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Chapter 3
The next morning Hermione was in great spirits. She had slept wonderfully and the only thing on her mind was whether or not her secret admirer would write back or not. She was gently teasing Harry about Ginny when Professor Snape walked into the room.
"Good morning, Professor." Hermione said.
"Good morning, Severus." Echoed Harry.
"Good morning, Professors Potter and Granger." Replied Severus, happy that his Hermione was in such a good mood.
Hermione sat there staring at her plate. She really wanted to share the news of her secret admirer with someone, but was unsure about whom to tell. She thought, ~ I guess I could just sit Harry down and tell him everything, but what if this whole thing is a joke that he and Ron came up with? Maybe I ought to wait until the weekend and ask them both about it. Yes, I could sneak some veritaserum in their pumpkin juice at dinner and afterwards we could take a walk around the lake and I could ask them then. If they aren't playing a joke on me than I know this is the real thing. ~
Her mind made up she slowly smiled and turned back to Harry. "So, Harry, did you hear from Ginny at all yesterday?" She asked.
"Yes, of course I have. There was an owl waiting for me in my chambers last night. I'm just- oh, never mind, you all don't need to hear about my thoughts." Harry answered slowly turning red.
"What is it, Harry? What's on your mind?" Albus asked.
"Well, Albus, you all know how much I love Ginny. I want to ask her to marry me this weekend. I know she loves me, but I don't know what she would think about being my wife." Harry answered.
"What happened to not speaking about your love life, Potter?" Severus asked nastily.
Hermione glared at Professor Snape, and turned to Harry. Taking his hand, she said, "Harry, how can you honestly ask yourself that? Ginny has loved you ever since she was eleven years old. She'll say yes, I know she will."
Harry smiled at Hermione and squeezed her hand. He said, "Thank you, Hermione, I know you are right. And, Severus, I will ignore your comment. I am in too good of a mood today to let it bother me."
After Hermione had glared at him Severus had withdrawn into himself. He was once again sorry for upsetting his Love. ~Why do I always have to be such a prat to Potter? He really is a great person. ~ He thought.
At Harry's mention of his name he jerked his head up (he had been staring at the table) and said, "I'm sorry, Potter, forgive me for that irrational comment. We all know how much Ginny and yourself love one another."
"Well, Severus, that is about the nicest thing you have ever said to me." Harry said.
At that moment the mail arrived. Hermione watched with wide eyes as the eagle owl that had taken her letter the night before flew toward her with another letter in his beak. Severus, Minerva, and Albus all watched out of the corner of their eyes as she took the letter from the owl, offered it a bit of her toast and sent it on its way. Grinning shyly, she stuck the letter into her robes for later. She jumped up from the table and left the Great Hall with her apologies saying that she had to go prepare for class. Harry watched her go with interested, and than made his own excuses and walked out of the Great Hall ready to face the day.
"So, Severus, did she respond last night?" Asked Albus.
"Not that it is any business of yours, but yes she did." Replied Severus.
Everyone sat back as they absorbed this news. Severus took a deep breath and buried his head in his hands. ~This is going to be a long day. I hope I did not scare her away.~ He thought.
A/N: Here's the next chapter. Thanks so much to all my reviewers. Special thanks to Darkfire for all the comments. I've got another question. Since this is kind of a H/G fic too, would you all like to see Harry's Proposal to Ginny? And, I have pretty much decided to make a separate wedding and epilogue, mainly because I am thinking about doing a double wedding ceremony for both SS/HG and HP/GW. What do you guys think? Let me know.
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