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She walked into the hall letting the door close behind her. She was embarrassed that she had woken Malfoy and he had heard her screaming. She looked around the empty hallway when something caught her eye. She turned to face the person. "Professor? It's awfully early. What are you doing up at his ungodly hour?" She asked Snape.
"Could ask you the same." He responded as she looked at his attire. He was in muggle clothing. He was wearing sweatpants with a sweatshirt and sneakers. She raised an eyebrow and he sighed. "Running. I'm going out to run. Does that satisfy as an answer?" She asked irritatedly.
"Sure Granger it will do. But at this time in the morning?" He questioned. "Yes. I woke from a... nightmare and couldn't fall back to sleep. Now if you would excuse me. I would like to go for my run." She said turning.
"Alright. How about this. If you win I'll buy if not you do." He said making her stop in her tracks. "Pardon?" She asked not moving to face him. "I'll race you. You win I buy breakfast, I win you buy." He challenged. "Your on."
They made their way to the lobby and decided on racing from the hotel to the little coffee shop her and Luna had gone to last night. It was roughly two blocks. But Hermoine had a feeling she would outrun the older man. She had had practice from running to get a room yesterday.
"Ready. Set. Go!" Hermoine said making sure she wasn't going ahead. They took off down the sidewalk. There wasn't many people so they were able to run freely. There weren't cars as to disturb there race. Hermoine found herself falling behind about two minutes away from the cafe.
She used the hunger in her stomach as a drive to reach their destination first. She caught up to him. She could see the doors of the shop. She passed her professor and accidentally kept running past the door to the shop.
"You won." She heard him yell from behind her. She finally slowed to a stop and turned. She met him at the doors and raised an eyebrow. "Congrats." He praised.
They walked through the doors still catching their breath. They ordered at the little counter. "I'll have a smoothie with spinach, mango, pineapple and banana please." Hermoine asked first. Snape ordered, "I would like a strawberry banana smoothie that would be all." He concluded. "That will be ten sixty five." The woman smiled. Hermoine couldn't help but smirk as he payed.
They received their drinks and decided on walking instead of drinking at the shop. He eyed her drink suspiciously. "Yes I actually put spinach in my smoothie." She shook her head knowing he would ask. "Have you been running long?" He asked as they were walking down the sidewalk.
"Yes. I've been running since around my fifth year at Hogwarts. Most people inferred I was in the library all of my free time. Which for the most part was true. But I also preferred to run. I mostly did it to clear my mind. Every year was a different challenge with Harry and I just needed to get away." She admitted realizing who she was talking to. "And now you run because you suffer from insomnia?" He raised a jet black eyebrow at her. "Yes." She whispered looking straight ahead to the hotel.
"You didn't take the Dreamless Sleep did you?" He inferred. "No. I forgot and embarrassingly enough Malfoy is sharing the room because I got the last room and he heard me screaming and..." she put her palm to her forehead realizing she was babbling. "Sorry." She muttered. "It's fine." He replied quietly.
"Mione?" She heard someone say from in front of her.
"Bloody Hell." She muttered under her breath. Snape had heard her. She looked up to see Ron looking at her. He eyed Snape suspiciously. "Ronald. What do you want?" She asked not wanting to get into a long conversation. "Just wondering why your here. Considering you haven't returned my letters in over a year." He said now looking at her.
"Are you really that thick?" She questioned stepping forward. "Let me refresh your memory. I walked in to find you and Lavender Brown snogging ok the couch! In your own home! It was Christmas. Not even mistletoe in sight. It was two years after Hogwarts. You had said you loved me. Guess your just a liar. Looks like it all went brilliantly for you. But guess what?" She poked a finger at him. "I have no obligation to return your stupid letters. I'm sure your wife wouldn't appreciate us speaking!" She yelled not even acknowledging their Professor.
"That's not fair and you know it. I tried to talk to you." He tried. "No. It's not fair that I took care of you for a year and a half. All for me to end up being hurt. We're done here." She said pushing past him. She didn't go through the hotel doors. She ran.
She ran as fast as she could. She felt the tears on her face but she felt no emotion. She only felt numb. Like she could just keep running. So she did. She ran until she ran into someone. "I am so sorry!" She apologized. "You shouldn't be running down the sidewalk Hermoine." Person said. She looked up to see her friend. "Harry!" She said. "Hello to you to." He replied wrapping her in a hug. "Where were you going?" He asked once she pulled away. "Let's just say I spoke to Ronald." She said wiping the tears from her face. "I'm so sorry."
