DON'T PRETEND YOU LOVE ME

CHAPTER VI THE VENOM OF A SNAPE

Next Morning at the Great Hall, Harry, Hermione and Ron were eating at the Gryffindor table when Hermione's uncle went to them

"Uncle Waynard" said Hermione surprised

"Good morning Mr. Granger" greeted Harry "Good day isn't it"

"Good morning all of you, I just came to tell you that I would be observing you're class today since Professor Dumdledore was so kind to permit me to do so" said Waynard with a dignified tone

Ron choked on his bread while Harry stared at Hermione's uncle

"What for?" asked Hermione nervously

"I just want to see you at you're environment that's all" Waynard said innocently

But before Hermione could speak again, her uncle had already bid goodbye to them and set off

"Well this is going to be comforting," said Harry mentally

"Just be careful of what you do" Hermione replied

"Oh, and I'm sure that Snape will be much of a help" said Harry

"Hermione, do you know why you're uncle is observing you?" asked Ron breaking Harry and Hermione's conversation

"I don't know Ron, let's just see where things goes," said Hermione

Later, at Potions, Everyone was chattering about Hermione's uncle being in all the classes where Hermione was, Draco in the meantime was thinking of some sort of way to impress Hermione's uncle by outshining everyone, well since that this is their Head of House's class, that would be an easy thing to achieve.

Beside the talk of Hemione's uncle, students were also talking about Snape's lateness to appear to class today-which was something of a big deal because Snape has a record of attending all of his classes in time since he started working in Hogwarts

"Wonder what's keeping the old git," said Lavender to Parvati

"I don't know, must have been attacked by a git eating newt," said Parvati

Dean and Seamus laughed behind them

Harry however was restless, he wasn't used to the way the door didn't slam forward and Snape coming in from outside and ordering them to take out their assignments he assigned earlier, it's like shifting the balance of nature. Harry looked at the door and it opened slowly, in comes Professor Snape humming some song but he couldn't remember the title.

Except for Hermione's uncle, everyone was paralyzed by the sight; Neville who was withdrawing his quill from his drawer was seen with his jaw hanging out, Ernie Macmillan dropped his cauldron without knowing it.

"Oh-dear-god" said Parvatti

"Ernie" Zacharias said, "I don't think I can feel my legs" Ernie didn't respond

"Everything that Snape made me believe he was is all shattered now," said Dean

Ron leaned towards Harry and Hermione "I think there's some dark magic involved with this," he said

"Do you guys reckon that he finally gone out of the closet? I mean I had my suspicions back then," said Anthony Goldstein in a low voice

Everyone who heard him chuckled except Neville who refuses to believe what he is seeing; Waynard finally got up and approached Snape still looking neutral

"Professor Severus Snape I presume" he said shaking his hand "I'm Waynard Granger, Hermione Granger's uncle"

Snape stopped humming; he faced Waynard with a big smile on his face "Good morning, yes I am Severus Snape, it's nice to meet you Mr. Granger, Professor Dumbledore told me about you're visit, I must say I'm very happy for someone like you to observe my class" said Snape

"So, I must ask you, how is my niece doing in you're class?" asked Waynard

"Oh you have a great niece, she's the smartest girl in the whole school if I might add" said Snape cheerfully

"Oh Really"

"Yes, that's why she became headgirl this year"

Waynard took a glimpse of Hermione; Hermione avoided his glance to her but Waynard's withdrew his glance back to Snape who is still beaming at him

"I hope you don't mind if I took a seat over there Professor" said Waynard pointing at the chair he sat on waiting for Snape earlier

"I'd be delighted if you would," said Snape

"I'd be delighted if you would?" said Harry leaning towards Hermione and Ron. "Clearly this man is impersonating him" Hermione and Ron still sat down speechless

Snape went to his table and opened his drawer apparently looking for something...Singing

"The way you make me feel,

You really turn me on,

You knocked me off of my feet,

My lonely days are good"

"Oh my god, now I remember what that song is!" said Harry now realizing what Snape was singing 'The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson'

The students suddenly felt the urge to run out of the classroom and leave Snape to his own private but yet exclusive concert.

"Um... Excuse me Professor but um... are you all right," asked Draco

"Why I'm perfectly all right Draco, thank you for asking," Snape replied

Draco looked left and right apparently looking unconvinced.

