Chapter 1

A/N: This is going to be the second fanfic from me. I hope you like it. Yes, it is Severus Snape and Hermione Granger once again, but they have hooked me. I am too addicted to them. There is going to be a Teacher/Student relationship but nothing is going to happen before Hermione has graduated and has gotten the apprenticeship in potions. And of course, Hermione will be of age before they get together.

Alright, I have spoken and exposed too much already so please go on and read.

It was the last class for the day and Professor Snape sighed. All of the students were dunderheads, no, except one of them, Miss Granger. She had proven herself worthy of getting an apprenticeship in potions, but she was annoying, Gryffindor and an insufferable know-it-all. But she was ready to become a potions mistress and she would be the best potions mistress the Wizarding World had ever seen and he, Severus Snape, would make sure of it.

He wanted to crush her with pressure and give her too many essays to do but she had always done everything without even complaining as other students did. Severus was waiting for a day that Miss Granger would do a mistake in his class but it wasn't obviously coming, he was sure that Miss Granger had never done any mistakes in other classes that she was a perfect student.

"Damn why can't you do one mistake," Severus thought and scowled down on Hermione's essay as it had insulted him. It was perfect as always so he was forced to give an O once again. "Alright I am going to ask her my apprentice tomorrow," Severus thought but he had thought the same yesterday and last week and had done nothing. He was procrastinating and he knew it.

The next paper was Mr. Weasley's. Oh how he hated the boy, Severus had no idea what Miss Granger saw in him. In his opinion, Miss Granger needed someone who matched her intelligence, someone who could have a proper conversation and someone who would really care for her not just for shagging and snogging all the time. "It is not good to think something like this. She would never love you or want anything to do with you." a traitorous voice inside of his head whispered. "Shut up," Severus murmured quietly and gave a P for Mr. Weasley's essay. As dreadful as it was he didn't want him to fail because the dunderhead would have to take his N.E.W.T class again.

"Hermione, I will never do essays without you again! Do you know what that great git did?" Ron whined and glared at Hermione.

"Ron, you know that I won't be doing your jobs in the future and you need to do something by yourself now on. If it is about the grade read the feedback he has given you and learn something about your mistakes," Hermione sighed and seemed to get frustrated by her boyfriend complaining.

"But Hermione..." Ron began and looked at her like a lost puppy.

"Ron, you know that that look doesn't work on me. Please, could I get a moment of peace?" Hermione argued and the frustration was showing through her honey-brown eyes.

"Alright then..." Ron murmured defeated and walked away.

"Finally, silence." Hermione gasped after Ron had left and began to write her potions essay. She wanted it to be as perfect as it always was.

"Hermione, I thought I would find you here," Ginny said and sat next to Hermione. "Please tell what my stupid brother has done again, I can see it from your face."

Hermione groaned in frustration. "He thinks that I will always do his homework and probably that I will be doing his jobs in the future too. I have told him that he has to put some effort by himself to school because I won't do it for him. Why does this have to be so damn hard?" She moaned.

"I have always thought that you and Ron would match together but as it seems it is not true. Dumb him, he isn't worth it. All he thinks about is snogging and shagging," Ginny explained and smiled at Hermione, "You can do much better than Ron, Hermione."

"But I love him, Ginny... It is not that bad actually. I couldn't hurt him," Hermione said defeated.

"Hermione, I think you truly love him. Why else you would stay with someone like Ron." Ginny said and began to write her DADA essay as well.

Ron was angry, now he would have to do all by himself and he didn't like it at all. "Does she think that I am stupid or something?" he thought angrily. Ron paced in the Gryffindor common room.

"Ron, what is it?" Harry asked and sat on the couch. "Lover quarrel huh?"

"Hermione thinks that I am too stupid to do anything. 'You have to put more effort into school' she thinks", Ron whined, "Who the hell she thinks she is? She is annoying."

Little did he know that Hermione was standing right behind him. "Alright then! If I am so annoying you can do everything by yourself I don't care anymore!" she yelled and ran to her rooms.

"What did I do now?" Ron asked as nothing has happened.

"I think you screwed up a big-time, Ron," Harry replied. "I think you have to apologize to her."

"Why?" Ron asked dumbly.

"Oh, God..." Harry sighed and stood up from the couch. "You have to change mate, Hermione isn't going to take your whining any longer. I hope you realize that." And with that Harry walked away.

"Bloody hell, he is right I have to change," Ron murmured to himself.

A/N: I hope you liked it. Please review and if there's something I need to change please tell.

I have to tell you that Hermione is going to be the first apprentice Severus has had. Exciting isn't it?