Love Of My Life

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Surrender

The three land in London a few minutes later and set their brooms in a dark alley where no muggle could find them. Salem put a protection charm on them before quickly leaving and heading into the busy nightlife of the city.

They headed into a local pub and ordered a few vodka shots. 

"You guys look pretty young." The bartender says, suspicious of the three. "We're eighteen and he's turning nineteen today," Salem tells her as she motions between the three of them.

"Well, in that case, it's a policy to give anyone free drinks on their birthday." She says as she surrenders the liquor to them. They all quickly thank the woman and down the alcohol.

Severus and Lucius swallow the alcohol with no problem as Salem holds her now burning throat. 

"What's wrong Sioux? Can't handle it?" Lucius asks. "I can't help it. I'm used to fire whiskey and that's not nearly as prominent." She says as they all laugh.

The three leave while still tipsy, headed to go mess with muggles.

"Oo, perfect opportunity," Severus says as he points to a woman walking a small poodle. "Wingardium Leviosa," Lucius speaks as he discreetly waves his wand. The small dog begins to float, making them all laugh.

Screams erupt from the woman once she realized that she was holding her dog like a balloon now. People rush over to help her as they all wheeze with laughter. 

"Alright, let's go before we get caught," Salem says as she pats both of their shoulders and they begin to walk again.

"Oh, Salem this one's yours." Lucius motions to Salem for a big group of sorority girls on the opposite side of the street. "Serpensortia." She spoke as she makes a cobra appear in front of the girls.

They all scream as they run into the street to get away from the animal. "This is fun." She says as she holds her stomach from how much they were all laughing. "Vipera iveneska," Severus says in between laughs, making the snake disappear.

After a few hours, the fun comes to a close as the three finish off their last drink of the night. 

"Is drunk broom riding allowed?" Salem slurs her words, way drunker than the other two. "It's allowed. Just frowned upon." Severus tells her.

"How drunk are you?" Lucius chuckles as he notices that she couldn't walk straight on her own. "She's been a lightweight for years," Severus tells him. 

"Alright come here," Lucius tells her as they stand outside a shop. "Lumos." He says, creating light at the end of his wand.

"Your pupils are pulsating." He says as he runs the light in front of her eyes, making all three of them laugh. "Alright, I've had plenty of fun and we have classes in four hours," Lucius says as he throws Salem on his back.

"It's four A.M?" She asks as the two walk back towards the alley. "Yep and we need more sleep than we've got." He says as Severus opens the metal door to the alley. 

Salem removes the protection charm off their brooms and they mount once again. Lucius positioned Salem on the front of his broom, to make sure she wouldn't fall off in her drunken state.

She had her body laid into his chest as the wind whipped past the both of them. "Did you have a good birthday?" She asks as she looks up at him. "The best," he says as he smiles and kisses her forehead.

"Go to sleep Love. We'll be back at Hogwarts soon enough." He tells her as she drifts off into sleep.

The Next Morning

Severus, Lucius, and Salem sit in deviation, looking like shit from the previous night in London.

"You look awful," Andromeda whispers to Salem who had her head down. "Yeah, she's extremely hungover. I wouldn't count on an answer from her for the rest of the day." Lucius tells her from the desk behind her. 

Andromeda chuckles at her best friend while she goes back to her assignment.

"Well, graduation is in two days. What are you going to do when we leave?" Severus asks Lucius. "I don't want to think about it," Lucius says, remembering what his father said to him so many moons ago. 

"You?" He asks as he holds his throbbing head. "See if I can get a teaching job somewhere," Severus tells him.

"I would rather be tortured with cruciatus before I worked with children," Lucius tells him as the two share a laugh together.

If he was really being truthful, Lucius didn't want to graduate. Once the year was up, He was going to have to listen to his father's demand and surrender his relationship with Salem. However, it wasn't going to be that easy. He wouldn't just let her go that easily, not without a fight that is.

He wholeheartedly believed that Salem was his soulmate and he wouldn't give her up for a stuck up witch that was always given whatever she wanted with the snap of her fingers