Entranced By A Prince

"Severus," Nokomis whispered to him. "You shouldn't write stuff in your book."



"Why not?" Severus asked her quietly so they wouldn't disturb the rest of the class. "My grandmother paid for it."



"It doesn't matter," she said glancing around to make sure no one had overheard. "What are you writing in there anyway?"



"Wouldn't you like to know?" he asked back with a slight smirk to his face.



"Yes, I would," Nokomis said, giving him a playful glare. "So I suggest you best tell me what you are writing, or else I might have to do something to you."



"What kind of thing would you do to me?" Severus asked playfuly raising his eyebrow.



"Like I would tell you," she said smiling now. She loved it when he was playful like this and she was hoping he wouldn't stop.



"If you tell me what you would do, I'll tell you what I'm writing," he said to her while looking into her eyes.



"You are impossible Severus," she said with a sigh turning back to their cauldron. It was bubbling along nicely, turning the right color at just the right moment.



Severus put his arm around her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "If it wasn't a challenge, would you contiue to be interested in me?" he said with a sly smile.



James Potter looked over at Severus and Nokomis and felt his stomach turn. He looked into his own cauldron that he was working on with Amethyst and turned up his nose. "How do they do it? They sit back there and flirt with each other and their potion turns out perfect," he said to Amethyst in digust. "It's just not fair."



"Quit your whining and pay attention James," she said stirring the potion to try to get it to work. "Maybe if you concentrated more on Professor Slughorn instead of Snape you might be able to pass this class."



Professor Slughorn started to walk around the room, looking at the potions that were being brewed. "Nice job there Mr. Castleberry, Miss Myoti," he said looking at Ian and Alexxi's cauldron. He passed by Severus and Nokomis's cauldron without even looking and went over to James and Amethyst's table. "What is this?" he asked, ladeling it up to show everyone. "I said this potion was suposed to be a pale blue, this is a violent purple. You two will have homework tonight to figure out where you went wrong. Class is dismissed," he said as the bell rang.



Nokomis cleaned up their work area while Severus walked up to the front of the classroom to talk to Professor Slughorn. "What can I help you with Mr. Snape?" he asked turning towards him.



"Well, I was just letting you know that Miss Lennyn and myself are planning on attending the Yule Ball and I know that we had to sign up with you in order to attend," Severus said nervously.



"Really?" Professor Slughorn said his eyebrows raised. "I'm so glad to hear that Mr. Snape. I will make sure that I have your names down. You run along now so you aren't late to where ever it is you go now."



Severus turned and walked back to where Nokomis was. "Well, we are signed up," he said with a smile. "Now I just need to learn how to dance." He looked over and smirked at Nokomis.



Nokomis gave him a playful punch on the arm. "Learn to dance, listen to you," she said to him playfully. "I'm sure you are an excellent dancer, and if you are not, then we'll just sit somewhere and talk." She reached up and brushed his hair behind his ear again.



Severus shook his head and his hair fell in his eyes again. "Why must you always do that?" he said and gave her a tender kiss on the lips.



"Maybe I want to see your face for once Sev," she said, walking towards the door. "You coming?" she asked him leaving the room. Severus hurried to catch up and put his arm around her and they headed down to the Slytherin common room.



"What took you two so long?" Alexxi said to them when they came into the room five minutes later.



"I had to put down our names for the Yule Ball," Severus said to her sitting down on the couch in front of the fire.



"So you two are going?" Alexxi asked raising her eyebrows. "I wasn't sure if you were or not. I"m glad to hear it."



"Well, I kind of forced him into it," Nokomis said with a smile as she sat down next to him on the couch and pulled out her homework. "I threatened him with physical violence."



Severus looked over and raised his eyebrow at Nokomis. "I don't remember these promises of violence," he said with a smirk. "Perhaps I should have held out a bit longer to see what you would have done."



Nokomis punched him playfully in the arm. "You are such a prat Severus," she said smiling at him before giving him a deep kiss.



"I might be a prat," Severus said to her pulling her closer to him, "but I am a loveable one."



"Who told you that?" she asked him playing along.



"I won't tell, I promised that I wouldn't," he said giving her a playful squeeze.



Nokomis looked up at Severus and saw the smile on his face. She loved seeing him smile, he had the best smile of all the boys in Hogwarts. "You know I love you Severus," she said to him resting her head against his chest.



"I love you too Nokomis," he answered.