The Mission From Hell
Chapter 5
"The Day of Forced Affections"
By: Deep Shadows and EckoStalker
Author's Notes: Yes i know, I feel a bit behind, but i have been really busy with graduation and finding a job, not to mention that Ecko doesnt know how to properly upload documents... I have go tto teach that girlinternet skills... Enjoy...
The two of them spent the next two days having to act affectionate in the apartment. The sad thing was that instead of driving them both mad, it was just becoming an uneasy custom. Every morning Severus would wake up, get dressed and then gently shake Alexis awake. Then he would make them breakfast and they would go about their day of either watching more movies or cleaning or reading. They hadn't left the house for those two days, not being able to go on mission. They both were starting to get cabin fever.
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Severus got up and dressed as usual, preparing for yet another day as 'Harry the lovesick fool'. He was beginning to loathe the Ministry and had made a vow to find out who had ever created this mission and rip their throat and heart out so they couldn't scream as they died. He was just that upset. He walked over to where the bed was and sat down on it, leaning over Alexis slightly.
"Get up." He stated in her ear roughly and she shook him off.
"I don't wanna, go away Artimis..." Alexis spoke in her sleep and Severus sighed, not wanting to have to be affectionate more than he had to.
"Please get up before I have to do something drastic." Severus stated and Alexis's eyes snapped open and she looked at him. He shook his head, forcibly smiling at her as he got up off the bed. Alexis yawned and got out of bed, heading for the bathroom. It was still freezing and they still hadn't gone shopping yet for Alexis to have some kind of warm clothes, so she had now taken to wearing his shirts. Sadly, it worked for the situation, but it bothered Severus to no end. He walked out to the kitchen and began breakfast. After a few minutes Alexis walked out in another one of his long sleeved shirt with a false bemused face and made the coffee. Severus was not really in any kind of mood to play pretend but he knew his life was probably on the line, as was Alexis's. Their shadows had been watching them night and day, meaning there was more than one and they were taking turns with watches, which made them either spy movie junkies like Alexis, or trained professionals.
"Good morning Harry, sleep well?" Alexis asked in a sickly sweet voice and he forced a smile at her.
"Yes, fine, and you, my dear Lindsey?" He replied, noticing the miniscule grimace on her face as she smiled back at him.
"Wonderful. That smells delicious." She commented and he nodded at her going back to the food. After finishing the pancakes, he and Alexis sat the table, making it look to those watching outside as if they were having a meaningful conversation over breakfast when really it went like this:
"I'm going to kill every last one of those asses at the Ministry." Alexis would say and Severus would nod at her in agreement.
"Torture?" He would ask as he offered her the syrup and she would nod as she replied.
"Yes, very painful torture." Alexis would comment as she took the syrup.
That is just how this morning went. To Severus it was like living life on the repeat button. After breakfast he sat at the table and rubbed his head.
"Lindsey?" He asked aloud and Alexis turned to look at him with questioning.
"Yes?" She replied and he sighed, getting up walking toward her.
"We are going shopping. You need to stop wearing my shirts, so we're going to go get you some warmer clothes." Severus stated and Alexis looked at him curiously.
"Shopping? Am I supposed to be excited or something?" Alexis whispered and Severus nodded at her and she screeched with false joy, jumping up and down.
"I get to go shopping, yay, hooray and all that jazz." Alexis mused and Severus snickered as he headed back to the bedroom. He hunted down his shoes and pulled them on over his socks. After hunting for ten minutes for his jacket, Alexis walked in, wearing it. He rubbed his forehead and looked at her.
"The first thing we are getting you is your own jacket." Severus told her and she smirked at him, walking into the bathroom. He took his long sleeved shirt off and put another shirt on under it, pulling it back on once again. Walking out to the living room, he searched for the car keys. He tried to remember where he left them last time and then it hit him.
"Lindsey, come here." Severus stated and Alexis walked out of the bedroom, looking at him with questioning.
"What do you want?" She asked and he sighed as he walked up to her and thrust his hand in the pocket of the jacket, procuring the keys and an odd look from Alexis. He held them up in front her and she sighed, pulling the jacket tighter around her.
"Are you ready to go?" He asked her and she nodded, turning the lights out.
"Sure I'm ready. Are you ready?" She asked and Severus nodded, opening the door for her to exit before him. He shivered in the cold and locked the door behind them. They walked down the stairs to the garage and got into the small grey car. Severus got into the driver's seat and turned the car on, fighting with the buttons for the heater. Alexis got in and laughed, hitting one button and the heater came on, blowing cold air at first. After a moment of the engine running the air was warm and Severus began to drive down the blasted streets of Boston to the 'mall' as Alexis had called it.
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Alexis and Severus walked into the food court at the front of the mall, looking around with interest. She was bent on getting her mind off of all this as much as possible without giving them away, and she figured taking Severus through the mall would do just that. Alexis breathed in deeply and sighed. "Aw man... it smells so good in here..."
