Chapter 11: Brother-In-Law

"Hello brother-in-law," Viktor said as he walked next to Severus. Ever since he and Viktoria started dating six moths earlier, in December, Viktor started calling him brother-in-law, something that both vexed and amused him. Severus turned to look at the fifteen years old walking beside him.

"I've told you not to call me that. Is there something you want?" Severus asked. Viktor merely smiled and shook his head. Viktor was a very strange person in Severus' opinion. He was actually a very serious and almost depressing person. But there were other times, such as the current moment, in which he actually seemed happy and energetic. He was actually approachable. "What's put you into such a fine mood?" Severus asked as he cast a glance at Viktor, who were merely continued to walk with his ridiculous smile. Which Severus assumed was very charming if you saw the ways that girls would look at Viktor. Remus had certainly never gotten that type of attention. Severus guessed it was because he spent all his time with James and Sirius, who were the ones that got all the attention from girls.

"Nothing," Viktor replied. Viktor was born five minutes after Viktoria, but he was often ignored. Viktoria told him this and many other things. Like the fact that from the age of five, when Viktoria disappeared, he became very angry. Most of his anger was directed towards Remus and it then spread to his parents for they always chose Remus' side in an argument. Because of it Viktor had started to act out and misbehave, which was the reason Severus believed that he chose Slytherin. Viktoria told him that Viktor was tired of constantly being compared to his brother, and so he wanted to be as different from Remus as possible. Naturally if Remus was in Griffindor, the complete opposite of that would be Slytherin.

'Hello Viktor, Severus,' the green letters glowed before them as Viktoria walked up to them. They both stopped walking and stood before her. Due to the fact that the only person that knew of their relationship was Viktor, they kept up the appearance of mere acquaintances around the whole school. Severus merely nodded as Viktor and Viktoria hugged briefly, as was their custom to do whenever they ran into each other. 'Can I have a word with you Severus?'

Severus merely nodded as he followed Viktoria away from plain sight and into one of the many nooks and crannies of Hogwarts. "What do you want to talk to me about?" he asked as he stared down at her with his black eyes. The nook that they stood in was a little dark, as the light of the sun that bathed the hallway did not reach it. It was fairly small, like a broom closet, but they had enough room for them to stand in the very least a foot and a half apart or perhaps more.

Viktoria merely smiled up at him and grabbed his hand. 'Nothing, we just haven't been alone together for quite sometime,' he read on the palm of his hand. He looked up and smiled as he stepped closer to her. He placed his hand lightly on her face and tilted it up so that he could place a kiss on her very soft lips. He'd missed the softness of her skin and the taste of her mouth in the past several days. It seemed that they had not been able to steel away to see each other in private for quite sometime.

"Viktoria?" Viktoria stepped away from Severus as Severus pulled away and they both turned to see who had interrupted them. All color faded from her face as she saw Remus and Severus gritted his teeth. He wasn't afraid of what Remus would say or do about him dating Viktoria, but it did cause him much displeasure to have to look at Remus. Mostly it was due to the fact of what happened the previous year, after they'd all finished their OWLs. "What are you doing? Were you kissing Severus?"

Viktoria tried her best to smile at her brother as she walked over to him and grabbed his hand. Remus looked down at the palm of his hand to see what it was that she had to say to him. 'Well the thing about that is ... well we've been dating for the past six months,' he read to himself as he looked up at Viktoria with a furrowed brow.

"What? And you never told me?" Remus asked as he looked at his sister. She looked down at her feet.

'I didn't think you would be very happy about it. You and Severus have never exactly gotten along. I was going to tell you, but Viktor made a good point against it,' looked up from the palm of his hand and stared at her.

"What was his point?" Remus asked as he looked at Severus for a brief moment as he turned back to look at Viktoria.

'That you would disapprove and never accept it. That you would only cast judgment on me and tell me things that would make me feel bad,' she replied as she looked at him. He stared down at his, his anger dissipating as he realized that Viktor wasn't wrong.

"You still should have told me. I may not like it very much, but it's not like I can tell you that you can't date him," he said as he looked at her. She stared up at him tried her best to smile as she looked up at him. He smiled as he stared down at her and gave her a hug. he let go of her and looked over at Severus. "I assume this changes nothing, you still hate me," Remus stated. Severus merely nodded in response as he looked away. Remus shook his head and looked down at Viktoria. "Just be careful, I don't want to see you cry for him."

Viktoria merely smiled and grabbed her brother's hand before giving him another hug. Remus placed a kiss on the top of her head as he walked away and looked down at the palm of his hand to see three little words. 'I love you.'

TBC…