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marvelous JK Rowling. Chpt 3- Sir, please get your ass up.
Poppy beamed as she returned the embrace and wondered silently to herself, ' I wonder how Severus is doing?' ....
Chpt 3- Sir, please get your ass up.
Meanwhile, as Poppy was persuading Minerva, Severus Snape had made his way to the Headmaster's office. He paused for a moment outside, before the stone gargoyle. He muttered, "Broken Hearts," and the gargoyle sprang aside and the doors opened. He stepped onto the moving staircase and felt the cool breeze of the air-conditioning rush through his hair as it brought him to stand directly in front of Albus' office doors. He gave a sharp rap on the doors and waited for permission to enter. After a while, no one answered. He felt a trifle impatient and knocked again. When no one answered his knock, he felt worried. He tried the knob on the door and found that it was not locked. Twisting it, he pushed open the door. As he did, he gave vent to a sharp gasp and inhaled sharply at the sight that met his eyes.
The Headmaster sat on a bright red and gold couch by the fireplace shredding Poppy's roses and lisening to a Muggle discman.Around him, the place were scattered with pieces of parchment , leaves,quills, stalks and books. The headmaster was normally a fairly tidy person, sometimes he would accidentally create a mess of his office when he was engrossed in something but this mess was worse than any other mess he had made before. The room was literally flooded with rubbish everywhere! Severus smiled grimly to himself at the Headmaster's behaviour and thought amusedly , almost not believing that he was seeing the greatest wizard of all time acting like a love-sick wizard.
Well, maybe he wan't acting..but imagine what the rest of the wizarding world would think if they found out? He shook his head and began to clear up the mess, raising his wand and muttering a spell. As fast as lighting, books all over the place zoomed towards the bookshelves and stacked themselves neatly. Then, another spell settled the scattered pieces of parchment, some flying towards the Headmaster's table and piling themselves, while other sheets of paper threw themselves into the dustbin by the side of the desk. That cleared up most of the mess and all that was left was the stalks of roses and bald stalks.
Through up the entire cleaning up process, Albus had not even noticed Severus' presence. He was absorbed totally into peeling each petal of each rose,sadly saying, "She loves me,she loves me...." And humming to the tune of the song blasting into his ears, ' Does she love me, I wanna know?!' Severus cleared his throat to get the headmaster's attention but to no avail. He gave up and walked over to where the Headmaster sat and tapped his shoulder, waiting for him to turn around. As the headmaster turned, Severus gestured for him to remove the headphones covering his ears. The headmaster complied and sent a questioning glance at his friend.
"Sir, I have some important business to discuss with you."
"Is it that important Severus, that it cannot wait till dinner? I'm engaged in some um...p-per-personal business at the moment."
"I'm afraid so, Sir"
The Headmaster heaved a great sigh and reluctantly said," Well, if you must..you must..carry on."
"Well, Sir, firstly I would like to say that I am simply disgusted with you." Seeing Albus' raised eyebrow, he continued "Fancy, you, the greatest wizard in time, acting like a love-sick puppy, over a woman."
Seeing no cause for denial, Albus sighed again and replied, "Not just any woman, Severus. But a goddess whom I have loved since her seventh grade when she was my star-pupil. I'm sure you know the feeling? Considering the fact that you and Poppy have gotten together and are about to be married?"
"MARRIED? Sir, we have just started dating only about a month ago! And coming to that, how did you know? W didn't tell anyone."
You forget that I am Headmaster of this school, Severus, and that of course leads to the fact that I am somehow bonded with the castle. Nothing escapes me."
"Oh, is that so, Sir? Then tell, me, with all due respect, why has the mere fact that Minerva is in love with you escaped your eye?"
"She does not love me ,Severus. Unfortunately, all she wants is a platonic relationship."
"Is that why she has been skipping her meals, growing thinner as well as shredding Poppy's roses muttering,He loves me, he loves me not?"
Albus inhaled sharply. Minerva had not been eating? He had sent her meals up evertime, twice the portion! No wonder, he had always found it strange that the plate returned empty. She was always a small eater and sometimes had trouble finishing her original portion. He was surprised, but dismissed the thought that she had been hungry. Stupid stupid him...! Why hadn't he thought, the banishing spell! Minerva had simply banished the food each time! Then, Severus words hit me yet again...Minerva had been doing the same thing as me..shredding Poppy's roses and muttering the same mantra...she had fallen in love with someone else, he didn't have a chance with her anymore. It was too late tell her that he loved her....too late..
He looked at Severus again and tried to ask in a normal tone," She has been shredding Poppy's roses too? Then, she has found her match? Who's the lucky man?"
Severus couldn't believe his ears..was the headmaster that thick? He still didn't have a clue that Minerva was in fact in love with HIM! He couldn't take it anymore, he hissed, "Sir, I don't care that you're the Headmaster. Right at this moment, you are GOING to listen to me and follow MY instructions, whether you like it or not. Minerva is in love with you, not me, not Argus Filch or any other bloody pathetic excuse of a man you can think up of. AND YOU are going to tell her that you are crazily in love with her and always been. AND you will do it during dinner, which is in an hours time. YOU are going to tell her, no excuses, no arguments, other wise, I will personally yell it to Minerva later, and the entire student population when they return to school or even send owls to their homes. SO there."
When finished, Severus glared at the headmaster defiantly as if challenging him to do otherwise, but Albus felt as if someone had given him a billion galleons or even more..she loved him, his heart sang loudly. HIM, not anyone else but him, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE!!!!! "Severus, are you quite sure? That it is I whom Minerva is in love with?"
"Positive , Headmaster. Now get ready for dinner, Sir. Take a bath, shave...spiff yourself up."
