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Hermione shifted uncomfortable trying to stretch her legs; but to no avail. 'Since when did my bed become so uncomfortable' thought Hermione still not awake enough to open her eyes.

"I see your awake Miss. Granger" came a deep voice. Immediately Hermione's eyes snapped open.

Looking around Hermione saw that she was still in his office curled uncomfortably on the large leather arm chair. She also observed that she had a soft cotton blanket around her.

'I must have fallen asleep for a few hours' thought Hermione tiredly

"What time is it?" asked Hermione while yawning and stretching her arms

"7:09am" he said simply and a look of shock passed through her face.

"I slept here the entire night?"

"Yes" he said turning back to a piece of parchment he was writing on.

"Why didn't you wake me!" Hermione exclaimed

"I did try Miss. Granger and you blatantly refused to wake up" said the Professor giving her an answer without looking up.

"oh" she said softly her cheeks turning pink from embarrassment. "I have to change and brush my hair" said Hermione getting up and putting the blanket gently on the chair.

"I'll be right back after I get ready for the day" she said to him from the doorway.

He gave her a curt nod and waited until he was certain she left before looking up. The potion's professor sighed and put his head in his hands. 'She's a student… a very young student' he thought. Snape shook his head before pushing his thoughts out of his head.

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Hermione had just made it to the top of the stairs that lead to the dungeon when she walked directly into the head mistress.

"Oh my goodness I'm so sorry headmistress" said the young Gryffindor.

McGonagall took in the young witch's appearance. Her hair seemed to be disarrayed more than usual and her clothes were wrinkled.

"Did you sleep down there?" asked McGonagall raising an eyebrow. Hoping Hermione caught what she was really asking.

"oh yes I did" she started and then she caught what the question really was implying and continued "I fell asleep in an armchair and slept on the armchair" assured Hermione with a slight blush tinting her cheeks.

The older witch's eyes seemed to have a mischievous glint in them as she looked at the flustered witch in front of her.

"its fine Miss. Granger either way is fine" she said

"oh… well I should be off good day" said Hermione before scurrying off to the Gryffindor dormitory.

McGonagall continued on her way down the stone stairway and knocked once on the office door. It opened using magic and the potion's master didn't look up as it opened.

"That was rather quick Mi- "he started but stopped abruptly when he realized that it was Minerva standing at the door.

"Expecting someone" she asked raising an amused eyebrow knowing full well who he had expected.

"What do you require" he asked venom dripping from his voice.

"A friend of mine at the Prophet asked if you want to do an interview" she said already knowing what the answer would be

"No next time if it is an idiotic question don't bother asking" he said

"There is another matter I wanted to discuss" started Minerva and when he looked at her expectedly she continued "the matter of Hermione Granger-"

His features gave away nothing but he abruptly cut her off. "Nothing to discuss now if you would leave my office I have matters to attend to" said Snape.

McGonagall sighed and shook her head with a small knowing smile as she walked out of the dark potion's master's office.

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Hermione rushed into her room and collapsed onto her bed.

'Was Professor McGonagall really suggesting what I think she was' asked Hermione to herself internally. 'No it must be my imagination' she thought as picking herself up off the bed and heading over to grab a set of clothes before heading to the showers.

After her shower Hermione tossed on a pair of jeans and a purple blouse before beginning to comb through her wet hair.

Just as she was finishing detangling her hair from the various knots an owl tapped at the window. Hermione opened the window as she recognized the owl to be the Weasly owl. The bird dropped the letter and she gave the disheveled bird a treat before he flew away.

It read:

Dear Mione,

I'm sorry for my extremely late reply I've been really busy and Harry has been taking me out almost every day. Anyway we should meet up before summers end and do something. I can't believe that you broke into Snape's storeroom and didn't get in trouble. I suppose he could have changed after the war I guess. So he's helping you with a project, that must be interesting. What kind of project? You mentioned that it needs to sit for 48 days so I am guessing that it is a potions project. But what else have you done during the summer? Well I should be off write soon.

Love Ginny

Hermione finished reading the letter and picked up her quill and parchment.

Dear Ginny,

It's perfectly fine that you have not had time. I'm glad that Harry and you are doing so well. It would be nice to meet up before summer's end you pick the time and place. But the professor has changed, he changed quite a bit. The project we are working on is very very personal to me so please don't ask exactly what it is about. It is not life threatening and it has no bad effects I assure you. I promise that down the road I will tell you about it. Well to answer your other question this summer I spent mostly reading in Professor Snape's office in a leather arm chair and then on Wednesdays we have lunch outside by a tree. It is a rather nice break from dealing with all of the adventures in the last 7 years. Write soon.

Love Hermione

Hermione put the letter in the envelope and wrote Ginny's name on the front. She realized that she would have to go to the owlery to send it to Ginny.

Hermione walked out of the Gryffindor dormitory and headed for the dungeons. She figured that she could rope the potion's professor into accompanying her to the owlery.

Arriving in front of the professor's door she knocked twice before it opened and she found herself standing in front of Snape.

"Oh hello I was just wondering if you wanted to come with me to the owlery" she asked smiling up at him.

"no" he said and he saw her about to try and convince him to come with her he continued "follow me" said Snape walking towards one of the back doors.

She followed curiously as he led her into a room she had never seen before. The room seemed extremely elegant and was decorated in greens and silvers. The room had stacks of books lining the walls of the room and there was a large bed that had silver and green fabrics that decorated it. There was a fireplace in the corner with a single armchair in the corner. Hermione realized that this must be his private quarters. He led her over to one of the corners and she could see the cage containing a sleek black owl.

Snape opened the cage and the all black owl flew out to rest on the window sill. Its eyes matched those of its masters except they had little flecks of light brown through them.

"Boy or girl?" asked Hermione marveling at the beautiful bird

"Boy, his name is Fidelis"

"Loyal in Latin" she said quietly and she saw him smirk slightly.

Hermione approached the bird cautiously and held her hand out to him. The bird observed her cautiously before flying over to her arm and perching himself on it. She stroked the feathers softly earning a delighted coo from the bird.

Remembering the reason, she was in here Hermione grabbed the letter from her back pocket.

"Please take this to the Weasly residence Fidelis" she said handing over the letter to the bird before whispering to it "I'll give you treats when you get back" happy with this the bird took flight out of the window.

"Sending letters to that red headed boyfriend of yours Miss. Granger" and his voice sounded slightly colder than usual.

"To Ginny, me and Ronald broke up a while ago" said Hermione and she missed the way his features softened slightly.

"Let's go back to the office" said Snape feeling slightly weird to be standing in his living quarters with the witch in front of him, who seemed to be taking in the features of his room.

"Yes of course" she said following him back through the door.

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Hello wonderful readers,

I liked making this chapter so please review and let me know what you think. I really wanted Severus to have an owl and I like that it likes Hermione. Oh and I should let you know that during the summer the characters get to do what they want but once school starts their relationship gets… different than it is right now. But don't worry I have this story all planned out. Please review it makes me happy and byyyyeeeeeeee.