Chapter Fourteen:
Love Hath Made Thee a Tame Snake
They next day on the way to lunch with Ron, Airean, Shane and to everyone's surprise but Shane, Luna (Hermione was off at the library) they saw Snape coming up to them.
"Miss. Hunter, you forgot to hand in your report yesterday." Snape said to Airean.
"Oh! I'm so sorry I forgot all about it can I bring it in today?" Airean said.
"Yes of course" Snape said. Luna stood staring at the floor and said quietly. "Love hath made thee a tame snake."
Ron looked at her and made a face, "Whom are you talking to?" Ron said Luna.
"Him" Shane said answered for her nodding at Snape.
"How do you know?" Ron asked.
Shane didn't say a thing.
"I must go" Snape said turning and heading down the corridor.
"Love who do you think Snape could be in love with besides himself?" Ron said laughing at Luna's remark.
Shane shot him a nasty look.
"Oh sorry I didn't mean to be rude to your girlfriend." Ron said looking at Luna and laughing.
"You think that's funny? I can show you something funnier like me rearranging your face, that would be a laugh." Shane said stepping towards Ron. Before Ron could say a thing Luna let a loud yelp and startled them all, then she turned and ran down the corridor.
"Great now look what you did!" Shane said to Ron.
When Harry reached potions after lunch Airean was already there, she was talking to Snape at his front desk. Harry knew Luna was loony but he couldn't get what she said out of his head about Snape and Airean. "Love hath made thee a tame snake" Harry was sure that Snape was the snake but whom did he love and why should that make him be nice to Airean? 'Well I'm going to find out' Harry thought to himself.
"What's up?" Airean asked sitting down next to Harry.
"You, why does Snape like you?" Harry asked.
"He doesn't" Airean said sounding hurt.
"Of course he does he lets you slide on all sorts of stuff he would kill others about." Harry said.
"I guess but you just don't understand." Airean said frowning.
"Then tell me" Harry said.
"Fine but not now" Airean said as class started.
Harry waited for Airean in the common room. She'd said she'd meet him there after class. Harry looked up as someone entered the common room. It was Airean.
"Hi" she said sitting down next to him.
"Hi...um will you tell me now?" Harry asked.
"Oh…well I guess there no way around this huh?" Airean said frowning.
"No" Harry said.
"Well you see it's just that….Snape's my half brother" Airean said.
Harry started at her blankly. "You must be kidding"
"I figured you'd say that" Airean said.
"What should I say my girlfriend's brother is my worst enemy!" Harry said.
"Not your worst just an enemy" Airean said. She didn't look very happy anymore and as shocked as Harry was when he saw this it matter so much more then her being related to Snape.
"What's wrong?" Harry said.
"You hate him and…he hates me!" Airean sobbed.
"What I don't hate him…much and he doesn't hate you or he wouldn't do all that stuff for you." Harry said.
"Yes he does, that's why I have to live at my Aunt's because he doesn't want me." Airean sobbed and buried her face on Harry's chest.
Harry looked down at her crying against him and felt an anger swell inside him towards Snape like nothing he'd ever felt before. 'That does it!' Harry knew Snape was mean but how could he treat his own sister this way! "Why don't you go take a rest you'll feel better." Harry said.
"Ok" Airean said getting up to go.
Harry stomped down the hallway headed to Snape's office, when Harry got there Snape wasn't there. Harry looked around, for a second he thought about trashing the place just to make himself feel better. Before Harry could do a thing Snape enter the room and saw him.
"Potter what have I told you about snooping!" he said.
"I'm not, I came here looking for you." Harry said.
"What for" Snape said his lips curling.
"To ask you how you can always manage to be such a jerk." Harry said.
"What do you thing gives you the right-"
"I get why you hate me and I get that you hate the world but she's your bloody sister!" Harry raged.
For a moment Snape didn't say anything then, "She told you huh?" he said quietly.
"Of course she told me I am her boyfriend!" Harry yelled.
"Well I don't care who you are I'm sure you don't know the whole story as usually Potter!" Snape said.
"Now out of my office before you get a weeks detention!" Snape roared.
Harry stomped up to the Gryffindor house. He couldn't take in everything that was going on around him. 'Not that I understand it anyway' Harry thought to himself. He gave the fat lady the password and went into the common room. He looked around and saw Airean sitting on a chair near the fire by herself.
"Hey" Harry said going up to her.
"Hi where did you go?" Airean said looking a little better then before.
"I…um-" Harry sputtered.
"You went and talked to him didn't you?" Airean said.
"Yeah" Harry said.
"It's ok I should of explained it to you better you see Snape's only my half brother. We have the same mother, but like I told you she and my father disappeared when I was younger. Snape was already grown up and everyone thought he'd take care of me when they disappeared but he didn't want anything to do with me. That's why I had to live with whatever relative would take me before I was old enough to go to school and I had to get bumped all over the place from house to house even after I started school because of summers." Airean said sounding tired by the time she was finished. Harry wasn't sure what to say he hadn't known her life was so bad. 'She's not even mean you'd never guess she went through all that.'
"I…I'm sorry" Harry said.
"Don't be it's not your fault" Airean said.
"I still sorry anyway, I hate thinking you have to go through all that." Harry said.
"Hmmm…" Airean said smiling.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Nothing you just sounded like a really worried boyfriend for a moment that's all." Airean said still smiling.
"That's cause I am a really worried boyfriend!" Harry said frowning.
"And I think that's really sweet of you." Airean said giving him a kiss.
Harry blushed and kissed her back.
"Do you think Snape ever liked anyone?" Harry asked.
"I not sure why?" Airean said.
"Well what Luna said that's all." Harry said.
Airean started to laugh. "You know what I found out today…Shane asked her out and there a couple now, I mean Shane and Luna I don't know but I didn't see that one coming." Airean giggled.
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