` if i could inquire …i-is professor lupin alright ?` lingering toward the front of the classroom is hermione granger as her classmates approach the exit. with twindling thumbs, voluminous curls, and beseeching eyes does she approach the dreaded substitute. ` — i’m just worried about him, that’s all. `
IT TAKES A MOMENT OR TWObefore snape lifts his eyes from black ink etched notes & folds the piece of parchment in half in a sudden movement as he fixes a starless night hued stare on the girl. quite meddlesome, that one. this time, however, the potions master feels too inclined to satiate her curiosity, even if he knows that if any student is to pick up the subtle hints dropped in that class, it will be hermione.
‘ professor lupin is ’, he begins, trying to ignore the itch in his throat. how satisfying it would be to let out that little secret ! instead, he adds curtly :‘ quite indisposed at the moment, ms. granger. i suggest you not to let your concern keep you from delivering your essay to my desk. ’