Author's note: It seems I've been neglecting all but one of my written stuff (fics or originals) lately so I went and looked for the one that had been neglected the longest and it seems to be this one, so now I'm updating.
Perhaps that's how I should always update; longest neglected first, then work my way along. That'd ensure that everything got updated at least.
mistypup: Lol, that's happened before to other people. My friend/idea giver/co writer of sorts Jackie once read one of my other fics and already knew what was gonna happen, but she said she was sitting there going "no, don't' do that! Something's bound to happen!" and stuff. And yes, that was an abrupt change of mind. It's all explained in this chapter. Glad you liked the chapter! Oh, just out of curiosity, what happened to FTOF? Last I saw, you were redoing it or something, but last I checked, they were both gone; did they get removed for double posting? Hope not, cuz I was really liking that, but if they were-GAH! Lol, I feel you pain. This story itself was removed for grammar issues; this is a repost (and not a re write, lol).
Ravenfairie (for your 2 reviews): I know the feeling. I get like that with monthly writing challenges when I do them. I focus on writing and not reading and the AAs just kinda pile up. Then it takes me forever to catch up; especially right now, as I'm never in a reading mood anymore, so I'm VERY slowly catching up (I still have stuff to read from April). I'm glad you still like it.
An Anti-Sheep Cheese Muffin: Oh! A review! I'm starting to miss those from you, as I'm sure you know by now. Anyhoo, you already know what happens in this fic, lol. Well, to a point. As I told you, I'm changing it; you might be pleasantly surprised later on.
A Summer Not Easily Forgotten: Chapter 9: The Stories Behind Scott and Hermione
Hermione kept her wand raised.
"What?" She asked, looking confused.
"I said put your wand away because we can't do this." Scott replied.
Hermione lowered her wand rather reluctantly.
Selina looked up again, a relieved but confused look on her face.
Severus stood there, his face rather the same as Selina's expression wise.
"What exactly do you mean, Scott?" Hermione asked.
"I mean exactly what I said; we can't do this, it's just not right." Scott replied.
It was now early afternoon the day after Selina had arrived home from school, and she yawned rather loudly.
"If the two of you have decided not to kill my father and I and are just going to talk, do you think I might be able to get some sleep?" She asked.
Scott smiled warmly at her.
"Of course, my dear, we can move somewhere else to talk." He said, looking over at Severus.
"We'll move down to the living room. I'll meet you there shortly." Severus said, looking at Scott and Hermione.
Scott left the room, and could be heard heading down the stairs towards the living room.
Hermione followed him a few moments later, though appeared rather reluctant to do so.
"Father, what exactly is going on?" Selina asked when they were alone.
"I'm not entirely sure, but you should get some rest while you can. Who knows what'll happen next." Severus replied.
"Yes, I plan to do that." Selina said through another yawn as she lay down on her bed.
"I'll come and wake you up if they decide to go evil again." Severus said, going over to the window and pulling the curtains closed.
Selina was already beginning to drift off to sleep as he did so.
"Alright" she mumbled.
"Goodnight." Severus said, leaving the room and closing the door, before going downstairs to join Scott and Hermione.
"She asleep?" Scott asked as Severus sat down on the couch across from himself and Hermione.
Severus nodded.
"That's good." Scott said.
"I'm not complaining, but why the sudden change of heart?" Severus asked after a few moments of silence.
"I think it's my mood swings." Scott replied.
Hermione appeared to understand instantly, but Severus remained confused.
"Mood swings?" He asked.
"Yes. You see, I used to be on a muggle medication to prevent the frequent changes in my mood, but just recently I decided to try a potion that was supposed to do the same thing.
"It seems the potion doesn't work as well as I'd hoped and now, instead of preventing the sudden swings, it makes them last longer and I end up doing much crazier things." Scott explained.
Severus looked appalled that a potion wasn't working, but said nothing about it.
"Much crazier things like trying to kill my daughter and I?" He asked.
Scott looked at him, a rather apologetic look in his eyes.
"Well, yes. I'm so sorry." He said.
"I don't know what to say at the moment." Severus said.
"Well, that's all right. You don't have to accept my apology right away, if ever. And if you don't, I'll know why." Scott said.
"This doesn't explain what you had to do with everything." Severus turned his head to look at Hermione.
"Well, I've wanted to get back at you for all those potions classes for quite a while now. When Scott said he was going off to do this, I couldn't help but want to come along and be part of it." Hermione admitted.
"There are other ways to get back at people, not that I'd rather you used any of them. I don't see why you wanted revenge in the first place. I haven't done anything to you that would deserve it." Severus said.
"I know, but going along with Scott's plans just seemed so easy and convenient. And what do you mean you didn't' do anything to me worthy of revenge? What about being so mean to everyone in potions class?" Hermione said.
"I wasn't that bad with most classes; only yours because you were such a know it all and would take any chance to show it!" Severus' voice raised a little.
"I was only trying to help Neville half the time!" Hermione matched his tone.
"Neville needs to learn to do things on his own!" Severus shouted.
"Calm down, both of you! You'll wake Selina!" Scott intervened.
Severus and Hermione immediately stopped their shouting and proceeded to glare at each other instead; clearly they'd never see each other as equals.
"Why do you seem to care about Selina so much all of a sudden? You never gave her a second glance before, not even the first time you met her." Severus asked curiously, glancing at Scott.
"Well, she's grown up quite a bit over the years; everything about her has changed. I feel terrible for what I've put her through; she deserves to have a happy life." Scott replied truthfully.
"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were falling in love with her." Severus said.
Hermione gasped a little, and looked at Scott.
"You should know me well enough to know that is not the case; she and I could never be. Even if we could, I'm with Hermione now, and I couldn't be happier." Scott said, smiling at Hermione, who relaxed.
"However, I can definitely see that Selina will have very few problems in love."
"She's had a few relationships thus far that have seemed to go well. This last one seems to be going the best of all. It's all fairly promising." Severus said.
However, Scott sat there quietly, appearing not to have heard him, almost in a trance.
Hermione looked over and saw this.
"Uh oh." She said worriedly.
"What now?" Severus asked.
"You might want to go wake Selina, he's about to go crazy again." Hermione replied.
"And I'm afraid I won't be able to stop him."
Severus didn't need to be told twice; he immediately jumped from his seat and bolted upstairs.
When he entered Selina's room, he gently shook her awake.
"Selina, you need to get up now." He said rather desperately.
Selina sat up and rubbed her still tired eyes a little.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Scott's going evil again." Severus replied, opening the curtains again to get some light.
"Great, that's all we need." Selina said, now awake as she would get.
Another Author's note: Hmm, this chapter is sorta short; only 3 pages and a bit. I took some stuff out that I no longer liked, but also added in a lil bit and threw in the first paragraph of Ch. 10. Oh well, guess that's how it goes.
Hope you still like it, and please review and let me know. Review and tell me if you don't too. Constructive criticism is always welcome.