder of my friends before."
"But school will be over soon," I said.
"Yeah, but you said yourself that I'm a shitty witch. Now I can't even get a good muggle job because I only learned this magician stuff. My father is completely disappointed in me and he refuses to speak to me. I've been booted out of the house. What the fuck am I supposed to do? This damn boarding school was my life, and it's over. My friends are gone," she said, with tears forming in her eyes.
I felt it was necessary to put my arm around her. She tensed up. "I don't think you're a shitty witch," I said. "I'm sure you could do something with your life."
She chuckled. "Rape nasty potions teachers?"
I couldn't help the smile that grew on my face. "Maybe not," I said. "But you do enjoy languages. I heard you speak to your friends about it before."
She became less tense and cuddled up against my chest. This time, I felt myself tense up. She put her head against my chest. "Do you really think I'm good enough?" she asked me.
I nodded. "I do," I said.
I wanted to push her away or wrap my arms around her and never let go. I was so confused. I was so mean to her, but she obviously had feelings for me. I wrapped my other arm around her and she held herself in my arms. She put her head right below my neck. Her voice cracked. "Do you think I fucked myself over?"
"No," I could feel her breathing softly under my chin. "Why on earth did you come to me?"
"I like you," she said calmly.
"I'm not usually the favourite teacher," I said.
"Maybe that's why I like you," she said. "It's hard to understand, but you feel it too, right?"
I wanted to deny it. There was something about her that made my heart beat faster. I thought of all the times I singled her out, and how she took it with a smile. I refused to respond to her comment. I felt her hand move across my chest as she slowly kissed my bottom lip. I fought with myself over what to do. I didn't kiss back. I was still tense, but I didn't push her off. Her gray eyes watched my every move, like she could see what I was thinking. She took her hands and moved my face closer to hers. I didn't stop her, even though I needed to. She kissed me again, quickly. I could tell that she was worried I'd reject her again, and leave her alone. I touched her soft face and kissed her back. She smiled and leaned back against my chest. She never said anything, but neither did I. I watched her eyes start to close, until they did actually close. I noticed that I was watching her from a far distance, and realized that time had passed. She was sleeping, alone, on the train back to where ever her home would be. The train started to move, but her eyes stayed closed. I felt myself start to run after her. Something was breathing on the back of my neck. What was behind me?
I felt something behind me against his neck. I quickly turned and jumped slightly at the figure beside me. I then noticed, it was just Kat, sleeping soundly. He touched her face. She squinted and muttered something about peanut butter. She was still soft. I had buried her deep in my mind. When she left, I had been upset because she left without a word. I never asked why. I tried to remember the situation better. Of course, I lied to Carrie when I said we had a good relationship. I was rude to her, until I knew her better. However, Minerva McGonnigal did see us. I wrapped my arms tightly around Katherine and fell back asleep.
It's coming closer to the original I wrote. Anyways, enjoy!
Dragon Scales
Chapter Six: Sweet Dreams
"Excuuuse me?" Lucius said with emphasis on the 'excuse'. "What am I doing here?"
"Yes, that's what I asked. If you're looking for any kind of help Albus Dumbledore will gladly help you. I am quite busy," I responded, coldly.
"Why the hell would I go to Dumbledore for help? He's a fool, a fool!" Lucius Malfoy seemed frustrated. He noticed this and quickly fixed his hair. "My son was hurt by this MONSTER. I know exactly who the hell it was, and I know you know! I want something to be done by this, and I hope you understand my concern. You're the brightest professor at this school, you will take my side!" he said.
I took a deep breath. "I will find out what is happening," I said.
Dubmeldore walked in swiftly. "Snape, I need to see you immediately," he said. I watched him look at Lucius. "Mr. Malfoy? You should be in the infirmary," Dumbledore said with more concern in his voice than Lucius would ever have for him.
Lucius scoffed. "I'm just trying to help the solution of your dragon infestation. I want this place to be safe for my son," he said.
I quickly cut in, before an argument would start. "Albus, if you don't mind, it's been a long night and the only thing I found in the forbidden forest was large amounts of blood and a mauled Professor Conners. Can we please discuss things in the morning?"
