Secrets (A Severus Snape Story)

Chapter 12 - Doing A Bit More Than Dueling

Severus' POV:

I walked down the corridor, towards the Room of Requirements. I've told the Hellstrand girl to wait near it, since I have to train her for that idiotic challenge Albus created. I told him it wasn't a good idea, he simply said that he wanted to make Hogwarts more exciting.

I turned a corner to see the Raven leaning against a wall, tossing a green ball in her hands, a Blood lollipop in her mouth. She tossed the ball at the wall repeatedly, causing loud echoes to go through the corridors. "Miss Hellstrand! Refrain from making such loud noises!" I barked.

She squeaked and spun around. She squeaks when she gets scared... How cute. As soon as she saw me, she glared at me. I returned the glare and I walked towards her. "Alright, I'm here! What do you want?" She growled lowly, shoving the green ball in her pockets.

I then noticed that she wasn't wearing her uniform. She wore a green and black plaid button up and black  jeans, it fit her quite well. "Why aren't you wearing your uniform?" I ask in a monotone voice. She stared at me with an emotionless expression and looked down at herself. "I'm going to practice dueling, you really think I can feel comfortable in my damn uniform?" She asked, smirking at me.

I ignored her and walked towards the wall where the Room of Requirements should be. I stood in front of the wall, thinking of a wide area, a suitable place to train the girl. I huffed and groaned. I couldn't seem to concentrate on what I need currently.

"Professor Snape, what are you doing?" I turned my head slightly to see Raven tilting her head in a confused manner. I frowned and put my hand on the wall. "The Room of Requirements isn't opening." I mumbled, kicking the wall slightly. Raven looks confused for a moment before walking up beside me. "What's the Room of Requirements? Sounds magical." She poked the wall with her middle finger and the door sprung open.

"How'd you do that?" I ask, turning to her with a raised eyebrow. She giggled and raised her middle finger. "With the power of my magical middle finger!" I resisted the urge to laugh at the idiotic joke and simply smirked. She smiled like a fool. I decided to let her go on giving me such an indecent gesture.

"Well then, ladies first." I said flirtatiously, giving a devilish smirk. And with that, she ran into the room, blushing bright red. I refrained from laughing at how flustered she was when I did things as that. I snapped back to my senses and mentally cursed myself.

This is wrong. No, a man in his mid thirties should not be flirting with a 16 year old, worse, my student!

I walked inside to see not a room full of mirrors, but a giant forest or what I think is a forest. In the middle of the room stood Raven, looking around with a evil grin. "Thanks for showing me this room Snape! Now I can go outside without actually going outside." She leaned against the tree and gave a devious smile.

"No, you will not be sneaking in here at all! This room will only be used when we are training!" I barked, glaring at the brat standing in front of me. She laughed and gave a goofy smile. "Of course Professor." She slid down the tree and tucked in her legs, playing with the tufts of grass.

I cleared my voice and stepped in front of her. She looked up at me with curious eyes. "Now Miss Hellstrand... as we are practicing our dueling alone... I am allowing you the privilege to speak on a first name basis. Call me Severus." I said in a monotone voice. She looked speechless, I guess she wasn't expecting this. She nodded slowly before awkwardly coughing.

"I... uh... I'm Raven." She stuttered, her cheeks flushing slightly. "Great. You know your own name." I said sarcastically. She quickly pulled her green hoodie over, hiding her beautiful hair. I quirked an eyebrow, but did not mention it.