"No, come on. Seriously," Hermione said in disbelief.
"I am serious." Severus answered.
"But how can it be?" Hermione asked gaping.
"You remember Longbottom's potion? The one that blew up in my face? Well, it seems he invented a youth potion by accident and I am now 18."
Hermione gaped. That couldn't be true! How can someone become younger?
"It's not that amazing really. I haven't really changed that much have I?" Severus asked.
Hermione snorted. "You have changed a WHOLE lot, Severus. Does the potion cause you to loose your memory?"
"Only slightly. I only remember big things like the fact that I teach, who my parents are, and all of my past besides my personality. I can't remember why so many people hated me so much."
Hermione snickered. "You used o be evil. You'd give us detentions for breathing to loud."
"Did I really? Well, in that case I wouldn't have liked me either. And what about you? Was I really that bad to you and your friends?"
"I think we were your most favorite targets," she snickered. Now that she was over the shock of finding out that Severus was eighteen, "You would always pick on Harry and call me a know it all and stuff like that. And I remember you used to favor Malfoy and-"
"Wait! I favored Malfoy? That stuck up little melon nosed kid? Yeah right!" he defended himself.
"Actually you did. He was able to get away with anything."
"Whatever. I can't believe I was such jerk! Please forgive me!" smiling he kneeled down in front of her and grasped her hands, "I have seen the errors of my ways and have come to beg for forgiveness! Will you ever forgive me!" he said the last line in a what would be elegant way if he hadn't have been chuckling so hard.
Hermione smiled evilly, "No I shall never forgive you, you great beast!" she cried in majestic voice while trying to hold in her giggles, "You shall have to prove yourself to me!"
"Then my heart shall be broken until I do!" he clutched his chest and dramatically fell back onto the floor.
Hermione laughed. Then she looked at her watch. "Oh my gosh! It's 9:00! We had better get done with the potion for my detention or else we'll get in big trouble!"
"You go back to your common room. I can do the potion," Severus told her.
"But what about my detention!" she exclaimed.
"It's alright. You came and it's my fault you got distracted. Although it was worth it to see Malfoy with his melon nose huh?"
"Yeah it was," Hermione giggled, "Well if your sure you want to do you by yourself, I'll go then."
"Do you want me to walk you to you tower?" Severus offered.
"Yeah that would be nice."
They walked to the tower in silence lost in their own thoughts. When they reached the painting of the fat lady, Severus turned to leave.
"Wait," Hermione told him. He stopped and turned back.
"What?'
"Thanks for such a fun detention," she said.
"Well, maybe you should hex Malfoy more often, then we could do it again," he said back.
"That would be fun," then before he said anything more she quickly kissed him on the cheek, said the password, and ran into the common room.
Severus stood looking at where she had just been, then slowly he turned and went back down the stairs to the dungeons.
***
Hermione ran through the common room ignoring the calls from her friends and went up to her dormitory. There she closed the door to the empty room and leaned against it.
"Why did I just do that!" she said to herself, "That was the most idiotic thing I could have done! Well I guess I do have a crush on him. It's much more comforting to know he's only eighteen. Only one year apart from me."
Still thinking about how idiotic she was for kissing Severus she got into her pajamas and went to bed.
"I am serious." Severus answered.
"But how can it be?" Hermione asked gaping.
"You remember Longbottom's potion? The one that blew up in my face? Well, it seems he invented a youth potion by accident and I am now 18."
Hermione gaped. That couldn't be true! How can someone become younger?
"It's not that amazing really. I haven't really changed that much have I?" Severus asked.
Hermione snorted. "You have changed a WHOLE lot, Severus. Does the potion cause you to loose your memory?"
"Only slightly. I only remember big things like the fact that I teach, who my parents are, and all of my past besides my personality. I can't remember why so many people hated me so much."
Hermione snickered. "You used o be evil. You'd give us detentions for breathing to loud."
"Did I really? Well, in that case I wouldn't have liked me either. And what about you? Was I really that bad to you and your friends?"
"I think we were your most favorite targets," she snickered. Now that she was over the shock of finding out that Severus was eighteen, "You would always pick on Harry and call me a know it all and stuff like that. And I remember you used to favor Malfoy and-"
"Wait! I favored Malfoy? That stuck up little melon nosed kid? Yeah right!" he defended himself.
"Actually you did. He was able to get away with anything."
"Whatever. I can't believe I was such jerk! Please forgive me!" smiling he kneeled down in front of her and grasped her hands, "I have seen the errors of my ways and have come to beg for forgiveness! Will you ever forgive me!" he said the last line in a what would be elegant way if he hadn't have been chuckling so hard.
Hermione smiled evilly, "No I shall never forgive you, you great beast!" she cried in majestic voice while trying to hold in her giggles, "You shall have to prove yourself to me!"
"Then my heart shall be broken until I do!" he clutched his chest and dramatically fell back onto the floor.
Hermione laughed. Then she looked at her watch. "Oh my gosh! It's 9:00! We had better get done with the potion for my detention or else we'll get in big trouble!"
"You go back to your common room. I can do the potion," Severus told her.
"But what about my detention!" she exclaimed.
"It's alright. You came and it's my fault you got distracted. Although it was worth it to see Malfoy with his melon nose huh?"
"Yeah it was," Hermione giggled, "Well if your sure you want to do you by yourself, I'll go then."
"Do you want me to walk you to you tower?" Severus offered.
"Yeah that would be nice."
They walked to the tower in silence lost in their own thoughts. When they reached the painting of the fat lady, Severus turned to leave.
"Wait," Hermione told him. He stopped and turned back.
"What?'
"Thanks for such a fun detention," she said.
"Well, maybe you should hex Malfoy more often, then we could do it again," he said back.
"That would be fun," then before he said anything more she quickly kissed him on the cheek, said the password, and ran into the common room.
Severus stood looking at where she had just been, then slowly he turned and went back down the stairs to the dungeons.
***
Hermione ran through the common room ignoring the calls from her friends and went up to her dormitory. There she closed the door to the empty room and leaned against it.
"Why did I just do that!" she said to herself, "That was the most idiotic thing I could have done! Well I guess I do have a crush on him. It's much more comforting to know he's only eighteen. Only one year apart from me."
Still thinking about how idiotic she was for kissing Severus she got into her pajamas and went to bed.