A/N : Hey guys, sorry it's been so long. Going through a really rough patch at the moment, I came close to considering suicide not even a week ago, I've had no motivation. But things are getting better with my family, and I'll be updating more often.
I really appreciate all the reviews and support and you guys being so nice to me even though I'm only a novice, so please stick with me and don't go!
Severus took the staff passageway from the great hall, just behind the staff table, as it lead to the headmaster's office a lot quicker than navigating the staircases would. He still grumbled to himself at the idea of being the headmaster's lackey for the day, but even Severus knew that if it were potions ingredients that needed buying he was definitely the best person to go.
He'd definitely choose the best ingredients, and he most skilled in negotiating with apothecary owners too, even though Hogwarts were pretty much always offered things at a lower price. However it was the pure principle of the thing! He was a potions master not a delivery boy! Yet he knew that he wouldn't refuse the headmaster.
He made it up to the headmaster's office door, and just as he'd risen his hand to knock, the door was pulled open abruptly from the inside to reveal the headmaster smiling and twinkling up at him. "Severus my boy." He said softly.
Severus stormed into the office without so much as a hello, but then again it irritatingly never bothered Dumbledore as it did other people, he seemed to not even notice his bad moods and attitude these days.
Becca was about three quarters of the way to the headmaster's office, when the moving staircases decided to elude her as they always did. She had gotten better at navigating them, sure. However today, she'd walk up one, and the next would move in the completely different direction, taking forever to return to her so that she could move onwards.
Today however, she was far too tired. With her pale skin and circles around her eyes, skinny jeans and red plaid shirt, she giggled at the image that she made, reminding herself very much of a cartoon character called "Marshall Lee" from one episode of Adventure Time. That cheered her up and she pictured herself drifting up the staircases like Marshall would. It helped pass the time for sure, she was at the headmaster's office in no time!
She tentatively knocked upon the door, the wood was so thick and heavy that you could never tell if there was already someone in the room, and it would be ever so rude to interrupt them if there was. It was also polite to knock, obviously.
"Ah, it's miss Kytes." Dumbledore muttered to Severus over the desk, somehow knowing without even opening the door, he was almost like Moody in that aspect. "Come in dear child" he called out, using wandless and non-verbal magic to open the door, the teenage girl stood with her fist in the air ready to knock, a nervous smile plastered on her face.
"Sorry to interrupt you professors…" she muttered, automatically feeling very self conscious to have Severus in the same room as the headmaster, he made her stomach do flips, and she was trying her very best not to ogle him. She focussed her attention on Dumbledore.
"What is that I can do for you child, I'm sure that Severus won't mind the intrusion for a moment, would you Severus?" Dumbledore said, motioning her forward to stand in front of his desk.
"Not at all…" he said quietly in that very deep voice, he could visibly see the shiver that his words sent up the young girl's spine. Admiring her arse in those skinny jeans, they did her justice.
"Th-Thank you professor." She said, cheeks and neck flushed. "I'll stay but a moment. I was coming to ask for permission to visit Hogsmeade headmaster? I've no lessons until the very end of the day, and I need some new clothes…" She finished sort of awkwardly, not sure if she should list the full extent of her reason for needing to go shopping, it wasn't the headmaster's business after all!
"Of course child, Severus will be heading there very shortly also, perhaps he would let you apparate with him? Have you ever apparated before?" He asked, knowing that if it were any other student Severus would automatically say no instantly, this would test his theory that he held an affection for young miss Kytes. Being headmaster he saw everything, and the way that Severus had stared at her over breakfast this morning, hugging her best friend he damned nearly broke the fork!
"I haven't professor, I'm of age to get my license, but I've never tried… i-is it scary?" She'd heard that people could get splinched during apparition, it sounded awful!
"Severus?" The headmaster intoned, he wanted to watch their interaction. It would be so very fortunate for Severus if he did take a liking to her, it would do him good, she was such a lovely young girl… of course that sort of thing was frowned upon, but he approved and she was of age of course…
"The first time can sometimes be… daunting, but when apparating with someone experienced and with a license it will be a lot more comfortable I assure you, and I won't let you get splinched, don't worry." He smirked at her, knowing that was her fear.
She giggled, he read my mind! She thought. "Well then that sounds lovely if it wouldn't be too much trouble sir…" She blushed prettily again.
"No worry, I'm going on the headmaster's orders myself anyway. Speaking of which, may I have that list so that we can depart Albus?" Severus asked, finally having an excuse to hurry the hell out of there, as much as he did like the headmaster, there was only so much tea and lemon drops that one person could be offered…
"Of course my dear boy", he rummaged in his desk drawer, and pulled out a ragged old piece of parchment covered in ink splats and even what appeared to be a little blood.
It was straight from the infirmary, from Madame Pomfrey's desk, and was stained with all manner of things, Severus could have easily taken a clean copy of his own, but he didn't mind and eagerly took the list, he couldn't wait to get out of here.
