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"Where's Hermione ?" asked Harry, as Ron settled into the seat next to him.
"I think she's pretty tiered." Ron replied as he smiled quickly at a rather dazed looking Ginny, who was seated across from him.
"Poor thing fell back into the armchair in the common room" he continued.
"You know Harry we really aught to have a word to her about her work load." He said as he quickly began to fill his plate.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
'Dreams aren't always literal are they ?" thought Ginny to herself.
'Hmmm, didn't they really mean the exact opposite or something ?'
Damn it ! She was supposed to be the heroine, and Hermione was supposed to be her dashing hero.
'Stupid dream !' She thought to herself grumpily.
It occurred to Ginny that it would have been much more sensible for her to be more worried about the fact that her brother wanted to join some muggle religion, than to fret over some silly dream.
But then Ginny thought sensibility was quite overrated.
'Hmmm' thought Ginny,
'Maybe I should ask Professor Treelawney .......'
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Hi. It's Ginny right ?" an airy voice floated down to her.
"Nope, Cathy apparently ......." she mumbled cantankerously, as she looked up to see Lavender Brown slide into the seat beside her.
"@#!?/& !!!" she muttered angrily.
"Anyway, I guess I should introduce myself" Lavender quickly giggled.
"I'm Lavender Brown - one of Hermione's close friends."
"Yeah ?! And I'm a long billed forrest ant " Ginny muttered.
"Ow !" She exclaimed as Harry kicked her.
This time she didn't restrain herself from poking her tongue out at him.
"Really Ginny" he told her quietly,
"You need to be a little bit more mature, I mean I'm hardly going to ask you to the Yule Ball this year if you continue to carry on in such a manner." He added.
"?!" said Ginny staring at him rather stupidly.
"Anyway" Lavender continued, completely unaware of any other conversation around her.
"Hermione mentioned she had this wonderfully, tragically romantic book that she'd lend me and Parvati." Lavender sighed dramatically.
"Parvati and I, you nitwit !" Ginny grumped.
"OW !" She exclaimed as Harry kicked her again.
"GOD DAMN IT HARRY !" She yelled as she suddenly stood up, grabbed her empty breakfast plate, and proceeded to break it over his head.
"Uggghhhhhh ......." Harry gurgled as he fell, unconscious, to the floor.
"You know Ginny" Ron stated disapprovingly,
"You really shouldn't take the Lords name in vain."
"Oh gosh Ron !" She exclaimed.
"How terribly inconsiderate of me. I'll try and not do it in future." She promised.
"Thanks Gin." he replied Happily.
"So Hermione mentioned that you had it ...... " continued Lavender obliviously.
"OHH BALDERDASH !" Ginny screamed thoroughly frustrated.
"Hmmm, sorry dear, did you say something ?" Lavender queried.
"Ahh .... I said .... I've got to dash, late for class and all, see you later." Ginny rushed as she quickly ran out of the Great Hall.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Mr Weasley." a cold clear voice cut across the class room.
"Would you please be so kind as to explain to me why your famous friend sees fit to sleep through my class ?" the voice continued.
"Oh Harrys not asleep Professor Snape." Ron assured the potions master.
"I see." Snape replied coolly.
"Then why, pray tell, would Mr Potter be spread out across his table ?" He questioned.
"Oh, that's probably 'cos hes unconscious at the moment." Ron answered helpfully.
"Had a bit of a knock to the head this morning, hasn't woken up yet Sir." He continued.
"Your friend is unconscious, and you brought him to my class rather than the infirmary Mr Weasley ?!" Snape asked incredulously.
"Well yeah." Ron stated.
"I didn't want him to get a detention for not coming !" He added, as though that should have been obvious.
"Mr Weasley, your an imbecile !" Snape exclaimed.
"10 points from Gryffindor !" He added.
"WHAT ?!" Ron screamed.
"10 points ?! You're joking ! 10 whole frigging points? ..." Ron shock his head unbelievingly.
"10 points Mr Weasley. Now if you'd be so kind as to take Mr Potter to the infirmary." He stated, as he picked Harry up, and handed him to a forlorn looking Ron.
