Author Note: This will NOT be slash, I do not write slash, and I never will, I think it's immoral, no offense to those of you who do like it and/or read/write it. But this will NOT be slash.
Author Note 2: I had this chapter floating around in my notebook and I found it a couple of days ago so I decided to finish it, revise it a little and post it. I'm not sure I like how I wrote Severus, though I am slightly fond of my Remus. Tell me what you think and I will update faster. Remember though this will only be three or four chapters long.
Now on with the story.
Title: Internet Conversations, Dinner and Dragon Magic
Part 2: Dinner
Severus stalked down the hall of the hotel dressed in black jeans and boots and black long sleeve shirt with a jean jacket over it that was decorated in an assortment of chains and pins and the like. At first glance he would look like an average punk-rocker, but if studied, you could see the intelligent flicker in cool black eyes, taking in his surroundings quickly and effectively and you could see the tenseness in his shoulders caused by the distrust of the people around him.
Remus Lupin on the other hand looked like an English Professor from a high-class high school or maybe even collage. Dressed in black pants and dress shoes and a white dress shirt, his gate was relaxed but saying he knew where he was going. His friendly face smiled as his passed strangers, brown eyes smiling along.
The two different looks of the two very different men seemed to clash. The crowd in the lobby seemed to think so too, because odd looks were being shot at the duo as they casually greeted each other as Rob (Remus) and Sam (Severus) because unusual names draw questions from their origins, something that neither of them wished to discuss in the middle of Muggle London.
The two found them seated in the almost empty dining room of the hotel. To Remus' surprise, Severus didn't look awkward in muggle clothes, like he figured he would look. He seemed almost comfortable in them and looked smaller….no more humanly fragile, without his sweeping black robes that aloud him to tower over the students. The shirt and jacket allowed Remus a view of how unnaturally skinny he was. Not unhealthy, just unnatural.
Severus watched Remus suspiciously, he was studying him and he knew it. At least Severus knew how to hide it when he was watching someone, Remus mine as well be staring openly. He looked very intelligent in his collared and cuffed dress shirt, not anything like his normal shabbiness. He looked a lot taller, now Severus wasn't short, but he wasn't amazingly tall either. Come to think of it, Remus was a few inches taller than Severus, but Remus tended to slouch, and Severus sat tall.
"So Sever…..Sam, how are you?"
"Need you even ask?" Severus shot back with a quirk of his lips and a raise of his eyebrows.
"You seem to know how to operate well in Muggle London," Remus kept his voice low, he didn't want anyone overhearing.
"It's not like I'm stupid, I may have been raised by wizards, but I still know what I'm doing, I could ask the same of you though."
"James, Sirius and I," Severus sent him an almost disgusted look, Remus ignored it, "we went to muggle London a lot, James thought it was hilarious to make peoples backs fly out of their hands,"
"Quite the trouble maker, weren't you?" Remus wasn't sure how that was to be taken, sarcastic or sadistic.
"Ha-ha. I was practically dragged along on those trips, I thought it was cruel, but if I do recall correctly, you weren't a little angle yourself, you, that Devin kid and Goldie Swan,"
"Ah yes….." he was going to go on but the waitress interrupted.
"Hi my names Amanda and I'll be your server for tonight, what can I get for you today, sirs?" her voice was on the borderline of annoyingly perky.
"I'll have a coffee," Remus said.
Amanda turned to Severus and gave him what could be considered a flirting bat of her eyes, "and you sir?"
"Nothing for me, thank you," Remus smiled at the curtness and dismissal in his voice; if he noticed the flirting he was ignoring it well.
As soon as Amanda left, Severus shook his head, "it never ceases to amaze me how perky waitresses can get,"
"Not your type than eh, Sam?" Remus quipped.
Severus shot him a look that said, oh stuff it.
"Muggle names are so boring," Severus snapped, dismissing the comment.
The rest of dinner went on like that, it almost seemed friendly, and that was what surprised Remus so much. Severus never like him, sure in school he gave him a potion after the full moon to heal the scratches without scars, and he then later began making him Wolfs bane potion, but other than that they couldn't call themselves friend, they just made it past acquaintances. The fact that Severus accepted his invitation surprised him so he voiced his opinion.
"So, Sam, I am rather surprised you joined me tonight," Remus said.
"Let's just say I had nothing better to do," Severus responded looking around the room with mild interest.
"Still, you could have sat in your room…."
"And done what? Nothing, time passes quicker when there's someone else around….usually,"
"Like the old muggle saying goes, 'time flies when you're having fun' but for that to apply you would have to admit that you were enjoying yourself." Remus was risking Severus's patience.
For a moment Severus didn't answer than he said, "I will regret saying this for a long time, but it was, somewhat enjoyable to have a pleasant conversation with someone besides Albus and Minerva, they can be so bland sometimes,"
Remus raised an eyebrow, "I didn't expect that, you have regular conversation with Albus and Minerva?"
"Yes, in short, we tend to…debate a lot,"
"It seems you are really good at debating, to bad you didn't go to muggle high school; you would make a wicked member on the debate team,"
"Actually I did,"
Remus balked and than shaking his head as if to clear it, asked, "excuse me…did you just say….?"
"Yes I did, at the end of each school year, when we became old enough, Devin Backer, Goldie Swan and I used a time turner and completed four years of high school,"
"Why…?"
"It's rather interesting to learn about muggles besides through Muggle Artifacts, especially in there own world, and as a matter of fact I was on the debate team." Severus was enjoying the look of shock on his face more and more. This was priceless.
"For some reason….I just can't picture that," Remus said, "but onto other thins, where did you learn the Dragon Magic? I know you didn't pick that up at Muggle School,"
"Dragon Magic? I learned it from its source,"
"Its source, you don't really mean…
"Yes, I learned it from a Dragon,"
Finish Part two.
A little shorter I know, but I just couldn't help but end it there. I am not going to elaborate on the Dragon Magic thing on the end; you will just have to use your imagination. Just kidding, next chapter I will. I promise, though it may be awhile. Not a long of a wait as last time, update as soon as I can.
