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that anonymous reviewers can, well, review! Well, enough of my rambling. On
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Chapter two- I Wouldn't Miss it for the World
Hermione Granger was so lost in her thoughts that she did not notice that Severus Snape was not heading toward the dungeons. As a matter of fact, she didn't realize that she was somewhere new until she was standing right outside the door.
"Professor, where are we?" Hermione looked up at her potions professor, only to see a very exasperated look on his face.
"Were you not paying attention in Professor Dumbledore's office? I believe I made it clear that we were going to the storerooms. If you're going to be my apprentice you really must work on your listening skills, Ms. Granger." Snape sneered at Hermione.
`Who does he think he is anyway?' Hermione thought to herself. `He's talking to me like I'm three!' Severus laughed inwardly at the indignant look on her face.
"Professor, I heard what you told me in Professor Dumbledore's office. What I meant was, where in the school are we?" Hermione remembered the storeroom from her second year. She guessed that he had moved it to a different section of the school when he realized that students were stealing ingredients.
"We are in the same corridor that you and Potter thought wise to enter in your first year when you were searching for the Sorcerers Stone. It has since been renovated for my use. No one comes down here anymore, and that makes it an ideal place for me to work on my potions. Where did you think I would lead you?
"Well, I suppose I just figured that your storeroom would be in the dungeon." Hermione tried to look as innocent as she could without looking fake.
"I see. well, seeing as you're going to be spending quite a bit of time down here I suppose I will have to give you the password. It is `Beatle Eyes'. Now, if you'll just follow me I will show you around."
Severus showed her to the storeroom. Hermione could not believe how BIG it was! In second year, he had only had a couple of shelves; he now had an entire room filled with rows and rows of interesting looking things. She could hardly believe her eyes.
"Now, next door is where we'll be working. As you may have guessed, I have my own private lab down here. We will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays. Now, I believe you will be able to get back to your dorm alone, am I right?" Hermione nodded in reply. "Very well, be here on Monday at 6:00. Do not be late."
"Yes sir," Hermione replied. She walked out of the potions room, and made her way back to her dorm.
When she got to the common room, she found Harry and Ron next to the fireplace playing chess. She looked over at the clock on the mantelpiece; it read 2:00. `Well,' she thought `I suppose I've missed lunch. I wonder why Ron and Harry haven't said anything about me being gone so long?' She walked over to them.
"Hermione!" yelled Ron, "Where have you been? Me and Harry have been worried sick!" `Ahh,' she thought, `There's the Ron I know!'
"I've been with Snape." She answered, "Dumbledore has appointed me as his apprentice."
"WHAT?!" Both Harry and Ron yelled in unison.
"You can't be serious 'Mione" Said Ron, " Do you know how much time you're going to have to spend with that git now?"
"I know," she replied "But the experience will be wonderful! I'll get to work with potions that most people never even get to see! Well, at least I hope I will." Hermione's eyes brightened at the thought of making some strange, unusual, or dangerous potion.
"That's our Hermione," said Harry "Always seeing things from a learning point of view." He smiled at her.
"I know that it's great experience, Mione, but I can't help worrying about you," said Ron "Who knows what that Snape will put you through. What if all he lets you do is scrub cauldrons?"
"You worry too much Ron," Hermione answered "If Snape treats me awful, Dumbledore will probably be on his case in a heartbeat."
"Hermione's right Ron," put in Harry " You don't have to worry about her. She's got a good head on her shoulders. Well, if anyone should know it's you seeing as you're always copying her homework!" Ron's ears turned slightly red.
Meanwhile, Severus Snape was in his storeroom, trying to make sense of everything that had happened in the last two days. Why did Dumbledore find it so important to save him, and, more importantly, why did he give him an apprentice? If need be, he could have gone into hiding, and Dumbledore could simply hire a new teacher. Why was he so insistent that Severus had an apprentice? All these questions made his head swirl. `Albus has never steered me wrong' he thought, `why would he do it now?' Severus decided to put the thoughts in the back of his head. He had more important things to attend to. He suddenly realized that he had not done any of the lesson plans that he had to dol. He began working on them.
That day at dinner, Hermione looked toward the teacher's table. She noticed that Snape was nowhere to be found. She quickly pointed this out to Harry and Ron.
"Why do you care?" asked Ron in between mouthfuls of food.
"Well," replied Hermione "Think about it. He probably hasn't eaten all day. The meeting with Professor Dumbledore interfered with breakfast, and I stayed with him all through lunch. he must be incredibly hungry by now."
"Again, why do you care?" asked Ron.
