For Love

Italic are Susan’s thoughts.
* *Harry’s thoughts.
^ ^Harry’s parselmouth.
« »Susan’s parselmouth.
~ ~snake’s hissings.
** **Severus thoughts.
Underlined are Remus thoughts.
+ +Jenn parselmouth
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Already leaving, the only answer Susan heard from Severus was another groan, and the laughter of the teens and Remus.
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After seeing her visitors out, Susan closed the door and lifted her wards. While she started to get ready to go dinner in a little less than half an hour, a firecall in her hearth made the face of a dear friend of Susan’s appear.

“Su, are you there?” Called the voice.

Running to her living room, a large smile appeared in Susan’s face when she saw the head of the person that had called.

“Jenn!!!! You can come through! Gods woman, how much have I missed you,” Susan exclaimed, embracing her friend, when she stepped out of the hearth.

“Strange that…You saw me what….the day before you arrived here,” was Jenn’s response, while grinning madly.

Susan giggled and then decided to call one of her house elves, “Castor!”

Immediately an elf appeared. The tiny creature squealed in joy when she saw Jenn, “Mistress Jenn! You are here to stay?”

Jenn and Susan both smiled at Castor. Then Susan said, “Castor, can you provide us dinner, please?”

“What do you mistresses want me to bring?” Asked the elf.

Susan looked at Jenn, and she only shrugged.

“Bring us, hmm, some nice hamburgers, fries and some beers, please,” answered Susan, with an enthusiastic nod from Jenn.

“Don’t forget two or three bowls of chocolate ice cream, big ones,” add Jenn.

Susan laughed at that and Jenn joined her.

Castor was happy for her mistress happiness, because she was only happy when she had friends around her. Taking his leave to fetch what they had asked, the tiny elf was smiling.

Susan called her pets to the living room, “Friends, Jenn is here, come greet her,” she said.

All the animals were happy to see her, but the ones who expressed most happiness were the snakes.

~Jenn, dear friend, welcome, ~ hissed Ísis

~Finally you are here, ~ hissed Osíris, ~We need your help with a very stubborn witch, ~ was the final hiss.

Jenn laughed, +Thank you for the welcome, Ísis, + then Jenn turned to Osíris, + Susan here is giving you a hard time ? + She asked.

~We found, as she also did, her mate, ~ hissed Osíris, and he continued, ~She is in denial, because of what happened to the other human, ~ the snake finished.

“SU!!!” Jenn screamed, “its true what Osíris just told me?” She asked.

Susan looked furiously at the snake, and answered, “Yes. And I will not admit any interference of you in these matters.”

At that time, the clock at her mantle struck ‘Dinner Time’. When she saw it, she forgot her sudden fury and remembered, “Chikusho, I have to warn my friends that I will not be having dinner in the Great Hall,” she said, and called the other house elf, “Pólux!”

Another house elf appeared, “Yes, mistress Susan?” He asked, then noticing Jenn’s presence, “Mistress Jenn, welcome,” he said.

“Hello Pólux, nice to see you too,” was Jenn’s answer.

“Pólux, can you please go to the Great Hall and warn Albus, Severus, Remus, and Minerva, that I will be dinning here with a friend?” Asked Susan, then added, “And you will not say who it is, understood?”

“Yes, mistress,” was Pólux answer, bowing and disappearing to follow her mistress orders.

In a low hiss, that Susan could not hear, Jenn asked the snakes, +From the names, she said what the name of her mate is? +

In an equally low hiss, Ísis answered ~Remus.~

Jenn stood quiet in a moment of contemplation, before grinning to snakes, +It is going to be all right, I assure you. +

«What’s going to be alright? » Asked Susan, hissing.

Jenn shrugged and said, “Everything.”

Susan lifted her eyebrow in question, but Jenn did not say anything more.
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In the Great Hall, everyone already sitting at the teachers table was surprised with the sudden appearance of a house elf they did not know.

Pólux appeared in front of Albus.

“Who are you, little elf?” Asked Albus, while the rest of staff looked on.

Before the elf could answer, Severus entered the Hall by the teacher’s door and stood next to Albus.

“Ah, Pólux,” said Severus, “Is something the matter?”