The headmaster meekly followed Severus instructions and by an hour, he was ready.
Poppy beamed as she returned the embrace and wondered silently to herself, ' I wonder how Severus is doing?' ....
Chpt 3- Sir, please get your ass up.
Meanwhile, as Poppy was persuading Minerva, Severus Snape had made his way to the Headmaster's office. He paused for a moment outside, before the stone gargoyle. He muttered, "Broken Hearts," and the gargoyle sprang aside and the doors opened. He stepped onto the moving staircase and felt the cool breeze of the air-conditioning rush through his hair as it brought him to stand directly in front of Albus' office doors. He gave a sharp rap on the doors and waited for permission to enter. After a while, no one answered. He felt a trifle impatient and knocked again. When no one answered his knock, he felt worried. He tried the knob on the door and found that it was not locked. Twisting it, he pushed open the door. As he did, he gave vent to a sharp gasp and inhaled sharply at the sight that met his eyes.
The Headmaster sat on a bright red and gold couch by the fireplace shredding Poppy's roses and lisening to a Muggle discman.Around him, the place were scattered with pieces of parchment , leaves,quills, stalks and books. The headmaster was normally a fairly tidy person, sometimes he would accidentally create a mess of his office when he was engrossed in something but this mess was worse than any other mess he had made before. The room was literally flooded with rubbish everywhere! Severus smiled grimly to himself at the Headmaster's behaviour and thought amusedly , almost not believing that he was seeing the greatest wizard of all time acting like a love-sick wizard.
Well, maybe he wan't acting..but imagine what the rest of the wizarding world would think if they found out? He shook his head and began to clear up the mess, raising his wand and muttering a spell. As fast as lighting, books all over the place zoomed towards the bookshelves and stacked themselves neatly. Then, another spell settled the scattered pieces of parchment, some flying towards the Headmaster's table and piling themselves, while other sheets of paper threw themselves into the dustbin by the side of the desk. That cleared up most of the mess and all that was left was the stalks of roses and bald stalks.
Through up the entire cleaning up process, Albus had not even noticed Severus' presence. He was absorbed totally into peeling each petal of each rose,sadly saying, "She loves me,she loves me...." And humming to the tune of the song blasting into his ears, ' Does she love me, I wanna know?!' Severus cleared his throat to get the headmaster's attention but to no avail. He gave up and walked over to where the Headmaster sat and tapped his shoulder, waiting for him to turn around. As the headmaster turned, Severus gestured for him to remove the headphones covering his ears. The headmaster complied and sent a questioning glance at his friend.
"Sir, I have some important business to discuss with you."
"Is it that important Severus, that it cannot wait till dinner? I'm engaged in some um...p-per-personal business at the moment."
"I'm afraid so, Sir"
The Headmaster heaved a great sigh and reluctantly said," Well, if you must..you must..carry on."
"Well, Sir, firstly I would like to say that I am simply disgusted with you." Seeing Albus' raised eyebrow, he continued "Fancy, you, the greatest wizard in time, acting like a love-sick puppy, over a woman."
Seeing no cause for denial, Albus sighed again and replied, "Not just any woman, Severus. But a goddess whom I have loved since her seventh grade when she was my star-pupil. I'm sure you know the feeling? Considering the fact that you and Poppy have gotten together and are about to be married?"
"MARRIED? Sir, we have just started dating only about a month ago! And coming to that, how did you know? W didn't tell anyone."
You forget that I am Headmaster of this school, Severus, and that of course leads to the fact that I am somehow bonded with the castle. Nothing escapes me."
"Oh, is that so, Sir? Then tell, me, with all due respect, why has the mere fact that Minerva is in love with you escaped your eye?"
"She does not love me ,Severus. Unfortunately, all she wants is a platonic relationship."
"Is that why she has been skipping her meals, growing thinner as well as shredding Poppy's roses muttering,He loves me, he loves me not?"
Albus inhaled sharply. Minerva had not been eating? He had sent her meals up evertime, twice the portion! No wonder, he had always found it strange that the plate returned empty. She was always a small eater and sometimes had trouble finishing her original portion. He was surprised, but dismissed the thought that she had been hungry. Stupid stupid him...! Why hadn't he thought, the banishing spell! Minerva had simply banished the food each time! Then, Severus words hit me yet again...Minerva had been doing the same thing as me..shredding Poppy's roses and muttering the same mantra...she had fallen in love with someone else, he didn't have a chance with her anymore. It was too late tell her that he loved her....too late..
He looked at Severus again and tried to ask in a normal tone," She has been shredding Poppy's roses too? Then, she has found her match? Who's the lucky man?"
Severus couldn't believe his ears..was the headmaster that thick? He still didn't have a clue that Minerva was in fact in love with HIM! He couldn't take it anymore, he hissed, "Sir, I don't care that you're the Headmaster. Right at this moment, you are GOING to listen to me and follow MY instructions, whether you like it or not. Minerva is in love with you, not me, not Argus Filch or any other bloody pathetic excuse of a man you can think up of. AND YOU are going to tell her that you are crazily in love with her and always been. AND you will do it during dinner, which is in an hours time. YOU are going to tell her, no excuses, no arguments, other wise, I will personally yell it to Minerva later, and the entire student population when they return to school or even send owls to their homes. SO there."
When finished, Severus glared at the headmaster defiantly as if challenging him to do otherwise, but Albus felt as if someone had given him a billion galleons or even more..she loved him, his heart sang loudly. HIM, not anyone else but him, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE!!!!! "Severus, are you quite sure? That it is I whom Minerva is in love with?"
"Positive , Headmaster. Now get ready for dinner, Sir. Take a bath, shave...spiff yourself up."
The headmaster meekly followed Severus instructions and by an hour, he was ready.