Snape finally stopped his concert...Err... I mean singing and stepped in front of the class "All right class, about the essay of the truth potion I told you to write is due today"

Everyone was immediately rummaged around the place looking for their essay but paused when Snape continued

"Well since I'm feeling great today I'm going to let you all submit it in Friday"

Instead of loud echoes of cheers, everyone was still standing looking cautious

"Yep, dark magic" said Ron leaning over to Harry

After the class was over, everyone was now coming out of Potions while talking about their Potions master while heading to their Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson

"And then! And then! He! Has the nerve to say... Mr. Weasley, do you need help cutting that caterpillar to pieces, it's like! It's like his insulting me in front of my face," said Ron loudly

"Why would it matter to you, he's always been insulting you in front of you're face" said Harry

"Harry's right Ron, besides, I think he was really offering you help for real" said Hermione

"Ah my dear Hermione, that's something that the real Snape wouldn't do," said Ron sounding very smarty pants like

"Well he is acting weird" Harry supported Ron

"You two are too thick" Hermione exasperated

"C'mon Hermione, remember our old pal Barty Crouch" said Ron

"Suit you're selves" said Hermione giving up

"For the last time Neville! You didn't fell asleep at potions! And you didn't dream of Professor Snape singing in front of the class! We all saw it, it's real!"

Harry Hermione and Ron turned around and saw Seamus shouting at Neville trying hard to convince him that he didn't dream of the event

After dinner, Hermione and Ron were still at the Gryffindor Common room still talking about Snape...Well who wouldn't, I bet the other Houses are talking about it too

"Hermione, why won't you believe that the Snape we saw was is a raving madman," said Ron

"I think you've had too much Firewhiskey," said Hermione raising her voice "Would you please listen to reason"

"Reason, you want me to listen to reason," said Ron raising his voice higher that Hermione's "The only thing I want to listen is the sound of Snape struggling inside a trunk somewhere, that's what I want to hear and that would bring peace to me"

Hermione rolled her eyes and got back to her book

"Well, there is something we can do," said Harry who had just come out of the boys dormitory

"Where did you went off to? And what's that you got there?" asked Ron pointing at the cloak Harry was holding

"It's my dad's invisibility cloak" he replied

"And what do you think you're going to do with that, Harry?" said Hermione placing her book back on the table

"Of course" said Ron sounding a bit triumphant "Were going to spy on him"

"So you guys want to go for a stroll?" asked Harry

"I'm going, I don't know about Hermione," said Ron Looking at Hermione

Hermione sighed, "Fine then, this way we can finally end all this Snape stuff," said Hermione sounding tired

The three went off to the empty corridor while looking at the Marauders map, which was an old looking piece of parchment, in print was three dots which is placed from where they are standing, the dots were labeled with their names and in the map they saw a dot labeled as Severus Snape which is walking down at the corridor opposite of them

"His coming this way" said Ron

"Quick! Under the cloak you two" said Harry quickly

Harry, Hermione and Ron quickly dashed underneath the invisibility cloak. Moments later, Snape was walking hastily pass them with a big grin on his face, when he was meters away, Harry urged his two friends to follow him, which they did

"Where do you think he's going?" whispered Ron

"I think we're going to the Astronomy tower," Hermione whispered back

"What do you reckon he's going to do at the Astronomy tower?" Ron asked again

"Maybe he's going to use those lunarscopes to spy on women" Harry sniggered

As Snape reached the door leading to the stairs of the tower, he stopped and combed his greasy hair and checked his robe for any dirt or wrinkles

"What, is he going to be in a photo shoot or something?" Harry whispered

Hermione and Ron sniggered; Snape finally finished his checking and preceded upstairs, the three followed, as the three reached the top they stopped dead as they saw two black figures standing in the cold of the night, one of the figure was obviously the man they were following just moments ago, it was clearly Snape judging by the he stood snappily, the other one was a female, Harry couldn't make who it was, then he heard Hermione whispering to them that the female was their Astronomy teacher, Professor Saphina Sinistra

"How did you know?" asked Harry now realizing that his best friend was right

"Well for one, she is the only person who has access to the Astronomy tower, judging by the fact that this is the place she spent most of her time" Hermione replied sarcastically

"Shhh, be quite, I think they're trying to say something" Ron interrupted

"Severus, what brings you to my tower?" she asked innocently

"Nothing special Saphina, I just want to see the view from up here for a change" said Snape sounding his usual but smiling

"Well that's a good thing," she said now returning his smile "With all the time you spent in you're office at the Dungeons, if I were you I wouldn't last a week"

"Well clearly you aren't me, Ha Ha Ha Ha ha.. ha...ha....." Snape stopped laughing realizing that he was not in the right crowd for this kind of jokes, he stuttered to say something to her to save what's left in this conversation "I hate Harry Potter!" he said out loud to her bluntly

