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I do not own any of the characters or places from the Harry Potter books or films. They all belong to J.K. Rowling. All that is mine is Lou and the plot. I am not making any money from the writing of this story.

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CH 48 Christmas shopping
On Monday morning Lou was up and about early. She walked about her rooms without the cane, and she�d had a shower, alone. Madam Pomfry had now dispensed with the dressings and told Lou she would only need to see her once a week for check ups.
But something even better had happened to Lou, something unexpected, something she never dreamed of.

It was seven thirty when she knocked on the door that led from her little passage to the Potion Masters rooms.

She was practically hopping about by the time he opened the door less than a minute later.
�Please Sir, I have to show you something. I have to, I�ll burst if I don�t.�

�Then you better come in before you do.� He told her, wondering what on earth she could find so exciting at this time of the morning.

He did notice though, that she walked unaided.

�Ah, the cane. You have finally dispensed with it then.�
�Yep, but that�s not all.� She told him with a grin.
�Oh do enlighten me.� he said drolly, rolling his eyes. �Considering the hefty dose of potion I gave you last night, surely you expected a marked improvement.�
�Yes. Yes I did, but there�s more, so much more. You won�t believe it.�

�Really, try me.� he told her. He was becoming bored, his stomach complained loudly for lack of food and he had first year Ravenclaw/Hufflepuffs first thing.
�I don�t need the bandage any more.� She said. �And I only have to see Madam Pomfry once a week from now on.�
�Wonderful. Now if you don�t mind, I would like to go and ��
�No wait.� She told him hurriedly. �Look, you have to see.� She said, turning her back and removing her robe before he could stop her.
�Miss Black.� He roared.
�Please, just look will you. Look at my back.� She pleaded, holding her hair away from her shoulders.
�But how? It is impossible.� He told her, running his fingers lightly across the smooth unmarked skin of her upper back and shoulders.
�There�s more.� She said quietly as she turned to face him and pulled her bra down. �Look.� She said, her eyes glistening with tears. �I hope you�ve got some of that stuff left, because it�s your turn now. You can get rid of your stripes. We�ll both be free of them forever.�
Severus stared at the smooth milky skin of her breasts as she stood before him unashamedly. He blinked when a single tear fell from her chin to land on one, and instinctively reached out a finger to wipe it away.
Lou stared mesmerised as he did, his finger seeming to linger for a split second as it trailed across her skin. Then it was gone and she couldn�t help the disappointment she felt at that loss of contact. �What on earth is it with me?� She thought.
�Bloody hell, what am I doing?�

�I am most dreadfully sorry Miss Black, that was highly inappropriate of me. Especially considering what you have been through. You do of course have every right to make a complaint. I shall inform the headmaster immediately of my actions, and tender my resignation.�
�What? No you won�t.� She told him. �Profe �Severus, you have more right than anyone to do what you just did. Don�t you see, I was the one who came in here baring all, I was the one who told you to look. You did this for me, it is only natural you�re going to want to touch. You didn�t say anything when you touched my leg, or when you put your hand on my bum, hard I might add, why should this be any different?�
�Because it is. Because when I laid hands on you before, it was out of necessity, this time it was not. This time I touched you because I wan �it was wrong of me.�
�It didn�t feel wrong, not to me.�
�You do not understand, you are but a child. My student.�

�Am I? Then why don�t I feel like a child? I might be fifteen in years, but I�ve been much older than that for a long, long time and you know it. So don�t tell me I don�t understand, because I do. And I�m not complaining. If you say anything to the Headmaster, I shall deny it, vehemently. Your words I think �Professor.� She said, scowling at him. She pulled her clothes back on and looked at him, waiting to see what he would do next.
Severus turned away, running a hand through his hair in frustration. �It does not excuse the fact that I abused you. I should never ��

