Severus Snape stared out the window as Professor Binns droned on about yet another Goblin War. Did those creatures never quit fighting? How were there any left? He shook his head to rid himself of that particular thought before returning to his previous one.
The Marauders; the four banes of his existence. Once again they had managed to embarrass him in front of the entire school by posting a date wanted add 'for his benefit' in the daily Prophet. And not just any date add. Oh no. He pulled the clipping out of his bag and glared at it like he hoped it would burst into flame.
My name is Severus Snape. I am 17 years old and go to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I'm am partial to pink, reading romance novels, and knitting. I'm looking for a nice guy to settle down with in a cozy house by the sea once I graduate. If you are male 16-23 and interested, please send me an owl.
He groaned inwardly. This was not good. His lack of interest in the female populace had begot many a rumor through out his 6 years at Hogwarts, but now it would only get worse.
It wasn't that he didn't appreciate the female body, but he couldn't stand dealing with the bumbling idiots that surrounded him for any time or money. If he could find a girl who was at least reasonably close to his own intellect, perhaps it would be possible for him to…
But there was no point in even thinking it. What girl would want him? He focused in on the pane of glass until he could see his reflection in it; too large nose, pale skin, ordinary blue eyes with dark rings under them from studying late into the night, cheek bones that seemed to jut out of his face.
He sighed looking back to his assignment. He reluctantly began answering the questions Binns had begun posting on the board. More questions about a war that was identical to the last 500 that they had studied.
Severus shivered as the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. He felt odd, like someone was watching him. He glanced around warily. It was always possible someone was playing a prank on him once again. It wasn't like it hadn't happened before. He could see no apparent danger though as he looked around. Suddenly he noticed a small red headed girl that was sitting behind him at an angle. She was staring right at him.
That explained it. Even if he was the odd one out in the school, he was top of the class. She was probably trying to copy his answers. He watched as he eyes never left his direction, yet she continued to write in perfectly strait lines on her own sheet of parchment. Hadn't she noticed he was looking right at her?
"I would appreciate," he muttered quietly, "-if you wouldn't try to replicate my answers." Her eyes snapped to focus on his face.
"I wasn't copying your homework," she replied calmly.
"Of course not. You were staring at me because of my unsurpassed corporeal manifestation." He snapped. She raised her eyebrows.
"Using big words won't work on me Mr. Snape. And maybe I was staring at you for your, as you put it, 'unsurpassed corporeal manifestation', but personally I could care less about such things. It's a little shallow, don't you agree? A person could be completely unattractive bodily, but still be attractive otherwise." she asked, smiling wryly.
She stood as the bell rand and walked off and walked calmly past his desk as Severus stared at her back. He heard a small laugh before her closing comment floated back to him. "And grammatically that comment was an abomination Mr. Snape."
Yes Yes I Know! It's horribly short. But you must not think that I haven't written more oh no. I have alot of the story written already, i'm just having trouble working out the time line and connecting the segments. The beginning(of course) is being perticularily stubborn...:( I am working very hard on it though, so please don't be too impaciant. I'll also apologize for not updating the sister story to this one "The tangled Webs We Weave". Exams are approaching, so I'm bussssy.
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