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Chapter 2 – The beginning of the year

Hermione watched the sorting with deep fascination. Sirius snorted. Hermione looked at him.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"Really, Hermione. After 7 years of watching sorting, you're still fascinated with it?" Hermione shot him a sharp look.

"I'm observing the students. Their behaviours .." She trailed off, turning back to the sorting.

"I quite agree with Hermione. Its like sizing up your enemy before you attack" A voice said from her right. It was Blaise. He shot Hermione a small smile. However, another voice joined the conversation.

"Don't mind Granger. Always has been the weird one." Draco said, loud enough for even Remus to hear. Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"You're a Mafloy, are you not?" Sirius said, with a cold tone that could have, perhaps, matched Lucius Mafloy's. Draco nodded curtly.

"And you would be the family traitor, ex-Azkaban prisoner, member of the former golden trio" Draco paused. "And muggle lover extrodinaire" he said, sneering, as his eyes fell on Hermione. Hermione shifted uncomfortably and looked at Remus. A slight worried look flashed in his eyes.

"Yep, that would be me" Sirius said, a lop-sided grin on his face. He ran his fingers through his hair suavely. Draco scowled.

"Lets act like adults, shall we? As I may have to remind you, we are no longer in school, but TEACHING it" Hermione said nervously. Their side of the table lapsed in silence. Then Albus rose to speak.

"Welcome, welcome all to another year at Hogwarts. As I may remind you all, the Forbidden Forest is off-limits like always. And may I introduce the new teachers, as many of you may not have had the opportunity to know them. Professor Black will be teaching Defense against the Dark Arts" Dumbledore said, gesturing towards Sirius. Sirius grinned and ran his fingers through his hair again. Hermione could have swore she seen some girls swooning. She smirked.

"And then we have Remus Lupin, would will be teaching Charms" Albus said, smiling at Remus.

"Professor Saiphia will be teaching Astronomy along with Professor Vector" He continued, guesturing to Professor Saiphia and Professor Vector.

Ahh, so that's what her name is.. Hermione thought.

"And as always, Professor McGonagall will be teaching Transfiguration, and Professor Sprout will be teaching Herbology" He went on.

"Professor Granger will be teaching Muggle Studies, Professor Zabini will be teaching Arithmancy, Professor Malfoy and Professor Snape will be teaching Potions, Professor Trelawney and Professor Lovegood will be teaching Divination and last, but not least, Professor Hagrid will be teaching Care of Magical Creatures" Professor Dumbledore said, taking a deep breath. "And now, without further ado, eat!"

As he said the words, the food appeared in front of them. Hermione finially realized how hungry she was. The food was delicious (as always) and Hermione savored every bit of it. It was good to be back at Hogwarts.

Once dinner was over with, the new teachers followed Albus to their rooms. Many had just arrived before dinner. Hermione noticed that all the teachers were in the same tower. When the got up to the tower, they were faced with a circular room with 12 doors. Hermione was already familiar with this tower. Hermione observed something that had not been there earlier. One each door was a name. Hermione spotted her door.

Luckily, no matter where Sirius and Remus room's were, their doors were only a couple feet away. On one side of her was Sirius's room (and beside him was Remus's room) and on the other side was .. Oh, no. Hermione thought. Snape's room. The two arch-enemies had only Hermione's room to separate them.

Hermione went in her room to get some lesson plans. I want some coffee.. She thought suddenly. But the kitchens are so far away.. Then she remembered. The teacher's lounge. The had a mini-kitchen in there, as well as tables and couches.

Grabbing her lesson plans, and some various other papers and books, she walked over to the teacher's lounge. She made herself some coffee and settled down in a nice black leather couch by the fire. She sat there for hours, pouring over books and making notes.

"Having fun, Hermione?" asked a voice that made her jump. She turned around, and her expression softened.

"Oh yes, Remus. I can already tell I'm going to enjoy teaching." Hermione said, smiling. Remus sat beside her, with some tea.

"Ahh yes, you will. Unless you get a group of students who happen to all be narrow-minded Slytherins" Remus said with a chuckle. Hermione laughed softly.

"I wouldn't say that. Some Gryffindors can be narrow-minded as well" said a chilly voice, that sounded slightly amused. Hermione turned around. Draco took a seat on the other side of her.

"Hmmm.." was all Hermione could say as she sipped her coffee thoughtfully.

"Whats this? Hermione speechless?" Said another voice beside her. Hermione turned around for the 3rd time. It was Blaise. He smiled and sat down beside Draco.

