Ancient: The Legacy of Slytherin

Potions II

Sebastian POV

I was excited for this next part. If there was one thing I knew I was good at, it was being possessive. I'm self-aware enough to admit that. Plus, other students were already afraid of me. That much had been evidently clear throughout my time at Hogwarts. I don't know if it was my penchant for detention or my dueling record, but it was about to come in handy.

The world seemed to move in slow motion when Ara and I began our walk down the hall to Potions. I had my right arm draped over her shoulder, and her fingers were intertwined with my right hand. She wrapped her left arm around my waist and dug her nails into my side. She must be nervous.

Every single eye in the hallway was fixed on us. I saw one student point at Ara, so I bared my teeth at them and they cowered away.

"Whore."

I heard it out of my left ear. Fucking Nellie. That righteous Gryffindor cunt. Luckily I knew just the thing to do to really piss her off.

Showtime.

I grabbed Ara by the waist and lifted her over to the left side of me, pushed her against the wall right next to Nellie, and invaded her mouth with my tongue until she moaned for me. As I was kissing her, I opened my eyes and winked at Nellie. If Ara was flustered, she didn't let it show. She put on a show right back, dragging my bottom lip out with her teeth. Then she winked at Nellie too. I needed to take a breather or I would be hard in this hallway.

I pulled Ara off the wall by her uniform tie to continue our walk to class and grabbed a handful of her ass, earning me a gasp and a chuckle.

"Mister Sallow!"

Uh oh. I knew that voice.

"Unhand Miss Gene right now unless you want 10 points taken from Slytherin and detention for the rest of the month."

"Yes, Professor Sharp." Arabella was cracking up next to me, and Merlin did she have a glorious laugh. When Sharp's back was turned, I grabbed her by the waist and carried her into class while she laughed. I pulled her into one final kiss as she went to sit next to Garreth and I took my usual place next to Ominis.

"Was that Arabella laughing?" Ominis had his head turned like he was still trying to listen for it.

"It was."

"And are you the one responsible for her laughter?"

"I am."

"It's nice to hear her laugh. I can sense that she's... happy. Thank you for that, Sebastian."

Ominis was blind, but he was staring right at her. He looked like he was in physical pain.

"Ominis, mate, I need to tell you something. Ara and I...we're...dating." His eyes went wide as he turned his gaze towards me and I lowered my voice so only Ominis could hear me. "We're not really dating. It's fake. Someone started a terrible rumor about her and we're trying to get them talking about something else. She was a wreck this morning in the Undercroft, she was crying and she could barely breathe...I just wanted to help."

"Fucking Marvolo."

Huh? That was not the response I was expecting.

"What?"

"This morning at breakfast. I sensed Arabella's aura at the table and she was alone. She sat alone for a while until another presence appeared in front of her. A presence I've become all too familiar with."

"So you think Marvolo started it?"

"Marvolo doesn't start rumors. Marvolo states information he receives from reputable sources."