don't know how I got the idea for this story, but I hope you enjoy it:)

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I had the feeling Professor Dumbledore knew about Severus and me, when we 'accidently' sat next to each other on Boxing day, I saw his eyes twinkling while he looked at us, but he didn't say anything about it, neither did the other Professors, although I don't think they had noticed something, there were only 2 seats left, so we didn't have a choice anyway. We had agreed to act the same way as we used to do, because other people didn't have to know about us. But that didn't mean I couldn't spend time with him, we were most of the holiday together, usually in his quarters reading in front of the fire place, he'd allowed me to read some of the books of his personal library, and they were so much better then the one there were in the Hogwarts Library, we discussed the books I had read, and he gave me tips to improve my Potion marks or helped me with my spells, he helped me to let my Patronus speak. The last one took a lot of time and energy, but I didn't mind, with Voldemort rising more and more it could become a useful skill.

We made sure that we never arrived in the Great Hall at the same time, and I also did Quidditch Practise on my own but I had to use one of the school brooms, but it was better then not training at all. Before I knew it, it was the last day of the holidays, in the afternoon the students would be returning. I was looking forward to see Ginny, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Luna again, but it also meant that I could spend less time with Severus. We had spent the whole day walking around on the grounds, and collecting some special herbs in the Forbidden Forest.

"Severus?", I said, he looked up, "What are we going to do now, because everybody is returning to the castle tonight, and there will be no easy way we can be together, the chance that someone will see us is too big."

He pulled me close to him and planted a kiss on my head, "Don't worry, we will find out something, and since you are a prefect you have to do your rounds in the evening, and nobody will notice it if you are gone a couple minutes more."

I snuggled in the warmth of his embrace, "You're right, and you have to be mean to me again, since I am an annoying Gryffindor", I said teasingly.

"I know", he said, "but you're my annoying Gryffindor, don't forget that", kissing me.

We stayed together the rest of the day, the rest of the students would arrive around five 'o clock, it was around half past 4 when I decided to go back to the Common Room to put on my school robes for the Beginning-of-Term-Feast, I said my goodbye to Severus and was about to leave trough the portrait when a hand grabbed my wrist, I was spun around, facing Severus.

"How… How are you going to do your Quidditch practise, you haven't practised over Christmas and you don't have a proper broom."

I shrugged, "I don't know, I was think about sending Katie an owl, asking if I can borrow her broom for practise and the match."

"You can borrow mine", Severus said, I looked at him, "Are you serious, that broom is so expensive and fast, I could smack to the ground with it and break it in a thousand pieces, and besides, how am I going to explain it to everyone when they see me with a Lightningbolt?"

Severus let go of my wrist and walked to his room, appearing with his Lightningbolt a minute later, "I know you can handle it, you're an amazing flyer, so that's nothing to worry about. And about how you got it, you can say it's your American friend's broom, you can say that you wrote to him about what happened with your own broom, and that he decided to borrow it to you, because he doesn't need it at the moment", he held the broom in front of him. Astonished I took the broom from him, "Wow, thank you so much, I promise to take good care of it."

"Just win your match against Hufflepuff", Snape said, I gave him a kiss and made my way to the Common Room to put the broom on a safe place.

.xXx.

"ELS", Ginny screamed when se saw me, "I've missed you so much, I thought I went mental over Christmas, those boys were terrible."

I heard Harry coughing, "Come on Gin, we weren't THAT bad."

Ginny smiled, "Of course not, Harry, but you know what I mean, I love to be around you guys, but sometimes I just need a girl to talk to, and not mum or Phlegm."

We sat down on the Gryffindor table exchanging the newest gossips, and as Hermione joined us I told them about my Christmas, of course making up some things, I could hardly tell them that I'd spend most of the holiday's in Severus' quarters, "It was nice to have so much free time, but there was almost no one in the castle, I've spent most of my time in the Room of Requirement, practising spells, I tried to let my Patronus speak."

I saw them all looking at me, "you can produce a Patronus?", Hermione asked, "Last year, with Dumbledore's Army you couldn't, how did you do it?"

I smirked, "Just trying a lot, at least I could do something useful over Christmas, I was finished with my homework after two days, it goes really fast when there's no one using the books you need, and there were some very useful books in the library available."

After dinner we slowly made our way back to the Common Room, sitting in the best chairs near the fireplace. We barely sat down when Lavender decided to get our attention with a loud, "Won-won!", appearing out of nowhere, and hugging Ron from behind, when Ron and Lavender had disappeared, Ginny waved to someone, "I'm going to see Dean, I'll see you later guys!"

"So", I said, "How was your Christmas, Hermione?"

"Oh, fine", she shrugged, "Nothing special. How was it at Won-Won's?"

"I'll tell you in a minute," Harry said, "Look, Hermione, can you –?"

"No, I can't", she said, "So don't even ask." "Come on, Hermione, you can't stay angry over Christmas", I said, a bit annoyed by Hermione's behaviour. Hermione looked angry at me, "I can decide that for my self, Elisabeth", and she got up and went to her dorm.

I looked at Harry who just raised an eyebrow, "She will come around eventually, she always does."

I just nodded, "So, how's the love going then?"

Harry looked at me, "You know that it's over between Cho and me, I'm happy single and that's fine by me."

"I know, but isn't there anyone you like, there are enough girls in Hogwarts, what about Hannah Abdil, or one of the Patil twins."

Harry hastily shook his head, "No, there isn't really someone I like at the moment."

"Come on, Harry, I am a girl and I can tell when a guy is in love, you can tell me I promise I won't tell anyone. It's someone I know, isn't it?"

Harry nodded, "Yes, and she's in Gryffindor too."

"Let me think, Katie?" Harry shook his head.

"Then Hermione?" Harry shook his head again, "No, she's like a sister to me, I could never develop that kind of feelings for her!"

"Then, Ginny?" Harry shook his head and looked down.

"It's her, isn't it, your blushing Harry, just admit it, you can't hide it from me."

Harry didn't respond, "well, if you won't admit it I'll just tell everyone. HEY GUYS, DO YOU KNOW ON WHO HARRY HAS A CRUSH –", Harry clapped his hand over my mouth, "Okay okay, you were right, nut please, don't tell anyone", he hissed in my ear, I was about to sit down when Seamus screamed from the other side of the Common Room, "Well, who is the lucky one?"

I glanced at Harry who was looking angry at me, "Haven't got a clue, Seamus, I thought maybe someone knew!"

The people who had looked interesting to us knew that there was nothing more coming and went back to their own conversations.

"So, Ginny", I said, Harry nodded, "Yes, Ginny, but the problem is, she already has a boyfriend, and they are happy together."

Harry stared to his knees, "And I don't want her to break-up with him, so I can have her."

"If you two are meant to be together, it will turn out in being you two together, but sometimes you need to help destiny a bit, wait for the right moment, Harry, wait for the right moment and you will find out."

I stood up, looking at a confused Harry, "I can't tell you what to do Harry, or how, you have to find out yourself."

I made my way to the dormitories, before I went in I looked at Harry, who staring in the fire, lost in his thoughts. I really hoped he and Ginny would end up together, if I am able to reveal the real me he would have everyone he loves around him.

A/N I'm truly sorry for the long wait, and then also a short chapter, but I haven't had any good inspiration to write this chapter.

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