On the second day of Holiday Break, just after lunch, Ginny had her courage collected and a plan formulated in her head. It was an insane plan, that much was painfully true. But she had to try it, anyway. She hadn't seen Snape--Severus?--at all since that kiss...that completely mind-boggling kiss. But she intendd to pay a visit to his office in the dungeons and propose her plan. Inwardly, she whimpered. This was a stupid idea. But so was kissing her professor. So at this point, it really didn't matter. The plan had come to her the night before as she lay in bed struggling to fall asleep. Her mind, which had had nothing but thoughts of "what have I done" running through it since that day, had somehow come up with the idea that she could test this "thing" she suddenly had with her professor out. At first, she had laughed at herself, but as the hours wore on the plan seemed more and more possible.

She found him sitting at his desk, grading papers and marking in his grade book with a black quill. She cleared her throat to get his attention, her courage dwindling a little as the cold of the dungeon nipped at her skin through the material of her robes.

Severus looked up, and nearly fell off his chair when he saw her in his doorway, "What are you doing here?" He blurted out, eyes slightly wide with surprise. His mind screamed at him, he had thought he would have this time without her to reflect and brood, but no...

"Uh...I'm here over break." She explained.

*Bloody. Hell.* He thought, but recovered quickly, "Did you...need something?"

"I...I wanted to talk about what happened the other day. The kissing...thing."

Severus sighed deeply, "I guess we should." He closed his eyes breifly, waiting for her ot tell him she was springing a law suit at him for taking advantage of her.

"Good!" She said brightly, shocking him out of his fear of law suits, "Because from what I gathered, it was two sided. Are we agreed?"

"I...Yes?"

"Good!" She repeated, and he was suddenly afraid of what she might say next. Ginny took a seat in the chair facing the desk, "Because I have a proposition for you."

"A what?"

"Proposition. Listen carefully, would you?"

She was insane, he decided, eyeing her as she began her speech, "I'm not sure how you reacted after I left. But, my reaction was to think extensively about a solution to this thing we have. What I came up with was a two week plan to last the entire break. I'll help you get over whatever it is that makes you so...miserable. And you teach me potions stuff. Plus the kissing."

Severus blinked several times before bursting into peals of laughter. She had been so business like through her entire speech and the final sentence had been uttered with a striaght face and flat tone, he couldn't help but laugh at his own situation. Ginny watched him in astonishment, "You're laughing...But you don't laugh."

"Not as a habit, no." He managed, "But...But you're so amusing."

"I don't find it amusing." She snapped, standing to go. Ginny was furious with him yet again. How dare he laugh at her? She had expected one of two things. Either cold acceptance or cold rejection. Instead he laughed? Not even a sinister laugh but an honest-to-goodness chuckle?? It was unacceptable.

"Oh, honestly." He sobered, "Must everything be a conflict with you?"

Ginny stopped and turned around, one hand resting on her hip, "Well are you going to take me up on it?"

"Only the two weeks?"

"Yes."

"Then...this is a bad decision I can feel it, but yes. I'll take you up on your plan...Ginny."

"Good." She smiled, "Severus. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon."

Severus Snape sat at his desk and wondered where his sanity had gone.