You chew me up

And spit me out

Enjoy the taste I leave in your mouth

You look at me

I look at you

Neither of us know what to do

---------------Maroon5, Shiver

A few more weeks had passed and school had started again. Everyone was seated in the Great Hall and listened as Albus gave his opening speech, as soon as he was over everyone dug into their plates and ate merrily, everyone seemed happy and comfortable, except for two people. Minerva and Severus sat next to each other, Minerva did fairly well in hiding her displeasure but Severus showed his irritation by banging his goblet on the table and snapping or sneering at anyone who noticed him or asked him questions.

When the feast was over the Prefects led the children to their dormitories and the staff went to their offices to prepare for classes for the next day. Minerva had pulled Severus from the crowd and waited patiently, cloaked in a dark corner where no one could see. She held his shoulders firmly and looked him straight in the eye, under her breath she hissed, "Severus, what in Merlin's name are you trying to do?"

Severus took hold of her hands and pulled them away and he answered with the same amount of venom in his voice, "Well, I was trying to go to my office, so I could try to prepare for classes and so I might try not to make a fool out of myself tomorrow, so maybe I could try and get respect from my students."

Minerva folded her arms and stood up straight, for when she grabbed him she looked in his eye and her back was slouched.

"Severus, do you WANT people to find out?"

Severus gave her an incredulous look and spat, "What? Of course not!"

"Then if you DON'T want people to fine out, you shouldn't act the way you do around me."

Severus folded his arms as well, every time they were facing each other it seemed like a match was going on. "Why? Are you jealous of the way I treat others?"

Minerva gave an exasperated sigh and said, "Don't be daft, man! People might suspect things! I know you're always in a foul mood- but it gets even fouler when I'm around, and of course I understand why, and in truth, I could care less. But think of it, Severus, people might notice and get suspicious, and neither of us would want that, whether they find out or not."

Severus wanted to yell that her insecurities were foolish little things and she should stop worrying since no one would find out; but he knew she was wise in being cautious and of course, as they say, 'better safe than sorry'. "Fine, I'll try to avoid you as best as I can."

"Capital idea, Severus." She turned on her heel and walked out of the Great Hall, Severus took a moment to relax his nerves, and when he was ready he strode out of the Great Hall and straight to the dungeons.

What the two of them didn't notice was a bumblebee on the wall, quietly and curiously watching their earlier conversation.

"Stupid, insufferable, little idiots..." Severus grumbled as he stepped into his room, his students couldn't tell a Sleeping Draught from a leg of ham.

Severus walked to his closet and took out his nightclothes; he laid them on his bed and started to strip himself of his clothing. He had already removed his upper garments, revealing his finely toned muscles; even though he was rather skinny his body was beautiful, pale and his skin appeared to be soft. He proceeded in taking his trousers of but was startled when he heard a feminine voice in the room.

"Severus, what a nice body you have!"

Severus sharply turned around, and held his pants against himself. When he saw the woman sitting in a chair beside his bed he muttered with irritation in his voice, "Sinistra..."

"So happy to see you too, Severus!" Sylvia greeted with a big smile.

Severus buttoned his trousers again and slipped his robe on, he did this while muttering incoherent words under his breath.

"What in the seven hells are you doing here, Sylvia?"

Sylvia smiled to herself as she turned her head and scanned his room with her finger on her chin. "I just wanted to see how you were doing. Is it a crime to be concerned?" said Sylvia.

Severus sat on his bed with his back to Sylvia. He brought his hands to his forehead and massaged his temples. It had been a rather stressing, first day... He glanced over his shoulder and glanced at Sylvia who was watching him with a wide smile. He liked to ignore people, except he got irritated easily when people stared at him.

"How did you get in here?"

Sylvia shrugged, "I have ways of finding things out."

Severus turned his head back and shut his eyes tightly, not really sure why he was doing that. "Could you please leave me alone? Today has been a rather stressful day."

Severus felt thin arms wrap around him and felt warm breath against his ear, his whole body tensed and he became even more irritated with Sylvia's presence.

"Stressful day, Sevvie?" he heard Sylvia whisper behind him.

"That's what I just said." Severus said, trying hard not to yell bloody murder at Sylvia. He didn't exactly like what she was doing.

Sylvia trailed her hand up to his head and played with his dark hair, twisting the strands in between her fingers and twirling it on her finger.

"Have I ever told you I like you a lot?" Sylvia sighed and nuzzled his neck with her face.

"No, and I was much more happier and content being ignorant to that fact." Severus sneered.

