Snape's Kiss

Diane felt very weird the next morning. She was upset that Severus had thought that she would be a Death Eater. The most disturbing thing was that it was like he was expecting her to be a Death Eater. Diane sat there next morning wondering if Severus wanted to be a Death Eater. Diane sighed and went down to the common room to lounge around. Snape was down there doing his homework. Diane hated to do homework first thing on a Saturday morning. She sat down next to Severus.

" Hey Severus. How are you? Struggling through Charms homework?" Diane said smiling.

Severus smiled a exasperated smile back and said

" This homework is driving me nuts! Flitwick does not give us a break." Snape said annoyed.

Diane thought for a minute and then said soothingly " How about you forget about your homework and we take a nice walk to the Quidditch pitch. Then we can sit in the stands and watch people practice."

Snape smiled and said 'ok'. They got up and went out of the common room and down to the front doors to the castle. They saw Lily, James, Remus and Sirius all down there goofing around. James and Sirius got up and said " You coming down here to fight Snape? We're ready!" Sirius said excited. Lily rushed up and tugged Sirius away.

" Sorry guys. They're just restless." Lily said. Then she saw Diane. " Diane! Hey I'm sorry about what happened last time. I was just mad at your sister. Friends?" she said smiling. Diane beamed.

"You bet!" Diane said happily. "I'll see you later!" she said smiling and walked out the front door with Severus.

Once they were outside they started to walk toward the Quidditch pitch. Diane looked at Snape softly.

" What made you think I wanted to be a Death Eater?" Diane asked softly.

Snape just stared for a minute and then

"Well, most Slytherins want to so I just assumed you did." Snape said shrugging.

Diane looked concerned.

"Are you going to become a Death Eater?" Diane sad with eyes full of thought. He looked at her for a second and for a second they stopped walking and stared at each other. Diane's light purple eyes full of warmth and grace and Snape's dark, fathom-looking black eyes. Then he said gently

" I don't know. I was going to but now that I've met you I don't think I can." He said smiling a genuine smile. They just looked at each other for another few minutes until a bird brought them out of their thoughts.

They walked the rest of the way to the Quidditch Pitch in silence. They got there and watched people practice but soon it got real boring. They left and went outside and sat by the lake. Snape looked at Diane's beautiful purple eyes full of love and caring and her beautiful personality and hair. Then he suddenly (unexplained to him to this day) bent down and kissed her on her cheek. She looked surprised at this but then just smiled.

" Thank you for being my friend and always sticking by my side even though almost everybody shuns me. I love you for that." Snape said.

Diane could see in his eyes that that was probably the first very nice thing he'd ever said to anybody because his eyes were surprised.

" Your welcome. I love you too and will always be there for you." Diane said softly but in a caring voice.

Then she kissed him on the lips. Snape was very surprised but leaned into it. They broke apart and he said

" I will always protect you no matter what. Would you like to go back to the castle and see if we can find the kitchen for some Butter beer?" Snape said smiling happily.

Diane smiled back.

" Sure! Then maybe we can get some cakes too!" Diane said excited. So they walked to the castle and went to find the kitchen but with one of them feeling real love for the first time.