Irish Melody

She arrived in her room, and sat down and waited. Her face was expressionless, and her mind was blank, her mothers words rang out in her head. It was dark before Severus returned to the dark room.

\"Isibeal,..\" there was no response. \"Illuminous.\" As the lights flickered, Isibeal was sitting there at the end of the bed her eyes intently on the floor.\" Isibeal...What are you doing? What happened?\" He appraoched her, as he knelt in fron of her and moved her face so their eyes met.

\"Are a Death Eater?\" She spoke sullen, her voice cracked under the pressure of the name.

\"What?\"

\"My mother said, you were a death eater. she said she could smell it on you...\"

\"Yes, I am a Death Eater, but it\'s not what you think Isibeal..\" She closed her eyes, and placed a finger against his lips.

\"When i was younger i was sexually attacked by a death eater. They are unforgiving, evil, the cruelest form of nature. You Severus, are kind and loving. If you tell me again, with all the mass of your heart. That you on judgement day will fight for the dark lord... then i will still stay.\"

\"You\'ll what?\"

\"I have tried to stop loving you before, and it never works. So i will love you no matter what you are. Evil, or good.\" She kissed him sweetly, trying to take in all of his lips, he pulled away slowly, letting her lips slip between his.

\"Isibeal, I would never hurt you. Nor would i let something hurt you. When i was young i made poor decisions, leading me here. I work for an order which is made to protect everyone from the dark lord. Now i but a spy for the ministry into the dark lord\'s plans. Everyday i risk my life, and now that you know i risk yours.\"

\"Well then i guess you\'ll have to be more careful. To save both our lives, but really you\'ve already saved mine.\" A tear trickled down her freckled cheek. Severus was stunned by her unusaly beauty and love. Most people want to run out the door when they here such things, but this girl. this young wonderful girl wanted to stay. She wanted him to stay also.

\"Isibeal..you have rendered me.. without words to describe your loyalty.\"

\"Its not loyalty, it\'s love.\" She knelt down infront of him, and kissed him again. He lifted her up, she wrapped her legs around his waist as he laid her down on the bed, she slowly rolled off giving him plenty of room, to strech. She laid on her side so she could stare into his deep opal eyes. she smiled not expecting one in return. And one was not given he stared meaningfully into her eyes. She touched his face as she leaned in and kissed his cheek.

\"What kind of women have you been with Severus?\" He rolled on to his back.

\"Do not ask me about such nonsense.\" He snarled.

\"No, i actually want to know. Were they like me? Or were they like super sexy beautiful woman. With large breasts and perfectly clear skin. Were they bad witches? Did you go for the bad girls?\"

\"Drop the subject Isibeal, i have no taste for it.\" severus sat up.

\"Come on Severus...\"

\"Why tell you mine when i have no taste to hear yours?\" He cringed after he said that. He knew without hearing her and seeing her that the last comment stung.

\"Severus i have only been with one man without him paying for me. That\'s you.. other then that i would say probably only like 7 different men. I\'m not what you would call normal in that sort of world. Not alot of young very short red haired freckled girls wandering the streets. So i had a few who seemed to like that. They were all nice and treated me with respect. None of them were my type. You are the only man, i consider myself to be with...ever.\" She had sat up, but then laid her head back down letting the cold pillow cover her shamed face.

\"Well...\" He laid down next to her, moving the pillow. \"There was Mathilda i went to school with her, she was blonde and quite interesting, she had a very small frame, i was afraid that when we were together\" He paused but Isibeal smiled with interest. \"That i would break her in two.\" Isibeal let out a barely audible giggle. \"Then Laraun, and Gweniviere, both were in to the dark arts as i was leaving Hogwarts. Both followed the dark lord. Both were blonde, large chested idiots. There was a woman a bout 7 years ago, named Hildy she was a brunette smart enough. But funny, and had a very short temper. That rounds out my list.\" Isibeal sat up, and then leaned down and kissed Severus softly on the lips, the kiss was so breif and soft that it was almost like they didn\'t touch at all.

\"Thank you, that\'s all i wanted... so it seems you have a penchant for blondes? Well...\" she stood up in the mirror and looked at her springy red curls. \"i could always charm myself blonde. See how that goes...\" Severus came up behind her and wrapped his arms around holding her tightly.

\"I don\'t think i would like you any other way but this.\"

\"Okay..\" She smiled, and turned around kissing him gently on the lips. \"Children return on sunday..we have two more days.\"

\"I know...\"

\"Come now severus, you know you can\'t wait for them to return... What\'ll you do when we have little ones running about?\" Isibeal froze, she realized what she had said. Severus relaeased her from his arms. \"I don\'t mean it. Just... i don\'t know.. I\'m sorry...\" She was at a loss for words as those few apologies stumbles from her lips.

\"Yes..well..right We should get to that laundry.\" severus shrugged off what she said. As he turned Isibeal slapped her forehead. and thought, *Stupid girl, why would you say something like. Like he wants to have babies with you. He doesn\'t even want you to touch him.* She helped him fold the laundry, and put it away in drawers. She smiled as he sat on the bed to read a book, like a cat she curled up next to him, and he let his hand tenderly stroke her red curls.