"Severus, I'm sure you're more than capable of getting these for me," Dumbledore said while relinquishing the list to him. "I'd never normally ask this of you, but Madame Pomfrey cannot leave the infirmary to do it herself, I appreciate you going dear boy. Oh! And my dear child! Have a lovely time, just do be sure to return in time for your lesson, do you have your allowance from the orphanage?"
"I will professor, It's potions with professor Snape, so I doubt he'd allow me to be late!" She chuckled. "I do thank you sir, Auntie Emma sent it in the post last week, I'd still like to have a small job of some sort, I'll just have to wait till the Holidays to go back to my Saturday work eh?" She smiled.
"I'm sorry child, if there was something I could-" He started, he'd love to offer her some kind of job here, growing up must have been hard for her, and she only got a very small amount of money sent to her monthly, so she often shopped in second hand stores for clothes and the like. He was cut off by the young girl herself.
"Nonsense headmaster, thank you for letting me go, I just need a couple of things, I'll be back shortly." She smiled and nodded, before looking up to Severus to see if he were ready to leave also.
He nodded at her, then at Albus. "Headmaster." He said by way of goodbye. Before leading the young girl out of the office, and mentally prepared himself for apparating her to Hogsmede, it was such a natural and easy thing for him to do alone, but he didn't often have to apparate someone else, he definitely wouldn't see her come to any harm. That was for sure.
"Thank you for taking me with you professor, it's quite a long walk in on such a cold day, I really appreciate it." Winter was setting in, and with the castle being on such a high hill in typically cold Scotland, it got pretty freezing. Thankfully it wasn't TOO cold just yet, as it was only about September time, October dawning upon them.
"My pleasure, as if I'd see you walk there, and alone no less!" He'd protect her from anything, even the cold. Though he wouldn't tell her that… It sounded like utter nonsense, even to his own ears! She's making you soft old man, toughen up…
She didn't reply, just smiled up at him, and increased the distance between them as they walked, as they were getting odd looks from students of all different houses and ages, she saw Dorian and smiled and waved. He was about to walk over and hug her, before he saw the stormy look cross the dark professor's face, and thought better of it.
Becca frowned, not seeing her professor's dour warning look, the last thing that she needed was Dorian acting up… he was like a brother to her, her very best friend! Ah well, she was going out for the day with Severus, so it didn't matter right now.
They passed the large oak doors, and walked to the Hogwarts gates and crossed over the wards and apparition point, as you couldn't do so within Hogwarts boundaries. She was feeling pretty nervous if she was honest with herself, but it was Severus and he'd keep her safe.
"To complete side-along apparition we must be in physical contact, so you may take my arm or hand if you wish, and I will apparate us to just outside of Hogsmede, all you need to do is hold on." He said with a smile, not even realising that he'd slipped into professor mode for the tiniest of moments.
"O-Okay…" physical contact she thought… and walked up close to him, her arms encircling around his middle in a hug, her breasts pressed tight against his chest, her nose coming to his chin because of the height difference. "Like this professor?" She asked coquettishly.
"Hmm, just like that. Hold on." Severus purred, his left arm wrapped itself around her waist. His little minx. 'Hold my arm' indeed.
She felt a very strange and unfamiliar tugging sensation from behind her naval, almost nauseating in it's intensity. It was as if her entire body was being sucked into that point, and before she knew it, it was mere seconds of darkness before they were feet planted firmly on the ground at Hogsmede!
"Wow! That was weird…" she said with mixed feelings on the experience, feeling slightly sick. Severus just smirked at her and remembered how he felt after his first time…
"You did well. See, not scary at all." He smirked at her, not prepared to smile openly in public even though she always said things that made him want to smile, and laugh.
"Thank you so much professor!" She beamed, praise from him was something that she cherished, it was not something that was given freely, or often, and so it meant that much more. "Sh-should I meet you back here? Or at the apothecary? Or at Hogwarts even? I don't want to be a bother…" She asked nervously.
He observed the way that her delicate hands toyed with the hem of her shirt and that she bit down into her plump bottom lip. She was uncertain, it was understandable, they hadn't been properly alone since the classroom…
Severus looked around them, and was satisfied that there was no one watching, he leaned in to kiss her cheek. She gasped softly in delighted surprise, he filed the sound away for further examination later. His lips slipped down to her neck to leave a singular open mouthed kiss there, against her now heated flesh, he hadn't meant to do that, but then again it seemed he couldn't control himself around her. Something he needed to work on…
She exhaled shakily, she wished more than anything that he'd bite down, and hard. "bite, bite, bite, please." She repeated over and over in her head like a mantra. She was slightly disappointed when he didn't, but moaned softly when he gave the soft column of her throat one swift stroke of his tongue, before he pulled back.
"I'll come to collect you from where you're shopping my dear, the apothecary won't take long at all, they know me well enough there and often have a Hogwarts order catalogued." He said, he had a sneaking suspicion that Albus had floo'd ahead and told them to ready everything so that he'd be quicker.
