Yule Ball Flash Back (This is part of chapter 35 and would've been posted with it if I had had it finished)

Severus stood waiting in the empty Slytherin Common Room. He was pacing, starting to worry that Alex wasn't going to be coming. After all he was... himself... and he thought of himself as rather lacking in appearance.

Were as Alex was a young beauty with long dark silky hair and flawless pale skin, she looked what a true Slytherin should. Snape was so busy thinking about her pale, porcelain skin when he felt two arms snake their way around him.

"What are you thinking about Sev?" Alex asked cheerfully as he turned around to look at her.

"Oh I was just thinking about you." He said, looking down at her with a smile.

"Were you now?" She grinned, giving him a light kiss on his lips.

"Yes I was. I always am; it's starting to become apparent in my school work." He said.

"Ah, I'm clever enough to keep up my work and think about you for most of the time."

"When you are quite finished with your chatter shall we head off to the dance?"

"All finished, but uhm... how do I look?" She asked slightly nervous, running a hand over the front of her dress, smoothing out any wrinkles.

"You look... smashing..." He said, taking in the fullness of her appearance. She was wearing dark green velvet dress robes. Her long dark hair was in its normal curly state and made her look even more beautiful than normal.

"Alright, that's all I needed to hear, lets be off then." She said, grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the portrait that hid the way out of the common room.

The Great Hall was packed full of students, most of them in a nervous state of being mixed with the opposite sex. Severus and Alex made there way towards some of the other Slytherins that they knew. Including Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. All of who were eager to have a dance with Alex.

"Would you care for a dance Alexandra?" came a voice from behind Alex and Snape.

"Oh, what the bloody hell do you want Black?" Alex asked, turning to face Sirius Black dressed in dark red robes and smiling at her.

"I thought I made that clear. All I ask is for a dance."

"Thanks, but no thanks." Alex said curtly.

"Now come along Alexandra, we were both raised in pureblood house holds, you know as well as I do that it is very impolite to turn down a harmless request."

"Is it not also impolite to try and kill someone for no apparent reason?" Alex asked firmly as her house members watched, obviously very pleased with how she was handling herself.

"It wasn't with out reason, if he just watched where he put his large greasy nose than there wouldn't have been any attempts on his life." Black said as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Now who's being impolite?" She said, moving closer and closer towards him. Slowly she moved her head towards him as though to give him a kiss. "Sod off you bloody git." Alex whispered, before grabbing Severus' hand and heading towards the exit.

They left Sirius Black standing there with a shocked look on his face and a group of laughing Slytherins. "Very nicely done." Severus said as they made their way back to the dungeons.

"Thanks love." She smiled as he put an arm around her waist. "So where are we going?"

"Well... it should be around here somewhere..." Snape said, looking around the empty hallway. Suddenly there was a door in between two portraits on the wall.

"Where...?"

"The Room of Requirement." Snape smiled at her then opened the door. "Shall we?" Alex smiled briefly and looked past him into the room. All she could see was a bed and a fireplace.

"I think we shall." She gave him a coy smile and then entered the room.

Safe to say that they had a very good night... Well that's all for this chapter, R&R please. Heh, which y'all are very good at. Sorry for taking longer with this, I've just been so busy with play rehearsals, but I'll try and keep up better.

Mistress Sara