�Bugger abused. You did not abuse me. I know abuse, you know I do so don�t give me that. You touched me because I let you, and I wouldn�t have stopped you if you�d touched me some more. So think about it before you do anything stupid Professor. You told me to take control of my life, well I have. Now you do the same with yours.� With that, Lou left the room and entered the dungeon corridor via her own door.
Severus stood watching the empty space where moments before, a young woman had given him a dressing down. A young woman whom he�d molested, and she�d made it sound as though she�d wanted him to do it, and more. �No, I must have misunderstood her. Or did I? Well she made it clear she did not want to take it any further, and stated that she would flat out deny that anything untoward happened should I speak to the Headmaster about it. Then again, all I did was wipe away a tear, from her breast, a very nice breast at that, and I was in shock at the sight of those hideous carvings disappearing as they did.�
A somewhat confused Potions Master went to the Great Hall for breakfast. He watched Lou from under his lashes, she was laughing and chatting with her friends as though nothing had happened. Very well, if that was how she wanted to play it, who was he to cause her more torment by dragging this through official channels?
Lou, along with Hermione, four Ravenclaws named Paul Thackery, Melissa Greydon, Weldon Fwoop, and Shauna Sheepshank, were called to the Headmasters office after breakfast.
It was explained to them about the new classes for specially gifted students, and each was offered a place on the scheme.
They all accepted and were even more delighted when told they would have their own rooms to give them the peace and privacy needed for all the extra study that would be necessary. Apart from Hermione and Lou who already had there own rooms.
After a few glitches during the first week, while the new class tried to adapt to their new timetables, and working mostly without supervision, things settled down to a routine.
There was a little bit of jealousy amongst some of the other students at first, but they were few and far between. When they found they got very little support from the rest of their peers, they stopped hassling the new prodigies and concentrated on their own studies again.

Lou�s friends stayed faithful, as did Hermione�s and most of the others.

Melissa Greydon lost her best friend and was upset for quite a while, then she discovered she had better friends amongst her new classmates and recovered quickly.
The first two weeks of Lou�s classes were made slightly more difficult because she had detention with Professor Snape each evening, and still had her homework to do afterwards.
The detentions turned out to be intensive Occlumancy lessons. She was given one night off, when Severus performed the dark spell to bring her up to seventh year advanced level on all the subjects he�s not bothered with first time round. That was the only night she was allowed to go to sleep without clearing her mind first.
Kreatcher and Pegnose were assigned back to the kitchens as Lou was now quite capable of managing on her own. Though Kreatcher did occasionally sneak up to see his mistress.
On a weekend, she would meet Ron and they would talk, play chess, find somewhere private and kiss. Lou allowed some heavy petting, but whenever Ron�s hand strayed too far, she would stop him.
Ron still maintained his promise to not push her into doing something she was not ready for and treated her with respect. It didn�t stop him from trying to go a bit further each time, he was a male after all and had urges like any other, but he decided that she was worth waiting for and forced himself to be patient.
Lou enjoyed her time with Ron, she began to care about him a great deal. But her feelings were always blighted by that one memory of a finger lightly trailing over her breast. It left her feeling guilty that that one little touch did more for her than anything Ron did. Not that Ron didn�t arouse her, he did, a bit too much sometimes and Lou was finding it more and more difficult to say no to him. She worried that he would lose patience with her one day and find someone else. When she told him of her worries, he said he would never do that, he told her respected her for it and was willing to wait for as long as she needed.

For Lou, that meant a long, long time.
Severus began to notice they were together quite a lot since Halloween and did his utmost to spy on them, interrupting them at every opportunity, all but stalking them and docking points from Gryffindor.
Three weeks before Christmas, Severus was summoned by the Dark Lord.

