Dahlia met up with Severus that Saturday afternoon for help with potions. She knocked on the door and waited for his response, "Come in." He called out shortly after she finished knocking. She entered the classroom and sat in the middle row and patiently waited for his instructions. "You will be preparing a forgetfulness potion." He said placing a cauldron in front of her, "Ingredients are on the shelf and instructions are on the board."

She looked down at the cauldron then back up at him "You're not going to help?" Severus took a seat at his desk and started to grade papers, "Of course not, how are you supposed to learn with me holding your hand the whole time?" He said keeping his gaze on the papers. Dahlia sighed and got the ingredients from the shelf, she followed instructions until she had to let it brew for 45-60 minutes.

Severus looked up to see the potion brewing "How well do you think you're doing?" Dahlia looked into the cauldron, "I think I'm doing well." He nodded as they sat in silence before she spoke up, "Do you still think about her? Lily I mean." He walked up to check the potion and said, "There isn't a day where I don't think about her." She nodded and looked down at the floor.

He left for his store and took out Amortentia, he placed the bottle carefully on the table, "Just out of curiosity, what do you smell?" She smells the potion, "Chocolate, roses, and you of course." She gently picked up the bottle becoming intoxicated by the scents that filled her nose, "What do you smell?" She asked not wanting to let go of the potion. Severus gently took it from her hand but kept his hand on top of hers, "I still smell Lily of course, along with cauldrons, and a third scent I can't quite name yet."

Dahlia looked up from the potion for the first time since it was handed to her, "Would you like to talk about it?" His eyes met hers with the softness of an owl feather, a look she never seen him give to her, "Well, it smells like mint." She blushed knowing that it was her sent, "I smell like mint." Dahlia said not thinking about the consequences. He put the potion back in his pocket, "Don't be ridiculous, why would I be smelling you?"

All she could do was shrug until she had an idea that might cost their friendship, but she had to take the risk, "Kiss me." Dahlia blurted out finding this as the only solution. Severus looked at her in shock, "What do you mean kiss you?" He really wanted to know why him of all people she would want to kiss. She stood up from the desk and stepped closer to him, "If you kiss me, and feel anything, then you'll know why you smelled me. If not, well we'll figure something out."

Severus didn't want to admit it, but she had a point. His left hand gently reached out and caressed her waist, and pulled her close so that they were only inches away from kissing. The unoccupied hand reached up and gently held the back of her head, he leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips. Dahlia held onto his shoulders for support, her knees felt like jelly the second his soft lips met hers.

She felt so much passion and wanted to stay like that longer, but Severus only let his lips linger for a few seconds before pulling away, "Well that was interesting." Was all he said before he suggested that she should leave. So Dahlia left not knowing if he felt anything at all, and she may never know, but what's done is done.