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9. Closer and a Quidditch game
Severus woke up the next morning in a good mood. The day he spent with Eva was a good one as always, but he felt that he was starting to open up more about personal issues to her, and her likewise. One day, when the time is right, he will tell her what is really going on with him and the man he calls father. Severus thought for a moment, it was the weekend now. He put on some clothes, and went down to the common room to see that Avery, Mulciber and Rosier were there waiting for him, crossing their arms.
"Well Snape, care to tell us where you were yesterday?"
"Yeah mate, Slughorn had us go look for you."
Severus glared at them. Well that explained the empty common room. "Why were you looking for me?"
"Because the old Slug wanted to talk with you about some lab or something, and he couldn't find you at dinner."
"We guessed you were out with you know."
"You know Snape, although we prefer you hang around with Easgriff, you've got to watch out with her."
Severus stared at them for a moment "Why is that, what's wrong with Eva?"
Avery took a step closer to him "She's going to get you in trouble mate, be careful."
Severus rolled his eyes. The five of them, plus Regulus, who decided to tag along, went down to breakfast and start the weekend break. Severus stayed all morning with his friends. The regular discussion of the importance of dark magic, or at times Quidditch, didn't really interest him as much as usual. The talk he had about Eva and her views about the dark arts (or what she mentioned) were clear; she was against the beliefs his friends had and that were trying to get him to believe in. He glanced at the Ravenclaw table. He saw Eva laughing with her friends, doing what looked like a Filch imitation, with David being Mrs. Norris.
For the first time in months, Severus found himself not looking at the Gryffindor table, with the Marauders and Lily. Instead he watched Eva being Eva, which brought a small smile to his face. Avery gave him a thumbs up seeing this.
After lunch, Severus and his friends were walking around the castle grounds. From a distance, he saw Eva and her friend, David, running from someone. It was Filch.
"Keep running David!"
"What does it look like I'm doing!"
"Not going fast enough!"
Severus was puzzled at what she did this time. The two Ravenclaws ran pass the group of Slytherins with Filch not far behind them. On regular basis, the man was rather slow, only rare times would he be running the way he was. Filch passed them holding a bright orange Mrs. Norris and himself wearing a pink wig. He looked madder than ever.
"Wow, who knew the claws where so immature sometimes."
"My thoughts exactly Rosier, must their competitive nature getting to them."
"They're not immature Avery." Started Severus
"Whatever you say Snape. You've been taking her side a lot more now."
Severus didn't say anything. He excused himself from the group and went to find Eva He didn't admit it to anyone, but being around her seemed more natural, and also was more enjoyable than being with the Slytherin group. He found Eva and David hiding behind a stone statue.
"Hey Sev."
"Why were you both running?"
"Oh, Filch thinks we turned his cat orange."
"But we didn't" said David trying to reassure himself.
Severus raised a brow at Eva "And you thought running made you look innocent?"
"We were in the forest, yeah I know, bad idea. Anyway, you see Filch, you run. It seemed to be the most logical thing to do at the time."
Severus smirked as he rolled his eyes. The three of them walked in the halls for a bit until the head of Ravenclaw house, Professor Flitwick, arrived demanding to see Eva and David. They both followed him. Eva turned towards Severus with a worried look on her face.
Two hours later, Eva and David came out of Flitwick's office. David went back to the common room, while Eva went to see Severus, who stayed behind. It was either that or go back to his friends who were likely to talk about purity, and getting the mark later in the year.
"What happened?"
"Well, he believed we didn't touch Mrs. Norris, so that's good. We lost twenty points for being off limits and detention. He didn't want to take us off the team because, you know, he roots for us, and is a big fan. I could be suspended on one on the games this year, it all depends on how I act."
"Oh."
"Yeah, oh. I have to ask, why did you leave your friends back there?"
"No reason, they were discussing subjects that did not interest me."
She smiled "I see. Hey, I was going to go to Hogsmead to get some stuff, you want to come with me? After, we can get something to eat too if you want."
"Umm sure, I'll come."
"Great! Let's go."
The pair went to the small wizard village. The leaves falling from the trees gave a colorful scenery. They window-shopped a bit, with Eva making comments on everything she could find, until they found the bookstore. Severus didn't think of Eva as a book worm, but that quickly changed when he saw her practically run in the store. She found a few book about charms, potions, and one that caught her eye. Eva went to find Severus in the store; he was in the Dark Art section looking through some medieval spells.
"I see that interest you."
Severus looked up "I… find it interesting."
