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Snape was looking into the fire place and not paying much attention to anything else. Draco give a small cough to see if that would get his attention but it didn't do any good. I mouthed for Draco to tap him on the shoulder and he just shook his head no. So I decided to do it. I stood up and taped him on the shoulder getting more of a reaction then I was expecting. Snape stood fast and pulled out his wand and turned smacking me in the face. "Miss Granger, Why did you sneak up on me like that?" He said practically foaming at the mouth with anger. "I'm sorry sir," I said tears coming to my eyes. I was holding my cheek. He had hit me kind of hard. "We are here for our class sir. We have been here for a few minutes now," I said trying to make light of the fact that I didn't do it on purpose.
"Umm sir what do you want us to do today?" Draco asked looking over at me. He was standing now. He walked towards me and looked at my cheek. "Its fine," I said trying to get him to stop touching me. I sat back in my chair and waited for Snape to give us instructions. "Go to my lab. I need the three potions in there finished and another one to be started. Mr. Malfoy can you make sure you get Hermione's help when needed. I can not have these potions being messed up. They are not for my use. Understand?" Snape asked Draco looking at him and then me. "Yes sir," Draco said looking happy for some reason. "I will be here if you two should need me for anything," he said sitting back down in his chair and looking at the fire.
"That was odd. I don't think he has ever hit a student before," Draco said looking over at me as we passed though Snape's chambers. I looked over at Draco and saw that he had a kind of stumped look on his face. He had stopped walking and was looking into my room. "Umm this is new. Since when does Snape like Gryffindor colors?" Draco said scratching his head and making himself look like a big ape. "Oh who knows," I said as Draco walked into the room. He looked in one of the drawers and pulled out a pair of my underwear. "Draco what are you doing that's not yours!" I said grabbing the underwear and throwing in back in the drawer closing it. "Wow that was all women's underwear in there. Since when does… Hey wait a minute Hermione are you living here?" Draco said finally getting a clue. "You were supposed to come live with me and you are living with Snape. How did that happen?" He asked still looking confused.
"Well he told me I had the choice of living with you or him. I really don't know what I was thinking but I said him. I know I will come to regret it somehow but I have to deal with it now," I said looking at Draco. "Let's go we have a lot of work to do," I said leaving the room with Draco following behind. "Wow… Snape has sunk to a new low this time. What do you think is wrong with him anyways?" Draco asked as we walked into the lab and he took a seat leaving me to do all the work. "How would I know? He was probably thinking about someone. That's how Harry always acts when he's thinking about Ron or Sirius. Cold and distant," I said looking back at Draco. I grabbed the potions book to see where the potions where and what they are. I saw that one was wolfs bane potion, one was a sleeping potion and the other was a potion I had never heard of before. "Hey Malfoy what do you know what a 'damnum' potion is used for?" I asked. It was strange that I had never heard of it before.
"A damnum potion. No never heard of it before. Why?" Draco asked walking towards me and looking over my shoulder. "Well because we are supposed to make it but it doesn't say in the book what it is used for and I've never heard of it before. Think we should ask Snape?" I asked looking back at Draco. "Hey if you feel like getting smacked again I'm not going to stop you but I am staying here. I'll look after the potions," Draco said taking the book from me. "Fine just please don't mess them up Malfoy. I will have to hurt you if you do. There not due for ingredients for a while. Just stir them every so often," I said walking out of the room and to Snape's office.
I went to Snape's office and knocked on the door and heard a soft 'come in' come from the other side. I braced myself and opened the door. "What is it now Miss Granger?" Snape said with a sigh. "Umm sir Draco and I were wondering what the damnum potion you asked us to make is used for," I said looking at Snape and sitting in one of the open chairs. He looked up from his desk and smiled. "You mean to tell me you don't know. Well this is new. Well Miss Granger the potion you are speaking of is to help regrow a limb that has been lost from a human body. I am making it for Madam Pomfrey to add to her stores. Is Mr. Malfoy down there all by himself right now Miss Granger?" He said giving me an evil look. "Umm yes sure but the potions didn't need any ingredients for a while so I thought I would come ask you. I told Draco to stir them every so often sir," I said back to the very back of my chair as he stood up. "Well we should both be getting down there then, now shouldn't we?" He said pulling me out of my chair and pushing me towards the door. "Yes sir," I said opening the door and letting Snape go first. I followed behind him as we walked to the lab.
As we made it closer to the lab we heard an explosion come from the lab. 'Uh oh,' I thought looking as Draco came out he hair standing on end and face black. "Oh hello sir," he said backing away back into the lab. Snape had a look of horror on his face as he saw Draco come out. "Which potion was that Draco?" He said his voice very steady. You could see the anger in his eyes as he looked at Draco. "Umm I'm not sure sir. It was the blue one," he said hiding in a corner hoping Snape wouldn't notice him there. When he said the blue one I knew it was the Wolfs bane which takes two months to make and had two days left. I cringed when Snape turned towards me and then back to Draco. He didn't say a word but left the room and walked into his bedroom slamming the door. "Was that an important potion?" Draco asked coming out of the corner to stand next to me. "Very. It was Professor Lupin's potion for the next full moon. What did you do to it anyways?" I asked looking at Draco. He had a gash on his hand that was pretty deep. I took his other hand and brought him to the bath room to look at his cut. "I didn't do anything. I was stirring it like you told me and it exploded. What do you think went wrong with it?" He asked cringing as I put a wet towel on his hand. "Ow that hurts," he said pulling his hand away. "Oh will you stop being a wimp," I said talking his hand back. "I really have no clue what could have gone wrong. I mean Snape made it. There must be something wrong with him. It's not like him to mess up like that," I said finishing up with Draco's hand. I looked around the cupboards and found so bandage warp and put it on his hand. "There is that better now?" I asked looking at Draco with a smile. "Yeah thanks. Lets go see if the other potions can still be saved shall we?" Draco said walking out of the bathroom to the lab. I followed behind him but notice that Snape's door was now open and that noise was coming for the kitchen. "I'll be right there," I told Draco and turned to go to the kitchens.
As I walked into the kitchens I saw Professor Snape pouring some tea into a cup. 'Well its now or never,' I thought to myself as I walked farther into the kitchen. "Umm Professor, is everything ok?" I asked hoping he wouldn't go off on me. He looked up from his tea and saw me standing there. He stood and got another cup and poured some tea in it and sat it on the table. He point to the chair and told me to sit. "No, Miss Granger, there isn't anything wrong. I just messed up an ingredient in the potion. I had my mind on other things when I was making it," he said sipping his tea. "It wasn't Draco's fault then?" I said still unsure. Snape was acting weird. He was actually being nice and I couldn't figure out what had happened that he messed up a potion.
"No, Mr. Malfoy, for once, didn't mess anything up. Why were you two in the bathroom together?" He asked giving me a funny look that I couldn't quite place. "Oh he cut his hand fairly deep so I was helping him clean and bandage it. He's ok now," I said looking Snape in the eyes. His cold eyes were showing no trace of emotion. I couldn't understand what was going through his mind that he had messed up a potion he had made a hundred times before. "I better get back to Draco so that nothing else will explode. Thank you for the tea sir," I said getting up. I looked back at him one more time before I left the kitchen. He had his head in his hands. I went back to the lab and took the potion book from Draco and set to work.