Chapter 13: Standing up to Snape
The next few weeks were heaven for Harry.
Although Ron was very angry about the two getting
together he finally excepted it after he had a visit from Ginny's temper.
Steven had kept to himself and his work.
All his teachers said the same thing "He is an extremely bright young man," including Snape!
Steven had hoped that this would get Hermione to talk to him if not just
to say hello to him but it didn't. One day after Charms, Harry finally
was able to introduce Hermione to Steven. "Hermione I would like you
to meet my brother Steven." Harry said feeling proud.
When Hermione finally made eye contact with Steven she blushed, Steven was
quick to notice this and said "I hear that you are one of the brightest here."
She blushed even redder and said "Well I hear your doing very well for yourself.
What is your best class?" Steven smiled and said "Potions."
She gasped and said "That's normally everyone's worst subject well maybe except
for the Slytherins." Steven then said "Well back in my old school I was great with
science and Potions is a lot like science." Harry who was getting very board
listening to them drone on about subjects said "Well I better go find ginny we
are going to plan for our first date in hogsmeade next week." And with that he
took off down the corridor. Hermione then picked up where they left off
"You know Potions is my worst subject. Snape always picks on me because I know the
answers to the question's he asks. But besides that I could use some help with
dreamless sleep potion we are working on." Steven smiled and thought to himself
"I can help her and we will get to know each other better." Then he said out loud
"You know I already finished checking off the list for the ingredients and I
can help you if you want." Hermione then smiled and said "Thanks alot.
now we better get to class before we are late."
******
The next day in potions Snape was in a horrible mood.
Not only did he fail at stumping Steven but Harry was grinning
like he just won a million galleons.
Snape then addressed the class "Now I see that not many of you have
been able to remember the full list of ingredients for the
dreamless sleep potion, therefore I will be giving you all a test on it tomorrow."
He then smiled at the horror like looks on the classes faces
which for some reason were only on the half of the class that was made up of
Gryffindors. After class a lot of unhappy faces came out from the dungeon.
"This is going to be the first test I fail" Hermione said as she pounded the
wall with her fist. Steven then spoke up "You know Hermione, if you want I
will help you study for the test."
She smiled and said "Oh thank you Steven," and gave him a hug of relief.
When she pulled away they were both blushing.
"Oh isn't this cute the American idiot and the mud-blood are hugging.
" They turned around to see Malfoy standing behind them
"So you two you can kiss now" He then said taunting them.
Steven then said "Shut up Malfoy" Malfoy then laughed and said Well
"then lets bother the mud-blood then."
Then BAM Steven lost his temper and Punched Malfoy in the face.
Malfoy dropped to his knees and was bleeding from the nose.
With that Steven turned to Hermione looking ashamed that he lost his cool and
walked away. Hermione looked all over the castle for him.
"Do I just want help with a test or is it something more?"
She thought to herself as she checked the Transfiguration class room.
Then she remembered that she had seen him talking to a house elf so she ran
to the kitchens. When she entered she heard Steven talking "You know linkly,
I'm so confused I wish that I didn't lose my temper. She must hate me."
Then she heard the small voice of a house elf but couldn't make out what it said.
Then Steven spoke again "Your right linkly.
I will head up to the common room and see what happens.
Your a great friend." Hermione then quickly left the kitchens and
headed up to the common room.
********
Steven arrived back at the common room and found
Hermione by a window reading a book. He walked over and said
"I ... I'm sorry for acting the way I did you know before."
She looked up at him, Steven expected to see her with an angry face but
she was smiling. She then said "I have never had anyone stick up for me
like that. Thank you." Steven smiled and said
"If your still interested we can get some study time in for the test tomorrow."
She nodded and they worked long into the early morning hours and finally
around 3:30 AM they went to sleep. (In their SEPARATE dorms for all you with
lets just say very imaginative minds.)
*******
The next day in potions the test was a breeze.
The test turned out to be 5 questions about Dreamless sleep potions and an
essay all about them. back in the common room when after everyone had gotten
their test back Steven went to see how well Hermione did. "What! a 45!
Let me see that." Steven said as he compared his test (95%) to her test.
Steven then said "Your test is even better then mine.
I am going down there now and demand that he change your grade to what it
deserves to be." Hermione said "I will come with you."
They walked to snapes quarters and knocked on the door and snape said "Enter."
When he seen Steven and Hermione he said in a mean voice
"What do you two want." Steven then said "I demand that you change
Hermione test grade." Snape was shocked that anyone would ever address him
like that and said "Why do you think your girlfriend deserves a better grade?"
Steven said "Yes she does and you know it.
Her test was better then mine and she got an extremely low score on it."
Hermione was listening to all of this and she wondered why Steven said he was
her girlfriend but she quickly dismissed it and thought he just wasn't letting
snape get to him she then thought "Well you never know." When she finally
came back to reality she seen that snape had agreed to give her the grade she
deserves. Steven and Hermione were then walking back to the common room when
Hermione said "You know Steven, I wanted to thank you for going though the
trouble you did to get me a better grade." Steven smiled and said
"It was nothing" Hermione then said "No it is something ... I was just wondering
what kind of something." Steven then stopped in his tracks and said in a shaking
voice "What do you mean."
Hermione then said "Well back there snape called me your
girlfriend and you didn't say anything denying that." Steven then noticed that
she was blushing. He then looked into her eyes and without meaning to he said
"You have very pretty eyes." She looked at him and said "I like yours too."
And then Hermione went into a daze and leaned in to kiss him. Steven didn't
pull away but met her half way and they kissed both feeling nervous and happy.
When they pulled away Steven said "Does um ... that answer your question?" She smiled
and they walked back to the common room hand in hand.
