Walking After You
Chapter Two
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Disclaimer: see chapter one
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"Class dismissed." It was exactly one week later. Hermione was dismissing her second year double Slytherin-Gryffindor class. Her last class of the day. She sat down at Severus's desk, took out a quill and a bottle of red ink, and began to grade papers. Hermione hummed to herself as she graded.
Severus walked in. "How was the class?"
Hermione looked up and stopped humming. "They were good considering who they were."
"C'mon, Hermione." Severus said. "Let's go out to dinner."
Hermione looked up in surprise. "But, Sev. I have papers to grade, lessons to make."
"Yes, but you do not see this class for another week, you have plenty of time to grade. And if you're not done by then, they can wait."
"What would the students say now?" Hermione said. "Their mean potions master forcing his assistant to take a break."
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"What were you humming earlier, love?" Severus asked when there were in the Three Broomsticks. They decided to take a casual dinner at the small pub.
Hermione looked up with a question on her face.
"While you were grading those infernal papers."
Hermione smiled. "Oh, that."
"Well?"
"Oh, it's just a song from a muggle band I've grown rather fond of."
"Sing it for me," Severus asked.
"What?" Hermione asked. "No...no no no. I'm no good."
"I'm sure you're horrid, love, but still."
"How..." Hermione paused. "Supportive of you, Sev." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Once we're outside, okay?"
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The two were walking back to Hogwarts. Hermione was hoping Severus had forgotten about the song.
"Sing." He suddenly demanded.
"No." She retorted.
Severus glared at her. "I wish you were still a student so I could give you detention."
Hermione tried to glare, but she couldn't stop smiling. "Well I'm not, and you can't. So, there!"
"Sing."
"Horrid people these, days, you know?" Hermione said. "Some of them have no manners at all."
"Sing,"
"Why do you want to hear me sing so badly?"
Severus shrugged. "Just curious."
"Yeah, well, curiosity killed the cat." Hermione stated. "Promise not to laugh."
"I swear."
Hermione took a deep breath. "If you walk out on me, I'm walking after you. If you walk out on me, I'm walking after... you. Another heart is cracked In two, I'm on your back. Oh-oh."
Severus clapped. "Bravo, mon cherie!"
Hermione blushed. "It wasn't that good."
Severus seemed to consider this. "You're right, it wasn't."
"Why you!" Hermione exclaimed. Then she took off to chase Severus who had begun to run for fear of the young sirens anger.
He reached the gates to Hogwarts and let Hermione catch up to him. Once she did, he plucked her from the ground and threw him over his shoulder.
"Sev!" Hermione cried.
He ignored her.
"Severus Snape, put me down!"
He muttered something about annoying assistants.
Hermione sighed. She would have to bring out the big guns.
Hermione began to whine.
Severus winced. This was horrible. Utterly horrible. He put the girl down.
"Ha!" Said Hermione. She promptly smacked his head.
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Hermione lay in her bed. She couldn't sleep. No, not with Severus's face swimming around her brain. What were they? She knew they were best friends, this was a given, but was there more?
Hermione sighed at got out of bed. She might as well put her insomnia to work. She left her rooms and began to search all the places she used to sneak around with Ron and Harry.
She had caught to fourth year Ravenclaws in the darkness. She sent them back to their dormitories with a deduction of ten points each.
Hermione turned a corner and saw Ginny Weasley, her red hair and Head Girl badge gleaming in the moonlight. She had caught a first year Slytherin and was deducting five points.
The young student walked passed Hermione and said "Ma'am," and nodded to her. She nodded, acknowledging him.
"Ginny," Hermione said.
"Oh, Hermione!" Ginny said, dashing over toward her friend.
"How is your seventh year, Gin?"
"It is wonderful." Ginny beamed. "Being Head Girl and all, I'm allowed so much freedom!"
Hermione thought of last year and smiled at the memory.
"But how are you?" Ginny asked eagerly. "How is it being Snape's assistant?"
"It's as I would expect." Hermione wrinkled her nose. "He gets me to do all the boring stuff for him."
Ginny laughed. "Lucky you."
"Indeed." Hermione said dryly.
"Well, I must get back to my rounds." Ginny said.
"Yes." Hermione said. "I'll talk with you later."
"Oh, wait, Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed just as Hermione was turning to leave. "There is something ultra weird that I have got to tell you tomorrow at breakfast. Don't let me forget, ok?"
"Sure thing,"
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"No..." Hermione said.
"Yes." Ginny said.
"That is so impossible."
"Apparently it's not."
"But...really?"
"Really."
Hermione and Ginny were sitting at the Head Table eating breakfast. Ginny had just told Hermione her 'ultra weird' news. The other seventh year girls seem to fancy Hermione's best friend: Severus Snape. This was too much for Hermione.
"But, Gin," Hermione protested. "This is Snape! My Snape. He's mean and rude and well just generally very not nice to them."
"Hermione, I'm right here." Snape said from Hermione's other side; he had just sat down at the table.
"Well, you know it's true, Sev."
Severus shrugged. "What brings you two to the topic of the generally very not nice Potions Master?" Snape asked.
Ginny blushed and Hermione grinned, but neither said anything to reveal their secret.
"What?" Severus was beginning to get worried.
"I'll let you know later, love."
Severus eyes narrowed at her. "Fine."
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1007 words.
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*PLEASE* Let me know what you think. I am soo open to any ideas. Not just like 'make them hook up' but something a bit more detailed. Pretty please.
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please? please? pretty please? with sugar on top? with a cherry on top of the sugar on top? with caramel and nuts? with whiped cream and all the extra toppings?
