Hermione Granger was sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room daydreaming about him again. 'I would really like to tell him how I feel about him, but what would he say?' These thoughts raced through her head everyday since first seeing him almost seven years ago.

Seven years ago in the Great Hall at Hogwarts... The Great Hall was bursting with excitement as the feast was about to be served. "Would all first years please gather around here to begin the Sorting ceremony." Professor McGonagall said in her Aristocratic accent. All of the anxious first years did as she said. Hermione looked around the Great Hall. 'It's so gorgeous here, I'm going to love it' she thought silently to herself. Hermione looked up at the staff table to see the teachers and other assorted staff members. It was then that she first saw him. Professor Severus Snape. His dark and moody personality could be seen by anyone. 'Clearly not a person to cross. But he looks sort of sexy.' she thought to herself. It was that moment that set off the seven year obsession.

Back to present time... Just one look was all it took for him to become lost in her. Everything about her set him ablaze with a passion that was so very fierce. Hermione Granger. 'Gods, I love her so much. I shouldn't think these thoughts about her' Severus Snape said to himself. He sat at his desk grading the seventh years' Potions finals. He had been awfully generous with grading these papers and barely paying attention to what he was doing. As he picked up the next paper, he saw it was hers. 'Maybe if I count some things wrong with her paper that were obviously correct, then I'll have a chance to talk to her.' He spoke to himself. He counted three answers wrong. 'Maybe it might work.' He thought. He saw he was done grading finals, so he retired to bed, with nothing else to think about except Hermione.