A/N First things First I LOVE MY REVEIWERS. Now that that is out of the way, thank you all for reviewing this story and PLEASE read my other story. Pretty, Pretty Please, With Sugar On Top. I own nothing. I am sorry to report that this story will be put on hold for about 2 weeks because of up coming events and school crap. PLEASE forgive me, I typed this chapter once and it was 11 pages then my computer ate it so I am typing it again and it will probably be longer this time so enjoy(13 pgs on Microsoft word). Now On to My Thank you's and Comments.

Lady K4- Thank you so much for your review. I will be writing more, how soon I do not know. Yes I am writing a sequel and I am flattered that you are even considering to add my story to your favorites list * Blushing * Thank you so much and hope to see your name again.

Riffinton- here are the song titles and who sings them Harry- Toby Keith- Beer for my horses Hermione- Jessie James- Cher Ron- up against the wall- N*Sync Quartet- Lady Marmalade-, Patti Labelle, Pink, Mya, Lil' Kim, Christina Agulara, Missy Misdemeanor Eliot Draco- Good Charlotte-Boys and Girls Colin and Susan- come what may- Moulin Rouge soundtrack Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor Ginny-Black velvet-Alannah Myles Justin- 1 tock over the line- Brewer & Shipley Neville-Money bought- Nickleback Luna-Angles Among us- Alabama Draco2- Meet Virginia- Train Your welcome. I am leaving them so that I have not plagiarized anything because there they all are.

Headmaster Cromwell Thank you for accepting me to your illustrious school.

Nichole- grey- oh we will see just how poor Harry is ;) the Hermine/Snape thing will not be Nc-17 My mom could read it and not love me anymore. Thank you for your review.

BakaDesu()- If you give a horse beer he will drink it and will become very mean. Personally I think Crab and Goyal are stupid enough to side with however can appeal to there pleasures more, like the Dementors.

Jenny thank you for your review.

Jubilee Black- I was looking at the movie to make sure that I had the correct things for the quartet and it had where I could watch the video far come what may and I decided to have Colin and Susan do it.

Thekecmaster I am glad you liked what I have done so far and I hope you like this chapter.

Arrow-card I have done my job if you are singing along. I feared that I had to many old songs that people would not recognize half of them. Thank you for putting my fears to rest somewhat.

Sio's Death I value you very much and this is the chapter that explains it all. Hermione took a chance and now we see what becomes of it. Also, I will doing kind of a prequel to this by adding this to my other story. As I said there will be at least two sequels focusing on Hermione and Snape. Another Karaoke and one that my mom gave me the idea for.

Ok I am sorry it took so long but I was on vacation. I went to a Hair show with my parents. It gave me some good Ideas. I have 10 pages hand written in my messy cursive but I think it is a decent chapter. Please forgive me for the wait and again PLEASE READ MY OTHER SORRY * puppy eyes* it is called "Luna Lovegood: life and Love" please * tear in eye * I updated it; it now has 3 chapters now. : D

While everyone watched, the four determined girls and the four slightly excited yet confused boys leave. Draco took Ginny's hand and led her in the opposite direction mumbling something like "Talk can't wait." While the others, where oblivious with the action of surmising what these four girls had in mind for their 'Fingers.' In the silence left by the ten people leaving the remaining people looked at each other when Snape broke the eerie silence "Hem, Miss Granger I need to have a word with you". Snape said in a slight hast. Hermione broke her gaze with the direction in which Ran had just been dragged and shout a worried, look in Harry's direction "Ok" she answered and followed him away from the remaining teachers and students. Hermione tried to keep up with Snape's fast pace and large strides. As she made it to the top of the staircase that lead down to the dungeons she saw the hem of his clock wipe passed the last corner before the hall leading to her potions classroom. She hurried down the flight of step while listening to her boots click on the stone staircase and the rhythm of her heart beating against her ribs. She stopped in front of the door that lead to her potion's classroom and knocked.

"Next Door Miss. Granger, It is the one that is immediately to you left." Snape said in a sarcastic voice like he was talking to a two year old. To her left stood a door that was sitting ajar, this was a door that she was sure she had never seen before. She entered it non-the less and she could immediately smell the sweet odor of Coriander and cured maple logs. She knew this must be Snape's office, she had been in here once before but had never noticed it all that much seeing how she was stealing from him. She took a set in the nearest winger armchair in front of his desk. 'What could this be about, is what I did this evening merit getting in trouble or is this about something else. The potions ingredients was four years ago and I have not done anything in the last four years to deserve detention or point deductions from him or is it something totally out of the blue? 'Hermione thought to herself when she heard Snape's voice again.

