Sorry I know this is a short chapter but this seemed like a good ending point. And I had a few questions come up in reviews so I'm going to answer them here. No this is not a Ron bashing story, that's just how I feel as though Ron would react in that sort of a situation. And no, the relationship that I have between Lily and Severus is not cannon, in fact the 6th or 7th book (can't remember which one) kinda killed my little theory. But as I said in the summary for this story, it doesn't fit the cannon after the 5th book. But anyway, here's the chapter! I hope y'all enjoy it. I'm really going to be focusing more on the relationship between Hermione and Severus over the next few chapters and I hope y'all are excited :) Anyway, please Read and Review!


It had been two days since the fight and Hermione wasn't feeling any better. She hadn't said a word to Lily about what had happened and thanks to the fight that Remus had with Severus, he hadn't told anyone either.

She had gone to see him at the hospital a few times but he refused to speak to her. She remembered that he was very good at holding a grudge, but she thought that was a trait that he had developed in his older years.

Class was over for the day and she was making her way over to the hospital wing once again, though this time not to see Remus. The potions project was due the next day and she had to talk to Snape to make sure that he was going to be there to help her present.

Thankfully there had been an accident on the quidditch pitch so Remus wasn't able to see her walk in past all of the activity in the middle. And she said a quick thank you up to the heavens for whatever god had made sure that Snape and Remus had been put on other sides of the wing.

Snape was sleeping when she sat next to the bed so she gave him a hard poke on his forehead, the only part of his body that she was sure wasn't in pain, to wake him up. He groaned a few times and his arm swatted near the top of his head but he remained asleep. So Hermione tapped a few more times, and a bit harder this time, and Severus opened his eyes a bit.

"What the bloody hell do you want?" He groaned.

"Our project is due tomorrow, remember?" Hermione replied sharply.

"Of course I remember," Snape spat, "and I am sure that you are more than capable of presenting it yourself."

Perhaps it was the pain talking, but Hermione knew that under any other circumstances, Snape would never have allowed her to present their project alone. He never would have trusted her to not screw it up.

"I won't have to," She answered, "I've been assured that you will be fine by then."

Severus groaned, "Alright, I will be in class then. Is there anything else you needed?"

"I needed to go over our presentation," Hermione exclaimed, "we need to be prepared. Don't you want to be prepared?'

"Lower your voice!" Severus scolded, "We will be prepared. Now could you please just go away before your boyfriend sees you?"

"Why would you care?" She asked despite the fact that she was thinking the exact same thing.

"How do you think I ended up in here?" Severus spat, "That wolf must have seen us studying and gotten the wrong idea and he attacked me."

"Oh god," Hermione groaned, "this is all my fault."

"It bloody well is!" Severus agreed.

"And it wasn't him, it was Peter," Hermione began. Severus had gotten himself beaten up over her, it was only right that he knew the whole story, "I hadn't told anyone about the lessons that I'm doing with you, I just told them that I was in the library alone. Peter saw us together when I was supposed to be alone and told Remus and he drew the wrong conclusion."

Severus scowled, "I don't see how you could possibly be worth all of this trouble."

"Well I am an excellent snog," Hermione teased, "not that you'll ever know."

"Not that I'd want to," Severus smirked.

Hermione smiled back at Severus, enjoying the fact that they could now at least tease one another in a playful sort of way. She knew that their relationship would probably never be a good one, but she was grateful that they could at least have small moments of civility.

It only took around ten minutes for them to go over the notes for the presentation the next day before Hermione was satisfied. She didn't stay and talk for long after, they were both anxious for her to leave Severus' side, and then she made her way over to see Remus.

"Hello," Hermione said sheepishly as she approached him, "I was just wondering how you were doing."

"I'm fine," Remus answered coldly while staring at a spot on the opposite wall.

"Good," Hermine answered, trying to keep a smile on her face, "are you going to be able to go home for the holidays then?"

"Yes," He snapped, still refusing to look at her.

"Good, good. It would be a shame not to see your family because you were stuck in the hospital."

"Yes, and what a shame it would be if I was stuck here with you, am I right?" He hissed, finally making eye contact.

She held onto his gaze, as difficult as it was. The hatred and anger she could see coming from them broke her heart, "You know that's not true!" she exclaimed.

"Isn't it?" He responded pathetically.

"You know how I feel about you Remus. And the way your treating me, well frankly, I don't deserve it. I know I lied about working with Severus but that's all we were doing, working!"

"And how am I supposed to believe you? You already lied to me about one thing."

Hermione sat down on the chair next to his bed. She wasn't sure what she could do, what she could say, that would convince Remus that she was telling the truth.

"And how was I supposed to tell you that I was spending nearly three evenings a week alone with Snape?"

"Like that perhaps?" Remus snapped.

"Well just look at what happened when you found out!" Hermione exclaimed. "You got into a fight with him that landed the both of you in the hospital wing for days!"

"I was defending my honor," Remus protested, "I thought the two of you were cheating and I had to do something about it."

"And that's exactly my point," Hermione answered, "you and the rest of the boys have a long history of not trusting Snape, as well as torturing him for no good reason. I needed him alive for our project and I did what I thought I had to."

Remus was quiet for a while and Hermione hoped that he was considering what she had said. She sat there and watched as he went back to staring at that spot on the other side of the wall. At least ten minutes had passed before either one of them said anything again.

"I guess I understand," Remus began quietly, "though that doesn't excuse your lying."

"And I am sorry for that Remus."

And for the first time in days, she saw a hint of a smile cross his face, "I know."

Hermione smiled back at him and leaned in to give him a soft kiss. She had a feeling that this fight wasn't quite over, but she was glad for at least a little bit of a break.

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Remus had excepted her apology, he knew that she was sorry for what had happened. And he was beginning to realize that perhaps he had jumped the gun just a bit by assuming that she and Severus were snogging. He knew he couldn't stay mad at her for something that she hadn't done. And she'd had a point. If he had known that she and Snape were spending so much time together, he wouldn't have reacted well.

But there was just something that he couldn't get out of his head.

He had seen them talking before she came over to his bed. There had been a break in the crowed and he had looked over and seen the two of them talking.

And as he looked up into her face and saw her smile, he realized that it was the same one she had given Snape earlier. They might not be snogging, but Remus knew that something was most definitely going on.