"Oh Mr Weasley" Snape added before Ron was completely out the door.
"Dear I ask where Miss Granger is this morning ?!"
"Oh, she's definitely asleep, poor things taking a nap in the common room, nothing to worry about there professor" He answered, as he continued to drag a rather heavy Harry out the room.
"Well, well well ........" Snape smirked, as he started to skip back to the front of the class room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ahh, Miss Granger" Professor Snape stated grimly, as he leaned against the wall of the Gryffindor common room.
"I never thought I'd see the day in which you decided to skip a class, well certainly not my class anyway. How does the word 'detention' sound to you ?!" He added happily.
"Huh ? ....." Hermione replied dazedly, as she looked up to see a frowning potions master.
"Ohh, Professor snape ........ Sorry did I miss a class ?" She asked quietly.
"Why yes Miss Granger, how very perceptive of you." Snape replied, beginning to smile again.
"In fact I was just explaining your detention to you." He added happily.
"Oh." Hermione replied.
"Well, I guess that's fair enough." She admitted.
"FAIR ?!" Yelled Snape disbelievingly.
"Yes, well I missed a class, which of course I'm sure I'll be utterly devastated by, so I should certainly be punished for it." She babbled.
"?!" Spluttered Snape.
"Miss Granger." He finally continued offended.
"There is no fun in giving you any punishment if your just going to agree with it, now is there !" He stated horrified.
"Oh, I see ...." Said Hermione, really not seeing at all.
"Hmmph" Sighed Snape dramatically, as he crossed the common room floor, and elegantly seated himself in the chair opposite Hermione.
"Obviously you are highly distressed about something Miss Granger, perhaps you would like to tell me all about it, hmmm ?!"
"WHAT ?!" Screamed a completely astounded Hermione.
"I realise that I am not your House professor Miss Granger, but at the moment I seem to be all you have." Snape stated.
"So lets have a .... ah ....... a 'little girl chat' then shall we ?" He added, trying to smile sympatheticly.
"?!" Said Hermione staring stupidly at the strangely grinning potions master.
TBC .........
"Where's Hermione ?" asked Harry, as Ron settled into the seat next to him.
"I think she's pretty tiered." Ron replied as he smiled quickly at a rather dazed looking Ginny, who was seated across from him.
"Poor thing fell back into the armchair in the common room" he continued.
"You know Harry we really aught to have a word to her about her work load." He said as he quickly began to fill his plate.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
'Dreams aren't always literal are they ?" thought Ginny to herself.
'Hmmm, didn't they really mean the exact opposite or something ?'
Damn it ! She was supposed to be the heroine, and Hermione was supposed to be her dashing hero.
'Stupid dream !' She thought to herself grumpily.
It occurred to Ginny that it would have been much more sensible for her to be more worried about the fact that her brother wanted to join some muggle religion, than to fret over some silly dream.
But then Ginny thought sensibility was quite overrated.
'Hmmm' thought Ginny,
'Maybe I should ask Professor Treelawney .......'
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Hi. It's Ginny right ?" an airy voice floated down to her.
"Nope, Cathy apparently ......." she mumbled cantankerously, as she looked up to see Lavender Brown slide into the seat beside her.
"@#!?/& !!!" she muttered angrily.
"Anyway, I guess I should introduce myself" Lavender quickly giggled.
"I'm Lavender Brown - one of Hermione's close friends."
"Yeah ?! And I'm a long billed forrest ant " Ginny muttered.
"Ow !" She exclaimed as Harry kicked her.
This time she didn't restrain herself from poking her tongue out at him.
"Really Ginny" he told her quietly,
"You need to be a little bit more mature, I mean I'm hardly going to ask you to the Yule Ball this year if you continue to carry on in such a manner." He added.
"?!" said Ginny staring at him rather stupidly.
"Anyway" Lavender continued, completely unaware of any other conversation around her.
"Hermione mentioned she had this wonderfully, tragically romantic book that she'd lend me and Parvati." Lavender sighed dramatically.
"Parvati and I, you nitwit !" Ginny grumped.
"OW !" She exclaimed as Harry kicked her again.
