I Just Love To Hex You

I Just Love to Hex You
Chapter 5
by Corgi1

Harry spent the next few days dissecting his feelings and reactions after that last lesson with Snape. He could only come to one conclusion. He was falling for the greasy git. He didn\'t know whether to gibber or bash his head against the wall. He couldn\'t help but think he was going mad. After all the man spent the last 6 years belittling him at every opportunity! What was he going to do? He was at a total loss.

Harry was summoned at the end of the week for another of his extra tutorials with Snape and as he entered the class room he saw Snape once again passed out at his desk. Harry debated whether he should wake the volatile wizard and risk possible maiming or should he leave and let the man sleep then suffering a week or more of detention. He opted to wake the older man by calling him from the door way. He was glad he did when his voice penetrated Snape\'s consciousness the Death Eater turned spy whipped out his wand as he jumped to his feet and thundered out three curses right at Harry. Harry ducked back into the hallway, crouched and covered his head as pieces of masonry rained down around him.

\"Professor! What do you think you\'re doing?\" Harry yelled from the hallway. There was no way he was going inside until the older man returned to reality.

\"Potter, get in here now! We don\'t have time for your foolish games!\" Snape was in rare form tonight.

Harry edged his way into the room eyeing the wizard warily as he hugged the wall ready to dive out of the way at a moments notice. He took a good hard look at his professor and noticed how red the man\'s eyes were. The naturally pale man looked even paler than normal and the dark circles under his eyes were more pronounced than the last time they met. How did the man think he would be able to teach both Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts at the same time? He\'s going to be nuts by the end of the year, especially with these extra lessons with Harry and his dangerous occupation as a spy in Voldemort\'s camp. Harry made a decision to bring this matter to the headmaster\'s attention. Dumbledore was the only person in the universe capable of getting Snape to do something the man didn\'t want to do.

Having that decision firmly made Harry\'s attention was jerked back to the man when another of the older wizard\'s surly remarks went flying through the room. The man\'s habitual sneer lacked the normal intensity, but whether it was due to exhaustion or something else Harry didn\'t know. Harry braced himself for another tension filled lesson.

\"Now once again you\'re going to try and resist or block this spell. Try and get it right for a change!\" Snape snarled his instructions as he leaned against the desk facing Harry. \"Did yake ake any potions today?\"

\"No, I didn\'t.\"

\"Fine. Get Ready. Amens Aestuo Amorous!\"

\"Repello Impetus!\" Harry cried out in response and again was shocked to find that the spell ripped through the shield he had erected.

Harry advanced on Snape with the same controlled yet uncontrolled methodology as their last lesson. Before he could advance more than two steps, Snape countered cursed and Harry abruptly returned to his starting point cursing under his breath and kicking one of the chairs as he passed. He knew he had done the spell right! He just knew he had! What went wrong?

\"Again! Do it right this time!\" Snape snarled rage, but something else showed underneath the rage. What is fear or something else?

Harry didn\'t have time to ponder since Snape had already cast the spell a second time. Harry countered with another of the shielding spells he\'d studied for these lessons. The spell ripped through it like it wasn\'t there. What was wrong? The spell took possession of him quickly and once again he had that distinctly disjointed feeling of being in and not in control. He advanced on Snape rapidly and the man didn\'t have a chance to raise his wand. Harry slapped the wand out of Snape\'s hand and pulled the taller man into a kiss. Snape struggled weakly for a few moments and then surrendered to the kiss while snaking his hand towards Harry\'s waist and the wand tucked into his belt. Snape quickly seized the wand and mustered the strength in his exhausted body to push Harry away and cast the counter spell. By this time the man was seething at Harry\'s ineptitude.

\"Again!\" Snape snarled while retrieving his wand. Harry resorted to the mirror shield he had used during a previous lesson and watched as Snape used the same shielding spell Harry had used earlier. Much to his surprise the shield didn\'t work for the professor either.

Harry backed quickly away and watched the older wizard\'s movements and racking his brain for the counter spell for the curse. As Snape advanced, Harry noticed how much emotion those dark eyes hid in their depths. He shook his head in disbelief at the thought. He had definitely fallen for the man slowly advancing on him.

Snape closed the distance between them and ravished Harry\'s mouth as he pushed Harry against the wall. Before he could plunder Harry\'s mouth further, the younger wizard switched their positions, pinning the older wizard against the wall instead. Harry pulled away, his eyes shining with regret as he cast the counter spell his bewildered mind finally recalled.

