Give Unto Me

Harry looked up from his golden plate and met the cold dark eyes of Professor Snape. He quickly looked down, a slight blush on his face. He\'d been watching the older man for a while now, and he knew that the Potions Master was a touchy man. He sighed and looked at Hermoine and Rdeepdeep in conversation. They\'d been dating for a while now and it was beginning to make Harry a little sick to his stomach, especially since he wasn\'t likely to be that happy, but he wasn\'t a to to say a word of it to either of them. He was happy for them and didn\'t want to spoil it because he was lonely. For some reason he looked back up at the Head Table and saw Snape was watching him right back. He once again averted his eyes and then shook his head to clear his thoughts. He had Transfiguration right after lunch and he couldn\'t afford to go to class like this. He didn\'t know quite what was wrong with him but he knew it was going to cost him his attention if he wasn\'t careful. He sighed and coughed slightly to get his friends\' attention.
\"We have Transfiguration in ten minutes,\" he warned the other two and then rose to his feet. He put his bag on his shoulder and started for the door, not waiting for them to catch up. He needed time to clear out his thoughts. He reached the Transfiguration rooms without meeting anyone and slid into his usual seat e wae waited for the other two to arrive. He sat there and stared off into s unt until he heard Ron\'s voice in the corridor.
\"Blimey, \'Moine, why do you think Harry took off like that? You think he\'s mad at us?\"
Harry smiled and sat up a little straighter as his two best friends entered the room. Harry smiled sheepishly at them and then started staring off into space again.
\"Harry, are you alright, mate?\" Ron asked his voice obviously worried. Harry turned to look at him and smiled at him again.
\"Yes, I\'m fine. I thought you\'d like the time alone,\" Harry said teasingly. \"Besides, I needed a chance to think. I\'m not mad at you, Ron.\" At these words Ron sighed in relief. He\'d been worried when Harry had basically raced to class but now he understood. He was happy that Harry wanted to give the two of them alone time, and he was sure to thank Harry for it, but when Hermoine wasn\'t around.
Class began as Professor McGonagal strode to the front of the room and announced they would be transforming lemon drops into mice. Harry, Hermoine and Ron had to stiffle giggles as they thought of the look on the Headmaster\'s face if his precious lemon drops suddenly turned into yellowy mice. Ron was also laughing because he remembered his first year here when he\'d tried to turn \'Scabbers\' yellow. The three of them straightened up and started to perform the Transfiguration. As was expected, Hermoine was the first to manage it but by the end of the class they\'d all three managed it.
After class they\'d returned to the dormitories where Harry excused himself, saying he needed time to think alone and left them alone. Harry decided to walk out towards the lake and ended up sitting there till the sun set, when he suddenly realized it was time for dinner and more Snape watching and hurried back to the castle for dinner.