The First of Many Dates

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter series characters; I just play with them and put them in my stories.

"Hi Jared it's nice to meet you. I'm Hermione and this is my best friend Lilly." Hermione said.

"Wow you're prettier in real life," Hermione blushed. "I've seen you in the news and stuff with Potter. Well tomorrow I would like you to come with me to Hogsmeade. My father would let me even though I'm not in his room. I'm, a Ravenclaw actually." Jared replied,

"I'd love to and wow you're very flattering. First I'd have to tell my headmaster though. But yes I'd love to!" They talked for awhile. Cho and Lilly went looking for Harry and Ron to tell them the news and make them feel really bad about themselves. They talked and talked, got to know each other really well by the way.

Hermione and Jared were found kissing by Harry. They didn't see him. Harry was heart broken for he had secret feelings for her. Not even Ron new though. He ran to Ron.

"Ron! Ron! Guess who I found kissing some guy?" Harry was out of breath.

"Who? Who?" Ron asked.

"Her-mi-one." He said while taking deep breaths. Ron turned white. He was so shocked. For two reasons: he had lost the bet and because HERMIONE had a date.

"Are you sure it was Her- mi- one? Maybe the girl just looked like her and where did you see her?" Ron had so many questions for Harry.

"Ron, slow down. I saw her by the girls bathroom cause Cho and Lilly said they saw her there. I didn't believe them so I went. I also wanted to talk to her." Inside Harry was crushed. He couldn't believe this. What could he do?

"Harry are you saying that she has a date?" Ron asked? In walked Hermione with a smirk on her face. She looked REALLY happy. Was she going to bust Harry and Ron?

"Oh there you are." Hermione said it like they were scum. "There are some things I want to tell you. First you guys are ass wholes and I can't believe you did that to me. Second of all I have a date and if I ever see you guys and I mean EVER see you guys betting on me again I will make your lives a living hell." Hermione was straight forward when she spoke, and she meant what she said.

"Hermione I'm really sorry." Harry was first to speak up. "We were really wrong and I'm so sorry."

"He started it!" Ron pointed at Harry.

"You guys don't get it. You just don't get it. You see I'm mad at you but I want you to promise you'll never do something like that again." Hermione said.

"We promise." Ron said. They were hopefully all good now.

"Hermione, can I ask you something?" Harry asked.

"Yeah go ahead Harry." Hermione replied.

"We'll I saw you kiss him," Hermione was shocked. Harry saw them. Now she felt bad. "Well what is his name and how did you meet him?"

"I'm so sorry Harry I didn't know you were there. And Cho set me up. I asked her if she knew anyone I could go to the dance with. Oh his name is Jared-" she stopped.

"What is his last name Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Um, his name is," she tried to stall as long as she could, "Jared, Snape." Harry and Ron looked at her with fear. She was dating a Snape. How could she?

"Hermione are you sure his last name is," Ron gulped, "Snape?"

"Yeah and I know that it has come to a shock to you but he's really nice and he knows his father hates us, I'm sorry but I like him and he won't treat us horrible, he actually thinks quaint of you Harry." Hermione didn't know what to say. Would they be mad, glad, or confused?

There was a long pause and then Harry spoke up, "Well this is, really something. I wasn't expecting this to happen but ok. I won't argue with you because you know how to take care of yourself but please, be careful. You don't know what he might do." Harry sounded confident and new what Hermione might be getting herself into but he would stay by her side through think and thin.

~*~

The next day went by and Hermione was with Jared the whole time. They went to Hogsmeade for a long time and the whole time Harry couldn't sit still. "Harry stop moving you're making me sick." A grossed out Ron said.

"I'm sorry I'm just really nervous." Harry answered.

"I can tell." Ron said.

~*~

"Oh Jared I'm having so much fun!" Hermione said. She was having so much fun. They had gone to a nice dinner where they talked and then they went for ice cream. Hopefully they would have a long walk in the park. Then maybe they would go adventuring.

"Hermione you look silly with that ice cream on your face. Here let me wipe it off." He leaned in closer with a napkin just in time for.

"Jared!" a voice called out in the distance. Some one ran over to them with a long black robe on.

"Uh oh." Jared said. He had a white face and then Hermione realized who that was. Yes it was Snape.

"Jared what are you doing with Ms. Granger?" Snape asked angrily.

"Ah, I was wiping ice cream off of her face."

"And that's why you puckered your lips?! And why are you here with her anyway?!" Snape was furious, Hermione was shocked, and Jared was worried. He knew it would come around to him eventually but like this oh this was horrible.

Some one was snickering behind Snape and Hermione figured out that it was the one and only *thank god* Malfoy. "Professor Snape what is Jared doing with *Granger*." He nearly choked.

"We are just coming out for ice cream Malfoy, and father it is none of your business butting into my love life!" Jared was so mad at his father that he almost turned red. Malfoy turned whit at the sound of *love life*.

"Jared you will come with me right now and Ms. Granger you have a signature allowing you to be here right?" Snape said. Hermione showed him the paper and grabbed Jared's arm and dragged him away.

"Good job Granger." Malfoy said.

"Go to hell Malfoy." Hermione wasn't about to take shit from Malfoy. She was so embarrassed and felt so bad for Jared. She had gotten him into trouble with the worst person, Snape.

Hermione walked back to Hogwarts alone and when she got to the lake she just sat down and thought. "I feel so bad. I have to see him but how? Could I send a letter? No that would look to suspicious. What can I do?" She heard someone approaching and turned around. Since it was around 8:00 she couldn't see the figure approaching.

"Hermione is that you?" A voice asked.

"Yeah, Harry?" she called back.

"I've been looking for you. When we saw Jared being dragged by Snape we figured something went wrong."

"Oh, yeah well Snape found us eating ice cream. He wasn't too happy." Hermione answered back. She started crying. Harry comforted her. She wasn't too sure if she would see him again.

"I found Jared searching for you and decided that I'd bring him to you." Harry said. With that last sentence another figure came up. Hermione ran to him, she had stopped crying.

"Oh Jared are you ok? Is your father mad?" She wanted him to never let her go.

"Yes he is mad but I told him everything and he is sort of well, he's happy too. I think he is going to look at you in a whole different way from now on."

"Is that good?" Hermione asked.

"Yes." Jared replied. They walked back to the common room and Jared gave her a good night kiss. Everything was going smooth now and Hermione was happy.

The next day they had classes. In Care of Magical Creatures Hagrid taught them about Griffins. It was quite interesting actually. At lunch Hermione and Harry got mail.

"Hermione what does yours say? Who is it from?" Ron asked.

"It's from my parents." She sounded worried. "Snape wrote to them last night telling about his encounter with us-" she stopped. She was reading on.

"What is wrong?" Harry asked.

"They," she broke into tears, "they are getting a divorce!" Harry and Ron looked at each other.