A/N: I notice I haven't gotten any reviews…would anyone like to explain? I mean I'd even take a flame or two! Seriously! Are you guys all like, "What the fuck is she on?" or are you laughing your asses off? C'mon! I wanna know!



Chapter Four

Harry, and Ron both turned away, as Hermione opened the door after a moment.

"Well." She said, breezily, "What's everyone problem?" She stepped back into her place next to Neville, who had by now cleaned up his cauldron, and had his head down on the desk.

Lara pushed past Ron, and stood next to Hermione, staring down at her.

"What's your problem?" Hermione stared at up at her, from her stool.

"What do you think you were doing with my uncle?" Lara asked, her eye's not as wide as Ron's where, as he was now making weird sounds trying not to say anything.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione asked, "I-I didn't do anything-"

"What do you call THAT?!" Lara pointed towards the door, "You where snogging with him!"

"Sn-Snog is such a strong word…" Hermione looked down at her hands, "And he started it!"

"I don't care who started it! He's my UNCLE for god's sake!" Lara was hysterical.

Hermione sat up straight, looking at Lara in the face, "I did not do anything to your Uncle. If you should be blaming anyone, for anything that happened in that hallway, it is your Uncle Severus."

Lara waved her away, turning on her heel, and striding from the room.

"Well…that well went well." Harry spoke after a moment, "What do you all say, we get on our way to our next class, eh?"



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Snape sat at his desk, with his head down. What had happened in that hallway had been completely uncalled for! He was her potions master! What had he been thinking?! He was out of control! It was his entire fault of course! He'd taken the risk of kissing her when he'd asked her out into that hallway, just to two of them. Sure, he'd gone out there wanted to reprimand her for everything she'd said to him, but also the urge to…to throw her down on the floor, and do unspeakable, no! Unthinkable things to her! And what had he done? He'd spoken to her calmly, and then ravished her! He was insane!

Oh, maybe he was being a bit hard on himself." He looked up, out his window, where there was snow outside. Yes, we was being to utterly hard on himself. Of course that was it.

He sighed, and sat up straight in his chair. The rest of the potion classes could wait…He had a fairly large 'problem' that just couldn't wait.

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Hermione sat down in the library, that Vampire Chronicle on he table in front of her, on the table. She was completely drained. First she'd yelled at Professor Snape, then she'd gone out into a hallway with him, and then she'd SNOGGED with him?! What was WRONG with her?! She sighed, flipping the book open, and letting herself be dragged inside of the book, letting Mr. Severus Snape drift from her mind.

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Ron, and Harry stood outside of Hagrid's hut, shivering for Care of Magical Creature's class. Ron was particularly happy as Lara snuggled up to him for warmth, flirting with him further, as Harry became more and more annoyed with them both. They'd been flirting non-stop since breakfast, and when she wasn't around, Ron moped, wanted to see her. Of course, Harry knew that the pathetic creature he called a best friend had a crush on Lara, but so did Harry! And what was wrong with Lara anyway? Picking Ron, over he? Harry Potter? Was she insane? He didn't want to date an insane girl…then again, he thought, He didn't want to date her. He just wanted to snog with her.

"Well, 'ur early." Hagrid's voice rang out, over the cold, "Now why's that?"

"Snape left us, so we figured we'd come down here a little early." Harry shivered.

"Good riddance." Malfoy shook his head, "Anyone who snogs with a mudblood should confined to his office." Malfoy was particularly bitter.

"'Eh!" Hagrid yelled, "I want none of that talk!"

"Fine." Malfoy rolled his eyes, "Professor Snape was snogging with that MUGGLE Hermione Granger…"

Hagrid's eyes got large.

"We said the same thing." Harry smiled.

Beside him, Lara was snuggled into the folds of Ron's large jacket, which was worn leather, one of Charlie's, which he didn't wear anymore. She giggled, as Ron pinched her butt, underneath it all, and slipped his hand into her belt loops on her robes, pulling her closer to him.

Harry rolled his eyes at them, and turned to Hagrid, "What are we starting today, Hagrid?"

"Ah, well…"

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Hermione was startled as someone sat down next to her, she being almost finished with her book. She looked up into the face of Severus Snape.

"Oh. It's you." She looked back down.

"Yes. Its me." He nodded, "We need to talk."

"About what?" She looked back down at the book.

"Earlier." He whispered, "Will you come down to my office?"

"I think we're fine right here…where we're not alone."

"I figured you'd think that." He looked down at his hands, "Listen, when we…kissed-"

"Snogged." Hermione cut in.

"When we snogged, I felt…something…"

"So did I, and I prefer NOT to think about it." She turned her head.

Snape's mouth tugged into a small smile. "Sorry. I can't control it if you …turn me on. But that's not what I'm talking about."

"Oh? Really? What was it you're talking about then?"

Something down in my stomach…" He shrugged, and he leaned forward to whisper, "I think I like you, Hermione."

"Is someone paying you to make a fool out of me?" Hermione turned to look at him, but as to he was so close, he was able to shut her up, by pressing his lips to hers.

As he pulled away, she ran her tongue self-consciously over her lips, "I wish you wouldn't do that…at least…not here."

"So you do like it?" He asked.

"Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't." She sighed, closing her book, "Professor-"

"Severus…I think we're at least on a first name basis after that."

"Severus," She tried it out, "I don't think that this is…appropriate."

"I'll take points from Gryffindor." He whispered.

"Oh! Well…I guess then…first kissing, what's next?" She stared up at him.

He smiled evilly at her.