Here we go, chapter 2. A long time writing and turned out to be pitifully short..
Oh well, hope you enjoy. :)
Please, Review? I've hardly gotten any :(
I need to know if should continue or not..
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January 8 1989
When Severus finally awoke his entire body felt heavy and weighed down. He was vaguely aware that his body was now dry and warm but most of his attention was on trying to sit up. The blankets that covered him felt like they weighed three tonnes but he did force himself up. Resting on his elbows, his weak arms trembling at the sudden weight being placed on them, he looked at his surroundings. He was in the hospital wing. Candles lit up the long room so he had clearly been out all evening. He noticed Tonks was sleeping in the bed beside his. She had more colour in her cheeks and the violent shaking that had wracked her young body since she was taken from the water had lessened to a slight shiver ever few minutes or so. His eyes rested on her for quite some time as he thought about what he had done. He had saved her life. She was living and breathing, all because of him. A ghost of a smile passed across his lips.
"She was very lucky." Madam Pomfrey suddenly making her presence known caused Severus to jump and his arms give way beneath him, he flopped back down onto the bed. The matron's voice came from the foot of his bed, she had been watching him. How the hell had he not noticed her? His coal black eyes fell on the woman who smailed warmly and helped him to sit up again. "A few more minutes and she would have been beyond rescue of any kind. You're a hero." She fluffed up his pillows and then placed them behind his back.
"I'm not a hero so don't say it." Severus growled, surprised by just how hoarse his voice sounded. His throat hurt as well. He must have swallowed some of the water in the lake. He gently rubbed his throat as, once again, his eyes came to rest on the student just a few feet away. Madam Pomfrey watched how the young professor observed his student.
"She will be fine with time. Just let her sleep it off right now. She will have to be monitored though, you too. Just in case either of you managed to catch anything. The water in that lake isn't very hygienic. It would be best if the two of you stayed in the same place for a few days. Here is ideal. As she apoke she made her way around the wing, tidying beds and shelves or cleaning up some dirt with a flick of her wand.
"Poppy, I can't stay here for a few days. Classes start up again tomorrow, I can't miss them. Also, I do not wish to spend tomorrow evening sitting in a hospital bed listening to students whine about muggle sniffles every ten bloody minutes." He complained and folded his arms across his chest which gave him the look of a sulking child. It was only then he noticed he was no longer wearing his usual black clothes that he had been wearing when he went into the lake. He was wearing the grey pyjamas he wore every night. "Who undressed me?!"
Poppy couldn't help but laugh at the Potions Master's exclaimation, turning to face him with a bottle in her hand. "I did." She teased with a small wink. Severus' look of horror caused her to burst into another bout of laughter. She turned her back to him again and returned to sorting the various bottles on a set of shelves. "Oh do relax Severus, don't act like such a child. Albus took care of you, I have only been watching over you for the last couple of hours. And, in response to your complaint, you may return to your quarters. But the girl goes with you. No arguing, Severus!"
Severus had opened his mouth to protest and argue his point until he went blue in the face but closed it again when she snapped her final sentence. A student staying in his quarters? A girl nonetheless.. And a Hufflepuff! He grumbled to himself as he sank back into the pillows behind him. The silence was broken by a weak voice. "I don't want to stay with Professor Snape.." Tonks croaked from her bed without opening her eyes. Madam Pomfrey rushed over to check on her, she was OK.
"I'm sorry Nymphadora but you have no choice," Tonks grimaced at the use of her full name. "Professor Snape can take care of you from his quarters, he is the one who shall be making your potions after all. It is only for a few days, once I am convinced you are both fully OK, you can part ways." Poppy explained as she helped Tonks to sit like she had done with Severus just a few minutes ago. "Now, get along." She warned before hurrying off.
The professor looked to his student and the student to her professor as they sat, alone and in silence. This was going to be the longest few days of their lives, they both could tell. Severus was the first to look away. He let out a small sigh as he accepted he could not change Poppy's mind. That didn't mean he was going to be quiet about it, oh no. He would make his complaints heard until her ears bled. He stared down at his hands which rested in his lap. "Alright, we cannot change our situation. The sooner this is all over, the better. I have one very simple request, leave me alone unless it cannot be avoided."
Tonks nodded, it was a very reasonable request from a normally unreasonable man. She settled back into her pillows and smiled, it felt like pure heaven. The fluffy pillows entirely enveloped her slender body and she loved it. So warm and soft, she could easily fall asleep like this and never wake up. "Oh Merlin.. I hope your sofa is as comfortable as this is, Sir." She mumbled with her eyes closed. Severus scoffed.
"Comfortable? It's a sofa, a hard leather one at that. Comfortable is that last thing it shall ever be even if it was recycled by muggles. But it is none of your concern as I shall be sleeping there. As much as I dislike our current predicament, I still consider myself a gentleman so you shall have my bed." He said without even looking at her. If he had, he would have seen the look of surprise and joy on her face. She was going to be spending up to a week in the bed of none other than her 3 year long crush, Severus Snape. Brilliant!
Hope you enjoyed chapter 2. Again, not much there. But hopefully I shall have more up soon. We'll see
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