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...She walked over to him. They stood face to face for about a minute just staring into each other's eyes. Then Snape brought his hand up to her cheek. Slowly and cautiously he touched it. Surprisingly, she didn't pull away. She brought her own hand up and covered it with hers. Snape started to lean forward but then quickly retreated.

"We can't do this Hermione. You're my student. We can't..."

"Shhh." she whispered. He leaned forward once more and Hermione leaned forwards as well. When their lips finally met a surge of warmth went into their bodies. It was heaven, pure and simple. Snape didn't think he could ever be this happy again. He brought his tongue to her lips and she slowly opened her mouth. He slipped his tongue in and the kiss became more passionate. They didn't think that they would ever stop, but they had to when they heard the window open. They immediately pulled apart and looked to see who had disturbed them. Finding no one they realized that it was just the wind.
*What in the hell do you think you're doing Severus? She's your student. Think of what Albus would say. Think about your reputation...* Snape thought bitterly. *I need to get her out of here*
"Get out.." he whispered.
"But..."
"GET OUT!" he screamed.
With one last look at him she walked quietly out of the room.
"DAMNIT!" he growled. He went over to sit down and noticed her cauldren. All of the potion ingredients were laid out on the table in the correct order. *She is so brilliant...*

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When Hemione got to her room she found that she didn't care at all about Snape rejecting her. She had no feelings for him whatsoever and there was no reason for her to be upset that he didn't have feelings for her either. He was just the greasy haired horrible potions master who had on numerous occations attempted to get her expelled. All that happened was that she was caught up in the moment. She could have any guy she wanted, and she knew it too. After having been asked out by basically the entire male student body, she kind of caught on to the fact that she was invisioned as a goddess in everyone's eyes. She hated it. She wanted everything back to normal. She wanted to be the bushy haired brainiac who everyone admired for her intellect and not for her looks. She didn't want all the boys fawning over her, and she didn't like the fact that Harry and Ron were beginning to have feelings for her. If one more boy asked her out she thought that she would scream...
She sat on her bed and looked around for something to do. She finished all of her school work for the next week and she wasn't in the mood for reading. After looking around for a few minutes she found a blade. She picked it up and examined it carefully. It was pretty sharp. She brought it to her upper arm and pressed down. She immediately lifted it up again and threw it harshly across the room. What was she thinking?! Cutting herself would be just plain stupid. She wasn't the smartest person at Hogwarts for nothing. So, instead of doing something insanely dumb, she grabbed her copy of Hogwarts, A History out of her bag and started reading it. Poor Hermione. Always with some sort of book.

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Dean asked a girl named Periwinkle out from Ravenclaw and she accepted. He jumped for joy and ran to tell all his friends. Periwinkle was new and not many people had heard about her yet. When he met up with his friends he was attempting to describe her.
"Well, she has chestnut colored hair and big brown eyes.."
"Woah, is she like Hermione?!" one excited boy asked.
"Are you kidding me? I wish!"
If ever someone was describing an attractive girl of some sort, they would always compare her to Hermione. Hermione was the apitomy of perfection and if someone's girlfriend was half as good looking as Hermione then they were considered extremely lucky. Most guys had given up on Hermione, thinking that she was way too good for them. In most cases, she was. All of the girls wanted to be her and all of the guys wanted to be with her. It was common knowledge that Hermione was the object of desire of every male in basically the entire school, including some younger male teachers (and some older ones too...). She could get away with murder with just one look with those big eyes. Most people swear that they glow...

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Hermione woke up the next morning and looked at her calendar. A Hogsmeade trip was scheduled for that day. She groaned and rolled over. She wasn't in the mood to be around that many people. She knew what happened when there were that many males around her. She groaned again and hopped out of bed, ready to face the day.

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After getting on her black pants and tight turtleneck, Hermione made her way downstairs and was greeted by Harry and Ron.

"Good morning" Ron said cheerfully. He looked her up and down as he did every day, admiring her beauty. He had fallen head over heals in love with her this year. Not only because of her good looks though. Secretly, he had always loved Hermione. It was hard not to.

"Hello." she replied back, and grabbed his hand. He stood there, confused, waiting to see if she would flip out again and pull back her hand. She didn't.

"Its ok, Ron. I promise you. I'm all right." she said kindly. He smiled warmly at her and held her hand tighter.

"Well, thank goodness for that!" Harry said. "Ok then, best be off. We don't want to lose any more time!"

Harry grabbed her other hand and the three made their way to Hogsmeade, laughing and smiling the entire way.

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Once they got there, Hermione suggested they go seperate ways. She wanted to go to the bookstore and knew they needed to get more Quidditch supplies. However, they wouldn't hear of it.

"No way Hermione. We haven't been together for a while. I mean, I know we have physically, but mentally, you've been somewhere else. Nuh-uh, you're staying with us!" Ron said.

Hermione smiled. "Ugh. Fine" she said, trying to fake a pout but being unsuccessful as Ron and Harry started tickling her stomach.

"Hey!!" she shouted. "Watch the fat!!"

