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CHAPTER 6

THE MISTERIES OF SEVERUS SNAPE

The months went by, Katrina never returned to the Slytherin Common Room. Professor Dumbledore, along with Professor Snape, altered an old classroom for her to live in. Christmas came, and as always, Professor Snape made sure he gave the Slytherin's that stayed gifts, he always made sure that he had given Katrina something a little more special. For the first time in his career of teaching, he never received anything from any of his students for the holiday. This year had been different. He had received a large basket with his favorite candy in it. Instantly he knew who it was from-his Katrina.

Snape's feelings for Katrina grew, but never kissed her again after that night they had shared indulging in the chocolates and their pasts. He always made sure she was safe and happy, and knowing that her parents had not returned, but not sure if they would or not made him feel like he was protecting her that much more. They never returned; her parents. Hopefully that was behind them.

As the school year came to a close, Snape offered her a safer place to stay. They had been arguing on the morning of the students departure. "Katrina, why do you insist on going back to live at The Leaky Cauldron?"

She rolled her eyes, as she sat across his desk from him, but she kept smiling anyway. "I need to make money for my books and supplies!"

"What if your parents find you there?" He had her cornered on the subject, as both of them wondered if they would return after the school year had ended. "If you still want to work for Tom, I will let you. But, I am more worried that you will be harmed if you live there."

Katrina sighed, but smiled. "Alright. As long as I get to keep my job."

"Giving in that easy?" He walked over to her touching her forehead with the back of his hand. "You're not sick." he smiled.

She giggled pulling his hand away from her forehead. "I do eventually give in. I figured I tortured you enough this year to give in for once."

"Stubborn girl." he smiled.

"Grouchy git." She joked back. Snape furrowed his brows, making Katrina laugh.

He acted like he was angry. "That is not funny, Katrina." She laughed even harder. "Katrina." he warned again.

"You're right." She sobered herself up, but still had a huge grin. "It was hilarious!"

She busted up laughing again. Snape pulled her closer, watching her.

Her laughter died quickly. Without thinking he leaned in kissing her. "I was wrong." He said pulling away, "You're a tease."

"How do you mean? I am a tease? Her hands were on his chest. She grabbed a handful of his robes, kissing him herself. "I am no tease."

He pulled completely away. "We must wait." he held her hands. "As much as it pains me, we cannot do anything until you're old enough."

"Then stop kissing me." She smiled. "Oh, when we arrive at your home later, do you think I could do some shopping for muggle clothing?"

"Certainly." He answered. "We will have to go to Gringotts to exchange money."

"Are we disaperating tonight?" He nodded as she started bouncing up and down. "Can I bring my things in here?"

"Yes, sweetheart." he pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her. "Don't be too long. I thought about taking you out to dinner tonight."

She smiled as he kissed her forehead. "I will hurry as quickly as I can."

She backed away slowly, watching Snape as she smiled finding her way out the door. As fast as she could, she ran to her room, opened her trunk, used her wand to conjure every article of clothing and other things she had laying about into her trunk. As quickly as she opened it, she closed it. She grabbed the end of it and pulled it to her to Snape's office.

As he looked up, he smiled when she entered his office. "You're quicker than I thought. I am just about ready." He walked over taking her trunk from her. "Let me disaperate our luggage to my home. I am waiting for the Headmaster before we depart."

"That's quite alright." She said "I will behave myself. I just hope that you can."

"I think I have refrained fairly well during the school year." Snape smiled as he walked into his chambers. He disaperated their things to his home, then returned to his office watching Katrina as she looked over the books in his bookcase. "What is it you're looking for, Katrina?"

"Next years Potions book, sir." She exaggerated sir. "So I don't have to write in corrections. I know you have already done it."

Snape walked toward her. He leaned down pulling a book from the bottom shelf. "Are you planning on getting brownie points this summer?" as she tried to reach for the book, he held it out of her reach.

She started jumping, reaching for the book he held in his hand. He laughed in amusement with it being just out of her grasp. "Severus Snape! Give me the ruddy book!" She knew he was having fun with her. Someone cleared their throat, making them both look toward the noise.

