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Severus Snape was not happy.

With the Dark Lord dead, Dumbledore had decided to throw a celebration party. Everyone was in high spirits except for Severus but he had a very good reason. Anticipation for the festivities had made teaching harder than usual.

Bloody incompetent seventh years. . . . . .

Already, Longbottom had ruined two cauldrons and given up on trying to do anything productive. 'As if he will.' Severus thought snidely. He perused the chaos, or at least he deemed it so, of the room and was that. . . . . .Hermione Granger. . . .staring at him?! She couldn't know-it wasn't-now way could she see through him! If Voldemort couldn't see through him then she possibly couldn't! Right? Or was the smartest witch of her age also the most observant?

Then he noticed her glazed eyes. She was daydreaming! But about what? He couldn't use Legilimency as she wasn't actually looking at him in the eyes. But didn't the daydreamer generally watch what they were daydreaming about? So if she was thinking about him. . . . .

Looking around he saw no one else had noticed Hermione's odd behavior. Severus used his spying savvy and silently stood up. He didn't make a noise as he walked over to the ingredient cupboards. The silly girl was still watching the front of the classroom! So she obviously wasn't thinking about him.

Severus struggled to ignore the sadness thudding in his heart. Yes, he did have one. But experience had taught him not to show it. Furiously, he thought about who she was thinking about. She had to be thinking about someone for even though the celebration was for everyone, there was still lots of talk of who was going with who. It was probably one of her dunderheaded friends. But was it Potter or Weasley?

Deciding he didn't want to ponder that subject any longer for in his mind he couldn't decide which was worse, Severus strode back to his desk. Stiffening his back, he bellowed,"Silence or none of you will be going to the celebration!"

The threat worked. Everyone fell silent and sat up straight with rapt attention.

Fixing his eyes on Hermione, Severus folded his arms and icily said, "So, Miss Granger, what was it that you found so much more interesting than today's lesson you felt you had the right to DAYDREAM in my class?"

Spots of pink appeared on the girl's cheeks. Potter and Weasley tensed behind her with poorly concealed glares. Everybody had been goofing off and Hermione's offense was not worth commenting on according to all but Severus.

He berated and insulted the poor girl non-stop for 5 minutes before he took 50 points off Hermione and 25 each for Harry and Ron's interrupting comments.

Later that night there were two thoughts echoing through two people.

'Well if she'd been daydreaming about me then I wouldn't have been harsh at all. But would a detention have been enough for me to find out who she was thinking about?'

'Whew! Thank goodness Professor Snape didn't find out I was thinking about him. Thank you, Harry, for telling me about his Legilimency. At least I don't watch what I'm daydreaming about anyway.'

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