"Since when did you two become friends?" Draco asked, his eyes narrowing at his fellow Slytherin. Hermione was just about to open her mouth when she was cut off by Blaise.

"Since now" Blaise said, looking smugly from the slightly surprised look coming from Draco.

"What, a party without me?!" said a flamboyant and teasing voice from behind her. Hermione turned around, even though she knew who it was. Honestly, this is getting ridiculous. Is it not possible that I can come into the teacher's lounge without 4 other people following me? She though, half smiling.

Sirius walked around the couch, and took a seat beside Remus. They all sat, talking quietly, and sipping coffee. Hermione took another sip of her coffee and sighed.

"Are you ready for class tomorrow?" Sirius asked. Hermione smiled weakly.

"I'm a little nervous" she admitted. Sirius chuckled.

"They're just kids, 'Mione" He said, earning himself a surprised look from Remus.

"Oh, I suppose so.." Hermione said, sighing. She put her lesson plans away and took out a very heavy dusty book.

"Doing a bit of light reading, Granger?" Draco asked, sneering. Hermione scowled.

"How on earth did you get a job as a teacher with an attitude like that?" She snapped

"Everyone loves me, naturally" He said, talking like his usual egotistic self. Hermione snorted. Sirius had a fit of coughs. Remus smirked a bit. Blaise rolled his eyes. She suddenly aware that she was surrounded by males. Not that it would generally be a bad thing .. but ..

She really needed to get work done.

Gradually, one by one, the boys left the Teacher Lounge as the hours clocked by. Soon, it was just Remus, Sirius, and Hermione left. Remus and Sirius were quietly discussing something in the corner, while Hermione was deeply immersed in her book.

"Well, I'm off to bed." Remus said as the clock struck 10pm. Everyone needed to be up early for their first class in the morning. Hermione yawned.

"Pffff" Sirius said loudly. Remus sighed. "You can't even stay up past 10? Whats gotten into you, Moony?" Sirius asked airily. Remus cracked a grin.

"Teaching's whats gotten into me, Padfoot. You should try it" He replied smartly. Hermione smirked. Sirius made a face.

"Goodnight Padfoot" Remus said, play-punching his arm. Sirius faked pain.

"Goodnight Hermione" Remus said, kissing her on the cheek. Hermione smiled. He had never kissed her on the cheek before.

"Goodnight Remus" she said. After he left, she turned back to her book. Sirius was looking at the fire, deep in thought. He's so young, so carefree. I've never seen him like this before Hermione thought as she watched Sirius think. Unbeknown to Hermione, Sirius saw her looking at him, with a far-away look in her eyes.

"What are you thinking about, Hermione?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing" Hermione replied, smiling. Sirius sighed and rested his arm on the back of the couch, behind Hermione.

"So how was living with Harry?" She asked him. Sirius grinned.

"It was great. As you know, Harry's on tour now with the England Lions, so they're isn't anyone at the house at the moment" Hermione nodded. She remembered Harry telling her.

"But we spent the summer together .. All three of us. It was great. So much fun 3 single guys can have!" Sirius said, laughing. Hermione smiled.

"3 of you? Who else?" she asked. "Remus of course. He spent the summer with us" Sirius responded.

The two of them read in silence (Sirius had brought a book with him as well) for awhile. Sirius looked over at her. She had fallen asleep, resting her head lightly on his shoulder. She looked so peaceful, like an angel. Carefully, trying not to wake her, he picked her up like a princess and carried her to her room. He layed her in her bed, lightly kissing her on the cheek, before turning out the lights and closing her door.

Author's note: There we have it, another chapter. Hope you enjoy this one. I'm trying not to make Sirius act too childish, but its hard. Nothing really eventful happened in this chapter. Expect to see more "action" in the next chapter – when they have to teach classes!

CherryBlossomAngel-225 – Thanks! :)

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Zaralya – Thanks! I agree with you, adult Hermione with adult Sirius is, in my opinion, much better. I wanted to write a fanfic with Sirius romantically involved with someone, but I couldn't figure out who. So I chose Hermione. But the only way I would write this pairing would be if they were both adults. And most "go back in time" SB/HG stories end up really sad (either Hermione stays in their time, or has to go back to the present time, leaving Sirius behind) I personally hate stories with sad endings, so I can assure you it will have a happy ending lol. I like Blaise too! My next fanfic will be a BZ/HG most likely. :)

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