This story takes place just after sixth year. Snape never switched to Defense Against the Dark Arts, instead Lupin returned. Snape never killed Dumbledore and Voldemort is still at large. There was no oath and Draco never snuck in Death Eaters. Snape also found a way to stop the curse from slowly killing Dumbledore.

I do not own Harry Potter sadly.

Hermione Granger stood in front of her parents home. It was the summer before her seventh and last year at Hogwarts, she had spent the last six weeks here in her childhood home.

"Hermione!" David Winters yelled as he ran up to her. She groaned then put on a fake smile and turned to him. "Hi David" she said. David lived next door and had been her only friend before Hogwarts, (she always got along better with boys than girls) he was devistated when she left and the last few summers had followed her around like a puppy. Hermione knew he had a crush on her but she did not think of him that way, he was cute, six feet tall with dirty blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes.

The reason she did not like him had nothing to do with the seventeen year old boys looks, the problem was just that he is a boy. Hermione knew now what she wanted after spending the previous year sad about her feelings for Ronald.

She wants an intelligent man now. Someone she could have passionate debates with and make passionate love with. "So do you want to go to town today? We could..." David started babbling but Hermione didn't hear the rest as she saw two of her professors walking up her street in muggle clothing.

Professor McGonagall looked like her grandmother with her sweater and long skirt. Professor Snape however looked amazing to her. His long black hair was tied back and out of view, he had on a black button up shirt and black slacks. The only color was the slytherin green tie around his neck. "and then grab some ice cream and I'll have you back by eleven." David finished but she was too busy staring at her professors.

"Hermione?" he asked as he shook her. "What?" she asked dased. "Did you want to go to town with me?" he shortened his response. "Oh. Sorry no. Im probably going to be busy" she said as her professors aproached. "With what?" he asked not noticing the people behind him.

"With us" Severus' silky voice said. David spun around and stared at the two people reached the teens. "Who are you?" he glared, angry that he was losing the day with the girl he thought he was in love with.

"Who we are is none of your buisness, young man" Snape glared right back. "I'll talk to you later, David" Hermione said dismissing him. "Okay. Call you later, love" he said as he kissed her cheek and walked home.

Hermione rolled her eyes, he had never kissed her cheek before or called her love. He wasn't that bold, she wondered what made him do that. "Now that your beau has left perhaps we can talk somewhere more private" Severus sneered.

"He's not my boyfriend" Hermione said, desperately wanting him to know that she wasn't seeing anyone. She knew it was ridiculous, she knew he would not care, yet she thought that she didnt want to kill any tiny chance he had at seeing her in a different way. Like how she saw him.

Shortly after Ron had started dating Lavender, he was driven virtually mad by her clinginess. Hermione knew she did not want that and Snape was in no way the type to be clingy in a relationship.

At first Ron was annoyed by Lavender till he grew to realize that he loved that Lavender doted on him much like his mother. Ron wants a future house full of children and love. Lavender wants the same thing. They were really the perfect match.

Hermione could barely even remember what she saw in Ronald. Before and at the beginning of his and Lavenders relationship, she fancied herself in love with him. He was brave, strong and a great friend. She thought that great friendship was exactly what she needed in a relationship.

The only reason she set her sights on Ron instead of Harry was because she knew Harry had eyes for Ginny, she thought that Ronald had eyes for her because of how he acted when she had been "involved" with Viktor. He had seemed jealous, maybe she was wrong though.

Hermione had been convinced that Ronald was the one for her. She had been moody, angry and sad at losing something she never had. That was until Ronald had gotten sick of her avoiding him and they had gotten into a fight.

He claimed she didn't care about him anymore and she denied it. Ron had pressed, she ended up screaming that she did care, she was in love with him in front of most of the school. Her eyes had widened and filled with tears, she spun around and fled to the one place nobody would think to look, the dungeons.

It was a Sunday which meant no classes. She ran to the potions classroom and knew that professor Snape would yell at her but that was better than facing anyone else. She tore through the hallway and just as she was about to reach the class she ran into a wall but as she almost hit the floor something caught her fall.

She looked up into the dark eyes of her professor. That day she saw a glimpse of a completely different personality within him. That day she began feeling completely different about the man who had embarassed her so many times.

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