AN: This is my first attempt at a new pairing, so please bear with me. It's finished, so I'll post when you guys ask for it. I hope you like it.
Totally misunderstood
Chapter
one:
It was two days before the Christmas holidays during the trio's seventh year. There was to be a huge ball for al students on the 31st, and that was exactly what Albus Dumbledore was going tell them right now. He stood and spoke up:
"All of you, I have an announcement to make. There will be a New Year's ball this year. It will be starting on New Year's eve at precisely eight o'clock, and there are no partners required. Since this takes place exactly in the middle of the holidays, there was a little problem, but I took the liberty of taking care of it. For those of you who are going home for the holidays, but still want to attend this ball, the Hogwarts express will be making an extra ride this year!"
With that his little talk was finished and he sat back down, clapping his hands in the process to bring food on the tables.
The students looked quite cheerful after hearing this and even the professors who already knew of it and weren't quite happy due to the cause they had to organise and chaperone this ball, became far more willingly to do it with a smile and have fun themselves when they saw how happy they made their students with it.
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Term ended and holiday started, taking many students home to their families. Every single one of the first to fourth years left, and even from the fifth to seventh years, there were only a few responsible Ravenclaws and Gryffindors who chose to stay behind and study.
Soon the laws were covered in snow, and many of those "responsible" students forgot why they had stayed, going out on the grounds talking walks and having fun.
Hermione, as she told the boys, was going to wisely spend the time she had without them (they both went to the Burrow), to read and study quietly.
The professors too took advantage of the fact that there were almost no students left to irritate them. Some had left for a short vacation with their husband or wife, others just stayed, visited friends or worked on personal projects they hadn't time for during the school year. They simply did what they liked to do.
The headmaster for instance, had planned on quietly spending time with his wife. Had planned. Apparently, she had got it in to her head to buy every professor a personal gift, write them all Christmas cards, and knit them a pair of socks.
"Minerva is this really necessary?" he asked, standing in the doorway of her office, watching her writing some card.
"Yes Albus it is. They are our friends, it's a tradition I neglected far too long. This year, I'm making up for it. And I suggest you now leave me alone so I can finish this and be back with you as soon as I can."
"Fine, whatever you want my dear." He stated, already turning around to leave and his voice very sombre.
It had been like that for almost two weeks now. She never had time for him, always thought of an excuse to get him out of her rooms. Something clearly was going on.
Was she maybe seeing another guy? Did she find his too old and too calm?
'That must it be', he concluded. He started thinking of possible candidates: 'It can't be Filius, he's gone to the Bahamas with his wife. It's not Alastor, cause he's in Australia with Poppy. Nor Hagrid, he's too big and he's happily married to Madame Mallemour. Not in a thousand years she'd make peace with Filch. Hmmm. It's probably not Remus too, I think he's gay... who do we have left... Ah! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. She's pursuing a relationship with Severus, that would explain why he's so cheerful these last few weeks.'
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Voila, chapter one. Was it okay? Please review, you'd make me extremely happy.
Sara.