Taking Over Me
nihongogirl2003
Disclaimer: The characters aren't mine, they belong to J.K. Rowling. However, any students mentioned that you don't recognize are mine. The title isn't mine; I'm borrowing it from an Evanescence song.
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Chapter 2: A Talk with Albus
Snape strolled down the hallway toward the headmaster's office. There was no way he was going to deal with Hermione Granger as his assistant. It just wasn't going to happen. He reached the entrance to Dumbledore's rooms, mumbled the password (Starburst) and arrived at the old man's office. The headmaster didn't really seem surprised to see him.
"Something wrong, Severus?" The headmaster's eyes twinkled behind his half-moon spectacles as he looked at Snape. He motioned to the chair sitting in front of the desk and Severus sat down.
"Since you seem to know everything, I'm sure you already know this, but I'll say it anyway." He looked pointedly at Dumbledore.
"Do go on, professor." The headmaster's smile grew, which irked the man sitting before him.
"I met my new teaching assistant tonight."
"Oh really?" The smile got bigger still.
"Oh, yes. It seems that I am being punished for something I have apparently done."
"What makes you say that, Severus?"
The smile on the old man's face is getting quite old. And annoying. "I say this because my assistant is none other than Miss Hermione Granger. So I assume that I have done something that displeased you, Albus." He was interested in what the old man's explanation would be.
"On the contrary, professor. You have been on you best behavior of late. I have had several first-years coming to me complaining about awful Professor Snape." His eyes sparkled.
Severus was confused. "Then may I ask why I have been given Miss Granger as an assistant for the remainder of the year? Surely there were more qualified applicants?"
"Someone more qualified than our own Hermione? Even you must admit the absurdity of that statement. And to answer your question, she was the only person who wanted to be assistant to Hogwarts' loveable Potions Master." Dumbledore reached in a desk drawer and pulled out a box. "Lemon drop?"
"No, thank you. You're telling me that she was the only one who applied to work with me?" This was unbelievable. No one else had even applied? Now he would surely be stuck with the know-it-all.
Albus sucked thoughtfully on his lemon drop before responding. "Yes, Severus. It appears you have quite the reputation around the wizarding world. Hermione was the only one brave enough to put up with you." Must be the Gryffindor in her.
"Put up with me? Well, that's just great, Albus. Now I'm going to have to put up with her!"
"That is enough, Severus. Hermione is now a grown up and you must treat her with respect, as I am sure she will you. Now, if you will excuse me, I have work to do." He went back to doing whatever it was he had been doing.
Snape walked slowly down to the dungeons. He was going to have to spend the rest of the term with Granger. He shuddered as the image of her bending over floated in his head. He had been admiring her. But that was before he knew who she was. Now…well now, that was just a weird image. She was his former student. Ah, but the key word here is former. And Dumbledore was right—she was grown up. It wasn't like he could be accused of manipulating her because he was her teacher. Stop it! You cannot do this. Things will be strange enough; you don't need to make things worse by thinking things like that.
He finally reached his rooms and made his way into his bedroom. He quickly changed and climbed into bed. Tomorrow will definitely be interesting.
