A Star For You

Three

The next day arrived quickly and it was nearing the end of the day. Both Estelle and Elio were walking to the Great Hall together, chatting away about nothing in particular, on their way to diner.

Students passed the two siblings, waving and saying hello. The two were proving to be one of the favourite professors and many of the students absolutely loved their class. They were strange and new and the students absolutely loved their easy to understand lessons as well as their funny and unique ways of teaching.

As they walked towards the Great Hall together side by side, students were quite shocked at how much they looked alike even though they were different genders. Some had to look twice to see if they really were two different people. As the two strolled to diner, people couldn't help looking at the outfits they were wearing. The twin professors were also known around Hogwarts to having different and strange outfits, mixing it up all the time. They were different from the other professors as they usually wore the same thing in boring colours. Estelle today was wearing a No-Maj inspired outfit which was a flat looking dress that went to her knees. It was spilt directly in the middle, one side being black and the other being grey. It was long sleeved and had a turtle neck as she got cold easily. She also wore black stockings and flats. Her long hair was once again tied up and her bangs were freshly cut and out of her eyes. 

Beside her, Elio was wearing similar colours. He was wearing black dress pants and a black vest with a grey long sleeve underneath. The buttons were grey. He also had a black and grey bow tie to tie the look all together. His hair though was fluffy and all over the place, almost falling into his eyes though he didn't mind.

The two were quite fashionable compared to the other professors and they both had unique styles, since they were always changing it up everyday. On one occasion, while teaching Estelle wore a dark red pant suit that had stars as decoration embroidered on. One day Elio came in wearing a yellow suit that was charmed to flare like the rays of the run, but not too bright as that would be incredibly annoying.

Estelle and Elio made it to the high table and sat at their spots. Today though Elio sat where Estelle would normally sit so he could speak with Neville, the two were proving to have some kind of friendship happening and it was nice for Estelle to see since the two were always together and rarely made any other friends. She quietly ate, letting her brother talk to someone else other than her.

She glanced to her right after awhile and found Severus Snape also eating quietly.

"Good evening." She spoke to him, trying to start a conversation. She had suddenly gotten the urge to suddenly to speak to him.

He cautiously and slowly said good evening back, still surprised and confused as to why she kept trying to speak with him. Didn't she know who he was, what he had done? Did she just want to use him, sell a story to the prophet or want to make fun of him? No one would to be in the right mind to speak with such a horrible man such as he so he remained cautious.

She placed her hand on his wrist without thinking and she was surprised both at him and herself. He had once again ripped his hand away from the contact as if he was burned, holding his hand to his chest. She lamely but quickly apologized, keeping her hands to her sides. She didn't mean to do it, just she suddenly found herself reaching over and drawn to touch him.

He stared at her with piercing eyes, "Why do you do that?" He asked her, brows furrowed in anger and confusion, thinking back to the previous day where she had grabbed him freely before.

"I didn't mean to. It's a habit..." she told him, not quite telling the truth or a lie. It was true it was a habit but that was with Elio mostly, she usually never touched others, let alone a man. She regretted her poor choice of words immediately, noticing his expression turned even more cold at the fact it was a habit and that she probably did this to every other man, not just him.

"I'm sorry." She said again, whispering, not quite sure what to say now.

Before he or she could speak again, Elio finished his discussion with Neville and turned to his sister with a warm smile. He glanced at Severus, noticing the two had just been talking. He also noticed Estelle was twirling a piece of her hair from her ponytail, knowing she did this when she was sorry for something or nervous.

"Something wrong?" He asked the two, glancing at the both of them.

Estelle shook her head while Severus merely said nothing, going back to staring at his untouched food in front of him as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.

Elio shook his head, not questioning it further, "So I heard you two will be going for tea later. Do you mind if I join?"

Estelle stared at her brother in confusion. Why did he want to come now? She asked earlier and he said he didn't want too but now he was saying the complete opposite.

"The more the merrier." Severus said with a slight forced looking smile, though it held no happiness or emotion other than slight annoyance and irritation.

Estelle frowned, not sure how this evening of tea and chitchat would go. What with Snape not really looking like he wanted her company in the first place but now her brother was joining? She just prayed to merlin that nothing too terrible would happen. Elio stared at Snape with a cold but calculated expression, which Estelle didn't notice.

They all finished diner soon after, and Estelle headed back to her quarters before heading to Snape's office. She graded some papers to pass the time and then changed her outfit before heading to the dungeons with Elio beside her.

She had changed into something more relaxed and comfortable, wearing a simple black dress that went to her knees which was comfortable and nice for relaxing while drinking tea. It had floral designs on it though it was also black so it didn't stick out. She was also wearing see through stockings and comfy shoes. Then to make her comfortable look tie together she took down her hair from her ponytail. She rarely left anywhere with it down so this was a rare experience.

Beside her was Elio who was wearing dress pants once again but this time it was grey and he had a black dress shirt on with a cloak. It was quite chilly in the dungeons so he came prepared.

Elio glanced at his sister, noticing she had her hair down immediately since she rarely did so. He remained quiet, not saying anything about it and continued walking to Severus' office.

The two finally reached Severus' office and knocked loudly. They heard a come in and the door magically opened.

They both walked in and looked around. The room was dark and roomy, book shelves lining most of the space. There was a fireplace with green flames and a table with chairs around it. There were also many shelves filled up with jars with many different and mysterious things that Estelle was glad she wasn't up close too. By the fire there was love seats and comfortable looking arm chairs. Estelle's first thought was "cozy" while Elio's was "gloomy."

Sensing what Elio was thinking, Estelle softly punched his arm in a teasing way as if to say be-nice. He grinned at her and the two went over to where Severus was seated with a book in his hands.

He glanced up from his book and slightly froze when his eyes landed on Estelle. This was his first time seeing her with her hair down and she looked so different. It momentarily surprised him and caught him off guard for a second but he regained his composure and greeted the guests.

For some reason, Estelle's ears and cheeks slightly went pink, feeling self conscious now after Snape had stared at her and her hair. Was it strange? Was it too much? But it didn't mean anything really, or did it? She was suddenly growing anxious and nervous but realized she was only in the company of her brother and fellow colleague at her workplace for tea and that it was okay, and that was all...right?