CHAPTER 18

Sophie couldn't stop smiling as she went to bed, it was just so surreal, he fancied her as much as she fancied him, and they had a date tomorrow. She had a date with Snape, her professor and potion master, her order of phoenix companion, Snape the man who her friends despised and Snape the man who had taken her sleep away.

After talking for a couple of hours Severus knew he had to leave, it was one am and he had to get home. He decided to apparate in his apartment from her living room as he didn't want to risk anyone seeing him leave one of his student's house at such hours, but before doing so he had gathered the courage so as to ask her out

"So…" Sophie smiled at him before he left and laughed a little.

"Do you, um, do you have any plans for tomorrow night?" He asked a little nervous. It had been a long time since he had asked someone out.

"No I don't" She smiled at him again. She couldn't believe what was going on.

"Would you like to go out?"

"I don't think we could go out in public like this" She looked down at their hands, which were one on top of the other.

"Not in the wizarding world"

"I like the way you think professor" She smiled at him again, this time getting closer. She hadn't thought about going to muggle London.

"I'll pick you up at seven?"

"Sure, will you apparate?" He nodded.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then" He smiled at her and kissed her gently goodbye.

It was a five to seven and Sophie was freaking out. She had no idea where they were going so she had had no idea on what to wear so she had opted for a red and blue flower mid thigh sundress and black heels, a look that would fit in almost every scenario.

She had never been the kind of girl to wear a lot of make up so she had just applied a thin layer of mascara and pink lip-gloss. Her hair fell naturally down her bare shoulders up to her waist.

She was on her bedroom when she heard him downstairs. She grabbed her purse, her coat and her wand and was ready to go.

The moment he saw her walking down the stairs he felt a smile spreading across his face. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen and she was his. She was his. He had yearned for the kiss that had taken place yesterday for almost a year and it had been even better than what he had expected.

"You look beautiful" he said in a state of awe.

"Thank you" She tilted her head and smiled at him. "You look quite handsome yourself"

"The occasion merited so" He kissed her as soon as she was downstairs.

"Will you tell me where are we going?"

"No I won't"

He kissed her again and she let out a small laugh. Their joy came to an end when they heard a knock that Sophie knew too well on the door.

"Shit" she muttered, making him look at her confused. "It's Remus"

"What is he doing here?" He whispered with a twinge of jealousy.

"I have no idea. Go to my room and wait for me, it's the last room on the left, perhaps he just wants to see if I'm okay" He nodded and as soon as he was upstairs she opened the door to find her godfather and Sirius, who was now a regular on Remus's visits to Sophie.

"Hi" she said cheerfully, wishing that they would just see that she was alive and leave.

"Hey" Remus said before looking at her. "Where you going out?"

"No, I just like to dress up and chill on the couch, you should try it" She laughed. "Yes, I was planning to, why?"

"May we come in?" Remus asked, making Sophie scratch the theory of checking up on her a leaving.

"Sure"

"You look gorgeous" Whispered Sirius when he walked past her. She smiled at him in response.

"What's going on?"

"Sorry to ruin your plans sweetie, but we are calling for an order meeting tonight"

"Now?" She tried her best not to sound whinny. She took her responsibilities very seriously, but it had to be tonight? Really?

"In twenty minutes"

"I better go change then, um, where?" She forced a smile.

"The burrow"

"Why don't you go ahead and I'll meet you there?" As Remus hesitated she knew she had to convince him. "Remus, unless either of you wants to change me as if I were a toddler, there isn't much left to do, seriously, go ahead and I'll be there in fifteen minutes." She smiled at him reassuringly and he nodded.

"All right then, I'll see you in a while" Remus got up and directed to the door along side Sirius.

"Will every member of the order be there?" She wanted to know if at least she would be spending the evening with Severus.

"Except for Dumbledore, yes, why?"

"Just asking" She smiled at her godfather and bid them goodbye.

She strutted upstairs and went straight to her room to find Severus looking at a picture of her as a baby with her mom and dad.

He remembered Lizzy and Will with a smile. They had both been great friends to him, Will had always stood up with him so as to stop other Gryffindor's, which also were his friends, from messing with Severus, and Lizzy, besides from Lily, Lizzy had been the closest friend Severus had ever had. She was the only person that kept on talking to him after what he had said to Lily, which she had understood had been a mistake, a darn stupid mistake, but she understood. She had even told him that Lily did to, she had forgiven him but she couldn't have the same relationship she had had with him.

Lily had left a big hole in his soul, and he knew that if Sophie couldn't fill it, n o one would, furthermore he was sure that she had already had.

"Which one do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news?" She said while sitting on the bed.

"Good news first." He sat by her.

"We will be spending the evening together"

"And the bad news?" He cocked his eyebrow at her.

"We won't be doing so in the way we had been expecting, the Order will be calling for a meeting, in fifteen minutes."

"At least we will be together" He smiled at her.

It was an unusual sight but that didn't mean it wasn't an attractive one, which it was indeed.

"Yeah, we will. Well I got to change" As he didn't move while she got up towards her dresser she looked at him, eyebrow arched and hands on hips. "You are not expecting me to change in front of you, are you?"

"Of course not" He got up and moved towards her so as to kiss her. "I'll see you in fifteen minutes, Miss Miller"

"Of course, Professor Snape" She bowed at him mockingly and he apparated to his house.