A/N: Ok we all know how much we hate these, but I guess I kind of have to make a point as to that I do not own Harry Potter. But if Snape is available then I'm more then willing to spend one night of passion with him as long as it doesn't get back to my husband. (J/K).
Final Test:
Longing Passion
The Great Hall slowly emptied. Hermione looked up from her seat from the Head table. Dumbledore had both conducted her graduation cermony and given her a job in lest then two minutes. He had directed her to her seat between Trelawney and Snape. If she wasn't sure her eyes were playing tricks on her she would have sworn that Snape had winked at her. And was that a smile? It was weird to be up at the head table with the rest of the porfessors. McGonagall had made it a point to come up to her durning dinner and offically welcome her to Hogwarts as a new professor.
She began to raise from her chair and looked towards Dumbledore.
"Excuse me, Professors, I think I will take my leave for the night." she said shyly.
"Indeed, Professor Granger." smiled Dumbledore. "Why doesn't Severus here escort you to your new rooms. I'm sure you would like to retire early." Hermione just nodded. Severus' face became both excited and terrofied in on motion.
"Albus, maybe Minerva should escort Miss Granger to her rooms." he said, trying but failing, to hide his shock.
"No, I think you should." winked Dumbledore. Once again that twinkle was in his eyes. "Besides, PROFESSOR Granger's rooms are closer to the dungons then they are to the Griffindor Tower. It only makes sense that you take her to her rooms."
"Very well." sighed Severus. He stood up from his chair as well. He could feel his heart racing as if he had just ran up every step in the castle. "Come, Granger."
"Do try and remember Severus. Hermione is now a professor here at Hogwarts and desrves the respect of the students as well as her colleagues ."
"I'll try." he muttered. He headed out of the hall with Hermione following quickly behind him.
'I can't believer Albus is doing this to me!' his mind screamed. 'I think he loves seeing me tormented. And now I must show her to her rooms? Where will it end'
'At least she's here.' said another voice in his head.
'Like that matters? She would never'
'You never know.'
"Something bothering you, Professor?" asked Hermione, waking him from his thoughts.
"No." he said quickly. "And seeings how we are now working together you may, like the rest of the staff, call me Severus." He saw a red tint come to her face. 'Goddess she's beautiful'
"And you can stop calling me Granger and start calling Hermione." she extened her hand towards him. He gently took the hand. "I do hope your not mad at me, Seveuse."
'Listen to how my name sounds coming from her mouth. Like bells'
"No...no of course not...why would I be?" he asked.
"I know how much you wanted the DADA position. I thought you may be upset that, Dumbledore gave it to me. Considering how I only just graduated and all."
"Think nothing of it." he said quietly.
They walked on towards the dungons. Before reaching the top of the stairs that led to them Severus stopped. They were standing infront of a painting of two rearing pure white unicorns. Hermoine looked at the painting and gasped. She knew quite a bit about these creatures thanks to Hagrid's fill -in when he was away. She reached out to touch the painting but was stopped by Snape grabbing hold of her wrist. She looked up at him, confused.
"Gentle as the animal seems, they are still very dangerous." he said, looking down at her. He took in her chocolate-brown eyes. They looked scared but yerning.
"Very true, Severus. But the Unicorn also prefers the female sex over the male. They would do me no harm." she smiled up at him. He held her wrist for a few more seconds before letting go.
"You will need to set a password for your rooms. Behind this painting is you common room. Be careful as to who you give your password to. You never know who would enter and cause you harm."
"Does that mean, I should wait until you are gone before I give my password or can I trust you?" she looked into his dark eyes. Never would she have guess that they were a dark blue. 'Get a grip girl, he's your professor!' 'Oh but he's not.' said a gentle voice. 'He's now your equal. And it seems he holds a longing for you as well.' She giggled a little bit.
"Something funny?" he asked. She shook her head.
"So can I trust you?" Severus was taken aback by this question. Granted yes, they had worked together to get rid of the Death-eaters and they had spent many nights working together to rid the wizarding community of Voldemort. But had he ever given her a reason to trust him?
"I believe that you can. But if you wish, I will go." he turned to leave. Hermione quickly took hold of his arm.
"I was only joking." she laughed. "You don't need to be so serious with me. I know that you aren't as cruel as you like others to believe."
"Oh? And how would you know?" he asked. She gave him a small smile.
"I remember what you did for me while I was in the hospital." she whisper. "I know you came every day. I didn't have to be awake to know that you had come."
"I...I was just making sure you were alright." he stuttered. "You have much potential to become a very powerful witch. I'd hate to see that go to waist."
'And the fact that your completely in love with her has nothing to do with it.' said the little voice in his head.