"I don't have all night Miss. Granger." Snape said from inside the next room. She knew that the room that his voice had escaped from was Snape's personal living quarters. Hermione slowly rose from her chair and cautiously walked over to the door. The thought of entering his living quarters both scared her and excited her at the same time. The sights that meet her eyes did nothing to calm her nerves. There stood Snape, in all his brood-some beauty, behind a tall winged armchair in front of a roaring fire that did little to make the room seem cheery and everything to make the room and the man standing before it seem more ominous." Come away from the door so I can speak with you more freely." Hermione walked over to where he was standing and stood in front of the fire, in front of the chair directly across from the one Snape was standing behind. "What was that all about." Snape said in an oddly hurt yet demanding voice that did not completely hide his anxiousness for an answer. "All what?" Hermione asked knowing exactly what he was talking about. "That song and that wonderful little speech about the song being dedicated to someone. I saw you look at the Judges table, I mean halfway thru the song this happened. What is this all about Miss. Granger." nape yelled pulling a piece of parchment out of his pocket and almost throwing it at Hermione. It was the peace of parchment that she had magically written on earlier that evening in blood. Written on it was 'JJ=SS=HHG' in Hermione's own blood." What can you tell me about it?"

"Well it looks like." Hermione began to stutter.

"Like? Snape asked in a tone of mocking cunning. Hermione was trying and failing to come up with a plausible story. "Let me see your left hand." Snape said in an overly silky voice.

"No." Hermione snaps, even though she had healed her hand from the cut in which she had used to write on Snape's score sheet she knew that it was still red and would prove what he already knew.

"Fine then, answer me this." Snape said overly confident.

"What". Hermione said glad he opted for something else other then her hand.

"Did you mean every word you said this evening? On your solid oath as a witch do you swear that everything you did magically and non, and everything you have said up to this point is what you meant and it was not a joke or a prank and that it was sincere in every way possible." Snape said coolly.

"Ye." Hermione started but Snape cut her off.

"Remember if you agree and you are lying that you will be striped of your powers."

"Yes I know what a witch's oath is and I swear that everything I do is sincere and up to this moment straight from my heart." Hermione answers with all sincerity and truth.

Snape picked up a book. "Summon it." He said flatly.

"Accio." Hermione said in a board voice and the book leapt into right hand.

"Show me your Left hand." Snape said in a would be calm voice. She did and there was nothing There, 'Thank Merlin, the redness is gone, he has no proof. I thought that the healing charm would leave the area red longer but I guess not.' This did not did not seem to phase Snape he simple shook his head and chuckled to himself. Then took out his wand, said a few well chosen words that Hermione had never hear before but would look up later and tapped the back of here hand. Instantly a faint red flow enveloped her, hand began to bleed freely again. Snape tapped her hand again and it stopped bleeding again. Hermione stood waiting for him to release her hand from his and start in on her. As he let her hand go she fell into the chair behind her like, he was the only thing keeping her on her feet. ' He now knew, he knew everything, it was plastered right across her hand I her own blood was her deepest, darkest secret.' Hermione began to stare into the fire, bracing herself for the ensuing blow, but it never came instead.

"Would you like something to drink?" Snape said in his deep, silky baritone voice. This voice bared little yet a great resemblance to his voice, it was inviting and that scared Hermione.

"N.No, No thank you, not right now." Hermione said a little uneasy by his lack of hostility towards her for what she had done. Grant it was not very bad, but for him it would certainly seem like a personal blow to his ego. Hermione watched as he lifted one elegant hand and waved it nonchalantly at his cupboard, and out came a strange mixture of items: A large crystal goblet, a slotted spoon, a sugar cube, a green bottle, and a cloud of what appeared to be ice water. The goblet set itself down on the side table next to the chair Snape was standing behind, the slotted spoon settled itself atop the goblet with the sugar cube atop it. Then the green bottle tipped itself and began to pour a sweet smelling liquid into the goblet and over the sugar cube. After the bottle pour the goblet ¼ the way full the small cloud of water dropped into the goblet, Snape snapped his fingers ant the green liquid began to burn blue-green. While all this happened Snape never took his eyes off Hermione, she looked so beautiful, her bushy brown hair seemed to flow to frame her face and shoulders like an elegant mahogany frame. However, he could not see her face because she was looking into the flames that made her hair glow, all he could see was a sliver of the apple of her cheek and the silhouette of her face on the floor of his living chambers.

