In The Shadows
Chapter Ten
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
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You guys, I seriously do not know how long this is going to continue. I am being inspired as I go along.
I just got back from the best weekend and I am so on some kind of spiritual high. When I came back and saw the reviews, I almost started to cry! Seriously, though, I really did cry at youth group b/c I was telling everyone how great my SEARCH retreat was. I was crying and then laughing b/c I was crying. I bet I looked like an idiot!
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Hermione woke up Friday morning. She had not gotten much sleep the previous night. She kept hearing things go 'bump' in the dark.
*Let's face it!* Hermione thought to herself. *You are being totally paranoid!* Hermione seriously needed a week of relaxation. *Well, maybe I can get a weekend of relaxation.* She pondered hopefully.
After getting ready for her day, Hermione stepped into the sitting room. On the table were her lesson plans. From a small dining room, Severus called to her.
She went into the room. Snape was sitting there with Sam, eating. "Good morning, Sam; Good morning, Professor Snape."
"Good morning, Hermione!" Sam said brightly. "Care to join us for a bit of breakfast?"
"Umm...no." Hermione said. Snape looked up. "I thought I'd go to eat with Harry and Ron."
Snape looked at her with a question on his face.
"No, I can go by myself. I'll be fine." Hermione responded, reading his curious and concerned face.
Something was up. Hermione hadn't eaten in the Great Hall since she had stormed out so angrily and she had not walked alone in the halls since her last attack.
After bidding her farewells, Hermione left the room.
"Excuse me, Sam." Severus said to his friend. He stood up and followed Hermione from the room.
"Miss Granger?"
Hermione turned and looked at him. "I'll be O.K., Professor." Hermione said in a comforting voice. But was she reassuring her professor, or herself? "Really. I'm a big girl."
"If you're sure..." He said skeptically.
"I am." She was about to leave but turned back around. "But, Professor?"
He too turned around.
"I was wondering...well, um. I have something that...I think I might want to tell you." She sputtered. "Could I talk to you between the Gryffindor and Hufflepuffs today?"
Snape eyed her warily. "Of course, Miss Granger."
Hermione turned, tapped the stone wall with her wand and walked into the hallway.
She looked around at everything. She did not want to go back into the room and make a fool of herself. But everything was so dark. Its funny how things seem brighter when you're not alone. She did not want to react the way she acted last Saturday.
Hermione pasted a smile on and turned around. She walked into the dining area. "I've decided that I'm really not hungry after all."
"Well, then!" Sam said. "Join us! Have a cup of tea!"
Hermione did not feel like having a cup of tea with smiling people. "Actually, I think I'll go over my lesson plans."
Snape nodded and Sam shrugged. Hermione left the room.
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"Hi, Hermione." Harry said, smiling brightly. "How are you feeling today?"
"I'm okay, I guess." Hermione responded. "I've just got a lot of things on my mind lately."
Harry nodded and turned to the front of the room.
Hermione hardly paid any attention in class this morning. She was to preoccupied thinking of what she would say to her teacher when the class ended. Why, oh, why had she said anything? She knew she was being far too paranoid for her own good. It was probably nothing.
Hermione was also nervous about teaching a class. What if they didn't listen to her because she was a student? Hermione remembered that the class was a Hufflepuff class and they were usually good honest students. But there was that 'what if?' lingering in her head.
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"Miss Granger?" Snape said when the class was over. "My office."
"Yes, sir." Hermione said. She turned to Harry and Ron. "I'll see you two later."
They wished her luck and went on their way.
"You have ten minutes until the next class starts." Snape informed her after she walked into his office.
"Well, its just that..." Hermione mumbled.
"Speak up, girl." Snape growled.
"It's about your friend, Sam."
Snape's eyebrows went up. "Sam? What about Sam?"
"He, well, um... you see the thing is." Hermione paused and looked around. "Sam came into my room last night."
Snape's look of curiosity quickly became one of shock. "You're room?"
"Yeah. He just came in, brushed my hair off my cheek and when I looked up he said he was just checking on me. You know, making sure I'm alright." Hermione took a deep breath. "I really didn't like that. It was a nice gesture and all, but it scared me to no end."
Severus frowned. "Yes. I will have to speak with him."
"Thank you, sir."
Snape nodded and Hermione left the office.
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Thank you for patiently waiting for me this weekend. Well, maybe not patient and you had no choice but to wait...but anyways. Thank you for reading! I love you all!
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Please review! Thank you in advanced! (Since I know that you are going to! :) Right? Right?)