“No, Master Severus,” answered Pólux, “Mistress Susana has only sent me to warn you that she will not attend dinner here,” continued the little creature.

“Why?” Asked a concerned Remus “Isn’t she feeling alright?”

“No, no, Mistress is fine,” answered the elf, “She will dine in her rooms with a friend that called her,” Pólux finished.

With that final sentence the elf popped out of the Great Hall, leaving behind a very curious staff and students, that had also assisted the all conversation, albeit they didn’t heard what was being said.

“So the little elf belongs to Susan, Severus?” Asked Albus.

“Yes, it’s one of them,” answered Severus, with an intrigued look in his face, “Who is this friend of her?” He asked aloud, to no one in particular.

“You really don’t know, Severus?” Asked Remus.

“I really don’t know, wolf,” said Severus glaring, “When I left her, she was supposed to join us for dinner, remember?” Severus finished.

“Yes, I do,” answered Remus, “Do you think that the friend is male or a female friend?”

“What part of ‘I don’t know’ do you not understand, Lupin?” sneered Severus, but then a malicious smile cross his face, “Why?” Asked Severus, “Are you jealous?” he finished.

Minerva joined her hands and sighing, said “How romantic! Finally Remus has found love,” she said causing Severus and Remus to splutter their drinks, while Albus started grinning and his blue eyes were twinkling madly.

“I hope you will not repeat that to her Minerva,” said Severus. A look from Minerva made him continue, “First, she hates meddling, so she will not tolerate it, second she still has her heartache, and third she is very independent,” Severus finished.

“Heartache? What heartache?” Asked Minerva.

“When she decides to talk about that, she will,” said Remus, dismissing any questions about the issue.

“That doesn’t mean that she will not love again, Severus,” intervened Rolanda Hooch, “And about meddling, being around Albus, she will adapt herself fast enough,” she finished.

Minerva agreed, and said, “I think that she and Remus make a beautiful couple.”

While Remus grinned, satisfied with the support of his friends, Severus smiled inwardly and thought, **Well Susan, I would say that the wolf is winning, at least for now…He has the support of all the staff, and he will have the support of Harry and his friends…** Severus grinned again to himself **I will support him too, I owe him that much, since he supports Harry and me…You are so in for it, sister…What do we Slytherins see in Gryffindors?**
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At one of the student tables, the comments about the appearance of Pólux and about the fact that Susan was not there were running.

“Who’s elf?” Asked Draco, rolling his eyes at the slight frown that crossed Hermione’s face.

“It seems that Severus knows him, maybe the elf is with Susan,” Harry stated.

Draco agreed, nodding.

Then, out of nowhere, Ron innocently asked, “What did the snakes and you talked about mate?”

Harry choked in his food, and stayed red as a tomato. All the others started snickering and finally laughing due his reaction to Ron’s question.

“Well…we…we talked about Severus,” answered Harry, “And they said that they all would help us show Severus that I’m his mate,” he continued, “But the animals want something back,” Harry finished in a more hushed tone.

The teens looked in question at Harry, and Hermione shifted in her seat, facing Harry and silently invited him to continue.

Harry accepted the invitation, “Osíris told me that they needed help to make Susan accept her mate,” he told. Harry’s smile widened then, “You will never guess who her mate is,” Harry said excitedly.

Ron tilted his head and smiling slyly, he answered “I bet that Susan’s mate is Remus,” in an even tone of voice.

Harry looked at him surprised, while the others started to laugh at him, as if he had said something stupid.

“How do you know that?” Asked Harry, still a surprised at his best friend’s insight.

“You mean that the Weasel boy here is correct?” Said Draco, suddenly serious, while the others, including Hermione, gasped in shock.

“Yes,” answered Harry, looking at Ron. “How did you know, Ron, honestly?” He asked.

“You all think that I’m stupid, and all I care about is food and Quidditch, isn’t?” Ron scoffed, and then answered to Harry’s question, ignoring the exclamations of his friends, “Forget it! I mean is not that hard, if you look at the way they are with each other.”

“What do you mean?” Said Harry.

“Well, first they can’t take their eyes off of each other, especially when they think no one’s looking,” said Ron, “Even when they only known each other yesterday,” he continued smirking, “Then there’s UST in the air whenever they are together,” Ron said smugly.

