Roxanna was sitting in the infirmary with the children, who had eaten too much at dinner and were complaining of tummy aches, when she heard the doors open violently. She didn't have to look up to know who it was.
"Poppy, I need something for my blasted head," Snape said. Roxanna smiled. She knew he would feel that in the morning. Her smile faded as she felt eyes on her back.
"Miss Roxanna, that man is staring at you," one of the younger boys said pointing behind her. Pretending like this was all news to her, she turned. She knew Snape was watching her, what she didn't know was that he was walking towards her. Luckily, Lilith noticed him first, and proceeded to run toward him and attach herself to his right leg.
"Bloody child. Get off of me," Snape said. He lifted his leg in the air in an attempt to shake the young girl off, but she wasn't moving. The other children all saw this and thought this was a game. They all rushed over to him and started jumping on him trying to get his attention.
Roxanna started giggling, which turned into full-fledged laughter. Poppy returned and didn't bother to try and hide her smile while she handed Snape the potion he asked for.
"Thanks Poppy," he said slamming the potion back. He looked up at Roxanna, who was still smiling, and was surprised yet again by her beauty.
Her smile was bright and radiated happiness. He almost wanted to smile. Almost. He looked away from her and back at the children jumping at his feet, each begging for a ride or for him to play with them. He smirked at Roxanna before leaning down to talk to the children.
Roxanna sat back down facing Snape and the children. Suddenly there were several eyes on her, all from the children and Snape. Her eyes widened with curiosity. Suddenly the children rushed forward and tackled her. She was tickled so bad she was crying from laughing so hard.
Snape stood back with utter amusement. The girl was getting a taste of her own medicine. He asked the children to rush over and tickle her giving himself a chance to escape, but seeing her with the children sent a warm feeling throughout his body, one he didn't want to deal with.
Snape walked over the group and spoke in a loud, thundering voice. "Attention!" he said.
The children stopped what they were doing and stood in a straight line facing Snape. He felt the corners of his mouth start to lift into a grin. "Dismissed!" he said in the same tone as before. The children laughed and walked back to their beds to take a short nap. The activities had worn them out and they were still fighting little tummy aches.
Snape walked over to Roxanna and knelt down next to her. Her eyes were closed, and she looked dead.
"Miss Roxanna," he said quietly. He shook her shoulder, but she still didn't move or react. He began to reach down toward her again when her hand reached up pushed him down to the ground.
Within seconds she was on top of him, straddling his hips. She leaned down close to his face. "I believe we are even," she said before standing and walking over to when Poppy was looking over the bruises a broom incident caused a first year. Snape didn't move.
She was teasing him, angering him, and intoxicating him all at once. Finally he stood and left the infirmary and headed back down to the dungeons, to his quarters. He needed to think.
Roxanna watched him leave and smiled to herself. She was enjoying herself. He was funny, scary, and interesting all in one. She wanted nothing more than to see just how muscular he really was underneath those layers of clothes. She knew he was strong from being so close to him before, but now she was really curious. She felt someone pulling on her t-shirt. She looked down and saw Lilith looking up at her.
"What's wrong?" Roxanna asked. Lilith smiled a bright smile at Roxanna before she spoke.
"What is that man's name?" she asked innocently. Roxanna raised an eyebrow. "Professor Severus Snape…why?'
"No reason," she said before she started back to her bed. Roxanna was turning back to her own thoughts when she heard Lilith's voice. She was singing.
Roxanna and Severus sitting in a treeK-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes a baby in the baby carriage
Roxanna's eyes widened as Poppy turned and looked at her. Roxanna's face was turning bright red as she turned just to see Lilith hop into bed and lay down. Roxanna turned back to Poppy who was smiling.
"Kids," Roxanna said before walking out of the infirmary and then out onto the grounds of Hogwarts. Most of the students were inside in lessons or studying.
Roxanna walked down to a small building she knew belonged to the groundskeeper, Hagrid, she had met a few days ago. She thought he might be able to help her dig up some dirt on this little potions master that was occupying her mind recently.