Dumbledore and Lucius raised their eyes simultaneously. "If you really need to Severus. I'm canceling classes tomorrow, and ordering everyone to stay in their common rooms, jus tin case that thing comes back," the way Dumbledore stressed 'thing' with a loathing tone made a chill go up my spine. "Did you take Professor Conners to the infirmary?" he asked.
I nodded. "Yes," I lied. "I'll report to you sometime tomorrow," I said in an unenthused tone.
"Okay," Dumbledore sighed from the stress. "Lucius, I recommend that you do report to the hospital wing."
"Fine, when I finish my PRIVATE discussion with Mr. Snape," he said.
Dumbledore nodded and left the room. "Are we finished?" I asked.
"No," he said. "Did you say Ms. Conners was in the infirmary?"
"Yes," I said.
"You know damn well she isn't," he said.
"Well then I don't know where she went," I said.
His eyes narrowed into a glare. "You're hiding her, aren't you?"
I sighed. "I will search for her in the morning," I said. Lucius Malfoy smiled with an excessive amount of coyness. "I hear you bath running," he got up off the chair and stood by the door to leave with a fancy exit. "Is someone keeping the water warm for you, Severus?"
I opened the door for him. "I'll see you tomorrow," I said, ignoring his comment.
"Who's waiting for you?" he smirked. "Is she even worth it?" he walked through the doorway.
I closed the door and tried to ignore Lucius. His voice seemed to stay in my head. Is she worth it? I wondered his words. I opened the bathroom door, but only a crack so I wouldn't see her nudeness. She still seemed upset. "I AM naked," she stated.
"Which is why the door is only open a bit. I obviously can't see anything."
"Pervert," she muttered under her breath.
I scoffed. "I'm letting you bathe in my tub and hiding you here. You should be thankful I don't turn you in," I said.
She sighed. "Whatever," she muttered.
There was a knock on my door. "Be quiet," I said, harshly.
I walked to the door and opened it. Lenette raced in and Carrie walked in. "Hi," she said and smiled.
She shut the door behind her and I watched Lenette slip into the bathroom. "Hey," I said as she walked closer to me.
She put one of her hands on my chest. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I was going to try to get a couple winks of sleep," I said.
"Aww," she pouted. "Don't you want to spend some time with me?"
"Sure," I said and smiled.
She looked around my room. "Do you have someone over?" she asked.
"No," I watched her walk over to the bathroom.
"Can I use your washroom?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I shook my head. "Lenette is using it," I said.
She laughed. "Your cat?"
"Yeah," I said and shrugged. "She likes her privacy."
She smiled. "Then we're alone," she said and took one of my hands.
I pulled my hand away. "Did Lucius put you up to this?" I asked.
"What?" she asked and stepped back.
She frowned and looked away. "I'm sorry," I said.
"It's alright..." she said. "Maybe I should just go. I think we were all a little shaken up."
"Wait," I said and grabbed her hand. She looked up at me. "What happened when we were in the forest?"
She jumped into my arms. "Oh Severus! It was terrible," she said and sobbed. "You were there and... and... then you weren't... so... I ran to get help."
I wrapped my arms tightly around her. "Thank you," I said. I wasn't sure what else to say to her.
She looked up at me and kissed me. It wasn't a small pleasant kiss either. She took over me. She shoved her tongue into my mouth and shoved me against the wall. I closed my eyes for a moment as she kissed my neck. I opened my eyes and tightened my grip on her. I noticed Katherine peering from the bathroom. Her gray eyes darted away from mine when she realized I saw her. Carrie started to move her hand up the inside of my thigh. Kat shut the door quickly. "What was that?" Carrie asked.
She started to turn her head. I stopped her. "Nothing," I said.
"I think I should go," she said and let go of me.
I looked down. "If you want to," I said.
She smiled and kissed my cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow," she said. "Sweet dreams," she winked and walked from the room.
I shut the door behind her as anger started to build up inside of me. I banged on the bathroom door. "K, are you covered?" I asked.
I heard her move in the bathtub. "No, and you shortened my name. Did I do something?" she asked.
"Damn right you did. Can you cover yourself then?" I asked.
"Why? I'm cleaning," she said.
I moved my hands on the door. "I want to know what is going on, and I plan on coming into the damned bathroom whether you like it or not. I'm giving you a fair warning," I said.