"To be honest with you, I'm not quite sure" she answered, "but I'm going to do something about it."
Hermione walked up to the teacher's table and headed toward Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor, could I speak to you for a moment?" Hermione asked Professor Dumbledore.
"Certainly" he answered, "what is it that you would like to speak about?"
"Professor, I was just wondering about Professor Snape. You see I just realized that he, most probably, has not eaten all day. I was wondering if I could send him some food." Hermione said this all very fast. She was somewhat embarrassed to say that she was worried about Snape in front of Professor Dumbledore. Professor Dumbledore looked over his oval glasses at Hermione.
"I suppose it would be alright for you to give him a plate." Professor Dumbledore replied with a twinkle in his eye. Although he knew that he could magically send Severus a plate, he thought it better to let Hermione give it to him. After all, the two needed to get to know each other, why not start now? Hermione smiled and rushed down to the Gryffindor table to prepare a plate. Without explaining anything to Ron and Harry, she ran out of the great hall toward the third corridor. She figured that he would be working in his private lab.
Severus Snape was almost done with his lesson plans when his stomach began to growl. He suddenly realized that he had not eaten all day. Severus was about to get up to go to his private quarters, when the door to his lab opened. He looked up to see none other than Hermione Granger standing in the doorway.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything Professor, I just thought you might want a plate. I know that you haven't eaten anything all day," she said whilst handing him the plate. Severus was at a loss for words. No one had ever cared enough to notice when he hadn't eaten.
"Thank you Ms. Granger," replied Snape
"Please Professor, call me Hermione. After all, we're going to be spending the rest of the year together!" Hermione said with a smile.
"Thank you. Hermione" said Severus with a small smile. Hermione could not believe her eyes. the dreaded potions master had actually smiled. He had a nice smile, she realized. She wondered why he didn't smile more often.
"Well, I'd better go Professor. I'll leave you here to eat in peace." Hermione was headed out the door when Severus called to her.
"Hermione, don't forget to come on Monday, 6:00" Severus said to her.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" she said happily. She then left with a smile on her face.
`Maybe this won't be so bad after all' Severus thought to himself.
A/N- What do you think? I wasn't planning on making Hermione and Severus get along for a few more chapters, but I couldn't wait! ( PLEASE review! I would really like to know what you all think of this. THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL WHO REVIEWED! It means sooo much to me.
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Disclaimer- I own nothing.
Chapter two- I Wouldn't Miss it for the World
Hermione Granger was so lost in her thoughts that she did not notice that Severus Snape was not heading toward the dungeons. As a matter of fact, she didn't realize that she was somewhere new until she was standing right outside the door.
"Professor, where are we?" Hermione looked up at her potions professor, only to see a very exasperated look on his face.
"Were you not paying attention in Professor Dumbledore's office? I believe I made it clear that we were going to the storerooms. If you're going to be my apprentice you really must work on your listening skills, Ms. Granger." Snape sneered at Hermione.
`Who does he think he is anyway?' Hermione thought to herself. `He's talking to me like I'm three!' Severus laughed inwardly at the indignant look on her face.
"Professor, I heard what you told me in Professor Dumbledore's office. What I meant was, where in the school are we?" Hermione remembered the storeroom from her second year. She guessed that he had moved it to a different section of the school when he realized that students were stealing ingredients.
"We are in the same corridor that you and Potter thought wise to enter in your first year when you were searching for the Sorcerers Stone. It has since been renovated for my use. No one comes down here anymore, and that makes it an ideal place for me to work on my potions. Where did you think I would lead you?
"Well, I suppose I just figured that your storeroom would be in the dungeon." Hermione tried to look as innocent as she could without looking fake.
"I see. well, seeing as you're going to be spending quite a bit of time down here I suppose I will have to give you the password. It is `Beatle Eyes'. Now, if you'll just follow me I will show you around."
Severus showed her to the storeroom. Hermione could not believe how BIG it was! In second year, he had only had a couple of shelves; he now had an entire room filled with rows and rows of interesting looking things. She could hardly believe her eyes.
"Now, next door is where we'll be working. As you may have guessed, I have my own private lab down here. We will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays. Now, I believe you will be able to get back to your dorm alone, am I right?" Hermione nodded in reply. "Very well, be here on Monday at 6:00. Do not be late."
"Yes sir," Hermione replied. She walked out of the potions room, and made her way back to her dorm.
When she got to the common room, she found Harry and Ron next to the fireplace playing chess. She looked over at the clock on the mantelpiece; it read 2:00. `Well,' she thought `I suppose I've missed lunch. I wonder why Ron and Harry haven't said anything about me being gone so long?' She walked over to them.
