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Disclaimer- Still not had anything to do with the creation of Harry Potter!
Chapter 6- Realisations
Severus awoke the following morning feeling completely disgusted in himself.
He had had lustful thought of a student…. Twice!
He could not help but inwardly smile when he thought of her…and then slap himself mentally for doing so.
He was lonely. He was sexually frustrated and lonely.
The reason his sub-conscious targeted Hermione was that he actually respected her.
She shared his passion for potions and other aspects of wizardry.
He allowed himself to admit that he was actually attracted to her.
But nothing would come of it of course. He was just the ugly potions master. Old, lonely and miserable with nothing to offer a beautiful, young, talented witch like her.
As today was Sunday, he did not have to see her, until tonight's detention.
He did well. He managed to get quite a lot of work done without thinking of her too much.
Hermione had not been so lucky.
She had spent the day in the library doing some research for her Herbology home work.
Every book she picked up reminded her of him. The way he looked when he got hold of a particular problem.
The intensity in his eyes was mind blowing.
He was such a conundrum, she was desperate to solve.
She knew for a fact that he thought her to be an annoying little know it all. He had probably seen girls like her before.
Somehow, even after convincing herself to get him out of her head, she still felt compelled to do something really stupid.
She wanted to tell him, before she left for good.
That way she would not have to face him once he rejected her, but she would not spend her life pondering all the 'what if's?!'
'Oh well, only 6 more months to go before I tell him' she muttered to herself.
That evening, Snape had left instructions for her to serve her detention with Hagrid. He had urgent business to attend to.
Although she was a bit miffed as to why this was, she was glad that she got to see her friend Hagrid!
"Hermionieeeee! Come on in! 'ow lovely to see yer!" Hagrid pulled her in for a warm hug!
"It's great to see you too, haven't seen you for ages!" said Hermione, flashing him on her magnificent smiles!
The two friends talked long into the night, about how Harry and Ron were, her N.E.W.T.S, and of course Hagrid's engagement to Madam Maxine!
"It's great to see you so happy Hagrid! I'm glad someone is lucky in love!"
Hermione put her head down. She did not know why she was jealous of Hagrid. She was not in love with Severus, it was purely physical!
"Your time will come now, Mionie! And trust me, whoever it is will be the luckiest man alive!"
She giggled, quite un-characteristically girlishly!
"Anyone I know?" asked a very perceptive Hagrid!
"Is it Harry? Oh I'd be so pleased if it was! No? Ron? No? oh erm let me see!!"
The list went on, but Hermione just sat their with an eyebrow raised, shaking her head furiously when asked if her crush was on anyone other than her potions master.
Of course, she could never tell anyone, but she enjoyed being able to admit that she was attracted to someone!
"Well, yer obviously not willing to divulge, so I will just leave it there………… for now! Anyway, so what you gonna sing then for this karaoke?"
"Oh don't you start, I haven't a clue!"
Hagrid knew what a beautiful voice Hermione had, and wanted to encourage her as much a possible.
Her set detention time ended, and Hagrid walked her back up to her common room.
She thanked him for the evening, and gave him a big hug before saying goodnight.
She had missed Severus tonight. Obviously not his comments, but his whole presence. Oh well, tomorrow night!
Little did she know that he had missed her also!
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Next morning- Monday.
He dressed and prepared for his first lesson. That would break him out of the train of these thoughts. He checked his rota to see who it was with.
Double potions. 7th year Gryffindor and Slytherin…. 'Damn it!'
Hermione sat with Ginny in the great hall eating breakfast.
"So how was your detention with Snape the other night? Was he really hard on you?" asked a concerned Ginny. Hermione had not spoken a word all morning.
"Oh you know, so so!" replied a shifty Hermione.
"Come on, cheer up it can't have been that bad! Besides, it won't be long before the competition! Have you thought about what you'll sing? What you'll wear?"
"Not really, perhaps we would go into Hogsmeade this weekend for a look around. I won't buy anything of course, I'm just looking for ideas. I can transfigure one of my old sets of robes."