'Darn right. WAIT! I don't love her. She is just an amazing witch'
'Sure keep telling yourself. Maybe next time don't make it less obvious'
"I'm only as good as the professors that thought me." she smiled. "Care to come in and join me for some tea?"
"Maybe some other night, Gra-Hermione. Good luck tomorrow with your classes."
"You to, Severus." Hermione finally let go of his arm. She watched him decend the stairs and finally turned to face the painting. The unicorns were now stairing at her. A maiden walked into the frame of the painting. She had long chestnut hair that fell below her knees and she wore a renaissance powder blue gown.
"Ah, the new professor has finally arrived." she said. "Well, you had better get to bed. Just give me the password and you can come in." Hermione thought of the password.
"The password is 'Longing.'"
"Alright, now you little one head to bed. If you wish to change the password just tell me when you leave your room and I'll remember." said the maiden. "By the way. Even if you stair harder at the stairs he's not going to come back until tomorrow morning." she winked at Hermione as she entered the room.
Down the stairs, Severus heard the conversation Hermione had with the renaissance maiden. He waited until he heard the painting close before he headed the rest of the way down to his own rooms. He stood infront of a painting much like the one infront of Hermione's rooms. Only the Unicorns were black as the night sky. He staired at the painting. The horses looked at him. He had gained their trust and they no longer attacked him from the painting. (A/N: Sorry had to make a point about something. About the paintings. That does make sense. Granted they are just a painting if you get close enough they can get a good hit off of you.) A man dressed as a knight walked into the painting. He walked over to one of the unicorns and patted it.
"It seems we have another beauty on the staff, professor." he said in a deep voice. "The maiden tells me that she looks more beautiful then any one she's ever seen. Maybe I should ask her for a trade of paintins for a while." the man laughed.
"Be careful what you say, Knight. That one isn't like any other woman. She's different. Believe me, she is different."
"Ah, I see, Professor. I shall keep my thoughts to myself. I do fear that the maiden would do if she was to hear I said anything."
"I wish to change the password, Knight." said Severus. The knight nodded.
"The password is 'Longing.'"
"Accepted. Now may I suggest that you, Professor had better get to bed. You wouldn't want those students to think you aren't yourself if you show up to class tired." the knight winked at him as Severus entered his chamers.
Another A/N: In the next chapter I'm going to go deeper into what happened to Hermione. I know some have asked what happened to her. Do not fear...I will tell all. Please tell me what you think. BTW, I think from now on I'm going to be posting on only because people actually do review my stories. It's the only way I know to keep going on with a story. Tell me what you think....PLEASE! get on knees and begs
Final Test:
Longing Passion
The Great Hall slowly emptied. Hermione looked up from her seat from the Head table. Dumbledore had both conducted her graduation cermony and given her a job in lest then two minutes. He had directed her to her seat between Trelawney and Snape. If she wasn't sure her eyes were playing tricks on her she would have sworn that Snape had winked at her. And was that a smile? It was weird to be up at the head table with the rest of the porfessors. McGonagall had made it a point to come up to her durning dinner and offically welcome her to Hogwarts as a new professor.
She began to raise from her chair and looked towards Dumbledore.
"Excuse me, Professors, I think I will take my leave for the night." she said shyly.
"Indeed, Professor Granger." smiled Dumbledore. "Why doesn't Severus here escort you to your new rooms. I'm sure you would like to retire early." Hermione just nodded. Severus' face became both excited and terrofied in on motion.
"Albus, maybe Minerva should escort Miss Granger to her rooms." he said, trying but failing, to hide his shock.
"No, I think you should." winked Dumbledore. Once again that twinkle was in his eyes. "Besides, PROFESSOR Granger's rooms are closer to the dungons then they are to the Griffindor Tower. It only makes sense that you take her to her rooms."
"Very well." sighed Severus. He stood up from his chair as well. He could feel his heart racing as if he had just ran up every step in the castle. "Come, Granger."
"Do try and remember Severus. Hermione is now a professor here at Hogwarts and desrves the respect of the students as well as her colleagues ."
"I'll try." he muttered. He headed out of the hall with Hermione following quickly behind him.
'I can't believer Albus is doing this to me!' his mind screamed. 'I think he loves seeing me tormented. And now I must show her to her rooms? Where will it end'
'At least she's here.' said another voice in his head.
'Like that matters? She would never'
'You never know.'
"Something bothering you, Professor?" asked Hermione, waking him from his thoughts.
"No." he said quickly. "And seeings how we are now working together you may, like the rest of the staff, call me Severus." He saw a red tint come to her face. 'Goddess she's beautiful'
"And you can stop calling me Granger and start calling Hermione." she extened her hand towards him. He gently took the hand. "I do hope your not mad at me, Seveuse."
'Listen to how my name sounds coming from her mouth. Like bells'
"No...no of course not...why would I be?" he asked.
