13
Potions Class
Torrey watched her classmates fidget as Professor Snape entered the room. SHe had to admit it. He was truly threatening looking. His sneer sent even the Slytherins cringing.
Torrey loved it.
Snape glanced cooly over the students. His gaze lingered on her and a delightful chill ran through her. He noticed and tried to think of a good reason a Weasley kin would willingly become a Slytherin. She was cute, much like GInny had been. She was also jailbait. He mentally sighed and leaned on the podium.
He scanned the class and repressed the uge to sigh again. The only promising student of the whole bunch seemed to the Winston girl. She had adapted well to Slytherin life, though he had yet to see her bully any Gryffindors. But then, the year was still younge.
"Well, well. It seems I have my work cut out for me." He drawled languidly. "Turn to page 82."
There was a rustle as the class hurried to comply. His glance slid about the room, watching the students frantically try to absorb the information being presented.
Except Torrence Winston.
When his eyes found her place, he found, rather than the cramming student, the startling violet eyes. SHe held his gaze and then smiled. She gave a slight tip of her head and leaned back in her chair.
"Class," he sneered, causing several students to jump. "Who can tell me where I might find an Arachnian Reich?"
He didn't have to look to see Torrence's arm was up. She did not wave it frantically the way Hermione Granger had eight years ago. Rather she merely held it aloft, as though admiring how the candle light hit her finger nails. The rest of the class scanned thier pages for the answer before pulling out a quill and parchment to copy down the answer.
He looked straight at Torrence and gave her the barest of nods.
A normal student would wait to see if the teacher was truly calling on them. But Torrey was a Slytherin.
"In the frontal nasal cavity of a Chinese Red Dragon." Torrey drawled insolently.
A shiver ran up Snape's spine and he realized he had his work cut out for him.