I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER.

It's been three years since I started teaching here at Hogwarts. Ten if you add my student years. Since I've graduated I've become isolated at this place. Sure I was welcome by Albus, Minerva, basically everyone except the three most important people in my life. Harry and Ron avoided me when they found out I would be staying here, at Hogwarts as a teacher instead of Aurors. They had been so angry, I was scared they would physically hurt me. Ginny, what about Ginny. She sided with Harry because of being his girlfriend while with Ron as her brother.

My so called 'warm welcome' to Hogwarts only lasted a month. By then I was ignored and shoved under the rug, so to speak, from anything social. I had started out my teaching with welcoming faces that talked to me all through meals helping me cope with the my sadness of my best friends. When the month mark came, I was thrown out of my seat (Metaphorically speaking) by Madame Hooch and postitioned near Professor Snape. I didn't start any conversations with him and him with me. Three weeks into my isolation I stopped appearing at meals and any gatherings any teachers would have.

This didn't go unnoticed by Albus, even if it did take four months for him to notice. He didn't really notice. A teacher had asked 'if teachers were supposed to attend these meals then why wasn't Granger here.' Albus had sent an owl to me wanting to discuss an important manner. I arrived at his office only to be told to attend the meals no matter what. I went back but only for another week or so. I escaped for the astronomy tower. There I can think straight and let myself free.

That's where I am right now. Three years later still at Hogwarts, still in isolation. I had only wanted to see the storm roll in but I ended up staying out in the middle of the storm. I was soaking to the bone when I was startled out of my world by a deep voice.

"Professor Granger, why were you not at Dinner? Did you know that I had to come get you for Dumbledore?" Snape sneered my way, not even phasing me in the slightest.

"I'm so sorry I took you away from your meal. Tell Albus I won't becoming to anymore meals from now on." I unemotionally replied keeping my face a stone. I turned to look back up to the heavens from which the tears of the Earth cried. I turned around and walked passed Snape to go to my room for a good soak. I was stopped by him again.

"Do you think me your little messenger boy? What were you doing out here anyway?" Snape silkily ask me sending strange feelings going through my body. I couldn't understand this. So he wanted to know what I was doing out here. Fine.

"I'm sorry if it came out as you being my messenger. As for your second question. I came out here to disappear. It worked for a good three years. I wasn't disturbed not one bit before now." I look back out into the storm finding serenity in it. "I'll leave you. Good night Professor Snape." I turn and descend the stairs leaving him to the storm.

I went to sleep thinking of nothing. I had nothing in my life. No family. My parents abandoned me for continuing in the Magical World. Friends who repel me for my choices in careers. Nothing, that's what I've come down to.

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NEXT MORNING AT BREAKFAST

Severus looked around inconspicuously for a certain brunette arithmacy teacher. He never saw her. He gathered himself with 20 minutes til class, he decided to go see her. Severus got up from the table with eyes watching his every move. He walked through the door next to the teacher's table, which was conviently next to his seat. He walked the halls until he stumbled upon the Arithmacy room.

"Professor Granger, why were you not at Breakfast?" Severus asked breaking the silence between me and my essays. I looked up dissheveled to see him there starring at me.

"I told you last night Professor Snape. I have no reason to go to meals." I replied getting my barrings together.

"Severus. We have been working together for three odd years. Let's just skip the formalities." Severus interrupted. I was in shock. He wouldn't even allow Minerva to call him that. It was only Albus. But now he's allowing her to call him that.

"Severus. Well then you must call me Hermione. But if I may ask Severus, why are you here?" I inquizatively ask.

"Yes, you may ask. I was concerned as to not see you there this morning. Now will you be at Dinner tonight?" Severus asked her looking bored. I was flabbergasted at this. Here the meanest, cruelest, and heartless man was concerned for her.

"I did not plan on it. Why?" I looked at him as if peering into a window.

"Well, you are coming to meals. Even if I have to come get you, I will." Severus sternly threatened as he exited her classroom not leaving me anytime to get a word in. Well, if he thinks I'm going to listen to him. He has another thing coming.

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