Moments part 2

Part two of my drabble series, this time inspired by chemistry terms from the 'Foundation Chemistry' module.

Bonding

The annual ball at the Ministry was incredibly dull, as it had been last year and the year before. Both Severus and Hermione had, as before, met up at the punch bowl and were complaining about everything (and everyone) there: the music, the groupies, the ministry sycophants and, worst of all, the people who lapped up the attention gained by being a war hero. It was the only time that they ever got together and discussed anything. They both loved to moan – although neither would admit it. And, even less likely to be admitted, they both enjoyed the other's company.

Equation

The stupid girl! What a ludicrous idea! How the heck did she think she could link mathematics and relationships in such a way? It was ridiculous. Some silly school-girl crush, perhaps. He had no idea why. Why would she even try to work out the probability that their "potential relationship" would work out? Was that even possible? He would have to find out. Until then, he would put her off of the idea until she graduated.

"But, Professor…!"

"Leave, now, Miss Granger! If I hear one more word about your "calculations" I'll give you detention with Filch for a month!"

Mole

He couldn't let him find out. The Dark Lord was probing his mind; trying to find a hint of treachery. He kept his mental barriers up around the memories concerning the Order, oh yes. But his strongest ones were erected about the ones concerning her. The seventh year he couldn't keep out of his mind. That was the greatest secret he kept. One even Albus didn't know. If the Dark Lord found this out, he'd not only be killed, he'd be tortured. Falling for a muggleborn? Unthinkable in his eyes!

The attack finished. "Very well, Severus. You may leave now."

Volume

"Will you turn that racket down?!" Severus yelled at his lover.

"What?!" She called back to him, pressing pause on the charmed CD player.

"What on earth was that noise?"

"ACDC. Great music."

"Are there not better things you could put on that contraption? Something with a melody?"

"What's wrong with this?" Hermione asked, hands on her hips. She then skipped to track seven. She hit play, walked over to Severus's side and pushed her body close to his. She placed her lips on his, took his hand and led him to the bedroom.

"Little lover…" The CD sung out.

Concentration

"Severus." Hermione called. He looked up from the potion he was working on.

"I'm busy, Hermione."

"Severus!" He ignored the woman in his quarters.

He stirred the cauldron twice anti-clockwise, and then once clockwise.

"Severus, get your skinny arse in here before I'm forced to do this on my own!"

He cast a stasis charm on the potion in front of him and went in search of his wife. It was only when he opened the door to the bathroom that he found her. He walked in and felt the humid heat on his skin.

"Will you scrub my back?"

Nucleus

The living room was where they could always be found. It contained all their books – a large collection by anyone's standards. They'd have their epic conversations discussing everything from potions to climate change. It was where their relationship had first progressed from the professional. It would always be their favourite room, the one they would turn to for comfort. She would look for him there after a difficult day, and he would look for her there when she needed refuge from her idiotic friends. When would they realise that she spent too much time with their teacher to be normal?

Energy level

"Come on, Hermione!" Harry and Ron pleaded at her. "You never leave the castle anymore, you don't come to Hogsmeade and you don't watch us play Quidditch."

"I watch you play!"

"Only inter-house games. Why is that?"

Hermione didn't know how to answer. Could she tell them the truth? No, was the honest answer. "I've just been really tired recently, guys."

Harry laughed. "That's because you work too hard. Take a break once in a while."

But what they didn't know was that it wasn't work that was draining her energy. It was her lover's baby, growing inside of her.

Polarity

They were complete opposites. She had always been one of the good, he had flirted with the evil. She was always optimistic and bright but he was grumpy and always seeing the worst. She was sociable yet he couldn't bring himself to get close to anyone, but her. You know what they say: opposites attract. There never was a truer case. Anyone could see that their differences complemented the other. What they failed to see was that those differences went well beyond what they saw. They were yin and yang, positive and negative. And all great balances must be maintained.

Trends

"Have you seen my book?"

"Where did the elves leave my robes?"

Familiar and comforting, the rushing around of the morning routine was as predictable as the students' choice of location for trysts. Neither could locate anything the first time they looked for it. Washing was hurried, hair tamed, makeup ignored. And when they finally did settle down, it was only because they were out of their rooms. Then it was breakfast in the great hall followed by him returning to the dungeons for first period potions, while she would walk up flights of stairs to reach the arithmancy classroom.

Reduction

"Why would you want to do that?" He asked, his carefully schooled mask falling from his face. "It's ridiculous!"

"When you can't walk in a straight line from the living room to the bedroom – that's ridiculous." She said, shifting the box under her arm.

"I'll admit, it's a little cramped, but we can deal with it."

"Severus, you can deal with it. We have too many books."

"That's just not possible."

"I'm donating a couple of boxes to the library. You'll still be able to read them if you need to."

He sighed. "No such thing as too many books."

A/N Please review! I still want to know what your favorite one was. If I get enough inspiration I may try this for the other modules in the subjects. It's the highlight of my day. Thanks to everyone who reviewed part one! To be honest I didn't think I was going to add another part to this, but chemistry revision was more boring than the physics. Lul, J