A Light In The Dark
A Severus Love Story
Part Six
Look At Me!
* Aurora's POV *
I screamed as I dived for my robe to cover myself. I put it on in one quick motion and screamed at him "Severus Snape don't you know how to knock!" before I grabbed a bottle and threw it at him. It hit just beside the door and he ducked behind the doorway to avoid any more of my anger. It was a few minutes before I saw his face peer around the door frame again.
"Im sorry Aurora I didn't mean to, I was a bit tired and out of my head. Why didn't you lock the door anyway?" he asked boldly but he couldn't hide the small quiver in his voice. I glared at him with my arms folded against my chest. He gave a small shiver before saying "I promise Aurora I didn't see anything I had just walked in when you turned around."
He was lying and I could tell. So I threw another bottle of shampoo at him and this time it just barely missed him. "Don't you lie to me! I am a teacher, I think I know when someone is lying to me!" I yelled my anger steadily rising. Normally I was the level headed one in any situation but when my anger got the best of me I couldn't stop. Now was one of these times.
"Alright im sorry, im sorry. But I didn't mean too. I would never dream of peeking on you like a common teenager." Severus said, his hand now on his wand in case I threw something with a bit more weight at him or better yet dashed for my wand. I thought about it but that would require going through my robes and revealing some … personal belongings.
"Oh so you wouldn't want to look at me? Whats wrong with me, you don't think im pretty enough to spy on? Do I disgust you Severus?" I asked my anger near its peak past its peak and starting to settle down.
"No that's not what I meant … oh why cant I find the right words!" he hissed more to himself then to me. I felt the corners of my lips twitching as I saw his face turning a bright, violent shade of red. I was angry that he had scared me and hadn't said a word when he walked in but was I so angry that he saw me naked?
I sighed and said shaking my head "Oh don't worry about it Sev. Im over it already, I mean its not your fault you didn't mean to." I then walked over to him and placed a finger on his chest. I traced a small pattern on it and asked innocently "Was what you saw all that bad?" I heard him gulp and could nearly feel him sweat underneath my finger tips. I had him in the palm of my hand.
"I well erm … you are a very attractive young lady but I don't think its my place to say and I didn't see that much anyway ..." Severus said quickly as if searching for the right words to say. I had to hold back a smile, I loved to see a guy sweat. Besides this was my way of getting payback, it wasn't much but it met my needs.
"Oh then maybe you need to see it again? You know we could always just take a bath together. It does save water after all." I said in a low voice pulling on his robes gently. His face was slowly turning redder by the second and I was enjoying every sweet second.
"No Aurora w-we cant. Besides its very inappropriate. I just no we shouldn't we barely know each other." he said backing away slowly taking my hands and placing them an arms length away. I grinned at him and he let out a frustrated sigh "You're messing with me aren't you?" he asked. I nodded and he ran his fingers through his hair saying wearily "You know you are a tease."
I laughed and gave him a small wink before walking back to the tub. I sat at the edge dipping my feet in and patted the seat next to me inviting him to sit with me. He looked at me questioningly and said with a small laugh "Dont worry Severus I plan on keeping all my clothes on and keeping my hands to myself."
After a few seconds of thinking he walked over and slipped off his shoes to take a seat next to me. I leaned my head back with closed eyes and allowed the still fragrant bubbles to overwhelm my senses. We sat in silence for a few minutes before I finally opened my eyes to look at him. I kept trying to catch his eye but every time I did he would deliberately look away. I pouted and asked "Are you never going to look at me again Severus?"
He glanced at me from the corner of his eye but quickly looked away with a small blush planted across his cheeks. Still not looking at me he said "Its not as easy as you make it sound Aurora I saw you … with out anything on. I shouldn't have it was wrong for me to. That privilege should be saved for someone special." I felt kind of touched that he was so concerned but at the same time I couldn't help but let out a small laugh.
I saw him give me a small glare and I smiled at him saying "That's what you're so concerned about Sev? That's sweet but I think you need to stop being such a fuddy duddy! Look we are both grown adults and we have both seen naked bodies before so whats so different about you seeing me naked?" He didn't reply so I put my hand underneath his chin and forced him to look me in the eye. He tried to look away but eventually gave up and look at me. "That wasn't so hard now was it?" I said gently.
A small half smile formed on his face and he brushed my face lightly with his own hand saying quietly. "I knew it wouldn't last forever. I could never live without seeing those eyes of yours again Aurora." Severus's hand lingered there for a minute before he finally pulled away leaving me with a flush of pink on my cheeks.
I cleared my throat loudly and stood up grabbing my clothes and said rather awkwardly "Well its been nice talking with you but I do believe its time for me to head to bed." I then continued to walk to the door and I could feel his eyes watching me every step of the way. I then stopped at the door with my hand on the door frame and looked back saying "Goodnight Severus."
* Severus POV *
I sat in the still warm bath water and tried to clear my mind of everything. Usually I was quite good at it but tonight a single image kept running through my mind and it was Aurora. Not just about seeing her tonight, though that often did appear, but everything about her. The way her noise would twitch when something didn't go right, her green eyes always so full of life, and even the small freckles that dotted across her nose.
In the short time that I had known her it seems that everything about her had been etched permanently into my brain. I laced my fingers and let out a long deep breath, I could only remember feeling this way once before. I looked out the window to the stars above and soon spotted the brightest one in the sky. "Lilly I will never forget you but I think this girl is special. I think its time to let go. I think you would like her Lilly she really wonderful … and I thinks that's why im falling in love with her." I said quietly to the star hoping that somewhere somehow she might hear me.