Chapter twenty-five - Pan con tomate

The next morning Gina made her way to breakfast alone. She had checked in with Jonne but found his room already deserted. When she made her way through the ice cold rain that had been falling for days, she dried her hair in the Entrance Hall. To her annoyance Malcolm Jaust just came out of the Great Hall.

'What is pan con tomate Gina?'

'What did you say?' said Gina, staring at him.

'Pan con tomate, I was wondering what it is...'

'Get out of my sight,' Gina shot at him. How he knew her favourite meal she didn't know, but it was creepy to say the least. Malcolm didn't need telling twice. His eyes widened in shock and he ran up the marble staircase.

Coward, Gina thought.

When she walked into the Great Hall and saw lots of heads turn, Gina cursed under her breath. What now... She tried to ignore the feeling of foreboding. Was there an interview about things she liked in the paper or something? That wouldn't be too bad. She saw Jonne wave at her halfway down the Gryffindor table and walked over to him.

'What's up,' Gina said flatly, sitting down next to him. 'How bad is it?'

'It's um- your letter from Alejandro.'

'What about it?' Gina asked surprised.

'It's in the Daily Prophet.' Jonne handed her the newspaper. Staring disbelievingly at the front page, Gina saw Alejandro's most recent letter printed, in his neat slightly slanted handwriting. They had put an old picture of them together next to it. Gina didn't remember where is was taken, just as she shouldn't imagine being as happy next to that jerk as she looked in the picture, a radiant smile on her face.

'What the hell?' Gina mumbled. She scanned the content of the letter again, even though she knew there was nothing suspicious in there. She just realised why her door had been ajar.

'They stole it from my room,' Gina said quietly to Jonne. 'My door was open yesterday when I came back late. I can't believe this...'

Jonne looked alarmed. 'You should have woken me up,' he said.

'I didn't want Gonzalez to hear me,' Gina objected. She lowered her voice. 'I was late, Filch busted me sneaking out of- well, you know where.' Jonne frowned at this.

'Skip the lecture,' Gina said flatly.

'I thought Alejandro might have send a copy to the papers,' Jonne admitted, taking a sip of coffee.

'I left it on my desk,' Gina mumbled. She had put the letter in her Transfiguration book after she had received it, and she had thrown it on the desk when she had came across it later. She didn't look at the staff table. She didn't like it at all that Severus would know she received declarations of love from her ex boyfriend. She hoped he wouldn't think she still had feelings for Alé, and that he wouldn't fall over him mentioning 'seeing her again'.

'Do you still have feelings for him?' Jonne suddenly asked in a barely audible whisper.

'What?' Gina asked disbelievingly. 'No, of course I don't. How dare you even ask?'

'Why did you ask his favourite meal?' Jonne shot back.

'I-' Gina fell silent. She closed her eyes for a second. 'It's code,' she hissed.

Jonne stared at her. 'For real?'

'Yes. I don't care about that coño Jon. He can fuck off for all I care.'

Jonne looked rather impressed. 'Clever,' he said. 'And good. Although I am not happy with who you replaced him with,' he added a little sharply.

'Oh ciérralo,' Gina said angrily. Oh shut it. She wasn't at all in the mood for this right now. She spread peanut butter on a sandwich, tearing it in three pieces in her agitation, and folded the pieces into a napkin.

'Enjoy,' Jonne said with raised eyebrows.

Gina had to use all her self restraint not to stomp out of the great hall. Instead she took a deep breath and calmly walked over to the double doors. But when she reached the end of the long table, she overheard a group of young Gryffindor girls talking, third- or forth-years by the looks of it.

'It's so romantic,' one of them said. 'He will always love her. Even though she was in the paper holding hands with that blond boy...'

Gina stopped walking.

'Now I better understand why she acts so haughty and arrogant,' one of her friends said. 'She is hurt and trying to hide how she really feels. It explains-'

'Oh fuck off,' Gina blurted out before she could stop herself. The girls jumped horribly and looked around, looks of shock and fright on their faces.

'He fucked one of my best friends and she is pregnant now,' Gina snapped at them. 'Romantic, isn't it?' The girls fell silent. They looked too terrified to say anything.

Gina stalked out of the great hall, fuming. She wished she hadn't said anything. She knew it would look like she wàs hurt by Alejandro, while the truth was she couldn't care less about that idiot romantically. She was furious her letter had been stolen, and even more furious Alejandro had dragged her into La Modelo in the first place. He had had a terrible influence on her as a friend. She still felt deeply uneasy when she thought about the notes of their study sessions on Dark Magic at Promodores. Looking back, she felt weak for letting Alé convince her to ignore her moral compass. Looking at the sticky sandwich in her hand, which she had almost squeezed to a pulp, she sighed. She threw it in a bin and made her way to the library, quietly thanking Merlin that Severus never wrote her letters.

