Harry Potter

"What happened?" Rei prodded, teasingly.

"I thanked him.. and kissed him. I don't.. even know why I did it, and then I walked away so fast that he didn't even have time to react." She shoved food in her mouth to contemplate the kiss again.

"Ooh." Rei teased slightly. "That's prolly why he hasn't shown up for dinner yet." She glanced down towards Snape's normal seat, which was empty.

Bailey crossed her arms, "That's probably why he'll never speak to me again.." She said softly, nibbling on her lips.

"Well, it's not like it's anything he hasn't done before." Rei shrugged slightly. "He might just be grouchier than usual for a bit."

Bailey laughed softly and rubbed her temples softly. "I forgot how sof his lips were." She said softly. "God somebody smack me. I'm.. not.. thinking about that." She pushed back from the table.

"Ew..." Rei wrinkled her nose slightly. "He's such a grouch though. I couldn't imagine being with someone like him." She frowned slightly. "I like my guys to have...a good sense of humor."

"I really don't blame him for being grouchy, there's more to Severus than you think. I'm not going to go off naming things, but he's a pretty intricate man.. and he's not one to overshare."

"I know there's gotta be more to him then what he shows. I mean look at his Patronus." She frowned slightly.

Bailey nodded, "Pretty isn't it?" She smiled. "I showed him how to do that, actually.." She grinned softly.

Rei glanced at Bailey. "Why's it a doe though?"

Bailey shrugged, "That I couldn't tell you.." She said softly, "Mines a fawn, though."

"Hm..." Rei frowned slightly. "And that Potter boy's is a stag...." She murmured to herself mostly.

Bailey shrugged softly, "Mmmhmm?" She said, not really getting the correlation.

Rei just shrugged. "It's just something that Fred pointed out to me earlier. He found it odd that two people that loathe each other could have oddly similar Patronus. Apparently his dad's was a stag too. Dunno what his mum's was."

Bailey looked down, "She had a doe as well.." She said softly, "Severus loved Lily." She said softly to Rei.

Rei glanced at Bailey. "That could explain it..." She frowned. "Didn't think he was capable..." She murmured, mostly to herself.

"Thank you very much." She said, "Seeing as we were in a relationship for just under half a year and I had a child by him, I take that as an insult, actually."

Rei just shrugged slightly. "Just 'cos he was in a relationship doesn't mean he's capable of loving. Wasn't meant as an insult and sorry you took it that way." She stated simply, her face void of any sort of expression, as she stood and turned to leave.

Bailey stood up and left first, not really angry, just more confused then anything. Her eyes seemed ghosted as she walked up to the library, intent on marking some papers. And it was friday night, so the library wouldn't be as crowded.

Rei rolled her eyes slightly and left the Great Hall, going outside and flopping onto the ground underneath a Beech Tree that was near the lake. She lay there for a few moments in silence, her hands linked behind her head.

"Mind if I join you?" Rei jumped slightly and looked up to see Fred standing over her. She just shrugged slightly and went back to looking out over the lake as he sat down next to her.

Bailey marked papers with her wand, her other hand underneath her chin softly, shaking her head softly, "No.. I will not give you a higher mark if you give me a cookie, Mr. Creevey."

They sat there for a few minutes in silence, just looking over the lake.

"What happened?" Fred finally broke the silence, glancing down at her.

"Well, ain't you a nosy little shit?" Rei rolled her eyes, grinning.

"You know it." Fred chuckled slightly before looking back down at her. "So what happened?" She just eyed him for a bit in silence.

"She got offended 'cos I said that I didn't think it was possible for Snape to love." She stated after a few moments.

"Hn." Fred raised his eyebrows slightly. "I think most people share that opinion 'bout him."

When Bailey realized it was late, really late she got up, putting all the peices of parchment into a folder, going into the hallway, it was dark and eerie. She made her way towards the third floor. Bailey shook her head gently, yawning softly.

Snape swooped around a corner rather quickly with his wand lit. He jumped slightly when he nearly ran into Bailey but composed himself quickly. "Have you seen Rei? She was supposed to be patrolling tonight." He frowned slightly.