"I hope I'm not arriving at a bad time." Dumbledore offered. Quickly Katrina pulled away from Snape, acting as if she would be reprimanded for her actions. As if noticing nothing, Dumbledore continued. "I hope that you both have a wonderful holiday. And, Severus, I will be in touch with you throughout the summer to inform you of other work I might have for you to do."

"Yes, sir." Snape said. "I had been planning on taking Katrina out for dinner on a few occasions as well."

"I would hope that you have informed Katrina of the business of these dinners." He looked over at Katrina, who was waiting still for some sort of punishment for being so close to Snape. "Katrina," She looked up at him. "I am going to let some things slide this summer. For instance, the two of you becoming a couple. I am hoping that with you by Severus' side, you will both bring me vital information."

Katrina smiled at Dumbledore. "I will behave myself-if someone else does." She turned her head looking at Snape.

Snape held out his hand to Katrina, and she walked toward him taking it. "I would hope I get paid extra for Katrina's out of school detentions." He smiled at Dumbledore, who laughed joyfully and departed.

As soon as he was gone, she slapped Snape on the arm. "Out of school detention?"

He touched her hand pulling her closer. "What kind of detention?"

He smiled down at her. "Don't worry, you'll hate every minute of it."

They departed for Spinsters End shortly after. Upon arriving they brought their things to two separate rooms. When Katrina arrived in her room, she had noticed a few parcels on the bed. "Professor?" She picked up one of them, heading to his room. As she stood in his doorway, she watched as he put his things away. "Professor?"

He turned toward her, and smiled at the questioning look on her face. "We are not in school any longer, Katrina. I would have thought you would be calling me by my given name." His smirk made her smile.

"I thought I'd be polite before I started acting like this was a home to me." She held out the parcel to him. "This, along with a few other parcels are on my bed-Severus. Are they for you?"

Pulling her into his room, he sat her on his bed. "No. They are for you." He smiled, seeing the confused look on her face. "I, with Professor McGonagall's help, picked some things out for you." He pulled the tie from the package. "Dumbledore does not know when we will be informed of certain dinner parties we will be attending, and wanted us to be prepared."

Pulling back the wrapping, Katrina had seen green and gold material. "It's beautiful already."

Severus took the package from her. "Take it out, and look at it better."

She stood up, pulling the material out. The dress looked like a simple, yet elegant ball gown-like she had seen in the portraits in the Castle. "It's-beautiful." she walked over the full length mirror in his room, admiring the style of the dress when she felt arms wrap around her from behind. "No one has ever done anything like this for me."

Severus gently took the dress out of her hands, putting it on the bed. Turning her around, he wrapped his arms around her again. Staring into her blue eyes, he whispered. "I plan on spoiling you then." he placed a hand on her cheek, pulling himself down to kiss her. "If I am not mistaken, there are more parcels in your room?"

"You didn't need to, Severus. I would have…"

He placed his fingers on her lips. "Shh. No more will you rely on yourself for anything." He moved his hand from her lips to wipe a tear that escaped her eye. "I care for you greatly, Katrina. I will be here for you, giving you everything you need. You won't have to prove yourself to anyone anymore."

"I-I don't know what to say." She whispered.

"You needn't say anything. Let us go and open the other parcels for you in your room." Spending a short amount of time opening and examining each dress she had gotten, Severus spoke. "Pick one out, and I will take you to dinner."

"Can I at least clean myself up first?" She asked eying each one of the dresses that lay on her bed.

He smiled, knowing he had made her happy. "Not if I beat you in there first." He quickly got up, moving to the door.

Katrina ran behind him. "I'll jinx you!" She laughed.

He turned, walking backward. "Trying to play dirty are we?"

"No! Just trying to get in first!" Catching up to him as he turned around to walk to the bathroom, she jumped on his back. "What ever happened to ladies first?"

Severus laughed as he carried her down the hall. "If I found a lady in my house, then I possibly would let her bathe first."

She started slapping him till he reached the bathroom. "Severus Snape! So help me- I will beat on you like a muggle if you don't let me in first!"

He put her down, turning toward her. "You are certainly not acting like a lady, miss." he teased. "Ladies do not jump on the backs of men."