"The stars are shining brightly tonight, it's so romantic, and it's a perfect time to be together...alone..." Sylvia whispered. So very romantic, so very astrologic, so very corny, and so very Sinistra.

Severus was about to push her far, far away and as he was about to do so, someone stepped inside his room.

"Severus, Albus told me to-"

Both heads turned to the portrait hole, and there at the entrance stood Minerva Mcgonagall, her eyes were wide and her mouth was going up and down, words were coming out but they were jumbled and made no sense.

"...call you to his office..." Minerva trailed off awkwardly.

Severus immediately removed himself from Sylvia's hold and stood up.

"It isn't what it looks like! It's not what you think!" he shouted.

Behind him Sylvia stood up and smoothed her robes, she smiled calmly at Minerva and said, "Minerva, so nice to see you."

Minerva nodded crisply at Sylvia and said nothing.

"Well, I'm sorry I can't stay longer but I have work to do. See you later, Minerva. Bye Severus." And before Sylvia walked out she kissed Severus on the cheek and winked at him, which caused Minerva to raise an eyebrow and gag and Severus looked as though he wanted to throw her off the Astronomy Tower.

When Sylvia's footsteps could no longer be heard Severus started to explain, "We weren't-"

Minerva raised a finger to silence him, she had already fixed herself and her calm, strict, and cool demeanor returned.

"Professor Snape, why should I care about your activities with Professor Sinsistra? You know that I have no interest with your personal life or anyone else's besides my own. You need not explain. I came here to inquire you that Headmaster Dumbledore has called you to his office, he has some plans for your class tomorrow and would like to see you now. Now that my business is finished here, please excuse me, I have things to do elsewhere."

As she finished Severus mouth was a straight line and he nodded. Minerva turned around and left, the portrait hole slammed shut behind her and Severus was left alone. He brought his hands together behind his back and stood up straight and looked forward.

Minerva was right, he needn't explain about anything, because Minerva and Severus had nothing to do with each other.

"Severus?"

Severus turned around to see Albus smiling at him. Severus walking through the long corridors, classes had finished and he tried to amuse himself by scaring the first years that looked suspicious. Albus held a stack of parchment and he pushed them into Severus' arms.

"Headmaster?" Severus asked with a brow raised.

"I need you to bring these papers to Professor Mcgonagall. I have so many things to attend to you see," Albus said.

Severus nodded; he always had a way to avoid Minerva. He would ask the other staff to do the errand for him and he would leave before they could refuse. As Severus turned to find someone to do the work for him Albus called out to him.

"Severus, the other staff members have come to me not too long ago," Albus said, "they complained about you. They say that you order them to do the work you're supposed to do."

"But Headmaster, I've been so busy, and-"started Severus but Albis raised a hand that silence him.

"Delegari non delegatum, do you know what that means, Severus?"

"No, sir."

"What is delegated cannot be delegated."

Severus gave a frustrated sigh and mumbled, "Yes, Headmaster."

"Good boy, Severus."

As Severus turned to leave Albus said one more thing. "Duralex sidlex, the law is harsh, but it is the law."

"Miss Tonks, please stay behind," Minerva said as she received the transfigured jugs.

"Yes, ma'am," came the disappointed reply.

When everyone left Nymphadora Tonks sat in her chair quietly with her head bowed. Minerva brought her hands together and rested her arms on her desk. "Now, Miss Tonks, your marks are doing fairly well, but-"

Minerva was cut off by someone knocking on her door, Minerva gave an irritated sigh and said, "Come in."

Minerva was surprised when the person entered; it was someone that was very unexpected and not exactly welcome. When he entered he dropped the stack of papers on her desk.

"Headmaster requested that I bring this to you," Severus said plainly.

"Right, thank you." Minerva said as she nodded and motioned for him to leave.

Severus was about to leave but spotted Tonks sitting quietly at one of the desks with her head hung low. He smirked, he knew he should have left right away, but it was one of those moments when you just need to say or do something without thinking of the consequences.

"So I see that proud Gryffindor is not only arrogant and brave but also stupid," Severus said, still smirking.

Tonks cheeks pinked at the remark and hung her head lower. Minerva's gaze lowered dangerously and she said in a hostile tone, "You have no tight to speak to my students that way, Severus."

Severus snorted, "Who said I was talking about your students?"