“UST?” Asked Draco confused.

Hermione smiled at the blond teen, “I’ve been teaching Ron some muggle sayings,” she said, now proud of her best friend, “UST means Unresolved Sexual Tension,” she finished.

The answer made the others teens choke on their food and drinks.

Harry smiled widely, “Well, Remus is always worried when she’s sad, or when she doesn’t show up, and they blush around each other,” said Harry, thinking how that seemed to have evaded him, while drinking pumpkin juice.

“Yeah mate,” Ron piped in, “Just like you and Professor Snape,” he finished innocently.

Harry choked at what Ron was implying, spluttering his drink. That made the rest of the teens laugh. After catching his breath, Harry finally began to laugh, too.
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At Susan quarters, she and her friend were having a blast. They had decided to see a movie while eating the several giant bowls of ice cream that Castor brought them.

Jenn had flooed to Susan’s place to retrieve her wide screen and her DVD player, and had brought all Susan’s movies.
Susan placed the same charm she had put at the other devices and they started to choose the films that they would see.

“Let’s see ‘Blade’, ‘Blade II’ and ‘Blade Trinity’,” suggested Susan.

“That’s too much blood,” said Jenn, “Today I’m feeling sensible,” at that Susan snorted, “It’s true,” exclaimed Jenn, “I would rather see ‘Troy’,” she finally said.

“Oh and that one doesn’t have blood,” snorted Susan.

“But it has Brad Pitt,” answered Jenn sighing.

“And Orland Bloom and Eric Bana,” sighed Susan, “Ok, you win!” said Susan, “You always have good arguments,” she finished, “And the other movies we’ll finish the night?” Susan asked.

“Hum, I really don’t know,” Jenn answered, “Let’s see ‘Troy’ first and then we decide the next one,” she suggested.

“Fine by me,” answered Susan.

They finally settled next to screen, while the film started. They stayed liked that and while watching the movie, they traded several opinions and jibes.

That’s was how Severus, Remus, and the others found them a couple of hours later.
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After the dinner, and conversation, Severus, Remus, Albus, Minerva, Harry and the other teens went to Susan’s quarters. Severus whispered the password to her wards and opened her door just to all of them to be greeted with two girls in two flimsy yukatas, near transparent, having a laughing discussion about a movie.

“Oh, come on, you aren’t saying that Brad’s gay, are you Susan?” Was the question from the unknown girl, in a dark green silk yukata.

“Jenn no baka!” Was Susan answer, “I’m not saying that one of the hottest man of this movie is gay,” she said, “What I mean is that the way Achilles reacts to Patroclo’s death, they must have been lovers,” Susan explained, “But forgive me to think that if Achilles and Hector, and by this, Brad and Eric, kissed that would be one of the most erotic part of the movie,” finished Susan.

Jenn mock swooned into Susan’s lap with a giggle saying, “Boy kisses are so great! They should have put that in the movie.”

Susan laughed and pushed her friend out of her lap and with mock indignation exclaimed, “Hey, if men normally find women kissing hot, why can’t I think the same about boy kisses?”

Jenn guffawed and again mock swooning into her friend’s lap sighed, “Especially if they are hot and fucked you next,” was her final statement.

Susan only laughed and pushed her friend out of her lap.

That conversation made the invaders catch their breaths, and a very nice color of red appeared in their faces.

While Susan and Jenn talking started to became animated, her black silk yukata opened a bit, letting the newcomers see a little of skin, dangerously near her breast.

Remus’ eyes widened, when he saw Susan using that clothe. A heat wave that begun in his face went to his groin after seeing that bit of skin.

Albus cleared his throat to get the attention of the two girls.

Hearing the sound Susan’s and Jenn’s eyes left from the screen, to see all visitors looking at them with stunned faces.

Getting up rapidly,brown eyes searched for amber and when their eyes locked, both Susan and Remus blushed, to the amusement of all the others, especially Severus, Harry and Jenn.


A/N: Here are the meanings of some of the words.

Chikusho: fuck, shit, goddamn it.
Yukata: a garment like a robe, held close by a sash. Used among other things as a sleepwear.
‘Jenn no baka!’: “Jenn, you idiot”, but it’s kind of teasing, not really serious.