I heard her get out of the tub and take a towel off the door. "Fine," she said.
I shoved open the door and saw her sitting down on the counter. Her legs were crossed and Lenette sat on the lap. She was soaked and was shaking a bit from the chill in the room. I felt my anger melt away as her gray eyes looked into me. "What?" she asked.
"Explain," I said sternly.
"She was lying you know," she said.
"What?" I asked.
"Carrie," she said. "She didn't try to get anyone to help."
"How exactly would you know?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Because I was outside and heard you. I didn't see her," Kat said.
I shook my head. "She could have run another way, but please explain the other... problem we have," I said.
She opened her mouth to protest, but spoke anyway. "It's probably obvious," her eyes lowered. "I'm a shape shifter."
"And the fight with Lucius?" I asked.
She sighed. "Our past was never really together," she said.
"Dating?" I asked.
She started to laugh. "Dating? My name is Katherine Malfoy. I got my name changed. He's my brother."
"Ah," I said looking at her towel wrapped body. "What do you really look like?" I asked, realizing she looked much different than when I found her on the ground.
She rubbed her feet together awkwardly. "Like this," she said, changing her hair to a platinum blonde. I remembered it from where I had picked her off the ground. "You don't remember me, do you?"
"I'm afraid I don't," I said and threw some sleeping garments at her.
She didn't catch them and watched them fall to the ground. I looked at her. "If you plan on staying here, I do suggest them," I said.
She bent over and picked them up. I turned around so I couldn't get a glimpse at anything. After a while, she tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to face her. She looked a lot different than Katherine Conners. She no longer looked young, but her eyes were still the stunning gray. I stepped back to observe her entire body. Her white hair was shoulder length. Wrinkles surrounded the corners of her eyes and bags hung from the bottom. She looked worn out and tired. He noticed a mass amount of scars on her arms. I sighed lightly. She did remind me of someone. "Do you want to sleep in the bed?"
She shook her head. "I'll sleep in your bathtub, I've grown quite fond of it," she said and smiled.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
She nodded. "Yeah I'm sure."
I walked over to my bed and grabbed an extra pillow. "I'll get some extra sheets for you as well," I said.
"Are you going to turn me in?" she asked as I walked in.
She took the sheets from me. Her face was dangerously close to mine. "No," I said, watching her.
Kat smiled. "Thank you, Severus," she said and walked away from me.
I walked back into my bedroom. I sighed and quickly readied myself for a sleepless night. I lay myself down on my bed. I closed my eyes and hoped that Carrie would invade my dreams. I still didn't know what to say to Dumbeldore.
I found myself in a familiar situation. I looked up from my desk and took a deep breath, I had just been yelling at someone. "Mr. Smith, do NOT add the rat's tail," I heard myself say.
He chuckled. "I wasn't planning to Professor Snape," he said.
I walked up to him. "Then what WERE you planning to do with it?" I asked.
He held in a laugh and motioned to the girl next to him. She was listening to some sort of tape player. Rumor is, his parents, muggles, gave it to him and since she had tapes, he gave it to her. Chuck Smith pointed to the page of his textbook that was opened. He leaned over to whisper in my ear. "I want to make her this," he said.
I rolled my eyes. "Please stay on task," I said.
"But I really want to do this for her," he protested.
"Do not argue with me. Do it on your own time," I said.
The girl beside him looked up. I recognized Kat immediately. She pulled out one of the black things in her ear. "What did he do?" she asked.
Chuck looked up at me. "I thought he was making it wrong," I covered for Chuck. "If it was a mistake I would have suspected that you were helping him."
Why the hell did I say that? She looked down. "At least I did this one right," she said, handing me the goblet.
I looked at it. "As good as you could do," I said giving it back to her.
I didn't seem to have any control over what I was doing or saying. Why was I so mean to her? "Thanks," she still smiled at me.
Chuck looked at her and smiled. She seemed to ignore him and watched me for a second. "Carry on Miss. Malfoy," I said, strictly.
I noticed the seasons start to change, and I watched Chuck get on the train to leave. I then recognized the situation. I quickly walked to my classroom. I wondered were she was. Upon entering, I heard something in my classroom. I quickly looked around and searched for the hidden person, being as quiet as I could. I noticed Kat stand up. "Sorry Professor Snape. I thought you'd be in the great hall," she said.
