Don't Own

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"Harry there you are!" Hermione shrieked as the door to his dorm room opened.

Harry had known this moment was coming all day but he had been avoiding it. In his classes he had sat as far away from Ron and Hermione as possible. He had avoided the great hall at all costs. At lunch Harry had gone down to visit with Hagrid who, at the moment, was the only person in the castle he didn't feel any ire towards. During dinner he had grabbed a snack from the kitchens and then made his way to the common room.

He had hoped Hermione would get the picture that he didn't want to talk to anyone at the moment, he had after all made it very obvious, but of course she hadn't or if she did she choose to ignore it. He guessed it was probably the second.

"Harry!" Hermione shrieked shrilly when Harry purposely ignored her "How could you have treated Professor Snape that way?"

Harry shrugged his shoulders, he didn't feel the need to explain right now and instead he looked down at the book in his lap and continued to read.

Annoyed at being ignored, Hermione grabbed the book and ripped it from his hands. Harry glared up at her; she was standing with her hands on her hips, tapping her foot. "I was reading that." Harry said annoyance coursing through his voice.

"I asked you a question!" Hermione replied in a huff.

"Yeah and I choose not to answer it." Harry growled.

Hermione looked offended by his remark and of course that caused Ron, who was standing beside Hermione, to jump to her defence. "Hey that's not cool mate, you don't have to be rude."

Harry snorted at Ron's hypocrisy, if it was the other way around and Hermione said something to offend Ron he would have blown a gasket.

"What?" Ron asked angrily.

Harry tried not to roll his eyes; he didn't want to get into a fight right now. Truthfully he didn't know why he was acting this way at all. Ron and Hermione were his friends, he knew that but it seemed like all his anger was coming out at once and he was having trouble controlling it. Too bad Voldemort wasn't there right now, Harry was sure with all his built up anger Voldemort wouldn't stand a chance.

He wasn't sure what it was that made Harry angry towards Hermione. Whether it was the fact of her predictability that Harry was just so tired of or the fact that she thought she knew everything. Snape deserved to be treated the way Harry had treated him; if it was anyone else Hermione wouldn't have cared but of course because he's a teacher that gives him all the right in the world. He wondered what Hermione would say if Snape constantly picked on her, and not at all about her know it all behaviour but about her personal life. What if he called her a Mudblood in class and tried to take points because of it. It was idiocy to think that getting points taken because you're a Mudblood is any different than having them taken because a dark wizard killed your parents but you for some reason lived. Oh and that you look just like your father who used to be your teacher's arch enemy.

And Ron wasn't any better; Harry knew that if Ron had any guts to stand up against Snape he would have probably done something a whole lot worse. Probably after Hermione left, right before they went to sleep, Ron would whisper to Harry that he totally agreed about the greasy git of a potions Professor.

Harry shook his head and looked at his friends "I didn't even do anything to him."

"You walked out of the class without his dismissal and before you left you looked like you were going to hit him!" Hermione accused waving her hand in Harry's direction.

"The bell had rung, I was free to go and I wouldn't have punched him in the face, even if the bastard deserves it." Harry growled.

"He's a teacher Harry and he didn't take it well after you left. I've never seen him so angry in my life and that's saying something. You should go apologize to him." Hermione reasoned.

Harry gaped at her "Not in my life Hermione, he's a jerk, I'd rather be expelled than apologize to him." Hermione looked like she was going to faint.

"I...can't believe your saying that!" Hermione shouted after she got a chance to regain her control.

"Really?" Harry asked "I'm not you Hermione. I don't care as much about school; it wouldn't matter if I dropped out. I'm the Boy Who Lived remember? I don't have to do anything and the Ministry would still hire me as long as I said I was on their side."

Hermione gasped at his declaration "What's wrong with you Harry? I've never seen you act like this before."

Harry started laughing, it was a hallow laugh. "What's wrong with me? I've finally come to my senses that's what is wrong with me. I shouldn't have to listen to people who think they know me but really don't know a damn thing about me. I should be able to live my own life without the interference of other people's opinions and expectations. I'm tired of being who everyone else wants me to be, I want to be myself."

The room was quiet for a moment.

"If this is who Harry James Potter really is, I don't want to have anything to do with him." Hermione stated in a huff and then left the room.

Harry looked over at Ron to gauge his reaction; he didn't seem to know what to do. He looked at Harry, gave him an apologetic shrug and followed Hermione out of the dorm.

Harry dropped down onto his bed, he thought he should feel guilty but for some reason all he could feel was relief. He had finally got it all out and it made him feel better.