It had been about a month since Hermione's last detention with Snape, and the two were starting to have withdrawals from each other.
Hermione had potions in about an hour so she decided she would try and tame her hair so she looked pretty for her Potions Professor. She looked through a magazine she had bought in Hogsmade last week, and it had of different spells for different hair styles.
She tired the first one. She put her wand up to her hair and said "Curliomus".
Her massive fuzzy curls tamed themselves pretty good. She had beautiful ringlets all around.
"Hmmmm I think I will try this other one." She said to herself. She put the wand to her head and said the spell. There was a bright white light and then she saw herself in the mirror. Her mouth dropped open. The curly hair that had troubled her for so long had straightened it self out and looked so smooth and silky.
"I like this one…A LOT! She said out loud to herself. She put on a bit of makeup. Got her robes on and headed to her potions class.
Every step she took down the hallway the faster her heart would beat. When she reached the class room doors, her heart was about to fly out of her chest.
"I do this everyday…" She thought. "Why am I so freaked, maybe because he won't like how I look?" She opened the doors and found her way to her seat.
All the people who were in there stopped their conversations and looked at the beautiful girl making her way to her seat. Snape looked up wondering why it got so quiet all of a sudden and when his eyes landed on Miss Granger his mouth dropped open. He always thought she was a pretty girl, but now the woman who he was looking at was extremely drop dead gorgeous.
She smiled a weak smile at him and sat down. Once class began everybody was staring at her. She couldn't help but blush a little at all the attention.
Snape told the class to pay attention and turn to page 136. When he was in his lecture Ginny kept shushing Draco, and slapping his hands. He defiantly couldn't keep his hands to himself….
Snape was in mid sentence when Ginny yelled… "Knock it off Draco NOW!!!"
Harry got up quickly just incase Draco wouldn't listen.
"Potter sit down!" Snape yelled. "Miss Weasley is there a problem?" Snape asked.
"As a matter of fact there is, get this creeps hands off me!" Snape looked a little confused. It was her boyfriend after all why did she want him to back off?
", please keep your hands of the Weasley Girl, I don't need her disrupting my class anymore." Snape said coldly.
"My Apologizes Professor, a guy who is in love has some difficulties paying attention."
Ginny looked at him and said, "Did you just say in love Draco?"
"Why yes I did, I love you Ginny Weasley." Draco said out loud so everybody could here.
Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ginny started laughing.
"That's enough!" Snape yelled. "GET BACK TO WORK!"
Everybody shut up and finished their lesson.
Ginny, Ron Harry, and Hermione all gathered outside Snape's dungeons.
"Congrats Ginny." Harry said a little relieved that the game was over. Luna had already confronted him and told him she didn't want a relationship if that's why he was being so nice to her. Harry just told her that he wanted to become closer to the people of D.A.
Ron had no luck at all, Pansy was so mad that Draco said he loved Ginny that she took off crying after class. So he was relieved the game was over now.
Snape was coming out of the classroom headed off to look for Hermione when he heard the four talking.
"Did you say the spell George and Fred told you to say?" Ron asked.
"Yeah I did I don't think I could have had Draco around me another day. I am seriously never playing that game again!" Ginny said relieved it was all over.
"Well I still didn't have any luck with Pansy. She noticed me for a bit, but every time she saw you and Draco, she got all mad." Ron said.
"Luna Confronted me." Harry said laughing. "She didn't want a boyfriend, and I was so happy to hear that."
Hermione was thinking about Snape, and what she felt when she kissed him. She really started taking a liking to the Professor, and to her it wasn't really a game after the kissed. She really meant the feelings.
"Earth to Hermione!" Ginny said.
"Oh…ya…what?" Hermione replied.
"I said, did you have any luck with Snape?"
But before Hermione could answer the bell rang.
"Give us the info later Mione!" Ron said walking off to Herbology.
Harry and Ginny agreed and they walked off to Astronomy.
It was Hermione's free period so she thought that she could do some studying for her upcoming Transfiguration test. She started to walk off but a firm hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the dark dungeon.
Hermione let out a scream not expecting that.
Snape spun her around and pressed her up against the wall hard.
She looked into her eyes and saw pain and hurt in them.
"It was just a game?" Snape said sadly but his eyes were flaring with anger.
"Whaa…" Fear flickered across her face. "How long were you standing there?" she asked him.
"Long enough!" Snape whispered…. "Tell me it wasn't a game Hermione." You could see his heart breaking in his eyes.
Hermione went to explain but Snape entered her mind using Legitimacy.
He saw her pull the name out of her hat and start laughing, he saw her lying about the whole potion book thing, but he didn't finish the rest of the memory, he just looked at her with pain filled eyes and walked off.
"Professor Wait!" Hermione yelled "I can explain." She assured him.
He stopped for just a moment, but then continued walking away.
Hermione slid down the wall and started crying. He didn't finish the memory. He just saw what he wanted to see. He didn't see what she thought at night of him. He didn't see that she was planning to tell him she wanted something more.
Snape didn't see that… to Hermione it wasn't a Love game; it was something more than that.