Reia was in a better mood since she found out she wasn't pregnant. All week she's been randomly hugging me at random moments.
"Okay! That's enough hugs for today" I said as I pushed Reia into the wall in the hallway corridor.
"One more?" Reia asked
I punched her in the arm
"Ow! Okay, no more hugs!" Reia whimpered as she rubbed her arm.
"Come on, we're already late for Defence against the Dark Arts" I told Reia.
"Ugh, Moody's eye always scares me" Reia said still rubbing her arm.
"All of Moody scares me" I replied opening the classroom door.
"Ah, So good of you girls to join us" Moody growled from the front of the class.
"Sorry Professor, we uh… got lost" I quickly lied.
"You've been here for seven years and I highly doubt you would get lost" Moody growled
"Hogwarts is a pretty big place, you never know which way you're going" Reia chimed in.
"Just sit down. 10 points from Slytherin" Moody grumbled.
We took our seats near the back of the class. Moody continued with his leprechaun lesson for today.
I picked up my books and started to head out of the classroom with Reia at the end of class.
", Can you stay behind" Moody grumbled.
I stopped and spun around. I took a seat at the back of the class. The rest of the class emptied and Moody came wobbling up to me.
"You're lucky I didn't give you detention for your little smart ass remark" He grumbled
"Thank you?" I said hesitantly.
He bent over the desk so that we were face to face
"Very lucky" he muttered.
I raised one eyebrow
"Can I go now Professor?" I asked
Moody continued to stare at me; his tongue quickly flickered out of his mouth.
"Go then" Moody said turning his back on me.
I quickly stood up and fast walked out of the classroom. Reia was standing on the top of the staircase.
"What was that about? Reia asked me.
"I honestly don't know" I replied back.
"Hey, why is your necklace glowing?" Reia asked pointing at my necklace
I quickly look down at my pendant.
"Um, I'll be right back" I stammered as I started to walk away.
"Wait, What!" Reia called from behind me.
"Just give me 5 minutes" I called back to her as I continued walking away down an empty hallway.
My vision started turning blurry. I had to hold on to the wall to keep myself up. I fell to my knees, struggling to keep my eyes open.
I felt someone grab me under the arms and pick me up.
"Hang on, Ms. Black" I heard Snape say.
He half helped me, half carried me into a washroom. I was asleep before he got a chance to lower me to the ground.
I slowly opened my eyes; the ground was freezing underneath me. I slowly sat up, shivering and rubbing my arms. I couldn't see 5 feet in front of me because of the falling snow.
I suddenly started feeling a bit warmer.
"Thank-you" I shivered knowing Snape would be able to hear me.
I started walking north, still not being able to see in front of me. I held my arms out in front of me so I didn't bump into anything. The snow crunched with every step I took.
I heard a grunting in front of me.
"There's something here with me" I shivered to Snape.
All I could see was snow and my own breath. I heard the grunting coming closer.
"Who's there!" I called out into the snowstorm.
I got no answer back.
"Hello?" I called again into the snowstorm.
I saw something vaguely in front of me. I squinted into the snow.
I heard the grunting sound again, only this time I could see where the sound was coming from. A big, white polar bear stood 4 feet away from me.
I was paralysed with fear. I couldn't move or speak. It came right up to me, sniffing my legs, then my arms and then we were face to face.
"P-P-Polar… B-B-Bear" I stammered
The Polar bear stood up on his back to legs. He let out a very loud roar.
He raised his large paw up and took a swing at me. I let out a scream and covered my head with my arms.
I just stood there shivering… Nothing happened. I looked in front of me and saw a little baby polar bear in front of me. The polar bear tilted his head and looked me. I smiled and kneeled in the snow in front of the tiny polar bear. He slowly moved towards me sniffing.
"Hey, it's okay little guy" I said reaching one hand out.
The polar bear backed away a bit when I reached my hand out, but then moved forward to sniff my hand. I pet him on his soft head. He laid down in the snow and rolled-over.
I smiled, but then the polar bear started to turn all blurry, and the edges of my eyesight slowly turned black.
I lay down in the snow next to the polar bear. He licked my nose as I passed out in the snow storm.
I woke up on the bathroom floor in a frozen puddle. I slowly pushed myself off the ground. Snape held out his hand to help me up. I was still shivering, but I noticed that I Snape's cloak around my shoulders. I slowly grabbed Snape's hand and he pulled me up.
"Thank-you" I shivered handing Snape's cloak back to him.
"Keep it on until you warm up." Snape replied, refusing to take the cloak back.
