Author's Note: It's been a while a long while, but don't worry I haven't given up on it. This is the last chapter (part) I think. For those of you who are reading The Grace of the Demon, it should be picking up again updates will be faster only because my MASH story "The Man Behind the Smile" is taking a holiday for Christmas Break (I just need to walk away from it for awhile, it's being very frustrating) Anyway, here ya go with this part! Hope you all like!

Internet Conversations, Dinner, and Dragon Magic

Part 3

The Mask

"Dragons?"

"Yes, you seemed surprised, Rob," Severus sat forward in his seat a little, "I'll take a line out of Hagrid's book and say, they aren't as vicious as they look,"

Remus shook his head, "do tell, this should be interesting…."

"You remember the dueling lesson, 4th year?"

"Yes,"

"Well…Professor Brothman, was also a Dragon Trainer and I remember him saying something about trusting the dragon and learning from it, later that day I questioned him about it, and he put me in a room with a dragon and left me there until we trusted each other and the dragon taught me,"

The look of disbelief that crossed Remus' face was priceless.

At that moment Amanda returned, "Here's your cheque sir," she placed it in front of Severus and let her hand briefly brush his batting her eyes at him again, "is there anything else I can get you?"

"No, thank you," he responded curtly dismissing her.

She looked disappointed but nodded her thank you and left them.

Remus was hiding a smiled, "what?" Severus snapped at him.

"Nothing….nothing, really," Remus said, he was finding it harder and harder to hide the grin that tried to spread on his lips.

"Don't give me that, Rob," he hissed under his breath, "what the hell are you playing at?"

"Maybe you didn't notice, Sam, but that girl totally had a fancy for you," Severus balked and his cheeks went red, "Severus Snape, are you blushing?" Remus loved the bantering that was going on. Before he could respond Remus laughed out right, "you are! I knew it, so you're human after all!"

Severus growled deep in his throat and Remus felt a very uncomfortable burning sensation on his knee and he new what Snape had done. Taking the challenge, Remus slipped out his own wand and put the small, but hot, fire out that was burning through the cloth on his knee.

………

They left the restaurant soon after, both trying to hid smiles of amusement.

"Well, hello you two," the duo both spun around at the voice to find Tonks there smiling at them, dressing in muggle clothes, "didn't think I'd see you too in those clothes," she smirked and took a step forward only to trip on her own feet. Remus stooped down to catch her.

"Watch it," he risked a backwards glance at Severus, whose walls, alas, had shut down again. His eyes were blank and he had that normal sneer of distaste already plastered, his mask had repositioned itself perfectly.

As Remus helped her up she leaned in and whispered, "what fun company," she said sarcastically.

Remus just smirked, "we still have two days here, and does Albus want something?"

"Yeah, he decided to stop the torture of the Slytherins and end the….experiment. The Gryffindors sure weren't happy,"

………

Remus and Severus were given time to change back into wizard's room and gather there things. When they were finished they flooed back to the school.

Days Later

Remus had been trying to catch Severus alone for days but to no avail, he kept dodging him or making excuses. Remus' first thought was that Severus really was busy, but even if he was, he couldn't be THAT busy, Remus even made the attempt to call him at five in the morning. His second thought was that, Severus was ashamed of the fact that he had allowed himself to open up that much to Remus, become so…vulnerable. Needless to say it was nice to see a different side of the Severus, the real side that Remus knew he only showed to a select people and very rarely, but he had him cornered now.

"Hello, Sam,"

"Remus," was the only curt reply. He was sure the only reason Severus didn't make an attempt to leave was because they were in his private potion's room and he was in the middle of a potion.

"Just came by, to see if that potion was ready," he watched mesmerized as Severus pored the ingredients into the cauldron, there was no hesitation in the motion, no second thoughts or adding extra and thinking that maybe he put too much in or too little. All of his movements were very precise.

"You always were a horrible liar, you know for a fact that Wolfs bane potion takes a FULL 5 days to make, it's only been three,"

"Alright, you want to know the truth?"

The look Remus received was priceless.

"I came to talk to you, ever since that dinner we had at the hotel you have been ignoring me completely. Why?"

"A lapse in judgment,"

"SEVERUS SNAPE!" he didn't mean to snap, but it did seem to work, "I know for a fact you are not as cold-hearted as you want people to think so don't even try that shit on me!"

Severus didn't even flinch, just raised an eloquent eyebrow and smirked, "why on earth do you say that?"

Remus at first made no response to that, only because he didn't have one.

Seeing this, Severus broke the silence, "good day, Remus," the words had a finality to them that dismissed him.

Remus sighed, at least he tried, so he did the only thing he could do…he left.

End Part 3

The Mask

FIN

Yeah, finished, hope everyone liked, hope I didn't make it too, sappy at the end, just wanted to get a little insight on what Remus thought of Severus. So there you go.

A final thank you to ALL my readers, and now that this story is complete, all my attention will be focused on The Grace of the Demon, for those of you who read it!

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