"Hermione!" yelled Ron, "Where have you been? Me and Harry have been worried sick!" `Ahh,' she thought, `There's the Ron I know!'
"I've been with Snape." She answered, "Dumbledore has appointed me as his apprentice."
"WHAT?!" Both Harry and Ron yelled in unison.
"You can't be serious 'Mione" Said Ron, " Do you know how much time you're going to have to spend with that git now?"
"I know," she replied "But the experience will be wonderful! I'll get to work with potions that most people never even get to see! Well, at least I hope I will." Hermione's eyes brightened at the thought of making some strange, unusual, or dangerous potion.
"That's our Hermione," said Harry "Always seeing things from a learning point of view." He smiled at her.
"I know that it's great experience, Mione, but I can't help worrying about you," said Ron "Who knows what that Snape will put you through. What if all he lets you do is scrub cauldrons?"
"You worry too much Ron," Hermione answered "If Snape treats me awful, Dumbledore will probably be on his case in a heartbeat."
"Hermione's right Ron," put in Harry " You don't have to worry about her. She's got a good head on her shoulders. Well, if anyone should know it's you seeing as you're always copying her homework!" Ron's ears turned slightly red.
Meanwhile, Severus Snape was in his storeroom, trying to make sense of everything that had happened in the last two days. Why did Dumbledore find it so important to save him, and, more importantly, why did he give him an apprentice? If need be, he could have gone into hiding, and Dumbledore could simply hire a new teacher. Why was he so insistent that Severus had an apprentice? All these questions made his head swirl. `Albus has never steered me wrong' he thought, `why would he do it now?' Severus decided to put the thoughts in the back of his head. He had more important things to attend to. He suddenly realized that he had not done any of the lesson plans that he had to dol. He began working on them.
That day at dinner, Hermione looked toward the teacher's table. She noticed that Snape was nowhere to be found. She quickly pointed this out to Harry and Ron.
"Why do you care?" asked Ron in between mouthfuls of food.
"Well," replied Hermione "Think about it. He probably hasn't eaten all day. The meeting with Professor Dumbledore interfered with breakfast, and I stayed with him all through lunch. he must be incredibly hungry by now."
"Again, why do you care?" asked Ron.
"To be honest with you, I'm not quite sure" she answered, "but I'm going to do something about it."
Hermione walked up to the teacher's table and headed toward Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor, could I speak to you for a moment?" Hermione asked Professor Dumbledore.
"Certainly" he answered, "what is it that you would like to speak about?"
"Professor, I was just wondering about Professor Snape. You see I just realized that he, most probably, has not eaten all day. I was wondering if I could send him some food." Hermione said this all very fast. She was somewhat embarrassed to say that she was worried about Snape in front of Professor Dumbledore. Professor Dumbledore looked over his oval glasses at Hermione.
"I suppose it would be alright for you to give him a plate." Professor Dumbledore replied with a twinkle in his eye. Although he knew that he could magically send Severus a plate, he thought it better to let Hermione give it to him. After all, the two needed to get to know each other, why not start now? Hermione smiled and rushed down to the Gryffindor table to prepare a plate. Without explaining anything to Ron and Harry, she ran out of the great hall toward the third corridor. She figured that he would be working in his private lab.
Severus Snape was almost done with his lesson plans when his stomach began to growl. He suddenly realized that he had not eaten all day. Severus was about to get up to go to his private quarters, when the door to his lab opened. He looked up to see none other than Hermione Granger standing in the doorway.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything Professor, I just thought you might want a plate. I know that you haven't eaten anything all day," she said whilst handing him the plate. Severus was at a loss for words. No one had ever cared enough to notice when he hadn't eaten.
"Thank you Ms. Granger," replied Snape
"Please Professor, call me Hermione. After all, we're going to be spending the rest of the year together!" Hermione said with a smile.
"Thank you. Hermione" said Severus with a small smile. Hermione could not believe her eyes. the dreaded potions master had actually smiled. He had a nice smile, she realized. She wondered why he didn't smile more often.
"Well, I'd better go Professor. I'll leave you here to eat in peace." Hermione was headed out the door when Severus called to her.
"Hermione, don't forget to come on Monday, 6:00" Severus said to her.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" she said happily. She then left with a smile on her face.
`Maybe this won't be so bad after all' Severus thought to himself.
A/N- What do you think? I wasn't planning on making Hermione and Severus get along for a few more chapters, but I couldn't wait! ( PLEASE review! I would really like to know what you all think of this. THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL WHO REVIEWED! It means sooo much to me.
J~Volance