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The Forbidden Crush
Chapter 5
Snape entered into his office and saw a few papers on is desk. At least the pile isn't as bad as it usually is tonight he thought to himself. He sat down at his desk in his chair and looked at the names on the paper and at the bottom which would have been the first paper received was Hermione Granger's paper. He sighed lowly and put the papers in order that they were turned in. He began to read her submission which felt more like a end of term paper than a simple homework essay. As he read further and further he became more and more concerned. The things she smelled were things that many of his one-nighters said he smelled like. Why me? He thought to himself. She could have pick of nearly any boy in this school of her own age and she chooses to have a crush on me. She is smart and will go very far with her brains. He thought though he'd never admit that out loud to anyone. And on top of all that she is probably one of the most beautiful girls he'd ever seen. And with that thought he shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts. He finished reading and she as usual did exactly as he asked for her assignment though much longer than he wished so he gave her an O for over writing.
He was able to mark all the other essays rather quickly with the highest aside from hers being an A. Once done he grabbed the papers and walked into the classroom and put them in the appropriate bin for 7th year marked papers then went into his private chambers. After reading Granger's essay he very much needed a Firewhiskey. He walked into his small Kitchenette and grab himself a small glass and poured himself some Firewhiskey to just below the brim. He swallowed it all in one gulp then poured another smaller glass and headed to the sitting room to relax by his fireplace. He sat in his favorite comfy armchair and rested his head back and let out a long sigh. He felt like all the frustrations, stress, and worries flowed out of his body. Thankfully tomorrow was Saturday so he could have some time to himself. With that thought he slugged down the rest of the Firewhiskey and banished the glass to the kitchens for the castle elves to clean then retired to his bedroom for the night.
During dinner in the Great Hall, Hermione spent most of the time just listening to Ginny and Harry talking about what they'd do over the weekend for a date night and listened to Draco and Ron chat away about Quidditch. The only thing she could do though as she ate her dinner was think about Professor Snape and whether or not he graded her paper or not. She was nervous as to whether he had found out yet or not. She kept looking up at him to try and see a hint of if he discovered it or looked up again to meet eyes with Headmistress McGonagall and how she looked between Professor Snape and herself and looked away quickly. Shoot she knows. Who else knows about my crush? This is so humiliating. She thought to herself. A million things were running through her head and suddenly she lost her appetite. "Hey guys, I'm not feeling so well. I think I'm going to go on ahead to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow." She said to everyone hoping she sounded convincing enough. They all bid her goodnight and wished her better and with that she darted out of the Great Hall.
A short time later Hermione found herself running through the common room and up the staircase and down the hall to the 7th year girls dorm room and found her way in the dark to her bed. he opened her trunk gathered out a towel and a pair of pajamas and went into the bathroom to go take a the hot water ran down her creamy skin she tried not to think about the events of the day and let the shower wash away her thoughts along with everything else. After her shower she toweled herself off and grabbed her wand off the counter and blow dried her hair then straightened it with a spell Lavender had taught her at the beginning of the year then she twisted her hair and pinned it on top of her head and put on her PJs. She banished her clothes from the day to the laundry room then walked out of the bathroom to her bed sitting down. She closed the curtains and got under the thick warm comforter and laid her head on her pillow. All at once the thoughts came rushing back. Ugh I need to sleep right now and I need to stop thinking about everything. With that thought she pulled her curtain aside just a little bit and reached into her end table drawer from some sleepless draught potion. She took a small sip and restored the cork and put it back in the cork and re-closed the curtain. She laid down and soon sleep pulled her under and she was asleep finally free of the thoughts running in her mind.