Saturday night came around and both of the professors were in their rooms getting ready for the evening. Lermernia put on a short, velvet navy blue dress with long sleeves and a plunging scoop neck in the front and back. The dress showed off her mile-long legs well. She put on some black heels, put her hair up in a messy bun, put on her navy pea coat and waited for Severus to pick her up.

Meanwhile Severus was in his room getting prepared for the evening. He was running late, but not because he had forgotten. He was worried and he wanted to impress her. He only really ever wore his Hogwarts robes, so many of his other clothes were dated and not appropriate for this sort of evening. He conjured up a slytherin green dress shirt and black slacks.

Severus was thirty minutes late which compelled Lermernia to see what was holding him up. She assumed he had forgotten.

When she arrived, she let herself in. She was jumping to conclusions and was upset at Severus' timing. When she saw a frantic Severus trying to make himself look acceptable, she had a change of heart. She smiled and let out a little giggle.

"Here I am, worried about my appearance and there you are laughing at me." She looked marvelous. Even more so than normal. It put even more pressure on him to look the part.

She went over to him and in an attempt to calm him, she kissed him on the cheek. The heels she was wearing made her nearly the same height as Severus. She smiled and began buttoning up his shirt.

Seeing her smile and how compassionate she was did calm Severus. He thought about apologizing for holding them up, but decided against it. He knew she understood.

He pulled his long black hair into a ponytail at the nape of his neck with a few strands still shaping his face because they weren't long enough to reach to the back of his neck. He wanted to be focused on the night's activities and hair in his face would have prevented him from doing so.

Snape grabbed his Hogwarts cloak and the two left his office. They couldn't apparate to the building because Snape had never been there before, and therefore couldn't focus well enough on the destination. They were going to take a car instead. The couple were smiling hand-in-hand and walking down a corridor to leave when they ran into Harry Potter roaming the halls on his own.

Lila didn't notice him at first because she was so enthralled to be in Snape's company, but she said Hello as soon as she saw him. "Where are you headed Harry?" asking more to be polite than to really find out the answer.

"Just to my room, Professors." He was in awe that Snape wasn't wearing his normal black robes. He wondered how this woman could have such an effect on him. He didn't think Snape would go outside his comfort zone for anyone. He also wondered what drew Professor Lermernia to him. Surely she could do better. He had qualms about the authenticity of their relationship.

Lermernia looked at Snape and smiled when she said, "we're going out dancing."

Snape rolled his eyes and Harry smiled in disbelief. It was comical learning that his most conservative and sheltered professor was doing something outgoing.

Lila let go of Severus' hand. She was embarrassed by both of their reactions and the smile had left her face. She looked at Harry, "the Yule Ball is coming up, I'm sure you're aware of that Harry." She gazed back at Severus now, "we're just going out to practice."

To Harry this seemed like an acceptable reason for dancing and any suspicions he had prior escaped his mind.

"Who are you asking to the ball?" She genuinely asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet," answered Harry.

"Well whoever she is, she is very lucky to have you as her date," her eyes widened as she smiled. "I think we're going to be leaving now. It was nice seeing you, Harry."

They went their separate ways and Lila took hold of Severus' hand again. Snape and Lila continued to their car when Snape mocked, "she is very lucky to have you as her date." He scoffed.

"Hey!" Lila said with a half-smile as she pushed a stray hair behind her ear with her free hand. She could take a joke. "Just trying to be polite." She wrapped her arm around his as they reached their car.

A jazz band was playing when they arrived. The couple definitely stood out among the muggles. Even muggles thought they were an odd couple. Surely a woman as appealing as her could get a better looking, less strange man. As they were hanging up their coats, Snape took notice of their stares but Lila didn't seem to be aware, or she was just ignoring it.

Lila stepped out onto the dance floor first and held out her hand for Severus to join her, looking him in the eye. Snape scanned the room. The muggles had stop paying attention to them. Snape grabbed her hand just as the song was ending and put his other hand around her waist. They stood in place, waiting for the next song to start. When it started, they both stepped forward causing them to step on each other's feet. For the first time in a long time Snape smiled. "You step backwards first," he said politely, looking above her head as to hold position.

"Right, right." She thought it was humiliating. Here she was asking him out to dance, and she was the one who messed up.

Severus thought it was cute. He liked seeing her make mistakes. It brought her heavenly personality back down to Earth.

They finished out the dance with little to no mistakes. They decided they were good enough dancers, and didn't need any more practice so they went over to a table to spend the rest of their evening talking and listening to music. They sat at a booth, next to each other, facing the band. The couple ordered a few alcoholic beverages and spent the rest of the evening cuddling, mostly on Lila's part, and chatting.

It was nice for Severus to escape Hogwarts life and just spend some time with someone he cared so much about. It was nights like these that made him never want Lila to find out he was a death eater, even if he was just a spy.

Writer's Note: Hello again, I hope you like the new chapter of my story. I'll be posting chapter 7(which is a continuation of chapter six events) tomorrow night around 7PM or 8PM Eastern Time. This is the time period that I will always be uploading new chapters. I upload a new chapter once a day, so please check back around this time if you'd like to continue reading it! Thank you for reading and write me a review if you want to give me feedback! I look forward to it.