Hermione watched Snape out of the corner of her eye, she knew he had been watching her in concentration but why. She watched him just as critically, she watched as he fumbled slightly with the spoon to drop the sugar cube in the curious green liquid and then again as he proceeded to pick up the goblet. "This is unlike Professor Snape, he is almost clumsy in his actions, do I have this affect on him or is it from the stress of the situation. That is it, he is put off by what I have done and he is now scared of what I might do next.' Hermione watched as he swirled the green liquid around like a fine wine taster the sugar crystals glimmered and glinted like glitter in his goblet and to Hermione it was truly beautiful, as was everything he touched. She watched as Snape blow the flame out then smelled the glorious emerald liquid, she shivered slightly as she watched his nostrils flare slightly as he smelled the substances sweet smell. As she then watched him begin to drink, she longed to be that goblet, to have his gentle lips pressed so delicately to hers, to have his lips caress her lips like the rim of that goblet, to have him drink of her passion as he drank of the goblet. She would have done anything at that moment to be wanted of him. Then he abruptly put his goblet, now ½ empty, back down next to the bottle, it was almost like he had suddenly caught her gaze. Then he sat himself down in the chair he had just been standing behind. Hermione dared not even chance a side glace at him now, not now that his attention was on her, it seemed.

"So non of this was a joke." Snape finally said breaking the silence that was hanging so ominously in the air. Hermione said nothing, resound to actions speak louder then words, she got up and walked the few steps between them. She leaned down and kissed Snape on the lips so lightly and gently that he could tell that she was holding back but was determined to get her point across with this action of self-lowering to primal communication. As she took her seat across from him, she licked her lips to remove the remains of the liquor and of his lips from her lips. This action startled him where as the kiss had not, it prompted him to add more of the liquor to is goblet and drink more of it.

"What is that, that you are drinking?" Hermione inquired, Snape was still in shock by the last two things that she had done that he did not even hear her. "Um, Professor,"

' Did she just say something to me?' Snape thought to himself.

"What is it that you are drinking? It tastes like", she licked her lips again even though there was nothing left of the flavor of the drink and a slight tinge of the flavor of Snape's lips that tasted like the sweetest of aged spices, no doubt an effect of working with potion ingredients for the span of his lifetime. "a woody, earthy kind of flavor like."

"Wormwood. It is a liquor that I make myself from an old family recipe. You can by it in muggle London shops but I prefer my families recipe for it."

"And it is called?" She said toying with him. She now knew exactly what is was. This was a flavor that she had tasted before, he was drinking Absinthe. Hermione had had it before at a family reunion when she was about 8 or 9 years old. Her cousin had spiked the adults drinks, she was the only one who knew though. He had brought a wide array of liquors from Rum and Bur bon to Vodka and Absinthe. She had inquired about the Absinthe and he had fixed her two small of it. It was the most wonderful taste she had ever tasted, he had fixed it the classic way with sugar and ice water. This of course was something that she was not about to tell Snape thought, not right now anyways.

"Absinthe." Snape said with no emotion in his voice.

"On second thought I will have a drink, if the offer is still open." Hermione said a little sheepishly.

"Tea, water, Pumpkin juice?"

"Absinth prepared that same as yours is."

"I don't think that would be."

"Wise. I knew that is what you were going to say, I know all the stories and I know what the affects are and I am sure I will not over do it because I want to look big ether. Don't worry." Hermione said to Snape with a look of superiority on her face, " I know how much I can take before I am adversely affected". Snape had never advocated under aged drinking but he came from an old family and it was customary for the male children, especially the eldest son, to start drinking at a young age at his fathers dinner parties. As Snape slowly walked over to the cupboard to find another goblet and sugar cube he saw a small crystal bottle that contained his strongest verita serum he owned. Snape uncorked the bottle and let the vapors hit the cube of sugar. This left enough on there so that when the Absinthe was poured over it, the vapor would wash off and prevent Hermione from lying for about 15 minutes. As he set the goblet down the process quickly repeated and the liquid caught itself on fire and began stirring itself.

"So non of that was an act." Snape asked again hoping for a yes because this was almost too much.

"No, it was not." Hermione began as she stood and approached Snape, "If you had not noticed, I just", Hermione said bending down and stopping centimeters from Snape's lips. "kissed you." She said as she picked up her glass and looked at the flame. It looked to be just a shade bluer the Snape's but what this could mean Hermione was not sure at that moment. Hermione watched what appeared to be the expressions on Snape's face go from Expectation to disappointment and blankness in a matter of 2 seconds. Hermione took a mall sip of her drink and knew that he had not made it as strong for her as he had for himself. No matter how much this felt wrong, he had to find out how deep Hermione was in this idea of him and her being together. He decided on a simple question to see if the Serum had kicked in yet.