�What news have you for me Snape?�
�The girl fairs well my Lord, she is doing well with her studies, and her health is good.�

�And the boys, has she forgiven them?�

�She has not my Lord. Zabini fairs better in her estimation by far, he was at least sincere in his apology. Malfoy, as you know, finds it more difficult to �express himself.�
� And what did Miss Nilsen have to say when young Draco was unable to apologise to her?�

�She told him quite calmly that should he breathe too closely to her, she would kill him, slowly. Mr Malfoy I believe, is making certain that he does not breath too closely to the young lady in question my Lord.�
�And the old fool Dumbledore, what is he doing?�

�He is not making any plans at the moment, I believe he is waiting for you to make the next move.�
�Is he really? Tell me Snape, why does the Nilsen girl where that collar? I know there can only be two reasons for it. Either she has great power and is harnessed, hence grounding that power, or she is bound to someone. Tell me which it is.�
Severus had to think quickly, if he told the Dark Lord the truth, he would have her eliminated immediately. But if he said she was bound to someone for marriage, who�s life could he put in danger, for the Dark Lord would surely kill them.
�May the Gods forgive me.� He thought. �She is bound my Lord.�
�Is she indeed? Why was I not told of this before?� He asked angrily, his red eyes flashing dangerously.
�My Lord, I sought not to keep it from you, merely to wait until she was to be presented to you, I had hoped to please you with the news.�

�Please me? You stupid idiotic buffoon, why would it please me?�
�Because she is bound to me my Lord. The girl had something of a crush on me when I befriended her, that crush grew into an obsession my Lord. Had I not bound her to me, she would have become hysterical and I feared losing her trust, hence her support for you. I am sorry if I have displeased you my Lord.� Severus went down on his knees and lowered his head to the floor in supplication, awaiting a slow and painful death.
He was taken by surprise when he heard a hissing cackle emerge from Voldemort. He dare not look up and it took him a while to realise the noise was laughter.
�Snape, my loyal servant, you have pleased me greatly. The most confirmed bachelor I know has got himself engaged, and secured the support of one of the wizarding worlds most influential families into the bargain. Well done my boy, and when is the wedding to take place?�

�We have not discussed that yet my Lord. She is only fifteen and ��
�I do not care about her age. Wed her, and soon. I want control of those vaults of hers, and that will be possible now through you, a loyal servant. It is rare to bind a bride these days, but when you do, the law states that you may wed them at any age, waiting will not be necessary. You have until the middle of January to bring her to me as your wife, in every sense.� He told the Potions Master, cackling gleefully as he sent him away.

�Dear God�s Headmaster what have I done? Severus asked, his face in his hands.

�The only thing you could do my boy. Do not berate yourself so, what other choice did you have? Besides, Louhi willingly took an oath when she joined the order, she stated clearly that she wished to help and would do anything to save your life.�
�She is a child Headmaster. She didn�t know what she was getting herself into.� Severus said, disgusted that the old wizard could say such a thing.
�She is a child only in years Severus. In her mind and her heart, she is more grown up then many adults that I know. You know this for yourself. Is it not better that you wed her, than Voldemort takes her life?�
�Headmaster, he is demanding more than that. I must wed her and bed her, then give him control of her fortunes.�
�I know, and it is dreadful that even as her husband, you will not be able to access her vaults. Only she can do that. If Voldemort were to threaten bodily harm to either of you, he would lose her altogether. Let her have Christmas Severus, meanwhile I shall arrange for the collar to be adjusted, it must remain in place, so must serve a duel purpose now. It must be done unbeknownst to her for now. Perhaps a dreamless sleep potion in her evening drink this weekend?�
After two weeks of intensive lessons, Lou was quite an accomplished Occlumens. Most times she was able to block Severus from her mind, though she found it more difficult to allow him to see what she wanted him so see, while blocking other memories.
He told her to use any means necessary to prevent him from seeing her memories, and Lou discovered that when he came too close to something she didn�t want him to see, she would shape shift and it would stop him.

Shifting was something else she became very proficient in. Lou could now morph just one part of her body if she wished, and would frequently shift her head to become a shadow to end the Legillimens.
�It is impressive Miss Black and certainly effective, but should you try that with the Dark Lord, you will only anger him further.� Severus told her.
�But I can�t always help it Professor. Sometimes it just happens without me trying.�
�Then you must try harder. That is enough for this evening, go and do your homework.�
That was the way of most evenings for Lou, even when the detentions were over, she still had to practice her Occlumancy with him.
There was a Hogsmead weekend a fortnight before Christmas and Lou was desperate to go. She wanted to buy Christmas presents for her friends, and there were a lot of them now. She also wanted to get something special for Ron and told him he couldn�t come with her when she went.
He complained, it was his last weekend at school before he went back to the Burrow for Christmas with Harry, Ginny and Hermione.
She also wanted to get something nice for Severus. He�d bought her gifts in the past, so she saw nothing wrong in returning the favour.