Chapter Ten
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
~~~~~~~~~~
You guys, I seriously do not know how long this is going to continue. I am being inspired as I go along.
I just got back from the best weekend and I am so on some kind of spiritual high. When I came back and saw the reviews, I almost started to cry! Seriously, though, I really did cry at youth group b/c I was telling everyone how great my SEARCH retreat was. I was crying and then laughing b/c I was crying. I bet I looked like an idiot!
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Hermione woke up Friday morning. She had not gotten much sleep the previous night. She kept hearing things go 'bump' in the dark.
*Let's face it!* Hermione thought to herself. *You are being totally paranoid!* Hermione seriously needed a week of relaxation. *Well, maybe I can get a weekend of relaxation.* She pondered hopefully.
After getting ready for her day, Hermione stepped into the sitting room. On the table were her lesson plans. From a small dining room, Severus called to her.
She went into the room. Snape was sitting there with Sam, eating. "Good morning, Sam; Good morning, Professor Snape."
"Good morning, Hermione!" Sam said brightly. "Care to join us for a bit of breakfast?"
"Umm...no." Hermione said. Snape looked up. "I thought I'd go to eat with Harry and Ron."
Snape looked at her with a question on his face.
"No, I can go by myself. I'll be fine." Hermione responded, reading his curious and concerned face.
Something was up. Hermione hadn't eaten in the Great Hall since she had stormed out so angrily and she had not walked alone in the halls since her last attack.
After bidding her farewells, Hermione left the room.
"Excuse me, Sam." Severus said to his friend. He stood up and followed Hermione from the room.
"Miss Granger?"
Hermione turned and looked at him. "I'll be O.K., Professor." Hermione said in a comforting voice. But was she reassuring her professor, or herself? "Really. I'm a big girl."
"If you're sure..." He said skeptically.
"I am." She was about to leave but turned back around. "But, Professor?"
He too turned around.
"I was wondering...well, um. I have something that...I think I might want to tell you." She sputtered. "Could I talk to you between the Gryffindor and Hufflepuffs today?"
Snape eyed her warily. "Of course, Miss Granger."
Hermione turned, tapped the stone wall with her wand and walked into the hallway.
She looked around at everything. She did not want to go back into the room and make a fool of herself. But everything was so dark. Its funny how things seem brighter when you're not alone. She did not want to react the way she acted last Saturday.
Hermione pasted a smile on and turned around. She walked into the dining area. "I've decided that I'm really not hungry after all."
"Well, then!" Sam said. "Join us! Have a cup of tea!"
Hermione did not feel like having a cup of tea with smiling people. "Actually, I think I'll go over my lesson plans."
Snape nodded and Sam shrugged. Hermione left the room.
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"Hi, Hermione." Harry said, smiling brightly. "How are you feeling today?"
"I'm okay, I guess." Hermione responded. "I've just got a lot of things on my mind lately."
Harry nodded and turned to the front of the room.
Hermione hardly paid any attention in class this morning. She was to preoccupied thinking of what she would say to her teacher when the class ended. Why, oh, why had she said anything? She knew she was being far too paranoid for her own good. It was probably nothing.
Hermione was also nervous about teaching a class. What if they didn't listen to her because she was a student? Hermione remembered that the class was a Hufflepuff class and they were usually good honest students. But there was that 'what if?' lingering in her head.
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"Miss Granger?" Snape said when the class was over. "My office."
"Yes, sir." Hermione said. She turned to Harry and Ron. "I'll see you two later."
They wished her luck and went on their way.
"You have ten minutes until the next class starts." Snape informed her after she walked into his office.
"Well, its just that..." Hermione mumbled.
"Speak up, girl." Snape growled.
"It's about your friend, Sam."
Snape's eyebrows went up. "Sam? What about Sam?"
"He, well, um... you see the thing is." Hermione paused and looked around. "Sam came into my room last night."
Snape's look of curiosity quickly became one of shock. "You're room?"
"Yeah. He just came in, brushed my hair off my cheek and when I looked up he said he was just checking on me. You know, making sure I'm alright." Hermione took a deep breath. "I really didn't like that. It was a nice gesture and all, but it scared me to no end."
Severus frowned. "Yes. I will have to speak with him."
"Thank you, sir."
Snape nodded and Hermione left the office.
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Thank you for patiently waiting for me this weekend. Well, maybe not patient and you had no choice but to wait...but anyways. Thank you for reading! I love you all!
~~~~~~~~~~
Please review! Thank you in advanced! (Since I know that you are going to! :) Right? Right?)