Minerva rose from her seat and walked to where Severus stood, she clenched her fists and tried to calm herself, she inhaled deeply and then exhaled. It looked like she finally calmed and was about to tell him to get the hell out of her office, but instead of telling him to leave she started to poke his chest and threw insulting comments at him. Severus didn't mind what she was saying since she was talking much too fast for him to understand, but he did get to hear, "You greasy git," and "Uneducated slimeball."

The thing that irritated him was the poking. It was not at all painful, but he found it terribly irritating and it made him angry. He grabbed her wrist to make the poking stop, and he brought his face closer to hers and hissed, "Stop that."

Minerva stared at him and said defiantly, "And if I don't?"

Severus was getting so angry, though, there wasn't really a reason to be. He could feel his blood rushing to his head and he heard and felt pounding in his ears, he couldn't make out what she was saying or what he was saying, bloody hell, he didn't even know if either was even speaking!

Severus stood there, almost forgetting about what had happened and what was happening, all he felt was the small wrist he held in his hand and someone else's body heat somewhere very near. When he tried to see it was like a blurry television screen and he couldn't understand what was going on, it felt like the world was spinning and he started to feel dizzy. He shut his eyes and opened them again, then his vision seemed to be clear again, but he still didn't know what was going on, all he saw was Minerva standing in front of him, her cheeks were pink and she was staring angrily up at him, her chest rose and fell, obviously trying to calm herself. And like those times when you just act when you're not thinking, Severus pulled Minerva's wrist and brought her against his chest, he brought his head down and kissed her.

One would expect Minerva to slap his face and beat him to the ground, but instead of a hand smacking his cheek Severus felt hands wrap around him, gliding up and entangling their fingers in his hair. And he felt a tongue caress his own and teeth gently biting his lower lip. Unconsciously, Severus lifted Minerva and set her on the desk that was behind them. His right hand was unpinning her bun and his other hand found there way under the skirts of her robe and was slowly snaking up her leg. Severus felt so much heat and he wasn't exactly uncomfortable, in truth, he was actually starting to enjoy this, and the both of them would have probably stayed like that if it weren't for the sound of someone tripping over a chair and then crashing into a desk.

Severus and Minerva finally realized that they were kissing each other and quickly drew apart. Their heads turned to the direction of Tonks, who was sprawled against a desk, she was quickly muttering things to herself and she tried to leave the room as quick as possible but she tripped over more chairs and hit more desks with her body. Severus walked over to the child and grabbed her arm, he made her stand up straight and he shoved his index finger in front of her face and started to speak angrily, "Listen here, if anyone finds out about this I'm going to—"

Minerva saw Severus' reaction to the poor child and shoved him away.

"Let me handle her, Severus," she said sternly.

Minerva gently held Tonks hand and led her a few feet away from Severus, she looked down at the child, her cheeks were red with embarrassment and she stared at Minerva with wide eyes, she spoke very quickly, "Professor, I'm truly sorry, it will ever happen again! I won't tell anyone! I promise!"

"Hush, child," Minerva said as she took her wand out of her pocket, "now close your eyes."

Tonks nodded and closed her eyes; not exactly sure what her Professor was going to do, but figured if she listened, this would be over faster.

"Obliviate."

When Tonks opened her eyes she saw Professor Mcgonagall and Professor Snape staring at her. Both of them looked flushed and there hair looked unusually messy. Tonks looked up at Professor Mcgonagall who stood right in front of her and she said, "You wanted to speak with me, Professor?"

Minerva sighed and said, "Not right now, Miss Tonks. I'm rather busy."

Tonks looked confused but left the room, first shooting suspicious glances at her Professors before she left.

Minerva gave a relieved sigh and relaxed, she glanced at Severus then looked at the floor.

"Maybe you should leave," she said quietly.

Severus nodded; though somewhere he felt pain in his chest when she told him to leave he ignored it and left the room without saying a word.

As the door closed Minerva slowly walked to her desk and sat down. She smoothed her robes and fixed her cluttered desk. When she finished she leaned back into her chair, she unconsciously brought her hand up and slowly traced her fingers along her lips. When she realized what she was doing she looked at her hand in disgust and tried to distract herself by grading the transfiguration reports.

Well, life just won't go easy on those two, or rather; I just won't go easy on those two...hehehe...

And that Sinistra thing, the truth is, I couldn't think of anything to add so I just slapped that scene on. I don't know if I should have put that there but I said 'what the hell!' but I like Sinistra...

Well, but I don't think I'm too pleased with this chapter. But I'm just glad it's finished. XP

Oh, and blue boy fan, a 'lemon' is a fic that has mad, hot monkey sex...well...not exactly, but it's pretty close to that definition.