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Severus had been left with only 20 minutes before The Seven would start to arrive. In that time, he had first planned the lesson (to try and distract himself from thinking of happenings), then jerked off at the memory of aforementioned happenings and then lastly sat there for two minutes thinking about the morning events, all before Granger and Potter entered the classroom, followed closely by Bones and Boot

The four of them didn't really pay Snape any attention since he seemed to be quite interested in a book at the moment, but instead sat in their assigned seats. Hermione sat first, and then Harry to the right of her but to the left of the aisle at the front, Susan and Terry (with an open seat to Terry's right for Justin) to the right of the aisle at the front, and then began to talk about pointless things such as what their own potential animagus forms might be were they ever to learn

Draco and Blaise walked in and seated themselves, as well, Blaise behind Hermione and Draco behind Harry. As soon as Draco had walked in, Harry began to look through his own school bag, so once the other was seated, he placed the Transfiguration notes in front of him and said, "There you go"

Draco examined the sheet and smiled, "Not too bad of a job there, Harry. Not Granger perfection, but this'll do quite nicely"

"You're welcome," Harry said while smiling and then turned back to the conversation. Only about 20 seconds later, Draco spoke up again

"Animagi? Potter, were you day dreaming again?" Draco looked at the paper, shocked at what he saw

"What?" Harry looked puzzled, 'a cute look for him' the Potions Master thought as he looked at the boy through lowered lashes, 'Damn him for being so…perfect and making me fall for him!'

"Right here," Draco pointed to something on the parchment, "It says, 'Remember to work harder on getting McGonagall to agree to teach us Animagi; she's almost caved'. What does that mean?" He looked up at Harry again accusingly, but definitely interested

"I thought that would be obvious," Harry laughed

"Is she really about to cave and teach us?" Draco looked all out excited now

The other four, besides Hermione, were looking on in wonder, and, had anyone cared to look, so was Professor Snape

"Harry and I have been working her down and we feel she might give in any day now," Hermione spoke up excitedly

"That would be…so cool!" Terry exclaimed, to which Susan and Blaise eagerly agreed

"We just need to discuss a few more things," Harry said as Justin Finch-Fletchley walked in and sat down just as the bell rang

The Seven closed their mouths and faced forward as Snape calmly closed his book and stood up

"No more talk of Animagus training will happen in here today," Snape stated firmly, and the students all nodded their heads, though Justin was a little confused on where the order had come from

"Today we will be making veritaserum. As you all undoubtedly know what veritaserum is, I will not give a big speech of its past, nor its uses," there were a few sighs of relief before he continued, "As you also know, this is a very complicated potion to be made, so it will take all two hours of your time here," Severus turned to the black board and waved his wand so that the procedure appeared, then turned back to his students, "There's the steps. You know the rules, as well as your partners. You may begin," With another wave of his wand, the ingredients appeared on each of their tables, and, before he could even turn around, they were beginning to work

Severus sat himself behind his desk and took up his book once more. For an hour or longer, the class was uneventful, and two of the groups (all except the trio) were in the simmering stage of the veritaserum. Severus noticed that Granger was, again, reading; Potter seemed to be doodling on a spare piece of parchment as he was lost in his thoughts; Blaise seemed to be reviewing some notes for another class, while Draco began copying Harry's Transfiguration notes. Soon enough, the two Hufflepuffs and one Ravenclaw were also in the simmering stage and then began on their own endeavors, as well

All of a sudden, a rather cold hand touched Severus' right pectoral muscle, causing a small, silent intake of breath before he schooled his features and breathing before continuing to "read" once more as the hand remained where it was

But it didn't stay idle for long, no. The hand moved down his chest slowly, almost teasingly, drawing intricate designs here and there. It took the invisible ligament at least two minutes to finally settle on his already hard cock, again as if his pants weren't even an obstacle. The cold hand was slowly gaining heat, but still cold enough yet for the contrast of hot and cold to be increasingly erotic

A sharp intake of breath through his nose and the tightening of his grip on his book were the only indications that anything was off as the exquisitely talented hand on his member moved faster and faster, building the tension and desire in the older man

His assailant, who ever it may be, seemed to think he needed assistance in remaining quiet, because in the next moment a hard mouth was placed over his, effectively keeping his own mouth shut…'The mouth of a man,' Severus realized, the thought sending him over the edge as he closed his eyes and gripped his book yet tighter. Thankfully the others lips -did- stop his moan from escaping, thereby stopping any real questioning

When Severus finally regained his breath the bell rang, signaling that the students were to leave

"Bottle your samples, clean up and then drop your vial on my desk before leaving," Snape ordered, not trusting enough to stand just yet

The students followed their Professor's instructions quickly, with one person in the group bottling their potion and bringing it to him while the other cleaned…time that Severus used to utter a cleaning charm on his nether regions

Blaise was the first to bring the potion, followed by Justin and then by Harry. Severus did note, however, that the Potter boy was rather flushed before turning his back on his Professor once more. Severus raised a single eyebrow at this discovery as the wheels in his head began to work and derive a conclusion

Therefore, as The Seven were leaving, Snape called out, "Oh Potter," in a falsely sweet tone, leaving out the malice that has been comfortably missing since the war

"Yes Professor?" Harry turned to face the man, feigning innocence while trying desperately to hide his nervousness

"Would you stay here for a minute? I rather wish a word with you," he said with an evil smirk, which didn't help with Harry's nerves

The other six looked back briefly before walking off. Once they were cleared out, Severus closed and locked the door along with a silencing charm with a wave of his wand

"What is it, Professor?" Harry asked, shifting uncomfortably from one foot to another. Did the man know it was him that was causing the invisible phenomenon's? Was he mad? Oh no…he surely was…'I'm dead meat for sure!' Harry groaned inwardly

"Sit, Potter," Snape ordered before finally standing up and moving so he was leaning back on the front of his desk as Potter did as he was told

Once both were situated, Severus continued, "I couldn't help but notice you were a bit flushed towards the end of the lesson. Is something the matter?"