"I can see that, I just hope you know what you're doing. I do think that for one to counter the dark arts, one must know it and understand it."
"You believe that?"
"Well my family and dark magic, go way back. I'll tell you about it one day. It's not something I'm really proud of."
"I see."
"I found a few books, and this one seems real…seems great. It's about Legilimency and Occlumency, I've heard of it, and I just…. You can shield your mind from others, and enter their minds without them even noticing. When you are very good at it not even the best wizard in the world can penetrate your mind. It's intriguing. It's a very useful skill you know, nothing better for nowadays, especially since Voldy here has decided to break all hell loose."
"Voldy?"
"Yeah, I've decided to call him that, shorter than you-know-who,or he-who-must-not-be-named, and I'm not going to show him I'm afraid, that's just what he wants."
Severus nodded, while Eva handed him a copy of the book. "You seem like the type of person, that would adore this stuff."
Severus took the book and they both went to pay for their purchases. Afterwards, Eva and Severus went to the Three Broomsticks Inn and got some butterbeer (Eva made Severus try some). Severus never been to the inn, and found it to be a crowded place.
"So Sev, what's on your mind?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Ok, you know I don't know your birthday, when is it?"
"It's not important."
"Yes it is! To me it is, now tell me! How do you expect me to get you something?"
Severus looked in to her emerald eyes, which seemed sincere. "January 9th"
"Hey! I'm January too! The 25th! High five!"
Eva raised her hands waiting for Severus to do the same; he hesitated for a second and did the 'high five'.
"Yeah January power!"
Severus smiled at her comment, they continued to talk for a bit, then decided to go back to the castle. Eva told him of the upcoming Quidditch game in November against Hufflepuff and how exited she was. They discussed who would win the Slytherin-Gryffindor, with Severus insisting on a Slytherin win.
~~~~~~~~Time gap, November ~~~~~~~~
Severus knew what day it was when he got up. Eva was playing today "She's maybe going to keep it down now" he thought. He remembered the Slytherin-Gryffindor game from a week in a half ago. He went to the Ravenclaw stands (that cost him a few looks from his housemates) to cheer neutrally with Eva. Severus didn't really like Quidditch , but becoming friends with Eva changed his mind a little about the sport.
The game was very lively, with cheers from both sides. He remembered very well him and Eva shouting:
"Hey Sev! Can you believe Gryffindor is barely winning!?"
"The word barely has never been so well used!"
"I know! I will admit I would love to see Potter lose his first game of the season! That way we will be in a better position!"
"For what?!"
"To win!"
"I can sense this is important!"
"Very, I'm doing this for my Grandma! I told her I would win the cup before I leave! That I would win as captain!"
Severus glanced over Eva's shoulder to see Lockhart giving to two of them a killer look.
"Don't mind him Sev! I turned his hair midnight bat black yesterday! Won't come off for an other week or so! That's what he gets for pissing me off!"
He smiled at the memory. Slytherin had won the game, but it was a very close call. Luckily Regulus grabbed the snitch seconds before the Gryffindor seeker did. Now it was the day Eva would play. Severus would finally see who is the other chaser that rivaled Potter.
Severus met up with his friends. They started to walk with them to the stands. Ever since September, they were bothering him about Eva, teasing and such. He managed to keep them off the subject. Severus admitted, she had her qualities. The more time he spent with Eva, the more the memory of he and Lily faded away. It was strange for Severus to realize that he was able to form a close friendship with someone so quickly, when he had so little social skills.
"Hey Snape, your girlfriend is playing today."
"For the last bloody time! She's not my girlfriend Avery!"
"Cool it down mate! I've heard that Black's brother has got his eye on her."
Severus didn't respond. He just a nodded. He knew how much Eva despised Black, and that she would never return his affections. They took a seat in the stands, waiting for the game to start.
The two teams flew out and took their places. Eva and the Hufflepuff captain flew down to shake hands, then went back up in the air. Madam Hooch went towards the middle of the field holding the Quaffle, the Bludger. The snitch was released.
"Now, I want a nice clean and fair game…from all of you."
The Quaffle was thrown in the air, and the game began. Eva flew up and got to the Quaffle first, passing it to Janine Rethold, who dodged the bludger that Raven Matry immediately threw to the other team.
"Janine Rethold seems to be dodging the blugers, oh looks like McLangen from Hufflepuff is catching up!"
Severus watched as Eva signaled her team mate from the other side. Janine threw the Quaffle to chaser, Nicolas Vofiry, who passed over the Hufflepuffs, and passed it to Eva.