Severus looked at her and stated. "You just ate..."
"So, it still smells good." Alexis informed and he shook his head as Alexis led the way into the crowded mall, Severus looking about nervously and sticking close to her. She saw a Toys-R-Us and squeaked with delight, heading towards it, but Severus placed a hand on her shoulder, pulling her towards him and speaking sternly. "We are here to shop for clothes and that is all."
Alexis sighed; nodding her head with reluctance, then smirked and told him smugly. "Fine. But I'm picking what clothes stores to stop at."
Severus looked at her warily, but nodded, letting Alexis lead the way. And she knew exactly where she was heading. She found the large sign that read Hot Topic and smiled at Severus, who looked up with a raised eyebrow. "This is the store you and Ar- you're friend are always ranting about?"
Almost slipped there... Alexis thought with a snicker as she replied. "Yep, and this is where we get those shirts for you for Christmas. And this is where I intend on getting my clothes. Care to join me?"
Severus sighed, forcing a smile as he walked up beside her, mumbling under his breath. "Like I have a choice..."
Alexis laughed as she waltzed into the store, Severus trudging in behind, pretending to look interested when she knew it was bothering the hell out of him to be here. Alexis wasn't too ticked though as she ruffled through the racks of winter clothes and accessories, selecting a dark green hoodie for herself along with some thick fleecy sweatshirts.
Severus once again bade her to make the purchase, and Alexis wondered how he would've survived without her in this Muggle world. He had a lot to learn before he could even begin to try and blend in with these people.
They exited the store, Alexis nudging Severus in the side and smiling. He looked at her with confusion as she hissed through her smile. "Take the bags."
Severus whispered back with confusion. "What? Why?"
"Just take the bloody bags. Be a damn gentleman." Alexis growled, smiling sweetly at him. Severus sighed, then smiled and asked louder. "Here Lindsey, let me carry those for you."
"Oh Harry, thank you. You're so sweet." Alexis spoke graciously, her own tone of voice making her sick. Severus took the bags from her in one hand and started walking away, Alexis rushing up beside him, shaking her head.
Severus looked around for a minute as Alexis scanned the store signs curiously, looking for any music stores or book stores. Suddenly, she felt a hand latch onto hers and she looked up with confusion, seeing Severus force a smile as he held her hand.
"What are you doing?" She hissed in confusion, looking at their clasped hands. Out the corner of his mouth, he whispered.
"One of the guys from the apartment is right there next to that bench. No, don't look at him; just go along with it okay." He told her and Alexis sighed wearily in her head, cursing the entire Ministry for all the hell they've put her through. Hell, they better have a nice big pension saved up for me by the time I retire... they're gonna have to do a lot of sucking up... Alexis thought to herself as she forced a smile, making it look like she could care less.
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Severus shook his head in disgust as he held Alexis's hand in one hand and her bloody bags in another. He was smirking only because the thoughts of Aaron Billiard's death screams were being imagined in his mind. He let Alexis lead him around this bloody ant mound, surprised that there were so many stores in one big store. It was like Diagon Alley, Hoggesmeade and Knockturn Alley, all multiplied by three and placed in one big building. Muggles were crazy. Although he did appreciate that it was warm in the place. But then again, so was the car... Severus thought to himself and then another thought crossed his mind. How in the world was he going to find that bloody car in a maze of all the other cars? Severus was coming to dislike muggles and their ways, solely because they were far to complicated. Severus looked at Alexis, shaking his head at her.
"What else do you need?" He questioned and she smirked.
"What I want and what I need are two different things." Alexis replied and Severus sighed.
"I said need." He retorted and she pouted at him for a moment and then an evil smirk overcame her face.
"I need a wolf blanket. A fleecy wolf blanket." Alexis grinned and Severus thought a moment.
"I can agree to that, as long as you find one big enough for the bed." Severus stated and Alexis smirked at him, nodding her head.
"I can find one as big as the room, but one for the bed will be easier. Come on, Harry." Alexis told him and he sighed, bring dragged along behind Alexis.
The Ministry of Magic owes me big time... Hell will freeze over before I ever go on another mission for them... Severus thought as he followed Alexis thought the swarm of bodies, still holding her hand.
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Two hours later...
Alexis was practically bouncing as they walked up the stairs. Severus opened the door, setting the bags on the floor as Alexis dove upon them, finding the blanket and opening it. For the next ten minutes Alexis was hidden on the floor underneath the blanket. Severus turned the stove on, intending on cooking soup and making tea, and thus warming the apartment.
"Hey come feel this, it's so soft." Alexis was heard yelling and Severus shook his head in mild amusement.
"I am cooking." He replied matter of factly as he put everything on the stove. He felt Alexis walk up behind him and he rolled his eyes as she looked over his shoulder.
