Chapter 13

"I believe you have already given me permission to use your name. Although, I would like to know when I would be getting my pants back."

Severus smiled for the first time in a very long time.

"I wouldn't have to give them back if you had behaved like a proper house guest and at least waited till they were clean. Although, now that you've gone and abandoned them I suppose I will be keeping them as a momento of the embarrassing occasion. "

The two men grinned and finally made their way inside. Just as Harry had come up with a humorous come back, Albus walked in and saw the two in the friendly atmosphere. "Ah Simon, wonderful timing. I was hoping to catch you. Any news on what you will be doing as far as our little resistance goes?"

A twinkle in Albus' eye catching Severus' attention. Severus knew that twinkle and Albus had a plan for Simon. He hoped the Simon would be smart enough to ask what was ahead first before agreeing. To his relief, he was right.

"I'm sorry sir but I can't join your group as a full member. It would be foolish of me to agree to join your group without the full information of what ill be doing. And without ever attending a school I lack skill required for defense. I won't join in a war for something that doesn't have a need of me other than to be a pawn. I do thank you for keeping my family safe but is it wise to put trust in the hands of someone you've just met? I don't mean to speak out or behave unthankfully, but if it pleases you I'd like to join as only someone with a smaller role.. I also would like to request defensive training in combat as well as magic. I would like to be well prepared for the missions I do attend to. Do we have a deal?"

Severus was impressed by Simon's little speech. He accepted and declined Dumbledore's offer at the same time while maintaining professionalism and honor all at once. It was very…slytherin of Simon. Severus thought about this then put it out of his mind as he noticed Albus accept the request.

"For training, we have some of the best in the order here. Severus will teach you a version of potions starting at a very low level. He will also be in charge of dark arts training. You will learn spells that are highly dangerous. And he will teach you Occlumency and Legitimency lessons. Should you be caught, those would help you conceal your identity. Alastor will be in charge of hand-to-hand combat as well as stealth. Remus will teach you all other spells as he was once a defense against the dark arts teacher at Hogwarts. Once each of these people tells me you pass with flying colors then we will discuss missions. But first I'll ask that you start training immediately. Let's start with Severus."

Severus was both pleased and displeased by the decision of making him a teacher although Severus had to say he saw it coming. He supposed no better time to start like the present and they began lessons with occlumency. He figured that magic was about focus and if Simon could focus on his thoughts then he could focus on his wandless magic being used to use dark spells.

"Simon, let us start lessons in this room over here. The space is quite open."

Harry gulped air and entered the room. He wasn't sure he could handle dark magic without his wand. He had definitely been practicing his magic but he hadn't quite perfected it yet. Severus pulled up a chair in the room and had Harry sit there while Severus stood in front of him with a wand out. Harry remembered this scenario well.

"Perhaps we shouldn't start with something that needs so much focus quite yet?"

Severus grinned at Simon's attempt at persuading him not to continue.

"Scared of what I'll see inside your head Simon?"

And Harry was. He didn't have enough memories as Simon to make Snape happy. He'd only have recent one's from the past two years. Snape would be looking for childhood memories. Then Harry got an idea. He would pretend he had memories as Simon.

Harry had once read that if you believed something happened, then it would then become a memory, almost like showing a daydream instead of a memory which would trick the person watching your head. Harry had been able to shut Voldemort away but he was only capable of doing that. Harry hoped desperately that it would work.

"Clear your mind, Simon! Legitimence!"

Before Harry knew it they were in his head watching endless memories go by. He desperately tried to hold Snape off while searching for memories of his own. A memory popped up, where Simon first arrived at the Dursley's home. He was homeless looking for a home and Harry had just been able to stop the volumn from being heard.

Severus was disappointed about Simon not being strong enough to stop the image but was impressed that on his first try he had accomplished shutting off sound. Severus moved to a new memory to Simon's relief although this one not any less embarrassing.

Severus stumbled onto one where they had first met and this time Severus pushed for it so hard that Harry couldn't even block out sound. The man enjoyed the red on his face. Especially when they got to the part of why Simon had left Severus' house.

Severus began to smirk as a nearly naked Simon ran up and down streets with his member fully stretched to capacity. Running to his home and locking the doors behind him, he began to take his boxers off and get into a bath. Harry tried harder to block it but Severus was enjoying his humiliation. Severus Snape had seen Simon in the nude completely and watched him take a bubble bath.

Harry's face felt hot. To hell if he'd let the man watch the rest. The memory started to grow faded as Harry pushed Severus out. To Severus' dismay he left although he was quite sure Simon was just about to pleasure himself. Scrolling through memories Severus found one that might be embarrassing enough to make Simon push him out again.

Harry had succeeded in making a fake memory. The memory that came up was just altered slightly. It was one of Harry's memories from his childhood but instead of it being Harry, it was Simon. And Simon had just come to visit his relatives. It was a bad memory for Harry but perhaps it wouldn't be so bad as Simon. Harry was playing on the floor with Dudley as a toddler, no more than three or four years old. Simon was reading a children's storybook on the floor in a corner.

