Chapter 17
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I passed the evening by reading and chatting with my friends in the Head's common room. At five minutes to curfew, they headed back to Gryffindor Tower, while Draco and I went on patrol.
An hour later, Slytherin and Gryffindor were both 40 points lighter, our jobs were done. We headed back down to our rooms.
"I'll talk to you in the morning Draco, I have to see Professor Snape." I said as I walked passed our rooms.
"Okay, Mione. See you in the morning" he said and entered our rooms.
I arrived at Severus' door and knocked. "Come in." said Severus.
I entered. "I'm in the study." he called.
His rooms where bigger than I remembered them being. I found the study and entered to see Severus in a comfy looking black armchair, the fire blazing beside him and a book lying on his lap. A tumbler of what looked like Firewhiskey was sitting on the armrest of his chair.
He rose, placed his book aside and motioned me to sit on the chair facing him. I sat and he re seated himself. The silence stretched until I couldn't bear it anymore.
"Severus, I like you….alot...erm…" I trailed off not knowing what more to say. I was embarrassed and beginning to doubt his feelings for me when he swooped down and captured my lips with his.
He pulled back and said, "And I like you alot….more than words can say.", and proceeded to snog the face off me.
After a few minutes we pulled away from each other, as oxygen was necessary to stay alive.
"So were do we go from here?" I asked.
"Wherever you like. The only condition is that we take things slow. Your NEWT's are up soon and I'm still your professor until then. But apart from that I'd like to see what came of this. Of us." He said.
I nodded, leaned forward and gave him a chaste kiss. "Right. I think we should get to know one another more, don't you? So, what I suggest is that we join forces for one major prank and scare the bejesus out of Minerva, Remus, Sirius and Albus. What do you think?" I said as I smiled innocently up at him.
His face was a blank mask but slowly, very slowly the mask cracked and Severus started to smile. The more he thought about it the bigger the smile grew until he was laughing.
"God, now I know why I love you." he said. My laughter stopped instantly and I looked at him. I was stunned. Did he just say he loved me?
I smiled to myself and set about planning with Severus for the ultimate; get back and friends and colleagues prank, ever.
It was two in the morning by the time I left Severus' chambers and headed to my own. We had arranged to meet up tomorrow night to discuss the prank in more detail, but so far we had come up with me being pregnant with Remus' child, him proposing to Sirius and telling Minerva that Filch has a crush on her and wants to meet her in the Room of Requirement for a romantic dinner for two.
Severus insisted that we had to get Remus and Sirius drunk for their part in the prank to work. He said that, that way I could sneak in the next morning into Remus' chambers and pretend that I'd just woken up after a late night rubble with him. I nearly gagged when he suggest that.
I mean Remus is nice to look at but I can't see him in that sort of light. Also, Sirius had to be drunk in order for Severus to propose the night before in front of the staff and student, for him to accept. I cringed at the idea, but still it would be funny.
Severus had tasked me with the job of getting Colin to record the whole thing on this camera. It would be perfect blackmail to use in years to come. Heehee! I couldn't wait for tomorrow to come as I snuggled down into my feathery duvet.