Lou had no idea of the change made to her collar. Sometimes when she was standing close to him, or they made contact, she would feel an odd tingle come from the collar that radiated through her. It wasn�t unpleasant either and sometimes she would find herself edging closer to him just to make it happen. She couldn�t explain why it happened, and she didn�t dare tell anyone for fear they would think she was insane.
After a talk with Hermione, Lou was able to decide on Ron�s present. Hermione told her it was an awful lot of money to spend, but Lou made up her mind and wouldn�t be deterred.
It was also the first time Lou managed to walk to Hogsmead under her own steam and she relished every step that took her there. She loved the sound the snow made when it crunched under her boots and didn�t complain when the hem of her cape became soaked and heavy.

Her friends told her she was nuts, but they also understood that this was something special for Lou and laughed it off.
By lunchtime Lou had most of her shopping done and only needed to find something suitable for the Headmaster and Professor Snape.
Her purchases were all shrunk and in her pocket, apart from Ron�s which would be delivered to his house on Christmas morning. She�d paid heavily for that, but Lou didn�t care, she wanted to make certain he got it on the day.
She was in the Three Broomsticks with the same crowd as the first time she�d come here, though the group was considerably larger this time.

Lou had discretely spoken to Madam Rosmerta and arranged that the table be kept constantly filled with warm snacks and butterbeers while they were there. Lou left a large amount of Galleons behind the bar and asked that it be kept secret.

Each time someone went to the bar, they would come back with tray of drinks believing that someone else had paid, never once guessing Lou had paid for it all.
Lou had her pride and knew what it was to not be able to pay her way, by doing what she did, everyone was treated the same without them even realising.
After traipsing the shops all afternoon, Lou still hadn�t found anything suitable for the Professor and disappointed, she gave up, an idea entering her head as she made her way back to Hogwarts.
Putting away her purchases, Lou sent Validus with a note while she changed into dry clothes.

Minutes later, she was sitting in the Headmasters office, explaining that she really needed to enter one of her vaults.
�If it is Galleons you are needing Miss Black, we can arrange to have them sent to you.� The headmaster told her.
�It�s not money Sir, I have plenty of that here already. I need to get �something, something special.
�If it is that important to you, I am sure Professor Snape would be willing to ��
�No. I mean�sorry Sir. I can�t go with Professor Snape, I don�t want him to see what I�m getting.� She told him with her head lowered.
�Very well Louhi. I have an appointment at the Ministry on Thursday afternoon, you can accompany me then, but you will have to wait while I finish my business there.�
�I will, I�ll wait as long as you like if it means I can get the item I need. Thank you Headmaster.�
As Lou was crossing the main hall, Ron found her and grabbed her excitedly.
�Lou, I�ve just had a letter from mum. She wants you to come to the Burrow, your spending Christmas with us.�
She was stunned. �She wants me to come? But why?�
�What do you mean why? Because she likes you, because your our friend, because you�re my girlfriend. Because we all want you there. Why do you think?�
Lou didn�t know what to say, so she flung her arms round him instead. �Oh Ron, tell you mum thank you, I�d love to come. This is wonderful.� She told him. She�d never been invited to someone�s house for Christmas dinner before and she was excited. �What time do I have to be there?�
�What d you mean?�

�On Christmas day, what time. Oh Ron, how will I get there?�
Ron took hold of her shoulders and looked at her, then he smiled as it dawned on him that she�d misunderstood. �Lou, your not coming on Christmas day.�
�Oh.� She said, trying not to let her disappointment show. �I �I thought�It doesn�t��

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