"I sensed someone in my room," I tried to hold in my chuckle. "Why aren't you having your meal?"
I walked closer to her. Her eyes were red and she was rubbing her wrists nervously. "Dunno, don't wanna," she said.
She sat down carefully on her stool. I heard myself sigh and sat down on the stool beside her. She looked over at me and then looked back down. "Are you alright?" I asked, as if she was a burden.
She shook her head. "Nope," she said. "But I wouldn't want to vent on a professor, 'specially you."
I noticed that she wasn't listening to her tape player. It was on the floor. I got up off the stool and picked it up. I noticed a knife on the floor as well. "Miss. Malfoy, explain yourself?" I asked, sternly.
She moved off the stool and onto the floor beside the knife. She played with the blade against the tip of her middle finger. "No," she said.
"Excuse me?" I said, feeling angry.
"I said, NO," she said, not looking up at me.
She watched the blood drip from her finger onto my floor. I noticed the fresh wounds on her wrist. I knew that she could easily heal cuts like that by now. I sat down beside her. "What, Miss. Malfoy, is going on?" I asked, feeling myself melt.
"You know what it's like," she said, moving herself closer to me.
"What what's like?"
She looked up, since she was shorter then me, and spoke again; "Being alone." I waited to let her explain herself. "I have no one in this damned school. Think about it. Chuck was just recently expelled this year, and the remainder of my friends before."
"But school will be over soon," I said.
"Yeah, but you said yourself that I'm a shitty witch. Now I can't even get a good muggle job because I only learned this magician stuff. My father is completely disappointed in me and he refuses to speak to me. I've been booted out of the house. What the fuck am I supposed to do? This damn boarding school was my life, and it's over. My friends are gone," she said, with tears forming in her eyes.
I felt it was necessary to put my arm around her. She tensed up. "I don't think you're a shitty witch," I said. "I'm sure you could do something with your life."
She chuckled. "Rape nasty potions teachers?"
I couldn't help the smile that grew on my face. "Maybe not," I said. "But you do enjoy languages. I heard you speak to your friends about it before."
She became less tense and cuddled up against my chest. This time, I felt myself tense up. She put her head against my chest. "Do you really think I'm good enough?" she asked me.
I nodded. "I do," I said.
I wanted to push her away or wrap my arms around her and never let go. I was so confused. I was so mean to her, but she obviously had feelings for me. I wrapped my other arm around her and she held herself in my arms. She put her head right below my neck. Her voice cracked. "Do you think I fucked myself over?"
"No," I could feel her breathing softly under my chin. "Why on earth did you come to me?"
"I like you," she said calmly.
"I'm not usually the favourite teacher," I said.
"Maybe that's why I like you," she said. "It's hard to understand, but you feel it too, right?"
I wanted to deny it. There was something about her that made my heart beat faster. I thought of all the times I singled her out, and how she took it with a smile. I refused to respond to her comment. I felt her hand move across my chest as she slowly kissed my bottom lip. I fought with myself over what to do. I didn't kiss back. I was still tense, but I didn't push her off. Her gray eyes watched my every move, like she could see what I was thinking. She took her hands and moved my face closer to hers. I didn't stop her, even though I needed to. She kissed me again, quickly. I could tell that she was worried I'd reject her again, and leave her alone. I touched her soft face and kissed her back. She smiled and leaned back against my chest. She never said anything, but neither did I. I watched her eyes start to close, until they did actually close. I noticed that I was watching her from a far distance, and realized that time had passed. She was sleeping, alone, on the train back to where ever her home would be. The train started to move, but her eyes stayed closed. I felt myself start to run after her. Something was breathing on the back of my neck. What was behind me?
I felt something behind me against his neck. I quickly turned and jumped slightly at the figure beside me. I then noticed, it was just Kat, sleeping soundly. He touched her face. She squinted and muttered something about peanut butter. She was still soft. I had buried her deep in my mind. When she left, I had been upset because she left without a word. I never asked why. I tried to remember the situation better. Of course, I lied to Carrie when I said we had a good relationship. I was rude to her, until I knew her better. However, Minerva McGonnigal did see us. I wrapped my arms tightly around Katherine and fell back asleep.