"I'll be in the robe shop, I need… garments-" she blushed and was ever so quick to correct herself. "Clothes!" she blurted embarrassedly. "Clothes, I need clothes."
Severus smirked at his witch, and settled against investigating her little faux pas. "I'll meet you there as soon as I'm finished." He kissed her cheek chastely once more, and said goodbye before departing.
"Well done Becca, you arse." She spoke to herself. She settled for stomping in the general direction of Madam Malkins. She was very impressed by a muggle range they had recently added, but reminded herself why she was here. She glanced around nervously to make sure that no one was watching her.
Chewing on her bottom lip Becca took in the extensive range, and finally found two that she liked. One of the deepest midnight blue, and one of a find sliver with black swirling baroque designs. She took them both nervously into the fitting room, where a plump elder witch smiled at her, easing her discomfort, and opened one of the curtains for her. "Just shout if you need anything Lovely." The woman said softly. Becca smiled and thanked her, pulling the curtain shut behind her.
Severus had finished with all of the potions ingredients, his suspicions had been incorrect, Albus had not floo'd or owled ahead. However Severus was quick enough in the choosing of adequate quality ingredients, he didn't even need the list, only needed to scare the apothecary owner into making sure they were the finest, which was not all that difficult…
All of seven minutes had passed and he was paying for them and casting a minimizing charm onto the protected boxes, so as to put them into his pockets. He began making his way to the robe shop, his long legged strides took no time at all, without even thinking to just wait outside he stepped into the shop, a small bell tinkling in his wake.
A small, elderly witch grinned up at him, she must be in her 60's, appearing to be a very motherly figure. She reminded him very much of Molly Weasley, with slightly greyer hair. "I suppose you're looking for the girl in the red shirt, sir?" She asked with a small gleaming twinkle in her eye very similar to that of one Albus Dumbledore.
"Indeed." He rumbled intimidatingly. "You wouldn't happen to know where my companion would be, would you?" He chose the word very carefully. Companion. Not lover, not girlfriend, not student, not friend… companion seemed most appropriate for now…
"She's just through there, in the changing room sir, I'm not sure that I should let you in though…" The motherly witch said, conflicted, the way the dark man had said companion had seemed sincere, with conviction. He obviously cared a great deal about his witch… However, did she trust him to only wait outside?
"Oh would you? I'd so very much like to see what she's picked out…" He said with forced politeness, usually he'd have a threat and a hex ready on the tip of his tongue, but somehow this was different, the mature affectionate looking woman seemed nice enough.
"Of course!" She bustled around opening the curtain that lead to the small corridor, lined with separate changing cubicles. "There's an armchair right there, in which you can wait for your… companion." She smiled knowingly.
There were only two changing rooms in use, the other black fabric curtains were fully open. The cubicle at the end, in the corner, was most obviously Becca's. The sleeve of a red plaid lumberjack shirt was thrown haphazardly onto the floor, poking out from under the curtain. He smiled at her haste, and clumsiness.
He opened the curtain slowly, his hand shot out to cover her mouth, stifling the gasp of shock. "Hello, love." He whispered, before realising what it was that she was actually trying on.
She stood before him in nothing but those infuriatingly attractive skinny jeans, and a brand new midnight blue bra, the edges rimmed in lace, the cup decorated most subtly with small swirling designs in a slightly lighter shade of blue, one would scarcely notice them unless they had been looking as closely as he.
Her breasts rose and fell with her harsh breathing, his eyes fixated on them; her ample cleavage, the swell and round pertness of each breast, perfection. The last time they had been together, her t – shirt had covered them. He hadn't known what he was missing out on. Severus let out a shaky exhale, not even realising that he'd been holding his breath.
He'd also not known his hand had covered her mouth still, until her teeth nipped sharply at the skin, before her warm kitten like tongue sneaked out to sooth the sting. His skin tasting masculine and salty, she hummed low in her throat. Severus bit back a groan at her confident actions. His eyes flew to meet hers.
She had been more than a little surprised at Severus' surprise entrance into her changing room, his hand had covered her mouth to prevent any sound from escaping, her eyes wide. She had almost forgotten to be embarrassed about her current state of dress until Severus's eyes had been glued to her bared breasts. However the look of molten desire that flickered in his eyes had quelled any fears or embarrassment that she harboured.
"So this is what you'd meant by "garments" earlier…" Severus teased her, wearing a sexy smirk all the while. She blushed furiously, she had been so embarrassed to tell anyone the reason of her shopping.
"I – I've outgrown mine… I suppose, you could say…" She said nervously, not confident at all about discussing her bra size, even if it was with Severus.
"Mmmmm." Severus hummed appreciatively, "it would appear that you have…" He wondered what size she was now then, if she'd gone up one… though the size did not even matter, her breasts were spectacular, his trousers already uncomfortably tented…
Sorry guys, that's all for now!
I'm going for a driving lesson, so I thought I'd leave this sexual frustrating cliffy here!