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Chapter One

"Ron, please stop saying things like that, it's quite rude." Harry admonished as he washed the dishes. "But Harry, he's so awful to you; I just can't see why you like the bastard. Besides, you deserve someone that's good to you; he is not good to you." Ron ranted as he tried to look over Hermione's shoulder while she did her homework.

Hermione merely sighed and blocked Ron's sight then turned to her small petite best friend. "Harry, for once I actually agree with Ron on this, you know he treats you differently than everyone else yet you refuse to blow up at him or throw a fit, even I would have done at least something by now if I were you." She said as she stared seriously into clear emerald-green eyes.

Harry stared back at her, with slight amusement. "Hm, I can't believe you of all people would be encouraging me to throw a temper tantrum." He said with laughter in his voice. "How very amusing."

Hermione and Ron could only stare in amazement at the small, petite young man that refused to show even a glimpse of hatred toward the world that had shown him nothing but pain. Then, they both shared a look of wonder and smiled at their best friend. He truly was to kind for his own good, too forgiving as well.

Of course, they didn't really know that it had only been with their help that Harry was so outgoing and kind and not filled with hatred like so many others who had been through the kind of life that he had.

Hermione got up from the chair she was sitting in and went to stand beside Harry, helping with the dishes while Ron went to the other side of Harry and began to put the clean ones away, after all, the cabinets were very high up and Harry couldn't reach that far. He always ended up needing help when it came to putting things up in high places, and since Ron was so tall, he got to put it to good use.

Harry merely smiled and shook his head, making his long raven locks sway gently from side to side.

After they were done with the dishes, they all sat down and continued to finish the homework that they had neglected while doing the dishes. Soon enough, they were finished and they still had plenty of time to do whatever they wished before all went to sleep.

The three shared a pent-house dorm room at the academy they all attended. Now, normally it would be against the rules for two boys and a girl to share a dorm room but they made it an exception seeing as Ron and Hermione were a couple and everyone knew that the three were as close as family. Though there were regular checks to make sure nothing bad was going on but other than that the headmaster trusted the three greatly.

As the three pondered what they could do with their spare time there was a knock at the door. Harry of course was the one to quickly get up and open the door.

He inwardly groaned as he saw who it was; Blaise Zabini had come yet again to most likely ask him out on a date. Ah hah, there were roses behind his back, yup definitely going to ask him again.

"Hello, my little wood sprite, I was wondering if you would give me the honor of taking you out on a date?" He asked in a somewhat husky tone as he watched Harry intensely. "Blaise, I'm sorry but as I have already told you, I will not go out on a date with you." Harry said politely as he looked up at Blaise. The dark Italian narrowed his eyes at Harry and leaned toward him, but before he could say anything Ron had appeared and placed a hand on his chest, successfully pushing him away from Harry as he glared down at Blaise. Blaise sighed and merely nodded his head at Harry and pulled away to leave.

"You know, you would think that he had at least already learned from all the times that you've already rejected him." Ron said jokingly as he closed the door and led Harry to the couch while Hermione got some snacks. From then on they watched a movie before Harry fell asleep curled up against the arm of the couch that they all sat on.

Ron and Hermione smiled gently at him and quietly turned everything off, Ron then carefully but easily lifted Harry into his arms and went to Harry's room. He gently set Harry down on his bed and wrapped his favorite blanket around him. Hermione smiled at the picture the two made and then they too went to bed.

That next morning, Harry was up bright and early. After he was done getting ready for the day, he decided to make breakfast seeing as it was now the weekend and he actually could afford to spend the time it took to actually make a good, nice, and warm breakfast.

And that is what Hermione and Ron awoke to. Ron was immediately awake and jumping out of his bed to get to the kitchen while Hermione followed at a much less hurried pace. They both grinned as they saw Harry set their plates on the table.

Their mouths practically watering at the chocolate pancakes, golden hash browns, powdered sugar French toast, bacon and eggs with sausages, and coffee for Hermione and hot chocolate for Ron.

Harry giggled at their expressions and lifted his eyebrow. "You know, it's starting to get a little cold." He said with amusement.

They both jumped and hurriedly sat down and then practically devoured everything on their plates. They loved it when Harry went all out with cooking; he was like a God in the kitchen.

After they were done inhaling the heavenly tasting food, the couple blushed a stammered a bit when they realized that they were in their pajamas, then they went to get ready for the day. Harry watched them leave the kitchen with a fond smile before he set to work cleaning everything, and by the time Hermione and Ron were done getting ready Harry was done with the kitchen.

Ron still thought Harry used his magic to get everything done quicker, but of course Harry preferred using his hands than his magic.

"So, what are two going to do today?" Harry asked as they all sat down. "Well, Ron and I were going to go to see the new teacher that's arriving. Do you want to come with us?" Hermione asked as Ron groaned at the thought of seeing the new teacher, he was supposedly a werewolf and that had a lot of the students interested in seeing if it was true or not.

"Hm, no, I was thinking of going to the library and try to find some new books." Harry said as he got up and handed them their jackets before getting his own.

Ron groaned again at the thought of his best friend not being there with him. Hermione elbowed him in the side when she heard him and then smiled at Harry and told him to be careful.

"Do you think he'll be alright by himself?" Ron asked worriedly, afraid of what could happen to the young man he thought of as a brother. "Yes, Ron I do believe that he can take care of himself. Besides, he's always been safe in the library." Hermione answered very assuredly as they both walked out of the dorms and to the gates of the academy where already many of the students were waiting.

Severus Snape, greasy Potions Master, sighed as he walked to the library. He just couldn't understand why everyone had to be so frustratingly stupid sometimes, well, actually it was all the time, but he didn't want to sound too dramatic.

He slowed as he saw long raven hair in a braid swing from side to side as someone walked in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and quickened his steps. He knew by instinct that the person was the Potter brat.

And then, before he knew it he was right beside the young man. He nearly stumbled however when the Potter brat whispered a polite greeting to him as he kept his eyes straight forward.

"Good morning to you as well, Mr. Potter." Severus said back, stunned that he had even said anything.

The Potter brat turned to look at him and he nearly stopped at the friendliness that filled his eyes as he smiled at Severus. "Are you going to the library as well, Professor Snape?" He heard the young man ask. He nodded his head and lifted his eyebrow asking a silent question. He didn't expect the boy to answer him. "Yes, I'm going as well, I thought I would try to find some more books to read."

Severus looked at him questioningly. "Yes Professor, I do read. I actually love to read very much." He said with amusement in his soft voice and his cheeks flushed as he looked up at the tall imposing figure that was Professor Severus Snape.

Severus nodded his head and wondered absently why the Potter brat had blushed when he looked up at as they both walked down the hallway that led to the library.