\"I think we had better call it a night, Professor,\" Harry said softly as he stepped away from the taller wizard.

Snape looked more like Moony after a full moon than his usual rigid self. Harry slowly gathered his things and looked over his shoulder as he walked out the door. Snape was watching him with an unreadable expression on his face. Could that be sadness or regret? Harry couldn\'t tell before Snape\'s expression resumed its habitual scowl. Harry made a decision to see the Headmaster before he retired for the night. Something had to be done about Snape\'s exhaustion before it killed him.

Harry quickly made his way to the gargoyle guarding Dumbledore\'s lair. Harry snapped out the current password and took the rotating stairs two at a time. Just before he could knock on the door, he heard the Headmaster\'s muffled \'Come in\'. Harry pushed open the door and quickly got te poe point before the Headmaster could go into his routine of offering tea and candy.

\"Professor, you\'ve got to do something about Professor Snape! The man is exhausted. This is way too much to expect anyone to do. Hermione started going to pieces using the time turner in our third year and Professor Snape is going to snap soon. He couldn\'t cast a shield properly to defend himself from a reflected spell.\" Harry ended in a rush his face red from trying to force everything out before the Headmaster could interrupt.

\"Harry, calm down,\" Dumbledore replied with that infernal twinkling in his eye. \"How are your lessons going?\"

\"They\'re awful, just absolutely awful! I need to research the shield spells again, every time I cast it the spells act like there isn\'t any shielding in place. The only one I\'ve gotten to work is the mirror spell and Professor Snape\'s shield wouldn\'t block it either.\"

\"Well, Harry, I\'ll give you a pass to the restricted section so you can do some research. In addition to the shielding book you\'ve already read, I would like you to read this one as well. A Guide to Dark Curses has all the emotion and thought controlling spells listed, with descriptions of their effects.\" Dumbledore handed Harry the slip of parchment and gave the boy a knowing look. Those eyes were twinkling so brightly; they could put Muggle Christmas lights to shame. \"I\'ll deal with Professor Snape and make him take a break.\"

\"Thank you, Professor. Goodnight.\" Harry looked at the old man in exasperation. He knew something and was getting his jollies by withholding the information. One of these days the old man\'s meddling was going to blow up spectacularly in his face. Glancing at his watch before he left the revolving staircase, Harry decided to wait until morning to do his research. Thankfully the weekend had arrived and he didn\'t have to rush his research.

Harry trudged to Gryffindor tower and gave the Fat Lady the password. The common room was empty and he let out a sigh of relief. He just didn\'t feel like dealing with Hermione\'s constant questions about his extra lessons. He had enough to deal with as it was and his new found feelings were compounding the problem. He stumbled into his dorm room, changed and plopped down onto his bed ap bep before his head to reach the pillow.

Morning arrived much too soon for the bewildered Gryffindor. Harry quickly dressed for the day and raced with bag in hand to the Great Hall for breakfast, hoping to avoid his friends. He barely spent any time eating before racing up to the library. He handed Madam Pince the headmaster\'s note and accepted the book she grudgingly retrieved for him. Harry went to the charms section and found the book he\'d used for the shields and found himself an isolated table in the back of the library.

Harry decided to open The Guide to Dark Curses looking for the spell that Snape started the lessons with and read the entry. \'Amens Aestuo Amorous is a powerful lust inducing spell that could be countered by using shields or directing the counter curse upon victim before the spell connects. The Amens Aestuo Amorous spell takes a few minutes to fully take effect and causes the victim to focus all their lust on the first person they see. Like all spells of this nature there are exceptions to the victim\'s reactions. If the victim has emotions of a romantic nature towards the other person in the room, even if it is subconscious, the spell will affect the victim at a much quicker rate. Also if the victim has these positive emotions already, all shields and counter curses cast by the intended victim will not work against the curse. See page 800 sub paragraph b for more information on shielding.

Harry\'s jaw dropped to the table in disbelief. Not only had the shield failed him, it had failed Snape. Has Snape fallen for Harry the way Harry has fallen for him? Harry was disturbed and excited by the possibility. So this was what the headmaster seemed so delighted about. One thought overruled all his other conerns as he made a copy of the entry to show Snape the next time they had lessons.

\'I\'m in sooo much trouble.\'