Severus stared at the picture on the front page, feeling a painful stab in his chest. It had to be this letter Gina had been so eager to read on Tuesday she had basically assaulted the owl. He had seen her ripping it in her haste to read it, her face full of some emotion he couldn't really put his finger on. He had thought it had been relief. But now he wasn't sure.

He stared at the picture of Gina and the Spaniard, holding each other, both beaming in the camera. Every time Vargas kissed Gina Severus pinched the newspaper painfully. He hated magic photos sometimes... He watched the photo feeling depressed, wondering when it had been taken. There was a meaningless white background, and they weren't wearing school robes.

The picture and the content of the letter kept bothering him all day. Vargas had mentioned seeing her again... When had he seen her? Had Gina met with him recently? He couldn't possible think how she could have. Severus had seen her during the Hogsmeade trips, and besides those trips she wasn't allowed to leave the grounds.

And than the end of the letter... Saying he will always love her. Severus felt his blood boil every time he thought about this. Had they been so serious about each other? Had she told him she loved him too? Had they talked about it when they had seen each other, whenever that was?

By the time his last lesson that day had left his classroom Severus was in a very bad mood. In a cruel twist of faith -or perhaps just his own fault, he admitted grudgingly- professor Lipburn had let his students fight a Boggart today, and no less than three of the third-years had had their Boggart turn into hìm... Which Severus usually would have found quite amusing, but not today. He knew he was a very strict and somewhat cruel teacher, but he didn't want Gina to hear about him being multiple students worst fear... Not when she was receiving love letters from guys looking like that Spaniard... He paced around his chambers. He had enough worries about their relationship without an ex standing by the sidelines to win her back the moment she would start having doubts. He would have to tell her about his past if he wanted to keep seeing her. Which wasn't a fun prospect in itself, let alone when he was already terrified Gina didn't really fancy him at all, but just enjoyed sleeping with him. He sighed. He didn't want to lose her.

Next time he saw Gina alone, which was two days later, Severus couldn't help mentioning the letter. He had undressed her the moment she walked in and pinned her to the bed, holding her wrists.

'Nice love letter you got on Tuesday,' he growled in her ear. He noticed his low voice sent shivers of pleasure down her spine. It took a few seconds before she responded to what he had said.

'What?' Gina moaned softly, looking up at him over her shoulder. 'Severus- I didn't ask for-'

'I said you are mine,' he hissed.

'I am,' Gina gasped. 'I am. Please,' she panted, wriggling against him, pushing her bum against his cock.

'We agreed you are with me.'

'I don't care what that coño writes me,' Gina gasped. 'I'm only interested in you.'

He pushed inside her, penetrated her and filling her swollen spot with his cock.

'Oh Merlin, yes. You feel so good...' Gina moaned softly when he pounded in her. A smile appeared on his face, unable for her to see, as she had pressed her face in the bedsheets.

'I want all of you Gina,' he said in a low, soft voice, grabbing her hips. She moaned when she took in his thrusts. Than he pulled her up to her knees, still with her back to him. When he leaned over her and crossed his arm in front if her, positioning his hand between her legs, she wriggled against him.

'You do. You have. Ohh...' Gina let out a little scream when he twisted her clit to the point where it would be almost painful.

'Fuck,' she gasped.

'You only fuck with me.'

'Yèss. I only want you,' she moaned. She sounded like she was going to lose it. His hand was playing with her clit and he kept pounding in her, hard and deep.

'I did not ask what you want,' he growled low and venomously. 'You only fuck with me.'

'Ohhh.' She screamed again. 'Sí.. Sì... Yès...'

'Is that clear?' His low voice in her ear, she moaned. She started coming, intense waves coming over her and making her cry out. He held her firmly upright and waited until she stopped shaking, stroking her hard nipple with one hand and her clit with the other. She moaned his arms.

'I asked if I was clear.'

He pressed hard against her sensitive clit with his thumb and slowly started to move inside her again. She gasped and he almost came himself.

'Yes Severus.'

To his delight he saw a blissful smile on her face when she turned her head a little, glancing at him over her shoulder. She curved her back and pushed herself back against him.

'Good,' he growled. He suddenly pulled back and turned her around. She put her legs around his waist and groaned when he penetrated her again. He looked in her eyes, and he couldn't believe how lucky he was.