Chapter 7- The Fall Ball
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Hermione was so angry for the rest of the week that she snapped at everyone that talked to her and she kept to herself. Harry was also angry at Professor Snape and he was about to ask Ginny when Draco Malfoy asked her. Harry was furious and he ended up asking Luna Lovegood...Hermione felt bad for him, but she knew that she couldn't skip out on a detention...she'd get a whole years worth of them.
Hermione set out her dress, just in case she did get back from detetion early enough to give Harry one dance. She practiced with her wand on her hair style and then she set off to detention, while all the girls in the dorm giggled and rushed around to get ready.
She was so depressed and she wanted to curse Snape into the next century, but she knew she couldn't. She entered the door that led to the dungeons and she stopped suddenly. She had the urge to turn around and go back, but her good student manner kept her from doing the impossible. She trugde on and reached the Potions classroom door about five mintues later. She touched the handle and pushed the door open with all her might.
The room was dark and damp. The onyl a few candles graced the front and she breathed heavily into the heavy air. She noticed that the room was empty and she walked to his office door. She put her hand up to knock, but hestiated. Did she really want to go through this?
"Might as well."
She mummbled quietly and she knocked quickly. A muffled sound came from behind the door and she took that as permission to come in. She opened the door and saw Snape sitting at his desk, chair turned around and he was staring into his fireplace.
"Sit down, Ms. Granger."
She nodded and complied. She sat in the chair across from him and waited patiently for him to talk. She looked at the back at the leather chair and raised her eyebrow. This was fun.
"Now...please...remind me why you were in my classroom without permission?"
"I-...uh...wanted to get away from the comotion of...the Common Room..."
Snape turned around and Hermione gasped a little. He had a small smile on his face and Hermione was majorly confused.
"Is that so...well...this detention is a good opportunity to get away from the "comotion" upstairs, now isn't it?"
Hermione gapped at Snape. Why was he all of a sudden action so nasty to her. He had been acting strangly for the past couple of weeks and now...he was acting like himself.
"I guess so, sir."
"You guess so. Well...I'll make a comprimise with you. If...and only if...you know not to come in here again, without my permission, then you may go to the ball."
Hermione was so shocked that she almost fell out of the chair.
"Uh...okay, sir."
Hermione got up and headed for the door, but turned around to Snape.
"If I may, sir."
"You may."
"Why...why are you being so..."
"...unlike myself? Well, that's for me to know, Ms. Granger."
Hermione nodded and headed out the door. Snape smiled widely and laughed slightly.
"And for you to find out."
Hermione practically ran back to the dorms and she smiled the whole way there. Snape kept her only for about ten minutes, she could still enjoy herself and the night. Something was odd about him though...she just couldn't pick up on it.
She literally ran through the Fat Lady's portrait and she ripped open the door to the girl's dorms. She jumped over to the chair with her dress on it and carefully put it on, then she drapped a thin dress robe over her shoulders and whipped out her wand. Her hair went up and she was out the door in about 2 seconds.
Snape entered the Great Hall about five minutes after Hermione had left the classroom. He had grabbed his dress robes and threw them on in a jiff. He doned silky black robes with dark green and white embrodering on the cuffs. A silver snake with red eyes was on the collar of his black shirt underneath the robes.
He looked around the crowd of students and sighed with disgust. He hated dances with a passion and he would've like to be sitting in his office reading a good book. He scanned the crowd for Hermione, but didn't see her anywhere. He saw Weasley and Potter, but no Hermione. He sighed again and took a seat in the back of the hall.
Harry scanned the crowd and spotted Professor Snape standing near the door and his heart jumped. Hermione must have gotten out of detention early, so where was she? Harry looked around slowly, but didn't see her, but then he heard the Great Hall doors open and he looked at them. His breath was caught in his throat.
Snape heard the creaking that the Great Hall doors made and he looked at them with hopes to find Hermione behind them, but instead found a gorgeous looking woman that slightly remsebled the know-it-all that he had the displeasure of knowing.
Hermione was dressed in a velvet dark red dress that cut in a diagnal and pooled at her left ankle. A small golden lion pendent sparkled on her neck and she wore sandle like shoes that twinkled silver. Her hair was up on top of her head and several tendrils hung loosely around her cheeks. She wore a smile that was bright and perfect and Snape's heart skipped a beat.
