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Leech	By : ccino49 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 2919 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I own nothing but this sordid little tale. All characters belong to J.K. Rowling. I am not making any money by writing it. I must be insane.

LEECH

Chapter 54

Only when she stood did Kathy feel the cool flow of air down her back and over her buttocks. She spun to see Severus watching her, his eyes glittering as he grinned devilishly at her.

�I hate you.� She hissed at him as she bundled up her clothes and headed for the bathroom. She stopped partway and turned to face him again when she realised she was once again bearing all. She walked carefully backwards until she was safely through the door, resenting the soft laughter that followed in her wake.
Severus laid back in his pillows, hands behind his head as he guffawed. �She really does blush quite prettily.� He thought. �And not just on her face.�

Still grinning, he climbed out of bed and quickly dressed. He would shower once he was back in his rooms.
When Kathy emerged fully dressed from the bathroom she found Severus standing waiting for her near the doors. Well at least she wouldn�t get lost if he was with her.

Both remained silent as they made their way down staircases and along corridors. Already Kathy had lost her bearings and if Severus suddenly left her now she would have no idea which direction to take.

Once they reached the main hall she breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced sideways at her. �Is there a problem?�

�Not now, I know where I am.�
�You have returned from the hospital wing before, why should you not know where you are?�

�I got lost the last time, and ghosted. It was horrible.�
�But you found your way back eventually.�

�I had help. I�m starving, I�m going to get some breakfast.� She walked away from him, heading for the Great Hall while he made his way to his rooms for a quick shower and change of clothes.

He wondered who�s help had brought her back to the dungeons the last time.
�This is most interesting.� Binns said excitedly to Kathy, Severus and Albus in the staff room that morning. �And you definitely haven�t Leeched Severus again?�
�No, it was only the once. But that was weeks ago, even the mark is nothing more than a tingle now, so why did I get the brunt of that curse? The magic he left in me is long gone.�
�I must admit the crucio effects on me were greatly diminished this time. It was still painful, but definitely bearable considering the amount of time the curse was held on me. I was fully cognizant until the very end.�
Binns continued to add their statements to Kathy�s notebook.

Severus� purchases in Scrivensgaft�s had included a number of charmed notebooks. Whatever Kathy or Binns wrote down was automatically transferred to the others book. Severus also had a set of notebooks charmed to theirs so that he too had a full record for his own personal perusal. This information he kept to himself however.
When they returned to the dungeons he asked her to take a seat in his office.
With a slightly mistrustful look, she sat on the chair in front of his desk.
�First let me apologise for last nights unfortunate incident. I know what a terrible experience it must have been for you, especially considering that you received the brunt of it whilst I� well. Secondly, I would also like to apologise again for my disgusting drunken outburst the other week. I know it is not enough, and I have no excuse for my behaviour, but I need you to understand that I do truly regret what I said. Not for one moment do I believe that you would ever do what I accused you of.�
�I know.� She answered quietly. �But it didn�t stop it hurting Severus. You�re a mean drunk and I don�t like that. What you said to me, no one�s ever spoken to me like that, and I refuse to allow you the chance to do it again.�

�Kathy please, I will never, ever say anything like that to you again. I want� need you to give me another chance. I�ve tried and I cannot convince myself that I do not care about you, because I do. Don�t� don�t say anything yet, just please, think about what I have said. I care very deeply for you Kathy, I want us to have another chance. I want to know if we can make a go of things.�
Kathy looked back at him thoughtfully. She wouldn�t answer him right now, she couldn�t. She needed time to think, to consider what he wanted, what she wanted. �I�ll think about what you said Severus, but I can�t make any promises. Until you were called last night I was ready to go back to what I knew, to my own time. But after what happened last night, the way I felt when I realised he was calling you again, what might have happen to you and what did happen. I�ll wait, for a short while at least. That�s all I can offer for now.�

He let out a long breath. At least she was considering, that was something wasn�t it? It gave him a glimmer of hope. �There is more, but I am waiting for Albus to arrive and I will relate what I have to say to both of you.�
�My rooms?�
He nodded and followed her through to her living room. He�d missed this, the cosiness of her room, the ever present smell of baking from the kitchen, the pleasure of just being in her presence.

It was a torture all it�s own, knowing she was on the other side of his office door, talking with Albus or whoever happened to show, while he was forced to stay on the other side, reverting back to hoping for a glimpse of her when others arrived and left. He wanted her back, even if it meant following her back to the 50�s and living as a muggle, he would do if that was what it took. If she would accept him.
Albus arrived as Kathy brought through the tray of tea and buns, and Severus immediately got down to relating the conversation between him and Voldemort. And sampling the buns of course.
�So the next time he calls, I go too.� Kathy wasn�t asking, merely confirming out loud what he�d said.
�You do not have to go. I can make up some excuse, say that you are ill, or that the Headmaster insisted you not go for reasons of his own. I will think of something.�
�And most likely we�ll both suffer that blasted curse because of it. If I�m gonna endure that again, I at least want to confront the git that�s doing it to me. Besides, he might not curse us if I go.�
�And he may decide to use the Avada instead.�
She looked at Severus sharply. �Yes he might, and he might not. Maybe this will go how it�s meant to go, maybe lots of things will happen, I don�t know. But unless I do go, we�ll never know will we? Like Albus said, if I go back without doing anything, will I be able to live with myself, I doubt it. And waiting here day after day doing nothing isn�t helping either. I�m scared Severus, scared out my bloody wits if I�m honest, but I�m not gonna be any less scared if we keep putting this off. When he calls again, I�m going with you.�
�You are a brave woman Kathy Ripley.� He told her with pride.
�No I�m not, I�m a bloody fool. There�s nothing brave about standing in front of a moving train Severus, and that�s exactly what I�m gonna be doing. It�s what you do every time you go to him.�

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