"Evangeline Easgriff has got the Quaffle, and is flying dangerously towards the hoops… she's going left…and throws the Quaffle in the right hoop! Ten points to Ravenclaw!"
Severus was clapping for Eva. Indeed, she was very good. Then the Hufflepuffs made a quick come back, scoring twice in a row in less than ten minutes. The Ravenclaws 'fought' back by scoring thirty points; one from each chaser.
"Seems that the new Ravenclaw seeker, Roger Valerin has spotted the snitch and is going after it, followed closely by Katy Higgens!"
The two seekers flew all over the pitch trying to catch the snitch. In the mean time, Ravenclaw was finally getting a lead, but Hufflepuff wasn't going to let that happen.
"And Easgriff scores! Another ten points to Ravenclaw! Bringing the game so far 70-50!"
Severus never thought he would enjoy a Quidditch game, but this one was actually exiting for once. Hufflepuff was a real fighting team. A few minutes later, the Hufflepuffs scored, an extra twenty points, making a tie between the two houses. "It's going to be close" he thought.
"Katy Higgens is in reach of the snitch! But it looks like Roger Valerin won't let that happen!"
The scene went on for what seemed hours, the two seekers were close to grabbing the snitch. Finally Roger let out his hand, grabbing something, falling to the ground.
"Oh no! The Ravenclaw seeker has fallen off his broom!"
Madam Hooch flew over him, seeing him holding a small golden ball…
"The snitch has been caught!" announced the referee.
"Ravenclaw wins!" added Hooch.
Eva flew down towards Roger, giving him a big hug, and signaled for the rest of the team to come down. They formed a circle, putting their hands in the middle.
"One, two, three, team Ravenclaw!"
Eva turned and shook hands with the Hufflepuff team, saying they put up a good fight. She looked up to the stands, scanning for Severus. When she found him, she made big signals with her arms showing her joy. Severus smirked, and along with his friends, they made their way down the stands, heading back to the castle.
"Hey Sev!"
The Slytherin group turned around to see Eva and David come up to Severus.
"I'm glad you made it!"
"Yeah Severus, Eva was overjoyed to see you in the stands."
Eva turned to David, "David."
"Yeah."
"Shut up. Anyway Sev, thank you for coming." She gave him a slight kiss on the cheek and went back with David to the house team.
Severus stood there still with Avery giving him the biggest smile he had ever seen. Rosier's jaw dropped into the ground. Mulciber and Black did nothing but stare. They never though of anyone showing any type of feeling towards Severus Snape.
"Well Snape, if she ain't your girlfriend…"
"She is not my girlfriend! How many times do I have to repeat myself!?"
"Hold it down, mate! No need to get aggressive."
Severus added nothing. They all went back to the common room, where Slughorn finally found him. The old slug was looking for him all day. He wanted to know how the small potion lab was doing and if the alchemy books were satisfying. Slughorn asked him the same question almost every week since he and Eva went the first time in October.
Avery started to plan ways to sneak out of Hogwarts to meet up with their old prefect Lucius Malfoy, a death eater, to get more information on when they could take the mark. Severus excused himself. He wasn't ready to hear what he had been 'waiting' for coming so soon. He went up to his dorm, got a book and sat on his bed. The book on Occlumency and Legilimency that he got last month was there in front of him. Before he entered (if he decided to) the Dark Lord's circle, he needed to have a way to hide how he felt about many things that could be used against him.
He remembered Eva's words from the bookstore "You can shield your mind from others, and enter their minds without them even noticing. When you are very good at it not even the best wizard in the world can penetrate your mind" Severus opened the book and started reading. He knew with the Christmas holidays coming closer, he would be the only one of his group to stay behind, that way he could work on the new skill. He hoped that Eva would stay. Then they could begin to practice the Patronus Charm, which Eva wanted to learn so badly.
~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER~~~~~~~~
I hoped you liked this chapter; please review if you liked it. Thank you for reading this and following it as well. PM me if there are some things that aren't clear, or weird.
Hope you liked the game, bear with me; it was my first time writing a Quidditch game.
Reviewers are welcome (please), and if you have any ideas on Severus's patronus (if you want to give him a different one), or Eva's leave it in your review or PM me, then we can make a vote if you want
I changed one thing in this chapter because there was a little misunderstanding, thank you guest reviewer I was able to fix it :)
Until next time *Brews potion* "Mandrake root please."