1 Walking After You
Chapter 10
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
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Who has me as on their favorites list? I am dying to know! Please tell me!
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Hermione grinned as she sat on Severus' bed for the second time that night. She looked at the clock on the wall and discovered that it was nearing midnight. Why did that blasted Lady Meredith show up so late?
Hermione was grinning because she had just heard the said blasted lady shriek in her ever so shrill voice.
"What is that *child* doing in *my* room, Severus???" Lady Meredith had said when she finished her shrieking.
"Hermione is not a child, Meredith; and this is not *your* room." Severus sneered. "This is the room for my guest. Seeing as how I invited Hermione to spend Christmas with me, I think that makes her my guest."
"But Sevvie," Meredith began in a sad pathetic voice. "Aren't I your guest?"
"Yes…I suppose. Nevertheless, you are not to be in these quarters.
"But wherever shall I stay??"
"Right here." Severus gestured to a door down the corridor some.
"But its so *far*" Meredith whined.
"Hardly." Severus sneered.
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Severus Snape walked into his bedroom and sighed. The great annoying Meredith had kept him in her room for an hour telling him stories about what had happened since they had last seen each other.
Severus went into the bathroom that he shared with Hermione to brush his teeth, take off his robes, and get ready for bed. When he was done with this and dressed in black silk boxers and a thin tight shirt, he opened the adjoining door and looked in. *Where was Hermione?* Suddenly remembering something, he turned back and went into his quarters again. Looking upon his bed he found the young witch curled up underneath the blankets, her bushy hair sprayed wildly on a pillow.
She looked beautiful.
Severus sat down on the bed next to her. "Hermione?" he gently prodded her.
"Mmmmmmf…" Hermione responded.
"You should get to your own bed, love." He said.
She lazily opened her eyes. "Don't wanna." She said, equally lazily.
"I hardly think that's the point dear." Severus said with a smile. "What would everyone one else say if they found you in my bed?"
Hermione looked at him again. "They would probably say somethin' along the lines of: It's bloody time, Severus! She's such a cute girl. Oh, except for Merrie, she'd say: "Oh that *child* taking my place again!" She said sleepily.
Severus smiled. She was probably right. It's not as if anyone would be checking up on him or her and they probably thought the two already slept together. "Despite that, Miss Granger…"
"You afraid I'm gonna pull something on you, Sev? Maybe tomorrow night, love, not now, though."
Severus chuckled and looked at the girl. Sighing in defeat he climbed into bed and wrapped his arms around his best friend.
"I warn you Severus." Hermione said. "I might snore."
"You do, love." Severus whispered. "Quite horrible at that."
Hermione rolled over and smacked her former professor.
"Well you do!"
She grinned and decided to change the subject. "So why did your mum want to see you?"
"She just wanted to know about you." Severus informed the young girl. "How old you are, what is your heritage, what exactly is our relationship, etcetera."
"And what did you tell her?"
"The truth. I said you are a twenty-year old muggle born witch, top of her class and Head Girl at Hogwarts."
"And about the relationship bit?"
"I simply told her that we were *very* close friends and that you were also my teaching assistant."
"OH?"
"Yes and she keeps going on about how I am forty years old and not yet married. And how I am the only one of her children to not yet have produced a grandchild."
"Grandchild…"Hermione mused. "Are you fond of children?"
"I can tolerate children," He responded simply.
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Okay, what do you think? More soon, I hope! I have a Young Adult Literature exam tomorrow. Guess what? We read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in that class and HP is gonna be 2/3 of the exam! Oh, right on! How cool is that! Like I even need to study about my man HP!
Chapter 10
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Disclaimer: see chapter one.
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Who has me as on their favorites list? I am dying to know! Please tell me!
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Hermione grinned as she sat on Severus' bed for the second time that night. She looked at the clock on the wall and discovered that it was nearing midnight. Why did that blasted Lady Meredith show up so late?
Hermione was grinning because she had just heard the said blasted lady shriek in her ever so shrill voice.
"What is that *child* doing in *my* room, Severus???" Lady Meredith had said when she finished her shrieking.
"Hermione is not a child, Meredith; and this is not *your* room." Severus sneered. "This is the room for my guest. Seeing as how I invited Hermione to spend Christmas with me, I think that makes her my guest."
"But Sevvie," Meredith began in a sad pathetic voice. "Aren't I your guest?"
"Yes…I suppose. Nevertheless, you are not to be in these quarters.
"But wherever shall I stay??"
"Right here." Severus gestured to a door down the corridor some.
"But its so *far*" Meredith whined.
"Hardly." Severus sneered.
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Severus Snape walked into his bedroom and sighed. The great annoying Meredith had kept him in her room for an hour telling him stories about what had happened since they had last seen each other.
Severus went into the bathroom that he shared with Hermione to brush his teeth, take off his robes, and get ready for bed. When he was done with this and dressed in black silk boxers and a thin tight shirt, he opened the adjoining door and looked in. *Where was Hermione?* Suddenly remembering something, he turned back and went into his quarters again. Looking upon his bed he found the young witch curled up underneath the blankets, her bushy hair sprayed wildly on a pillow.
She looked beautiful.
Severus sat down on the bed next to her. "Hermione?" he gently prodded her.
"Mmmmmmf…" Hermione responded.
"You should get to your own bed, love." He said.
She lazily opened her eyes. "Don't wanna." She said, equally lazily.
"I hardly think that's the point dear." Severus said with a smile. "What would everyone one else say if they found you in my bed?"
Hermione looked at him again. "They would probably say somethin' along the lines of: It's bloody time, Severus! She's such a cute girl. Oh, except for Merrie, she'd say: "Oh that *child* taking my place again!" She said sleepily.
Severus smiled. She was probably right. It's not as if anyone would be checking up on him or her and they probably thought the two already slept together. "Despite that, Miss Granger…"
"You afraid I'm gonna pull something on you, Sev? Maybe tomorrow night, love, not now, though."
Severus chuckled and looked at the girl. Sighing in defeat he climbed into bed and wrapped his arms around his best friend.
"I warn you Severus." Hermione said. "I might snore."
"You do, love." Severus whispered. "Quite horrible at that."
Hermione rolled over and smacked her former professor.
"Well you do!"
She grinned and decided to change the subject. "So why did your mum want to see you?"
"She just wanted to know about you." Severus informed the young girl. "How old you are, what is your heritage, what exactly is our relationship, etcetera."
"And what did you tell her?"
"The truth. I said you are a twenty-year old muggle born witch, top of her class and Head Girl at Hogwarts."
"And about the relationship bit?"
"I simply told her that we were *very* close friends and that you were also my teaching assistant."
"OH?"
"Yes and she keeps going on about how I am forty years old and not yet married. And how I am the only one of her children to not yet have produced a grandchild."
"Grandchild…"Hermione mused. "Are you fond of children?"
"I can tolerate children," He responded simply.
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Okay, what do you think? More soon, I hope! I have a Young Adult Literature exam tomorrow. Guess what? We read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in that class and HP is gonna be 2/3 of the exam! Oh, right on! How cool is that! Like I even need to study about my man HP!