Sincerely, Yours My Half-Blood Prince Book 1 (Severus Snape x OC )

Chapter 16: Three Words

As I began to walk to his classroom, it was quite strange. The air seemed darker and had an overwhelming scent of him around the room.

The scent of parchment, ink, and strangely like the earl gray tea I gave him.

It was quite intoxicating but faint. I had to hold up my hand to my nose to stop the smell.

Did my classroom smell like this?

I made sure my footsteps were soft, and it would not alert him. His back was turned to me, yet he muttered some strange words.

What was more surprising was that he did not have his cape on like usual.

I looked around and found some cauldrons on the desks. They were empty but probably used for some sort of potion. One, however, had the lid open, and I leaned over out of curiosity.

Putting my nose over, I tried to smell whatever scent was in it, but the smell of Severus was all over it.

What the bloody hell?

I accidentally bumped into the cauldron, and it began to move a bit. I hold onto it so it does not tip over.

Did he make a cologne after his scent?

Such a narcissistic.

Turning back, I could tell he still not noticed I was here.

I could see his back; it was broad and somewhat daunting. My eyes trailed up and down at him, taking in the image.

Stop that!

I mentally slapped myself.

I could see him looking at some paperwork and still muttering to himself. His arms were sorting the paperwork, and his hands expanding widely, causing his back to extend outwards.

I decided not to breathe through my nose since the scent was so powerful.

I knocked on one of the student's desks to get his attention. It seemed to cause him to turn around in surprise.

"Oh, Ms. Cullens. If I would have thought any better, I thought you were a troll trying to scare me." He said in a joking manner, which was annoying. However, he did not stare into my eyes and looked everywhere but in my direction.

"If you get scared that easily you might just one day end up like one of the ghosts roaming the castle." I chuckled at the thought of a grumpy Severus Ghost floating around.

His lips pursed up a bit, but he went back to not staring at me.

There was an uncomfortable silence in the air. I was unsure of why, but I waited for him to speak. He, however, waited for the same thing.

"Hilarious, now if you would not like to waste my time. I am busing doing... something" Severus still did not look at me. His black opal eyes looking everywhere nut where I was.

I wanted to stare into his eyes to see what secret he had. I walked closer to him unintentionally, and he seems to back up a bit.

The way he avoided me was something not uncommon, but I was surprised he would do this now.

"What are you hiding, Professor Snape," I finally asked the question. His eyes now seemed to look at my own.

"I am not sure what you mean." he seemed to stutter a bit, but I could tell a light went off. He stared at me with a severe gaze. "Wait a minute, what are you doing here?" His posture went up, and I immediately went back, not wanting to bump into him.

I was surprised as to him, not knowing why I was here. "Headmaster Dumbledore told me to come down here." My eyes shifted to him as i could tell he was confused.