Hermione Granger was waiting for her two best friends Harry Potter and Ron
Weasely at breakfast. The Great Hall had just began to empty when they ran
in.
"Sorry, Herms, we slept in," Harry gasped as he sat down.
Hermione handed them some toast. "It's alright. But be warned that we have potions first today."
The boys groaned, "At least there is no Snape. I wonder if Neville's potion killed him!" Ron said in response.
"Don't say things like that! I know he is a bit strict, but you don't have to wish for him to die!" Hermione scolded.
Ron rolled his eyes, "Well let's just get there and get it over with. Why does potions have to be with Slytherins? I can't stand Malfoy!"
When they got into the dungeons, they saw that there was a teacher there that looked oddly familiar, but they couldn't place were they had seen him before.
"Isn't he a bit young to be teacher our potions class?" Hermione whispered to Harry and Ron.
Leavender Brown over heard her and answered, "Well, he is kind of good looking, so it's not a total loss," she giggled.
Hermione was still trying to fix were she had seen him before. Then she remembered;
"Professor Snape!"
*** (A/N: this is going to take place after Dumbledoor tells Snape he is 18 and they are discussing about him still teaching)
"Eight-EIGHTEEN!" Snape hollered, "How can I be eighteen! I-whoa! Can I still teach my potions class? I mean, I won't lose my knowledge! My mind won't get younger will it?!"
"Severus, calm down. Yes your mind will get younger, but, you won't loose any of your knowledge. You can go on teaching your class without worries." Dumbledoor reassured him.
"Good," Snape sighed, "when can I go back?"
"Today if you feel up to it."
"Yeah I feel up to it." *** Snape watched as his students filed into class. They didn't seem so young anymore. Though still immature. He glared at anyone who stared at him and when he heard his name he turned around angrily and caught sight of the girl who had called him. He saw her and his stomach flipped. She was a pretty with bushy brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She had a delicate face that looked questioning at him. He recognized her as the one and only Hermione Granger.
'Oh no!' he thought, 'I will not get crushes on my students, I will not get crushes on my students, I will not.'
"Professor?" she asked him again.
"Yes, Miss Granger?!" he snapped at her trying to forget the feeling of excitement in his stomach.
"Um, you- you've changed." she said meekly.
"Oh really? I'm glad you told me, I never would have known other wise," he said sarcastically.
Hermione blushed and took her seat.
"Now let's get this class started," he said, "turn to page 369 in your books." The class followed his directions and he continued, "Now who would like to read it to the class?" No one moved. "No one wants to volunteer. Then I'll pick someone. Mr. Malfoy," Draco Malfoy looked up startled from a conversation he was having, "Please read the paragraph on page 369 and it would help if you had your book out."
Draco looked startled at first, but then he calmed and said coolly, "Professor, I don't really feel like it right now, but I'm sure Potter would like to."
Snape glared. He hated it when people were smart aleks. When he was at school he had always gotten respect and he intended to even if he was only a year apart in age from his students.
"You will read that paragraph and the next three or you will come in for detention after school." He snarled.
Malfoy looked dumbfounded. He wasn't the only one. The entire class stared in shock. Malfoy was usually the favorite one. He was usually the one to get away with anything and everything. Sulkily he started to read.
After the first two paragraphs Snape yawned. "This is getting boring," he told them. Draco stopped reading and him and the rest of the class stared. "Finish reading it by yourselves and then start your potion."
***
After class the students filed out. Lavender was looking sick.
"I can't believe I said he was good looking! He looked totally different!" she whimpered while Ron and Harry snickered trying to hold it in.
"Did you see the look on Malfoy's face when he got in trouble? It was priceless! I'm beginning to like the new Snape already!" Ron said to Harry.
Hermione though, was deep in thought. Why had Snape stared at her all through class? She had felt his eyes on her. It was kind of nerve racking to have a teacher staring at you so intensely. She shivered.
"Herms! Hermione!!!"
Hermione was pulled out of her thoughts from Harry calling her name.
"What?"
"You were going up the wrong stair way. The Gryffindor tower is up this one." Harry pointed up the stair way to the left of the one she was going up.
"Oh. right." Hermione answered distractedly. She felt someone watching her and she continued to look around but she didn't see anyone.
"Hermione are you okay? You seem distracted." Harry asked her concerned.
"Hmm? Oh. Yeah. I'm okay."
Harry didn't seem convinced, but he let it be, "Let's just go to lunch."
***
Severus watched Hermione walk with her friends. He had been heading to lunch, but was distracted when he caught sight of her. He watched as she confusedly looked around and he wondered if she saw him watching her from behind the statue. He didn't know what it was about her that made his heart stir. Just watching her. He was glad he was eighteen again. Now he at least had a slim chance with her.
