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AN!WARNING! This is another R rated chapter for sexual content. If you are to young or are offended by this type of material please do not read it.

Chapter 24 Show you Love

speak
and say the words that no one else will ever say
love
love like the world we know is over in a day

i'm gonna show you love in every language
i'm gonna speak with words that need no form
i'm gonna give you what you never had before

and you're beautiful
and i am weakened by the force of your eyes
so shine bright
to separate the truth from the lies
i'm gonna show you love

Jars of Clay "Show You Love"

Alexis noticed the time and knew she had to leave in order to catch up with Harry. Giving Snape a lingering kiss, she smiled and turned to go, "Sev one thing you have to understand," Alexis was almost at the door, "I love you warts and all."

Alexis almost made it out before Snape shouted, "Petrificus Totalus."

All Alexis could move was her eyes. Which had a decidedly angry look to them.

"You cannot expect to make a statement like that and then just leave. Finite Incantatem"

Snape helped Alexis to her feet but kept hold of her hand.

"Now if you would like to repeat what you just said?" Snape offered silkily.

"I don't think I would," came Alexis's huffy reply. He had ruined her brilliant exit with his petrification spell.

Pulling her to him, "But I really think you should."

"I said you have warts and all," Alexis was still angry as this was neither the time, nor place, nor manner in which she had meant to reveal her feelings. It had just slipped out.

"That is not what I heard," Snape was getting frustrated. Why wouldn't the aggravating woman just admit what she had said?

"If you heard it, why do I need to repeat it?"

"Because I want to hear it again."

"Why?"

"Because now I can formulate a more appropriate response than Petrificus Totalus,"Snape was beginning to get a little irritated as well.

Alexis cocked her head to one side and looked into his eyes. What she saw there appeared to reassure her. She gave him an almost shy smile and stepped even closer to him, "Sev one thing you have to understand, I love you warts and all."

"And I love your warts too," Snape smirked.

"WHAT? I don't have warts!" Alexis was highly indignant. That was not the response he was supposed to have given.

"No, but you do have several sexy moles. One behind your right knee and one on your left cheek."

Alexis raised her hand to her face feeling for a mole. She didn't remember having a mole on her face.

Snape watched her running her fingers over her left cheek. Leaning down to whisper in her ear, "Not that cheek."

Alexis's eyebrows shot up and then she blushed a brilliant red.

"Be that as it may, I have to catch up with Harry. You never can tell when Black may jump out at him in a crowded school corridor," the last was said with heavy sarcasm.

Alexis was still disgruntled that Snape had not told her what she wanted to hear.

She moved to go and found that Snape still had her hand. "I'm going to need that," nodding down at where he still held her.

Snape reeled her back in. He pushed a strand of hair out of her eyes, leaned down and gave her the sweetest kiss she had ever experienced and then whispered, "Je'taime aussi."

With a smug smirk, Snape pushed the stunned witch out into the corridor. Giving her a shove in the right direction, "Alexis, you wanted to catch up with Potter."

"Yes, Severus," was the dreamy reply.

"Alexis."

"Yes, Severus?"

"You better hurry if you are going to catch up with Mr. Potter," Snape advised, still smugly smirking.

"You are right," Alexis headed down the corridor still in a daze.

Snape watched her until she was out of sight and then proceeded back to his dungeons. Now all he had to do was get her to agree to marry him. This love stuff wasn't as difficult as everyone made it out to be. I love it when a plan comes together.

He had the urge to whistle for some odd reason. He quickly squashed the urge by deducting house points from two unfortunate Ravenclaws he caught out of class.

Alexis was meandering down the hallway. Not sure where she was going or why she was going anywhere. She was still thinking about Snapes' "Je'taime."

Suddenly it was as if a bucket of freezing water had been thrown over her. Shaking herself, Alexis looked up to find that she had just walked through the Grey Lady, who was looking highly indignant.

"My lady, I do beg your pardon. I was not watching where I was going," Alexis apologized profusely. One did not get on the wrong side of the Hogwarts' ghosts. Strange things tended to happen when one offended one of the ghosts.

The Grey Lady nodded in reluctant acceptance of the apology.

As Alexis hurried off to find Harry, she heard the Bloody Baron remark, "She can walk through me anytime."

It was almost reassuring to find that a man was still a man, even after he has passed on.

Someone was in his rooms. Snape was not sure what had woken him, but years of living a double life had left him a light sleeper. He relaxed as he caught a whiff of vanilla and roses. Cracking an eyelid he could just make her out creeping across the room to his bed.