"GOD DAMN IT HARRY !" She yelled as she suddenly stood up, grabbed her empty breakfast plate, and proceeded to break it over his head.
"Uggghhhhhh ......." Harry gurgled as he fell, unconscious, to the floor.
"You know Ginny" Ron stated disapprovingly,
"You really shouldn't take the Lords name in vain."
"Oh gosh Ron !" She exclaimed.
"How terribly inconsiderate of me. I'll try and not do it in future." She promised.
"Thanks Gin." he replied Happily.
"So Hermione mentioned that you had it ...... " continued Lavender obliviously.
"OHH BALDERDASH !" Ginny screamed thoroughly frustrated.
"Hmmm, sorry dear, did you say something ?" Lavender queried.
"Ahh .... I said .... I've got to dash, late for class and all, see you later." Ginny rushed as she quickly ran out of the Great Hall.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Mr Weasley." a cold clear voice cut across the class room.
"Would you please be so kind as to explain to me why your famous friend sees fit to sleep through my class ?" the voice continued.
"Oh Harrys not asleep Professor Snape." Ron assured the potions master.
"I see." Snape replied coolly.
"Then why, pray tell, would Mr Potter be spread out across his table ?" He questioned.
"Oh, that's probably 'cos hes unconscious at the moment." Ron answered helpfully.
"Had a bit of a knock to the head this morning, hasn't woken up yet Sir." He continued.
"Your friend is unconscious, and you brought him to my class rather than the infirmary Mr Weasley ?!" Snape asked incredulously.
"Well yeah." Ron stated.
"I didn't want him to get a detention for not coming !" He added, as though that should have been obvious.
"Mr Weasley, your an imbecile !" Snape exclaimed.
"10 points from Gryffindor !" He added.
"WHAT ?!" Ron screamed.
"10 points ?! You're joking ! 10 whole frigging points? ..." Ron shock his head unbelievingly.
"10 points Mr Weasley. Now if you'd be so kind as to take Mr Potter to the infirmary." He stated, as he picked Harry up, and handed him to a forlorn looking Ron.
"Oh Mr Weasley" Snape added before Ron was completely out the door.
"Dear I ask where Miss Granger is this morning ?!"
"Oh, she's definitely asleep, poor things taking a nap in the common room, nothing to worry about there professor" He answered, as he continued to drag a rather heavy Harry out the room.
"Well, well well ........" Snape smirked, as he started to skip back to the front of the class room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ahh, Miss Granger" Professor Snape stated grimly, as he leaned against the wall of the Gryffindor common room.
"I never thought I'd see the day in which you decided to skip a class, well certainly not my class anyway. How does the word 'detention' sound to you ?!" He added happily.
"Huh ? ....." Hermione replied dazedly, as she looked up to see a frowning potions master.
"Ohh, Professor snape ........ Sorry did I miss a class ?" She asked quietly.
"Why yes Miss Granger, how very perceptive of you." Snape replied, beginning to smile again.
"In fact I was just explaining your detention to you." He added happily.
"Oh." Hermione replied.
"Well, I guess that's fair enough." She admitted.
"FAIR ?!" Yelled Snape disbelievingly.
"Yes, well I missed a class, which of course I'm sure I'll be utterly devastated by, so I should certainly be punished for it." She babbled.
"?!" Spluttered Snape.
"Miss Granger." He finally continued offended.
"There is no fun in giving you any punishment if your just going to agree with it, now is there !" He stated horrified.
"Oh, I see ...." Said Hermione, really not seeing at all.
"Hmmph" Sighed Snape dramatically, as he crossed the common room floor, and elegantly seated himself in the chair opposite Hermione.
"Obviously you are highly distressed about something Miss Granger, perhaps you would like to tell me all about it, hmmm ?!"
"WHAT ?!" Screamed a completely astounded Hermione.
"I realise that I am not your House professor Miss Granger, but at the moment I seem to be all you have." Snape stated.
"So lets have a .... ah ....... a 'little girl chat' then shall we ?" He added, trying to smile sympatheticly.
"?!" Said Hermione staring stupidly at the strangely grinning potions master.
TBC .........
