My Professor

Chapter 29

Bellatrix took a deep breath, closing her eyes she sat down on her bed.
"Dimples" she mumbles before a smile broke out on her face, the smile soon turned into laughter at the mere thought of the girl and her strange nicknames.
"You really are a peculiar girl Granger" Bellatrix mumbles aloud as she opens her eyes.

Bellatrix was stepping on dangerous ground and she knew it, and the longer she kept this the closer to the cliffs edge she became,
but there was just something about Hermione Granger that drew her down the path of the dangerous Cliffs edge, where one wrong step could end everything.

The woman sighs and came to a strong conclusion, she needed a cup of tea.

***

Hermione enters the hall, making her way towards her friends and taking a seat beside Ginny.
"Nice trousers." Ginny arches her brow, Hermione swallows, she should of known Ginny would notice straight away.
"Thanks."
"Where'd you get them, I haven't seen those ones before?"
"Oh, Uh a friend gave them to me." she smiles.
A smirk forms on her friends face as she leans closer,
"A boyfriend?" Ginny wiggles her brows, fully aware of the daggers her brother sent in their direction, but not at all bothered.
"No, we've been through this." Hermione Rolls her eyes.
" 'Mione doesn't have a boyfriend, otherwise she'd have told us, right?" Ron looks to Hermione.
"Look I don't have a boyfriend now can we just drop this discussion." The brunette swallows, avoiding to look at any of her friends.
"Fine, but just tell us this, was you with this friend last night?" Harry asks a boyish grin plastered on his lips, and Ginny made no effort to hide her little smirk.
Hermione sighs rolling her eyes.
"If I say yes will you drop it?"
"Yes!" Said Ginny enthusiastically whilst Harry nods in agreement and Ron remained silent.
"Then yes, I was."
Ginny squeals with excitement.

***

"Oh Severus I still haven't seen her, what if something has happened to her" Minerva worries as she and Severus enter the hall, her arm securely tucked within his as he led her to the table.
"Remember, Dumbledore said not to draw attention to the situation." Severus said as he held the chair out for her to take a seat, then sat down himself.
"I don't care we need to find her she's my da- dear friend"  Minerva snapped, quickly correcting herself. A few of the other teachers glanced at the usually calm and respectable professors, though one look from Severus quickly had them looking elsewhere.
"And we will. I am going back out straight after this" Severus returns to comforting the woman beside him. Minerva inhales reaching for her juice when the grand doors open, revealing the person of discussion.

"Bella" Minerva nearly shot out of her seat, though didn't only due to the hand on her knee. Minerva instantly reached for his hand, trying to contain the happiness of seeing Bellatrix alive and safe.
"Breath Minerva, breath" Severus whispers as he felt the tight grip the witch had around his hand.
Bellatrix walks into the hall with a slight bounce to her step and a genuine smile covering her usually stern face.

"Holy shit, is she smiling?" Ron couldn't believe his eyes.
"Do you reckon she killed someone?" Harry looks towards his group of friends.
"Or hexed them..." Ginny mumbles
"Or she could just be happy." Hermione shrugs, her eyes watching the woman.
"Good morning everyone." She greets, a chorus of confused Good mornings were heard,
as she made her way to the Professor's table, completely ignoring the shocked stares coming from everyone in the entire hall.
"Kill someone on your way here did you?" Severus arches his brow.
The witch chuckles as she took her seat beside Minerva.
"No, but an incident took place last night, which led to an unconscious Fenrir Greyback." Bellatrix shrugs reaching for her second cup of tea that morning.

"An incident! What kind of incident?!"
"Minerva, not so loud we have prying ears." Severus warns, his eyes flickering to the pink woman beside him.
"My quarters later tonight young lady, and I don't want any excuses." Minerva scowled.
Bellatrix rolls her eyes, Severus lowered his head smirking.
"That goes for you too." Minerva narrows her eyes at him.
"What did I do?" He looks towards Minerva who ignores him and reaches for her tea.

***

Minerva sat in her classroom drumming her fingers against her desk when Severus enters catching the woman's attention.
"I did knock, though I gathered your mind would be elsewhere so I left myself in."
"I just worry about her." The woman sighs sitting up straight.
"That's only natural. I worry about her too." He admits summoning a chair to sit opposite Minerva. The woman arches her brow at him.
"Tell her and I'll deny it." He warns, earning a chuckle from Minerva.
"She's just so mischievous, and unpredictable and-"
"Like you?"
"I don't think I quite understand just what you're insinuating Mr Snape." Minerva narrows her brows.
"Bellatrix is very much like you."
"I was never this bad."
"Really? because I'm sure Dumbledore will disagree."
Minerva rolls her eyes at the man
"Oh yes, she definitely gets the eye roll from you." A slight smile made its way to his lips when he noticed that Minerva too was smiling.
"I suppose she's somewhat like me." She meets his dark orbs, losing herself for a moment.

"Anyway we'd best be going, Albus wanted a word." She quickly arose from her seat, breaking the eye contact.