Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters though I wouldn't mind owning Severus Snape or having him as a teacher. I'm too old to go to Hogwarts but that wouldn't matter to me. Oh well, too late now.
Author's Note: For any of my avid readers: I know I have two other stories i'm working on and you all want updated. But this story is completely finished so all I have to do is post the chapters after I get reviews. So don't worry all my attention is on the Hannibal and Pirates stories.
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This is my first Hermoine/Severus story posted, but not the first one i've written. This is only a few chapters long but I fit all the story in them. The first chapter is short but the next one will totally make up for it's length. Enjoy.
Chapter 1 : It's Odd Without Him There
Hermoine Granger had just finished packing up her potions ingredients and equipment, looking around she saw that everyone had already left the classroom without her. Sure she had told Harry and Ron to go on ahead because she had spilled a bottle of nightshade on the dungeons floor and she needed to clean it up. But she had never really been in this place devoid of any other creature. Even Professor Snape wasn't even in the room.
Stopping her cleaning for a moment, the Gryffindor girl looked around curiously. If she remembered right the potions master hadn't even yelled at her for the mess she'd made with her clumsiness, she didn't even see him leave the room.
Cleaning off her hands from the work she stuffed the rag in her school bag before taking a cautious step from behind her desk and over to Snape's own desk, she found it empty of it's usual occupant. How weird, usually he would be there grading all the students papers with that sarcastic sneer on his face and making the occasional scoff at someone's lost cause at making a good grade in the feared teachers class. Hermione couldn't help laughing at how well she knew the professor's teaching habits. She had taken this class for seven years, hopefully she knew how the man reacted at least half of the time.
" Are you quite finished looking for your test results Miss Granger?" A tired yet strict voice asked from behind Hermoine and she turned to answer a little too quickly for she bumped right into the speaker and knocked them both to the hard dungeon floor.
All her books and the ones he had been holding were dropped on the ground next to them and Hermoine gasped and panickly scrambled off Severus Snape as he groaned painfully holding the back of his head. She was afraid to even help him up and the man had to pull himself onto his feet to face the woman he still called the insufferable know-it-all even after seven years.
" I wasn't looking for my test Professor, I was just suprised to find the room empty when I was ready to leave. I was looking for you." Hermoine said sheepishly, realizing what she sounded like by saying that. Snape raised an inky black eyebrow in question, an alien emotion flickering in his eyes. Hermoine tried to identify it but the flicker was gone a moment after it had appeared.
" Somehow I doubt you were looking for me to admit a schoolgirl crush so i'm forced to ask why you were looking for me?" He asked sarcastically as he brushed off his jet black robes. She almost thought she heard some regret in this ironic statement. Hermoine's cheeks turned a faint pink color and she coughed a bit before continuing.
" Seven years gets a person very used to your presence in the classroom sir. I guess it was just suprising not to actually find you here." Hermoine wanted out of this conversation now and pretended to look at her watch in fake suprise.
" I'm going to be late for Charms, sorry professor I have to go." Before Snape could even get another insult in or take house points, Hermoine had grabbed up all her books up that lay amidst the potion masters on the ground and made a run for the door.
Not even looking back Hermoine didn't see the potion professor's horrified look as he realized something very important had just left in the pile of books she had run out the door with.
" Bloody hell i'm dead! She's going to kill me!"
Author's Note: Bet you all want to know what Hermoine just walked out with huh? Well you'll have to wait for the next chapter. Before I post the next one though, I want to hear what you guys think so far. Did I capture Severus Snape well? I'm always worried about how I portray the male characters. So the more reviews I get the faster the next chapter will go up.