The next few weeks were heaven for Harry.
Although Ron was very angry about the two getting
together he finally excepted it after he had a visit from Ginny's temper.
Steven had kept to himself and his work.
All his teachers said the same thing "He is an extremely bright young man," including Snape!
Steven had hoped that this would get Hermione to talk to him if not just
to say hello to him but it didn't. One day after Charms, Harry finally
was able to introduce Hermione to Steven. "Hermione I would like you
to meet my brother Steven." Harry said feeling proud.
When Hermione finally made eye contact with Steven she blushed, Steven was
quick to notice this and said "I hear that you are one of the brightest here."
She blushed even redder and said "Well I hear your doing very well for yourself.
What is your best class?" Steven smiled and said "Potions."
She gasped and said "That's normally everyone's worst subject well maybe except
for the Slytherins." Steven then said "Well back in my old school I was great with
science and Potions is a lot like science." Harry who was getting very board
listening to them drone on about subjects said "Well I better go find ginny we
are going to plan for our first date in hogsmeade next week." And with that he
took off down the corridor. Hermione then picked up where they left off
"You know Potions is my worst subject. Snape always picks on me because I know the
answers to the question's he asks. But besides that I could use some help with
dreamless sleep potion we are working on." Steven smiled and thought to himself
"I can help her and we will get to know each other better." Then he said out loud
"You know I already finished checking off the list for the ingredients and I
can help you if you want." Hermione then smiled and said "Thanks alot.
now we better get to class before we are late."
******
The next day in potions Snape was in a horrible mood.
Not only did he fail at stumping Steven but Harry was grinning
like he just won a million galleons.
Snape then addressed the class "Now I see that not many of you have
been able to remember the full list of ingredients for the
dreamless sleep potion, therefore I will be giving you all a test on it tomorrow."
He then smiled at the horror like looks on the classes faces
which for some reason were only on the half of the class that was made up of
Gryffindors. After class a lot of unhappy faces came out from the dungeon.
"This is going to be the first test I fail" Hermione said as she pounded the
wall with her fist. Steven then spoke up "You know Hermione, if you want I
will help you study for the test."
She smiled and said "Oh thank you Steven," and gave him a hug of relief.
When she pulled away they were both blushing.
"Oh isn't this cute the American idiot and the mud-blood are hugging.
" They turned around to see Malfoy standing behind them
"So you two you can kiss now" He then said taunting them.
Steven then said "Shut up Malfoy" Malfoy then laughed and said Well
"then lets bother the mud-blood then."
Then BAM Steven lost his temper and Punched Malfoy in the face.
Malfoy dropped to his knees and was bleeding from the nose.
With that Steven turned to Hermione looking ashamed that he lost his cool and
walked away. Hermione looked all over the castle for him.
"Do I just want help with a test or is it something more?"
She thought to herself as she checked the Transfiguration class room.
Then she remembered that she had seen him talking to a house elf so she ran
to the kitchens. When she entered she heard Steven talking "You know linkly,
I'm so confused I wish that I didn't lose my temper. She must hate me."
Then she heard the small voice of a house elf but couldn't make out what it said.
Then Steven spoke again "Your right linkly.
I will head up to the common room and see what happens.
Your a great friend." Hermione then quickly left the kitchens and
headed up to the common room.
********
Steven arrived back at the common room and found
Hermione by a window reading a book. He walked over and said
"I ... I'm sorry for acting the way I did you know before."
She looked up at him, Steven expected to see her with an angry face but
she was smiling. She then said "I have never had anyone stick up for me
like that. Thank you." Steven smiled and said
"If your still interested we can get some study time in for the test tomorrow."
She nodded and they worked long into the early morning hours and finally
around 3:30 AM they went to sleep. (In their SEPARATE dorms for all you with
lets just say very imaginative minds.)
*******
The next day in potions the test was a breeze.
The test turned out to be 5 questions about Dreamless sleep potions and an
essay all about them. back in the common room when after everyone had gotten
their test back Steven went to see how well Hermione did. "What! a 45!
Let me see that." Steven said as he compared his test (95%) to her test.
Steven then said "Your test is even better then mine.
I am going down there now and demand that he change your grade to what it
deserves to be." Hermione said "I will come with you."
They walked to snapes quarters and knocked on the door and snape said "Enter."
When he seen Steven and Hermione he said in a mean voice
"What do you two want." Steven then said "I demand that you change
Hermione test grade." Snape was shocked that anyone would ever address him
like that and said "Why do you think your girlfriend deserves a better grade?"
Steven said "Yes she does and you know it.
Her test was better then mine and she got an extremely low score on it."
Hermione was listening to all of this and she wondered why Steven said he was
her girlfriend but she quickly dismissed it and thought he just wasn't letting
snape get to him she then thought "Well you never know." When she finally
came back to reality she seen that snape had agreed to give her the grade she
deserves. Steven and Hermione were then walking back to the common room when
Hermione said "You know Steven, I wanted to thank you for going though the
trouble you did to get me a better grade." Steven smiled and said
"It was nothing" Hermione then said "No it is something ... I was just wondering
what kind of something." Steven then stopped in his tracks and said in a shaking
voice "What do you mean."
Hermione then said "Well back there snape called me your
girlfriend and you didn't say anything denying that." Steven then noticed that
she was blushing. He then looked into her eyes and without meaning to he said
"You have very pretty eyes." She looked at him and said "I like yours too."
And then Hermione went into a daze and leaned in to kiss him. Steven didn't
pull away but met her half way and they kissed both feeling nervous and happy.
When they pulled away Steven said "Does um ... that answer your question?" She smiled
and they walked back to the common room hand in hand.