"I know how much you wanted the DADA position. I thought you may be upset that, Dumbledore gave it to me. Considering how I only just graduated and all."
"Think nothing of it." he said quietly.
They walked on towards the dungons. Before reaching the top of the stairs that led to them Severus stopped. They were standing infront of a painting of two rearing pure white unicorns. Hermoine looked at the painting and gasped. She knew quite a bit about these creatures thanks to Hagrid's fill -in when he was away. She reached out to touch the painting but was stopped by Snape grabbing hold of her wrist. She looked up at him, confused.
"Gentle as the animal seems, they are still very dangerous." he said, looking down at her. He took in her chocolate-brown eyes. They looked scared but yerning.
"Very true, Severus. But the Unicorn also prefers the female sex over the male. They would do me no harm." she smiled up at him. He held her wrist for a few more seconds before letting go.
"You will need to set a password for your rooms. Behind this painting is you common room. Be careful as to who you give your password to. You never know who would enter and cause you harm."
"Does that mean, I should wait until you are gone before I give my password or can I trust you?" she looked into his dark eyes. Never would she have guess that they were a dark blue. 'Get a grip girl, he's your professor!' 'Oh but he's not.' said a gentle voice. 'He's now your equal. And it seems he holds a longing for you as well.' She giggled a little bit.
"Something funny?" he asked. She shook her head.
"So can I trust you?" Severus was taken aback by this question. Granted yes, they had worked together to get rid of the Death-eaters and they had spent many nights working together to rid the wizarding community of Voldemort. But had he ever given her a reason to trust him?
"I believe that you can. But if you wish, I will go." he turned to leave. Hermione quickly took hold of his arm.
"I was only joking." she laughed. "You don't need to be so serious with me. I know that you aren't as cruel as you like others to believe."
"Oh? And how would you know?" he asked. She gave him a small smile.
"I remember what you did for me while I was in the hospital." she whisper. "I know you came every day. I didn't have to be awake to know that you had come."
"I...I was just making sure you were alright." he stuttered. "You have much potential to become a very powerful witch. I'd hate to see that go to waist."
'And the fact that your completely in love with her has nothing to do with it.' said the little voice in his head.
'Darn right. WAIT! I don't love her. She is just an amazing witch'
'Sure keep telling yourself. Maybe next time don't make it less obvious'
"I'm only as good as the professors that thought me." she smiled. "Care to come in and join me for some tea?"
"Maybe some other night, Gra-Hermione. Good luck tomorrow with your classes."
"You to, Severus." Hermione finally let go of his arm. She watched him decend the stairs and finally turned to face the painting. The unicorns were now stairing at her. A maiden walked into the frame of the painting. She had long chestnut hair that fell below her knees and she wore a renaissance powder blue gown.
"Ah, the new professor has finally arrived." she said. "Well, you had better get to bed. Just give me the password and you can come in." Hermione thought of the password.
"The password is 'Longing.'"
"Alright, now you little one head to bed. If you wish to change the password just tell me when you leave your room and I'll remember." said the maiden. "By the way. Even if you stair harder at the stairs he's not going to come back until tomorrow morning." she winked at Hermione as she entered the room.
Down the stairs, Severus heard the conversation Hermione had with the renaissance maiden. He waited until he heard the painting close before he headed the rest of the way down to his own rooms. He stood infront of a painting much like the one infront of Hermione's rooms. Only the Unicorns were black as the night sky. He staired at the painting. The horses looked at him. He had gained their trust and they no longer attacked him from the painting. (A/N: Sorry had to make a point about something. About the paintings. That does make sense. Granted they are just a painting if you get close enough they can get a good hit off of you.) A man dressed as a knight walked into the painting. He walked over to one of the unicorns and patted it.
"It seems we have another beauty on the staff, professor." he said in a deep voice. "The maiden tells me that she looks more beautiful then any one she's ever seen. Maybe I should ask her for a trade of paintins for a while." the man laughed.
"Be careful what you say, Knight. That one isn't like any other woman. She's different. Believe me, she is different."
"Ah, I see, Professor. I shall keep my thoughts to myself. I do fear that the maiden would do if she was to hear I said anything."
"I wish to change the password, Knight." said Severus. The knight nodded.
"The password is 'Longing.'"
"Accepted. Now may I suggest that you, Professor had better get to bed. You wouldn't want those students to think you aren't yourself if you show up to class tired." the knight winked at him as Severus entered his chamers.
Another A/N: In the next chapter I'm going to go deeper into what happened to Hermione. I know some have asked what happened to her. Do not fear...I will tell all. Please tell me what you think. BTW, I think from now on I'm going to be posting on only because people actually do review my stories. It's the only way I know to keep going on with a story. Tell me what you think....PLEASE! get on knees and begs