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Lucky
Severus walked into the great hall the next morning, his eyes immediately seeking out Hermione.
She wasn't there.
Defeated he slouched into his seat, did she regret last night?
Just as he lifted his cup of tea to his lips, she came into the great hall, practically skipping, 'griffindors are anything but discreet' he thought.
She looked at him and he moved his cup away from his mouth and gave her a little smirk, the smile she gave him in return made his heart thump faster in his chest.
She sat at her usual seat and began chatting with Neville, every so often turning her head to answer a question by Professor Livingston.
He ate his breakfast as slowly as he possibly could, so he could leave when she did, without being too obvious, the students were drifting in and out the hall as they ate their breakfast and got ready for their first classes, so the hall wasn't as noisy or boisterous as at dinner and Severus could keep his attention on her, waiting on his cue to leave.
After what felt like ages, she finally stood up and excused herself at which point Severus also stood and followed her out, when they left the great hall, Severus walked towards her quickly and gently touched her elbow, startling her and she gave a little squeak.
"Sorry" He said, amused. "Would you mind if I had a quick word with you?"
He sounded so formal, that Hermione felt her stomach drop "Ok" she said quietly and followed him into a quiet corner near the dungeons
Severus looked at Hermione for a moment before summoning up the courage to talk "I was wondering, if your not busy, I mean if you are you can always chose another day, but if you want to ...do you..." He stopped to take a breath and stop his nervous rambling.
"Hermione would you like to go out for dinner with me?" He finally asked "On Saturday"
A huge smile lit up her face "Yes, I would like that, very much" she said blushing
"Ok"
"Ok"
"What time" She asked
" Is 6pm ok for you?" Severus replied
"Oh, yes, I think that will be fine" She replied "Where are we going?"
"I thought that we could just go to the Three Broomsticks, as it is close by and we could walk there, I don't really know anywhere else" He said, slightly embarrassed.
"Well, maybe if it goes well, I could pick the next one?" She said a little unsure.
"I would like that" Severus responded, taking a step towards her
Hermione looked around to make sure no one could see them, her heart beating a little faster, "Yeh?"
"Yes" He said moving again until her was touching her, his hands moving towards her face.
Hermione didn't have time to respond as Severus's lips came down on hers, stronger and more sure of himself than yesterday. He cupped her face with his hands, gently, and didn't waste any time before his tongue sought entrance to her mouth, to which she gleefully responded.
He kissed her for only a minute or two before pulling away, making her whimper, "As much as I would love to do this all day, I suspect we might have classes to teach shortly" he said with a small chuckle
Hermione looked at him, her face a little flushed and eyes sparkling "Yes, we better go, will you be at lunch?"
"I expect so," he teased
She smiled at him again before walking off to her first class, feeling slightly dazed and euphoric. She eventually got to her class, after having gone the wrong way,…. twice.