"Hermione!! Fat?! Yeah right! You've got about as much fat as a toothpick!" Harry yelled at the
skinny girl, while Ron nodded in agreement.

"Seriously though, you gotta start eating again! You're getting way too thin. Don't get me wrong, you still look as great as always, but its just not healthy to eat as little as you do." Harry said warningly.

"I know, I know. You guys are always lookin' out for me!" she said, and put her arms around both of their necks. She then proceeded to give them both a kiss on their cheeks. They blushed and both put an arm around her thin waist. They started laughing again and finally let each other go as it was getting pretty difficult to walk. It was only a matter of seconds, however, until the guys started to approach them...

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Sonny Waldorf, a tall and good-looking twenty five year old man, walked down the streets of Hogsmeade. He walked, as usual on Saturdays, into Flourish and Blotts. Being an avid reader, it was hard for him to put a book down once he got involved in it. As such, he would usually finish books within the first day or two that he purchased them. However, being busy with one thing or another, he could only get to a book store once a week, usually on a Saturday. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to Sonny, and he was expecting this Saturday to be just like every other. Upon his exit, however, he noticed someone that would most definitely change his life forever.

The most beautiful woman he had ever seen was walking down the street, and it appeared as though she was heading his way. However, stunned by her beauty, he simply stood at the door to Flourish and Blotts, transfixed. The closer she came to the door, the shorter Sonny's breaths would get. When she stood face to face with him he stopped breathing completely.

"Excuse me," Hermione said politely to the man that was clearly in her way.

Sonny was rooted to the spot.

"Um, excuse me?" Hermione repeated once again.

Once again Sonny did not move. He simply stood there, staring openly at Hermione.

"Sir, is there any way you could, well, move?" This time it was Harry who tried to call attention to the man.

Upon hearing Harry's voice, Sonny woke out of his reveree. He was amazed at Hermione's beauty and couldn't understand how anyone could be so perfect.

"Are you an angel?" Sonny asked Hermione.

Hermione stared at the man for a few moments, and then broke out into a fit of giggles. Harry and Ron followed suit.

"An *angel*? Are you kidding me?! Nope. Unfortunately not. I'm just a witch. And who are you?" Hermione asked. She smiled at the clearly smitten man.

"What?" he said, still somewhat woozy. "Oh! You see, I, well, um...nevermind. My name is Christopher Sonny Waldorf, but my friends call me Sonny. And you are?"

"My name's Hermione. This is Harry, and this is Ron." she said, indicating the two men on either side of her.

"Hello," Sonny said as he shook the three student's hands. "Pleased to meet you."

"Likewise." said Hermione. "Um, Sonny, could you possibly move out of the way of the door? I would absolutely love to, well, get *into* the store instead of just standing in the doorway."

"What? Oh, yes, yes of course. Well, it was amazing to meet you Hermione." Sonny said as he bowed and stepped out of the way. Hermione, Harry, and Ron were about to enter the store when Sonny called out,

"Hermione, has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?"

"Yes" she called out before starting to giggle. The three then made there way into Flourish and Blotts, leaving a staring man behind them.

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"Twenty-seven." Harry said dully, as yet another man (the 27th to be exact) approached Hermione. Some of them asked her out, while the others simply told her that they'd never seen anything quite so beautiful.

"Twenty-*eight*" Ron corrected.

"I'm sorry guys. I really am. I don't know what to do to stop all of these guys..."

"You could put a Glamour spell on yourself." Sonny said, as he approached the trio. "I'm afraid thats the only way that men will stop admiring your beauty."

It was an hour and a half since he had left them and he had just spotted them buying ice cream. Finding that he could not resist the urge to talk to Hermione again, Sonny had made his way up to the group.

"Well, hello again." Hermione said smiling. "Hmm, are you following me?"

"Of course not, dear Hermione. I was merely in the neighborhood."

Hermione smiled once again. "Right. Well, since you're here, would you like to walk around with us?" She asked him. For some reason, she liked this mystery guy and wanted to get to know him better.

"I would *very much* like that." he said. They stared at each other for a moment and then started to laugh.

"Oh, if thats ok with you boys?" Hermione asked them.

"Um, sure." Harry said.

"Right." said Ron.

"Great! Come on Sonny, we were just about to go to Honeydukes for some sweets."

"Can't wait." He said smiling.

Ron and Harry exchanged angry glances.

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After spending an amazing day together, Hermione, Harry, and Ron had to leave Hogsmeade, and, unfortunately for Hermione, Sonny. The two had been constantly flirting the *entire* day (much to Harry and Ron's annoyance) and didn't want to say goodbye. They did however, and vowed to meet up with each other again. Even though Hermione wanted to see him again, she doubted that it was ever going to happen.

Wow. She couldn't have been more wrong...

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That night, after dinner, Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.

"As you all know, our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been, well, non-existent due to a shortage of volunteers. However, we have found someone to take on the position. Students, may I introduce..."

and standing there, was none other than...

"...Professor Waldorf!"

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