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"Sorry, Herms, we slept in," Harry gasped as he sat down.
Hermione handed them some toast. "It's alright. But be warned that we have potions first today."
The boys groaned, "At least there is no Snape. I wonder if Neville's potion killed him!" Ron said in response.
"Don't say things like that! I know he is a bit strict, but you don't have to wish for him to die!" Hermione scolded.
Ron rolled his eyes, "Well let's just get there and get it over with. Why does potions have to be with Slytherins? I can't stand Malfoy!"
When they got into the dungeons, they saw that there was a teacher there that looked oddly familiar, but they couldn't place were they had seen him before.
"Isn't he a bit young to be teacher our potions class?" Hermione whispered to Harry and Ron.
Leavender Brown over heard her and answered, "Well, he is kind of good looking, so it's not a total loss," she giggled.
Hermione was still trying to fix were she had seen him before. Then she remembered;
"Professor Snape!"
*** (A/N: this is going to take place after Dumbledoor tells Snape he is 18 and they are discussing about him still teaching)
"Eight-EIGHTEEN!" Snape hollered, "How can I be eighteen! I-whoa! Can I still teach my potions class? I mean, I won't lose my knowledge! My mind won't get younger will it?!"
"Severus, calm down. Yes your mind will get younger, but, you won't loose any of your knowledge. You can go on teaching your class without worries." Dumbledoor reassured him.
"Good," Snape sighed, "when can I go back?"
"Today if you feel up to it."
"Yeah I feel up to it." *** Snape watched as his students filed into class. They didn't seem so young anymore. Though still immature. He glared at anyone who stared at him and when he heard his name he turned around angrily and caught sight of the girl who had called him. He saw her and his stomach flipped. She was a pretty with bushy brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She had a delicate face that looked questioning at him. He recognized her as the one and only Hermione Granger.
'Oh no!' he thought, 'I will not get crushes on my students, I will not get crushes on my students, I will not.'
"Professor?" she asked him again.
"Yes, Miss Granger?!" he snapped at her trying to forget the feeling of excitement in his stomach.
"Um, you- you've changed." she said meekly.
"Oh really? I'm glad you told me, I never would have known other wise," he said sarcastically.
Hermione blushed and took her seat.
"Now let's get this class started," he said, "turn to page 369 in your books." The class followed his directions and he continued, "Now who would like to read it to the class?" No one moved. "No one wants to volunteer. Then I'll pick someone. Mr. Malfoy," Draco Malfoy looked up startled from a conversation he was having, "Please read the paragraph on page 369 and it would help if you had your book out."
Draco looked startled at first, but then he calmed and said coolly, "Professor, I don't really feel like it right now, but I'm sure Potter would like to."
Snape glared. He hated it when people were smart aleks. When he was at school he had always gotten respect and he intended to even if he was only a year apart in age from his students.
"You will read that paragraph and the next three or you will come in for detention after school." He snarled.
Malfoy looked dumbfounded. He wasn't the only one. The entire class stared in shock. Malfoy was usually the favorite one. He was usually the one to get away with anything and everything. Sulkily he started to read.
After the first two paragraphs Snape yawned. "This is getting boring," he told them. Draco stopped reading and him and the rest of the class stared. "Finish reading it by yourselves and then start your potion."
***
After class the students filed out. Lavender was looking sick.
"I can't believe I said he was good looking! He looked totally different!" she whimpered while Ron and Harry snickered trying to hold it in.
"Did you see the look on Malfoy's face when he got in trouble? It was priceless! I'm beginning to like the new Snape already!" Ron said to Harry.
Hermione though, was deep in thought. Why had Snape stared at her all through class? She had felt his eyes on her. It was kind of nerve racking to have a teacher staring at you so intensely. She shivered.
"Herms! Hermione!!!"
Hermione was pulled out of her thoughts from Harry calling her name.
"What?"
"You were going up the wrong stair way. The Gryffindor tower is up this one." Harry pointed up the stair way to the left of the one she was going up.
"Oh. right." Hermione answered distractedly. She felt someone watching her and she continued to look around but she didn't see anyone.
"Hermione are you okay? You seem distracted." Harry asked her concerned.
"Hmm? Oh. Yeah. I'm okay."
Harry didn't seem convinced, but he let it be, "Let's just go to lunch."
***
Severus watched Hermione walk with her friends. He had been heading to lunch, but was distracted when he caught sight of her. He watched as she confusedly looked around and he wondered if she saw him watching her from behind the statue. He didn't know what it was about her that made his heart stir. Just watching her. He was glad he was eighteen again. Now he at least had a slim chance with her.
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