After the Boggart Class
Snape barged into the staffroom, seeking out Lupin very angrily. Lupin had been expecting this, there was no way the students were going to keep quiet about what he got Neville to do with the Boggart. "What kind of class are you teaching, Lupin?!" Snape practically screamed. Some of the other teachers that were in the staffroom at the time snickered in their seats, but the glare that Snape gave them made them cower in their seats almost. They had never seen him this angry before.
"Defence Against the Dark Arts I'm pretty sure is what it's called, Severus," Lupin replied cheekily. "Besides, it's not my fault that you're Neville's Boggart."
"You-" but he didn't get a chance to finish because Sprout and Hooch starting bursting out laughing, followed shortly by Septima Vector, who one would rarely see laughing. Glaring at everyone, he left, slamming the door behind him.
Lupin couldn't help the smile on his face as he buried his head behind the folder of his lesson plans he was working on. "I'd feel bad but..."
"No offence to Severus, but I wouldn't," Sprout said. "I think a bit of humility would be good for him."
"Yeah, but I probably did that enough when we were in school together."
Then Flitwick came in carrying a pile of homework larger than himself. He did this all the time apparently as Lupin was told. "Old habits die hard I guess, huh Remus?" Flitwick said, taking hard deep breaths.
"I guess."
Hooch turned around in her seat to face Lupin, "I have to ask though, whose idea was it to dress Severus as an old lady."
Lupin blushed a bit and buried his face behind the folder again, "Mine," and then he went into describing how the whole situation occurred. This caused more laughter after they found out that the clothes were those of Neville Longbottom's grandmother. "And he's the one making the wolfsbane potion for me, I might have just screwed myself over for the five seconds of fun," he sighed.
"Severus is too professional to do that," Flitwick said. "Besides, he knows the importance of making it for you."
Yeah, first hand experience, Lupin thought sadly.
"It's nice to know that there is someone who actually knows what they are doing with that class," Sprout said. "I'm sure we've mentioned that quite a few times already, but you can't imagine what a relief it is after all this time."
"Maybe you'll break the curse and stay a while," Lupin smiled at Hooch's comment.
"Thanks, guys, but my contract is only for a year. We'll see."