"Sweater Weather"
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Still.
Chapter 4: appreciation
About one week later, Dumbledore declared it Faculty Appreciation Day. Hermione knew exactly which faculty member she wanted to appreciate. The night before, Hermione crafted up a card for Professor Lupin. She read it out loud since no one was in the common room.
"Dear Professor Lupin. I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your classes and that today, and everyday, I appreciate you."
She looked at it with satisfaction and took it with her up to the Girl's Dormitory. When she left, Ginny popped out from behind an armchair.
"I knew it!" she said.
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The next day, Hermione went to Defense Against the Dark Arts with her palms sweating and her hands shaking slightly. She approached Remus' desk cautiously and handed him the card.
"Here," she said. "For…..Appreciation Day." But she thought, actually, it's for the fact that you rock my socks.
He took it and even before he read it, he looked right at her and said, in a most sincere voice. "Thank you Hermione. Thank you."
Hermione blushed at this tone of voice. So grateful and so sexy at the same time. She sighed inwardly and said, "Your welcome." And she went to her seat.
The rest of the class period, she stared at him, unable to believe what she had done.
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Later that evening, in the common room, Hermione was really doing her homework rather than just daydreaming. Ginny walked up to her around 8:30.
"Hermione, can I ask you something?"
"Anything Ginny." Hermione replied, not looking up from her homework.
"Do you have a crush on one of your teachers?"
Hermione did two things in quick succession. She broke her quill tip and let out a small, "eek!"
"Well?"
"How did you find out…." She began and then caught herself. "I mean, what do you mean?" she went back to working, but it did not work because her quill was broken.
"I heard you reading the card out loud last night, all right?"
"Oh, you did?"
"Yes, I did."
"You won't tell anyone, right?"
"Of course not Hermione! I just wanted to know if it was true."
"Well, sadly, it is."
"Oh, it's not sad! I think it's darling! Good luck" she waved and was on her way up the stairs.
"Wait!" Hermione called, and Ginny stopped in her tracks. "What do you mean by good luck?"
"Ya know……. good luck in your pursuit."
"Oh!" Hermione waved her hands as if to say, 'are you kidding?' "This isn't going to blossom into anything! It's a schoolgirl crush!"
Ginny shook her head.
"Ginny, I'm a student and he's my teacher!"
"Weirder things have happened." She replied, and hopped up the remaining stairs.
A/N: I do hope you still enjoy it! After the next chapter, it stops becoming a reenactment of me and my teacher! LOL. Then it's just what I wish would happen but he's married. LOL. Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing!