A/N: This is my third feeble attempt to put out a good story that at least 3 people read and review. It takes place in an AU that is under my control. Muahahahaha!!! Anyway it takes place when Harry, Ron and Hermione are 20 years old. It will become a Hermione/Sirius but I'm not sure how. Hope that you all stick with me for this story.
Chapter 1:
Hermione had stepped into the Leaky Cauldron on a Monday afternoon to meet her two best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. The three of them had not spent that much time together since they graduated from Hogwarts almost three years ago. Ron was already there waiting for Hermione and Harry came in shortly after. They ordered drinks and began to talk.
"So Hermione how's work at the ministry going?" Ron asked. Hermione had gone to work for the Muggle Liaison Department in the MOM shortly after leaving Hogwarts.
"Oh, well you know same old same old. It's not that enjoyable. I wish I had exciting careers like you two. " it was all true. The first year or so was fun and exciting. Then it got frustrating and Hermione began to suffer from panic attacks. These had limited her work hours and it began to become useless. She was in the process of looking for a new job, but nobody else knew. Ron and Harry had become Aurors and were living the life.
"Well it's not all fame and fortune. Just yesterday we were undercover and were ambushed and barely made it out alive." Harry said. His life had been great.
"Well at least you can go home to someone who loves you." Hermione said bitterly. Harry and Ginny had been in love ever since Harry's 6th year. Now they were living together and in a couple of years they would marry.
"Hey Hermy," Ron started. Harry had remembered when Grawp had called Hermione that. Ever since then they (Ron and Harry) called her that as a nickname.
"Not all of us have loved ones at home. Harry just got lucky with my baby sister."
"Yeah Ron your loved one isn't at home. She lives across town. I don't even have a loved one. That's the bad part." Ron had a longtime girlfriend. Luna Lovegood and him had become a couple in their seventh year.
"Don't worry Hermy, someone worthy of you will come along. For all we know they might be in here right now. Who knows?" Just then Harry's godfather Sirius Black came up to the table.
"Hey look, it's my three favoritest people I know who are 20." Sirius said with a smile. Whenever Hermione had seen him he had been smiling and that kept him looking young. He also always joked around and made Hermione feel liked.
"Hey there Sirius. What brings you here?" Harry asked.
"Well I came in to grab a drink before heading back to Hogwarts. I had to run an errand in town." Even Sirius had a more exciting and enjoyable job than Hermione. He was a professor at Hogwarts. He was Remus Lupin's assistant.
"We were just talking please sit with us." Ron said sounding nice. No on could know Sirius for long periods of time without liking him. And he seemed to like everybody.
"Oh, no thank you guys. I really need to get back. I was wondering, Hermione can I have a word with you. . . outside?" Hermione looked around.
"Well I guess that's okay. I will see you two in a minute."
"Actually Hermione, I might have to take you back to Hogwarts. You know Muggle bossiness or something. Sorry for ruining your lunch." With that Sirius helped Hermione out and she followed him.
Once outside Hermione put her coat on. It was the middle of December and it was cold and snowing. She followed Sirius silently until they reached the Hogwarts grounds. Then Hermione could not keep quiet any longer.
"Sirius why did I have to come back with you?"
"Well I am not at liberty to talk to you about it."
"Oh Sirius, I know you know just tell me."
"Well I can't tell you."
"Then give me clues."
"Oooh, sounds like my kind of game. Okay, it has something to do with your looking for a new job."
"What how did you know."
"Dumbledore told me."
"How did he know? I told no one."
"That I don't know."
"Okay I guess I have two choices."
"And those are?"
"Wait till I see Dumbledore or. . . " Hermione looked at him slyly. "Tickle you till death to tell me." See began to tickle his sides. Soon he began to laugh and then they fell on the ground and pulled Hermione down with him.
"O. . . okay. I'll tell you. Just. . stop. . . tickling me." Sirius said in between laughs. Immediately Hermione stopped tickling him. She just sat there for a while before he spoke.
"Dumbledore wants to offer you a teaching job." Leave it to Sirius to say things as bluntly as possible. Hermione stared open mouthed.
"Wh. . . what?" She stuttered.
"You heard me. It's true, but that's all of the information that I know. Dumbledore also keeps his secrets." Hermione couldn't believe what he was saying. Being Hermione she stood up and began walking to the castle. Sirius just looked at her.
"Where are you going?"
"To see if what you say is true."
"Wait a darn minute little lady. You can't just walk up to Dumbledore and tell him what I just told you." He began to follow her. She stopped and turned around.
"Did you call me 'little lady'?"
"Yup, what are you going to do about it?" Sirius was standing right in front of her. This didn't help her to a little lady defending. He was a whole head taller than her.
"Now I'm really going to tell Dumbledore what you said." With a small smirk she turned around and left.
"No, no please don't. It will cost me what little job I have."
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't?"
"You are really beautiful when your mad." n Hermione snorted, it was the Sirius charm he was trying to work on her.
"Nope, not going to work."
"Oh come on it's true. But you're even more beautiful when you're not mad."
"And this is a good reason why I shouldn't tell on you, come on."
"Okay because if you do tell him you wont be able to work with me and the guilt will kill you."
"You know me too well Sirius Black."
"I would like to get to know you better."
"Oh come on, I won't tell on you. Just let's go." In a few minutes they were at the castle. They made it up to Dumbledore's office before Sirius said.
"Oh crap!! I just remembered, I don't know the password to his office."
"Great you drag me over here and I finally get here and you don't know the freaking password to the office."
"Hey don't get mad at me Little Lady. I'm just the messenger."
"Well haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'kill the messenger'?
"Yeak but still . . .anyway I bet if we just knocked like civilized people than he'll answer."
Hermione knocked and said, "Right you call yourself civilized." Just then the door opened and Dumbledore stood there.
"Welcome, Miss Granger. I'm glad to see that you mad it with out killing young Mr. Black." They walked in and sat down.
"I had to restrain myself." Hermione said smiling.
"Well to day I asked Mr. Black to bring you here because I understand that you are looking for a new job."
"Yes but I haven't told anyone about that."
"Oh but I have my ways Miss Granger. Anyway I wanted you here so that I can personally ask you to stop looking for a job."
"Wh. . .what?"
"You no longer need to look for a job, I found you one. Miss Granger would you be willing to teach Muggle Studies for me?" Hermione just stood there staring at him. Was it true? Was her dream job coming true?
"Well Hermione," Sirius said from the corner of the room. "Do you except?"
"Of course I except. But does this mean that I will have to see Sirius every day?"
"I'm sorry Miss Granger but its true. As long as you two can control your raging hormones then you shall be fine."
"What?!? That's not what I meant." Hermione stuttered looking alarmed.
"Oh but Hermione I'm sure that's what Sirius meant." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Anyway, you will begin working in a week."
"But I need to give my boss two weeks notice."
"No need to. I sent them notice almost two weeks ago. They expect you to work until Wednesday. That will give you plenty of time to pack and began to move your things. Sirius here will pick you up Friday at the Leaky Cauldron. Any questions?"
"Umm yeah, when do I begin to teach?"
"After Christmas break. Professor Mildrege will be retiring mid-year. I want you here early to get accustomed to the classes and the schedule. Is that okay?"
"Yup it sounds almost to good to be true."
"Well I'm sure that Sirius will walk you back into town so that you can apparate to your house. I will see you on Friday."
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I hope that someone is reading this story. If you have read my story than please review even if you don't like it. I could always use constructive criticisum. Anyway look for a new chapter soon, I guess.
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Chapter 1:
Hermione had stepped into the Leaky Cauldron on a Monday afternoon to meet her two best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. The three of them had not spent that much time together since they graduated from Hogwarts almost three years ago. Ron was already there waiting for Hermione and Harry came in shortly after. They ordered drinks and began to talk.
"So Hermione how's work at the ministry going?" Ron asked. Hermione had gone to work for the Muggle Liaison Department in the MOM shortly after leaving Hogwarts.
"Oh, well you know same old same old. It's not that enjoyable. I wish I had exciting careers like you two. " it was all true. The first year or so was fun and exciting. Then it got frustrating and Hermione began to suffer from panic attacks. These had limited her work hours and it began to become useless. She was in the process of looking for a new job, but nobody else knew. Ron and Harry had become Aurors and were living the life.
"Well it's not all fame and fortune. Just yesterday we were undercover and were ambushed and barely made it out alive." Harry said. His life had been great.
"Well at least you can go home to someone who loves you." Hermione said bitterly. Harry and Ginny had been in love ever since Harry's 6th year. Now they were living together and in a couple of years they would marry.
"Hey Hermy," Ron started. Harry had remembered when Grawp had called Hermione that. Ever since then they (Ron and Harry) called her that as a nickname.
"Not all of us have loved ones at home. Harry just got lucky with my baby sister."
"Yeah Ron your loved one isn't at home. She lives across town. I don't even have a loved one. That's the bad part." Ron had a longtime girlfriend. Luna Lovegood and him had become a couple in their seventh year.
"Don't worry Hermy, someone worthy of you will come along. For all we know they might be in here right now. Who knows?" Just then Harry's godfather Sirius Black came up to the table.
"Hey look, it's my three favoritest people I know who are 20." Sirius said with a smile. Whenever Hermione had seen him he had been smiling and that kept him looking young. He also always joked around and made Hermione feel liked.
"Hey there Sirius. What brings you here?" Harry asked.
"Well I came in to grab a drink before heading back to Hogwarts. I had to run an errand in town." Even Sirius had a more exciting and enjoyable job than Hermione. He was a professor at Hogwarts. He was Remus Lupin's assistant.
"We were just talking please sit with us." Ron said sounding nice. No on could know Sirius for long periods of time without liking him. And he seemed to like everybody.
"Oh, no thank you guys. I really need to get back. I was wondering, Hermione can I have a word with you. . . outside?" Hermione looked around.
"Well I guess that's okay. I will see you two in a minute."
"Actually Hermione, I might have to take you back to Hogwarts. You know Muggle bossiness or something. Sorry for ruining your lunch." With that Sirius helped Hermione out and she followed him.
Once outside Hermione put her coat on. It was the middle of December and it was cold and snowing. She followed Sirius silently until they reached the Hogwarts grounds. Then Hermione could not keep quiet any longer.
"Sirius why did I have to come back with you?"
"Well I am not at liberty to talk to you about it."
"Oh Sirius, I know you know just tell me."
"Well I can't tell you."
"Then give me clues."
"Oooh, sounds like my kind of game. Okay, it has something to do with your looking for a new job."
"What how did you know."
"Dumbledore told me."
"How did he know? I told no one."
"That I don't know."
"Okay I guess I have two choices."
"And those are?"
"Wait till I see Dumbledore or. . . " Hermione looked at him slyly. "Tickle you till death to tell me." See began to tickle his sides. Soon he began to laugh and then they fell on the ground and pulled Hermione down with him.
"O. . . okay. I'll tell you. Just. . stop. . . tickling me." Sirius said in between laughs. Immediately Hermione stopped tickling him. She just sat there for a while before he spoke.
"Dumbledore wants to offer you a teaching job." Leave it to Sirius to say things as bluntly as possible. Hermione stared open mouthed.
"Wh. . . what?" She stuttered.
"You heard me. It's true, but that's all of the information that I know. Dumbledore also keeps his secrets." Hermione couldn't believe what he was saying. Being Hermione she stood up and began walking to the castle. Sirius just looked at her.
"Where are you going?"
"To see if what you say is true."
"Wait a darn minute little lady. You can't just walk up to Dumbledore and tell him what I just told you." He began to follow her. She stopped and turned around.
"Did you call me 'little lady'?"
"Yup, what are you going to do about it?" Sirius was standing right in front of her. This didn't help her to a little lady defending. He was a whole head taller than her.
"Now I'm really going to tell Dumbledore what you said." With a small smirk she turned around and left.
"No, no please don't. It will cost me what little job I have."
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't?"
"You are really beautiful when your mad." n Hermione snorted, it was the Sirius charm he was trying to work on her.
"Nope, not going to work."
"Oh come on it's true. But you're even more beautiful when you're not mad."
"And this is a good reason why I shouldn't tell on you, come on."
"Okay because if you do tell him you wont be able to work with me and the guilt will kill you."
"You know me too well Sirius Black."
"I would like to get to know you better."
"Oh come on, I won't tell on you. Just let's go." In a few minutes they were at the castle. They made it up to Dumbledore's office before Sirius said.
"Oh crap!! I just remembered, I don't know the password to his office."
"Great you drag me over here and I finally get here and you don't know the freaking password to the office."
"Hey don't get mad at me Little Lady. I'm just the messenger."
"Well haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'kill the messenger'?
"Yeak but still . . .anyway I bet if we just knocked like civilized people than he'll answer."
Hermione knocked and said, "Right you call yourself civilized." Just then the door opened and Dumbledore stood there.
"Welcome, Miss Granger. I'm glad to see that you mad it with out killing young Mr. Black." They walked in and sat down.
"I had to restrain myself." Hermione said smiling.
"Well to day I asked Mr. Black to bring you here because I understand that you are looking for a new job."
"Yes but I haven't told anyone about that."
"Oh but I have my ways Miss Granger. Anyway I wanted you here so that I can personally ask you to stop looking for a job."
"Wh. . .what?"
"You no longer need to look for a job, I found you one. Miss Granger would you be willing to teach Muggle Studies for me?" Hermione just stood there staring at him. Was it true? Was her dream job coming true?
"Well Hermione," Sirius said from the corner of the room. "Do you except?"
"Of course I except. But does this mean that I will have to see Sirius every day?"
"I'm sorry Miss Granger but its true. As long as you two can control your raging hormones then you shall be fine."
"What?!? That's not what I meant." Hermione stuttered looking alarmed.
"Oh but Hermione I'm sure that's what Sirius meant." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Anyway, you will begin working in a week."
"But I need to give my boss two weeks notice."
"No need to. I sent them notice almost two weeks ago. They expect you to work until Wednesday. That will give you plenty of time to pack and began to move your things. Sirius here will pick you up Friday at the Leaky Cauldron. Any questions?"
"Umm yeah, when do I begin to teach?"
"After Christmas break. Professor Mildrege will be retiring mid-year. I want you here early to get accustomed to the classes and the schedule. Is that okay?"
"Yup it sounds almost to good to be true."
"Well I'm sure that Sirius will walk you back into town so that you can apparate to your house. I will see you on Friday."
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I hope that someone is reading this story. If you have read my story than please review even if you don't like it. I could always use constructive criticisum. Anyway look for a new chapter soon, I guess.
Read and Review
*~*Gryffindork*~*