Chapter 5
The Wait Begins
Ron had never suspected that his potions master might have had a less than perfect childhood. 'Then again' Ron thought, 'he has always been much different than all other teachers at school.' With a sigh Ron stood up and headed out of the kitchen leaving his plate and the uneaten food on the table. 'I'll clean it later' He thought as he started up the steps towards the room that was supposed to be 'his'.
There was only a light knowck before the door was pushed open to reveal Professor Snape curled up on the bed and apparently somewhat upset.
The Gryffindor walked over to the bed and carefully sat on the edge of it not wanting to really disrupt his teacher. "Professor?" Barely above a whisper.
The teacher simply laid there unmoving.
"Professor Snape?" Ron said as he reached out and placed his hand on the others shoulder.
A small grunt that seemed to say 'what do you want?' escaped the older mans throat before he half rolled over to look at the red haired boy.
"I just wanted to apologize." without knowing it, the boys eyes fell up and down the body of his potions master as he lay there.
"For what, Mr. Weasley?"
A quiet sigh. "Well, for what I did last night, for not being a good enough student, for upsetting you earlier, just, for everything I guess." As he spoke, Ron's hand had begun rubbing the shoulder beneath it without him noticing. "And, since we aren't in school, call me Ron. It sounds a lot better than 'Mr. Weasley'."
"Very well, Ron. However, I don't understand what you did last night that you feel the need to apologize for." Snape rolled completely on to his back and, as a result, Ron's hand moved from his shoulder to his chest.
The Gryffindor's eyes slowly moved up and caught sight of the others lips. "For kissing you and telling you that you couldn't have me." He flashed a quick smile before leaning down and capturing those lips he had been starring at with his own. ' It was perfect!' he thought as his eyes fell shut. Ron couldn't truly understand why, but it was the most amazing thing he had ever known and he almost whimpered when it had ended.
Snape had turned his head away. "Why is it you apologize for kissing me then do it again?"
'No, no! You weren't supposed to turn away!' Ron thinks for a moment. "Because last night I lied. You can have me."
Severus scooted away from the boy and propped himself up on his elbows keeping his eyes fixed on the red heads face. "Oh, and what brought this sudden change of heart?"
"Well," Ron slowly began to blush. "I had a dream about you last night and I kind of want it to come true."
"Hm, perhaps you should tell me the details of this dream."
The boy grew an even darker red. "We were in your classroom and I had gotten in trouble for something…Well, you gave me a detention and took me right there, on your desk."
"Fascinating, Ron. However, I don't see why….." Snape was cut off by the door slowly creeping open and a familiar face peering inside. "Hello, Remus." Snape said as he moved off the bed. "Well, now that you have arrived I can leave Mr. Weasley in your care and return to Hogwarts." The potions master pulled on his cloak and headed towards the door.
Ron jumped off the bed and quickly grabbed the mans arms before he could exit. "You aren't going to tell my parents I'm here, right?"
"I told you I would do no such things last night and nothing has changed my mind since then." Severus stepped out of the room and headed down the steps quickly with Ron following close behind him.
"Good. I just wanted to be sure is all. I'll see you sometime then?"
"Of course, Ron. You do have to return to school shortly and we must do something about that dream you had." Snape flashed a quick smile then apparated from the house, leaving behind a slightly disappointed teenage boy and a rather confused werewolf.