I hope you enjoy chapter 4. Read, Enjoy. Now on to the story my friends.
I was so excited to see Severus this morning. I rushed to get ready and down to the Great Hall to see him. When I got to the Great Hall, I looked over at Slytherin table and looked for Severus. I saw him at the end of the tables reading a potions book. He looked up and saw me looking at him. So I smiled at him and he smiled back. The rest of breakfast was very peaceful, I couldn't wait to talk to Severus. At the end of breakfast, I stood up and walked into the hall.
"Hermione, wait up," I heard Severus yell. I looked back and waited for him.
"We have potions together all week," he said.
"I know," I said.
"Will you be my partner?" he asked.
"I would love too," I said with a smile.
For the rest of the week, Severus and I were partners in potions, we would study after classes and we would also hang out. We got to know each other really well and we became really good friends. We did everything together. Today was Friday and Lily and I walked down by the lake to hang out for a bit. I felt that I need to hang out with her because she was still my friend, but I haven't been hang out with her cause of Severus.
"So are you and Severus dating?" Lily asked.
"No, we are just good friends," I said.
"Oh, you two would be a cute couple if you were dating," Lily said.
"I don't think he likes me like that," I said.
"Do you like he like that?" she asked. I sat there and thought about the question for a minute. Do I like Severus like that? Would I want to date him? I mean I have seen a total different side of him than what I've seen of him as my teacher. He is kind and funny. He is understanding and intelligent. He was also quite handsome.
"I think I kind of do," I said.
"Oh, Hermione that is so cute. You two should get together," she squealed.
"I think he likes you though," I said with a frown.
"Well I like James," she said. I thought of Harry at that moment. I wanted to cry, but I didn't or that would have been embarrassing. Then out of nowhere a third year ran up to us.
"Lily, Hermione come quick," he said. We started to follow him until we got to a crowd of people.
"What is going on here?" Lily asked.
"I don't really know," I said as we got closer. Once we got to the inner circle, we saw what was happening. James was using a charm to hold Severus upside down.
"James put him down," Lily yelled.
"Not unless you go on a date with me," he said.
"James, I'm not going to go on a date with you if you hurt one of my friends," she said.
"James, please put him down. He is turning blue," I said.
"I don't need your mudblood help!" Severus yelled. I could see tear gathering in Lily's eyes as she ran off. I felt my heart sink and lungs burn. I have been called mudblood a lot, but coming from a friend broke my heart.
"You don't have to be such an asshole about this Snape," I said with as much venom as possible. James dropped Severus and ran after Lily. "Stay away from Lily and I" I said as I walked away. It hurt me a lot that Severus had said that. Severus was a very intelligent and I could actually talk to and not have to dumb it down. It seemed like he under stood me. I need a few days to think. My heart was breaking right now.
Few Days Later-
The last three days have been super hard. I didn't realize until now how much I like talking to Severus. I miss our conversations. I miss him. I am surprised by this. I actually missed him. I was feeling miserable without him. I knew Lily didn't want to talk to him or even be his friend, but I'm going to talk to him. Hopefully he would still want to be my friend.
So after potions I'll talk to him. I had potions as my last class, so I had a lot of time to figure out how to get his attention. Breakfast and lunch went by slow, so did all of my classes. In potions Severus didn't talk to me, but I knew he was looking at me. Once the bell rang, I followed Severus out the door.
"Severus, may I have a word with you in private?" I asked. I could sense he was scared that I would hex him. "I'm not going to hex you, I just want to talk," I said.
"Ok then," he said. We walked into an empty class room and sat down.
"I miss you," I said. I really didn't want to say that, but that's what came out.
"I miss you too. I'm so very sorry for what I said. I shouldn't have said it. I understand if you are like Lily and don't want me talking to you anymore," Severus said.
"I came to ask you if you would still be my friend. If we could put this behind us and go back to how it was. I have already forgiven you for calling me that horrible name," I said.
"I still want to make it up to you. When we go to Hogmeads, I'll take you on a date and make it up to you," he said.
"Okay deal," I said. The rest of the day was peaceful.
'Dear Ginny,
I know I haven't written in a while. Severus called me a mudblood, but he didn't mean it. I was miserable for a few days until I decide to talk to him. We are friends again and he is taking me on a date. Write more later.'