*I don't own HP or anything related to it. Lucky Hermione…*sighs* Oh well, read on, read on…enjoy J *
"Come on, spin the bottle." The circle of people urged Hermione on.
"Spin, Spin, Spin." They chanted. Hermione didn't like the feeling she was getting in the pit of her stomach.
"I--I---Can I pass?" She stuttered. It was late after hours and she didn't like the fact she got dragged off with her friends to one of the floors of the castle. She didn't exactly know where she was because they ran so fast.
"No! You can't pass." She looked around the circle. Most of the people sitting there were girls. Harry sat across the circle, he was the only boy sitting in the circle. Ron and Draco were off to one corner playing Wizards Chess, pausing only to look up when it was Hermione's turn to spin.
"Then I'm out."
"No!"
"I'm tired, I think I'm going to go to bed." Harry stood up with Hermione and smiled. Hermione blushed.
"Now, now Hermione." He started.
"Don't chicken out on us."
"I'm not a chicken." Hermione stomped her foot. She hated to be called a chicken.
"Then do it." Harry's voice was sharp. He narrowed his eyes when Hermione did. She sighed and rolled her eyes before sitting back down.
"Fine fine." Hermione took in a deep breath and squeezed her hands into tight fists before placing her hand on the empty soda bottle that was in front of her on the ground.
"Come on Hermione, don't take all night." Ron squawked from his corner. She looked over and saw Draco smirking. Ron was looking at her with a slight smile too. More of a 'I'm glad I'm not in this' type of smile. Hermione wrinkled her nose at him and spun the bottle. It spun, faster and faster, moving slightly across the floor as it spun.
"What do you think you are doing?" A new voice was added to the room. Hermione looked over her shoulder at the door and saw a dark figure standing in the doorway. As he stepped more in the light, she felt a shiver go through her spine. The unmistakable nose of Professor Snape was lit up by the dim light that was overhead. She felt a tap on her arm and she looked at the bottle. It stopped, pointing right between her and the person on her right. It pointed right towards Snape.
"I expect an answer when I ask a question, let's try this again…What do you think you are doing here after hours?" Snape looked at the circle of kids, then at the bottle on the ground.
"Twenty points will be taken from all your houses for playing these stupid childish games." Everyone stood up as he said this. One of the girls leaned over to Hermione and whispered.
"It landed on him." Hermione glared at her.
"Oh come now, don't whisper. I suggest you get back to your rooms before I call in the headmaster." Snape took a step closer and no one moved.
"Did I not make myself clear?" A few Slytherin's laughed. Snape shot a look of warning at them.
"What is going on here?" He asked once again. He looked at Hermione. Merlin she looked beautiful, standing there all scared. She stuttered a bit before another girl butted in.
"We were just playing a game of spin the bottle." Snape shot another look at her.
"The bottle landed on----well Professor, it landed--"
"I know how the game works…Get out…All of you." This time everyone scattered, Snape walking closely behind them. He followed them and made sure they were going where they were supposed to go. Once everyone but the Gryffindors were out of his hands.
"Ms. Granger, may I talk with you?" He asked as they were about to turn into their corridors. Hermione looked at Ron and Harry with worried eyes. They walked through the portrait as Hermione stayed behind. As soon as the picture closed, Snape turned around and started walking down the hallway. Hermione followed him.
"I'm disappointed in you, Ms. Granger." She hung her head.
"You, of all people should have known better then to have gone sneaking off in the middle of the night. Then again, we mustn't forget all those times you have saved Hogwarts from danger." Snape turned down a dark hallway, Hermione kept quiet and followed. She stopped when she looked up because she didn't see him anywhere. Suddenly she was pressed up against the wall by strong, yet gentle hands. A shiver went through her spine as she searched for his face, although she knew who he was. A hand released her arm, she didn't move. It took her chin and lifted it up. She sensed his face moving closer to hers. She closed her eyes as the butterflies in her stomach became more and more strong. She didn't flinch, but rather melted as their lips met. His grip released and she put her hands on his arms. She smiled in between kisses and thanked Merlin by thought for her friends pulling her and making her spin that bottle.