Vernon had just gotten mad at Harry for taking one of Dudley's toys even though Dudley gave it to him to share. Vernon grabbed the child by the shoulders and shook him angrily then threw the boy into the corner face first. Harry had cried and so had Simon. Dudley watched Harry cry then continued to play with his teddy bear. Severus felt a pang of guilt for Harry but kept reminding himself Harry was alive.

There was no need to feel guilty. On the next memory, Harry felt he should show progress and stopped Severus from seeing anything at all. He was slightly angry at Severus for embarrassing him and watching him take a bubble bath so when Severus praised him, he didn't speak at all.

"Great job. Very impressive. Third time is a charm. Looks like I won't have to worry about teaching a dunderhead."

Severus looked at Harry and saw the mistrusting look Severus himself always carried. He knew Simon would be cross but once that memory came up, Severus just didn't want it to go away. The bulge in Simon's boxers were very enticing and he doubted Simon would accept an apology.

"Perhaps we should move on to something else, Professor".

Harry spoke angrily and courteously at the same time so as to give Severus something to think about. It worked.

"Fine, lets continue to potions."

Harry got up and meandered over to the potions area that Severus had worked out.

But he just felt like Severus was eyeing him. He knew Severus wouldn't and that it was more him feeling embarrassed from earlier but he just couldn't focus.

"I'm sorry, but I think I'll continue lessons with you another day. Goodbye Professor Snape."

Harry left the room and had left the potions master alone for the second time. Severus couldn't understand it. Surely he hadn't gone too far. But why else would Simon revert back to calling him Snape. It had hurt a bit. He thought about how he would feel and knew he was wrong. After waiting several minutes he decided an apology was in order. As he opened the door to go and apologize he found a very angry Remus Lupin at the other side of the door.

"DID YOU LEARN NOTHING YOU OSTENTATIOUS BASTARD!"

Severus nearly fell backwards as Remus rounded on him.

"What are you bloody talking about you over sized canine!"

Severus knew he would only make the situation worse by arguing back but it couldn't be helped with his temper.

"Simon you arse! You made him feel uncomfortable here and now he's second thinking my classes. He's not sure he has the energy for them. What the hell did you do? Did you learn nothing from teaching Harry occlumency. People are just as fragile as you. You are not the most important thing in the world and when Harry saw inside your head you were just as uncomfortable if not worse than Simon. So why is it you didn't even learn from the last time you taught classes? Harry's dead and you won't even honor his memory by being decent to the boy's relatives!"

Severus was in shock but he knew how to calm Remus.

"Lupin he's alive."

Remus completely confused about what Snape had just said asked

"who?"

Severus sat Remus down and explained to him the conversation with the Dursley's.

"I was trying to look for a memory that would show where Potter was. I didn't mean to make him uncomfortable although if he was uncomfortable it was his own fault. No one told him to sign up for this class after masturbating in a tub of bubbles."

Snape gleamed at that last part of the sentence. Remus seemed to be in shock, and then anger replaced it as he came to grips that it was the Dursley's fault.

"Lupin, don't be angry with Simon. He truly had no idea about it. He seemed to know Harry fairly well by the looks of what I saw. I don't think he or the other fatter one are involved in this scam."

Remus nodded as he knew what Severus was trying to say. Then before leaving Remus asked,

"You truly like this one don't you?"

At Snape's expression, he smiled and left.

Remus walked back to Simon's side. He felt bad that the he had been embarrassed and it was difficult for him to accept Harry being alive but he supposed it had to be done for Harry's sake. He had promised not to tell anyone in order to help Harry with whatever plan the boy had concocted.

He made his way back to the room and found Simon laying in bed.

"Simon…are you asleep?"

Harry turned in his bed and faced Remus from under the sheets.

"Simon I spoke to Severus, and I think there was a misunderstanding. "

Harry snorted.

"Pardon me Remus, but do tell me where the misunderstanding was with a grown man watching me undress and take a bubble bath. I am having a very hard time finding one."

Harry said harshly. Remus looked at him and said calmly

"Well Simon, I can see where you would say that but professor Snape is…"

And sagacity hit Remus on the pate. Severus had told the truth about everything. Even about Harry possibly being alive but he never mentioned why he had watched that memory so attentively. He had finally figured out why Severus had been such an oddball all of these years. He was bi. Or gay. Either way, he was fancying Simon and Remus would put his money on it.

Remus chuckled.

"Remus...you were saying...?"

Remus hadn't finished his sentence as he sat there by Harry's side, endlessly chucking.

'HELLO! REMUS LUPIN, ARE YOU IN THERE!"

Harry's patience would have grown thin had it not been for Remus' ridiculous facial expressions. The man could not stop laughing.

"I am so sorry Simon...In more ways than you will ever know. It's just...heh hee...It's just, I realized that Severus just might fancy you in more ways than one. "

Harry's blank expression only increased Remus' laughter. And all Harry could do was think, no freakin way...