The Cheshire Cat

Life goes on

Everything was still hectic with the Underlanders after a week.

Their home was destroyed and now they had to live in a place that was still foreign to them and where they weren't accepted.

Cheshire and her friends were shaken but knew that they had to live with their home being lost, so they continued on their way through life.

Classes were boring and Cheshire quickly grew tired of the never ending drone of teachers lecturing their students about potions, transfiguration, and every other bloody things that Hogwarts had classes for. She thought that these classes were useless because she already knew everything that was being taught and as she sat in potions she definitely wasn't paying attention to what was being said.

Severus and her had shared more experiences after that fateful Christmas night and quickly grew attached to each other. Neither admitting how they felt.

Yet Cheshire still openly admired the potions professor from a distance.

"Ms. Bow, would you care to tell me what Amortentia is?" Severus asked the girl who wasn't paying attention.

"Oh... Umm, It's a love potion sir. The most powerful love potion in both the wizarding and muggle worlds." Cheshire replied awkwardly.

"Correct. Now pay attention." He snapped.

Cheshire only rolled her eyes but did as he asked.

After potions Cheshire walked towards the Great Hall for lunch with the Hatter, Queen, and Knave.

The four of them joked and Hatter teased Cheshire.

"Ogling the potions professor were we?"

"Shut up." Cheshire replied while her face flooded with color.

Cheshire had only ever blushed twice in her life and the first time was when she was two and was called adorable by Cater.

"Oh she's blushing! That's a new one." Queenie said as she lent into the Knave who laughed and hid his face in Queenie's hair.

Cheshire just glared at her friends and marched ahead of them while they whined about how she was taking this to seriously.

When the group reached the Great Hall they sat by their friends who had taken up seats at the Gryffindor table.

Cheshire grouched into her seat and the rest of her friends looked at her questioningly which just earned them a glare from the cat.

"What's got your panties in a twist?" Mouse asked.

"Oh don't worry about her." Hatter started. "She's just mad because Iracebeth, Jack, and I were teasing her about her and our potions professor."

"Oh." Was all that was said after that as the group dove into their lunch as if they hadn't eaten for years.

After a few minutes the group felt a dark figure broading over them so they turned in the direction it was coming from.

When they looked the found Severus standing there with a glare etched on his face.

"Yes?" Cheshire asked wanting to get back to her mouth watering food.

"I need to borrow Ms. Bow for a moment please." He told them.

Cheshire just rolled her eyes and stood up.

"Alright." She started grumpy from being taken from her food. "Let's make this quick."

Then the two were seen exiting the Great Hall as everything was silent and all eyes sat on their retreating figures.