The Apprentice: Chapter One
Somehow, I ended up dancing a slow with the feared Potions Master. God knows how it happened, and something tells me Ginny and Harry had something to do with because when I glanced around I saw they grinning at us like idiots.
I was snapped back to reality by the voice of my Potions Master.
"Miss Granger," he said in his silky voice, "what will happen to our know-it-all when she leaves Hogwarts?" Even though he did just ask for a good smack in the face, I was surprised when he asked about my future.
"Why would this concern you?" I said raising an eyebrow. Over the years, I managed to learn to put up a mask and intimidate people. 'You've spent too much time in class looking at Snape' was Harry's reaction. How could I not? I did have to pay attention, it was our NEWT year!
"I doesn't, I am merely starting a conversation because Albus just announced that every member of the staff was to dance five dances with a student." So that's how I ended up in Snape's arms…
"Well, if you insist." I said. "Honestly, professor, I haven't a clue. I have no idea what I'm going to do now that my last year a Hogwarts has come to a close and trust be told; I'm terrified. I have no idea what to do and don't want to leave Hogwarts since I have no where else to go but the Burrow and I don't want to be around Ron at the moment, I bet you know why, and Harry's going to live there and I'm going to be living on the streets if I don't get a job. But I don't know what job I want and I'm getting desperate, I'm leaving in two days!"
Oh God! I've just told my whole life story to the one man that could hold that against me for ever! God job, Hermione!
"Why can you not go home?" for the second time in only two minutes, I was surprised by the way Snape acted.
"Well," this was a very tough topic, "both my parents died in a car-crash over the summer and they never had the time to make a will so everything they own will be destroyed if I don't go and pick it up in a month's time." The though of the parents made tears well up in her eyes.
"What about Weasley?" he changed the subject when he saw the tears forming in his former student's eyes.
"I'm sure you know why I can't go to the Burrow." I said.
"I fear I do not know, pray tell." He raised an eyebrow.
"Me and Ron had a pretty nasty break up, which involved the mentioning of my parents, at which I slapped him, the mentioning of me not having anyone left, at this a kicked him in a rather sensitive region," Snape pulled a painful face, he knew all to well what that felt like, "and last but not least he called me some rather nasty names and at that I merely left him alone in the Charms corridor, everyone looking at him on the ground, clutching his…well you know." Snape smirked.
"For once, you did well. I wish I could have witness that little show." I smiled a little.
"Why thank you, professor. I'm honored." Again, the famous eyebrow rose.
"What do you mean by that, Miss Granger?" Oops…
"Well, I'm merely saying that you don't usually want to witness the fight between students, you just deduct points." It wasn't a lie; you've got to give me that…
"True, true. But even I could be granted a little amusement, can't I?" I chuckled.
"Yes you can, professor, you can." He nodded and to my amusement, I saw a smile tugging at his lips.
The second song ended and a new one started, thankfully it was a slow one. The piano and voice of The Fray filled the Great Hall and I listened to the song 'How to Save a Life'.
Step
one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a
talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right
on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left
and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And
you begin to wonder why you came
Tears formed in my eyes at the thought of Ron.
Where
did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how
to save a life
I blinked back the tears that threatned to fall when the face of Ron changed into my parents's faces.
Let
him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try
to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down
a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And
pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Those faces changed back to Ron and a single tears escaped and rolled down my cheek.
Where
did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how
to save a life
Faces swirled through my head and the image of my mothers burned face on a hospital bed flashed before my eyes. I confired the doctor that this was my mother. But she was gone now.
As
he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one
last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the
ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will
admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And
you'll begin to wonder why you came
More tears fell and to my surprise I felt the hand of my former professor rubbing my back slightly to comfort me. I couldn't stop crying quitly, a sob escaping once and a while.
Where
did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how
to save a life
Where
did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how
to save a life
To my relief, the song ended. I refused to look my Potions Master in the eye and left my head resting on his shoulder, leaving my tear stained face to dry.
"Do you wish to leave?" he asked quitly. I nodded and left the Great Hall alone, running all the way back to my room.
As soon as the door closed behind me, I fell on my head and cried my heart out in my pillow, thinking about my last moments with my parents. I never got to mourn over them, I had to plan the funeral and all the other stuff that followed. I never gave in to the grief and pushed down the urge to cry everytime someone mentioned their parents or my own.
Severus Snape slumped into one of his many armchairs and took a swing of his Shotsh. He felt the liquid burn in his throat and though back to when Miss Granger started to cry at one of the songs during the Grad Ball.
Of course, he could't blame her; she'd just lost her boyfriend and not so long ago her parents, and what did he do? He relinded her of those loses just as she got over them.
"Nice, Snape. Very nice." He mumbled to himself. He sighed and closed his eyes. While he got up, he threw his glas with the remaining Shotsh into the fire and heard the glass break and the alcohol making the fire blaze up a little. As he sat down in behind his desk, he took out some parchment, a quil and some ink.
After scribling down a note, he send his owl, Cleo, to take the note one Miss Hermione Granger.
Just as she stoped sobing, and owl flew through her window and dropped an evelope at her feet before flying of again.
She read the note and smiled to herself.
Miss Granger,
I should appologize for my pushing in the Great Hall. I did not wish for you to expierience all those emotions again and I shouldn't have pushed futher on the notion.
Sicerely,
Severus Snape.
P.s: If you could make time, come to my office before breakfast, I would like to speak with you on a certain matter.
"The feared Potions Master, appologizing? Has the world come to it's end?" she asked herself outloud.
AN: Sorry, couldn't help but give Hermione some grief. It will, most likely, never happen again. And what does Snapy-poo want to talk with about??? Ya'll find out something special about Hermione next chapter if everything goes as planned…,
Jessy-poo