Why She Is Mine
A prequel to a one shot that I wrote, Call Her Mine. This is within the weeks after the final battle at Hogwarts and it ignores the epilog. This focuses on their building 'relationship' up until the start of the new term.
Chapter 1.
It had been a long week and an even longer day since it was finally the weekend. Harry, Ron and Hermione were just getting back to the old Order of the Phoenix headquarters from spending another day talking to the press and the last of the remaining burials from the war. Walking into the kitchen, they found Professor McGonagall sitting at the table with a cup of tea talking to Molly as well as a few other stray members of the Order.
"Hello Professor" Said Hermione with both Harry and Ron mumbling a similar greeting.
"Hello, I am glad that you are back since I come bearing good news. First we can start rebuilding Hogwarts starting with in the week so just maybe the school can be open for next term and second, Hermione, he is awake as grumpy as ever." Said the Scottish Professor, who had since been staying at Headquarters with the rest of the order, due to Hogwarts being unlivable at the moment.
"He is?" asked Hermione, still standing with a blank face as Harry and Ron both took seats at the table to eat the food that Molly had just put down.
"He is, I would suggest that you go and see him since he does remember what happened. He wants to have a word with you too Mr. Potter."
"Yes Professor. Come on Hermione." standing up Harry lead Hermione, who still had a blank face, out of the kitchen and down the hallway, knocking on the lone door at the end.
"Come in" Said the voice ,that neither had heard in the short time since the war, coming from behind the door.
Breaking her silence, but still with a blank expression Hermione said "I'm glad that your awake professor."
"Professor, you wanted to see us?" Said a surprisingly confident Harry, who figured that the conversation needed to be started somehow.
"Yes, I wanted to talk to you both. I don't want to know why you did it, at least not yet. But rather say thank you and that I am sorry, especially to you Harry." Said none other than the one notorious death eater turned spy, Professor Severus Snape.
"For what Professor? You didn't do anything." Asked Harry as Hermione surprisingly just stood there.
"I figured that the first thing I should do is apologize to the one person who I promised to protect yet treated no better than dragon dung since he was 11." Said Snape
"Thank You Sir. I guess I also owe you an apology for not having the faith I had in you that I should have and for misplaced blame I guess." Said Harry, probably referring to the death of his godfather and his mentor, which up until recently the entire truth was not known.
"Thank You Mr. Potter. You may go." Knowing a dismissal both Harry and Hermione went to leave, "Miss Granger, I still have to speak with you." Said the Professor looking at Hermione, as if waiting for her to run from the room.