There was a muffled, "Damn," as she tripped on the book he had been reading before he fell asleep.

He was wondering if she really thought she was sneaking up on him with all the noise she was making.

He waited until she had reached out her hand searching for the edge of the bed….and then he grabbed her and pulled her into the bed with him.

She gave a screech muffled by the bedclothes that she had fallen face first into.

"You pig!" she whispered.

"Is that anyway to talk to the man you love?" he teased. He found it was easier to say things like that in the dark.

"When he scares me like you just did, YES," was the hissed reply.

"What exactly were you trying to do? And why are you here? Not that I am complaining mind you," Snape had shifted so that Alexis could get under the covers with him.

As Alexis cuddled up to him he could hear the smile in her voice, "I was trying to surprise you. I am here to surprise you and in the course ofsurprising youto have my wicked way with you."

"Hmm that sounds promising. But how did you get away from Potter?"

"Well….I….I…."

"Your eloquence astounds me," Snape grunted as a small fist connected with his side.

"I put a charm on the Gryffindor common room door."

"What type of charm?"

"A security charm. Unless there is an emergency in the castle, no one can get into or out of Gryffindor through the portrait hole."

Alexis took his hand and put it on her wrist; he could feel a bracelet there. From the tingle he got when he touched it he could tell it had magical properties.

"If someone tries to leave, it will get hot and start to buzz."

"Ingenious, what took you so long to do this?" Snape had turned so that he was facing Alexis and had started running his hand up and down her arm.

"I just mastered the charm on the bracelet and then the charm for the door. I have been practicing for the last two days," Alexis now wound her arms around Snape's neck and pulled his mouth down to her's.

Snape groaned as she explored his mouth with her tongue. Her hands were undoing the buttons on his pajama shirt. When she finally had it open, she broke their kiss and began trailing her mouth along his neck and down to his chest. Finding his nipple with her mouth she flicked it with her tongue until it became a hard bead. Shifting she gave the other nipple the same attention.

Alexis had dropped her cape by the door when she began sneaking into the room. All she wore now was a sheer negligee. Snape's hands were bunching the material around her waist. Alexis sat up and with one motion pulled the gown over her head and threw it to the floor.

Snape filled his hands with her breasts. Toying and playing with her dusky pink nipples. Alexis pressed into him. Turning, Snape pressed her back onto the bed, bending over he ran his teeth lightly over each of her nipples causing Alexis to gasp.

Before Alexis could realize what he was doing, Snape had flipped her over onto her stomach. She felt him slide her panties off and then he was nibbling on her arse; the area just below her cheek and above her thigh. She had no idea how sensitive that place was. He moved to the other side and suckled the same spot on the opposite leg.

"Your sexy mole is right here."

Alexis yelped as he bit her and then laved the sting with his tongue.

Alexis was writhing on the bed….wanting…needing….

Then she felt a flick on her clitoris and jerked slightly. The flick was repeated again and again. Snape was just barely flicking his finger tip against her. The sensation was driving her mad. He was teasing her unmercifully. He was stimulating her just enough to keep her on the edge but not enough to send her over.

"Severus," she panted, "if you don't finish what you have started," (oh yes right there) "I am going to, (ahh, ahhh don't stop) " YES!"

Before Alexis could finish her threat, she felt the bracelet getting hot and then there was a buzzing noise. Snape heard the buzzing too.

"Damnation!" was said in unison by the extremely frustrated couple. All this foreplay could not be good for their health.

Snape moved away and allowed Alexis to get out of the bed. She was muttering and cursing as she swept up her clothes and wiggled into them. Snape followed her into the sitting room and waved the lights on. He wondered if he should tell her she had put her nightgown on backwards. He blanched as he heard some of the words she was using. Where did she learn about that spell? Ouch! I don't think that is anatomically possible. Not and keep the person alive while the spell is working.

Snape decided it was probably safer not to say anything right now.

She was stomping across the room getting ready to go and ream out whomever had set off her security alarm. Snape noticed that she was leaving dressed only in her negligee. It was a very pretty gown but with it on backwards it left rather a lot to view.

"Alexis wait," Snape called.

"What?" she snarled.

Picking up her cloak he held it out to her, "You might want to take this."

"Oh, thank you. I am sorry Severus, ….again," Alexis gave him a quick kiss and headed back to Gryffindor tower.

Snape headed toward the bathroom. He was really getting tired of cold showers.