Chapter 10

Severus walked out of the room just in time to hear the high pitched voice of an angry Weasley.

"You bitch, stay away from me, you are nothing but a lying whore." Ron was mad and he had Hermione cornered. "I wouldn't take points from my own house but seeing as you're a Slytherin 200 points from your house and you'll be in detention every day 'til the end of the year."

"You can't do that." Hermione was expecting a confrontation but not so soon.

"I can do what ever I want, you traitor." Ron was so red that he looked like a tomato

"Me, a traitor. You're the one who's the traitor. The only reason you were ever friends with Harry and me was because you would get attention and then every time Harry got more than you, you would throw a tizzy fit." Hermione was not about to take this from Ronald after the way he had acted to Harry the last couple of years.

"Well guess what, you are never going to have the chance to tell anyone because I just sentence you to Detention for the rest of the damn year. You wont have time for anything." Ron took out his wand and pointed it at Hermione. "and nobody can take about away detentions except Dumbledore and there is no way he would take you out of detention anymore."

"Put the wand down Mr. Weasley, I will see to it that Hermione serves her detentions and you will stay out of the way. Oh and by the way, 250 points from Gryfindor for poor inter-house relations. Follow me Hermione." Severus was going to make that stupid boy pay but now was not the time, for one thing Hermione had a detention to serve and he was far to interested in hearing Hermione's rant on the injustice of it all, to stick around and annoy a Weasley.

They walked in silence until they reached Severus's classroom. Hermione was tired, she wasn't supposed to be out of the hospital wing, but she had woken up and Emily had been gone. Hermione was worried so she headed down to the dungeons to find her guardian to see if he knew where her sister had gotten to. However, she wasn't very happy about seeing Severus soon after he looked into her mind.

"You'll be assisting me in a restoration potion for the remainder of your detention." Severus wanted to see her get all riled up, it was so fun watching her.

"You're not seriously going to make me serve detention, are you? That is completely unfair, I didn't do anything wrong. It is just like the house elves. They didn't do anything wrong and they are the servants of wizards. And now I am going to be your servant. " Hermione took a deep breath ready to start again, but the amused look on Severus's face stopped her.

"Your being my servant never crossed my mind." Although the smirk on his face seemed to imply the opposite. "I merely rescued you from a year of detention with Filch. Uhuh, before you complain, I believe that last year you wanted to become a potions mistress. This will be an opportunity to learn all that I can teach, not just what I am forced to teach the dunderheads at this school. Plus, it is much easier to keep an eye you if you are here with me every night after class."

Hermione pouted for a minute because she couldn't find anything wrong with his plan. "Wait, that means I will barely even see my sister."

"I am sure Sirius can find a reason for her to be in detention. Perhaps fraternizing with a teacher." Severus smirked again as he watched Hermione's face go through the stages of shock before she finally spoke. "She..they..noooo...really? When?"

"Well they are probably still suffocating each other. I left when they started French kissing and that is when I found you." Hermione was smiling, she knew that Sirius and Emily would hit it off.

"Now I noticed some issues with how you stir a potion. Come over here to this cauldron and show me how you stir." Hermione walked up to the cauldron, slightly offended at being told that she didn't know how to stir.

"How id that sir." She spun it 3 times clockwise, twice anticlockwise and a figure eight.

"I was right, you are doing it wrong." Severus moved behind her taking her hand and moving it on the rod. "When mixing a potion you must use wrist motion. You do not move your shoulder, at all!!" Oh god, he is so close, What is he telling me??? Hmmmm, something about wrist motion. Oh dear, I think I'm getting dizzy.

"Hermione, you must keep a firm grip on the rod at all times." Severus whispered in her ear, he was well aware of the thoughts he was inspiring in the pretty little witch, and at that moment he was very happy with them.

"cough cough I don't mean to interrupt but it is late and madam Pomphrey is looking for the girls." Sirius started to back out of the room as he received a death glare from Severus. The potions Master dropped his head to rest on Hermione's shoulder for several seconds before he backed away and let her hand go.

"You should go, I will count this detention as time served. I'll expect you to be back here at 7pm tomorrow for another detention."

"Sir…."

"Call me Severus, Hermione."

"Severus…I'm looking forward to it." Hermione smiled fabulously at him, as an after thought she added "What did Emily say to you?"

"She pointed out a few things that I had denied as well as spilling some information that I had previously even dreamed of." If Severus could have blushed he would have been doing it right about now.

"I could kill her and kiss her at the same time. Good night Severus." Hermione walked out of the classroom hoping to find Emily somewhere in arms reach so she could strangle her. However all thought of murdering her beloved sister flew out of the window as she saw the cute picture that Sirius and Emily made. Sirius was leaning against the wall trying to act cool as Emily was looking anywhere but at him with a pink flush to her cheeks.