Chapter Two
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Disclaimer: see chapter one
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"Class dismissed." It was exactly one week later. Hermione was dismissing her second year double Slytherin-Gryffindor class. Her last class of the day. She sat down at Severus's desk, took out a quill and a bottle of red ink, and began to grade papers. Hermione hummed to herself as she graded.
Severus walked in. "How was the class?"
Hermione looked up and stopped humming. "They were good considering who they were."
"C'mon, Hermione." Severus said. "Let's go out to dinner."
Hermione looked up in surprise. "But, Sev. I have papers to grade, lessons to make."
"Yes, but you do not see this class for another week, you have plenty of time to grade. And if you're not done by then, they can wait."
"What would the students say now?" Hermione said. "Their mean potions master forcing his assistant to take a break."
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"What were you humming earlier, love?" Severus asked when there were in the Three Broomsticks. They decided to take a casual dinner at the small pub.
Hermione looked up with a question on her face.
"While you were grading those infernal papers."
Hermione smiled. "Oh, that."
"Well?"
"Oh, it's just a song from a muggle band I've grown rather fond of."
"Sing it for me," Severus asked.
"What?" Hermione asked. "No...no no no. I'm no good."
"I'm sure you're horrid, love, but still."
"How..." Hermione paused. "Supportive of you, Sev." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Once we're outside, okay?"
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The two were walking back to Hogwarts. Hermione was hoping Severus had forgotten about the song.
"Sing." He suddenly demanded.
"No." She retorted.
Severus glared at her. "I wish you were still a student so I could give you detention."
Hermione tried to glare, but she couldn't stop smiling. "Well I'm not, and you can't. So, there!"
"Sing."
"Horrid people these, days, you know?" Hermione said. "Some of them have no manners at all."
"Sing,"
"Why do you want to hear me sing so badly?"
Severus shrugged. "Just curious."
"Yeah, well, curiosity killed the cat." Hermione stated. "Promise not to laugh."
"I swear."
Hermione took a deep breath. "If you walk out on me, I'm walking after you. If you walk out on me, I'm walking after... you. Another heart is cracked In two, I'm on your back. Oh-oh."
Severus clapped. "Bravo, mon cherie!"
Hermione blushed. "It wasn't that good."
Severus seemed to consider this. "You're right, it wasn't."
"Why you!" Hermione exclaimed. Then she took off to chase Severus who had begun to run for fear of the young sirens anger.
He reached the gates to Hogwarts and let Hermione catch up to him. Once she did, he plucked her from the ground and threw him over his shoulder.
"Sev!" Hermione cried.
He ignored her.
"Severus Snape, put me down!"
He muttered something about annoying assistants.
Hermione sighed. She would have to bring out the big guns.
Hermione began to whine.
Severus winced. This was horrible. Utterly horrible. He put the girl down.
"Ha!" Said Hermione. She promptly smacked his head.
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Hermione lay in her bed. She couldn't sleep. No, not with Severus's face swimming around her brain. What were they? She knew they were best friends, this was a given, but was there more?
Hermione sighed at got out of bed. She might as well put her insomnia to work. She left her rooms and began to search all the places she used to sneak around with Ron and Harry.
She had caught to fourth year Ravenclaws in the darkness. She sent them back to their dormitories with a deduction of ten points each.
Hermione turned a corner and saw Ginny Weasley, her red hair and Head Girl badge gleaming in the moonlight. She had caught a first year Slytherin and was deducting five points.
The young student walked passed Hermione and said "Ma'am," and nodded to her. She nodded, acknowledging him.
"Ginny," Hermione said.
"Oh, Hermione!" Ginny said, dashing over toward her friend.
"How is your seventh year, Gin?"
"It is wonderful." Ginny beamed. "Being Head Girl and all, I'm allowed so much freedom!"
Hermione thought of last year and smiled at the memory.
"But how are you?" Ginny asked eagerly. "How is it being Snape's assistant?"
"It's as I would expect." Hermione wrinkled her nose. "He gets me to do all the boring stuff for him."
Ginny laughed. "Lucky you."
"Indeed." Hermione said dryly.
"Well, I must get back to my rounds." Ginny said.
"Yes." Hermione said. "I'll talk with you later."
"Oh, wait, Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed just as Hermione was turning to leave. "There is something ultra weird that I have got to tell you tomorrow at breakfast. Don't let me forget, ok?"
"Sure thing,"
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"No..." Hermione said.
"Yes." Ginny said.
"That is so impossible."
"Apparently it's not."
"But...really?"
"Really."
Hermione and Ginny were sitting at the Head Table eating breakfast. Ginny had just told Hermione her 'ultra weird' news. The other seventh year girls seem to fancy Hermione's best friend: Severus Snape. This was too much for Hermione.
"But, Gin," Hermione protested. "This is Snape! My Snape. He's mean and rude and well just generally very not nice to them."
"Hermione, I'm right here." Snape said from Hermione's other side; he had just sat down at the table.
"Well, you know it's true, Sev."
Severus shrugged. "What brings you two to the topic of the generally very not nice Potions Master?" Snape asked.
Ginny blushed and Hermione grinned, but neither said anything to reveal their secret.
"What?" Severus was beginning to get worried.
"I'll let you know later, love."
Severus eyes narrowed at her. "Fine."
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1007 words.
~~~~~~~~~~
*PLEASE* Let me know what you think. I am soo open to any ideas. Not just like 'make them hook up' but something a bit more detailed. Pretty please.
~~~~~~~~~~
please? please? pretty please? with sugar on top? with a cherry on top of the sugar on top? with caramel and nuts? with whiped cream and all the extra toppings?