My Professor

Chapter 24

"Up or down, that is the question." Bellatrix mumbles looking at her hair in the mirror.
She wore her usual attire, long black dress tight fitting corset, long black robe and a pair of black heeled boots. She stared at her reflection in the mirror contemplating on what to do with the wild bush of curls that cascade from her scalp. Bellatrix figured she'd wear it half up half down, that way it's out of her face, yet still flowing fairly freely. Satisfied the woman made her exit, making her way towards the great hall for breakfast, a slight bounce in her step. The doors open and in walks Bellatrix. Hermione's eyes instantly fell on the woman, noticing the change in hairstyle straight away, and the slight bounce definitely didn't go unnoticed by Hermione or Minerva for that matter.
"Good night's sleep?" Minerva asks as the younger woman took her usual seat.
"Yes, slept like a baby." Bellatrix smiles reaching for her juice.
Severus arches his brow, looking at Minerva.
"Really, I'm literally right here." Bellatrix rolls her eyes.
"Nice to see your hair not looking like a nest for birds." Snape comments.
"Nope, too happy to bicker Severus, I don't think anything could possibly ruin my day."
Minerva was slightly taken back by the girls new happy attitude.
"Hem. Hem." The woman beside Severus cleared her throat.
"I take it back." Bellatrix mutters earning a chuckle from Minerva.

***

Minerva had just finished her class with Umbridge and wasn't in a particularly good mood, during her free period she went directly to Bellatrix's classroom to see the woman sat at her desk, marking some papers.
Bellatrix looks up at Minerva's entrance, slight smirk tugging at her lips at the woman's obvious displeased expression.
"Bitch?"
"Big Bitch." Minerva said earning a chuckle from Bellatrix.
"I'll put the kettle on." The younger witch arose from her seat and headed to the backroom, followed by Minerva.

Later that day it was Bellatrix turn to suffer the presence of Dolores Umbridge.
"Well Mcgonagall was great, but can you imagine Black? I mean, I can't see this going well." Ron said as the trio walk to their class.
Hermione swallows she knew from experience the woman did have a pretty bad temper.

Bellatrix eyes her class, every student was their and on time, just as she liked it. Though the chair provided for a certain toad was empty.
That already did not sit well with Bellatrix.
"Right class, today we'll be -" Bellatrix was cut off by the door opening. Dolores walks in with a huge smile plastered on her face, and just for that Bellatrix wanted to stab her multiple times with her dagger that's strapped to her thigh.
"Hello children." Dolores smiles,
Bellatrix twitches at the annoying voice.
Dolores turns to look at Bellatrix and makes her way towards the woman's desk.
"There's a chair prepared over there for you Dolores." Bellatrix didn't even attempt a smile, instead she Kemp her normal stern facial expression and pointed towards the chair.
"Right." the woman in pink half smiles before taking her seat at the furthest corner of the room.
Bellatrix waited for the woman to be seated before she began again.
"Hem hem." Dolores tried to get Bellatrix's attention as she began her lesson only to be ignored so she tried again.
"You know, Professor Mcgonagall  has cough drops if you wish for some, though I can't image she'd let you cough all the way through her lesson and not give you one." Bellatrix didn't even bother to look at Dolores, knowing if she saw that stupid face she'd snap. The witch decided it would be best to count to 10, however that didn't work when Dolores spoke over her yet again.
"You know Dolores, I don't usually permit people to talk over me, nor am I particularly fond of tardiness, which might I add you were exactly 10 minutes and 34 seconds late to my lesson and you've continued to talk over me and interrupt my lesson." Bellatrix turns to glare at the woman, she tried hard not to rip the woman's head off, her eyes then flicker to Hermione who gave her a pleading look, Bellatrix inhales, the last thing she should do right now was decapitate the woman, no matter how satisfying it sounded.

"Which also effects the teaching of these young minds, which is not tolerated in my classroom. So if you continue to interrupt or talk over me I will not hesitate to send you out of my classroom." Bellatrix adds her eyes returning to Dolores. Bellatrix inhales continuing her lesson.

***

Everyone had left apart from Hermione who made her way towards Bellatrix.
"You handled that pretty well. I honestly thought you'd kill her for a moment back there." Hermione smiles.
"So did I, but something stopped me." Bellatrix  looks up to the girl, a small smile on her lips.
"Oh? Do tell." Hermione smirks.
"A certain hazel eyed Gryffindor." Bellatrix leans back in her chair. Hermione smirks,
"Is that so?"
"It is, and just think how lucky Dolores is to have gotten away alive."
Hermione smiles walking around the woman's desk.
"Well I think you deserve an award for that." Hermione grins, leaning down.
"It's not a tuna sandwich is it?"
Hermione chuckles shaking her head.
"No, but it's what came after the tuna sandwich."
Bellatrix smiles, " I don't think I remember."
"Then let me refresh your memory." Hermione grins, capturing the woman in a kiss.