Sweet Soul Music

Disclaimer – The places and characters you recognise are JK Rowlings

Chapter Twenty Six

Smiling seductively she sashayed over towards him.
“Good evening Professor” she purred “Nice suit”
“Miss McEwan” His eyes travelled down her body and he raised one eyebrow. “You look delectable this evening”
His voice was dripping with barely concealed desire and it seemed to travel straight from her ears to between her thighs. If he carried on like this that suit would be torn to shreds the moment they were alone.
“Why thank you” she turned and smiled sweetly at the now quiet group of girls, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
“No chance ladies, he’s mine” her inner bitch thought as they looked away.

Severus was having trouble keeping his attention focused on her face; there were too many other pleasing distractions. Her cleavage seemed to have its own gravitational pull, every time he tried to lift his gaze it would automatically return there after a minute or so. If he let his concentration slip he would no doubt end up with his face buried in it, not that that was a problem to him but other people might get offended.
“You seem distracted this evening, is there something on your mind?” she teased.
“Hmmm, I think you know the answer to that already” he smiled wickedly at her, his eyes becoming blacker as they fixed her own. There were no doubts about what he was thinking; he might as well announce it from the centre of the room.

“Miss McEwan, could I possibly drag you away for a moment” Cat had momentarily forgotten that there were other people around, and she snapped herself out of her own thoughts. Albus stood with his hand on her shoulder and was smiling at her in an annoyingly knowing fashion.
The band was gearing up for a break and it had been arranged that for the half an hour that they were gone some of Cat’s music would be played. It was up to her to choose which tracks, of course. Luckily she had put the all the chosen songs onto one CD she just needed to select which ones to play and leave it.
“Certainly, please excuse me a moment, Severus” she over emphasised his name with a smile and looked at his lips briefly before returning her gaze to his. He merely nodded, his eyes continuing to burn into hers. As she turned and walked away he stood there mesmerised by the swaying of her hips. The old cliché sprang into his mind and he realised how true it was. He hated to see her go, but damn he loved to watch her leave. The change in his expression brought about a fresh bout of giggling from the students nearby.

Cat fiddled with the sound system as Dumbledore stood next to her.
“I suppose I should say thank you” she said as she programmed the track numbers in smiling “you excelled yourself this time.”
“Whatever do you mean, my dear? The twinkle in his becoming more noticeable.
“You know well enough, you interfering old sod.” unable to stop herself laughing.
“Oh, that. Pure coincidence, I assure you.” he was laughing now too.
“Well, thanks anyway” and she gave the old wizard a brief hug as the opening notes of Midnight Hour filled the room “Now, I’m going to have to go. I’ve some dancing to do.” Cat grinned broadly.

Atlantic soul, he should have known as he watched her stride purposefully towards the dance floor. Other people were starting to congregate there too, and soon there was a small crowd moving in time to the music. Smiling to himself he realised the significance of the song, it was from that first night in her rooms. Surely she had done that on purpose. He continued watching, although everybody was enjoying themselves none of them moved the same way she did, the song seemed to become part of her as she moved her body in slow, fluid motions. Her eyes half closed and she looked as though she was completely lost. He imagined what it would feel like to have her moving like that beneath him again. His mind wandered off on it’s own as he nursed his glass of punch.

Two more songs later Cat needed a drink and made her way back to the punchbowl. She found Severus stood there already holding a glass out for her. Taking the glass from him she swallowed a mouthful and licked her lips automatically, briefly the metal flashed and caught his eye making him remember the sensations of it against his flesh.
“I wish you wouldn’t do that. I’m trying to be a gentleman tonight…” he growled.
She looked up at him through her eyelashes and smiled flirtatiously “That’s a shame.” she whispered suggestively.