"Yeah, that sounds great! Anyway, gotta go, late for Herbology. Talk to you later!"
"Ok Gin, bye!"
Hermione had suddenly perked up! Shopping trips never really excited her, but this trip would be different. She was shopping for a dress that could perhaps get Severus's attention. Of course, she knew it wouldn't, but she could dream couldn't she?
"Come on fat-so's! We are going to be late for potions!" Hermione demanded to two quite paranoid pairs of eyes!
"Oi, what's that meant to mean?" shouted a mused Ron as he ran after her towards the dungeons.
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The day passed without a hitch. Severus and Hermione managed to hide their ever growing attraction to one another very well. From one another and everyone else.
After dinner, Hermione made her way back to the dungeons for her second night of detention with Snape.
Before she arrived. Snape decided that he could not make her scrub the chairs and tables yet again.
But he was a bit stumped on what he could make her do, as that was his only detention task.
He decided that she had made up for what she had done. He surmised that by the look of shame in her eyes whenever he looked at her.
He would ask her to assist him on a project he was working on as part of his work for St Mungo's research department, he looked into potions that may help cure muggle illnesses.
He needed to search through a pile of muggle literature, mainly magazines, leaflets and news papers for articles on cancer research.
Seeing as Hermione a good grasp of muggle literature, he decided to give her the task.
She may even enjoy it!
He was beginning to think of other things she might enjoy- his thoughts were interrupted by Hermione's gentle tapping on his door.
"Good evening Professor.."
"Miss Granger, please be seated. Tonight, I need you to search through these papers and find any information on cancer research."
"Yes sir." came the quiet response.
'she really hates me!' he thought.
The evening passed without a word being spoken. As did the other detentions, right up until her seventh detention on Friday.
"You may leave that now Miss Granger. I'm sure you will think twice about breaking the rules again, will you not?"
"Yes Professor, good night!" and gave him a light smile.
"Good night Miss Granger." (did she just smile at me?)
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Disclaimer- Still not had anything to do with the creation of Harry Potter!
Chapter 6- Realisations
Severus awoke the following morning feeling completely disgusted in himself.
He had had lustful thought of a student…. Twice!
He could not help but inwardly smile when he thought of her…and then slap himself mentally for doing so.
He was lonely. He was sexually frustrated and lonely.
The reason his sub-conscious targeted Hermione was that he actually respected her.
She shared his passion for potions and other aspects of wizardry.
He allowed himself to admit that he was actually attracted to her.
But nothing would come of it of course. He was just the ugly potions master. Old, lonely and miserable with nothing to offer a beautiful, young, talented witch like her.
As today was Sunday, he did not have to see her, until tonight's detention.
He did well. He managed to get quite a lot of work done without thinking of her too much.
Hermione had not been so lucky.
She had spent the day in the library doing some research for her Herbology home work.
Every book she picked up reminded her of him. The way he looked when he got hold of a particular problem.
The intensity in his eyes was mind blowing.
He was such a conundrum, she was desperate to solve.
She knew for a fact that he thought her to be an annoying little know it all. He had probably seen girls like her before.
Somehow, even after convincing herself to get him out of her head, she still felt compelled to do something really stupid.
She wanted to tell him, before she left for good.
That way she would not have to face him once he rejected her, but she would not spend her life pondering all the 'what if's?!'
'Oh well, only 6 more months to go before I tell him' she muttered to herself.
That evening, Snape had left instructions for her to serve her detention with Hagrid. He had urgent business to attend to.
Although she was a bit miffed as to why this was, she was glad that she got to see her friend Hagrid!
"Hermionieeeee! Come on in! 'ow lovely to see yer!" Hagrid pulled her in for a warm hug!
"It's great to see you too, haven't seen you for ages!" said Hermione, flashing him on her magnificent smiles!
The two friends talked long into the night, about how Harry and Ron were, her N.E.W.T.S, and of course Hagrid's engagement to Madam Maxine!