Hermione and Ron turned their heads to Harry only to find him glaring at Snape

"Wow, just like that, he hates me even from his own instincts, and I did not do anything to him, no, I take that back, I never did do anything to him" He said still glaring at Snape

Sinistra looks taken back from the statement that Snape told her "It's...it's nice of you to share me that information Severus"

"I hate Harry Potter with every bone in my body, his essence lingers of what dirt his father and his associates (he said associates with a great feeling of disgust, Sirius this is all you're fault you big bully) had created in the time they have spent in this school a long time ago" Snape said to her

Apparently the Git thinks his on a roll. It's like he was in a casino winning over and over again while he was cursing and insulting the names; (Blackjack) Ha ha Remus Lupin, here's ten Galleons, go buy yourself a silver bullet to kill yourself with, (Snake eyes) Yes! Peter Pettigrew! Here's six sickles go and get your shirt printed on the back that says, I'm a nasty ass and I'm proud of it, (Roulette) Yes! James Potter I'm not giving you anything but an advice, take your beloved broom, polish it thoroughly, and take a good look at it before you shove it all the way inside you're ass, (7 7 7) It's my lucky day! Sirius Black! You can crawl under a box somewhere in an alley and die miserably, and then go to hell where you will be forever be tortured miserably, Ha ha ha ha ha ha

PLOP!

Going back to the real world, Snape was beaming to nowhere, he then realize that Sinistra was trying to get his attention for a while now

"Severus are you all right? I think you really have been overwork lately" she said worriedly

"Who? Me? Overwork? That's preposterous," said Snape laughing mildly (Snape don't you dare go back to that place) "I'm just merely exercising my ability to...look ...like...this"

"Nonsense Severus, I want you to go rest, you'll be needing it for tomorrow" she said smiling at him again

"Well... um...err..." Snape for the first time, the man who tells Harry and the other Gryffindors to shut up, points will be taken and humiliate them pure out of instinct of it and never had think of it was having trouble saying something "Okay ill go and sleep, but only if you do too" he added quickly

Sinistra smiled at him, and before Snape left, Snape felt something he had never felt before, he was kissed on his cheek, Snape looked natural, he walked downstairs with such haste, the three in the invisibility cloak had to jump sideways to let him through, but Harry saw something in Snape's face, something hat it would never occur in his mind, dreams or nightmares, Snape was blushing red

The three were walking down the corridor back to the Gryffindor tower

"Snape has the ability to blush, do you know how much galleons we can get for that information, not to mention about the hanky panky going around with Sinistra and Snape" said Ron beaming brightly

"So that's why he's acting so weird this afternoon, I think Professor Snape has a little bit of a crush with our Astronomy teacher" said Hermione

"I think I'm going to have more sleepless nights again" said Harry sniggering, Hermione and Ron couldn't help doing the same

Moments later, Ron stopped and told Harry and Hermione to go on right ahead

"I have to go to the little boys room" he said, "You two go on right ahead, don't wait for me, I'm going to sleep straight ahead when I'm done

Harry and Hermione nodded and walked carefully to the Gryffindor tower, while leaving Ron with the Marauder's map to avoid filch. Ron was heading back to the Gryffindor while thinking about Snape's escapade earlier; he didn't realize that he forgot to consult the map when it was too late.

"Hey you"

Ron turned around quickly to see where the familiar female voice came from. It was then that he saw his fellow Gryffindor Parvati Patil standing behind him, Ron gave a sigh of relief and went over towards her.

"You almost gave me a heart attack," said Ron trying to not shout, "What the bloody hell are you doing here?"

"Me? What about you?" she said beaming at him "You, Harry and Hermione have a record of being outside the Gryffindor tower at night for six years"

"For us it was different, we were..."

"Who cares," she cut him off" "it's all in the past now," Parvati walked slowly towards Ron and placed her index finger on Ron's chest which left him stuttering "You know what Ron?"

Ron suddenly felt his body refusing any means of moving that he wanted so badly, his cheeks were blushing scarlet and he was sweating madly.

"W...What?"

"I really like you're red hair, you look so cute when it's all combed roughly" she said, now circling Ron, feeling his body seductively

"Y...You do?" Ron squeaked

"Yeah, and you know, I dreamt of you and me having a go on you're large...broom yesterday night,

"Y...You did?"

"And I would so fancy it if that would come true"

"Y...You would?"

Parvati stopped behind Ron and leaned only a few inches from his ear "Yesssssss!" she said blowing on Ron's ear

"B...Bloody hell" squeaked Ron blushing even more