I took a step back, but I ended up slipping on the ice puddle. Snape tried grabbing onto my arm, but I ended up pulling him down with me. He landed on top of me on the bathroom floor. His face inches from mine. I starred into his dark eyes, as he stared into mine.
The moment was broken from a knock at the door. Snape and I held our breath looking at the door.
"Why is this bathroom locked?" a voice came from the other side.
"Oh man, I really need to go!" I another voice whined from the other side.
"I think there's another bathroom down the next hallway"
"Good, let's go!"
We heard there footsteps walking away from the door.
Snape stood up and again held out his hand to help me back up.
"Be careful this time" Snape told me.
I grabbed his hand again and he pulled me up off the ground.
My heart was pounding so loudly, I was sure that Snape could hear it.
I suddenly remembered his hand on top of Professor McGonagall's hand and I snapped out of this love struck trance I was in.
"Your cloak Professor" I said as I handed Snape his cloak.
Snape grabbed it hesitantly.
"Thank-you again" I muttered as I walked towards the bathroom door.
It broke my heart to walk away from him, but I couldn't do this anymore. I unlocked the door and left the washroom without looking back at Snape.
"Where the hell did you go?" Reia asked when I caught up to her in the great hall.
"I felt like I had to throw up" I replied poking my dinner with my fork.
"Don't tell me you think you're Pregnant now" Reia commented
"Don't be ridiculous" I muttered as I continued to poke my food.
Reia threw a dinner roll at my head
"What the hell Reia!" I yelled
"Well, snap out of it." Reia replied back
"I don't know what you're talking about" I commented.
Reia rolled her eyes
"I don't know why you won't tell me what happened" Reia muttered
"Because there is nothing to tell" I said placing my napkin on my plate.
"Something happened" Reia said shoving some salad in her mouth
"Oh, yeah how do you know?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
Reia didn't say anything; she just starred at me, chewing her salad.
"Well?" I prodded.
Reia shoved more salad in her mouth.
"If you don't tell me, I'll make sure that's the last meal you'll eat" I threatened her.
Reia smirked and stood up from the table.
"If I didn't know when something was wrong with my best friend of seven years, then I wouldn't be a very good friend now would I?" Reia commented.
I sat there thinking about what Reia just said.
"I was just hoping that after seven years, you would be comfortable enough talking to me" Reia shrugged as she started to walk away.
"Snape fell on me on the bathroom and he didn't get up off of me right away and we stared into each other's eyes" I blurted very fast. It was like word vomit.
Reia's mouth dropped open. She jumped over the table and sat next to me.
"Spill! Tell me all about it" Reia squealed grabbing onto my arm.
"There's nothing to tell. He's with Professor McGonagall remember?" I replied.
Reia punched me in the arm
"Ow! What was that for?" I yelled.
"Guy's don't just 'happen' to fall down on girls for no reason" Reia replied.
"Oh come on Reia, weren't you the one telling me to move on?" I commented.
"No, you said that, I just supported it, UNTIL NOW." Reia giggled.
I pushed my hair behind my ear in embarrassment.
"Oh come on, Kate! He is so into you" Reia continued.
"No, he's not Reia. I am a student, he is a teacher. It's not going to happen." I declared as I stood up from the table.
"Kate…" Reia groaned.
"No Reia… I'm moving on" I said sternly as I started walking away.
Reia caught up too me in the hallway corridor heading to the Slytherin common room.
"He doesn't act this way with any other student" Reia commented.
"Drop it Reia" I snapped.
Reia stopped in the middle of the corridor. I turned around to look at her.
"What?" I asked
"I'm serious Kate" Reia whispered.
"Is there something that you're not telling me?" I asked walking towards Reia.
"I'm sorry, I should have said something before this Kate" Reia muttered.
"What?" I asked
"Well… I went to go see Professor McGonagall about some Transfiguration homework stuff, and I noticed a cut on her hand. When I asked her about it she said something about Finch's cat biting her and Snape had to make a potion to protect her from any rabies. She then laughed to herself as said that Snape had to help her put it on because it smelt too weird" Reia remembered.
I sat there thinking for a second.
"So what? Is that suppose to explain the hand holding" I asked sarcastically.
"Then I noticed a picture on her desk of her and some older man, I asked her who that was and she said that he was her husband!" Reia exclaimed.
My eyes widened in shock. Could what Reia said explain everything?
"Don't you see Kate, it's not too late" Reia expressed.
I shook my head
"No, it is too late. I'm moving on Reia" I said continuing down the corridor.
"Ugh! You are so stubborn!" Reia yelled stomping after me.
