Groundhog day: Prompt: Write about someone reliving the same day at least once.

Additional prompts:Word: Snore;Word: Key;Colour: Silver;Word: Tear

365 drabbles: 208. Morning

genre:Mystery

Word count: 728

"Hey"Hermione said turning around.

"Hey" exclaimed Severus surprised.

"What are you doing here? I thought that you would be up in the tower to celebrate with your housemates."

"You know how I feel about Quidditch. And besides I found this book in the library and I wanted to show it to you." she said flashing in front of him a silver and black book.

"A book? And here I thought you missed me" said Severus, not looking at her.

"Very funny. I saw you this morning. Remember? Or Slytherin losing the match has somehow affected your memory?" she asked with a smirk. She knew he was teasing, so, what was stopping her to tease back?

"Hmf!" Severus pouted.

"I cannot believe it! You pouted! What the world would say if they saw you like this? That you pout and even snore?" she asked amused.

"That I have gone crazy,or that I have lost my mind. And it's all because of you." he whispered leaning in and kissing her on the lips." And I do not snore" he added with a grumble.

"I shouldn't be with you" he said wrapping his arms around her."I shouldn't do this" he murmured kissing her again, this time more forcefully.

"Severus," she said and he pulled back.

"Don't start again"

He nodded and taking her hand they seated themselves on the sofa by the fire, the book forgotten.

The next morning they woke up in his bed, confused.

"Hadn't we fallen asleep on the sofa?" asked Hermione looking around.

"Yeah, and i hadn't changed in my pyjamas. How did we end up here?"

"Something must have happened, but what?"

"I don't know, but come on we'll be late for breakfast."

Arriving in the Great Hall both Hermione and Severus grew more confused hearing everyone talking about the 'upcoming' Quidditch match that had happened yesterday.

And midway to the Quidditch match that they had to attend a second time they realized that they were relieving exactly the same day as the one before with no changes at all. Even their replies were the same.

Late that night Hermione sneaked in again to see Severus. They needed to discuss

"What has just happened?" both exclaimed.

"We relived yesterday. But not 'what' we have to ask ourselves, but 'why' and 'how'?" said Hermione.

Severus nodded. Together they searched his library( one that rivaled the Hogwarts one) for a book that could help. They fell asleep between books.

The next morning they woke up in his bed, in pyjamas.

"Hermione"

"Yes?" she asked him still asleep.

"If I have to watch that Quidditch game one more time…."

"What?" she jumped out of the bed, noticing where they were.

"How did we ended up here again?"

"I do not know, but my guess is that we will be relieving yesterday again. And if we do not fix it we will do it again and again…" he said.

And his guess was proven correct. Both Severus and Hermione re-lived that Saturday four more times.

"That's it!" he said in the fiveth morning he woke up in his bedroom after falling asleep once again in the library.

"I don't know what to do anymore!" he sat up on the bed. "I'm giving up. I will spend the rest of my life seeing the same Quidditch game in the same miserable day." he wanted to tear something apart.

"Severus, I'm with you" said Hermione putting her arms around him.

"The only reason I haven't gone mad." he whispered kissing her.

That night Hermione came in gain like all the other nights.

"Hey, how are you feeling? Ready for tomorrow?"

"It's not funny Hermione. But yeah, I am. I am taking you out on a date."

Her eyes lighted up.

"Really?"

"Really"

She hugged him tight. Then, over his shoulder she noticed the book on the table.

"Severus? What's this?" she asked pointing at the book.

"That? The book you brought here to show me" he said looking confused.

"Severus, I have taken that book in the first day, it should be in the library now like all the things I took today, it should be at its original place. So why it is still here?"

After sharing a look they both rushed to the table to take the book. Perhaps this was the key

The mystery of time