"What you cooking?" She asked and Severus sighed.
"Food." He told her and she shook her head. And then, for some god knows reason she poked him right in the middle of the back, the only place he was remotely ticklish. He jumped forward and hit the stove with his knee.
"Don't do that!" Severus hissed at her, checking to make sure he didn't spill something.
"Do what? This?" She asked as she poked him again and he yelped.
"Stop it!" He snarled and Alexis just chuckled at him.
"Aww... Are we a bit ticklish?" She mused as she poked him again. He gasped as he jumped again and the turned around and looked at her as she burst into laughter.
"That is so funny... You are ticklish." She laughed and he snarled at her.
"You think it's funny do you? See how you like it." He stated and then he leapt at her, tickling her neck the only place that Alexis Whyte was known to be ticklish. Suddenly she was convulsing and they both collapsed to the floor in the kitchen as he tickled her. She had managed to get her hand around him and poke him in the back so he just more vigorously tickled her. She was laughing to the point of tears, grabbing at his hands as he tickled her.
Then the pot for the tea whined and he realized the predicament they were in. Alexis was laying flat on the floor under him, he being on his knees over her and he was holding her neck. This could look wrong in more ways than one. It looked as if Alexis had made her own conclusion on this and they both shoved each other as Severus got up. He quickly shook his head and went back to the tea.
Thank goodness that looked good to those damn spies... Or else I would have to shot myself... After Aaron and Draco... Severus thought as he worked on their lunch, trying to figure out what else they were going to do today.
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Alexis curled in her new wolf fleece blanket happily on the Living room floor, wondering what else she could've got if she had badgered Severus some more in the mall. Shrugging though, she called out to Severus, who was busying himself in the Kitchen, solely his turf. "Hey come feel this, it's so soft."
"I am cooking." He replied and Alexis's ears perked up, and she pushed aside her blanket and meandered into the Kitchen, coming up behind Severus and looking over his shoulder as she questioned. "What you cooking?"
Severus sighed and commented in his usual sarcastic and blunt tone. "Food."
She shook her head and rolled her eyes, intending to go back to the Living room and curl on the couch with her blanket and finish one of the Monty Python movies. She poked Severus in the back for good measure as she turned to leave, but stopped as he practically jumped forward with the jab, hissing at her in surprise. "Don't do that!"
She smirked with curiosity, turning back with evil intent as she questioned with innocence. "Do what? This?" She then poked him again, watching him flinch with satisfaction.
"Stop it!" He snarled and Alexis chuckled, thinking she had finally found his weak spot. Now time to put it to use...
"Aww... Are we a bit ticklish?" She poked him again and he gasped, spinning on her as she laughed at his sensitivity.
"That is so funny... You are ticklish." She declared, knowing that he knew she now had leverage on him.
"You think it's funny do you? See how you like it." He stated, and Alexis had no time to dive away as Severus leapt at her, attacking her neck with his hands, putting into effect the only ticklish spot on her being. That was it for her.
She collapsed down; laughing as well as gasping for him to stop as he merely followed her, not letting up for a moment. Trying to get him to back off, she risked moving a hand from covering her neck and jabbing him in the back, though he merely flinched, not letting up his attack on her as he laughed. Alexis vision blurred with tears as she laughed through choking breaths, the tickling she felt about to kill her as she squirmed vainly, Severus merely finding a way to stop her moving and continuing his assault.
Finally it let up and she gasped for breath, laying flat on her back and looked back up at Severus, who still kept his hands about her neck.
She looked up at him, then how he sat with his knees on either side of her. She tensed up and quickly shoved him off, shivering at the thought of how that looked as she still struggled to regain normal breathing. Severus scrambled to his feet, face slightly red as he turned to the tea without a word to her. Alexis nodded, turning to look in the fridge and cursing all who had anything to do with this damn mission and wishing the worse fortunes possible upon them as she distracted herself by looking for something to snack on.
The rest of that evening was spent with both Severus and Alexis keeping a five foot bubble around them, neither able to look at each other as they went about random tasks that didn't involve the other person. It was working quite well, that is, until bedtime.
They lay on their respective ends of the bed, staring at the ceiling, shivering in the coldness of the room despite the extra blanket. Alexis sighed heavily, knowing someone was going to have to do something, and she looked at Severus, but he spoke first.
"You know what. It's bloody cold and I'm about to fall off of this bed." He growled, and Alexis nodded, not needing to hear another word as she scooted closer to Severus as he scooted in as well. Alexis shuddered involuntarily as she curled against Severus's side, and Severus grumbled under his breath as he wrapped an arm around her. Laying still in that position and moving no further, both dozed off into a wearied sleep that temporarily saved them from this living nightmare.
Expect the next chapter on Thursday, im getting back into my groove...
Deep Shadows