Hermione walked slowly across the floor and several heads turned to look at her. Snape watched her and then his blood boiled when he saw that Harry was gawking at her with his mouth wide open. He shut it when she approached and gave her a tremendous smile. A slow song came on and Harry bowed to her and they started to slow dance.
Snape felt his face grow red with fury and he clutched the arm rest tight as he watched Potter wrap his arms around Hermione's waist and sway back and forth with the music. He was prepared to get up and storm to them, take Hermione is in arms and curse Potter sensless. He was stopped by the approaching Dumbledore and he cursed under his breath.
"Ah...Severus. I thought you had other business to attend to tonight?"
Snape shook his head and kept looking at Potter and Hermione. He couldn't stand the sight and he wished Dumbledore would just leave him alone.
Dumbledore followed his gaze and chuckled when he saw what Snape was looking at.
"Don't worry...Hermione's heart doesn't lie with Harry, Severus, but...it wouldn't hurt if you asked her to dance."
Snape looked at Dumbledore and shook his head roughly.
"Are you serious, Albus? I-I don't dance..."
Dumbledore chuckled again and started to walk away.
" I will go tell my...what do the Muggles call them? Ah..."DJ"...to play another slow song..."
And he was off. Dumbledore wanted to do a Muggle based dance, but too many protested and he was satisfied with a DJ. It was a wizard that specialized in Muggle Studies and knew how to operate a stereo...of course the equipment was specially charmed to work within Hogwarts.
The song ended and a slow but sterdy drums and symbols sounded and Snape decended from his spot. He approached the slowly seperating Harry and Hermione and Harry was just about to ask Hermione to dance when he was tapped on the shoulder and Luna Lovegood asked him to dance.
Harry nodded and Hermione smiled at them and turned to walk away. She turned and bumped right into someone tall and silky. She looked up and eyes went wide when she saw Professor Snape's scowling look.
"Uh...P-professor..."
"Would you like to dance, Ms. Granger?"
Hermione nodded slowly and stood frozen as Snape wrapped his hands around Hermione's waist. He felt her shutter and he smiled slightly. She placed her hand and his shoulders and they swayed with the music.
And all of your weight
And all you dream
Falls on me, it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
And the light you bring
Falls on me, it falls on me
Hermione couldn't believe what was happening and she looked away from Snape's pericing gaze. She noticed that no one was looking at her or giving her funny faces. They all seemed to be caught up in the moment. Hermione looked at Snape and he smiled at her.
"I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable because I could just..."
"No...it's fine...it's just. This isn't like you, Professor..."
"And neither is this..."
Snape bent forward and touched Hermione's lips with his. She was surprised and was frozen for a moment before she realized what was happening, then she kissed back. The kiss was full of passion and lust that Hermione didn't know where it had come from. She laced her fingers in his hair and wrapped her other arm around his neck. He, in return, tightened his hold on her and they kissed.
Snape broke away and looked at her through half slited eyelids.
"Do you..."
"Uh-huh."
Hermione turned around and dragged Snape to the door. They got to it and slunk out quickly. Once they were out in the hall, Snape pushed Hermione over into a dark corner and pinned her to the marble wall.
Snape kissed her feverishly and ran his hands up her body slowly. She clutched his upper arms and sighed into his mouth. A feeling a pure love rushed into her and she realized that she was falling in love with Professor Severus Snape. Snape moved from Hermione mouth and to her neck. He kissed and bit gently and she gasped slightly.
"S-Severus..."
Snape groaned happily. His name sounded so sweet on her lips and he kissed them once more before breaking his arousing assult on her.
"We-we can't here..."
"Later on...send me an owl..."
Snape nodded and Hermione stood on her tiptoes and passionatley kissed him once more before breaking away and walking to the Great Hall.
Snape stared after her and watche her disappear behind the doors. He leaned up against the wall and sighed with happiness. So that's what heaven was like...
"Praise Merlin..."
Next Chapter: Chapter 8- The night in front of the fire-LEMON
Chapter 9- Suspicions rise
Chapter 10- The wizard duel! Snape vs. Harry
A.n: I put up 3 chapters because I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be gone from the 14-22 and I will be writing these chapters while I'm gone...(I'm going to Wisconsin!) I will have them up and going when I get back...so PLEASE REVIEW!