"Well, I do know I'm not a man!" They were both close, yet smiling. Severus leaned in, kissing her again. It seemed as if he could not live without his lips on hers for very long anymore.

He started walking with her toward a doorway. Only he had known it had led to the bath. As he pulled away, he whispered. "Too late. I'm already in." Pulling away quickly, he shut the door on her.

She stood there breathless from his kiss for a minute, but when realization hit her, she started beating on the door. "I would watch myself if I were you, Professor Snape!" She smiled as she yelled through the wooden door, and heard his laughter as the water started running.

She gave up soon after, going back to her room to undress. Wrapping herself in a bathrobe, she walked back to the door leaning against the opposite wall. Severus turned off the water shortly after she returned to the door of the bathroom, drying off. He walked out wrapped in a towel. "I must warn you, I used up all the hot water."

He started walking to his room when she said, "Then maybe I should just start walking around in my under garments." She watched him as he slowly turned around, and his reaction to her in her robe.

She walked up to him as he slowly looked down her body, then slowly looked back up until he met her eyes with his. "Not that I wouldn't mind, but we might have company."

She squinted her eyes at him. "I thought it was impolite to enter someone's house without their permission first." She moved closer to him asking, "What would you do if I removed my robe-Professor?" She had a devious smile upon her face, and Severus was not sure if she would actually do it.

"Katrina." He barely choked out. "Don't you dare."

"You're always calling me a tease, are you not?" She untied her robe, watching for the first time ever as Severus Snape became uncomfortable. "It isn't like you won't be seeing me naked in the future."

With each step he took back, she took one forward. "Katrina."

"Severus." She almost purred. Taking off her robe, she let it drop freely to the floor.

He tried with all his might to keep his eyes locked on hers, but he couldn't. "Sweetheart, you must- you need to put your robe back on." He looked down to her breasts. "This is…" She took his hands in hers, bringing them up, placing them over her breasts. "Please, sweetheart." He choked out. "You are not ready."

She pulled herself up, wanting to kiss him. Releasing her hands as he kept his planted on her breasts, she snaked her arms around his neck. "I know you are." without thinking, she pulled him down to kiss. His hands roamed over her naked body, wrapping his arms around her waist, deepening their kiss. As they pulled away, she whispered, "I'll just go take my shower."

She pulled her arms down, so that they were on his chest. "And what makes you think I'm letting you go that easily?" Was he testing her? She knew he wanted her, but he was so unsure she was ready for this step in their relationship.

"I thought you might be hungry." She answered as he pulled her closer still.

Without her realizing it, Severus had her walking to his room. "You could say that." He pushed her on his bed, removing his towel, climbing on top of her. "Are you scared?"

She smiled up at him. "Are you?" He touched her breasts, moving his hand down to her waist. "And what are your plans for me now that I'm on your bed, naked?"

"You know, we should wait for this." He whispered almost touching her lips.

"We should. But, I don't think we're going to when we are almost there." She whispered.

After he kissed her lips gently, he pulled away. "Before we go any further, I want to know something." His voice was thick with want for her, but before he would do anything with her, he wanted to hear three words escape her lips.

"What do you want to know, Severus?" her hands roamed gently over his chest. "I want you, Severus Snape."

Watching her, he knew that she wanted him even without saying a word. Even though when they looked at each other, he also knew she loved him, but he wanted to hear it form her lips, not through her eyes. "Do you love me, Katrina?"

She wanted to love him, but she never knew what those words really meant. "I think I do." She closed her eyes, feeling him move from her. When she opened her eyes again, she turned her head to look at him. "I've never been in love before. I enjoy being around you-I even long for you to kiss me." She smiled. "Explain what it is to me, please?"

He looked into her eyes. "You had told me, that when we first touched after introducing ourselves, our hands glowed. You also told me it was a sign that we'd eventually be together, correct?" She nodded her head. "Last summer, the night that you had seen me…you did not see me in a good way, and I told you a few things. Did you enjoy me being at the pub every night?"

She smiled, "Very much."

"I told you that night that your eyes were warmer and your smile would get bigger when you looked at me." She nodded. "What drew you to me to make you enjoy my company?"

