I just wanted to put in that in the last chapter I wanted to make it sort
of like the only reason Draco always got away with things and Snape would
let him is because Snape was afraid of Lucius Malfoy and there for now that
he's 18 and more carefree he doesn't worry about the Malfoys.
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Throughout the week a lot of strange things happened. Snape began to make friends among the students (Slytherins mostly though he didn't like Malfoy). He would hang out with them and he even began eating at their table during dinner. He would laugh with them, have them call him Severus, and he even made fun of McGonagal once. McGonagal had overheard and taken points off of Slytherin as if Snape were a student.
What surprised Hermione most was one day when Snape walked up to her during dinner.
"Hello, Miss Granger," he said coolly.
"He-Hello, Professor," Hermione answered.
"May I sit here?" he asked pointing to the chair next to her, but away from Harry and Ron.
"Yes-yes, sir," Hermione stuttered.
"Call me Severus. Can I call you Hermione?" he said sitting down.
It took Hermione a while to comprehend what he had said when she finally answered, "Oh, um, okay, um, Severus."
Hermione couldn't remember when she had ever had this much fun at dinner. She found him very easy to talk to. Mostly Hermione was curious to hear about when Severus was at school. And it must be said that Harry and Ron got a little fed up with the fact that she was (unintentionally) ignoring them. They continued talking until the Great Hall was almost empty and long after Harry and Ron had left to go to the Gryffindor Tower.
"Do you think we should go? The Great Hall is almost empty," Hermione said regretfully even though she really didn't want to go.
"I guess we should. I have grading to d and I'm sure you have homework," Severus agreed.
"Yeah," Hermione sighed.
She got up and Snape followed. They continued talking trying to squeeze some last minute conversations in. Snape walked her to the Gryffindor tower and then turned to leave.
"Goodbye, Hermione," he said.
"Goodbye, Severus," she answered. He walked down the stairs and she watched him until he disappeared around a corner. What was this feeling she had? Could she possibly have a crush on her Potions teacher? Horrified by the thought, she shoved it from her mind. What would Ron and Harry think?
Ron and Harry! How could she have ignored them during dinner and then completely forget about them afterwards! Oh no! They were going to be in such terrible moods! Not really wanting to, she entered into the common room. She spotted her friends and walked over to them.
"Hi," she said timidly.
"Hello," Harry answered not looking up from his homework. Ron just glared.
Hermione looked at Ron who just continued to glare.
"WHAT!" she finally hollered at him after a long awkward silence of glares and nervousness.
"What?! You ignore us at dinner totally forget about us after wards and all for Snape of all people! And you ask WHAT?!" Ron yelled back attracting a lot of stares who went back to what they were doing when they noticed who it was arguing. They were used to it by now.
"Well what does it matter who I talk to and make friends with!" she retorted, "It's my life not yours and you don't rule my life either!"
"Just think about that 'friend' of yours. Think about who it is! Snape! How can you befriend Snape!" Ron began to get red in the face at the thought of his friend as Snapes friend also.
"There is nothing wrong with Severus!"
"So its Severus now is it?! Since when do you call him Severus?"
"Since he asked me to and became my friend! Why do you get like this every time I meet some other guy and befriend them? First you freak out with Victor and now Severus! Why don't you just put a sign on me that says 'Mine! Don't touch' and then you won't have to worry so much! And while your at it cage me up and throw away the key! Your not my father so quit acting like one! You have no right to be angry at me!" Hermione turned around and stomped up to her dormitory.
Ron sat there dumbfounded, Harry still bent over his homework.
"How does she keep beating me in these sort of arguments," Ron muttered.
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A big thanks and lots of hugs to the reviewers! Hope you liked it! 4th chapter coming as soon as I can get it.
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Throughout the week a lot of strange things happened. Snape began to make friends among the students (Slytherins mostly though he didn't like Malfoy). He would hang out with them and he even began eating at their table during dinner. He would laugh with them, have them call him Severus, and he even made fun of McGonagal once. McGonagal had overheard and taken points off of Slytherin as if Snape were a student.
What surprised Hermione most was one day when Snape walked up to her during dinner.
"Hello, Miss Granger," he said coolly.
"He-Hello, Professor," Hermione answered.
"May I sit here?" he asked pointing to the chair next to her, but away from Harry and Ron.
"Yes-yes, sir," Hermione stuttered.
"Call me Severus. Can I call you Hermione?" he said sitting down.
It took Hermione a while to comprehend what he had said when she finally answered, "Oh, um, okay, um, Severus."
Hermione couldn't remember when she had ever had this much fun at dinner. She found him very easy to talk to. Mostly Hermione was curious to hear about when Severus was at school. And it must be said that Harry and Ron got a little fed up with the fact that she was (unintentionally) ignoring them. They continued talking until the Great Hall was almost empty and long after Harry and Ron had left to go to the Gryffindor Tower.
"Do you think we should go? The Great Hall is almost empty," Hermione said regretfully even though she really didn't want to go.
"I guess we should. I have grading to d and I'm sure you have homework," Severus agreed.
"Yeah," Hermione sighed.
She got up and Snape followed. They continued talking trying to squeeze some last minute conversations in. Snape walked her to the Gryffindor tower and then turned to leave.
"Goodbye, Hermione," he said.
"Goodbye, Severus," she answered. He walked down the stairs and she watched him until he disappeared around a corner. What was this feeling she had? Could she possibly have a crush on her Potions teacher? Horrified by the thought, she shoved it from her mind. What would Ron and Harry think?
Ron and Harry! How could she have ignored them during dinner and then completely forget about them afterwards! Oh no! They were going to be in such terrible moods! Not really wanting to, she entered into the common room. She spotted her friends and walked over to them.
"Hi," she said timidly.
"Hello," Harry answered not looking up from his homework. Ron just glared.
Hermione looked at Ron who just continued to glare.
"WHAT!" she finally hollered at him after a long awkward silence of glares and nervousness.
"What?! You ignore us at dinner totally forget about us after wards and all for Snape of all people! And you ask WHAT?!" Ron yelled back attracting a lot of stares who went back to what they were doing when they noticed who it was arguing. They were used to it by now.
"Well what does it matter who I talk to and make friends with!" she retorted, "It's my life not yours and you don't rule my life either!"
"Just think about that 'friend' of yours. Think about who it is! Snape! How can you befriend Snape!" Ron began to get red in the face at the thought of his friend as Snapes friend also.
"There is nothing wrong with Severus!"
"So its Severus now is it?! Since when do you call him Severus?"
"Since he asked me to and became my friend! Why do you get like this every time I meet some other guy and befriend them? First you freak out with Victor and now Severus! Why don't you just put a sign on me that says 'Mine! Don't touch' and then you won't have to worry so much! And while your at it cage me up and throw away the key! Your not my father so quit acting like one! You have no right to be angry at me!" Hermione turned around and stomped up to her dormitory.
Ron sat there dumbfounded, Harry still bent over his homework.
"How does she keep beating me in these sort of arguments," Ron muttered.
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A big thanks and lots of hugs to the reviewers! Hope you liked it! 4th chapter coming as soon as I can get it.