Harry shifted in his seat, "No sir, just a bit warm in here was all"

"Then how come you were the only one who felt warm? You aren't sick, perhaps, are you? That wouldn't do at all," Severus said and, to Harry's horror, began walking towards him. When Snape was standing directly in front of Harry, he reached a hand out and placed it on the boy's forehead to check if it was overly warm

Harry jumped slightly at the contact and hissed before he reached up quickly to remove the hand from his forehead…he always hated when someone touched his scar the wrong way: not a soothing way, and what Snape just did was definitely -not- soothing

When the younger man reached up and grabbed his hand briefly, Severus could feel that it was cold; not one caused by weather or the dampness in the dungeons, but one of natural coldness. He smirked imperceptibly at this discovery and walked back to his original spot in front of his own desk

"Well, you're obviously not sick, which is good. What ever would Hogwarts do if you fell ill?" Snape said, sarcasm dripping heavily from his voice

Harry only scowled half-heartedly before saying, "They would all cry hysterically and lesson's would be cancelled for as long as I remain ill so that everyone, students and teachers alike, could linger by my bed constantly," Harry smirked now, "And of course you, Professor, would take up permanent residency in the chair closest to my bed; for you would be the most worried out of everyone, due to your overly big, caring heart"

"Touché, Mr. Potter, though perhaps just a bit delusional"

"Delusional's what I do best, sir, you know that"

"Indeed I do. But back to the topic at hand," Severus smirked to see some of the confidence leave the boys eyes, "You weren't thinking of something that would make you flustered, perchance, were you?" he asked in his teacher voice now

Harry looked down at the stone floor, "I…"

"Will look me in the eye when speaking," Severus interrupted sternly

Harry slowly looked him in the eye and continued, "I just…what I mean to say is…"

"Were you or were you not thinking inappropriate things towards the end of class? Not just -any- class, either, but -my- class?" his patience wearing thin

"I was, yes," he admitted with a blush, but he didn't look away from the other man's eyes

Severus leaned forward a little with his arms crossed over his chest and asked, rather quietly, "About me?" If Severus Snape knew how to blush anymore, he certainly would have; but, as it were, his face stayed the same milky white

"I…" Harry wanted more than anything to divert his eyes, but didn't have the guts to do it. Then he wondered 'Why the hell am I scared to tell him it's me? I wanted him to find out and it's obvious that he enjoys it…but (and I don't care what anyone else says, there's always a but), what if now that he knows it's me he doesn't like it anymore?'

"Do we have to discuss this now? I'm late for Charms, sir"

Severus looked like he wanted to explode at that, but simply balled his fists and ground out, "As you wish. You will show up here tonight right after dinner. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, sir, thank you"

"I'll write a note to Professor Flitwick so he knows where you were," Severus turned around and hastily wrote a note on a spare bit of parchment before turning again and handing it to him

Just as Harry was about to walk out the now unlocked door, Snape spoke up, "Oh, and Potter?" Harry turned at the statement, "I know it's you that's been doing it"

Harry looked like a fish out of water…very scared and gapping, "Do you hate me now?" he finally managed to get out of his tight throat quietly

Severus thought for a second and then said, "No, no I don't. Possibly quite the contrary"

Harry smiled brilliantly at that, "Really?"

"Yes. But that is a conversation for a later time. Say…our 7 o'clock meeting tonight?" he smirked

"I look forward to it," Harry smiled once more and then left

Severus stood there and shook his head in disbelief, a small smile on his face, "I'm so going to hell for this," he said before turning to straighten the room up
I'm aware that these chapters aren't very long, and I'm sorry for that, but I get what I need done in each chapter, so I think it works all right…

Thank you for the reviews! And thank you to the 3 new people that added me to their author alert list! I feel loved

Reese Craven- Yay! You came back to me! And of course it's another SS/HP story, that's the only slash I like to write, because I'm in love with that ship! J It's cool to see old reviewers come back and follow me

Kemis- Well thank you very much! And we obviously think a like because I had already written this chapter before your comment about them coming back in Potions. I read that and was like "I like this girl!"…at least…I'm only assuming you're a girl…sorry if I'm wrong. And your comment about "phantom kisses" inspired the chapter title, so thank you for that!
Oh, and thank you for pointing out my translating inabilities. The spell is now 'Sentire Emozioni', but I'm not sure how long it'll take ff.net to post the change. Thank you again!

texasjeanette- Thank you. And the comment on how Hermione and Harry survived but Ron didn't: the way I figure it, war is unpredictable and anyone is able to die…and I don't know why I had Ron die…I guess I just felt he'd be the one out of the trio to be killed, and I'm a big supporter in breaking old alliances in this story (as seen by Harry and Draco being friendly), so that's that…thanks again! Yes, I quite like the lips on Sev, as well

opal- As for you question of who, that's now answered…and about what'd they did to him? Well, that's a story for the next chapter :-D stick with me here!

Thanks again, you guys. I'm not sure how long it'll take me to get the next chapter out since it's not written yet, but I -do- know what I wanna do with it, so it should be hard to write