She turned to look back at the ceiling. Shrugging her shoulders, he waited patiently for her answer. "I really don't know, other than you asking me questions. But, it seems like you saw all the hurt I'd been through before coming here." She turned to chance a look at him. "It was like now. You look into my eyes- it's like you're looking into my very soul." She turned her body to him, Severus held onto her hand. "Tell me what love means."

Pulling her hand up to his lips, he kissed it gently. "I have not been in love for a very long time. That was until recently." He let go of her hand, placing it on her cheek. "To me, love is constantly thinking of her throughout the day, thinking of her when I wake, and thinking of her when I go to bed." he gently pushed her on her back, spreading her legs, and climbing between them. "I would gladly die for her-be brought back from the dead, and die again. I would die a thousand deaths for you, Katrina. And many more if needed."

A tear escaped her eye, though she had a smile that he loved to see on her face. "I would not let you die a thousand deaths for me, Severus. Because, each time you would die, it would kill me as well." Feeling the heat from his body made her tingle all over. "I do love you." She whispered.

Severus kissed her lips. You are scared." He pulled away slightly, but did not move his body from hers. "I will wait forever for you, Katrina."

She shook her head. "I am not scared of you. I trust you more than anyone else." She closed her eyes. "I've watched other students-kissing and holding hands on one occasion, and the next neither of them having anything to do with the other." She opened her eyes looking straight into his. "I know they had done what we are about to do."

"They are young and stupid, sweetheart. I will always want you." He kissed her lips, preparing himself, his hard shaft at her entry. "You said it yourself. We are meant to be together."

"Then take me." She moaned into his lips. "Make love to me."

Severus' hand slowly roamed down the side of her body, stopping at her waist. Guiding himself between her legs, closer and closer to her entry. As lovingly and gentle as he could, he pushed his enlarged cock into her wanting pussy. Katrina did not move, this is what she wanted. Each time he would thrust himself deeper into her, pain hit each and every nerve in her body, feeling her body catch on fire as he took her virginity. She did not scream as tears seeped from her eyes, feeling him all the way inside her. This is what she wanted. He did not notice, he was busy kissing the nape of her neck, slowly making love to her. He pulled himself back after penetrating her completely, and looked into her eyes. Seeing her tears, he gently wiped them away, falling in love with her even more.

As he started pulling out of her, then thrusting deep insider her with his huge member, she let out a gasp. She felt her body tingle with each and every thrust his enlarged member gave her. She arched her back wanting more of him rubbing against her sensitive spot. He gladly obliged, thrusting harder and as deep as he could into her wanting wetness, enjoying her soft moans escape her lips.

All too soon, his urge for his orgasm started. For the first time ever, he did not want for this experience to end. He wanted to pleasure her all night more than he wanted to explode inside her. But, within minutes, he could not help it, cuming deep inside her.

"I am sorry I did not last as long as I wanted, my love." He whispered, hovering over her body, very close to her lips. "I wanted to pleasure you more before that happened." He kissed her, then slightly pulled away. "You have always come off to me as being older than what you are."

"I love you, Severus Snape." Katrina whispered. "You need not apologize for your short comings." She smiled. "I very much enjoyed you after the pain subsided." Her hands ran up and down his chest. "I would hope that later…"

"Yes, most definitely later, love." He pulled himself off her, sitting up. "Take your shower. Then I will take you out on a date."

Katrina giggled. "A date? And if we are seen together by other students?"

"Hmm, I will have to tell them you were placed in my charge in case your parents returned. Though other associates of mine, I will have to tell them that we are very much involved." He smiled as she sat up next to him. "Then they will want us to throw a party, to get to know you better."

She stood and moved in front of him. He touched her waist pulling her closer to him. "And are we going to have a party?"

He looked up at her after kissing her naval. "I do not enjoy throwing parties. They will want to break you in." She gave him a quizzical look, so he threw her back on the bed, climbing on top of her. This kind of breaking in. And, I sure as hell will not share you with any other man."

She smirked. "I do not want any other man. But, you could break me in again."

"Get ready love." He pulled himself off her. "I need to finish getting ready myself. Then we can go out to eat." he helped her up off the bed. "If we go at it again, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you for the rest of the evening."