"It's great to see you so happy Hagrid! I'm glad someone is lucky in love!"
Hermione put her head down. She did not know why she was jealous of Hagrid. She was not in love with Severus, it was purely physical!
"Your time will come now, Mionie! And trust me, whoever it is will be the luckiest man alive!"
She giggled, quite un-characteristically girlishly!
"Anyone I know?" asked a very perceptive Hagrid!
"Is it Harry? Oh I'd be so pleased if it was! No? Ron? No? oh erm let me see!!"
The list went on, but Hermione just sat their with an eyebrow raised, shaking her head furiously when asked if her crush was on anyone other than her potions master.
Of course, she could never tell anyone, but she enjoyed being able to admit that she was attracted to someone!
"Well, yer obviously not willing to divulge, so I will just leave it there………… for now! Anyway, so what you gonna sing then for this karaoke?"
"Oh don't you start, I haven't a clue!"
Hagrid knew what a beautiful voice Hermione had, and wanted to encourage her as much a possible.
Her set detention time ended, and Hagrid walked her back up to her common room.
She thanked him for the evening, and gave him a big hug before saying goodnight.
She had missed Severus tonight. Obviously not his comments, but his whole presence. Oh well, tomorrow night!
Little did she know that he had missed her also!
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Next morning- Monday.
He dressed and prepared for his first lesson. That would break him out of the train of these thoughts. He checked his rota to see who it was with.
Double potions. 7th year Gryffindor and Slytherin…. 'Damn it!'
Hermione sat with Ginny in the great hall eating breakfast.
"So how was your detention with Snape the other night? Was he really hard on you?" asked a concerned Ginny. Hermione had not spoken a word all morning.
"Oh you know, so so!" replied a shifty Hermione.
"Come on, cheer up it can't have been that bad! Besides, it won't be long before the competition! Have you thought about what you'll sing? What you'll wear?"
"Not really, perhaps we would go into Hogsmeade this weekend for a look around. I won't buy anything of course, I'm just looking for ideas. I can transfigure one of my old sets of robes."
"Yeah, that sounds great! Anyway, gotta go, late for Herbology. Talk to you later!"
"Ok Gin, bye!"
Hermione had suddenly perked up! Shopping trips never really excited her, but this trip would be different. She was shopping for a dress that could perhaps get Severus's attention. Of course, she knew it wouldn't, but she could dream couldn't she?
"Come on fat-so's! We are going to be late for potions!" Hermione demanded to two quite paranoid pairs of eyes!
"Oi, what's that meant to mean?" shouted a mused Ron as he ran after her towards the dungeons.
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The day passed without a hitch. Severus and Hermione managed to hide their ever growing attraction to one another very well. From one another and everyone else.
After dinner, Hermione made her way back to the dungeons for her second night of detention with Snape.
Before she arrived. Snape decided that he could not make her scrub the chairs and tables yet again.
But he was a bit stumped on what he could make her do, as that was his only detention task.
He decided that she had made up for what she had done. He surmised that by the look of shame in her eyes whenever he looked at her.
He would ask her to assist him on a project he was working on as part of his work for St Mungo's research department, he looked into potions that may help cure muggle illnesses.
He needed to search through a pile of muggle literature, mainly magazines, leaflets and news papers for articles on cancer research.
Seeing as Hermione a good grasp of muggle literature, he decided to give her the task.
She may even enjoy it!
He was beginning to think of other things she might enjoy- his thoughts were interrupted by Hermione's gentle tapping on his door.
"Good evening Professor.."
"Miss Granger, please be seated. Tonight, I need you to search through these papers and find any information on cancer research."
"Yes sir." came the quiet response.
'she really hates me!' he thought.
The evening passed without a word being spoken. As did the other detentions, right up until her seventh detention on Friday.
"You may leave that now Miss Granger. I'm sure you will think twice about breaking the rules again, will you not?"
"Yes Professor, good night!" and gave him a light smile.
"Good night Miss Granger." (did she just smile at me?)
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