AN: Thanks for the reviews. :) SLheartDM, I took your suggestion about the spacing. I hope this is better. Let me know. DrAcO's MiNE, that review made my day. :) Draco and Raven are going to get closer. As for the actions in the common room, what can I say? They were drunk lol. This chapter is mostly dialogue. I'll probably post chapter nine later tonight. Oh, I'm just gonna whore out my little community. If you have a live journal, feel free to submit your hp fic (rated R or above) to I just started it, so I need members. You can read the rules on the main page. I'll post this story there when I'm done with it.

"Ugh... I feel like shit..." Raven thought. She opened her eyes and was instantly blinded by the fall sun that was pouring into her dorm. She closed the curtain with her wand and sat up slowly. "What a night..." she whispered to herself as memories came to her. She managed a smile as she remembered what had went on with Draco. She couldn't, however, remember how much she had drank. "Whatever the amount, it must have been a lot, cause I've never had a hangover like this." she thought, hoping she wouldn't throw up. Looking at the little clock that stood on a night stand next to her bed, she realized it was around two o'clock. The quidditch team would be practicing now, and many of the students were probably outside, enjoying what would probably be one of the last decent days of the season. Raven made up her mind to watch the practice, but she needed to go to the hospital wing and clear up the hangover first. Making up her mind to play it off as a stomach virus, she put her bathrobe over her pajamas and staggered down the stairs and out of the common room. Each step took effort. Her head was killing her, she was dizzy as hell, and she thought she would puke any minute. "Where the fuck am I?" she wondered, looking around. She hadn't been to the hospital wing before, and she had no idea where it was. Raven held herself up against a wall, trying to remember if she had heard anyone say where it was.

"Miss. Stardust, are you ok?" a familiar voice asked. Raven looked up to see Professor Snape standing over her.

"Ugh... I need to get to the hospital wing... I've got a stomach virus I think..." she lied, trying to hide her evident hangover.

"Yes, and I imagine it was caused by alcohol? Mr. Flint's supply of Firewhisky I expect." Snape looked at her questionably. "Don't worry, Miss. Stardust. I tend to overlook these things in my own house. Poppy, however, will not. Luckily, I have a fresh supply of a potion that clears up hangovers in a flash. Come with me, and try not to fall over." Raven followed the professor down the hall and into a large room she had never been in before. It was dreary, but was finely decorated. There was a large Slytherin banner hanging on the wall, and a large fireplace with a painting of the night hanging over it. There was a large plush couch near the fireplace, and a large four poster bed on the other side of the room. "These are my private sleeping quarters. I'd advise you not to let anyone know you were here. Also, I'd tie up my bathrobe if I was you, Miss. Stardust. I'd hate to imagine the scene that would be caused if one of the other professors saw you in here like that." Raven looked down and saw that hadn't tied up her bathrobe before she left the common room. She was wearing a short black velvet teddy under the open robe. She blushed and tied it up. Snape took a vial of blue liquid off a shelf and handed it to her. "Drink this." he said, turning back to the shelf to arrange a few out of place bottles. Raven opened the vial and drank it down in one swallow. Instantly, she felt as i she was in a deep trance.

"Miss. Stardust, how do you feel?" Severus asked her with his back still turned.

"Just as shitty as I did before, Professor." Raven said. He turned around with a bit of shock. The potion was supposed to work instantly. His eyes widened as he looked at her. She seemed to be in a deep trance. A trance so deep it could only be caused by a strong truth potion. "Only one way to tell.." he thought.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

"Give your full name."

"Raven Essex Stardust."

"Essex? Where does that come from?"

"It is the name of the county Salem is located in." she replied, looking at him with intent eyes. Severus sighed. Raven was defiantly under the influence of a truth potion. "If she hadn't distracted me with that hot little number she was wearing under her robe..." He got her the potion that got rid of hangovers and gave it to her. She drank it.

"Do you feel better?"

"Yes." Raven replied. Severus knew that she would be in the trance for one hour. After that, she wouldn't remember a thing. He decided to make use of the potion.

"Does your father ever talk about the Dark Lord in front of you?"

"No."

"Do you know any secrets about the Dark Lord?"

"No. My father does not tell me these things." Severus decided to change the subject.

"Do you like it here at Hogwarts?"

"Yes, though I did not want to come at first."

"Why is that?"

"I did not want to leave home. I thought it would be boring here."

"But you like it now?"

"Yes. Very much." "Of course..." Severus thought, sneering.

"Why is that?"

"I'm losing the initial nervousness that I had when I first came here. I have met people that I like, and I have something starting with Draco." she replied.

"Yes, I saw the two of you dancing in Muggle Studies yesterday. You sure seem to know what you're doing."

"Thank you. I like dancing and I am good at it."

"I bet you're good at other things too." Severus knew he was taking the subject to a forbidden place, but it wasn't like she was going to remember it anyways.

"I don't know what you mean, sir."

"Sex! You must fuck like a rabbit."

"No. I am a virgin." Severus raised his eyebrow and looked at her intently. He poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice.

"I can change that if you'd like." he thought aloud. Damn, this was getting fun. He took a drink and waited for a reply.

"The thought has crossed my mind." Severus spit out the juice in shock. Raven was sitting there, looking at him.

"Really? Explain."

"Earlier today in potions class, you were yelling at some Gryffindor's. I was wondering if you showed as much authority in bed."

"I thought you wanted Draco."

"I do. But my mind wandered." Severus just looked at Raven. He couldn't deny that her words intrigued him, but she was a student. "And the American Minister's daughter" he thought. There would be no end to the controversy that would rise. Sure, Raven was at Hogwarts to improve American and English relations, but Severus was sure that a relationship with the potions master wasn't what Dameon had in mind when he made the arrangements. Well, as earlier, he figured he may as well as go along with the questions seeing that she wasn't going to remember anything.

"What is your greatest desire?" he asked leaning closer to her, expecting to hear some vivid sexual fantasy.

"For people to see me as just more than a pretty face and something to have fun with. There's more to me than meets the eye." Raven said. Severus took note of a bit if disappointment in her voice, despite the trance she was in. He studied her as she looked back at him, probably completely unaware of her words. One minute, the girl was talking about screwing him, the next she was talking about being seen as more than just a piece of ass. He buried his face in his hands and decided to ask another question.

"Tell me.. what is this?" he asked, referring to the last part of her answer.

"Huh?" Raven asked, confused. Severus looked up and saw her looking around the room. The potion had worn off, and Raven seemed to be back to herself. Her blue eyes had the fire in them again that, for some reason, she so desperately tried to hide from her professors.

"Um... Are you feeling better?" he asked quickly.

"Yes, thank you. Hmm... it's funny... I don't even remember taking anything." she said, oblivious to the hour that had passed.

"It's a strange side effect. I assure you, you were sitting here perfectly fine the whole time." Severus said. It wasn't like he wasn't lying to her. Besides, what she wouldn't remember wouldn't hurt her. Raven smiled at him.

"Thanks, professor. And thanks for keeping the hangover thing quiet." she whispered as if someone would hear her.

"Not a problem." he replied as she got up to leave. He walked her to the door and opened it for her. "Oh, I'm glad to see you're getting more used to things around here. You seem to be losing your nervousness." he added.

"Yeah, finally. At first I thought I'd be kind of a loner here. Now I'll probably end up spilling my deepest desires to someone before the end of the year." Rave said, laughing lightly. She gave Severus one last friendly smile then headed back to the Slytherin common room.