Sev,
You know who I am and why I am writing, perhaps even better than I do myself.
My point is, the atmosphere here is becoming a little heated and I am beginning to feel that things are starting to break up.
So, I think maybe it would be for the best if you come to tea on Thursday even if it's just to open up some locked doors.
Regards-
C.B. XXXSeverus regarded the note carefully for some time. Working out hidden messages was certainly not one of his strong points, especially that of Narcissa Malfoy. Although, he'd definitely had plenty of practise deciphering her letters with their bloody hidden meanings over the years.
He could understand her not wanting Lucius to read them, but she could at least put in a code of some sort so that he could at least make some sense of it.
'Sometimes,' Severus thought, 'I think that she forgets I'm a man and utterly incapable of working out such illogical things.'
"What ya lookin' at?" Izzy asked, suddenly appearing at Snape's shoulder and breathing menacingly into his ear,
"I was attempting to make sense of an incomprehensible letter, but then someone, mentioning no names, came and put me off." Izzy pointedly ignored the 'Look' Severus was giving her and preceded the letter,
"It makes perfect sense to me." She concluded, slightly smug in her tone, "It appears to mean…"
"What?"
"That somebody with the initials 'C.B', wants you to have tea with them on Thursday." She replied, grinning wickedly and giving him a sardonic pat on the head. Severus glowered at her, morosely,
"Oh very clever! I am trying to work out the 'Hidden Message'. So, if you're going to mope around, being exceedingly un-helpful, then might I recommend the girls bathroom on the second floor?" Izzy playfully stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed the letter from his desk,
"Don't be silly Se. You know you don't really want me to go. Now, first we should try and work out who it's from."
"Narcissa Malfoy." Snape said quickly. Izzy gave him a weird look,
"How the hell do you know that?"
"I used to call her Cissa and her maiden name's Black."
"Why did you stop?" Izzy asked innocently, "Calling her that, I mean." Severus shrugged,
"It didn't really seem appropriate after she got married. She changed a lot then." The Aengel nodded understandingly, then quickly changed the subject- figuring it wasn't something Severus particularly wanted to talk about,
"Okay, so we've got that. What about…'You know why I'm writing'. Do you know?"
"Well, I assume it's something to do with Draco," Izzy's heart gave a painful jolt, making her realise again just how much it hurt to be parted from her Draco, "So I think that the rest of it is about that." He continued, "But I'm not exactly sure what it means. Whether it's good or bad. That's what I'm trying to figure out." Izzy peered closer at the elegant writing closer, as though trying to see if there was a clue hidden in the paper,
"As if it could be anything good." She scoffed pessimistically, "But as to exactly what has happened, I cannot say for certain." She laid the paper gently back down on Snape's desk, fighting the urge to breakdown and turned quickly away, head bowed.
"Issabella…?" Severus came up behind her and put a hand on the Aengel's tense shoulder, making her turn around to face him. She sniffed hard and brushed a hand across her face,
"I'm fine." She said quickly, swaying slightly,
"Now who's being silly?" Severus teased lightly, suddenly feeling brave and moving a random hair from her face. She looked up, slightly surprised at his action and poked him,
"Don't you call me silly! You…you…hinkypunk!" Snape growled and began to tickle her,
"No…stop it! Ahh!" Izzy giggled, trying to fight him off.
Unfortunately for most and lucky for hardly anyone, Hermione chose that moment to knock on the door. Severus sighed and stopped tickling Izzy,
"Come in." Hermione's face popped around the door,
"Hello… I was umm…just wondering if anything's turned up?"
"As a matter of fact, something has," Snape replied, handing the letter to the brunette, who looked at it closely, "We have been invited for tea at the Malfoy's."
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A/N: Greetings! I'm very sorry for the late chapter, i've been in brighton again!
Not much to say 'cept; Big, huge, gigantic chocolate to Eranim who has made some looovely banners (Will try and put them on the next update!) Please other ppl make some!
Kisses from Draco to the following: blueyedchibi, TimeMage0955, 13BlackAngels, Camelita and...My lovely friend Ilya! ( chocolate instead of kisses for him. Lol!)
Luv Lilyxxx Ps- Does anybody here live in Exeter England?