A/N. Hey, I am uploading 2 chapters to begin with today. Then when I get reviews I'll put more up, I guess. This is rated R and not "NC-17" like I put in the previous chapter, Sorry! Yeah. Enjoy chapter 2.
"WHAT?
No! Werewolves aren't REAL.. This is impossible." Sophia stood,
and started pacing. Albus nodded silently. Snape stood and walked
into her pacing path and she collided with him.
"I assume
your sense of smell has become very good recently, Miss. Lennox"
Snape asked as Sophia took a step back from him.
"Well, yes, but that's just because I was in the hospital and away from the smogginess of the outside world" She said, breathing in deeply and huffing out.
"Tell me" Snape leant down to her height"Tell me what you smell now." He stared straight into her eyes, and she felt her knees go a little weak.
"Uh, I can smell... Incense.. Sandlewood, I'm sure, and... Lemon.. Coming from over there." She pointed to Albus's desk. Albus opened the drawer, and took out a box, opened it, took out another box and unwrapped the clear plastic from around it, and opened the new packet of lemon drops.
"You smelt that through ALL those layers of wood and plastic, and you still think it's just because of the lack of smog in your little nose" Snape asked, smirking. Sophia would have been mad at him for making fun of her, but she couldn't be mad when he was looking at her like that, with his lips curled up into a little smile. Suckable lips... She sniffed the air. Suddenly she was angry, like she felt something bad was coming, and she faintly smelt the smell of dog, but with something else added to it. She just couldn't put her finger on it.
"Uh, Albus? I can smell something else now. And I don't know how to explain it, but for some reason, the SMELL is making me.. Hm, how can I put this... It's making me ANGRY." She cracked her knuckles, as she had done her whole life as a defensive gesture.
All of a sudden the gargoyle came to life again and in stepped a man with light brown hair, flecked slightly with gray, even though he looked young. Oh and he absolutely EMINATED discomfort.. If he were a dog, you could imagine his hackles were up. He smiled at Albus, but his eyes didn't show mirth. He was obviously confused. He looked around the room and his eyes fell on Snape and Sophia. Sophia instictively took a step towards Snape, and Snape resisted the urge to put his arm around her. Oh, these two didn't like eachother at ALL.
Sophia took another step towards Snape, but more behind him than anything. She was feeling sick, and scared for some reason. This man was definitely scaring her, and she couldn't explain it, but it felt like she was somewhere she wasn't allowed to be. She felt like a school girl again, caught by the nuns at her boarding college out the back smoking with the other girls. She felt like she would be in great trouble if she dared cross this man.
Snape
didn't need to read Lupin's mind at this point to know that these two
being in the same room was not a good idea. Albus looked put out, as
he stood and walked over to Lupin.
"Remus, this is Sophia
Lennox, she was recently involved in an accident involving a
werewolf, and it seems she is in the same predicament as you at the
moment. I had hoped you two wouldn't revert to your instincts with
the werewolves inside you both, but it seems we may have to work on
you two getting along, hm" He smiled and Lupin took a step
towards Sophia. Albus's smile grew wider as he saw Snape glare the
werewolf down.
"Come now, let's be human about this" Albus pleaded. Lupin nodded, not taking his eyes off Sophia, and he reached out his hand, palm up and smiled slightly at Sophia.
"Let's not let the wolves get the better of us, shall we" He said, nodding towards his hand, and Sophia took it, albeit shyly and they shook hands. Sophia quickly rushed back to Snape's side.
"Obviously
she isn't as used to these instinctual feelings as you are, Remus.
But that's why I asked you here. I was hoping you could possibly let
her know a few of the downsides of lycanthropy." Albus asked,
but in a way where you knew you could never say no.
"Of
course, Albus. No problem. And Snape will be brewing extra Wolfsbane,
I assume." Remus looked to Snape, and raised his eyebrows.
"I
believe I will be." Snape shot a questioning eyebrow back at
Lupin.
"Marvelous" Albus exclaimed. "Oh! And one
more thing, Sophia." Albus walked over to Sophia and took her
hands. "Seeing as Muggle Studies is only taken by the higher
level students, therefore it isn't much of a regular class, would you
like to teach it? Seeing as, well, you're here anyway, and you're a
muggle. So you would be the best to teach the young witches and
wizards all about it, hm" Albus gave her a look similar to the
one he gave Lupin earlier, he was questioning her, but she knew she
would feel terrible if she said no.
"Um, of course I would
love to teach. But I'm afraid I do not know the curriculum. I may
need to ask the previous professor.." She replied.
"Oh, of course, once Severus helps you find your rooms, and you get settled in, we'll get you a meeting with Professor Rundle. Tanya Rundle." Albus smiled and released her hand. She smiled back, feeling very comfortable near the old man. She felt that everyone here viewed him as a father figure. He was very much that way, she thought.
"Come this way, Miss. Lennox" Snape drawled over her shoulder, right near her ear. She smiled at Albus, nodded to Lupin, and moved towards the door. Snape reached over her easily, (being around a foot taller than her) and opened the door. He cast one last look around the room and walked out.
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-shib