"so how do you know so much about Absinthe?" He knew if she gave the same answer as before she would be lying.

"Oh, Well, when I was at a family reunion when she was about 8 or 9 years old. My cousin had spiked the adults drinks, I was the only one who knew though. He had brought a wide array of liquors from Rum and Bur bon to Vodka and Absinthe. I had inquired about the Absinthe and he had fixed her two small of it. It was the most wonderful taste I had ever tasted before, he had fixed it the classic way with sugar and ice water." 'Was that something I meant to tell him or did it just kind of slip."

'Ok, let us see what we have to contend with.' "Ok, How much have you thought about this notion of us and when did it all begin?" Before Hermione could stop it, everything came pouring out. "Since the beginning of this school year, class has been hell for me. All it takes is the sound of you , your footsteps, you voice *Shivers at the thought* , even the sound of cloak material rustling, makes me burn for you. The sight of you in class or in the halls threatens to send me into a daydream about us, about me losing myself to you, about you being my first in all respects and manor." Thankfully, she could still exercise some discretion in her wording so as not to sound crazed. "And what is the meaning of putting Verita Serum in my drink, have I not told the truth so far!!" Hermione positively screamed.

"I knew that that last question I would not get a real answer out of so I put just enough serum to last 15 minutes so I could kind out exactly how you felt." Snape finished looking done at the floor then up into the fire.

They sat there for some time just thinking when Hermione broke the silence. "So.Um.What are you thinking about right now.I mean what is your take on this situation. I mean."

"How I am finally justified in my feelings and how it is not just me." Snape said in a higher then normal voice. "Justified as in."

"Yes."

"Since."

"Like you, the Beginning of this school year. I have watched you grow into the intelligent young witch you are and how you have transformed from a young girl into a beautiful young woman. You took me by surprise in your first year by your knowledge and now you have taken me by your beauty."

As Hermione stood and looked into the fire, she began to speak, "So where dose that leave us st." As Hermione began to stand to speak, Snape stood and walked to where she was standing. He lifted her towards his so he could look into her eyes. They where filled with Fear and love for him. Fear that none of this could be real or be true. The truth in the love was startling to Snape, How could someone so pure and innocent love him, some one so dark and evil and foreboding. Yet there it was, spelled out to him in her eyes, he was the only one for her and she for him, their eyes could not lie as they themselves lie could to the world. He leaned down and kissed her soundly on the lips, cutting off her last word. She fell into his kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck, she returned the simple, gentle kiss with all the love she could muster. He did not pull back but put on arm around her waist and the other around her back and pulled her close to him. As they embraced each other they both thought 'this is where we stand. Right here and that is all that matters.' Hermione was the one to deepen the kiss by opening her mouth slightly and allowing the kiss to be deepened.

While Severus and Hermione find the missing piece of there lives the grounds are alive with activities.

A/N I am on an Absinthe kick I guess. I was watching the movie From Hell staring Johnny Depp *looks of in space with stupid smile on face* and he drank Absinthe in the movie. In the extra stuff on the DVD, it had the history of Absinthe so I watched it. It said that it has been band from being made or sold in every country except Spain and England. In addition, Absinthe was in the movie Moulin Rouge also. I hope that this chapter was worth the wait. I typed it up once already and it came to 11 pages but my computer ate it so her I go again. I just finished watching Sense and Sensibility and it has not negatively affected this chapter but has help. (Yes, I have gone on one of my infamous actor kicks where I watch any movies with a particular actor in it. Right now, it is Mr. Alan Rickman.* blushes with slight embarrassment * I have tract down 6 movies that I can get my hands on eventually with him in it, so I will be out of this kick soon.) So, please review. Please tell me if you want to know what Harry, Luna, Justin, Neville, the four cortisones, and their finders, and Ron (I need help to decide who the other 2 guys are, Blaise Zambiny and Ron are the only 2 of the 4 finder I have decided on and I need help with the other 2 if you want to know what those 8 peps are doing. Also tell me which of the 3, Mandy and Ron is a done deal set, cortisones you think the 3 guys should be with. Neville and all guys that are in the contest or Morehouse cannot be one of the 2 guys.) Please tell me. Also, tell me what you think Harry, Neville, and Luan are doing, I have no ideas, no good ones anyways, and I value you guys so please tell me. I will start on the next chapter in 4 days so get your reviews in ASAP so I can use your suggestions.