A/N: I know this is a complicated story... not because of itself but because I have it very clear on my mind and I am unable to express it in English as I wish. I am sorry for that... but since I decided to finish it, I'll keep posting the chapters anyway in case anybody decides to read. :)
** I apologize in advance for the grammar and spelling mistakes you will surely find...
Not just a game - 2
We hadn't played a chess game together for years. It wasn't because we didn't like it, we adored that game, we just tried not to play against each other because our chess games were always intense until the last moves, when he would let me win.
During our very first matches I thought I was winning fairly but after see him play against Filius one afternoon I realized he was a good player, much better than me.
The first time we ever played together was during his first year teaching in the school, I was trying to be friendly and he was trying not to, so somehow we ended up making that stupid deal: if he won I would leave him alone, but if I won he would have to let me be his friend.
So letting me win was his way to tell me he liked spending time with me, and when I understood that, we replaced the chess board for a bottle of gilly water and a good conversation.
As I said, we hadn't played a chess game together for years, so when I went into his chambers that night of june 1997, after receiving his invitation, I was surprise to see the chess board set on the table.
The next move was his, but I knew exactly what he would do: he was going to kill my tower so I could kill his horse with my queen and win. I smiled and looked at him. There was a strange light on his eyes, he left go a sigh and gave the next order to his pieces.
"Alphil to D4, Severus said.
"What?" I couldn't hide my surprise... he had killed my queen making a checkmate on me, "you won!"
"Yes, I won," he said, "now you can leave." He didn't even look at me, he grabbed the chess board and stood up to put it back in its place.
"What? No!" I exclaimed, "I don't want to leave..."
"It's late," he said.
"You can't ask me to leave and not even give me an explanation," I said.
"Minerva, please, I thought you understood..." he said referring to that deal.
"Oh, please, that was years ago... You don't expect me to break a friendship of seventeen years because you won a stupid chess game, do you?"
"I don't have friends," he said quoting himself, "I betray them, and I don't want to betray you, now leave."
"Severus, please..." I tried but he opened the door for me and I left thinking we could maybe talked calmly on the morning. But if I had only known what was about to happened I wouldn't have left.
TO BE CONTINUED...